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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1926
Page
7
Chicago hogs receipts 44 000 head market up 15 cents. best hogs 14 dollars. Cattle receipts 19 000 head steady to strong. calves 25 cent lower. beef cattle varied with grades. Sheep receipts 15 000 head up 2 cents. lambs and yearlings show modest gains. feeder lambs around 14.50.
Livestock markets in Pittsburgh show cattle supplies around 1000 head with mixed pricing. Cattle ranges include prime around 9.50, good 7.50 to 9.75, and fat cattle 8.50 to 60.25. veal calves and cows show varied figures. sheep and lambs demand strong with primes and lambs around 14.25 to 10.0. hogs receipts at 60,000 head, prices from 12.26 to 14.25 for heavy and light categories, with roughs and stags noted.
Cattle receipts 400 head market steady with calves good to choice. Hogs receipts 4100 head market slow with stockers and butchers trading around 134 and 15.75. Sheep receipts 150 head market steady for good to choice lambs at 137 and 14.
Ohio market notes list prices for butter eggs oleo oats onions and potatoes by region and grade. It shows Ohio values for butter eggs oleo and onions, plus western and southern prices, with crates sacks and carton pricing including firsts extras and per bushel rates.
Market notes show quiet New York produce with No 1 hay at 1.38 and No 3 at 2.05. Petroleum quotes reflect a quiet market at 3.55 to 3.90, while wool prices list steady domestic fleece and pulled fibers with multiple regional scours and basis prices.
Creamery in tubs 39c 42c, No 1 packing 26c, No 3 15c 20c. Potatoes 5.15 5.25 per barrel. Poultry fowls 26c, roosters 20c, broilers 50c 60c, ducks 12c, cheese 18c. Eggs fresh gathered 24 14c, art s 23%¢, seconds 23c, nearby ungraded 25c.
A partial grain market item lists No. 2 red and yellow grains including wheat corn oats and cloverseed with prices and contract months. It mentions cash and future prices for timothy and other items, reflecting a mid-market snapshot.
Listing of daily market quotes across multiple items including National Transit at 3.80, Bradford District pipes from 3.80 to 2.12, Eureka 3.75, Buckeye 3.05, Corning 2.25, Cabel 2.20, Somerset varieties 2.30 and 2.45, Ragland 1.15, Lima 2.20, Indiana 2.60, Princeton 2.12, Wooster 2.25, Plymouth 1.65, Minnesota 2.12, Waterloo 1.10.
Liberty Bonds opened with quotes showing several series. First series at 102.1 with 214s, second at 101.55 with 44s and 100.26, third at 101.1 with 214s, fourth at 102.12 with 44s, new 4s at 104.8 and 107.25. Wis noted for the fourth and new issues.
Chicago dairy market report shows butter receipts at 9,453 pounds with creamery extra 44 4c, standard 431 gc, extra firsts 421 gc 43 4c, firsts 41c 42c, and packing stock at 29c. Market details reflect price bands and product quality classifications for the period.
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania on March 1 the Sheldon Axle and Spring company says it will employ about 1,000 additional workers in the next two months following the settlement of the anthracite strike. Other coal industry suppliers report increased activity.
The San Majid Raisin Growers Association mailed final payments totaling nearly $60,000 to members for the 1923 crop. The large harvest and accompanying quality issues have troubled the raisin industry for two years.
Textiles newsroom reports Pepperell mills will start an additional 600 looms on Monday and provide work to all employees idle since December 1 at Biddeford Maine.
Kansas City on March 1 reports mixed lumber demand with light railroad buying and limited oil industry use, while building operations provide some encouragement to mills.
A March mood of potential prosperity looms as wages stay high and production remains robust in textiles steel and chemicals. Railroads, trade, and merchandising face risks from strikes shortages and policy shifts while farmers invest in equipment electrification and farm mergers hint at consolidation.
Mrs Symantha Grashel 68 of Oak Hill died Friday night at 7 from heart trouble after several weeks of illness. Survived by husband and ten children Ida Faulkner Myrtie Stover Carrie Smith W E Grashel William Grashel Sue John Earl all of Portsmouth and others. Funeral at M E church Oak Hill at 1 today. Several local residents visited or traveled for the funeral and weekend gatherings.
Chicago authorities announce a March 16 shift to a cash and carry system for traffic violations. Drivers will view a printed fines list and, by paying at the traffic branch, settle penalties in person or via an emissary. The change rewards prompt payment and reduces court processing for violators.
Myrtle Pryor 20 of Athens pleads not guilty before Magistrate Pearl W Herwig to theft after Prosecutor R W Finaterwald filed charges following victims who retrieved their items refused to file. She is bound over to the grand jury on a $100 bond.
Sir Henry Lunn, a British millionaire, announced from Trinity Episcopal Church that starting March 31 his riches will support the Sir Henry Lunn Trust. The foundation aims to promote unity among churches and greater concern among nations.
The Norwegian cabinet has drafted a bill for a prohibition referendum on October 17. Voters will mark yes for prohibition and no for opposed, though the referendum is not binding under the constitution. The move follows cabinet promises from the last election.
The first Sunday afternoon concert of the school of music series was well attended with seniors from Sigma Alpha Iota performing solo numbers. Next Sunday the University Band will present the second concert at 3 o clock.
Mary Mitchell has filed a petition in the Common Pleas Court of Athens County Ohio seeking a divorce on grounds of willful absence and failure to provide. The hearing is set for on or after April 14. Attorney for plaintiff Emmett Keenan represents the case.
The Ohio Department of Highways invites sealed proposals from contractors in Columbus for drainage structure and pavement work on Athens County Section S of the Athens McArthur Road I C H No 160 State Route 26 in Lee and Alexander Townships. Bids due March 19 1926 at 2 PM EST with 5 percent certified check up to 10000 dollars. Plans on file with County Surveyor and Department of Highways. Director reserves right to reject any bid.
In the matter of the sale of real estate of Albany Presbyterian Church Albany Athens County Ohio all persons interested are notified that on Monday February 8 1926 Charles C Sharp Charles G Bowen Curtis R Douglass Herbert R Harrington Frank Wisecarver D D Breckenbridge and Perry L Finley as ot suey Frometery of Athens will apply to the court for sale of the church property abandoned due to death and dispersion of members the land is about one quarter acre with improvements at the southwest corner of Inlet No 152 in Albany Ohio Purchasers may appear and file answers by February 8 4w Wood Willa Attorneys for Petitioners and Wilma has been appointed administrator with annexed of the estate of Ion Probate judge of said County 28 30 t w
February hearing set in Athens for the district bankruptcy of James W. Ruston and Charles Marin er doing business as Mariner and Audier B. James W. Ruston and others as individuals. Creditors may attend February 1926 to prove claims and appoint a trustee and examine the debtors. Referee Williams presides in the Southern District Eastern Division.
Henry Rand is found dead in a Canfield Motel room after a night of supposed infidelity and gas asphyxiation. Jimmy Rand and Detective Mooney probe a possible murder with a theater ticket as a key clue and a lace handkerchief suggesting a woman’s presence.
Waterloo, with 23 platforms, is described as Great Britain’s largest railway station, shifting the national rail landscape and signaling a new era for passenger traffic and operations.
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