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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1920
Page
7
Friends gathered in the balcony and hall to pay last respects as speakers trustees faculty and the glee club filled a hundred forty chairs. The service opened with Ave Maria sung by the glee club followed by prayers and an invocation.
Dean E W Chubb delivers the farewell address praising Dr Ellis for fairness in salary decisions and leniency in student discipline. Ohio State’s Dr William Oxley Thompson lauds Ellis as a dedicated public school man with strong conviction and adaptability. Burial followed at West Union street cemetery.
Coolville Ohio November 18 A farm bureau leader C C Richardson announces a meeting for all Troy township farm boys and their fathers on Tuesday evening November 23 to form a boys club. County Agent Raymond and extension service worker Mr Spohn will outline a calf club program for ages 12 to 19.
Cattle receipts light in Pittsburg with mixed prices from $11.00 to $14.00 and veal calves at $17.50 to $18.00. Cincinnati cattle market dull with steers at $10.50 to $12.50, calves $17.00 to $17.50, hogs around $12.25, sheep and lambs weaker, lambs $11.50 to $12.00. Union Stock Yards shows hogs $12.00 to $12.30 and cattle demand steady with beeves $7.50 to $16.75, stockers $4.00 to $11.50, calves $13.00 to $15.00, and sheep $8.00 to $10.25.
Prices list for butter creamery eggs cheese and poultry with multiple grades and weights. Items include Liberty Live Poultry and Victory brands with varying prices across first second third and fourth grades. Prices range from about 14¢ to 96 dollars per unit.
Toledo O Nov 18 closing prices list wheat at 2.09 cash and 2.12 for December. Corn No 2 yellow 90 cents. Oats No 2 white 55 and 56 1/4 cents. Rye No 2 1.60. Barley No 2 91 cents. Clover seed 1919 11.85, 1920 Nov and Dec 12.00, Jan 12.25, Feb 12.60. Timothy 1918 3.35, 1919 3.45, Nov and Dec 3.50, Mar 3.60. Alsike new 16.50, cash 16.25, Mar 16.36, Dec 16.50.
Seven teen additional emergency coal stations opened in New York to supply fuel in 100 pound lots. Health authorities expect relief by December 1 as shortages persist. Arthur Riley, assistant attorney general, says federal plans target coal profiteers. Wholesale anthracite dealers cap maximum gross profit at 10 percent on site sales.
Mr and Mrs James Earich of Akron report the sudden death of Thomas Kidwell age 60 at his home in Akron. He served 12 years as night watchman at a rubber factory and previously worked at the Brick Plant in Athens. Survived by a widow and five grown children. Funeral services are set for Saturday in Akron with the Earichs leaving Friday morning.
The committee on coal production and car supply released Q and A with M. S. Connors, general manager, detailing how mine operation, car orders, and weekend work affect coal output and car distribution. It explains that mine nonoperation and lack of car orders reduce output, and cartridges are allocated by field tonnage.
James F. Quinn of Canton Ohio was held to the grand jury for admitting bigamy. He married Helen Ostheimer Quinn in Brooklyn last February while his first wife Elizabeth Ger lack Quinn, wed in 1913, was alive. The naval yeoman claimed long separation and believed he was safe to remarry.
Charles Birker has been appointed and qualified as executor of the estate of Elizabeth Pierce late of Athens county Ohio deceased. Dated November 17 1930. Probate Judge T Phillips of Bain County. Notice to all business houses and doctors. I will not be responsible for any debts contracted by Goldie Parfitt my wife. Thomas Parfitt Jr. November 18 1930.
Administration of the estate of William H. Wilkes deceased by George A. Wilkes as administrator. Sale proceedings pending with executor actions and required notices to satisfy claims and settle the estate.
Secretary Payne Whitman abrogates the Osage Nation rule that capped individual oil land at 4,800 acres on the west side of the Osage Reservation in Oklahoma. The modification allows leasing up to 20,000 acres on the east side.
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