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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1921
Page
9
Public notices and classified ad policies outline rates, deadlines, and conditions for placements. Listings include taxicabs auto livery storage repairs and autos for sale with contact details for Guthrie Auto Sales Co and storage battery services.
Notice to electors announced a petition for a city park board in Athens Ohio filed Sept 7 1921 with the board of deputy state supervisors of elections The proposal seeks to submit the park board question to voters at the November 8 1921 municipal election with the petition to be presented on that date Also noted are open house notices and a studio reopening in Athens city area.
New York stocks show a reactionary move in the second hour with steel shares leading declines. Republic Steel and U S Steel face weak quarters while fertilizer firms and International Harvester also fall. oils hold up amid mixed commodity receipts and bond listings.
Publicity and fair treatment of customers have earned daily public favor. The Buckeye State Building and Loan Co advertises its founding principles, invites business, and offers 5 percent interest on idle or reserve money. Located at Rankin Building, 22 West Gay Street, Columbus. Before you invest investigate.
The Interstate Commerce Commission may order an immediate freight reduction to avert a general strike. The National Coal Association in Washington says the step could be taken if railroad executives resist efforts to avoid the strike. A five day notice could trigger the rate cuts to appease railway employees.
Athens County American Legion groups plan concerts in Glouster Athens and Nelsonville to promote adjusted compensation. Pamphlets outline the amendment and compare service pay with civilian wages, detailing daily rates for various WWI roles and the bonus system.
Japan to raise at the Washington arms conference the non fortification of selected Pacific islands as a strategic naval warfare issue, learned today.
Prions Dr of Chicago reports grain futures slipping as Canada and U.S. harvests raise crop yields and weak export demand. Cash and futures prices for wheat corn oats rye barley clover seed timothy and Alsike are listed, with butter eggs and hay also noted.
Cincinnati reports eggs in a steady market with the following prices: extra firsts 49 cents, firsts 47 cents, ordinaries 42 cents.
Butter quoted at 44 44 1 2 cents for creamery and 89 cents for standards. Firsts 35 42 cents, seconds 1 38 4 cents. Eggs at 19 19 1 2 cents, Young American 20 20 cents. Poultry live 14 26 cents.
In Cleveland on October 19 butter eggs and poultry remained unchanged. Potatoes priced at Jersey 8.25 to 32.40 per 150 pound sack, and sweet potatoes at 3.50 to 3.75 per barrel.
Cincinnati stockyards report Oct 19 with cattle receipts about 700 and slow selling for steers at 6 to 7.60, calves steady 11 to 14, hogs about 6000 head 60 cents lower with good packers at 8.25, sheep 6000 head strong to 3.50, lambs steady to 6 percent higher at 8.56 to 9.0.
Cattle receipts light and market steady with prime items around 7.50 and veal calves near 11.60. Sheep and lambs show fair receipts with prime wethers about 4.75 to 5, hogs at slow to lower bids including prime heavies around 8.60 and pigs near 9.
Hog receipts reach 16000 with market down about 10 to 26 cents top $8.36. Bulk sold $7.10 to $8.20, heavy to well 7.45 to 7.85, medium 8.30, light weights 6.50 to 7.25. Pigs around 7.76. Cattle receipts 14000 with market about 2 to 6 cents lower. choice to prime 9 to 11.75, medium and good 6.15 to 10, common lower.
Paris dispatch details French fleet weakness affecting colonies and prestige. Only seven capital ships in first class remain, with three dreadnoughts and four Paris type battleships. Small craft include torpedo boats, submarines and patrol vessels. Versailles treaty gifts add five light cruisers and other craft. Naval budget seeks 859 million francs for six cruisers, twelve torpedo boats, and twelve submarines.
In Dennison Ohio Chief Maxwell halted a musical comedy after spotting chorus dancers in tights. Curtains fell and when the show resumed long skirts in varied colors replaced the tights, marking a local moral enforcement at the theatre.
Secretary Alex M. Moore of the Athens Elks Lodge received a telegram from Congressman I. M. Foster stating that Congressman James T. Begg would deliver the memorial address for the Athens antiered order on December. Foster chairs the lodge memorial committee and secured Begg, a leading Buckeye, to come.
Columbus reports from the Ohio state industrial commission indicate an improving unemployment picture. Percy Tetlow, director of industrial relations, said the latest reports show progress in the state's labor market.
President Harding spoke in Williamsburg at the installation of President J C D Chandler noting a national education shortage but promising growing school revenues. He stressed rising demand for schooling outpacing facilities but framed it as forward progress.
Local officials captured the so called Big Bertha liquor still after it moved states. It reportedly operated in Adams county for a week and then in Scioto county before the capture in the eastern part of Adams county.
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