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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 15, 1921

Page

5

Moler Feed Poultry Co and General Sales Listing

A collage of classified ads offering various items for sale and services. Moler Feed Poultry Co advertises prices on oils meat and feed with fast spring selling. Walden Athens lists sanitary furniture and bargain furnishings. Roy E. Mengas promotes a sales opportunity with a $5 product and $3 profit. M Illinois Trout Realty Co posts a five acre farm for sale with down payment details. Kalkaska Antrim Counties Michigan land offers at 16 to 35 dollars per acre with home sites and pamphlet.

Moler Feed & Poultry Co M. IL Trout Realty Co Main Street Lancaster Ohio Kalkaska Antrim Mich Swigart First National Bank Chicago

Used Cars for Sale From Lester-Fught Moler Auto Sales

For Sale 1920 Ford ton truck with pneumatic tires priced at 500 dollars. Also 1921 Ford and 490 Chevrolet roadsters listed. Lester-Fought Co. Used Cars at Molers One 1920 490 Chevrolet Coupe like new. One Ford Coupe with extra and many other bargains from Moler Auto Sales.

McCune Tire & Accessory Co Ford Chevrolet Lester-Fought Co Moler’s Moler Auto Sales

Wanted-Competent housekeeper for children care

Wanted notices seeking a competent housekeeper to care for school age children. Contact O E Cullums at 9 Franklin Avenue or phone 4153. Additional listing offers ladies needed to take orders for waterproof aprons and sanitary specialties on demand with profits through Bassiger Agency in Portsmouth.

O. E. Cullums Franklin Avenue Bassiger Portsmouth

Gas Buggies Training Run Daily Raises Small Worries

A daily training run by the aeal team highlights concerns over gas-powered buggies. Officials caution about safety and potential fuel leaks as operations continue. Local observers urge stricter checks and better maintenance schedules to prevent incidents.

Classified Ads Blend of Wants and Sales in Local Paper

Multiple short ads list items for sale including a light delivery wagon and tractors, furs and hides bought, a four room house for sale with lot and utilities, musical instruments including pianos and organs, and a stockholders meeting for Sunnyside Bumbar Company in Allen Ohio on February 17 1921 to close business and surrender charter.

Sunnyside Bumbar Company F. P. Phillip East State Street Alens Ohio America L. Phillips Sea Aie P. Phillips

Two men sought in murder of Judge Moody Price in Meridian

In Meridian Mississippi on January 15 police report two unidentified suspects in York Alabama about eighty miles away denying knowledge of the crime. They governed motive as revenge not robbery and the victim Judge Moody Price a 63 year old United States commissioner. About $200 was found missing from his trousers though investigators suspect robbery was a feint. Mrs Price, awakened by a glare from a flashlight, fled fainting as the axe attack began. she cannot recall whether the assailants were white or black.

Meridian Miss Moody Price York Ala Price United States Here Judge Price

Wrecked Ford Truck Used by State Employes

The Ford truck wrecked at Washington and Congress streets was owned by Contractor Fred R. Beckler. It was used by state highway department officials to transport workers to and from the Athens Nelsonville road work site, not by county road workmen.

Washington and Congress Streets Fred R. Beckler State Highway Department Athens Nelsonville

Former Put-in-Bay Mayor Sentenced for Whiskey Smuggling

Walter Ladd once mayor of Put-in-Bay was sentenced by Federal Judge Killits to two years in Atlanta prison for smuggling whiskey from Canada into the United States.

Toledo Walter Ladd Put-in-Bay Atlanta Killits United States Canada

Wounded Men Housed in Unsafe Structures

The Senate heard a letter from Surgeon General Cummings indicating that more than half of the sick and wounded soldiers and sailors cared for by the Public Health Service are housed in hospitals of flimsy or inflammable construction or otherwise unsafe. Senator Ashhurst of Arizona read the letter.

Washington Public Health Service Cummings Senate Ashhurst Arizona

Wage cuts proposed by big employers in Elizabeth

The Singer Manufacturing Company posted notices of a twenty percent wage reduction to take effect immediately. The Diehl Mfg Company, employing about 1500, also announced a twenty percent cut.

Elizabeth N. J Singer Manufacturing Company Flint Mich Bridgeport

Gas pressure cuts heat for Lancaster residents

Lancaster Ohio faced a frigid Saturday as gas pressure failures left hundreds without heat. Lyan Gas Company said it was delivering all the fuel it has. In India indigo plant residue after dye extraction is used to fertilize tobacco fields.

Lancaster Lyan Gas Company India

Deserted Car Found Parked by Roadside

Chief of Police Lewis Graham received a call early Saturday about a deserted car by the road near Sugar Creek. The Briscoe touring car, owned by Marshfield Auto Co, was licensed to Phillips of the garage. His workers had been driving it to school daily, saying the machine was broken and in a repair shop in Athens. How it appeared at Sugar Creek remains a puzzle for police.

Lewis Graham Athens-Nelsonville Marshfield Auto Company Phillips Athens Sugar Creek

French Club Play at Ohio University Monday Evening

The French Club of Ohio University will present its annual play Monday at 7 30 in Ewing Hall. Two one act comedies by Moliere and Germard will be performed by advanced French students with good casting. Admission is free to ensure the action is understood by all.

Ohio University Ewing Hall Moliere Germard France

Pardons Board Faces Dismissal in Davis Shake-Up

Columbus report says Thos Mulcahy and Charles H Kyle of the state board of clemency will lose their jobs in the coming days as part of Governor Davis's office reshuffle. They are Cox appointees. dismissal rests with the governor who may cite liberal pardons and paroles. Rollin Swisher is named to the state civil service commission to replace George Ewing.

Columbus Thos Mulcahy Charles H. Kyle State Board of Clemency Davis Davin Cox Kyle W. Walton Rollin Swisher Democrat State Civil Service Commission George Ewing Lancaster Swisher

Huntington Team Defeats St Edwards 66 to 1 in Unlikely Showdown

Friday night at Huntington Athens High’s undefeated squad routed St Edwards College 66 to 1. The fast Mackie aggregation ran circles around the Catholic college, with Huntington papers hailing it as West Virginia’s finest high school team. Tonight Mackiemen face Morris Harvey College, fresh from beating Marshall College.

Huntington Athens High St. Edw College S& Edwards College Mackie West Virginia Mackiemen Morris-Harvey College Marshall College Ohio University

Weather forecast for January 17 to 22 with fair, cold start

The forecast covers the Ohio Valley and Tennessee with generally fair and cold conditions at the start of the week and continuing cold and fair weather thereafter.

Washington Ohio Valley Tennessee

House committee approves disarmament conference resolution

Washington Jan 15 The house foreign affairs committee approved unanimously a resolution by Representative Brooks to urge the president to convene an international disarmament conference in his discretion.

Washington House Foreign Affairs Committee Brooks Penn

Toledo Grain and Cincinnati Cattle Market Update

Grain prices in Toledo show cash wheat at 1.99,March 1.95,May 1.91 with corn 75c and oats 48 49c. Cincinnati reports cattle receipts 150 with market steady, calves strong at 15 to 16 dollars, hogs 6000 with 9.75 paid, sheep 1600 steady, lambs weak at 4.5 to 5.0. Honor prices for barley and seeds listed with multiple futures quotes.

Toledo Timothy Alsuke Cincinnati

Cincinnati Produce Prices Report

Cincinnati market notes Egge 20 up extra firsts 68c and fireto ordinary 64c in a brief price report dated January 16.

Cincinnati Egge

Market Report From Union Stock Yards Illinois Hogs and Cattle Steady

Hogs receipts 12000 with steady market and price ranges 9.40 to 9.90 for most meats. Cattle receipts 1000 with steady market and values listed from 5.76 to 13.25 for various grades. Sheep receipts 4000 with steady market and wool lambs at 9.60 to 11.76 and ewes at 2.00 to 6.25.

Union Ill

Cattle and sheep receipts falter with uneven quotes

Market reports show light cattle and sheep receipts with steady tone. Prices include choice cattle around 10.00 to 10.26, prime 9.60 to 9.75, common 8.00, veal calves 16.00, sheep and lambs mixed with primes 6.00 to 6.50 and yearling lambs around 11.60 to 12.20, other items near 4.75 to 12.20 amid noted wreckage and isolated price mentions.

Fragmented OCR story hints at sports score lines and winners

The readable fragments reference multiple sports items with numbers and team names, mentioning victories and a fourth period. It includes stray phrases like third and fourth and a mix of unclear terms suggesting a game recap or box score. The text is highly garbled and lacks coherent details.

Chicago Produce Live Poultry Ad and Security Note

A Chicago newspaper item advertises live poultry at 38¢ and mentions new door locks designed to prevent automobile theft by creating a valve in an intake.

Chicago

Bert Will Boon Be Convinced He Is No More

London article notes a special medal of merit titled contemptibles linked to kitchen workers. The piece hints at public sentiment and honors amid wartime themes without detailing a specific event or outcome.

Bert London

Probate notice for Hiram W. Man in Athens County

Genevea Man is appointed administrator of the estate of Hiram W. Man of Athens County Ohio by the Probate Judge on January 7 1930. Public notice requests any claims or rights against the estate be filed.

Genevea Hiram W Athens County Ohio

Local Amesville Notes and Students Socialized

Ames center news reports Albert Keirns George and Cecil Keirns as stars in Amesville Saturday. Fred Linscott visits Youngstown with his parents. Mrs Ella Chauncey’s friends mourn her illness. Emma Bryson attends nurses training at Gan hospital. Eber Linscott assists Sayers with drilling. Mr and Mrs A A and Mr and Mrs G L Bryson visit Wooley. Pearl Morris from Columbus visits relatives. Blanche Linscott at Jock High School spends weekend at home. Roads in the area remain muddy. weather noted as affecting travel.

Albert Keirns Gerge Cecil Keirns Stors Amesville Fred Linscott Youngstown Ella Chauncey Emma Bryson T& Gan Hospital Eber Linscott Sayers A. A G. L. Bryson Wooley Pearl Morris Columbus Blanche Linscott Jock High School

Craft Rig Wrapped to Shield from Salt Water

A machine equipped with a steel rig is being wrapped with protection to guard against salt water exposure. The aim is to prevent corrosion and extend the equipment’s usable life.

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