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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1921
Page
7
Market summary from Cincinnati shows cattle receipts 1200 with prices $8.26 to $9.00 for shippers, calves steady with extra $8.50 to $9.60, hogs receipts 700 steady around $8.50 for good packers and butchers, sheep and lambs steady with sheep $5.50 to $6.00 and lambs $10.00 to $10.50.
Cattle receipts 70 cars with higher prices. Choice $8.50 to $9.00, prime $8.50 to $8.75, veal calves $9.50 to $10.00. Sheep and lambs receipts 15 doubles with lower market. Prime wethers $6.75 to $7.00, yearling lambs $10.50 to $11.00. Hogs receipts 75 doubles with lower market. Prime heavy $8.26, mediums $8.75 to $8.85, heavy yorkers $8.75 to $8.85, stags $3.50 to $4.25.
Athens prepares a large Memorial Day parade organized by the American Legion committee led by Major Rafel Johnson Captain William Walsh and Lt C N MacKinnon. Veterans from World War Spanish American Civil War and National Guard will march together with Boy Scouts and a 20 member band.
A fragment explains a plan to pay five percent on deposits and loan homes at one to two percent to earn a reserve fund for potential losses. It notes a low loan rate plus a double test for depositors through a large reserve and loan selection. The Buck State Savings and Loan Co. Rankin Gay Street Os Assetas over 210.
The document lists Liberty bonds and prices with several garbled entries. It records various bond series and their quoted prices, including 3 44s and 41 4s with yields around 7.0 to 9.7 percent, though the text is heavily corrupted.
Hog prices show a steady to 25 cent drop with bulk traded around 7.90 to 8.40 per hundredweight and various types ranging from 6.65 to 8.60. Cattle receipts reach 15000 with markets 25 cents higher and beef prices from 5.00 to 7.25 for beeves and up to 10.00 for calves. Sheep receipts 25009 with wool lambs at 7.75 to 9.50 and ewes at 2.25 to 7.25 per hundredweight.
Chicago market prices list dairy and poultry items with butter creamery at 30 cents, standards 30 cents, firsts 25 and 29 cents, seconds 20 to 24 cents. Eggs ordinaries 18 and 19 cents, firsts 23 to 44 cents, cheese twins 18 and 19 cents, young American 22 and 1/2 cents, live poultry 28 cents.
In Cincinnati on May 2, eggs eased one cent with extras at 22 cents, firsts 21 cents, and ordinary eggs 20 cents, reflecting a modest downward move in the local market.
Grain and seed prices posted in Toledo Ohio show cash and futures for corn, oats, rye, barley, clover, timothy, and alsike with spot butter at 39 cents per pound and eggs at a fraction of a cent. Hay quoted at 1.25 per unit.
Republican senators on the senate floor celebrated the Newberry decision today and moved to plan a memorable reception for Newberry when he returns to his seat after a long absence in Washington May 2.
Holland relies entirely on imported stone as there are no local quarries. The statement notes the city’s dependence on external supply for all building and construction needs.
Gar II Jr. completed a sea voyage from Miami Florida to New York in 43 hours six minutes beating the fastest train time of 43 hours 30 minutes. The speed board Gar II Jr. finished the long run Saturday reporting the milestone.
Arlington police report a deadly duel at the Ingle farm near Arlington. Davie Ingle, 23, was shot to death and McKinley Ingle, 23, the woman with him, was mortally wounded. Chief J. Coke described the incident as a fatal duel on May 2.
Fragmentary note shows Athens timing 2:03 with unclear digits and stray letters. Leaves Athens sequence listed as 36 and 7 with fragmented fragments suggesting a daily training reference.
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