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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1921
Page
7
Local notice announces a reward for the return of a missing item connected to a Beta fraternity at Herrold's Mill. Messenger service requested information leading to recovery.
A six room unit with one bathroom is available for rent on Brown Avenue. Contact phone number 6291 for details and viewing.
For sale bedroom and dining room furniture including beds dressers and an extension dining room set plus a piano at a bargain. Fr in avenue contact by phone 941.
Leipz ig Germany June 4 Lieutenant Neumann of the German navy was acquitted today by special war crimes courts of sinking the British hospital ship Dover Castle with heavy loss of life. Admiral Sherr defended Neumann saying he was obeying orders in a Mediterranean zone Germany had declared closed to such vessels.
Lutherans of Germany honored Martin Luther at Eisenbach marking the four hundredth anniversary of his return to Warburg where he nailed his thesis and founded the first Lutheran church. Dr Weinel of Jena University delivered the address at the Luther statue base ceremony.
The notice lists Liberty 344’s price at 88.98, second 4’s at 86.70, first 44% at 87.70, second 4’s at 86.64, third 44’s at 90.68, fourth 41’s at 86.70, Victory 3% at 98.08, and Victory 4% at 98.08.
Exchange rates opened lower in New York with quotes for the dollar at 4 865, francs at .0821, lire at .0613, marks at unspecified level, and Canadian dollars at .8912. Kronen noted in report.
A fragmented OCR list shows multiple oil and gas firms such as Prairie Oil and Gas, Standard of Ohio, Sinclair Oil, Cumberland Pipe Line, Midwest Refining, and Elk Basin with scattered numbers and percentages. The text reads like a directory or table of company names with numeric values and percentages, many garbled.
Cattle receipts total 259 as market remains slow to steady. Shippers paid 7.50 to 8.50 for cattle while calves held steady with prices from 9.50 to 10.00, reflecting cautious demand amid light trading.
Cattle receipts steady with choices around 8.50 and 9.00, calves from 10.50 to 11.00. Sheep and lambs light receipts with varied values, prime heavy cattle 8.25 to 8.50, mediums 6.16 to 7.19, yorkers about 9.19 to 9.26, pigs roughs 6.0 to 6.5. Market trending higher on some categories.
Union Stock Yards hog receipts around 6000 with market up about 10 to 11 cents. Bulk hogs about 7.60 to 7.70, butchers 8.00, sows near 6.50 to 9.20, pigs around 8 to 12. Cattle and calves show steady demand, cows around 3.0 to 17.6, vealers and feeders listed with prices.
Chicago June 4 grain prices edged lower as September wheat futures faced bearish pressure. July wheat opened down 0.25 at 1.36 and slid to 1.31 1/4. September wheat started 1.22 1/4 and finished down 4 percent amid broad declines in corn and oats.
Market roundup lists butter creameries at 28 cents with standard 28c and firsts 22 to 26c, seconds 17 to 22c, Eye 18 to 19c, firsts 21 to 22 cent, Cheese-twins 14c and Young American 16c. Live poultry 25 cents.
A fragment from a Cincinnati market page notes varied prices and odd lot figures including 216 firsts and 184 percent, with ordinary items at 17 and 18 cents. The terse listing reflects a brisk yet unsettled trading environment.
Toledo market notes list cash and futures prices for grains and feed. No. 3 yellow corn at 64 65 cents, oats No. 2 white 42, rye No. 2, barley No. 2, cloverseed, butter 27 cents, hay at $1.156, with June to December price points for various commodities and dates.
Tulsa reports martial law ended and civil authorities guard the city with reinforcements from 50 overseas ex service men stationed throughout the area to support security efforts.
The Homer Oil and Gas Co operating as Homer Oil Gas Co and license holder No 4193, based in Nelsonville Ohio, has applied to the Ohio commissioner of securities on May 21 1921 for leave to amend the license by adding Lewis Reynolds of Murray City Ohio as agent.
The Jacksonville board of education rehired John M. Williams as superintendent for the next year. High school hires include Mary Fulton Blanch Phillips Helen Mowery as music teacher, with two vacancies to be filled by college graduates. Grade teachers Meural Willey Adaline Luther Fauna Linscott Garnette Daniels Mary Glancy Finis Wingett Ruth McGibbon rehired. William Hawk named janitor. Building interiors to be painted.
In Chicago on June 4 Peggy Joyce, a show girl, told U.S. customs officials via her attorneys that she has no jewel in her name. The statement accompanied an investigation into charges that she was involved in smuggling.
A party of about 30 men wearing masks raided the American Steamer Mitchell near Seawalls Point. Fifteen crew members were wounded in the attack occurring early today off Norfolk Virginia.
Trustees to sell by public auction on July 9 1921 at 1 p m land in Waterloo township Athens County Ohio. Property includes multiple sections and fractional lands of the Ohio Company's Purchase with surface rights mining rights and rail and road easements plus established right of way across Lot 63 and parts of Section 36 and 29. Also other fractional tracts totaling about 115 acres to 2362 acres in various Sections with certain reserved surface rights and allocations for damages and future mining operations.
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