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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1920
Page
5
Cattle receipts 600 with a steady market. steers good to choice priced at 11.50 to 13.25. Calves 500, lower but good to choice 14.50 to 15.00. Hogs receipts 4500, market steady, good to choice 15.00. Sheep 250 receipts steady with 12.00 to 13.00 for good to choice. lambs 19.00 to 20.00. Butter, eggs, cheese, and live poultry prices listed.
Hogs receipts 16 000 with market 25e lower. bulk sales 13 60 to 14 60. packing 12 25 to 18 00. light 14 00 to 14 50. pigs 12 50 to 14 25. roughs 11 75 to 12 35. Cattle receipts 2500. market 5 to 50c lower. beeves 10 50 to 14 00. butcher stock 7 75 to 18 65. canners 5 00 to 8 50. stockers 7 50 to 11 50. cows 10 00 to 14 00. calves 10 75 to 13 00. Sheep receipts 500. market 60c lower. wool lambs 16 50 to 20 00. ewes 4 50.
Cattle receipts light and market steady with choice steaks at 13.00 to 18.50, prime 12.50 to 13.00, common 12.00 to 12.50, veal calves 15.00 to 15.50. Sheep and lambs light receipts, market slow, prime wethers 10 to 11, good 8.50 to 9.50, yearling lambs 7.00 to 17.00. House receipts show slow market, prime heavy 14.25 to 14.50, mediums 15.75 to 15.85, heavies 15.75 to 15.85, pigs 14.75 to 15.00, stage 7.50 to 8.00.
Toledo market notes May 15 list cash prices for corn No 3 yellow 2.08 oats No 2 white 1.25 rye No 2 2.24 barley No 2 1.80 plus clover seed 26, timothy futures and butter eggs hay prices.
Patrick Minnis has filed for divorce against Katie Minnis in the Court of Common Pleas Athens County Ohio cause 11971. Katie Minnis with unknown residence must answer by June 28 1920. Attorney kh W Finsterwald for plaintiff.
Night tells Day of a planned journey westward driven by determination. He jokes about riding beasts and wolves, while Day worries and recalls family bonds. Night insists on going despite parental concern, with mother to learn of the plan later.
The diary recounts a chance bus meeting with a handsome Australian named Leslie Bradford in New York. They share a smile, ride uptown together, and later plan to meet again, as the writer notes his charm and loneliness and invites him to visit Hope Hamlet.
A 1920 notice names residents Frank Whaley Everett Whaley Charles Whaley Gertrude Whitaker Caddie Whaley Ligsie Michaels Howard Whaley as notified of Albany Ohio Ordinance No 1 approving Wilkes Street paving with bituminous macadam. It details grade elevations frontage assessments and official filing at the village clerk's office. The notice is dated May 8 1920 and signed by Clerk John Lindley.
Notice from Nelsonville Ohio council about improving Washington Street from inlet 157 to inlet 275. details include grading drainage curb and brick paving with specific grades and costs assessed by frontage. notice dated May 7 1920s. signed A W Linton Clerk of Council.
Mary A Wah Dyke widow of Isaac Vanom died at her home Wednesday at 11 oclock. Funeral at M B church and burial in Wilson chapel cemetery beside her husband. Several Athens visitors and locals noted including May Ruth with Ella Devore, Ib Morrison and family, William Stone, W H Morrison and family, Mattie Mahworter, R E Evener, Edgar Grovesnor married in Athens, and Arthur Worthing group visiting relatives.
Notice to residents that the City of Ohio will enhance Pratt Street from Washington Street to Byard Street with grading curbing and brick or block paving. Plans and estimates are on file in the Street Commissioner’s office. the project includes street elevations and curb lines, with work to be performed under council order dated 5-8-1920.
An old health ad claims a sluggish liver causes fatigue and indifference. It promotes a 25 cent box of BLACKO Liver Tablets with instructions to take one tablet with water to cleanse the liver and bowels, promising a feeling of renewal in ten days.
Fragmented OCR shows mentions of Athens trains and daily schedules. References to times like 8 and 00 p.m appear, with scattered notes about departures and lines. Details are unclear but indicate a local service with daily operation.
Report of condition dated May 6 1980 for The Bank of Athens National Banking Association Athens reveals assets including cash due from banks revenues and government securities. Cash in vault and deposits exceed liabilities with circulating notes outstanding and deposits totaling over one million dollars. Forsyth cashier certifies the statement true to the best of knowledge.
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