Plaster and Wall Board in 48-inch sheets offered
A supplier notes newly arrived plaster board sheets 48 inches wide in lengths of 6 7 8 and 9 feet. Also stocked are wall boards in the same sizes for quick rush jobs.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1921
Page
9
A supplier notes newly arrived plaster board sheets 48 inches wide in lengths of 6 7 8 and 9 feet. Also stocked are wall boards in the same sizes for quick rush jobs.
June 1 stock market opens with persistent bear pressure. Studebaker rises to 71 percent on favorable earnings signals while rail stocks slip little from announced 12 percent cut. New Haven falls to 19 1/2, Reading down 70, Southern Pacific up 1/8 then 1/4 to 42 1/4, with mixed moves across multiple firms including General Motors, U S Steel, Bethlehem, and reading of other industrials and rail shares.
The record lists Liberty 34s at $87.00 with the second price 86.86 and First 44s at $87.68 with second 86.90. Third 4s show 90.56 and fourth 44s 86.96 while Victory 3s appear at $98.14 twice.
New Marshfield and nearby towns welcomed a string of visitors and guests. Paul Hunter of Chicago spent days with his parents and visited his sister in Columbus before returning home. Athens residents and Chauncey families joined in local visits and church events as others traveled, attended decorations, or inspected the Eastern Star Lodge.
An OCR fragment lists various oil and gas firms and pipelines such as Prairie Oil and Gas, Prairie Pipe Line, Standard of California, Standard of New York, Sinclair Oil, Cumberland Pipe Line, Elk Basin, Glen Rock, and Boston Wyoming with scattered numerical values likely pricing or stock figures. The text appears as a damaged directory style record referencing multiple companies and lines without coherent narrative.
The Senate refused to adopt economy plans and backed a 120000 navy strength. By an 8 to 24 vote, it increased the pay appropriation by fifteen million over the House level to support the larger fleet.
Cattle receipts 700, market steady to weak. Shippers paid 7.50 to 8.60, nine to nine fifty in CANID market. Hog receipts 4209, active, steady to two higher, 72 to 50 for choice packers and butchers. Sheep receipts 4500, market dull to lower, extras 3.50 to 4.00. Lambs receipts steady to dull, extras 13.50.
Cattle receipts light with steady to higher prices. Choice cattle $8.50 to $9.00, grime and common cattle $8.00 to $9.50, veal calves $10.50 to $11.00. Sheep and lambs light receipts with best ewes at $5.40 to $8.50, good $1.60 to $5.00, yearling lambs $9.50 to $10.60. Hogs light receipts, price range $8.00 to $8.85 for various grades, roughs and stags $4.00 to $6.25.
Union stock prices show mixed cattle hog and sheep quotes with beef and veal figures. Beef cattle around 87.00 to 9.40 per cwt, cows 4.50 to 7.40, calves 7.50 to 9.00, hogs 7.00 to 8.15, sheep and lambs 12.75 to 14.75 per cwt with receipts around 4,000 head.
Grain and produce prices in Chicago and Cincinnati show but ter creamery butter at 28 cents, standards 28, firsts 22 to 26 cents, seconds 17 to 22 cents. Eggs ordinaries 18 to 19 cents, firsts 21 1 2 cents. Cheese varieties quoted at 14 0 and 16 cents for Young American. Live poultry at 22 cents. Cincinnati prices for eggs show extra large eggs at 21 to 19 cents and ordinaries 1 to 8 cents.
The report lists various grain and feed prices including cash and futures quotes for wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, cloverseed, and hay. Notable figures include cash No 2 white oats at 48 4, cloverseed Oct at 13.75, and hay around 1.16 per unit with several dated contracts.
Ohio fire marshal H A Dykeman says responsibility for a safe Fourth rests with mayors and councils to enact local laws. He favors patriotic celebration but warns against unsafe fireworks and calls for ordinances to protect life and property statewide.
Cincinnati June 1 Joseph Mills died at general hospital after a scuffle for a revolver with John Ryan. Both said the shooting was accidental. Mills was manager of the Cincinnati Storage and Warehouse Co.
Wheat futures rise sharply on the Chicago Board of Trade following unfavorable crop reports. July wheat leads gains with a strong open, corn and oats futures also move higher as trading begins. Prices show sizable early advances across grains with oats and corn each posting gains.
Washington June 1 The Graham bill authorizing consolidation of telephone systems was approved by the house after a brief debate.
The following probate accounts are filed and suspended for legality with dates in 1921. Guardians and executors including Worle Bourhman Earl Wilbur, Eligabeth Preston, Pasahvet Skivers, Etta Gray, Marcia Hall Sharp, Emma J Rutledge, William Smith, Pisian W Wilson, James W Wilson, Eugene Loomis, Bliss Woodyard, Walter Chase, Emmet H Cotton, Lewis J Elliott, George W. Powers appear with first or second accounts and final accounts filed between April and May 1921. John Johnson, Probate Judge, Athens County Ohio, 5-15-8otw.
Notice to all stockholders of The Southern Fuel Company sets a 7 p.m. June 7 meeting at Citizens Central Bank building to dissolve the corporation. J. H. Sharp, president, signs the notice.
Village of Albany Ohio invites sealed bids for labor and materials to grade drain curb and pave Wilkes street from the west corporation line to the brick end. Bids due by 12 noon June 11 1921 with $1000 bond or certified check. Council reserves right to reject all bids. John Lindley Clerk May 26 1920 tw.
Mrs Anna Calvert Cohn of Baltimore visits with her mother and attends local Memorial Day exercises. Civil War veterans join via a parade to Whitmore and Dew cemeteries with bands, bells, and a large community program. Memorial Day hosts also include Mr and Mrs Albert Northcutt from Pittsburgh and Mrs John Lewis of Akron visiting relatives.
Adolph Jenke a 14 year old boy was killed during a school basketball game in Cleveland when a ball thrown over a playground fence caused him to climb and become impaled on a fence the incident occurred in June at a local school field.
In Columbus for more than a quarter your money earns interest while remaining worth 100 cents on the dollar. Leave it with The Savings accounts or time In person or by mail.
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