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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 21, 1921

Page

7

Monuments and coal offers from Athens vendors

John Futts of Athens announces Gallipolis Granite and Marble Co. offers monuments for immediate or sprit delivery with latest designs and guaranteed satisfaction. The Home Coal Co. promotes high grade coal with new price effective Jan 10 and delivery to Athens and vicinity from Room 35 Athens Bank Bldg., phone 2462.

John Futts Athens Ohio Gallipolis Granite and Marble Co Sedalia Home Coal Co The Athens Bank Bldg

Government seeks railway mail clerks with salary

Government advertisement offers railway mail clerks positions with monthly pay from 133 to 192 dollars and traveling expenses paid. An examination is announced soon and applicants may request free specimen questions from the Columbus Institute in Columbus, Ohio. Also seeks a competent housekeeper able to care for older children at 9 Franklin venue, phone 4153, O Cullums.

Columbus Institute Columbus Ohio O. Cullums Franklin Venue

Market Saturday sales and local services ad brief

The Athens Co-Operative Company promotes a market on Saturday January 22 with prices on sugar beans coffee corn and other staples. Also listed are hauling services by L Barstow, loan and savings offers from The Security Savings Bank and dining options at Home and The Model Restaurant with varied lunch specials.

Athens Co-Operative Company

Savings Bank Note Promises Future Purchasing Power

A fragment notes that deposits grow in value with time, stating that a dollar saved today will have the purchasing power of two dollars in a reasonably short period. The item references the Security Savings Bank in Athens and a date around 0.10-18.

The Security Savings Bank Athens

For Sale Phonograph and Records at Cut Price

For sale a QOne phonograph with records cost 140 new three weeks ago. A wonderful machine, sacrifice if sold at once. seen at 28 Hudson avenue or call 7493. Also black Flemish Giant rabbits three months old listed by Addison Edwar, 46 S Cemetery 8S, phone 1061. Collie pups and dressed dogs listed by Ben Ball in Athens, phone 3924.

Oy Shafer Qone Fadden Phonograph Hudson Avenue Call Addison Edwar S. Cemetery Ben Ball Athens

Automobile and Accessories For Sale and Farm Prospects

Multiple classic autos and parts offered including four 1920 Ford tourings a 1918 Ford sedan a 1917 Ford roadster a Dodge touring and a Buick Six roadster with inspection invited at McCune Tire & Accessory Co Also a Panhard tow truck in good running condition with terms available Phone 7943 W L Barstow plus a complete closing out sale of tires tubes and accessories with deep discounts and Genuine Weed chains and spark plugs offered by G E Guthrie at 7 Mill St Opp Water trough Also farm land offerings in Michigan Antrim Kalkaska Otsego counties priced 15 to 35 per acre with easy terms Swigart S-1261 Chicago and W R Angell farm 105 acres in southern Ohio must be sold to close estate inquire A E Potter Athens R D 9 Albany line plus more details about the properties and prices.

McCune Tire & Accessory Co Kokomo Miller Firestone A. C. Titan G. E. Guthrie Mill St Antrim Kalkaska Otsego Mich Swigart First National Bank Bldg Chicago W. R. Angell Ohio A. E. Potter Athens R. D Albany

Pittsburg Livestock Market Report

Cattle receipts light and market steady with choice 10.00 to 10.25 dollars, prime 9.50 to 9.75, common 8.25 to 9.00, veal calves 15.00 to 15.50. Sheep and lambs receipts fair and market steady with prime wethers 6.00 to 6.50, good 5.00 to 5.50, yearling lambs 10.75 to 11.00. Hogs receipts 50 doubles market lower with prime heavy 9.50 to 9.75, mediums 10.00 to 10.25, heavy yorkers 10.00 to 10.25, pigs 10.00 to 10.25, roughn 7.00 to 8.00, stags 6.50 to 65.00.

Pittsburg

Livestock Market Receipts and Prices Report

Hogs receipts 56000 with market 35 to 40 cents lower. Bulk $9.00 to $9.25. butchers $8.95 to $9.15. packing $8.26 to $8.75. light $9.20 to $9.60. pigs $9.25 to $9.60. roughs $8.00 to $8.25. Cattle receipts light 7000, market 25 cents higher. beeves $7.25 to $10.75. butcher stock $5.25 to $9.00. canners and cutters $3.25 to $5.50. stockers and feeders $5.25 to $8.00. cows $4.50 to $7.75. calves $10.50 to $12.50. Sheep receipts 9000, market steady. wool lambs $8.50 to $11.00. ewes $2.00 to $6.00.

Cincinnati Cattle Market Receipts and Prices Report

Cattle receipts 100 with market slow to weak. steers good to choice $8.00 to $9.75. Calves steady to higher $14.00 to $15.00. Hogs receipts 7500, market slow 50 cents lower. good to choice packers and butchers $9.50 to $10.00. Sheep receipts 150, market steady. e xtra $4.50 to $5.00. Lambs steady to 60 cents higher. good to choice $11.00 to $11.50.

Cincinnati

Egg prices slip in Cincinnati market

Cincinnati January 21 eggs declined by six cents with extras at 54 cents, firsts 52 cents, ordinary 51 cents.

For Sale Light four Overland car 1920 model

For sale a light four Overland car in good repair of 1920 model. Citizen Phone 2123. Address 306 Cross St Nelsonville Ohio. 20-3p.

Citizen Cross St Nelsonville Ohio

Chicago Produce Prices and standards list

A Chicago market price listing shows butter creamery at 46 cents with firsts 38 and 44 cents seconds 30 cents. Eggs ordinary 57 and 69 4 cents, firsts 61 and 614 cents. Cheese twins 23 cents, young American 26 16 cents. Live poultry 28 4 cents.

Chicago

Liberty Bonds Coupon Summary Report

Liberty 314 8 first and second series show values around 88 to 92 dollars with small variations. Details obscure due to OCR errors but indicate coupon amounts for multiple installments and percentages.

Liberty Bonds Liberty

Lots for sale in city by M Patterson

For sale twenty nine building lots in various parts of the city, suitable for homes or business. All assessments paid. Cash or installment terms offered. Own your own home with M Patterson. Phone not listed.

M. Patterson

Topeka Pioneer Dir Publisher Sam Radges Laid To Rest

In Topeka a longtime city directory publisher Sam Radges died recently leaving a will that provides a 20 year sub to deliver a daily newspaper to his tomb. He planned a tomb that would receive his remains and included an electric setup as part of his life after death arrangements. Radges made a fortune in directory publishing and had cut his business two years prior.

Ohio Earle Sommer Somerset Topeka Sam Radges Radges Pioneer

Toledo Grain Prices On Jan 21 Wheat and Corn Rates

Close: Wheat cash and March 1 86, May 1 82. Corn cash No 2 yellow 69 cents. Oats cash No 2 white 46 1/2 cents. Rye cash No 2 1 58. Barley cash No 2 72. Clover seed cash 1919 12.85, 1920 Jan Feb 12.60, March 12.45, April 10.65. Timothy cash 1918 3.00, 1919 3.05, Jan 3.20, Feb 3.25, March 3.20, April May 3.80, Sept 3.70. Alsike cash new 15.50, cash 15.60, March 15.50.

Toledo Timothy Alsike

Ohio Goes to Cincinnati to Face Bearcats Quintet

Ohio University basketball team leaves at noon for Cincinnati to play the University of Cincinnati. Coach Finsterwald’s squad aims to extend a five game winning streak, with Davis King Van Sickle Meyers and Barick likely to start as preparations intensify. Bearcats coach Boyd Chambers vowed to win by ten points after the Miami Ohio game.

OHIO Cincinnati Ohio University Cincinnati University Finsterwald Boyd Chambers Bearcats Grover Davis King van Sickle Meyers Barick

Death blamed on hornet sting in Kent man

Stephen White aged 78 died after a hornet swarm attack in Kent Ohio. Officials believe the sting caused his death and report the incident occurred January 21.

Kent, O Stephen White White

Foreign trade of 1920 breaks all records in exports and imports

The Department of Commerce announced that American foreign trade in 1920 was the largest on record with exports and imports rising over any previous year. The statement highlights substantial gains across the board and notes the broad impact on the economy.

Washington Department of Commerce Iuror

Dry Agents Face High Cost to Buy Whiskey

Cincinnati report quotes George S Hawkes secretary of the Good Government League complaining that prohibition agents must buy whiskey for evidence at high prices. He notes agents demand it for work while pay and supplies strain the unit.

Cincinnati Prohibition George 8 Hawkes Good Government League League

Bootlegger Given Six Months and $3000 Fine

Janee Friedman of Pittsburgh pleaded guilty in Cincinnati to conspiring to violate the prohibition law. She was sentenced to six months in the county jail and fined 3000 dollars. The case involved diverting 1000 cases of whiskey withdrawn from the Old Taylor distillery in Frankfort Kentucky for beverage use.

Cincinnati Janee Friedman Pittsburgh Guity Friedman Old Taylor Frankfort

Rioters Clash With Reds in Castelammare Di Stabia

A mob rioted against alleged Bolshevik city officials in Castelammare Di Stabia Naples. Red guards fired on the crowd at a railway station, killing ten and wounding forty as Bolshevik councillors arrived.

Naples Castellammare di Stabia

Italians Split Socialist Party At National Congress

In Leghorn Italy on January 21 Italian socialists at the national congress rejected bolshevism but in so doing split the party into three sections indicating growing internal divisions and a shift in influence among factions.

PARTY Leghorn Italy National Congress

Buckeye Bank Promises Safe Deposits and Home Loans

The Buckeye promises a safe place to leave money and loans to help people obtain homes. The article states five percent on time deposits and expresses a aim to render greater service in 1921, hoping for prosperity and contentment for all.

Buckeye

Mine Workers oppose Calder bill regulating coal industry

United Mine Workers leaders denounce the Calder bill as a tool to curb strikes and labor power. William Green, secretary treasurer, travels to oppose the measure before the Senate manufacturers committee, warning that past regulatory laws aimed at capital have mainly harmed labor.

Washington United Mine Workers William Green Senate Manufacturers Committee Green

Treating Nervous Disorders Free Advice by Dr Mi

Dr Mi offers a free guide on nervous conditions including heart and stomach issues, bladder and liver symptoms, insomnia, anxiety, and bodily pains. The text cites remarks from Clerayme and mentions tests on men of various professions.

Mi Liberal

Stockholders Meeting Notice At Ames Cemetery

James A. Palmer secretary announces a stockholders meeting at Ames City Cemetery. The notice specifies date and time details to be provided in the official proceedings and calls for attendance by all listed shareholders.

Ames James A. Palmer

Attachment Notice From Kerr Hardware Company

The Kerr Hardware Company of Athens Ohio serves Clarence Smith with a legal notice dated January 14 1921. The document references a plaintiff and a justice base term in the proceedings.

Kerr Hardware C Clarence Smith Smith Athens Ohio

See Acs SAD Seas Wrff

Incomplete readable text shows scattered phrases about seas and possibly a sad note. No clear names, events, places, or dates survived to form a factual summary card.

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