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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 06, 1924

Page

5

Masonic Costume Dance Prominent Valentine Event

Society notes report a Masonic club costume dance set for Wednesday evening at the Varsity Inn as part of Valentine festivities. The page also records a large birthday party for Charles, Jr. at 6 Palmer Street with games, music, and a six-light cake.

Masonic Club Varsity Inn C. M. Smith Palmer Street Charlies, Jr Viicanor France Margaret Edith Burt Amna Catherine Chappel Ruth Lewis Mary Margaret Grimm Caherine Grimm Alma Hill Alice Pierce Fula Pendercross Margaret Elizabeth Smith Paul Lewis John Marcinko Charles W. Smith

Central School PTA Plans Thursday Meeting at 3 PM

The Central school Parent-Teachers Association will meet Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock in room A. W L Gard will lead a round table on teachers and parents issues. Miss Magma Johnston from the high school will perform a musical number. Higher grade girls will supervise child care for younger children.

Central School Parent-Teachers’ Association W. L. Gard Magma Johnston

Country Club Card Party Set For Thursday Night

The committee in charge plans special preparations to ensure a huge success for the Country club card party. Playing will begin at 7 36 oclock.

Social Literary club reviews Outwitting Your Nerves at meeting

The Social Literary club met at Mrs. Scott Haney's home to discuss Outwitting Your Nerves by Jackson and Selisbury. Mrs. J H Berry gave a full review. Miss La Vinia joined the audience with musical numbers and vocal solos performed by Mary Louise Walker and her brother Mark.

Jackson and Selisbury Social Literary Club Scott Haney West Union Street M. M. Kerr Clarence Roach J. H. Berry Peank B. Gullum Millikan Lestie Cook Eugene Tom Cotton Mary Louise Walker Larker Mary Louise Mr. Squirrel FE. R. Walker Walker H. J. Brown Carl Stickney la Vinia

Bequest Links Boyhood Friendships to $100000 Legacy

Norristown Pennsylvania February 6 Horatio Alger style tale ends in John H Ziegler of Jeffersonville receiving 100000 as part of the will of Brooke Adams a Norristown quarry owner Adams befriended the young hotel clerk years ago and left him the sum for remembered kindness Ziegler says he will keep working despite the inheritance

Norristown Horatio Alger John H. Ziegler Jeffersonville Here Ziegler Brooke Adams Adam Adams Diegier

Farm Home Destroyed by Fire Near Ashland

Fire completely destroyed the home of Frank McNaull a farmer six miles east of Ashland. The blaze caused total loss with no report of injuries and investigations underway by local authorities.

Ashland Frank McNaull Here

Spread of Colds Tied to Dishwashing Method

Ohio State home economists warn dishwashing technique affects spread of colds and flu. Citing Columbia University data, they note 51 per 1000 influenza in camps where tableware was boiled, vs 252 per 1000 when mess kits were washed haphazardly in common water.

Ohio State University Dean Broadhurst Teachers’ College Columbia University

Taxi drivers raise flag protest at German Embassy in Washington

About 150 taxi drivers, many veterans, gathered before dawn outside the German embassy on Massachusetts Avenue to demand half staff honoring Woodrow Wilson. Police arrived, no arrests made, flag left briefly then removed. embassy later announced flag at half mast at 12:39 p.m. per President Coolidge order.

Washington Woodrow Wilson Germany Massachusetts Avenue Otto Weidfelt United States

German Government Says No Instructions On Flag at Washington Embassy

Berlin reports no orders were issued to the German embassy in Washington to lower the flag in memory of former President Wilson. A Foreign Office official said the decision was left to German ambassador Otto Wiedfeldt.

Berlin Washington Foreign Office Wilson Otto Wiedfeldt

Saving in Shipments Through Co op Livestock Shipping

Ohio farmers saved an average 50 cents per hundredweight in 1928 by using cooperative shipping associations, with gains from 35 cents to 1.50. The 1923 report notes a rise in total stock handled and volume, shrink decreases, lower insurance losses, and higher handling costs partly due to longer-distance shipping for better prices and stronger management.

Co-Operative Shipping Associations Ohio Co-operative Livestock Shipping Companies of B. A. Wallace The State University Adds Wallace

Denver Clergyman urges law to force fathers to support children

Denver February meeting of the City Council heard City Chaplain Jim Goodheart urge state lawmakers to enact a law forcing divorced fathers to financially support their children. He argued alimony alone fails to solve the issue and that current laws do not adequately protect children after parental separation.

Denver Colorado Jim” Goodheart Judiciars Council For Action Gbodheart

Typhoid Fever Outbreak Triggers School Water Ban

In Tiltonville Ohio seven schoolchildren contracted typhoid fever prompting Jefferson County health officials to suspend the school's drinking water system while an investigation proceeds.

Tiltonville Jefferson County

Civil War Vet Weighs Postmaster Bid in Wellington

Wellington Ohio veteran Will Williams age 74 leads a bid for postmaster with a petition bearing 637 signatures. He plans to present it to President Coolidge to seek a change in civil service age limits that would let him compete.

Wellington O. S. A. Williams Coolidge

Trial in Medina on Andrew Stephens case ends with extra workhouse time

In Medina Ohio Andrew Stephens faced a trial on a charge of carrying concealed weapons. He was in court for four months, sentenced to adjust time and given an additional sixty days in the workhouse. The offense carries a maximum three year penitentiary term if imposed.

Medina Ohio

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