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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1924
Page
4
Telegram confirms Loren P. Coe died during Omaha surgery at age 70. Survived by sisters Mrs Esta Dunlap Harrisonville and Mrs Ed J.ce Harisonville, plus brothers Ryland Tarkio and Dr Caleb Coe Red Lands Calif. Frank McFarland, Rutland lineage, died Feb 27 on an Idaho ranch at 50. left wife and property after 33 years away from Salem area.
A brief reflective meditation urges fellowship with those in bondage and pain. It counsels solidarity with the afflicted, urging readers to share in their burdens as members of the same humanity.
A London observation traces a hidden fortune linked to old canal shares and the New River project. Joseph Trueman Mills owned a large canal stock block worth about 20 million dollars yet lived frugally, using a Ford taxi and four pennies for bus fare, illustrating the contrast between vast wealth and personal restraint. The piece surveys fear of spending as spiritual miserliness and touches on humanity’s reach for discovery from canals to air and beyond.
Five thousand years ago men in England felled an oak and hollowed a trunk eleven feet long and three feet wide. They carved a dugout from Elmley Ferry Marshes, preserving it in mud for ages.
The National Association of Principals of Schools for Girls reports delegates agree girls are generally well behaved and better now than three years ago when laxity peaked. One principal notes girls imitate parents yet stay as good as past generations but feel dizzy trying to keep pace with adults.
The Weather Bureau notes the east wind is a harsh weather type bringing dry heat in summer and cold dryness in winter, with damp, gusty effects on forests and navigation. Conrad’s fiction is cited as portraying winds as rulers of the seas, while real winds influence ships in the Channel and across vast continents and oceans.
Fragmented text references a public forum with no votes or testing at Dashethems and mentions February sth and March events. It appears garbled with stray phrases about a tournament and entries, but the details and entities are not coherent.
Nelsonville Ohio area reports a team has earned the right to play in the finals as of March 4 1924. The article notes the outcome and moves toward the championship with local seedings and regional support.
Letters discuss Dr Fosdick and church doctrine, railway trade with Europe, scallop dredging, wind mill pumps, silver dollar value, U S trade in India, private road to public road, and a local death in West Main Street. Funeral details note burial in Radcliffe after a service.
Pomeroy Ohio March 6 Loren Coe and his brother Ryland left Harrisonville in the late 1870s to settle the West. Loren loaded a two horse wagon with household goods and started a nine day journey across Missouri.
Readers can request factual information from The Athens Messenger Information Bureau directed by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington. It excludes legal medical and financial advice and asks for a clear question full name address and two cents for postage. Replies go directly to the inquirer.
The United States was not a signatory to the 1834 treaty guaranteeing Belgian neutrality. Signers included Austria France Great Britain Prussia Russia and Belgium.
Mr and Mrs J W Murphy entertained Sunday with Rev L L Cherrington and daughter Ruth, Mr and Mrs J R Lewis and Mr A F Moore attending. Foster Lyle sold South Street property to Mr and Mrs Carl Wallar who will occupy it as a residence.
The Ladies' Aid of the M. E. church met Monday evening at Mrs. J. P. Smith's home. Mrs. Ida Clark of near Ratcliffburg arrived Monday evening to visit her daughter Mrs. Carl Ward and family. Dan Bardin of Athens, on business here Monday, called on his cousin Mrs. J. S. Morrison.
Aged George Zinn dies following illness. The notice records his name and that he passed away after a period of illness, with limited biographical detail available in the fragment.
An ad touts Musterele as a painless alternative to mustard plasters. It promises quicker relief from pain or stiffness without blistering and notes it is a milder oil-based formula suitable for children.
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