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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1920
Page
5
UNIONS STOCKYARDS ILL hogs receipts 42000 with prices mixed. Cattle receipts 16000 lower with beeves around 10.00 to 16.15 and cows 6.50 to 12.50. Sheep receipts 28000 steady to 25 lower. lambs 7.50 to 16.25. Cincinnati market weak on cattle 26000, steers up to 14.50, calves steady 16.5 to 17.0, hogs steady to 25c lower with good packers 16,265, sheep 4900 steady, lambs 16.00.
Butter Creamery prices quoted: extra 654c, standards 54c, firsts 48c, seconds 43c and 47c. Eggs ordinary 40c 41c, firsts 44c. Cheese Twins 22c, young American 25c. Live Poultry 3le.
Wheat cash at 2.78 per bushel. Corn No 2 yellow cash 1.58. Oats No 2 cash 0.93. Rye No 2 cash 2.00. Barley No 2 cash 1.15. Clover seed cash 23.60 with Oct 24.00 and Dec 23.00. Timothy varied by year with 1917/1918 at 5.40 and 5.50 and futures Sept 5.75, Oct/Dec 5.60, March 5.77 42. Alsuke cash and Oct 24.00, Dec 24.25. Butter eggs and hay unchanged.
Cattle receipts 100 cars with market steady to lower. Priced from 12.90 to 15.75 for cows and bulls, veal calves 17.00 to 18.00, sheep and lambs receipts 18 doubles with prime wethers 10.00 to 10.50 and yearling lambs 8.00 to 11.50. Hogs receipts 40 doubles with market higher. prime heavy 16.35 to 16.50, mediums 17.25 to 17.30, light yorkers 16.25 to 16.50, pigs 15.75 to 16.25.
The notice lists Liberty Bonds with several series and yields including Second 4s at 84.62 to 85.86, First 4s around 84.62, Third 4% at about 84.86, and Victory bonds at 5.72 to 95.72, reflecting varied prices and interest across issue types. Overall market activity shows mixed pricing with several entries in the mid 80s and near 90 for Victory notes.
Local police probe a Friday night theft at the National Woolen Mill store. A pair of overalls found in the store is the only clue. several arrests have occurred but suspects remain at large. witness reports vary on the owner of the overalls linked to a man who died about a month ago. Police suspect local talent behind the robbery.
Glouster defeated Millfield 3 to 2 at Millfield grounds in a closely fought contest their first win over Millfield this season. Jacksonville crushed Pomeroy 22 to 0 on the Jacksonville grounds with strong hitting and error-free defense. The two teams set to meet next Sunday in a decisive five game series on the local grounds, drawing high hopes for a large crowd.
D W Wallace of Hollister and William Bouchard of Jacksonville attended a Columbus meeting called by the Ohio Federation of Labor executive council. Central Labor Unions from across the state and Ohio miners districts were represented for discussion and action on political matters of labor.
Mr and Mrs James Williamson and son George of Columbus spent the weekend with relatives here. Br Atias returned to Cleveland after business in this city. Miss Grace Dunnett came back from Athens after a month with grandparents Mr and Mrs Malcolm Waldie. Mrs Mary Watson and son Fred of Lima ended a visit with Attorney George W Rose and family and left for Cleveland for a few days before returning home.
Mrs Warren Tippie age 53 of Trimble died Saturday after a lingering illness. Survived by husband and son Dr John Tippie who is in Minneapolis. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 1 pm conducted by Rev Redding of Jacksonville with burial in Union Street Cemetery at Athens.
Police stated the woman found in a trunk in New York is not Miss Katherine Dan of Canonsburg. A letter written after the trunk’s shipment, received by relatives, ended suspicions she was Miss Dan who had disappeared months earlier.
George Clark and Ada Elliott, said to be wealthy New York residents, were arrested after Mrs. Ada Elliott reported that Clark threatened her life and both were jailed in Oakland.
Babe Ruth could tie the four homer in consecutive games record today. He already hit his third homer in as many days and added a double and a great one hand catch. Earlier he was filmed receiving a $100000 movie contract, signaling his move to cinema.
In Washington July 6 the Poland conflict emerges as a campaign issue. Republican and Democratic scouts circulate state department and embassy data to argue for and against joining the League of Nations. Republicans warn of U.S. involvement in similar wars. Democrats counter that U.S. entry could have prevented the Polish Bolshevik war.
Springfield dispatch reports President Frank Farrington of the Illinois miners' association urged International President John L. Lewis to keep his hands off the negotiations. He said miners and operators in Illinois and other bituminous fields will meet soon if Lewis refrains and the government allows talks.
Bela Kun, former Hungarian dictator, has been interned in a Passau, Germany camp. Berlin delays Hungary’s extradition request as Independent Socialists stage a Lustgarten demonstration against surrender.
Police found a woman about 25 on the Bretenahl shore near Cleveland. The body showed weeks in water, wearing a tattered underskirt shoe and a white stocking. Ring marks suggested robbery and possible murder, with uncertainty if death was murder, suicide, or accident.
Milo Hewitt a farmer from New Marshfield and Alta H. Anderson a nurse from Athens. Herbert Bean a miner and Mary Dunfee, both from Guysville.
Billy the goat sneaks into a spring house stealing milk from crocks. He topples plates and stalls, sparks a village chase as dogs join the pursuit, and flees through streets dripping with milk. He rests under a bridge before a later supper in a field.
In a melodramatic family episode Laura and Morgan marry in New Haven, triggering an upheaval with Mrs Edmonds lamenting her daughter’s union. The narrator notes the telegram, the old dress, and the clash of modern love with parental expectations. The piece ends with a promise of forgiveness to Laura.
Twenty five thousand miners across Franklin Williams and Johnson counties maintain a solid front refusing to return to work while federal conciliators decide wage terms. Rail lines into coal fields show near suspension of coal movement. Miners press for higher pay before resuming labor.
The Clarks Chapel Ladies' Aid will meet at the Rock Riffle school house on Wednesday July 28 at 1 p.m. All are welcome and asked to bring thimbles.
Yesterday’s box scores show Babe Ruth hit his 35th homer and made a one handed scoop of Schang s would be double as the Yankees defeated the Red Sox 8 to 2. Coveleskie outpitched Williams with Speaker s homer aiding the win.
A promotional note urges saving with Buckeye State Building and Loan Co at 22 West Gay Street Columbus. It promises interest and goodwill, urging depositors to keep dollars alive and invest with a trusted institution.
The Elliott Street Standard Oil station, built of concrete and brick, nears completion after weeks of effort. A concrete pour via a track and hoist system created a sturdy main building with offices and storage. Two large oil and gas tanks, tank car unloading by pumping and piping, and a complete efficiency oriented facility are described as near final.
Crowds gathered from daylight to darkness as autos and buggies filled with berry seekers entered Athens. Mission details were scarce and locals often chased pickers from patches. One unnamed two family group reportedly filled three peach baskets a lard can ticket and two one gallon buckets before quitting at 3 PM.
A heavy rain southwest of Athens delayed the B and O accommodation train due in Athens at 6 39 Saturday evening. The train finally arrived about midnight as tracks on the Portsmouth branch were reported washed out by the flood.
The Argentine Congress weighs a project to build a trans Andine railway linking northern provinces with the Chilean port of Antofagasta, aiming to improve regional connectivity and trade.
John C Tombaugh petitions in Athens County Common Pleas seeking divorce from spouse of absence and alleged duty breach for three years. Custody of their four year old child is involved with a request for support and relief as the case No poeet proceeds. L A Koons represents the plaintiff.
Notice to electors within Lodi Township School District Athens County Ohio that a special tax election will be held at a designated voting place within the township on a specified date in 1920 to authorize an additional tax levy for school purposes. The notice names the district and outlines voting location requirements and election authority.
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