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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 29, 1928

Page

8

Werewolf Fear Grips Town After Skeel Murder

The group discovers Skeel strangled in his second floor room, an eerie scene that unsettles Vance and Markham. Heath leads the raid on Skeel’s lodgings with Snitkin to uncover who slew him, while Guilfoyle confirms Skeel’s killer may be still at large as they press toward suspected culprit Guilfoyle’s circle.

Heath Guilfoyle Skeel Demite Paaic Sergent Vance Markham Skee Burke Snitkin Vanace Swacker Emery Buureau Sith Street East River Mallory Jana Cleopatra Mr. Skeel Snithin Lindquist Cherbourg France Society

Letter Golf Short But Sweet Puzzle Teases Tomorrow’s Par

A playful note praises loving one’s wife through letter golf rules. It hints that today’s puzzle is easy, with par set at three and a single solution to be printed tomorrow.

Word Golf Puzzle Rules and Yesterday’s Solution

It describes letter golf rules: change one word per stroke while maintaining order and valid common words. The example transforms COW to HEN in three steps: COW, HOW, HEW, HEN. Yesterday’s solution is settee to settle to mottle to mottle to bottle to bottle.

Tragic Opera Tonight on National Grand Opera Network

RadioTonight features the National Grand Opera Company presenting a dramatic program including Cavalleria and orchestral selections. The schedule lists WRG Atlantic City WEAF Newark and Chicago stations with dance music, choral numbers, and ensembles from New York and Newark.

Phosen National Grand Opera Company

Plan to halt ICC freight rate policy in Senate

Senator Glass of Virginia introduced a joint resolution in the Senate to stop the Interstate Commerce Commission from pursuing its freight rate adjustment policy in the lake carriers cargo coal case. It would repeal the January 30, 1925 joint resolution directing the commission to adjust rate structures.

Washington, Fla U.R Interstate Commerce Commission Senate Glass Democrat Virginia Senate Inter- State Commerce Committee

Dynamite blasts house of county attorney in Wallenburg

The home of County Attorney Romilly Foote, active during the coal strike, was dynamited in Wallenburg Colorado on February 29. No injuries reported and investigation underway.

Wallenburg Colo Romilly FE Foote

Corning Team Defeated By Park Drugs In Local Clash

Corning hosted Park Drugs and fell 46 to 25 as a large crowd from New Lexington Crooksville and Glouster attended. Kiwanis set next meeting at 6 30 pm Thursday in Corning Methodist church. Thelma Cox attended Perry county music supervisor meeting in New Lexington. F A Cady visited Rodney Underwood in New Lexington. Orris Leeth Jr was in Corning.

Philigs Park Drugs Corning New Lexington Crooksville Glouster Glouster Kiwanis Club Corning Thelma Cox Perry County Music Supervisor F. A. Cady Rodney Underwood Orris Leeth, Jr

No Woman Can Keep House Efficiently

Advertorial testimonial from Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound praising its health benefits for women. The letter mentions a woman from Sturgis Michigan who claims increased energy for housework and childbirth. It presents two dated-sounding endorsements urging others to write for more information.

Lydia B. Pinkham Sturgis Michigan Forbes Eowasp Prestoo Sturgis Ave

Coolidge Sees Steady U S Business Based on Fed Report

President Coolidge was portrayed as believing business in the United States remains on an even keel. The view rests partly on the Federal Reserve board report showing improvements in steel, freight, and certain merchandising indicators.

Washington U.R Coolidge United States Federal Reserve Board

Mew Weather Vane of Faneuil Hall Historic Repairs

The grasshopper weather vane atop Faneuil Hall in Boston was hammered from sheet copper by Deacon Shem Crowne in 1742. It survived quakes, fires, and repairs, with fixes by Drowne’s son, E Vinal, Frank A. Worthly, E E Badger and Sons, and others, through 1899.

Faneuill Hall Faneuil ‘Hall Boston Shem Crowne Drowne Leity E. Vinal Frank A. Worthly E. E. Badger

Doctor's Advice Urges Cascara Laxative as Gentle Habit Breaker

A medical ad counsels against habitual strong cathartics and promotes cascara bark laxative for adults and especially children. It claims cascara clears the colon as effectively as harsher purges without weakening the person, and that habit-breaking can start the day after use.

J Cascara

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