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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1926
Page
9
U S Department reports cattle hogs and sheep trading across major markets. Prices shown for steers heifers cows calves hogs and lambs with regional variations and strong packer demand noted. Markets from Pittsburgh Cincinnati and other centers show steady to firm trends and notable price ranges for each class.
The report lists New York produce with steady flour and steady raw sugar, mixed pork and lard quotes, and varying coffee and haydull values. It also covers Chicago and Cleveland prices for butter eggs poultry and potatoes, plus Cincinnati butter and eggs, Pittsburgh oil, and Boston wool trends with regional price levels and notes on market softness and activity.
New York July 25 The market steadied after early tension from renewed franc recovery and doubts on a bank rate rise. Short sellers faced deterred efforts as industrial issues saw late day strength aided by ample credit and favorable railroad and industrial reports. Traction shares and plays like Burns Brothers A Pipe and American Car and Foundry rose amid improving sentiment.
Mine No 24 near Redtown caught fire again this morning. Crews fought the shaft interior blaze through the day as they learned the cause and extent remained unclear. The mine had been rebuilt by local workers after a prior blaze about a year earlier.
A dense list of company names and ticker like figures appears, including American Sugar Bethlehem General Motors Continental Leather and Western rail lines. The compilation shows wide sector coverage from steel and oil to transportation with varied numeric entries and percent figures.
Basil Minerd was arraigned before Justice Carl Porter for stealing automobile parts valued at 34 dollars belonging to F. W. Cunningham of Guysville. He pleaded not guilty and was released on 100 dollar bond. Hearing set for 10 o'clock this evening. Arrested by Constable Fk. C. Mariner.
Mansfield faced a dry water reservoir on July 23 as temperatures spiked with a looming weekend heat wave. The shortage risks curtailing supply for residents and businesses until repairs or rainfall restore capacity.
New York subway strike persists as 2350 former workers decide to stay out indefinitely. They reject return to old jobs citing the company’s refusal to rehire conductors and guards who striked in sympathy with the motormen and switchmen.
Dayton report says Rin Jones, a Black man, lost a thumb during a card game last night in a friendly match. The incident involved an argument over a flush of aces and ended with a bite that severed his thumb, though the assailant remains unnamed.
A warrant was issued today for John Galloway age 7 charged with shooting with intent to kill George Weber age 10. Weber was wounded in the right leg when he entered Galloway’s yard to pick an apple, according to his father.
Fanny Flanner comments on snark as a big fish and notes men who think themselves clever are likewise feeble. The column delivers tongue in cheek observations on vanity and wit with light satire.
Chicago faces a wave of investigations into fraud at the polls and public property corruption. A raid revealed bootleggers supplying moonshine to prisoners via hot water bottles and tubes. The Cook County sheriff notes leniencies for inmates while vote recounts expose discrepancies favoring Deneen-backed candidates. More indictments loom as Senate investigations begin next week.
J F Stevens discovered a nest of thirty six garter snakes under a sheet iron slab six by three feet at Hud son avenue near the State Highway department shop. The parents measured two feet each with babies about five inches long. He killed the snakes with a board.
Dayton reports Harry Linch real estate operator from Cincinnati for Louis K. Liggett Co New York announces erection of a new hotel at the Third and Main street corner.
Members of the Rock Riffle Mothers Helpers 4-H club host an ice cream supper at Rock Riffle school house. Proceeds fund camp expenses for the group to be held August 16 to 21 at the Grotto grounds north of Nelsonville.
Arrested by two New York Central detectives in Athens Randolph pleaded guilty to unlawfully riding a railroad train and was fined five dollars plus costs. Unable to pay, he was committed to Athens county. Railroad officers patrolled the Charleston to Columbus line.
Ohio University physics and engineering professor A A Atkinson fainted at Sheltering Arms hospital after watching an operation on his daughter Mrs Gertrude Stewart of Youngstown. He fell and bruised his right eye but his sight remained intact and he returned to class. Mrs Stewart was taken to the Atkinson home at 26 Morris Avenue to recuperate.
Akron July 23 Harvey Firestone urged the United States to buy its own rubber plantations to offset anticipated new export restrictions. He warned that new rules likely by August 1 would curb production and exports of rubber.
A temporary break in the heat wave brings relief in parts of the East though the Weather Bureau cannot forecast an end to the hot spell. New York sees ten deaths and eight drownings as storms sweep the region, with Hatfield lightning causing a $250,000 warehouse fire and Winchester a dynamite blast killing four. Cooler weather arrives in parts of Pennsylvania and the Midwest as forecasts vary by region.
The log lists evening programs from stations like WGY WABC WGN and WMAQ with concerts organ recitals and dance orchestras. Notable entries include the Pirates of Penzance performance and the Municipal Band concert in Richmond with times from 6:00 to 11:00 pm Eastern.
Governor A V Donahey will inspect National Guard units in training at Camp Perry late today. A field meet will feature the encampment tomorrow with a full regimental parade after a meet between engineers and cavalry, trophies and medals to be presented.
Mrs Meada McKee of Happy Hollow filed affidavit against husband Raymond McKee. He was arrested and arraigned after a quarrel in which she said he struck her. McKee pleaded not guilty, waived examination, and was bound over to Common Pleas court with a $100 bond posted by James McKee and William Pancake. Constables Dalton and Tucker arrested him.
Dr J M Higgins public health commissioner says Ohio state board of health likely to favor the North Hill beautification project. Isaak Walton league sponsors seek a park near the city reservoir with two vents, closed to surface, raising contamination concerns if grounds become public.
James Summers and Lewis Poston were arrested by Constable F C Mariner on a charge of fighting. They appeared before Justice of the Peace Carl Porter and pleaded guilty. Summers was fined $1 and costs while Poston was fined $10 and costs. Poston had an intoxicated condition noted and received an additional $10 and costs after pleading guilty.
The government will study the motor bus issue next week to promote bus transport without harming railroads. The Interstate Commerce Commission hearings begin in Chicago and run for two months in multiple cities, with railroads and bus owners invited to present views. A likely outcome is a congressional recommendation to grant the commission control over motor lines.
Walter Maccombs of Buchtel won a large Long John Silver doll at the Sesqui Centennial in Philadelphia. He visited the Treasure Island booth where exhibits came from Wimbledon, England. Visitors guessed how people would see the exhibit the next day. Maccombs guessed 1801 as the answer with 1308 attendees.
Washington dispatch reports eight states have met legal requirements to hold referendums on prohibition this fall. New York Wisconsin Missouri Colorado California Montana Illinois and Nevada will let voters express opinions on Prohibition and influence potential modifications to the Volstead Act in the next Congress.
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