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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1921
Page
5
An old classifieds page lists two eateries the Best Places i¢ Eat and The Mo', with lunch specials and prices. It also catalogs sale items from a home furnishings sale including rugs and furniture, a dress suit, and bank ads, plus lost and found notes and a Cleveland court report on a whiskey case.
Lost stray hound dog black and tan with blue tick on chest and neck. Notify F C Efaw 385 Richland Ave. Reward offered. Also lost a gold fountain pen initial G. Leave at Athens Book News. Lost tire with owner name on rim and tire tag 1572364 near Sugar Creek to Wonruney Hill. Liberal reward for information. Call finder.
WANTED To rent a medium sized farm with team and implements furnished. Cash rent preferred. Write Box 1 Haydenville Ohio or address G W Cheadle Athens O R D 6 for details.
Nelsonville classified ads list a carload of U S army blankets and field shoes in all sizes. New shipments include U S wool army blankets with prices 10 for 4 75 and 9 for 4 25. Canned goods such as cooked corn beef 40c can 83c. Albert Neiman invites buyers at 762 Chestnut St. 1 28 2.
Lizzie Kinbrough a Black woman aged about 110 died in Columbus on January 29. Born in Virginia in 1811 she lived as a slave for more than five decades and later endured many hardships before her death.
Wheat futures and cash prices listed for wheat corn oats rye barley and seeds. Specifics include cash wheat 1.87 and contracts for March May and other months, corn 65c No 2 yellow, oats 44 1 2 c No 2 white, rye 1.51, barley 66c, clover seed futures for 1918 1919 1920 and months, timothy and alsike seed prices across several dates.
Cattle receipts light and market steady with prime cattle at 9.00 to 9.50 and veal calves 15.00 to 16.50. Sheep and lambs receipts fair, market slow with prime wethers 6.50 to 7.00 and yearling lambs 10.75 to 11.00. Hogs receipts 20 doubles with market higher. prime heavies 9.50 to 9.75 and mediums 11.00 to 11.15.
Hog receipts reach 5000 with market up 10 to 15 cents. Bulk hogs range 9.40 to 10.00, light hogs up to 10.85. Cattle receipts 500, market steady with beeves 7.00 to 10.25 and cows 4.00 to 7.25. Sheep receipts 1000, market steady with wool lambs 7.00 to 10.20.
Cattle receipts 250 with market slow and steady and shipper prices from 8.00 to 9.50 per cwt. Calves demand weak with premiums 13.50 to 14.20. Hogs receipts 3000 steady with 25 cent rise and good packer and butcher prices 10.00 to 10.25. Sheep receipts 650 steady with lamb premiums 11.50 to 12.00 and sheep 4.50 to 5.00 extra.
Cincinnati January 29 report shows eggs lower with extra firsts at 56 cents per dozen, firsts at 65 cents, and ordinary quality at 53 cents.
Liberty bonds listed with various series and prices. First series 414 priced at 87.50, Second 414 at 86.90, Third 444 at 90.06, Fourth 44 at 180, Victory 434 at 67.88.
Chicago market prices for dairy and eggs show Butter creameries at 45 4c, firsts 38c to 44c, seconds 30c to 37c. Eggs ordinary 53c to 54c, firsts 56c, cheese Twins 23 1 4c, Young American 26 1 2c. Live poultry 20c.
Haydenville resident Mrs. F B Struble shopped in Logan on Friday. Attendees at Union Furnace included Erwin Warthman Hester Kried er and Mell Patton. Miss Hazel Tucker and Mrs Charles Jacobs went to Buchtel Friday for Mrs Gilmore's funeral. Mrs Bert Pollock traveled to Nelson ville on business. Fire on the Stiers farm drew Thursday afternoon excitement. Beatrice Achauer visited Logan Thursday afternoon. Youths from here attended the Diamond Friday to hear a Red Cross nurse.
Veterans from across Ohio met in Columbus to review proposed legislation affecting war veterans at a conference of American Legion secretaries held Saturday.
Los Angeles reports Douglas Fairbanks is under a doctor's care at home after a fall during a stunt. He sustained fractures in a finger, a wrenched back, and a twisted neck and will not resume filming for a month or more. He fell six feet when his foot caught during a leap from a window.
Dr. Super's latest book Prohibition and Democracy and a gifted pen work by Dr. C. W. Super, former president of Ohio University, have been presented to the staff of the Green and White University paper by the author.
Hancock High staged Love Pirates of Hawaii at Ewing Hall with ukuleles costumes and a pirates theme. Miss Anna Mae Fenzel performed an interpretive dance between acts and Miss Edith Humphrey and Mabel Dorsey received praise for lead roles and supporting parts.
John McCallister 83 miner of Glouster and Lena Hunter 27 of Trimble were joined by Justice of Peace P. W. Helwig. Alfred Andrews 23 miner of Glouster and Leona Dunnett 18. Charles H. Smith 22 miner of Glen Ebon and Inez Rutter 16 were also noted with Rev Browning.
Miss Lita Westrom 28 and Charles Beverly 30 were killed in an automobile accident after being shadowed by detectives. The two were linked to the mysterious abduction of Mrs Gladys Witherell from her Hollywood home, with Westrom employed as a stenographer for O Witherell, the kidnapped woman’s husband.
Washington dispatch reports Senator Hiram Johnson of California calling the Morris Shidehara agreement intolerable and says it supports repealing California's alien land law. Johnson asserts the pact grants Japan the rights it seeks in the state and vows resistance by Californians.
In Glasgow Kentucky Evans Bowman Tompkins was shot and likely fatally wounded during a pistol fight in city police court. Officer Harry Collins is charged with the shooting after taking a revolver from the suspect and returning fire when Tompkins allegedly opened fire.
Funeral services for David Geary will be held Monday at 9 AM at St Pauls church with burial in the Catholic cemetery. Friends may view the remains at 441 Fast State street from noon Sunday until the service.
The eighty fifth anniversary of Mrs. Maria Clutter of Marshfield was marked on Saturday January 22 with a large family dinner. Relatives including C A Shaffer and Ralph, Charles Burt and Ray, W H Brown and daughters Inez Bernadine Benadine Maria, Sam Phillips, John McCay, Fred McCoy and Lois Betty Hoyt, Robert Clutter and Donald Carolyn, R M Pattos, and Eveertt Burt attended from Athens and Clarksburg West Virginia.
The article notes McKinley’s birth on January 29 1843 in Niles Ohio his move to Canton for law work and marriage to Saxton. It records seven terms in Congress two terms as Ohio governor election as president in 1896 reelection in 1900 and assassination in 1901 with Theodore Roosevelt following as president.
Harlan and Jenkins residents testify to Dr. H C Winnes good character as prosecutors prepare to present the murder charge tied to the slaying of Miss Lura Parsons on Pine Mountain Trail. A large turnout of local figures from town leaders to shopkeepers supported him on the stand.
Notice to stockholders announces a meeting of Sunnyside Lumber Company at 7 o clock p m on Wednesday at 112 East State Street Ohio. Provisions discuss closing of books and other business to be conducted by proxy or in person.
A meeting of the stockholders of The Robert C. Byers Company was held at the office in Columbus Ohio on February 10, 1921 at 1 00 p m to consider increasing the capital stock of the company and transact any necessary business by order of the Board of Directors H W Grout Secretary 1 22 dotw onto
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Success is not by luck but habit. A wise person saves money and builds reserve. We invite you to open an account or inquire about time deposits. Buckeye State Building and Loan Co., Rankin Ave., Columbus.
Lord Mayor of Washington O Callaghan ordered to depart the country. Secretary of Labor Wilson states he landed as a stowaway and his passport must be out of the United States by February 11.
Mid winter dancing class at Dalton's Court St offers beginner instruction in ballroom steps with 6:30 P M sessions. private lessons available day or night. Certificate from Ohio Teachers of Dancing shown. instructor praised for 30 years of work. academy displays recognition of fitness and teaching quality.
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