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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1924
Page
7
The article notes a harsh outlook for Athens through spring with severe weather and growing suffering. In Ames on Tuesday morning the city recorded the coldest temperature south of the Arctic circle as F. W. Gibson’s instrument shows 2 degrees above zero.
American and Columbia Country Clubs in Shanghai prepare new homes after December. The American Club builds a six story luxury house with a 10000 volume library and guest rooms. the Columbia Country Club will open its first unit soon with a swimming pool tennis courts and gymnasium.
Police say crews scour the Cuyahoga River area after a fall near a bridge railing, with authorities treating it as a potential new tragedy pending investigation.
Richard E. Kropf reported at a home safety conference that gas poisonings caused more than 3600 deaths last year in Chicago. He also noted nearly 3400 deaths from other poisons and about 1600 from electricity as causes.
Detroit Dec 2. National Committee for the Prevention of Blindness says exaggerated claims about child vision persist to alarm for spectacles. Only about 12.1 percent of U S school children have defective vision, rural areas higher than cities, with calls for uniform examination standards and school based screenings.
Two eager new members appeared at midnight and by 4 AM a steady stream of MPs filled the chamber. In Cleveland a different scene showed an old struggle for seniority in the crowded seats as stained caps and footprints spurred debate.
Ned C Bartlett the Somerset postmaster requests a $2 annual raise and threatens to quit if denied. Bartlett, earning $100 yearly, explains he lives simply with a garden and frugal lifestyle while Somerset declines with officials and voters leaving. He plans to write to President Coolidge.
Los Angeles dated story reports Curtis Kimball and George Sullivan recounting a Jiveros tribal myth linking Speir Maddeton's jealous murder to reincarnation as birds. The explorers, who left October 1 for Peru and Ecuador, collect skulls and seek the full tale amid their travels in South America.
The will of Oren Cronin of Jacksonville is filed in Probate court leaving all property to wife Sarah for life with two daughters Anna Marie and Margaret Mary as remaindermen. James Ginnan of Athens named executor. In Common Pleas court H Parrish confesses judgment by forfeit to Parkersburg Milling Co. for 168.25 dollars.
A snowy Sunday in Sharpsburg coincides with a quiet Thanksgiving. Local residents report routine work on a new road and home gatherings like Mrs. Leota Strode hosting a goose dinner. Several residents suffer health issues including Burgess Armstrong and Fred Sweis, while Jesse Harris dies of tuberculosis and is buried in Hermon.
Senator William E Borah of Idaho was promoted to chair the Senate Foreign Relations Committee by the Republican conference on senatorial assignments. He will lead the panel as the party shifts its leadership roster in Washington.
New York reports revenue freight on American railroads for the week ending November 32 reached 1,610.1 cars, continuing the seventh straight week above 1,500,000 cars. The American Railway association released the figures today.
Mrs. Goff sues for divorce alleging husband, Cectt F E Goff, pulled her by the hair when she woke late and burned her nightgown in the yard. The couple’s troubled home, once described as a love-nest, has become untenant due to the dispute.
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