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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1926
Page
11
Livestock prices show mixed movement with cows at 6.50 to 8.40 for various grades and calves from 5.75 to 8.40. Vealers and feeders range from 5.00 to 12.25, slaughter sheep and lambs listing lambs at 12.00 plus, ewes and canners priced between 2.50 and 8.50.
Morton travels to Yuma where he confronts old associates, indictments, and a haunted memory of Audrey. A court verdict clears Smith while Audrey writes from Chicago promising love and a new life. Back in Chicago Morton finds Nona injured, hinting at more danger and a cliffhanger ending.
The Senate prohibition committee approved the Andrews bill levying steep fines on liquor law violators and tightening permits. The committee, with four city members present, endorsed enforcement measures for the full Senate judiciary committee. Senator Reed was absent, delaying beer bill kill/modification efforts as Congress nears adjournment. The measures head to the full committee Thursday for faster action.
New air mail routes link the Northeast and Southwest, extending a 400 mile wide corridor from Boston to Dallas with connections nationwide. Ford Airways’ Detroit to Chicago freight service shows 97 percent efficiency with 663 trips, 165,495 miles flown, and 1,791 hours aloft, carrying 635,221 pounds of express freight. Weather caused many cancellations and landings, but the operation demonstrates reliability for future routes.
New York May 11. The stock market session was dull and featureless with trading at about half Monday. Rallies and declines mingled as bears pushed prices down but a late improvement followed on short covering. Motor stocks faced continued pressure and many hit new lows as the day ended inconclusively about the market’s direction.
Receipts show 300 head cattle with steady prices and steer ranges from good to choice around 969.75. Calves and lambs also steady with similar good to choice pricing, while overall receipts include 3 000 head and 150 head entries across cattle and lamb markets.
Cattle receipts light and market slow with classes priced from 7.50 to 9.75 for good to choice. Veal calves 12.50 to 13.00. Sheep and lambs steady with prime wethers around 89.50 to 89.75 and yearling lambs near 94. Hogs steady with heavy 13.75 to 14.00, mediums 14.50 to 14.60, heavy yorkers 14.50 to 14.60, net yorkers 14.00 to 14.25, pigs 14.75 to 15.00.
Cattle receipts 11 000 fair activity with steers 10 percent higher and light weights up. Beef prices include killing cows at 10.35 and 10.15 for medium. vealers 9 10 to packers and 11 12 to outsiders. Sheep receipts 11 000, market slow but higher with heavy weights to packers at 14 75 15. Hogs receipts 18 000, market steady with bulk around 13 100 13 70 and various weight classes quoted. sows and pigs also listed. Slaughter cattle and calves show steers 9 40 10 50 and light offerings mixed.
Cincinnati prices show eggs 26 to 27 cents, various grades listed. Pittsburgh oil market unchanged. Toledo wheat No 2 at 1.67 to 1.68, corn No 3 at 72 to 34, rye No 2 at 88 cents. clover seed and timothy listed. butter 42 to 44 cents. eggs 20 to 27 cents. hay priced at 50 dollars.
The first 414s bonds rose to 102.21, gaining 3 points while the second 414s fell to 100.26, down 1. The third 414s traded at 101.80, down 1, and the fourth 414s traded at 103.50.
Houston interests close a deal to handle 300000 bales of Oklahoma cotton this season. A 5 million dollar plant will be erected by the Manchester Terminal and Compress Company and the Houston Compress Company will add a 300000 dollar extension.
Saco Maine May 11 The York Manufacturing company a major producer of ginghams and sheetings has passed its semiannual dividend due to poor profits after paying steadily since 1914. The firm faces continued earnings pressure amid weak textile demand.
Cleveland May 11 The Gabriel Snubber company reports its largest month ever with net earnings believed to approach 200000.
Salina district covering 29 northwest Kansas counties will hire 10,000 harvest hands for the wheat crop. Harvest is set to start around June 15.
Hamden Marshal Abe Young who killed 55 year old Charles R. Bickley of Ironton late yesterday will be exonerated without an inquiry. Young said he shot Bickley after being attacked by him.
Columbus secretary to Governor Donahey J A Meckstroth, seriously ill at his home with intestinal influenza, shows marked improvement today per attending physicians.
Gallipolis reports Rio Grande College near here will observe its fiftieth anniversary June 7-8 with an historical pageant. The college was founded by Nehemiah Atwood who donated the land for its erection.
The Cleveland Painesville & Eastern interurban line will discontinue service on May 20. The Cleveland Ashtabula & Conneaut Bus Co will place fifteen new buses in operation along the northeastern shore.
The eighteenth annual convention of the Ohio State Medical Association opened in Toledo today with physicians gathering to discuss issues in healthcare, medical education, and policy developments across the state.
Hayden E Richards, 25, was killed instantly when he stepped into the path of an eastbound Pennsylvania train in Youngstown.
Former Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty former Alien Property Custodian Thomas W. Miller and John T. King will appear in federal court in New York on May 18 to answer the indictments against them. Assistant U S Attorney General Kenneth F. Simpson announced today.
Dayton attorney Roland M. Baggott, dismissed as Nesbitt’s defense counsel, was subpoenaed to testify before the Miami County grand jury probing the murder of Frances Drake Nesbitt. County Prosecutor L. E. Harvey vowed to reveal all on alleged collusion as witnesses are prepared for Nesbitt’s indictment decision.
Justice Asbury in Chancery court granted an injunction to restrain secretaries and other officials of certain branches of the national sailors and firemen's union from calling on members to strike or to quit work without the executive council’s authorization.
New York May 11. Fears that Walter P. B. Ward would be murdered were recalled by Ralph D. Ward, brother of the Ward Baking founder, as a possible explanation for his disappearance. Walter Ward has been missing since Thursday. His car was found at Trenton New Jersey with a broken windshield and his briefcase and traveling bag inside.
Belfast laborers walked off the job in a full strike today causing disruption at the docks. The walkout began this morning and involves a large portion of the workforce, with delayed ship operations and attention from local authorities.
Captains Loriga and Gallarza, Spanish aviators, flying from Madrid to Manila, landed at Islands Appari on Luzon at 2 30 this afternoon after a flight across the Pacific.
The Rhondda Welsh Singers headlined a joint Athens Kiwanis Rotary meeting at Hotel Berry. They tour the U S and Canada and will sail home later this month. A benefit concert funds the Athens Kiwanis underprivileged children committee. Director Tom Morgan led the performance. Tele phone day in Athens county is announced with 100 independent telephone leaders attending. A Majestic showing offers a four reel film and 1000 tickets for local business folks. The event marks the fiftieth anniversary of the first U S telephone message.
A state examiner filed a report with the state bureau of accounting alleging illegal payments from the secret service fund of Buckland village in Auglaize county.
Lillian McDowell known as Cat Eye Annie, famed jewel thief, was recaptured near Weedsport Cayuga County by prison guards after escaping from Auburn penitentiary. She had been serving ten years for a $75,000 Buffalo jewelry theft.
Brief witty proverb note from Mansfield Ohio newspaper remarking on marriage and finances.
In Urbana Ohio a schoolboy who paddled a teacher prompts local attention and debates on discipline and student rights. The incident contrasts with typical school discipline policies and highlights community views on responsibility.
In Newark Ohio the American Tribune notes that even tight ties can drift apart as dynamics shift within a close circle. Observers cite personal choices and changing roles as key factors widening the emotional distance.
Since woman suffrage, baby-kissing candidates claim mothers of infants are harder to please. Cincinnati Times-Star notes the shift in campaigning and voter expectations after suffrage.
Prime Minister Baldwin asserts ultimate victory for Britain in the general strike. He tells the American public the community remains calm and determined to defend constitutional rights as the second week of the strike begins. He calls the nation's efforts a secure defense of constitutional government.
California Indians created a musical instrument from a string of acorns tuned by size and played by striking each acorn against the teeth to make it vibrate one at a time.
Ordinance 471 authorizes the mayor and Public Service Director to enter into a formal agreement with L D Radcliff of Athens Ohio for a sanitary sewer easement. The city dedicates Lot 1949 and five feet of Lot 1958 for street use, and Radcliff grants the right to lay maintain operate repair and remove sewer pipes under specified parcels.
The London government communique today stresses the absence of violence in the general strike and outlines the strike's progress.
Advertisement seeks a capable businesswoman with drive and ambition to lead all salespeople in a territory. Applicant should detail experience ability and education. Manufacturers representatives will visit Athens soon to finalize arrangements. Address Box A Athens Messenger.
A dense list of Eastern and Pacific radio stations prints Tuesday time blocks for music talks and programs. Entries include WBAL Naval Academy Band KDKA Oratorio program WEAF WEAF WEAF and many others with dinner music orchestra and specialty shows.
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