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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1921
Page
7
For sale advertises a good investment paying 6 percent non taxable. Call Cameron Bros. Clark's Chapel. Good Roads Committee to meet Saturday at 7:30 pm at the church. Red Men announce a special meeting Thursday night for degree work and oysters. C. C. Van Dyke, C. of R.
For sale brass bed two dressers and sewing machine listed with contact at Spring's Barber Shop Fayette Street and State Street in Elsonville Ohio. Return to the addresses or shop for finder rewards.
Cattle receipts light with a steady market. Choice cattle quoted $9.60 to $9.75, prime $9.00 to $9.25, common $8.25 to $8.50, veal calves $14.00 to $14.50. Sheep and lambs light receipts with a strong market. Prime wethers $5.75 to $6.00, good $5.00 to $5.50, yearling lambs $10.00 to $10.75. Hogs receipts 10 double decks with higher market. Prime heavy $9.25 to $9.50, mediums $10.70 to $11.00, heavy yorkers $10.75 to $11.00, light yorkers $10.75 to $11.00, pigs $10.75 to $11.00, roughs $7.00 to $8.00, stags $4.50 to $5.00.
Hog receipts 16000 with mixed bid prices from 8.10 to 10.25. Cattle receipts 6000 with beeves at 8.00 to 11.15 and other classes ranging from 2.25 to 9.50. Sheep receipts 14000 with wool lambs at 6.50 to 10.75 and ewes from 2.25 to 6.25.
Cattle receipts total 600 with market strength seen as prices gain up to 25 cents. Shippers paid 7.50 to 9.00 per unit, calves up 50 cents with top values 13.00 and 13.50.
Hog receipts 3000 with active market up 50 cents to 10.25 10.50 from Packers and butchers. Sheep receipts 150 market strong with extra 4.50 to 5.00. Lambs market strong up 60 cents with 9.50 to 10.00 in range.
Toledo Ohio wheat and grain prices listed for cash and futures including wheat at 1.94 for cash 1.91 March 1.83 May corn No. 2 yellow 75 cents oats No. 2 white 47 1/4 to 48 1/2 rye No. 2 1.59 barley No. 2 7 1/2 clover seed 1920 contracts 10.90 9.75 9.80 timothy 1918 2.80 1919 2.90 1920 Feb March 2.95 April May 3.00 Sept 3.25 alsike new 15.50 March 13.00 butter 53 cents Exes 48 cents hay 1.35.
Chicago markets list butter creamery at 50 cents for firsts 40 cents 49 cents seconds 30 cents. Eyes ordinaries 30 to 31 cents firsts. Cheese twins 25 cents young American 251 cents. Live poultry 30 cents.
The document lists Liberty Bond series numbers with their corresponding prices and per‑series values. Entries include numbers such as 3346 and 4146 with prices around 87, 86, or 97, and notes for Victory bonds with similar pricing, though several characters are garbled.
In Cincinnati Ohio on February 23 eggs eased across grades with extra first at 32 to 38 cents, firsts at 31 to 32 cents, ordinary at 30 cents, and 30 cents for the lower grade.
Governor Davis and state lawmakers consider petitions from about 2312 Ohio employers calling for modifications to the state workmen's compensation law. Secretary Shimansky presented the petitions which show 80 percent favor fundamental law principles but condemn the monopolistic administration as costly and inefficient.
Advertisement for GROVE'S Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets promoting cold and influenza relief as a preventive. Mentions genuine product with E. W. Grove signature and cautions to ensure you get BROMO. Price 30 cents.
Notice of stockholders meeting Dec 16 1921 at Campbell for the Campbell Company to consider the advisability of franchising rendering authority to a new corporate entity. Ron Phillips and George Stall named as officials.
Miami University faces the Green and White at the Ohio gym in the season’s biggest home game to date. Miami upset Wesleyan Tuesday and aims to even the series after earlier losses to Ohio. The squad’s win over Wesleyan and recent form suggest a fast paced contest this Friday with both teams seeking momentum.
Milwaukee riders who use jitneys pay less now as fares drop from eight cents to seven tickets for a half dollar matching street car pricing. This move lowers the cost per ride for frequent travelers and aligns jitney pricing with public transit.
Dr Frank Morley of Johns Hopkins University said on Wednesday he had not received Joseph Lehner’s solution for squaring the circle. He stated that scientists have established the problem as impossible and inclined to doubt Lehner’s assertion.
In Hamilton Ontario on February 23 more than 300 inmates were rescued when a fire swept Orchard House, a main building of the Ontario hospital for the insane, as flames raged through the facility.
Washington Feb 23 Leaders of the American Federation of Labor in session today discussed the possibility of success in a campaign to amend the anti trust laws. Two hundred officials of international unions are in session with the executive council of AFL.
In Windsor Ontario today Ernest Deslippe died after a Windsor hospital stay. His death weakens the Spracklin trial defense by removing the key star witness who had been expected to testify in the case against Reverend J O J Spracklin. Deslippe’s death comes as the trial continues.
Washington action directs forces on the deficiency bill to obtain 1.4 million dollars to intensify liquor enforcement from now until July 1. The move follows a House debate over measures aimed at extending prohibition and restraining liquor traffic.
Geo H. Brown aged 80 a former member of the board of public service collapsed and died from heart disease in the street in front of the Lancaster fire department on Tuesday morning.
Representative Longworth of Ohio, a Ways and Means member, introduced a bill in the House proposing repeal of excess profits taxes and transportation taxes, a 16 percent tax on corporate net income, and increased tariff duties. The plan projects an $800 million revenue loss from repeals, offset by $460 million from the new corporate tax and $350 million from higher tariffs.
Frank Musta, a young foreigner held by Canton police as a possible suspect in the Cleveland murder of two school teachers Louise Wolf and Mabel Foote, was reported on February 23.
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