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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1921
Page
5
Notice to owners advises batteries are charged and rental units furnished until ready for use for $1.50. U S L Battery Station located at 6 W State Street.
Riverfront farm listing in Washington County offers 60 acres with 10 acres river bottom 165 acres timber and the rest hill land. Near an oil field the property is priced at 2000 dollars. Contact W C Warren Frost Ohio for details.
Opportunity to buy hardwood land in Antrim Kalkaska and Otsego counties Michigan at 15 to 35 dollars per acre. Small down payment easy terms. Includes special features and settlement assistance. Send for a large free booklet Swigart S-1261 First National Bank Building Chicago Illinois.
Multiple farm items listed for sale including a registered Poland China boar two O I C brood sows seven shoats and five pigs plus other livestock offers. Buyers are invited to call local numbers for arrangements and details.
Several brief lost and found notices from Ohio mention rewards. Items include a diamond ring to identify, a 34x4 Goodrich rim on a Buick, an Overland auto crank, a large fur left glove, and a pocketbook with bills. Contacts list F K Coleman Guysville, C E Baughman New Marshfield, and C D Hopkins Athens area with phone numbers and rewards.
Public notice from Swanson Furniture Co announces cash for secondhand cone terhitere stores and floor coverings and offers exchange with new items. Includes address Nel sonville and phone 772. 1-13 to 2-12
Fine Gano and Ben Davis apples offered at 1.10 per basket and 4.35 f o b Rutland O G E son Middleport R D 1. Also for sale a square oak dining table in good condition a 9 by 12 rug and a gas heating stove. Contact J D Knight 71 W Washington St. 1-31-3p
Cattle receipts 85 cars. market lower. Prime at 9.00 to 9.25. choice 9.50 to 10.00. veal calves 15.00 to 16.00. common 8.00 to 8.50. Sheep and lambs receipts 106. market strong. Prime wethers 6.00 to 6.50. good 5.00 to 5.50. yearling lambs 10.75 to 11.25. Hogs receipts 65. market higher. Prime heavy 9.15 to 10.00. mediums 10.50 to 10.60. heavies 10.60 to 10.70. light yorkers 10.60 to 10.70. pigs 10.25 to 10.50. roughs 7.50 to 8.25. stags 5.75 to 6.25.
House receipts total 55000 with varied beef and pork prices across grades. Cattle receipts 22000 show steady market with beeves and stockers levels. sheep receipts 21000 indicate steady markets for wool lambs and ewes.
Cattle receipts 2200. Market weak 20c lower. Steers good to choice $8.00 to $9.50. Calves steady to lower. extras $14.00 to $14.50. Hogs receipts 600. market strong 25c higher. good choice packers and butchers $10.00. Sheep receipts 100. market steady. extras $4.50 to $5.00. Lambs steady. fair to good $11.00 to $11.50.
Cincinnati Ohio January 24 Ege is steady with extra firsts at 54c, firsts 52c, and ordinary at 51c per dozen.
Butter creamer y 45c standards 45c firsts 40c 44c seconds 30c 36c Eggs ordinaries 50c 51c firsts 53c Cheese twins 2314 young Amer 2619c Live poultry 30c.
Wheat prices steady with cash at 1.94 and futures at 1.93 for March and 1.89 for May. Corn No 2 yellow trades at 71 cents cash, oats No 2 white at 47 to 48 cents, rye No 2 at 1.61, barley No 2 at 74 cents. Seed values listed for clover, timothy, and alfalfa with varied dates and contracts across 1918 1919 1920 futures.
Washington censes bureau reports cotton ginned by January 16 totaled 12,016,465 running bales with round bales counted as half. For the same period in 1919, ginnings totaled 10,307,120 bales.
Representative Jones of Texas moved to have the House Interstate Commerce Committee investigate International Harvester over its announced price hikes for farm machinery. He said a constituent alerted him and a Harvester representative confirmed higher prices despite a general cost decline, citing higher material and labor costs.
Mrs. Elizabeth Caster, 70, wife of Wesley Caster of Dyesville Ohio, died in a Gallipolis hospital after a brief pneumonia illness. She had gone with her sister Mrs. Emma Cottrill for an operation. Funeral at Mt Olive today with interment to follow.
Mrs Warren G Harding directs packing at the White House and Wyoming Avenue home as moving begins. The Fairbanks family vacates 2240 S Street to make way for President and Mrs Wilson who plan to move in March. Mrs Harding travels from Washington to New York for wardrobe shopping ahead of White House duties.
Chester Powell resigns from the Shipping Board to accept a position on the California State Railroad Commission. The resignation is effective immediately and was sent to President Wilson. Powell had served a brief period on the board prior to stepping down.
Cleveland Ohio January 24 Judge Florence Allen Ohio's only woman judge set the pace for her male colleagues as she acquitted Charles H Burgess of Toledo in twelve minutes The defendant faced a charge of carrying concealed weapons The weapon was a monkey wrench The jury was instructed after eleven minutes of evidence and the verdict of not guilty was ordered by Judge Allen.
In Cleveland two officers of the Modern Glass Company, formed to make glass coffins, were arrested. The firm had a $700,000 Toledo factory and sold about $1.2 million in stock, but no coffins were produced as the process proved too costly. Money from the stock is being sought, with evidence to be presented to the Toledo federal grand jury.
In a Cloverleaf Farm scene the Treat family heads home with Billy Whiskers the goat riding in the front seat. A fakir offers a thousand dollars for the animal, but Tom asserts the goat is priceless. The next morning the farm settles back as the Duke returns and the boys head to school amid fair memories.
John Neale introduces Manuel Lopes to Fern at her home as Miss Gwenda is out buying steak. Fern flirts, comments on Lopes looks and charm, and muses on foreigners and American hospitality before the scene ends with a promise to continue.
The Botany Worsted Mill Forstman and Huffman Company Que Mills Passaic Worsted Spinning Company and the Industrial Council of Passaic Wool Manufacturers announced a general wage scale reduction today affecting 9 000 employees across their plants in Passaic New Jersey.
The congressional committee investigate the shipping board began examining who, if anyone, obtained $100,000 from the board in October 1918 via voucher No. 114980 issued to Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company.
There has been a great spiritual awakening at the Central Avenue M E church. This evening Rev. V. Ahlbrand will deliver the sermon.
The Spanish cabinet quit today and steps to form a new ministry were taken at once in Madrid on January 24. The resignation sets the stage for a reshaped government and possible new leadership.
Eighty persons were arrested today in the vicinity of Barryroe Cork. Most are expected to face court martial following the arrests.
The Supreme Court declared a recess from Monday January 31 to Monday February 238. The unusual date range indicates a scheduling pause in the court’s calendar.
C C Tague representing the California Walnut Growers Association urged a four cent per pound duty on walnut imports before the House Ways and Means Committee. A W Thomas of Seattle spoke for Pacific coast herring packers seeking two cents per pound tariff.
B Lawrence appointed and qualified as executor of the estate of David Kessinger in Athens County Ohio. Deceased dated January 20 and January 6 noted. PHILLIPS, Judge of Said County, presides.
An empty mail sack was found at the Baltimore and Ohio railside site in Connellville Pennsylvania triggering a postal search. Investigators recovered letters and opened bags during the sweep to locate the owner and determine if theft occurred.
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