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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1920
Page
7
Receipts total 20000 hogs with steady to higher prices across cuts. Cattle receipts 18000 and steady market with beeves around 7.50 to 17.00, cows and calves listed. Sheep receipts 17000 with slight decline and lambs and ewes quoted in dollars per head.
Cattle receipts 1,250 with a market weak to 25 cents lower. Steers good to choice bring 10.50 to 12.50. Calves steady at 17.00 to 17.50. Hogs receipts 5,000 with market up 25 cents. Good to choice packers and butchers 13.00. Sheep receipts 200 steady with good to choice 5.50 to 6.00. Lambs steady at 11.75 to 12.25.
Cincinnati market notes eggs firm with extra firsts at 75 cents, firsts 73 cents, ordinary 71 cents as of November 17.
Chicago market prices show butter at 61c and 60c for firsts with 48c and 60c for secs. Eggs ordinaries 58c and 62c with firsts at 69c and 70c. Cheese twins 24%c and young American 25c. Live poultry 22%c.
Toledo grain market summary dated November 17 lists cash and futures for wheat at 2.13 to 2.15, corn No 2 yellow 92 cents, oats No 2 white 56 to 57 cents, rye No 2 at 1.62, barley No 2 at 98 cents, and clover at 11.95 for 1919 and 12.10 for 1920 in November contracts.
The report lists several prices for Timothy chats and Alsike cash with monthly figures for Jan Feb and Mar and Dec values. It notes butter eggs and hay remain unchanged, alongside cash prices for fats and commodities.
A New York City centered storm brings snow wind and rain across the east of the Mississippi. Be H Bowie forecasts cold but fair weather for several days. Buffalo reports twelve inches of snow while Ohio Virginia Michigan and Western New York experience heavy snowfall. Gale warnings affect Atlantic coast shipping with continuing storms.
Isaac Webster of Coolville was arrested by Truant Officer Jacob Glenn for not sending his 13 year old son to the Torch school in Troy after notice. He paid a $5 fine that was suspended if the boy is returned to school immediately.
In Defiance Ohio twelve men were arrested on game law violations. Officials accuse them of setting a swamp fire twenty miles south of town to slaughter large numbers of quail pheasants raccoons and muskrats. Sportsmen aid the game warden to identify participants.
John P. Coe and BE. S. Stanley have been appraised and qualified as executors of the estate of William W. Blake, deceased, late of Athens County Ohio. Dated November 8 1920. H. T. Phillips probate judge.
A farm goes to public auction along Sandrock in a rural area 34 miles southeast of Amesville and 9 miles west of Utley, offering property and assets to bidders in a regional sale.
Daily trains show departures from Athens at 6 43 am for No 3 and 7 if leaving depot Me Oe . No 4 leaves Athens 8 16 am and No 6 departs at 6 43 am consistent with regular service.
Daily trains from Athens depart at 6 00 m 0 and 11 05 a with connections to No 32 No 82 and No 24. The schedule notes arrivals in Athens at 8 ve and 8 1 Dally trains run for passengers.
Fragmented OCR notes show scattered local run times and issue labels. Entries include numbers like 64 local 62 local 9 43 6 20 6 89 p m and 11 local with unclear dates or days. The text resembles a faded timetable with inconsistent punctuation and missing context.
Sale to be held November 18 1920 at 10 o clock on the farm of R F Wolf eight miles south of Haydenville. Property listed for bidding includes the items readable in the notice. Auction to occur weather permitting at the Wolf farm location in Green County.
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