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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1919
Page
9
Today's market in Cincinnati lists produce prices for fresh gathered extra firsts at 48c per dozen, firsts 67c, ordinary firsts 64c, seconds 56c. Live poultry includes fowls 25c, over 3% lbs 18c, under 3% lbs 16c, roosters 16c, broilers 26c, springers 26c, ducks 27c, colored 27c, turkeys hens 35c, calls 10c, crooked breasted 20c, toms 30c.
Toledo Ohio November 22 close prices for grains and seeds include Corn No 3 yellow new 1 45 Oats No 2 white new 76 77 4c Barley No 2 1 44 Rye No 1 40 Clover seed cash and November 30 15 December 30 00 January 30 10 February 30 30 March 30 00 Alsike December and March 30 60 Timothy cash 1917 1918 5 32 14 cash 1919 and December 6 50 March and April 5 70
Pittsburg market shows light cattle receipts with steady tone and varied prime to common prices for cattle and veal calves. Hogs receipts rise at Union Stockyards with higher prices for bulk, packers and butchers, while cattle and sheep receipts range with steady to lower tone and multiple price points for beeves, cows, calves, and lambs.
Cattle receipts total 250 with a steady market. Shippers paid 10.50 to 14.00. Calves market strong with extra 18.50. Hogs receipts 2300 with a 250 cent rise for packers and 14.00 for good packers and butchers. Sheep receipts 200 with strong market and 6.50 to 7.00. Lamb market steady with 13.25 to 13.50 for good to choice.
In Cincinnati on November 22 thieves attempted to beat high clothing prices by stealing a sewing machine from a home while leaving money untouched. Canton reports the board of education plans a bond issue to fund a new school building.
Washington expects the 1920 census to reveal striking shifts in growth and composition of the United States population. War disruptions delayed estimates, with changes in center of population and rising urban growth affecting male female ratios native foreign born and language ability due to immigration trends.
El sie Wilson, 22, failed four times to reach the United States from England as a stowaway. She cut her hair, wore sailors clothes, and arrived as a coal passer only to be arrested as a disorderly person in Hoboken. She faced federal charges for landing without a passport and pleaded not to be sent back.
Tangoland staged by Harold Liggett as Bobby Hunter to win ten thousand dollars in a college auditorium. Ezra Me Whackle and Agatha Fidget plot to separate lovers but Bobby wins with clever bullfighting antics and determined spirit. Cast praised for timing and vocal clarity. Dolores shines in solos. night audience urged to return for a repeat performance.
Washington implements new uniform express packing standards approved by the United States Railroad Administration. Shippers must use wooden or fiberboard containers for packages over 25 pounds and avoid paper boxes or wrapping beyond that limit. Containers require manufacturer certification stamping to prove strength and suitability for weight.
Public auction to sell two parcels in Dover Township Athens County Ohio by order of Probate Court. First tract 80 acres west half of southeast quarter Section 36 Town 14, Second tract 10 acres from southeast quarter of Section 35 with minerals excepted. Appraised values 7200 and 350. Sale in installments: one third cash, one third in one year, one third in two years with mortgage security. Administrator MuEl M Johnson administrator de bonis non with will annexed. 1919.
Mary B Allen and other heirs of Charles O Warren are named in a petition filed in De Pleas Court of Athens County Ohio seeking a trust decree over Inlet No 690 in Hudson Athens Ohio and related equities. The party is required to appear by October 11 1919 before attorneys Woot & ROW.
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