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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1921
Page
9
Roger W. Babson told the fifth international Kiwanis convention that the U S economy remains sound but no recovery is visible before 1922. He cited conflicting demands among farmers, railroads, and workers and warned prosperity hinges on radical action to cut rates and wages and move idle freight cars.
Senator Norris of Nebraska urged an amendment to the army bill in the senate on June 22, demanding cheaper electric power for the national capital and stating that the public will reject both major parties if they do not yield to public demands.
Buffalo report says Frank Fisher, a farmer, held Oakfield main street for an hour firing at pedestrians and storekeepers. He was wounded three times and captured after exhausting his ammunition. Fisher had been released from a state hospital for the insane a year earlier.
Former service men appearing before the senate special committee investigating government activities will be protected from disciplinary measures by bureaus. The committee reached the decision after hearing about a strike of students at the Pascagoula training center. The panel voted to request reinstatement for two students and transfer for four who protested unsanitary and other alleged conditions.
Newport News dispatch reports two crew members of the American steamer Eastside were removed just before sailing for Dublin. They are held by Justice Department operatives after nearly 500 machine guns were found hidden aboard the vessel while she was docked in New York.
Marietta Manufacturing Co. announced a 20 percent wage reduction at its Gallipolis plant, described as the largest all steel boat builder between Wheeling and New Orleans. Several workers reportedly quit in protest, while other unrelated item notes mention a Paris fashion parasol made of lizard skins.
Stocks show a firm tone at the open led by U S Steel at 72% uptick and Canadian Pacific near 106% up. General Electric climbs 0.25 to 126% while American Sugar and Stude baker rise, but profit taking trims some advances as tobacco shares lead the broad upswing. several names drift to year lows amid mixed activity.
Cattle receipts 600 with slow market, calves steady with extra 10.00 to 10.50. Hogs receipts 4500 steady to higher, good choice packers and butchers 8.75. Sheep receipts 6500 steady with extra 12.60 to 12.00, market weak.
Receipts and prices across cattle veal calves sheep and lambs hogs show varying demand. Cattle steady with prime 8.00 to 8.50 dollars suggests cautious trade. Veal calves bring 10.00 to 11.00, yearling lambs about 11.50, hogs noted with small lots and unclear prices.
Hog receipts near 26,000 with prices 8.40 to 8.65 for bulk butchers and lower shearing. Cattle receipts around 12,000 with beeves 6.50 to 6.95 and stockers 4.00 to 7.26. Sheep receipts about 1,000 with lambs 8.50 to 9.75 and ewes 5.08 to 5.80.
Chicago June 22 grain prices edge lower as Kansas belt crop reports dampen buying. July wheat opens up 1.25 at 1.30, September wheat 1.23% higher then falls. July corn down 0.5 at open, September corn up 0.375 then retreat. July oats steady at 9, September oats up 0.10 then slips.
Fragmentary entry lists coin values and item types with unclear context. The readable items include ewes, firsts at 24 cents, ordinaries at 220, and the notation ten gesterate 26e.
Closing prices for wheat and grains in Toledo on June 22 show cash wheat $1.85 with July $1.52. No. 3 yellow 68% 64 cents, No. 2 white 40% 41 cents, rye $1.27, barley 6 cents, cloverseed 18.76, oats 82.38, Timthy futures and past prices listed, butter 7 3/4, eggs 32 cents, hay $1.15.
The notices show Liberty Bonds with prices for the first through fourth 4% and Victory bonds listed as $87.52 $87.56 $66.80 $91.86 $86.92 $98.40 and $98.40 respectively. These figures reflect bid prices across multiple bond series.
Chicago police report local women using smiles to trigger traffic stops for free rides into the Loop. Captain McCarthy noted hundreds of vamps lining Sheridan Road each morning to coax businessmen to halt for them, while groups clustered on corners cause traffic interference as they beckon to passing cars.
In Chat ham near Newark Colorado bees moved into Edward Parlette’s garret through a knot hole years ago and again recently. Yesterday he found the garret blocked by walls of honey combs containing several hundred pounds of honey.
Two men attempting to board an eastbound freight train on the Panhandle railroad were struck by a westbound passenger train east of Steubenville and killed instantly.
June 22 Houston reports violent storm along the Texas gulf coast. Winds reaching 75 miles per hour sweep from the Rio Grande mouth toward the northwest. Corpus Christi, Padre Island, and Brazos Island area crews report 60 mile gale and rapidly rising tides. Galveston Port Arthur also gusty. Radios note landward winds as tides rise.
Washington reports focus on locating sea marauders believed to have boarded the schooner Carroll A. Deering and captured her crew as the June 22 search intensifies to solve the vanished ships mystery.
Middletown Ohio June 22 police and fire officials investigated a morning fire that destroyed the Auto Inn owned by A A Salter and threatened the business district. Loss estimates reach $100000 as fourteen automobiles were destroyed and city departments prevented spread.
Dean Irma Voigt announced sufficient rooms for incoming summer students. Earlier concerns faded as registration for 1989 and slowing arrivals left ample housing. Also visiting campus are twenty three Catholic sisters from state church schools, here to take the normal teachers course.
A notice offers regular crop condition reports to anyone in the United States who sends name and address to Carl J. West, agricultural politician, in the Federal Building, Columbus. West will send the information upon request wherever desired.
Five young men were arrested at Buckeye Lake by federal officer F S Evans for illegal possession of intoxicants. On Monday they were fined 300 dollars plus costs in Mayor White's Hebron court. Included was W A Ashbrook Jr son of the former congressman.
Newark report: 13 year old Boy Scout Hal Cranston saved 6 year old Billy Gilliam from a swift current at the city playground. Gilliam went under twice before Cranston reached him and brought him to safety.
Senator Penrose announced a program limiting congressional work to essential matters with three-day summer recesses, likely starting soon. The plan, described in Washington, calls for frequent short breaks through the season to reduce session length.
Dr. Hyman Lischner of San Diego told the American Institute of Homeopathy convention that alfalfa and clover juices aid in destroying TB germs. He said both grasses are used effectively in dynamo-therapeutic treatment of former service men at the Alpine sanatorium where he is connected.
A telegram from Secretary W. D. McKinney to Senator Linghuysen states the Southern Ohio Coal Exchange stands ready to cooperate with government and authorities to stabilize the coal industry. It pledges to provide information on mining, distribution, and sale and supports legislation to achieve stabilization.
Berlin reports 80 dead with many injured after a disaster blamed on faulty fre damp conditions. Wounded were rushed to hospitals as authorities assess the extent of the catastrophe and the dying condition of several victims.
June 22 Chicago reports the national convention of the American Farm Bureau Federation will be held November 22 through 25. James W. Ton of Atlanta presented the invitation for the gathering.
Rebecca Fordoskie reports John Fordoskie has filed a petition in the Court of Common Pleas of Athens County requesting a hearing on or after a specified date. Woolley & Row, Attorneys for Rebecca Fordoskie, appear for the notice.
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