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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1920
Page
11
Cincinnati March 18 Butter firm with various grades priced from 40c to 72 3 4c per lb. Eggs steady with extra firsts at 42c per dozen and other grades from 39c to 41c. Live poultry list includes fowls 4 1/2 lbs and over 86c, lighter weights 36c to 60c, springers over 2 lbs 40c, roosters 22c.
Cattle receipts total 800 with steady market. steers bring 11.50 to 13.00. Calves rise 0.50 to 20.50 21.00. Hog receipts 5200 show steady to 0.20 lower with good packer bids around 16.50. Sheep and lamb markets steady with strong p
Hog receipts 26 000 with a market around 25c higher. bulk 14.60. butchers 14.30 to 15.50. packing 12.35 to 13.50. light 14.85 to 16.25. pigs 13.25 to 15.00. roughs 12.35 to 12.85. Cattle receipts 25c to 35c higher. beeves 10.25 to 15.50. butcher stock 7.25 to 13.25. canners and cutters 5.00 to 7.55. stockers and feeders 7.50 to 12.00. cows 7.25 to 12.25. calves 17.00 to 18.60. Sheep receipts 13 000, market steady. wool lambs 14.00 to 19.25. spring lambs 5.76 to 14.25.
Cattle receipts steady with choice 14.00 to 14.50 dollars and prime 12.50 to 12.75. Veal calves 21.00 to 22.00. Sheep and lambs light receipts, prime wethers 12.00, 13.00 and up to 14.00, yearling lambs 13.00 to 20.00. Hogs strong with prime heavy 10.55 and 15.75, mediums 17.00 to 17.15, light workers 16.00 to 16.25, pigs 15.50 to 15.55, stags 9.00.
Butter creamery extra 65 cents stand ards 651 cents firsts 6514 cents seconds 569 cents 62 cents Eggs ordinaries 35 43 cents firsts 44 cents 44 and a quarter cents Cheese Twins 254 cents young American 30 cents Live Poultry 40 cents
Fragmented OCR text lists bond types with percentages and dates, mentioning Liberty Bonds and Victory Bonds. Terse lines reference First and Second 4s and 64 cadence, with scattered proper nouns and numbers that hint at a bond issuance summary. Strong entities are unclear due to garbled source.
Toledo Ohio March 18 closing bids with corn No 3 cash at 1.64 per bushel oats No 2 cash 0.99 to 1.00 rye No 2 cash 1.74 barley No 2 cash 1.57 alsike seed cash and April 35.50 May 35.65 clover seed cash 34.65 March 34.60 April 34.00 Oct 32.60 timothy 1917 1918 cash 6.00 1919 cash 6.15 March April 6.15 May 6.10 butter 73 eggs 46 hay 2.10 per hundred pounds.
Governor Cox granted a twelve day reprieve from March 19 for Vincent Damico, condemned to die in the electric chair, for the murder of Akron policeman George Verne.
Effective pitching by Bagby and Timmurdson held the Yanaganians to four hits while Cykowski sand lot recruit and Dick Niehaus allowed nine hits and nine runs in the first inter club game of the Cleveland Indians training season. The youngsters could not score as the game lasted five innings. Birmingham Alabama reports say the Phillies will face the Birmingham Barons this afternoon with Lefty Weinert and Ray Lingrell pitching.
In Albany Georgia the Braves lost to Columbus 4 to 1 as Lefty George shuts down their batters. Joe Tinker's Columbus team of the American Association outpitched the Braves to split the series.
Pat Flaherty and Harry Holborn pitched for the Red Sox as they defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 6 to 5 in the middle game of a three game series in Hot Springs.
In Waco Texas Manager Gleason demands four weeks of intense training for the Chicago White Sox to start the season. He favors short sharp practices and strenuous workouts over long, listless sessions to build team readiness.
Roy Saunders of the St. Louis Browns is sidelined with a sprained ankle, affecting the team’s pitching plans. The injury occurred during today’s activities, leaving Saunders unable to pitch while he recovers.
In a slow muddy diamond affair, the Cubs lost 4 to 2 to the Dodgers. Claude Hendrix pitched for the Cubs, yielding two runs before Newkirk relieved him in the fifth inning.
Five runs in the eighth inning powered the New York Yankees to a 7 to 3 victory over the defending champion Cincinnati Reds. Babe Ruth fanned once and doubled in the win in Miami Florida.
St Louis Cardinal pair Clifton and Heathcote sparked a 9-8 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics in McAllen. The Cardinals were set to meet the Athletics in San Benito today.
Armando Carsons, heading to Hot Springs to join the Red Sox, stopped in Jacksonville to join the Brooklyn recruits in a 10 to 6 victory over the regulars.
SAN ANTONIO. After trimming the Post team 16 to 6, the Giants were entertained by aviators from Kelly Field. McGraw sends his men against the San Antonio team today in a charity bout.
The Presbyterian church Men's Club holds its regular meeting Friday evening at six. The group will share dinner and hear Prof. G. F. Morgan discuss "Aliens and Americans" as part of the season's address series.
A statewide Columbus conference of men and women backing the committee of forty eight will meet March 30 and 31 to map a new political party. Speakers include Amos Pinchot J A H Hopkins Howard R Williams and George L Record. The event aims toward a national convention before July 1 to set future plans and potential unity with labor or nonpartisan groups for the next campaign.
Arthur Armas told a Milwaukee court he obtained money under false pretense to marry and the wedding is deferred for at least ninety days.
James H. Jones, 64, died Wednesday at his Albany area home after illness from flu and pneumonia. He leaves a widow and six children Madge Wilson Albany Hazel William Robert Eva Leona at home, parents B A Jones Albany, sisters Mrs George Thorn The Plains and Mrs Viola Townsend Albany, and brother Robert Jones Athens. Funeral Friday at 10:30 a.m. Hebbardsville Presbyterian church with burial in nearby cemetery.
Phil O'Dowd of Columbus defeated Don Baxter of Lima by knockout in the second round. Johnny Dainer of Lima and Young Duckworth of Akron drew six rounds in the other bout at Zanesville Ohio last night.
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