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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1923
Page
7
Over 1400 fleeces of wool were pledged to be shipped this spring from Crawford county to the wool growers warehouse in Columbus. The pledge was made by the Crawford county wool growers association.
Opening Liberty bonds prices listed for several issues with 8 14 percent and 4 percent series, alongside new issue figures. In foreign finance, demand for sterling and various currency cables and checks are reported with bid and cable values for franc, mark, guilder, and krona.
An OCR fragment shows a list of companies and percentage figures, including American Beet Sugar, American Can, American Locomotive, Hillmore & Ohio, Steel Pid, Central Leather, Hanois Central, Inspiration Copper, Norfolk & Western, Republic Iron & Steel, Southern Pacific, Southern Railway, Union Pacific, Westinghouse, Willys-Overland, and others with various percentage values likely representing stock changes or indices. The text is garbled and partial but preserves named entities and numeric snippets.
Grain and produce markets list current prices for butter extra per pound nuts per pound and per dozen eggs fresh Ohio firsts Western firsts oiled oleo cheese and poultry live weights beans cabbage onions tomatoes and other items with small per unit or per dozen figures reflecting market quotes for the day.
Toledo market reports cash close for potatoes and sweet potatoes with prices per 150 lb sack and per hundredweight. Chicago notes butter and egg receipts, and grain ranges for WHEAT CORN and OATS with May July and Sept quotations and various percent changes. Market activity reflects firm wool prices and widespread commodity listings across several exchanges.
Cattle supply light with a steady market. Sheep and lamb supply 390 and market steady. Hog receipts 1000 with prices up 15 cents. prime heavy hogs 825 840, mediums 889 8&5, heavy Yorkers 880 885, light Yorkers 880 885, pigs 800 825, roughs 700 725, stags 400 425.
Cincinnati market reports receipts and prices across cattle calves hogs sheep and lambs with steady to strong trends. Chicago figures show hogs beef and dairy categories with ranges for steers heifers cows bulls calves veal stockers and feeders, reflecting a robust livestock market.
London reports that the aggregate par value of British debt payments to the United States after 62 years will total 2,246,000 pounds sterling or 10,916,000,000 dollars. Chancellor of the Exchequer Stanley Baldwin told the Commons this afternoon.
Jefferson county authorities call the attempted Peoples National bank holdup at Mount Pleasant Ohio a local job after finding a machine abandoned in front of the depot at Dillors yard five miles away. The fatal shooting of Assistant Cashier Harry Price prompted a broader search for the bandits.
An advice piece argues colds stem from poor living and health neglect. It urges readers to bolster resistance with Father John’s Medicine, claiming pure food ingredients deliver new strength and a drug free health guarantee for prevention and recovery.
The Plains notes the death of Frank Moore, prompting Mr. and Mrs. Harry Moore to travel to Athens. Several locals attended Frank Moore’s funeral at Union, including F. EF. Cook, Arthur Burchfield, Rhoda Waymer, and Jake Anderson. Others visited ill relatives, with Jessie Waymer visiting parents in Poston and Lydia Nagle cared for by daughter Mary Knox of Athens. Joe Hutchins was chosen as sub-district convention delegate for Logan next month. Hay Michaels returned from Columbus noting wife’s improving condition after surgery at Protestant Hospital.
Washington February 27 vigorous opposition arose today in the house immigration committee as a minority urged against authorizing the introduction of contract Chinese coolie labor into Hawaii.
The steamer Lenape outbound to Jacksonville collides with the freighter El Sud in the North River. Among the Lenape passengers are Brooklyn players Al Mamaux Leon Cadore and George Smith en route to training camp. No injuries are reported in the fragment.
Washington Feb 27 President Harding will not summon a special senate session to act on U S membership in the league of nations world court project. He plans no action during the summer recess and intends to give the country a rest from congress.
CUYAHOGA FALLS O Feb 27 J Gorman and Joe Finkle both of Cleveland were arrested on the road near Stow this morning by Sheriff Chris Weaver after an exchange of 50 shots in the dense fog. No one was hit.
Wheeling dispatch reports Albert Wilson, class of 1946, and Robert Love, inmate number 88, escaped from a state penitentiary prison camp near Cumberland in the early hours today.
An advertisement touts 666 as a speedy cure for colds fever and la grippe claiming it prevents pneumonia. It urges readers to check the evening wants ads, suggesting they may find a life changing opportunity by turning the page and reading Messenger Want Ads nightly.
In Essen on February 27 a French authorities detained a German school teacher who allegedly whipped a German boy after the youth accepted food from a French field kitchen.
A reflective line suggests that progress in one arena often comes at the expense of another. It hints at trade offs between success and personal pace, urging balance between ambition and well being. The quote frames ambition amid daily life challenges.
Albany schools closed last week due to influenza and measles. Visitors include Ih. Martin of Huntington, Va., James F. W. Caster of Carpenter, and Miss Marguerite Carpenter in Columbus. Miss Mabel Coe visited Columbus. Heather Houston and mother stayed with the Gardners in Amesville. Faye Cline visited Marion. Mrs. Edward Lasch and Mrs. Emmett Burton went to Athens. Octo Guogly hosted the Wednesday club on February 24 with 13 members, a paper on period furniture by Mrs. I. F. Goldsberry, and a social hour. Next meeting March 7 at Mrs. Belinor Kowell’s.
Berlin, Web. 25. The German mark rose in value after publication of a London speech by George Harvey, American ambassador to England, predicting that the United States would soon enter European affairs. The speech caused a tremendous sensation. Warsaw, Feb. 26. A truce between Poles and Lithuanians was signed at Smelniki on Mertichanka today. Discussion on the Vilna neutral zone and the new Polish Lithuanian frontier will begin at once.
Be careful what you wash your hair with too much alkali in soaps dries the scalp and makes hair brittle. Mulsified coconut oil shampoo is pure and scent free, cheap and superior. Buy Mulsified at any drug store. a few ounces last months for the family.
The article lists relatives visiting and returning home after Mrs. Cynthia Keeton's sickness and death. Names include Slaters from Herrin Betsy Lane Murrey City Chauncey and Athens, with guests from Columbus Nelsonville Union Rock Ridge and more. Attendees include George Gabriel and Mary Micheals family, among others.
An old advertisement urges readers to use Enarco Japanese OW rubbed in to ease aches and pains. It claims doctors approve the product and suggests asking your druggist at Cline Pharmacy Co for Enarco today.
Ralph Smylie says his cat acts as a weather barometer in Martins Ferry Ohio. When the cat stretches with its head between its fore paws and nose toward the ceiling Smylie predicts a weather change.
The Ohio Department of Highways and Public Works invites sealed proposals by March 13 1928 for grading drainage and paving the Momeroy Marietta Road Section A in Troy Township Athens County. Bid options include brick or reinforced concrete paving with estimated costs of 210681.66 or 1484787.24, completion by November 1923. A 5 percent bid bond is required up to 10000 dollars. The department reserves right to reject all bids.
Public sale by the Athens City School District Board of Education offers to purchase twenty five thousand one hundred dollars in bonds. Forty six bonds issued March 1 1923 will bear five percent interest with semiannual coupons and mature through September 1941. Bids must include premium and be accompanied by two percent certified check.
The Athens City School District plans to sell up to 353 bonds at par plus accrued interest for 6 percent notes dated March 1 1923. Bonds mature from 1944 to 1958 with semi annual interest and will be payable at The Athens National Bank Athens Ohio.
City council approves an improvement project on West Union Street from High Street to B and O Crossing. The plan includes widening grading drainage curbing and paving with brick or concrete bases or asphalt with concrete base. Costs funded by bonds assessments paid in installments with options for cash.
Ordinance 329 authorizes the Director of Public Service to contract for the purchase of fifteen hundred feet of four inch class Bell cast iron water pipe. The ordinance, passed February 19, 1923, directs advertising for bids to obtain the lowest and best bid. Attest H Harris, Clerk Roger J Pones.
At Spalding's Ayscough Lake trained perch rise to surface when water is splashed from the dener's hand and even allow a tickle on their snouts, illustrating a remarkable training method and bond with fish.
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