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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1919
Page
7
A Messenger Office notice requests the return of a twenty dollar bill found in Athens. The finder is offered a liberal reward. The notice appears in the HIGM school listing with contact details for the Messenger Office and date 11 14.
Large stock at shop offering monuments with immediate delivery. John F. Butts of Athens cooperates with Gallipolis Marble and Granite Co. Local notices warn no hunting or trapping on private premises with names such as J H Allen and Sons Clem F Everett Jerry C Lash John F Biddie Frank Biddle and others.
Grain quotes list No 2 corn at 1.58, oats 0.756, barley 3.38, rye 1.38 with cash seeds and timothy trading. Hog prices rise at Union Yards with bulk around 14.26 to 14.60, cattle receipts near 9,000 and calves to 19. Sheep sales total 16,000 with wool lambs at 8.75 to 15.00 and ewes to 11.75.
Liberty Bonds prices listed with bids and asks for multiple series. First 4s Second 4s First 41s Second 41 4s Third 4s Fourth 4s and Victory bonds appear with price quotes around 93 to 99 and annual yield figures.
Columbus reports that district Attorney Bolin's office issued instructions barring wholesalers and retailers from charging unreasonable sugar margins. Government set margins are half a cent per pound for wholesalers one cent per package and one and a half cents per pound for bulk sugar for retailers.
Cattle receipts light with steady demand. Prime and choice cattle quoted around 14.60 to 15.25, veal calves 18 to 19, sheep and lambs mixed with steady tone and prime weights around 14.50 to 14.60. Pigs and roughs traded 8 to 12.50 while stage values near 8 to 9.
Chicago markets list butter creamery 69 cents and various standards and seconds prices. Cincinnati cattle market up 25 cents, pigs up 1.26, good choice packers and butchers at 14.25. Sheep receipts 700, market steady with good to choice at 6.50. Lambs weak with good to choice at 13.50.
Eggs higher for fresh gathered and ounce notations. Firsts at 61c, seconds at 5c. Live poultry notes include fowls aged over months at 28c, weights 3% and under 3% for various birds, roosters 17c, broilers 1% as listed.
Mrs Willison is a capable extension lecturer for farmers institute work. Her home economics training gives her scientific knowledge and practical insight. She speaks to help housewives with modern problems and aims to inspire and benefit attendees.
Fragmentary item references Dr EN street office once used by Dr W Murray. Mentions weekly Wednesdays sessions and a fixed date 11 11 11 with vague Athens timing. Content unclear but tied to a local youth court schedule.
The document lists scheduled dates in 1920 for holding Courts of Appeals across Ohio counties. It specifies county by county terms, including Washington Athens Vinton Hocking Gallia Meigs Lawrence Scioto Pike Jackson Ross Fishland Pickaway and others with February March April and October dates and deadlines.
Sale of school bonds proposals will be received at the office of the treasurer to issue bonds in denominations of $600 each. Bidders must specify interest and terms. Deadline noted as March 10 with detailed terms to follow.
Eunice P Batley and Edna Batchelder are named defendants in a petition concerning three described tracts. The text lists tract boundaries including townships ranges and acreages and notes required court answer by the first day of the term.
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