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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1920
Page
5
A fragmented price list shows butter creamery at various cent figures, cheese items including Young American and twins, live poultry rates, and multiple labeled “Second,” “First,” “Third,” and “Fourth” grades with prices. The data includes Liberty and Victory brand entries with per-unit costs and scattered code-like annotations.
Notice to electors of the Buchtel Village School District states a primary election on August 0, 1920 for a proposition to levy an additional three mills for school purposes within the district for five years. Election held at regular voting places in Buchtel village Athens county Ohio. Clerk Albaugh, Inver Tel Village school district.
Four petitioners and other freeholders request the closing of a public road near Woolly Hill along the Amesville New England route with 1920 views and an August 14 1920 final hearing date before the Athens County Board of Commissioners. The route runs from the foot of Woolly Hill to land owned by Ed Woolly and connects to the old and new roads.
July market roundup shows cash grain prices in Toledo wheat 2.85 per bushel corn 1.60 oats 1.04 1.08 barley 1.35. Livestock receipts and price ranges listed for Union Stockyards Joliet Pittsburg Cincinnati with hogs cattle sheep and lambs reported steady to higher.
Fresh gathered eggs at 45 cents a dozen for extra firsts and related grades. Poultry prices list fowls, broilers, and roosters by weight, with adult fowls at 33 cents and smaller birds at 30 to 38 cents. The piece ends with a wry note on the June brides wondering if their choices were wiser earlier.
H Lancaster was appointed administrator of the estate of William Lancaster late of Athens County Ohio. Dated July 19 1920. Probate year 1920.
Sealed bids for building a school house in Rome township Stewart Ohio are due by 12 noon August 18 1920. Bidders must include a 10 percent certified check or a 25 percent bond. Plans are in the clerk and architects offices. Bids sealed and marked Proposal on School Building addressed to S J Biddison clerk board of education. Board may reject any bids.
Babe Ruth blasted two more home runs to raise his season total to thirty one and set a new major league single season record. Dicky Kerr aided with two pitches to the Babe, himself contributing three homers to Ruths record.
Coroner Edmund Cone ruled murder and death by own action in the deaths of Minnie Dawson and Charles Zellars. Bodies found in Dawson's home Sunday night. double killing occurred Saturday. Cone cited jealousy as the motive and said Dawson bought a revolver in Columbus about two weeks earlier after learning Zellars paid attention to another woman. The note adds a political jab about tax-averse officials.
Notice to Electors of the Carbondale School District announces a February 10 1926 election to submit a proposition to increase the tax levy for five years. The vote will occur at the regular voting place within Carbondale Athens County Ohio. Clerk Sam White of the Board of Education issues the notice dated July 6 1946.
A 1920 resolution in Athens Ohio orders cement sidewalks to be built on specified east and north side streets within 60 days. Written notice must be served to property owners or agents. The measure, approved July 6 1920, takes effect as allowed by law.
A fragmentary rail time card lists departures and arrivals for Athens and surrounding lines. It notes trains including No. 2 Dal x and local No. 62 with various times such as 8:15 pm and 10:10 pm, and mentions No. 30 arriving Athens at 10:10 pm and other local/through services.
A mischievous Swiss goat named Billy Mischief outwits Farmer Klausen and Hans Zug when driven to new pastures. Billy headbutts Klausen, then leaps into the hills as Hans falls with his milk pails. Tomorrow Billy's mother joins him in the sequel.
The narrator describes colleagues’ amused reactions to caricatures of herself and her shorn eyebrows. She notes her growing success as a humorist at the Evening Leader and her belief that few women pursue humor professionally. She hopes coworkers’ praise will help her rise to literary fame.
Notice to electors of the Lodi Township School District of an election to approve a three mill tax for school purposes within the district for three years. Election to be held at the regular voting place within Lodi Township School District in Athens. Clerk Frank Lowther, Board of Education, Lodi Township School District. 7-12-40.
Notice to electors of Dover Township Rural School District Athens County Ohio August 6 1920 a proposition to levy tax above the maximum rate for five years will be submitted to electors at regular voting places within Dover Township Rural School District Garfield Grimes district clerk
The Director of Public Service of Nelsonville Ohio invites bids by July 27 1920 to upgrade Cotton Street from near Dininot No 157 to inlet No 275 with grading drainage concrete curb paving brick surface and street PC work. Bids must include full bidder names and a 500 bond. The city reserves right to reject all bids. William Burnel director. Dated July 13 1920.
The American consul at Nuevo Laredo demanded atonement from Mexican authorities for Sunday morning raids by troops of the de la Huerta government on the ranch of Alfred Matthews, an American citizen, at Altos in Nuevo Leon.
Fragmentary record notes a custody case involving Olive North and Fred North in Athens County Court of Pleas with a hearing date after the 25th. Mentions a numbered case and an attorney, but many words are garbled.
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