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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1921
Page
5
A collage of notices offers Ford cars for sale and a 1920 sedan, a variety of job posts for restaurant help and operators, a fertilizer distributor need, coal loader positions, barber training, and general classifieds. Also a restaurant advertises meals at 45 cents and 35 cents with quick service opposite the Opera House.
Cattle receipts are light with market rates around 10 to 11 dollars for choice and prime cattle. Veal calves bring about 18 dollars, sheep and goats mixed and fair, hog receipts very light. A Bridgeport court scene reports a woman's collapse after a gruesome description of her husband’s death prompting sobs.
Fragmentary OCR reads an obscure notice about land and a tract related to a ship. The readable text lacks clear names, dates, or locations to determine a full event or action.
Classified ad from Nelsonville offers one black horse weighing 1160 pounds and seven pigs on an on farm sale. Items include an express harness and harness. Walter Lang of Deanville Ohio lists Citizens Phone 1-4-3p as contact.
For sale poultry listing from Clover Leaf Farm Piketon Ohio. White Wyandottes in multiple pens with yearling, males and females. Keeler strain, young pen ready to lay. C. R. I. Red cockerels large bone dark red color. Prices four dollars in triples or more. Call numbers given.
Child’s gold locket lost between Adams street and the Pastime theatre. Finder urged to return to Mrs. Len Valkinburg at 341 West Franklin Street for a reward.
The House today voted to revive the War Finance Corporation over President Wilson's veto. The two thirds majority was achieved with no debate and members applauded as the measure aimed to aid farmers by exporting supplies kept by low prices.
Miss Trina Hannenberg filed a $25,000 damages suit against Rev. Cornelius Dense of the Netherlands Reform church alleging betrayal under promise of marriage after a church elopement involving the choir singer. The case follows recent sensational events centered on the clergy member and a church elopement. A separate note mentions an inventor using a gasoline mower-type motor for sidewalk snow plows.
The ruling in Duplex Printing Press Co v International Association of Machinists narrows secondary boycotts under the Clayton Act. It enjoins a union for press workers while noting that employers who pressure suppliers or boycotts against unions may also violate antitrust law. Bethlehem Steel cited as an example of refusals to sell to unionized firms.
Cuban officials await General Enoch Crowder to help resolve a tangle of political and financial turmoil. No official successor to President Menecheal has been proclaimed after a disputed election, with fraud rumors and provincial reviews surfacing while Cuba faces a sugar driven financial crisis and extended moratorium.
University classes started promptly at 7 30 this morning as most students returned from a long Christmas vacation extending from December 17 to January 3. Three weeks remain before final exams. second semester registrations begin the first week in February. City streets appear busier and the city schools resumed Monday.
Letter to Chief of Police from A G Snow, registrar of automobiles, Columbus, urges Ohio vehicle owners to license 1921 plates by January 10. Plates went on sale December 20, 1920 to ensure registration by January 1. Five hundred thousand sets shipped. mail orders prompt. Vehicles in storage do not require licensing until used on streets or highways.
Cattle receipts about 600 with a slow steady market. Steers show good to choice at 8.00 to 10.00. Calves steady with 16.00 to 17.00 extras. Hoge receipts 400 with active market up 50c. good choice packers and butchers 10.25, late price steady 4 to 5. Lambe market strong with higher bids around 12.78 and 418.00.
Cincinnati report shows steady grain prices with exact figures for firsts, extras, and ordinaires. The market lists 690 for steady firsts, 570 for extras, and 660 for ordinaires in Cincinnati, Ohio.
At Union Stock Yards Illinois hog receipts total 89000 with mixed prices from 1.00 to 1.60 per unit. bulk sales 7.75 to 9.76. butchers 9.30 to 9.75. packing 8.50 to 9.00. light hogs 9.40 to 9.90. pigs 9.60 to 9.90. roughs 8.25 to 8.60. Cattle receipts 13000 with steady market. beeves 7.25 to 12.50. butcher stock 6.76 to 10.50. canners and cutters 3.60 to 6.25. stockers and feeders 4.25 to 9.28. cows 5.60 to 9.76. calves 11.00 to 13.00. Sheep receipts 12000. wool lambs 7.60 to 11.50. ewes 1.60 to 4.25.
Readable prices show various meat cuts with unit prices. Heavy and medium yorkers list at about 10 to 11 dollars per unit while roughs and stags range from 2 to 9 dollars. Several pork items like se pigs and roughs appear with multiple price points.
Chicago wholesale prices list butter creamery 64c standard 48c first 40c 51c seconds 3c 37c Eggs ordinaries 56c 61c firsts 64c cheese twins 22c live poultry 23c 280
Toledo grain prices table shows wheat cash at 2.01, March and May at 2.00, corn No. 2 yellow 76c, oats No. 2 white 61 1/2c, rye No. 2 cash 1.61, barley No. 2 cash 80c, clover seed cash 1919 13.60 and 1920s around 13.75 to 13.80, timothy 1918 3.45 and 1919 3.55 rising to 3.80, alsike 16.80 with March 16.60, butter 68c, eggs 76c, hay 1.60.
Nelsonville mayor Peter Barrows turned in the year’s state offense fines to the state, totaling 1246.26 dollars. County Auditor Fred Cornwell praised the report as enriching the state coffers and noted many fines arise from prohibition violations.
A notice indicates the committee will assess disenfranchisement rules across states and measure progress before any action proceeds. The document references potential penalties or adjustments if communities do not reduce barriers to voting.
Legal notice lists Mollie Withem Lucas as a respondent with unknown residence in a petition filed in a general court. The case number 12108 references a hearing set for a specified date and time, with further details unclear in the notice.
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