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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1920
Page
7
Mineral Ohio Tuesday January 13 1923 1 9 3 page note finder seeks information about a rear Ford tire left between Athens and Guysville along a street leading to Guysville. Contact O V News.
Today's market lists eggs steady with new prices for extra firsts 68c per dozen and other grades. Live poultry prices include fowls 5 lbs and over 28c, springers over 2 lbs 48c, roosters 18c, fryers over 2 lbs 25c, and roasting birds over 4 lbs.
Cattle receipts 21000 with a slow weak market. shippers at 10.50 and 14.50. Calves steady with 20.00 to 20.50. Hogs receipts 8700 steady with good choice packers and butchers at 15.00 and 16.25. Sheep receipts 1500 steady with good to choice at 9.00 and 9.50. Lamb market steady to good to choice at 18.50 and 19.00.
Butter Creamery offers 62 percent for standard and 60 firsts at 57 or 62 cents with seconds at 58 and 55. Eyes ordinaries listed at 60 or 60 with firsts at 61 cents. Cheese Twins quoted at 80 percent with 31 cents for young American at 82 cents. Live poultry priced at 30 cents.
Hog receipts around 60 with market up 16 to 25 cents. Ers 14.50 15.35 3.66 14.65 and lighter at 13.50 14.50 roughe 13.66 14.1. Beeves and cattle steady to higher with calves 17 18. Lambs and sheep receipts 17000. market strong with wool lambs 14 to 19.90 and ewes 5.50 to 12.00.
Toledo Ohio prices for corn oats barley rye and seeds listed with cash and future months. Livestock receipts show cattle prime heavy hogs and sheep with varied bid ranges and new market highs.
In EDO on January 19 three men were trapped in a room when Mrs A P Malady battered in the door and carried them to a porch where a physician revived them. Todd, aged 37 of Toledo Beach, along with another man, were reported among those rescued after a small flame ignited.
The Buckeye State Building and Loan Co is praised by thousands of customers for safety, fair dealing, and prompt service. It makes loans on good homes and farms with competent appraisers, pays fair interest on deposits, offers 5 percent certificates, with semi annual interest checks. Located at Rankin Building, 22 West Gay Street, Columbus.
Matty Matsuda remains the city’s mat monarch as Jap defeats the Turk in a historic match in Glouster. The bout drew a roaring crowd, with referee E F Skinner enforcing the rules during a hour of relentless action.
Ohio University basketball team defeated Heidelberg 138 to 24 in Tiffin after a strong second half. Ohio earlier beat Kenyon 32 to 15 in Gambier, with Davies and King among the top scorers. Ohio to play Denison in Granville next Saturday.
Troop Two Journeyed to McArthur Saturday evening on the 4 20 B and O and met the fast Scout team there. The game ended 26 to 18 in favor of the Athens team with strong passing and teamwork in the second half. Scorers for Troop Two were Jones Murphy Hughes Dupler and Roberta.
Solomon Townsend of Charleston won in Albany Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. F E Rife and wife of Ashville North Carolina visited grandparents Eli Rife. Wilson family moving to new home. Mr and Mrs O D Athens visiting Dalley family. Coe joins Albany Board of Education replacing Dr E S Stanley who resigned. Mrs Hawk and daughter of Prattville weekend with Wm Dalley family. Marie Mourne of Nelsonville visiting grandfather Isaac Showden.
Two Ohio motorists died from carbon monoxide poisoning in closed garages during engine operation. One victim was from Youngstown and the other from Van Wert. The Van Wert man started the engine to recharge his batteries, and his wife alerted neighbors after he did not return.
Across the nation 179 cities report 7 205 men applying for work and 28 787 placed while 13 606 hold positions from army employment bureaus. The figures reflect ongoing efforts to match returning soldiers with civilian employment during the period.
The National Association of Dyers and Cleaners of the United States and Canada opened its annual convention in Cincinnati amid concerns over dye shortages and efforts by American chemists to develop substitutes for German imports. Sessions run through Wednesday.
Former service men will run a city smoker tonight in honor of General Pershing who arrived today marking Seattle’s first chance to greet the A. E. F. commander. Pershing will inspect Puget Sound forts and visit Camp Lewis at American Lake during his three day stay.
Arthur F. Bean a miner and Milfred Woodard a nurse both of Guysville are named along with Cyrus B. McKibben Jr. a miner of Zaleski and Gertrude C. Ely of Miner al in a fragmentary notice listing residents and occupations.
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