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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1920
Page
5
An offer to swap a new refrigerator for a second hand unit features over twenty five options including side and top icers and ice boxes. Priced from 14.29 dollars upward. Athens Furniture Exchange promotes bargains and invites comparison.
An Oklahoma City man reports dramatic improvement after using Milks Emulsion for a years long cough night sweats and weight loss. He credits the product with restored appetite sleep and digestion and notes a 12 pound gain while recommending the remedy with a money back guarantee. The advertisement touts Milks Emulsion as a nutritious palatable food and corrective medicine available from Terre Haute Indiana with local guarantees.
Cattle receipts 3000 steady market with good to choice steers at 11.50 to 13.00. calves 15.00 to 16.00. hogs receipts 32000 steady at 14.75 for good to choice. sheep 150 steady at 12.00 to 13.00. lambs slow but 19.00 to 20.00 for good to choice.
Market listing shows butter creamery at 57 cents, firsts 654 cents, 56 cents, seconds 47 cents, eggs ordinaries 87 cents, firsts 411 cents, Creese Twins 27 percent, young American 29 cents, live poultry 38 cents.
Cattle receipts 1500 and 1 500 in two runs with market steady beeves 9.75 to 13.75, stockers and feeders 7.50 to 10.50, cows 9.75 to 13.75, calves 10.00 to 13.00. Sheep receipts 12000 with slow to lower trade wool lambs 11.25 to 17.45, ewes 4.50 to 15.25. Hogs receipts 30 doubles and 36 000 with steady to lower prices bulk 13.35 to 14.25, butchers 13.00 to 14.50, packing 11.50 to 13.75, light 13.50 to 14.25, pigs 11.50 to 12.15. Veal calves 15.50 to 16.00. Prime and good grades noted across cattle and hogs with varying ranges and no uniform trend.
A wrist watch was left in the lobby of the Majestic Theatre Saturday night. The party who took it is identified and is advised to reclaim it at the Messenger office immediately. A furnished room with private entrance is available for students or couples without children, with cooking privileges optional. Phone 4741.
Billy Jr. seeks a western route and faces cautions from a talking horse about crossing the Great Plains and Dead Lake. He resolves to follow the sun westward, hoping for adventure despite dangers and hardships.
A narrator recounts emancipation from family dress taboos by buying a scarlet evening dress. She describes rapture at its arrival, plans to wear it for a dinner and dance, and compares her excitement to a heroine on screen, while reflecting on color, fate, and youth.
Fragmentary OCR mentions Liberty 8314 bonds and Victory 454 in a notice about bond receipts or endorsements. No clear event date or full details are legible. the text alludes to bond series numbers and a potential payment or acknowledgment. Further readable names or actions are not present.
Toledo notes May 18 listing cash prices for corn 3 yellow at 2.06 oats 2 white 1.20 to 1.21 rye 2 cash 2.18 barley 2 cash 1.70 alsike 24.50 Dec 24.55 clover seed 28.00 Oct 24.05 Dec 23.20 and timothy with various 1917 1918 to 1919 year figures. Butter 64c eggs 48c hay 2.10.
In Northampton Massachusetts on May 18 the trial of Mrs Anna Tomaskiewicz for murdering her husband Andrew Tomaskiewicz resumed as the state continued its case. Prosecutors note she was married four times with each husband dying under suspicious circumstances and each $1000 life insurance payout collected by a woman in each case.
Cleveland officials move to block a 20 percent rate increase approved by the state Public Utilities Commission. The suit seeks an injunction to stop the rate change, which would take effect June 1 if not halted.
Northbound and southbound daily trains depart from Athens with times for No 1 3 6 northbound and No 2 4 6 southbound. morning departures at 6 43 9 59 and 2 03 PM with afternoon 11 41 AM 4 37 PM and 8 25 PM respectively.
Daily trains depart Athens at 6 00 a m 11 05 a m and 6 00 p m No 30 4 45 p m and 24 8 15 p m are listed as arriving in Athens with No 30 arriving 10 10 a m No 4 3 45 p m No 24 8 15 p m Dailey Trains and No 33 35 37 are included with times at Athens
Local trains run daily except Sunday with timetable numbers for eastbound and westbound services. No. 2 at 12:53 a.m. and No. 52 at 9:38 a.m. plus other local and express times listed as 12:48 p.m. 6:60 p.m. 8:48 a.m. and 7:17 a.m. among the daily runs.
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