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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1921
Page
7
For sale Buick six five passenger touring car in excellent condition. Call to view and demonstration available after five. Contact 6564 or visit 92 East State Street for details.
For Sale modern seven room house on Franklin Avenue offered by Cameron Brothers insurance and real estate. Also six room house on High Street marketed to buyers seeking a good home by Pearl Miller Chauncey Ohio. Another seven room house in Athens on a corner lot with two adjoining vacant lots, large basement bath gas slate roof three porches and garden plots, possession in 30 days. Pearl Miller Chauncey Ohio.
Brand new bungalow centrally located featuring hard wood floors in old ivory and mahogany finish and hot water heat. See for appreciation. Contact J Clyde Edmundson at phone 2491.
A political faction or group described as conservative announces actions to liquidate bank loans and assemble cash estates. The move aims to reinforce administration charges and funding streams through asset liquidation.
The question ponders how the wood industry will reuse the abundant sawdust from mills now that barrooms have vanished from the scene. It hints at shifting industrial waste handling and potential new markets.
Cattle receipts 55 cars market higher with prime cattle at 9.00 to 9.30, common 8.00 to 8.50, veal calves 10.00 to 10.50. Sheep and lambs receipts 20 doubles active with prime wethers 7.00 to 7.50, good 6.50 to 7.00, yearling samba 11.00 to 11.50. Hogs receipts 60 doubles market steady with prime heavy 9.00, mediums 9.40 to 9.60, heavy yorkers 9.40 to 9.60, pigs 9.40 to 9.60, roughs 6.50 to 7.75, stags 4.50 to 5.50.
Hog receipts 36000 with prices 10c to 15c lower. bulk 8.15 to 8.75, butchers 8.10 to 8.50, packing 7.35 to 8.00, light 8.45 to 8.80, pigs 8.00 to 8.60, roughs 7.00 to 7.35. Cattle receipts 18000, market steady. beeves 5.00 to 7.00, butchers 6.00 to 9.00, canners 2.50 to 5.25, stockers 5.75 to 8.25, cows 5.25 to 7.75, calves 7.70 to 9.50. Sheep receipts 1700, market 21 cents higher. wool lambs 7.25 to 9.50, ewes 6.00 to 7.50.
Cattle receipts around 1900 slow to weak with steers everyday values $8.50 to $9.00. Calves 50 cents lower with top $9.25 to $10.00. Hogs receipts about 9000 with active market steady at $8.90 for best packers and butchers. Sheep receipts 1400 steady with e xtra $5.50 to $6.50 and lambs strong rising to $14.00 to $14.50.
Butler creamery 2k and standards 27 gc show firsts at 24 and 28 cents with seconds at 18 and 22. Fegs ordinaries 18c 19c firsts 28ce. Cheese-twings 18 and 19 cents. Young Americas 2k 22e. Live Poultry 29 cents.
In Cincinnati on May 16 eggs held steady with extra eggs at 22 1 2 cents, firsts at 20 1 2 cents, and ordinary at 19 1 2 cents per dozen.
Report from Toledo Ohio lists cash and futures prices for wheat corn oats rye barley Clover seed and Timothy for 1918 1919 and 1920 contracts. Also notes butter eggs and hay prices with date references and monthly figures.
Fragmented text shows values such as 88.50 7.42 87.48 and 97.88 with several garbled tokens. Mentions Liberty 3498 and Victory entries appear, but readable context is limited to numeric figures and scattered labels. No coherent event or names emerge.
The Supreme Court reaffirmed the validity of the prohibition amendment and upheld all sections. It ruled that President Harding while a senator proposed seven year ratification by states does not void the amendment, rejecting liquor interests arguments that the requirement invalidated the measure.
Marshall Summers and Edith Louise Holloway, both residents of Glouster, obtained a marriage license with Rev. E. D. Murch officiating. Edward Forest Sells of Columbus, a salesman, and Louise Lorinda Read ing of Athens, a teacher, also secured a marriage license with Rev. E. D. Murch.
May 16 in Columbus Ohio W F Callander statistician of the Ohio Farm Bureau federation says there is little danger of overproduction of wheat and there may be a shortage.
Miss Laura Bramwell, 23, from Mineola New York, broke the world loop the loop record by completing 199 consecutive loops from an altitude of 8 000 feet before landing.
The high court ruled that the rise in value of natural resources held by a corporation is profit and taxable income. La Belle Iron Works contested a $1,000,000 tax on ore land value from $190,000 to over $10 million, a gain the company said was capital increase not profit.
The region saw numerous family visits with extended kin from Athens and nearby towns. Residents hosted relatives at weekend gatherings with several trips to Athens and neighboring communities noted.
Latrobe Miss Minnie Russell of Fairview visits sister Mrs. Vern Dixon. Mildred Shanks of Chillicothe spends weekend at home. William Deeter of Stewart visits son Abner. Wilma Carlton visits Athens. T. E. Fitch travels to Parkersburg on business. Mrs. James Thompson and family visit Mrs. F. D. Shanks. Bertha Keller of Parkersburg visits. Mrs. Founds of Parkersburg visits daughter Mrs. Brady Lemaster. C. C. Mars and family spend Mothers Day at parents in Little Hocking. Naomi Keller of Parkersburg spends Sunday at home.
Fire Sunday destroyed the John Clark flour mill in Milford Ohio. Loss estimated at 35000 dollars with origin undetermined.
Historical ledger notes list assets from 1895 to 1924 with figures such as 85 431.85 in 1903 455 247.04 in 1907 and 9 892 420.14 in 1924. Details include large sums and a 6 per cent interest line, with mentions of locations and in force statuses for the era.
Carpenter Hollis daughter of G x Colins remains ill with typhoid fever. Charley Goldall of Dyesville called on business. Miss Mary Arbaugh of Mt Blanco guests of Gilbert Bowen. Miss Mary Throckmorton remains ill. Alice Perry stays with A D Morrison. J D Carpenter and Henry Stimetz visited Albany. Arch Castor leads Fairmont cream station. Armstead Mace and Morrison visited Albany. Grover Quick and wife relocate to J D Steward farm from Los Angeles. Bur Peck and John Harman from Cherry Run shearing for W E Harman. W C Cottrill in cattle roundup Friday. John and Archer of Mr Blanco haul drain tile. M D Zimmerman sold stock and farming implements and bought a third share in Cooper Nichols Agricul Chemical Co. Zimmerman travels West Virginia Pennsylvania Michigan promoting the company. His railroad experience aids company effort. Carl Castor of Dyesville was a Wednesday business caller.
London officials report a deep drop in diamond trading as the market collapses, signaling wider financial distress impacting upper and propertied classes.
Gary Indiana May 16 workers in the steel industry face a twenty percent wage cut amid a line steel strike. Part time workers for months may lose jobs as unions push for steady hours and pay.
Chicago May 16 Mrs Isae Orthwein the confessed slayer of Haw bert Zeigler Goodyear Rubber Company executive will be on trial for murder May 3. She appeared in court today but was moved to the date next week to urge the selection of a men to try the defendant.
Readable fragments mention an opening time on S18 and reference a person or entity handling the event. Details are incomplete, with placeholders and garbled terms, but imply a scheduled activity or access point on a specific street or site. No clear names, places, or dates are discernible.
Dated arrival note appears garbled with partial words and unclear names, yielding a fragmentary item. The readable fragments suggest a transit or arrival reference but lack concrete entities, dates, places, or events to pin down.
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