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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1918
Page
5
A crowded weekend of visits and travels across Athens including Fred Josten in Columbus Sanford Bundy on eastward business Harold Wise in Pomeroy and many other locals visiting relatives and attending events The W C T U meets at 2 PM Tuesday and Presbyterians attend the general assembly in Columbus with various family gatherings and village trips noted.
Reverend W H Hickman of Newark Ohio reports long term indigestion relief after trying Dr Parker’s Treatment for Indigestion and Constipation. He notes quick relief, eventual cure, and endorses the product with a money back guarantee. Also advertised are Dr Parker’s Nerve Tonic Tablets and Liver Tablets with pricing and pharmacy availability.
Athens residents accompanied by Rev Dr G Walton King of Newark NJ visited Chillicothe and Camp Sherman with many locals joining a Sunday motoring party. Miss Ida Boerstier and Miss Mayme Watkins traveled from Cleveland and returned with other Athens guests amid university social events and piano recital attendance.
Hay market report from Columbus Ohio dated May 17 lists No. 1 timothy baled at 22.50 dollars No. 2 timothy baled 22.50 dollars No. 1 light mixed 21.50 No. 1 clover 13.50 No. 2 clover 11.00 straw 9.25 all prices per hundredweight.
Cincinnati buyers held steady on cattle while calves sold higher with extra 13 to 13.50. Hog receipts reached 805 with good quality packers and butchers paying 17.65. Sheep receipts 525 stayed steady with extras from 12.25 to 12.90.
More than 400 Buckeye division soldiers who had not been naturalized became U S citizens under a modern law at Camp Sheridan Alabama. Colonel Tom O Crossan now commands all trains with Major Ralph D Cole directing police outfits and the One Hundred and Forty fifth Infantry finished its training, to be followed by another infantry regiment.
Pittsburg sees cattle receipts 35 cars with prices from 14.00 to 17.00 for common to prime. Sheep and lambs receipts 20 cars with prime wethers 13.50 to 14.25, spring lambs 15.00 to 20.00. Hogs receipts 30 cars with prime heavy 17.75 to 18.00, other categories 12.50 to 18.50.
Toledo on May 20 reports cash corn at 1.52, oats 0.753, rye 2.00, clover 18.25, and timothy at 3.80 with futures at 14.50 for October and 4.40 4.10 4.17 for various months. Alsuke noted at 15.25 with related grain price context.
Chicago reports quick price notes for corn oats and pork futures with May and July dates. Corn May at 1.2734 and July at 1.431. Oats May 76 and June 73.5 and July 68. Pork May 42.80 and July 42.65.
Athens Chamber of Commerce schedules Captain H. L. Lambkin to speak next Friday at the Methodist church about his front line observations. An admission fee will be charged and the hall is expected to be filled beyond capacity. Lambkin, a former Athens man, describes the great war’s reality and his Canadian service. He will also speak at the Chamber luncheon Wednesday noon.
London reports fourteen killed and over forty injured when Entente air forces bombed Cologne on Saturday. Six allied aviators took part, with heavy damage centered in the market area of the city.
Raymond Downing of Waverly Indiana, age 10, wrote to General John J. Pershing after a teacher's prompt. The general replied from the front, and the boy proudly displays the returned letter and the connection to the famed commander.
Washington reports railroads under government operation will spend nearly 1 billion dollars this year for additions improvements and equipment. This amount is about three times higher than any single year in the prior three years.
John Hancock High School defeated Jackson in a hard hitting Friday game. Jones, the standout for Hancock, drove in five runs including a first four and a fifth. Hancock showed balance and improvement with infield handling and bat performance, while Jackson mounted a late rally in fifth inning.
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