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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1920
Page
6
Toledo grain prices show cash and future wheat at 1.91 and corn 82 to 87 cents with oats rye and barley also listed. Cincinnati cattle hogs sheep and lambs trade mixed with hogs down about 10 to 15 cents and cattle, calves, and sheep values noted across Union Stock Yards and Cincinnati markets.
Cattle receipts light and market slow with choice 13.00 to 13.50 and prime 11.25 to 12.00. veal calves 15.50 to 16.00. Sheep and lambs fair receipts and steady with primes 6.00 to 6.50 and yearling lambs 10.50 to 11.00. Hogs lower with prime heavies 10.00 to 10.25, mediums 10.25 to 10.40, light yorkers 9.75 to 10.00, pigs 9.50 to 9.75, roughs 7.50 to 8.50, stags 6.50 to 7.00. Butter 53 14c, standard 52c, firsts 42c to 52c, seconds 40c to 88c. Eggs ordinaries 59c to 63c, firsts 70c to 71c. Cheeses twins 26c, young American 24½ to 25c. Live poultry 18c to 22c.
For the first time in Ohio history a governor will dine at the state executive mansion tomorrow. Governor Cox will have his Thanksgiving dinner there, marking both his first and last such meal in the mansion.
A fire in the Sunday school building of Plymouth Church in Brooklyn destroyed a life sized portrait of Henry Ward Beecher by F. W. Conant valued at 5000 dollars and badly damaged portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Harriett Beecher Stowe. Manuscripts and personal desk materials were damaged along with Beecher’s Civil War era sword cap and uniform parts.
People praise Chamberlains Tablets for indigestion and constipation. Leagues to Decide Soon. Paris reports Premier Lea gues will travel to London to coordinate with Premier Lloyd George on an arranged plan if King Constantine becomes heir to the Greek throne.
New York reports that strict Sunday laws limiting motion pictures sports and business will be proposed in 31 to 36 state legislatures this winter. Dr Har L Bowlby of the Lord's Day Alliance says the aim is to preserve Sunday as a rest day and support Christian business owners while avoiding blue laws language.
The Aquitania departed New York bound for Europe with notable passenger Fatty Arbuckle aboard. The ship showed a noticeable starboard list, attributed to Arbuckle’s presence on the voyage.
The Athens County probate court suspends notices for estates of Amelia C. Walker Charles J Bean Martha L Rutledge Nellie V Core and others until December 8 1920 at 9 a m. Accounts final first and guardianship filings are listed with filing dates from September to November 1920. H T Philips Probate Judge.
Sealed bids are invited by the village clerk for a 2800 dollar value bond issue dating December 15 1920 to fund operating revenue deficiencies. The seven bonds of 400 each mature 1924 and 1928 bearing 6 percent interest payable semi annually.
John P. Coe and E I Stanley appointed and qualified as executors of the estate of William W Blake late of Athens county Ohio deceased. Dated November 8 1920 Phillips Probate Judge. A Florida man combines a comb with a cap to straighten hair when headgear is lifted.
Public auction to partition real estate in York Township Athens County Ohio on November 20 1920 at 1 pm at courthouse door Athens. Property includes three tracts totaling about 60 acres with minerals reserved and prior deeds referenced. Appraised at 2000 with cash on sale and sheriff sale official.
In Athens County Ohio Sylvia Gladys West acted by William 8 as next friend sues Clifford H Sims to nullify a purported marriage contract dated April 22 1919. The case seeks voiding of the marriage with hearings listed. James Woolley and Rowland attorneys represent the plaintiff.
In Geneva on November 24 the League of Nations committee on membership recommended immediate admission for Austria and Bulgaria. It praised Austria as a former enemy of the Allies and favored small states Finland Albania and Luxemburg while delaying action on Latvia Lithuania Estonia and Ukraine until regional recognition and stability are achieved.
I will offer for sale at Public Auction at my residence two miles northwest of Athens on Vore's Ridge the following personal property a sorrel horse 12 yrs old 4 milk cows 1 Holstein and 3 Jerseys 2 calves 1 Chester White brood sow 1 fat hog about 300 lb 2 farm wagons 1 surrey 1 buggy 1 buggy pole 1 Oliver Chilled breaking plow 1 hay fork 1 Deering mowing machine 1 cream separator size 3 2 New Butterfly good as new other articles too numerous to mention Terms made known on day of sale.
Beginning at 12 noon at my farm four miles southwest of Albany near Temple Church sale includes two horses of six years, weights 1000 and 1050, three hogs around 200 pounds, two wagons, one mowing machine, one rake, one disc barrow, one 2-horse cultivator, one corn drill, one phaeton, one set single buggy harness, one set double driving harness, one saddle and bridge, one 4 HP gasoline engine mounted, cream separator, oil cook stove, oil heater, cook range, telephone box, book case and desk, cupboard, sanitary couch, washing and sewing machines, assorted poultry, pallets, and other farm articles.
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