Athens Society Notes Highlight Visits and Local Events
Society items record visitors and travel from Collingsdale Pa to Athens for a two week stay with Mrs Patterson Blithe and family. Olive Halsey, long resident of Zephyrhills Fla, spent time in Athens with her sister-in-law Mrs Griffin. A birth announced at Sheltering Arms Hospital for Ruth Ann Grover. Missionary Society hosted a July program and picnic at the Christian church with talks, duets, poems, and music. A luncheon at The Colonial served forty-eight guests. Women’s Business Club met in the city building to promote welfare of employed women. The Blackwood family held its third annual reunion at the Fair Grounds with many relatives in attendance.
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Olive Halsey
Zephyrhills
Florida
Athens
Griffin
University Terrace
Little Hockinge
Dora Curtis
Brandon Grover
Church Street
Ruth Ann
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Missionary Society of the Christian Church
S. FE. G. Pedigo
William Williams
Arthur Metehen
Verda Giifflen
FE. J. Person
Grae Chatley
Elizabeth Drake
Marian Danford
Mary McCune
Florence I.ce Sanders
Beatrice Sanders
Helen Drake
Alzena Davidson
Virginia Lewis
Athens County
Wiley T. Sprague
Pearl Drake
EB. J. Por
Woman’s Business Club
Joliet Pastor Targeted by Prohibition Foes in Church Bombing
The Joliet blast wrecked the Ottawa Methodist Episcopal Church and damaged the parsonage as a bootlegging faction allegedly targeted Rev. Henry E. Rompel a famed prohibition enforcer. Only a caretaker was present. Rompel and his wife were traveling in Europe. Estimated damage nears $100,000.
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Joliet
Ills
Henry E. Rompel
Rompe
Clurch
Ottawa
Two Boys Drowned In Maumee River Incident
In Toledo on July 11 the Maumee river claimed two more victims, Chester Buettner age 11 and Raymond Buettner age 19, of Detroit. They drowned last night while wading between the Bowling Green and Maumee bridges. Neither could swim.
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Toledo
Manumeee
Chester
Raymond Buettner
Detroit
Bowling Green
Maumee
Changes Expected at Wayne County Institutions
County inspectors from Wayne County visitors board plan extensive reforms at the infirmary jail and children's home in Wooster following an inspection tour.
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Wooster
Childrens
Wayne County Visitors’ Board
Ursuline Academy Opens Summer Commercial Course
Ursuline Academy in Youngstown offers a new summer commercial course by request. The program welcomes students seeking practical business skills during the break.
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Youngstown
Ursuline! Academy
Pickering Family En Route With Mother's Body
A wire from Fred Pickering of Albuquerque New Mexico to his brother Charles O Pickering reports they left Thursday from Albuquerque for Athens carrying their mother Frances Stewart Pickering who died Wednesday night in Albuquerque while returning from Long Beach California with granddaughter Mary Helen Dailey. A further wireless update will state the expected arrival time in Athens once St Louis is reached.
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Fred Pickering
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Charles O. Pickering
Frances Stewart Pickering
Long Beach
Calif
Mary Helen Dailey
St. Louis
Pickering
Athens
The Erring Wife and Mother Explored
A historical piece argues the overbearing pursuit of domestic perfection harms women. It warns of nervousness headaches backaches and other ailments and promotes Lydia E Silkham's Vegetable Compound as a long standing remedy for restoring health and happiness.
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Lydia EK. Pinkham
Attempt to Break Away Foiled in Wheeling
In Wheeling West Virginia on July 11 Mrs Catherine Henry 25 of Steubenville escaped a police chief office window leaping ten feet to the ground then was recaptured a few blocks away She is held on $2500 bond awaiting hearing The vice Commission reported a 125 increase in federal narcotics enforcement funding once qualified agents become available The Civil Service Commission will accept applications until July 22 for Harrison narcotic act employment positions.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Catherine Henry
Steubenville
Cty Hall
Vice Commission
Civil Service Commission
Washington DC Civil Service Progress Report 1924
In brief dispatch from Washington on July 10, 1924, officials discuss civil service reforms and staffing plans. The message outlines hires, promotions, and structural changes within federal agencies aimed at improving efficiency and governance.
Bryan to take active part in campaign for Davis and Bryan
William Jennings Bryan announced at the Waldorf that he will support the Democratic national ticket of Davis and Bryan and expects to play a very active role in the campaign.
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New York
William Jennings Bryan
Davis
Bryan
the Waldorf
Pirates Boarded Ship Off New Jersey Coast
The French steamer Mulhouse reports pirates boarded 130 miles off the New Jersey coast. A gang in a big motor boat seized the vessel and locked the crew in the hold for about a week while transferring liquor worth at least a million dollars to nearby liquor schooners.
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Kidd Walifax
N.S
High Seas
Mulhouse
New Jersey
Marshfield Elects Auto Club Officers
New Marshfield selects John Withers as director for the county automobile club after a Thursday meeting led by F L McGurk. The community must have at least twenty five members to qualify for a director. Members discussed road problems and club activities.
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New Marshfield
F.L. McGurk
Athens County Automobile Club
John Withers
County Club
Withers
Automobile Club
McGurk
Taniac claims ease after influenza left woman nervous
Mrs. Mary Barnett of Niota shared that after suffering influenza two years earlier she became a nervous wreck with headaches upset stomach and weakness. She credits Taniac with restoring appetite digestion and nerves allowing her to sleep and perform housework and gardening. The notice promotes Taniac pills sold by druggists and notes over 40 million bottles sold.
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Taniag
Mary Barnett
D. No. 3
C. Luts
Taniac
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Athens Implement Co
Furnine Exchange
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