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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1921
Page
7
Fragment shows price figures including Oct $10.66 Dec $10.76 Mar $10.90 along with names Hutter 45 466 Kees 29¢ and hay $1.16. The readable text is partial with no clear event or context.
Congressman Foster reports the commissioner of pensions has granted a pension to Frank S Lowery of 173 Grosvenor Street Athens. Lowery served as captain of Company B in the 7th Ohio Infantry during the Spanish American War.
Cattle receipts show steady to weak demand with prices around 7.76 to 9.50. Hogs receipts near 2400 with market weak to lower, packers paying around 9.00 to 9.50. Pigs around 1900 with market steady, alfalfa and feed markets noted.
Cattle receipts light and prices varied with choice cattle about 8.16 to 9.00, prime near 8.00, veal and calves 11.00 to 11.60. Sheep and lambs light, wethers 5.00 to 5.50, good 4.78, ewes 3.00, Bee lambs 9.50 to 10.00. Hogs and hogs by weight 11.60 to 12.60, roughs 8.00 to 8.70, stags 5.0.
Fragmentary text shows multiple oil and gas company names such as Prairie Pine Line Standard of Cal Standard of NJ and Ohio listing amid a graphic of numbers. The content hints at industry players like Sinclair and Texas Co with scattered figures suggesting production or prices.
Hog receipts 5000 with steady market. Top hogs at 11.66. bulk 9.60 to 11.60. heavy weights 10.96 to 11.26. packing sows 9.00 to 10.00. pigs 10.25 to 11.00. Cattle receipts 1000. choice to prime 9.25 to 9.85. medium 7.50 to 9.00. common 6.50 to 7.50. veal calves 8.75 to 11.00. feeder steers 5.00 to 7.25. Sheep receipts 000 with lambs 8.25 to 10.40. ewes 1.50 to 5.00.
Foreign exchange opened with demand led by Steverine up to 3.56 percent and francs at .0768, live francs at .0421, and marks at .0123 as trading began in New York.
Wheat futures firmed late after a weak start tied to elevator congestion as July longs sold. July wheat 1.21 open to 1.22 close. September 1.23% to unchanged. December 1.26% to 1.26%. Corn and oats fluctuated with small gains and losses despite early weakness. Provisions rose with July wheat up despite mixed sessions.
Eleas Shebon, 25, a Syrian, is held in Canton on a manslaughter charge for the crash on Congress Lake Road that killed Mrs. Harvey Wiley, wife of Hartville farmer. The touring car’s other passengers, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Weaver and three Weaver children, escaped with injuries.
In Deshler Ohio on July 30 two residents uncovered the source of nightly “haunted” sightings at park place. Frank House and Will Lyttle admitted they carried lanterns while hunting for night crawlers for their annual fishing trip, ending the eerie mystery.
Toledo July 30 closing bids show wheat cash July at 1.28, September 1.29, December 1.35.
Columbus announces the first devices compliant with the auto headlight law effective August 16 after testing. The commission released 26 approved devices, with plans to publish more as tests finish, naming brands such as Amco deflector, Crescent glare shield, Eureka deflector, Ford green visor, Glare shield, and others.
Washington July 20 forecast for August 1 to 6 covers Ohio Valley Tenn Reg Great Lakes with generally one week of temperatures near or slightly below normal.
Columbus July 9 6 4R Black of Freeport was named state food commissioner under L Taber director of agriculture after Gault resigned. Black has five years of service as a dairy inspector in the state department.
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