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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1927
Page
12
A dense list of crossword style clues across horizontal and vertical directions. Items include plant uses, resin, cavities, oniony terms, and archaic phrases. The word set features culinary tools, body parts, and factors of geometry along with transport and domestic terms.
We express our sincere thanks to neighbors and friends for kindness and assistance during the sickness and death of our beloved mother and daughter Jennie Belle Oliver. Gratitude goes to Rev Watkins and those who provided cars and support for the family.
A juvenile star named Snookums Snookum visits Washington and vaudeville, meeting the President. His single lock of hair provokes a rare Coolidge smile, a moment deemed ludicrous by observers.
A fragmented classified listing describes used Ford parts and auto repair services. It mentions H. H. Blph Trimble Ohio and Nichols' Garage, with tire and repair offerings, plus Burson Chevrolet Co and Millfield Garage contact numbers. General auto wrecking, batteries, rentals, and refrigeration items appear in the scattered notes.
Classified items include a 1926 Ford coupe and a 1925 touring car. Linoleum sale offers apply with 10 percent off. Hartshorn rollers priced for 6 and 7 foot green shade options, plus green oil shade. Prices shown as 55c 59c and 5c per unit.
Col James 8 Wright of Rockport Indiana never drank stimulants or used tobacco and has remained a Mason for 73 years. At 5 dollars he is the oldest Mason and member of the Knights of Pythias in the United States and a Civil War veteran.
Springfield May 26. C B Buckner age 30 lineman for the state highway department was exposed to 69040 volts of electricity through his body. Physicians say he will recover.
Butter firm with receipts 17 068 and extras 4242¢, special market 43 43 4c. Eggs steady with receipts 38 760, nearby white fancy 32 34c, nearby mixed whites 25c 3ic, fresh firsts c 234c, western whites 25 28c, Pacific coast 35c 35c, nearby towns 28'sc.
Liberty bond prices in New York show mixed moves as of May 26. The second 4% bond stands at 100.10 unchanged while the third 4% at 100.28 down slightly. Fourth 4% at 103.30 steady. Area 44s at 114 with 2,4s at 109.5 up 1, 3% at 106.11 up 1.
Hogs receipts 4,000 with mixed bids from 150 to 25 cents lower. top hogs $9.15, 250 to 350 pounds. Cattle receipts 250 with steers $9.00 to $10.00, cows $4.25 to $8.50, vealers $9.00. Sheep receipts 900 with fat lambs $11.50, bulk lambs $11.50, cull lambs $12.50 to $13.50, fat ewes $9.50 to $6.50, spring lambs $13.80 to $16.50.
Market reports list Western area cattle receipts at 750 head with varying weights and prices from 9.25 to 10.50 per unit. Calves total 150 with beef steers trading 10.50 to 12.00 and vealers 12.00 to 12.50. Sheep receipts reach 200 with fat lambs to 14.50 and bulk lambs trading 6.00 to 11.00, spring lambs 9.17 to 10.00. Market remains steady overall.
Butter unchanged as markets report eggs steady with fresh gathered extra firsts at 18 cents, fresh gathered firsts 16 cents, seconds 13 cents, nearby ungraded 17 cents.
Chicago market receipts show butter at 11 520 units with extras 39 to 40 cents and standards 40 to 38 cents. Eggs receipts at 27 988 units with ordinaries 19 1/2 to 19 5/8 cents and firsts 21 1/4 to 22 cents, seconds 18 cents, extras 24 1/2 cents.
Inside sugar sacks offered by grocers for ten cents each prove useful as dish towels after washing and hemming.
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