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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1920
Page
7
A jumble of 1945 era missing person and domestic help ads listing searches for a woman middle-aged to care for a father and three grown sons. Names include Albert Werner of Millfield and Chauncey phone line. Date references show 11 20 11 22 11-23.
Mixed local classified items listing sale goods like roofing, lumber, livestock, vehicles, dairy products, banking boasts and restaurant meals. Also includes real estate offers and farm animals with contact lines and dates from Athens area.
Chicago reports sharp hog price declines amid heavy receipts and poor demand as growers dump lower grades. National market shows about $1 drops with similar falls in other centers. Toledo grand jury finds crime levels not worse than in large cities and issues no indictments.
Salem Ohio reports worsening pneumonia amid a typhoid fever outbreak. Dr. F G Boudreau, state public health director, notes 14 deaths since the epidemic began about a month ago.
Had right. Tip Sandusky November 23. Lewis Engieberg a local merchant weighing 400 pounds died suddenly Tuesday as he predicted on last election night.
Pittsburg November 23 hog prices dropped 75 cents with prime offerings selling at once. Large receipts kept cattle markets dull and steady as overall demand cooled.
In a Cleveland social welfare worker statement Miss Kate Davis asks the board of pardons to consider William's release, arguing that aged blood curdling movies helped seed a harvest of crime, a claim tied to past ten to twelve year era.
Olive Chase of Washington DC, a Girl Scout, kept a scrap book of President Wilson’s published pictures since his election. The White House invitation arrived for her to visit with the book and show it to the president.
Geneva Nov 23 Lord Robert Cecil urged the League of Nations to punish Poland and Lithuania for resuming hostilities. He asked that penalties in Article XVI be applied, declaring a violation of the covenant constitutes an act of war against all members and warrants breaking relations.
Boston reports a 50 mile gale along the New England coast on Tuesday. Surf at Winthrop Massachusetts reached forty feet against the breakwater. Waterfront streets flooded a foot deep, hundreds of cellars inundated, and many trees uprooted. Telephone and telegraph lines were affected.
Three men robbed the Farmers' Commercial Bank in Edgerton Ohio, taking about $100,000. A man was wounded in the thigh during the escape, and the suspects reportedly fled to a nearby garage. A subsequent search found $60,000 left behind in the aftermath.
Markets note cash and futures for Wheat at 1.96, Corn 2 yellow old 82c new 77c, Oats 53c, Rye 1.49, Barley 83c. Clover seed values listed for 1919 1920 and months through March. Timothy and Alsike seed prices shown with several cash and future figures.
Cattle receipts show a dull market with choice at 13.00 to 13.80 dollars and prime around 11.25 to 12.00, common 9.00 to 10.00. Calves reached 16.00, sheep and lambs mixed with spring lambs at 10.50 and yearlings to 4.50, heavy decks and pigs averaging around 10.75 to 10.90 with some pigs at 8.00 to 9.00 and a stage value of 2.00.
Chicago markets show hogs receipts 68 000 with prices $9.60 to $10.10 for butchers and bulk $9.75 to $10.10. Cattle receipts 36 000 with beeves $7.50 to $17.50 and stockers $3.75 to $10.60. Sheep receipts 18 000 with wool lambs $7.60 to $9.50 and ewes $2.00 to $6.60.
Cattle receipts 400 weak with shippers paid 10.00 to 12.80. Hogs receipts 4500 with market around 600 and prices near 10.25 for good packers and butchers. Sheep receipts 400 and market slow with extras 4.00 to 4.50. Lambs market weak with extras 9.76 to 10.00.
Cincinnati market notes list steady to higher prices for vegetables with firsts at 77 cents and 76 cents for firsts and ordinary at 73 cents. Liberty 3%4's bonds quoted with various prices around 89 to 99 in trading, reflecting mixed demand and bond activity on November 23.
Philadelphia dispatch reports a search across four states for a short, plump blonde described as Pierce’s companion. The stolen car and cash were taken from Jowesy after an assault. a patented overhead coat and hat rack is mentioned in the ensuing confusion.
The document authorizes a special assessment to cover drainage curbing and brick paving costs from Carpenter Street to State Street and Lancaster Street, with lots listed for payment. It sets the total at $48,407.03 and notes bonds issued, payment terms, and official approval by the city in 1920.
George L. Martin, wanted on 99 indictments for embezzlement of nearly $1,000,000 in Louisville, Kentucky, was arrested Tuesday in Dallas, according to Sheriff Dan Harston. Martin, a banker and real estate operator, fled Louisville in 1919 after his crimes surfaced.
Pittsburg police say two men tied to a $5000 robbery at the Metropolitan Trust Co Penn avenue branch escaped from officers during a Tuesday pursuit. Police fired during the chase as suspects fled.
The new bakery in Scandinavia is claimed to be the region’s largest and vows to supply daily bread to about 120000 people. It marks a major expansion for local baking capacity and promises increased access to fresh products.
William Steward residence unknown is notified that Mary C Steward filed a petition for divorce in case No. 12100 of the Court Common Pleas of Athens County. Woolley and Rowland are attorneys for the plaintiff, dated November 23.
Local trains run daily except Sunday. No. 1 leaves Athens 4 43 a m. No. 3 leaves Athens 3 h3 am. No. 6 leaves Athens 2 03 pm. No. in Athens 6 00 pm. No. 32 arrives Ath 1 45 pm. No. 68 local trains operate with various Athens departures and arrivals, including 10 10 pm and 4 18 pm noted.
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