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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1922
Page
9
Partial OCR shows a damaged want ad request referencing a twenty five word notice and pricing details. The readable fragment mentions homes and a black $8 amount but lacks clear entities or complete context.
Kolrain Pindere Bess known as a gentle bossy cow tops east of the Rockies in milk production. She yielded 1281 pounds more milk on a year with 16 percent more than baseline and ranks among the top three in the U S, all west of the Rockies. Bess resides at Dutchland Holstein farms in Brockton Massachusetts.
Pittsburg livestock receipts show cattle 75 head with no change in market. Sheep and lambs receipts 600 with steady prices. Hogs receipts 1560 with gains from 19 to 75 cents. Prime heavy hogs at 8.90 to 9.00. Medium and heavy types around 9.65 to 9.75. Light yorkers 9.70 to 10.00. Pigs 8.90 to 10. Roughs and stags also listed.
Chicago market report shows hog receipts 36 000 with prices from 8 40 to 9 10 top, heavy and light weights varied. Cattle receipts 4000 with steady to strong prices for steers and heifers, cows and bulls mixed, veal calves and feeder steers noted. Sheep receipts 11 000 with lambs and yearlings priced from 9 50 to 13 55, ewes and feeders also listed.
Cincinnati dan 27 cattle receipts 1009 market slow steady to 2c lower steers good to excellent 6.50 to 7.50 calves 12.60 to 13 hogs receipts 6900 market 16 to 2c higher good to choice 9.25 steady for chores 5.50 lambs market slow steady good to choice 18.50
Pierre dispatch reports Miss Alice Lorraine Daly, nonpartisan league nominee for governor, vows to “make ’em behave” and criticizes crooked politicians and bosses. The former school teacher says she will force officials to sit up straight and pay attention, calling political conditions intolerable.
Atlantic City officials approve an ordinance prohibiting the privacy enhanced spooning railing chairs that have become popular on the boardwalk. The City Commission acted to curb the chairs that invite intimate seating amid public spaces.
A report notes the German president receives the lowest pay among heads of state worldwide. It highlights the modest official salary relative to other countries and compares it with higher compensations for presidents or monarchs in major nations.
The United States Bureau of Education announces free home reading courses as part of a Stay-at-Home campaign in Missouri and nationwide. Courses cover American literature heroes democracy and parenting guides, with titles such as Master Builders Teaching and Twenty Good Books for Parents available by request from the Interior in Washington D C.
Cattle rustling in Norfolk Nebraska has fallen away after owners warned thieves they would use old west methods. Estimated theft losses were $50 000 in 1919 and dropped to zero in 1920 following the formation of the Owners Protective Association.
In Chicago on January 27 the McNett will was admitted to probate. If Effie K. McNett does not remarry she receives the entire $125,000 estate. If she remarries, Mrs Bevin inherits $59,000 under the will provisions.
In Morgantown West Virginia the city assessor began revaluing property and the first resident more than doubled his valuation from nineteen thousand to forty seven thousand dollars. The second resident increased his from forty seven thousand to ninety eight thousand dollars.
Ray Kidwell of Galton applies for divorce in Bucyrus Ohio claiming he saved $900 from farm work and deposited it in his wife’s name. He says the wife ran away with Leslie Taylor on April 2 1921 after becoming enamoured with him and took the money.
Washington January 27 Senator John Sharp Williams a Mississippi Democrat urged the senate to absolve Belgium of debts incurred in the world war as it resumed consideration of the 11 billion dollar foreign debt refinancing bill.
In Pittsburg on January 27 a train collision on the Union railroad killed Jacob Atkinson, 35, and Eli Thompson, 20, both of Turtle Creek. Conductor John O'Hara was badly scalded and bruised in the wreck.
In Evanston Illinois Judge Max Witkower told Elizabeth Foresch fourteen to rely on conscience for attire choices. He dismissed a disorderly conduct case after advising not to interfere with a woman’s choice of dress marking the incident as a teaching moment for local court.
An old saying asserts that girls born on Monday are beautiful but jealous. The adage links weekday birth to personality traits and attractiveness, reflecting historical superstition rather than science.
Chicago officials debated the standards for women police officers and voted to let women choose their own qualifications. The police commission considered weapons uniforms and fitness but ultimately left the test design to the women who were authorized for appointment by the council.
In Columbus on January 27 Juvenile Court Judge Bostwick fined Joe Francasso ten dollars and costs for contributing to the delinquency of Minotti, a lad in the case. The judge disapproved of locking a boy in a chicken coop and endorsed an old fashioned tanning as a punishment.
Mrs. Fred Guessner suffered a nervous breakdown after a New York Central passenger train rear-ended a buggy near Amherst, causing the back of the buggy to be demolished and the occupant to be hurled into a snow bank with minor bruises.
In San Francisco on January 27 the defense for Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle rested the case in the second trial for manslaughter. Arbuckle again did not take the stand, with lawyers arguing that reading his first trial testimony made his own testimony unnecessary.
Sixty five years have passed since the world’s first women’s hospital opened in New York City marking a milestone in women’s medical care and health services.
Residents and visitors described include New Floodwood Mrs James McCombs shopping in Nelsonville Monday, Mr and Mrs Sylvester Mond Murray City and Wis Hammond in Nelsonville, and many relatives visiting relatives in Logan Athens and Coal Tollow. Movements, dinners, calls and visits are listed with names.
International News reports that 30 Nebraska banks have failed in two years, draining about 4 million from the state bank guaranty fund. The Nebraska Department of Trade and Commerce proposes a 1 percent assessment on the remaining 586 state banks and an amendment to shift some burden to taxpayers at an imminent extra session.
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