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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1921
Page
7
Special housing ad offers a seven room house with a garage on the east side for 4000 dollars with 500 dollars down and balance on contract for deed. Also an eight room modern house with a large lot to be seen by appointment. Cameron Bros real estate and insurance office lists phones.
For sale Baled timothy hay two fresh cows one span four year old horses and a Ford touring car in good repair contact W. H. Duckler Athens R. D. phone 453.
Headquarters for lumber and building materials reports daily receipt of cars of lumber bought on a new lower price basis. Two cars unloaded with small timbers in multiple sizes from 10 to 20 feet. Plaster board arrived in 48 inch width, lengths 6 to 9 feet. Wall board also in same sheet sizes.
Carload sale of Jumbo Asphalt Shingles in weathered red and green ideal for bungalows and high class dwellings. Red and green slated roll roofing and mica finished rubber roofing in 1 2 3 and 4 ply available. We quote prices from car lots to attract buyers.
For sale houses in Athens and Chauncey advertised with bargains. Contact Miller at phone 30 Chauncey. Also housing for rent a furnished house for six weeks in a good location. Write A care of Messenger.
Three vintage autos offered including a 1920 Ford ton truck a 1917 Ford roadster and a Sphinx touring car. Prospective buyers urged to call 8702 or 2163 after 5 PM.
For sale one new Packard at $150 off list price. Also a chance to get a good piano. Parker Bros. Poultry Dogs and Fits.
Saturday afternoon a small gold water lily brooch was lost between Union Street Cemetery and Dr Zenner's store. Finder should return to Mess enger office to receive a reward.
A notice promotes the Prima electric washer with wringer and silent motor hum. Alfred Richardson, Nelsonville Ohio, designated as sales agent, offers a payment plan with no free clothes required and guarantees wash results.
Cattle receipts 800 market steady with steers 7.56 to 8.50 calves 9.60 to 10.00. Hogs receipts 4000 market steady 8.50. Sheep receipts 506 market steady with ewes and lambs showing gains. Liberty bonds sold heavily in New York with prices near record lows after Fed decision to value bonds at market prices after July 1.
Chicago markets quoted butter creamery 28 cents, standards 28, firsts 22 to 26, seconds 17 to 22 cents. Eggs ordinaries 18 to 19, firsts 21 with twins 1 14e, Young American 166. Live poultry 25 cents.
Union Stockyard report shows hog and cattle receipts with market ranges. Hogs mostly quoted around 7 75 to 8 15 per cwt and cattle prices vary by class with veals and calves noted. sheep receipts about 12 000 with lambs near 9 50 to 12 50 and ewes around 3 25.
Early trading in New York shows an irregular session with steel shares under pressure from weak business conditions. Crucible opens down to 64 1/2 then 63 3/4, United States Steel off a quarter, Studebaker up 5/8, Chandler at 61 percent, and rails led higher by Baltimore and Ohio and Reading. Sugar prices plunge with American Sugar common at 81 1/2, preferred at 95, down from prior peaks. various industrial and utility issues listed with mixed moves among major names.
A new vending machine dispenses postage stamps in blocks of fire enabling operation by nickels or dimes.
Chicago rail laborers reluctantly accept a 12 per cent wage cut ordered by the U S railroad labor board. Workers at major terminals note groceries and necessities barely change, doubt public support for a strike, and warn that unemployment would rise if actions disrupt harmony during the recession.
Ottawa health officials shut schools moving picture shows and dance halls for seventeen days due to smallpox epidemic as ordered by Health Commissioner Yeager.
Washington reports Secretary Hughes is formulating plans to free seven Americans known to be imprisoned in Soviet Russia with the possibility that nearly 100 others are detained. Officials fear publicity could jeopardize rescue efforts while the state department declines to publish names.
Mrs Warren G Harding sent a note to the Columbus Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy stating flowers from the White House conservatory will be used in memorial services for Confederate soldiers at Camp Chase cemetery. The tribute aims to honor Confederate and Union soldiers alike.
Florence Cooper aged 23 died at Athens State Hospital May 30 after one year as an inmate. Her body was shipped to Cherry Fork for burial by Newsom-Walburn Company.
Grain and feed offerings show mixed prices with no clear trend. Notable items include No 3 Yellow steer values, cash oats at 44 and 43 cents, barley and cloverseed quotes, and dairy butter around 32 to 33 cents per pound, with various futures and cash terms listed.
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