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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1920
Page
7
Dover Del March 22 the special session of the state legislature opened with Governor Townsend urging quick action on the suffrage amendment and to restore session business to the call. The membership lineup shows a small majority opposed to suffrage.
The Chicago White Sox catcher Ray Schalk will soon reach his one thousandth major league game behind the plate. Born August 12, 1892 in Harvey, Illinois, Schalk has been a standout, catching over 100 games annually for seven years and finishing last season with 129 games and a .282 average.
Various spring camp updates from St Petersburg to Hot Springs recount players switching teams or being cut, rookies remaining, and lineups for 1920 seasons. Highlights include Linwood Smith leaving the Reds, Grifiths and pitchers in Tampa, Dodgers optimism, Cubs sticking with 1919 lineup, and Pirates hammering the Yanni tans.
The Boston Central Labor union voted 51 to 20 against affiliating with the proposed national labor political party. The union endorsed the AFL Campaign. A wind vane with a new stump burning appliance was noted in a separate item.
Georges Carpentier, famed French fighter and socialite, lands in New York amid fanfare. Tex Rickard coordinates events with French communities as Carpentier eyes a possible rematch with Jack Dempsey, with vaudeville earnings totaling about 250 000 dollars and a potential 150 000 dollar appearance fee for camera work.
A reader from Zahi North Dakota credits Foley's Honey and Tar with curing a cold that lingered all winter. After one bottle, symptoms vanished and the writer vows never to be without the remedy again, expressing lifelong gratitude.
Cattle receipts fair with a strong tone. Prices ranged for choice at 14.00 to 14.50, prime 12.50 to 13.50, and veal calves 20.00 to 21.00. Sheep and lambs receipts light, primes 15.00 to 16.00, good 13.00 to 14.00, spring lambs 13.00 to 29.00. Hogs receipts 40 double decks, market lower. prime heavy 15.50 to 15.85, mediums 16.90 to 17.00, heavy yorkers 16.90 to 17.00, pigs 10.00 to 16.25, roughs 12.00 to 12.50.
Toledo market notes list cash prices for corn yellow No. 3 at 1.65, oats white No. 2 at 1.00, rye No. 2 at 1.76, barley No. 2 at 1.55. Alsike, clover seed, timothy futures for 1917–19 quoted. butter, eggs and hay prices noted.
Cincinnati reporting steady butter fat and milk prices with varying creamery grades and poultry values. Fresh gathered and extra firsts in eggs quoted. live poultry prices listed for fowls, springers, ducks and other birds with weight-based pricing.
Cattle receipts around 1900 show a weak market with steers selling 11.50 to 13.00. Calves down about 1.00, range 19.50 to 20.00. Hogs receipts 6,000 with good to choice packers at 16.25 to 16.50. Sheep light but steady at 10.00 to 11. Lambs steady at 18.00 to 19.00.
Chicago market notes quote cream prices at 6 to 7 cents per pound with extras and firsts at multiple cents. Biggs ordinaries listed and cheese and eggs priced. live poultry quoted at 41 cents.
Union Stock Yards Illinois reports hog receipts at 48 000 with mixed prices across categories including bulk at 14.40 to 15.90 and packing 9 213 10. hogs and pigs quoted up to 19.00. Cattle receipts 18 000 with higher values for beef cuts and stockers and feeders from 7 50 to 12 00. cows at 7 40 to 13 25. calves and culvenm 17 25 to 18 65. Sheep receipts 19 900 with wool lambs at 11 60 to 19 70 and ewes at 5 75 to 14 75.
Water levels on the OnlO River indicate several points at risk with falling readings. Key gauges include Point Gridge at 12.1 feet, Herr's Island at 153 feet, Davis Island 12.8 feet, Leaver Dem 21.6 feet, Parkersburg 28.8 feet, and Point Pleasant at 42.4 feet.
Mrs. Mary Amanda Atkins aged 86 died at the home of her son Ki L Atkins 77 North Congress Street in Athens this morning at 2 o'clock. The funeral cortege will leave Athens Tuesday evening for Independence West Virginia for services and burial Wednesday morning. Surviving are two sons EK L Atkins and George R Atkins of Chicago and two daughters Mrs M Stansbury Rutland and Mrs D Murray Sandyville West Virginia.
Dr. Harry Lewis Connett age 39 died Sunday at his parents home 245 West Union Street following a year long decline from a complication of illnesses. He was a promising young physician.
A fleeting editorial argues that inflation will ease and the dollar will regain value after wartime price levels. It claims a fifty cent dollar now will be worth two dollars when the market returns to pre war basis, highlighting savings in food clothing and housing costs.
Dr Connett, aged physician, died at his parents home after pausing practice a year ago at Guysville. Survived by wife, parents, three brothers Dana Loring and Will of Athens and two sisters Mrs G 10 Kates Conway Arkansas and Miss Mary Connett. He studied at Athens high school and Ohio University, Johns Hopkins medical school, Delta Tau Delta member. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm at parental home. interment West Union street cemetery. Call at residence until noon Tuesday.
New Marshfield reports Mrs Anna Hamilton age 61 died Sunday morning at her daughter Mrs Henry Todd’s home near Nelsonville while visiting. She is survived by five children Frank Athens John Charleston W Va Garrison Middleport and Mrs KR Hysell New Marshfield and Mrs Todd near Nelsonville. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
The Supreme Court upheld government contention that dividends received in 1918 and later, but paid from profits earned before 1913, are taxable income under the 1913 income tax law.
Paris dispatch reports The Journal blames President Wilson for the senate's rejection of the peace treaty. It says he autocratically pushed his ideas while parties in Washington squabbled, costing Americans the fruits of victory in the war.
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