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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1926
Page
7
Receipts include six carloads of cattle with the market steady. Select and good cattle fetch around 9.70 to 9.25, veal near 12.50. Sheep and lambs show varied demand with lambs and canners offered. prices range with lows around 4.0 to 6.5 and prime lambs near 13.10.
The labor situation remains generally harmonious with few disputes. Wages in most industrial sectors rise about 2 percent versus 1925, building contracts gain, and retail sales show strength in New England and Philadelphia. Wheat prospects brighten in Texas and the Northwest, while Detroit auto production nears prewar levels.
Oyster rising on a scale never before seen on the Pacific Coast will be undertaken this year. Practically all Oregon beds are brought under one head and 21 million young oysters have been ordered for planting.
May 3 report from New Hampshire notes the Amoskeag plant plans to raise workers to 11,000 and resume night shifts in the rayon department. Activity in rayon fabrics is reported as held.
Coal mines in Hazleton area report storage of Hudsondale plant output as steam coal sales lag. Lehigh Valley Coal Sales and the Highland Coal Company say they are taking similar actions to defer shipments amid sluggish demand.
The Morgan Kramer interests of McComb are preparing to start work on a cold storage plant in Fruit-Hammond Louisiana with a cartage of 10 000 barrels of ripe strawberries.
Sidney of the Ford Motor Company will start building U S bodies in the next fortnight. Assembly plants have operated before but bodies have been bought in the Australian market. Automobiles. Fine May 3. The Australian rot.
Wheat has begun to head in Brown county signaling the grain harvest, expected to be superior to the 1925 crop. Local observers note early development and prospects for a strong season in the annual May reports.
Cattle receipts total about 94 000 with steers up 15 cents and heavyweights near 10 11 dollars. Hogs 50 000 head see prices around 12 13 dollars with various weight classes quoted. Sheep receipts 8 000 lambs steady to strong with top woolled lambs around 15 75.
CaterT market trends show steady to good demand for calves and springers with steer and heifer prices listed. Receipts include 175 head at Bend and various lots showing slight declines and steadier run with further pressure for lower grades.
The report lists Liberty Bonds with Second 4s at 100.29 and Third 41s at 101.10, followed by Fourth Ke at 103.4 and Treasury 4 percent at 108.1. This snapshot shows varied issue prices and yields in a single market update.
Commodity prices across multiple markets show butter, eggs, and poultry in Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Toledo. Grain and feed values include wheat, corn, oats, barley, timothy, and rye with varying cash and futures figures for several carriers and regions.
County Superintendent H. R. McVay says about 225 pupils across Athens county high schools will receive diplomas as the schools close May 4. Commencements begin tonight and run through Thursday with ceremonies at New Marshfield, Chauncey, The Plains and other towns.
The Athens high spring frolic opens tonight at 8 in the school auditorium. A fifty four piece high school band directed by Russ Stephenson leads the program. Senior boys perform a skit The Opening Night of the Majestic. John Newcombe’s colored minstrel singers appear.
The Chicago convention report by Professor QO E McClure of Ohio University is postponed to 7 30 o clock Wednesday May 5 in the councils room of the city venue.
Mrs Capper wife of Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas is critically ill in a Baltimore hospital. Her recovery is feared doubtful.
The Rev A Y Wilcox preached at the Presbyterian church on God as mans refuge and strength. He said religion provides shelter and unfailing power to meet oppressions and overcome evil with ongoing May services on practical topics each Wednesday night.
Weekend liquor squad under Magistrate Pearl W Helwig filed eight charges and tried seven men. Maloney and Williams were arrested near Kimberly after liquor was found in a car. Williams pleaded guilty to possession and Maloney to transportation and possession, both fined $100 and costs and jailed for nonpayment. Five men faced intoxication charges. Nelson jailed for intoxicated condition with a $10 fine plus costs. Haning Farrell and Smith also fined $10 and costs. Alva Tabler received a $10 fine.
Mrs. Newton Hoch died at her Huntington home after a brief illness. She formerly lived with her husband at The Plains where they owned a home before leaving years ago when mining slumped. She leaves husband a son and several siblings. Funeral Tuesday with interment in Huntington. Her Plains neighbors mourn her loss.
A fragmentary line hints at the serpents tongue as a symbol of taste and danger. The odd phrasing evokes curiosity about culinary or literary symbolism without clear event or attribution.
Don Millikan son of Mr and Mrs Charles Millikan was driven around Athens Sunday in an automobile as he regains mobility after injuries from a fall in Columbus last autumn He was taken to the Delta Tau Delta house where members greeted him as he rode by This marks his first out of doors excursion in months.
Oberlin college will scrutinize its disciplinary system starting Saturday after the dismissal of James Gaines a Toledo senior. Rev Joel B Hayden trustee member says a group of pouty students engineered the action which also removed Gaines roommate and Ralph Spiker from a public speaking class. President King meanwhile is ill in a North Carolina sanitarium.
Mrs Margaret Pierce Waldie 60 wife of Malcolm Waldie died at 191 West Union Street at 3 PM Sunday after noon from stomach cancer. Funeral at 2 PM Wednesday at Central Avenue M E church with burial in West Union Street cemetery. She leaves husband two children Richard Waldie Columbus and Mrs Lulla Dunett Glasgow eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Evelyn Pettit files for divorce from Harry Pettit citing willful absence and neglect of duty. She requests custody of their one child Denver and seeks a court determination of guardianship and support.
Albany May 3. Born to Mr and Mrs Cecil Chesser of Mechanicsburg a daughter June Marilyn on Sunday May 2. The baby weighed ten pounds. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs C A Wingett and Mr and Mrs Charles Chesser of Albany R D 1. Mrs Chesser formerly Miss Amanda Wingett, Albany High School graduate. She taught at Town House and Lively school for three years.
Series to start in May conducted by Rev. A Y Wilcox at the Presbyterian church. Services will begin at 7 30 p m each evening.
Three bandits held up a Cincinnati meat shop today lockingEdward Jacob and two employees in an ice box and escaped with 1002 dollars 3 cents.
Barrett of Portland Oregon former Warren ton city manager enters the Republican nomination race for U S Senate in Oregon She is described as one of the foremost Republican women on the West coast and has declared her candidacy.
In Morton's Chicago apartment Audrey trains with Nona and Parrish as Audrey contemplates marriage, Parrish pursues her, and Nona schemes with Morton watching. Audrey worries Nona may trap Parrish but Morton muses on women and vamping while Parrish practices guitar and plans a dance date.
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