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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1920
Page
5
Cattle receipts light and steady with choice 14.50 to 15.00 and prime 13.00 to 13.75. Veal calves 17.00 to 18.00. Sheep and lambs receipts fair and higher with prime wethers 7.00 to 7.50 and yearling lambs 14.00 to 14.50. Hogs receipts 20 doubles and higher with prime heavy 14.66 to 14.75 and other hogs 14.60 to 14.75. Stags 7.00 to 9.00.
Cattle receipts 800 with market steady and shipper bids from 10.50 to 13.50. Calves steady to strong with good to choice 15.00 to 16.00. Hogs receipts 3800 and market 50 cents higher with pigs up 1. Sheep receipts 400 and market strong with good to choice 5.00 to 6.00. Lambs strong with good to choice 13.50 to 14.00.
Akron police sought Victor Quinn of Barberton after he allegedly killed Porter Harris during a supper quarrel over politics. Harris died instantly after a dispute at a boarding house, with four others present. Investigations continued.
In Topeka Kansas election returns from the first precinct of the third ward Harding trails Debs and leads Cox in separate counts. Early data show Harding ahead with 39 to 34 in that precinct and 12 to 10 in another uptown precinct for Cox over Harding. A Californian inventor introduces posts to connect curbs with concrete to prevent embankment sagging.
In a crowded show Billy Whiskers asserts himself as leader of the bold acrobats. He rallies his troupe on a white Arabian steed, disciplining a winded Blue Nose Mandrill and keeping the audience enraptured with their stunts while Terrence Bull Pup laments past snubs.
In a diary style note dated October 5 a young woman recounts fleeing Rome with Ettore and facing her mother’s disapproval on a voyage home to Cherbourg. She resists engagement rumors, notes a possible engagement to Jack, and promises to live freely this winter while awaiting further developments aboard a high seas voyage.
A reader asks how a date should be spent when a suitor asks to call. Brown Eyed Susan says the man expects to call at home and the woman should entertain him there with conversation music reading or other activities. Do not agree to amusement outings. In a separate letter Dolores M describes a persistent jealous suitor and seeks a way to stop his visits. The mentor suggests clear refusal and notes the man may not respond to polite hints.
A seventeen year old junior writes to Mrs Thompson seeking advice on leaving school to work on a farm. The response urges completing high school, arguing future failure is more likely without education and praising the mother’s sacrifices. A sheriff sale notice for land in Athens County accompanies the page.
City of Nelsonville Ohio invites proposals for waterworks improvements to furnish and equip ten inch drilled wells with connecting water and air lines housings bids due noon November ath 1920 opened read. Bids must include name residence and affiliations certified check 10 percent and bond 50 percent with sureties. City may award three or four complete wells and waives informalities. Director of Public Service A William Burnell October 26 1920.
City of Nelsonville Ohio invites sealed bids by noon November 12 1920 for labor and materials to grade drain and pave sections of Weat Washington Street including concrete curb and second class brick paving with native stone or brick hats. Bids require full bidder names and a 10 percent bond or certified check as guarantee. The city reserves the right to reject any bid. Dated November 26 1920.
Ladies invited to a cooperative meeting at the Chamber of Commerce rooms Wednesday evening November 3 at 7 PM. Roy Shanks, field worker for the National Cooperative League, will deliver a message for women attendees.
Ohio motorists plan a Columbus conference to revise highway policy. Representatives from auto clubs, state and county officials, and out of state authorities will craft a policy for the next general assembly. F. F. Bentley of the State Automobile Association advocates broader motorist influence on road modernization.
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