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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1924
Page
5
Lieutenant Pelteter D'Oisy reports a delay in the Shanghai to Peking field flight as the airplane motor supplied by the Chinese requires overhaul delaying the mission.
A 120 guest Alpha Iota Pi dance at the Student Union featured a grand march led by newly elected president Miss Theresa Foglesong and Ohio State’s Savon Smith. Leather cigarette cases bearing Greek symbols were presented to attendees, with out of town guests including Miss Martha Parrish of Danville and Mr. Virgil Shaw of Marion among others.
The East Side Parent Teachers Association meets at 7 on Wednesday in room 8 of the school. The feature is a play Catehire Clara by the Eighth grade under Miss Bernice McCormick with readings by Virginia Larimer and piano solos by Marcella Horn and Elaine Roe. Officers for the coming year will be elected and attendance is urged.
Upper grades of University Training School present the Fairy Operetta Florinda Wednesday at 3 o'clock in the Woman's gymnasium. The event will be followed by crowning the May Queen and folk dances by the primary grades. Mrs Hester Funk of Columbus returns home tonight after a visit.
Mr and Mrs WeSella are described as always up in the air as they gaze down on neighbors. The female is called a steeplejack and the report notes a 156 foot smokestack at Smeryville California.
Memorial service will be held at Jerseyville M and W Sunday morning June 1 at 10 30. Pastor L J Miller to deliver address. All old soldiers and World War veterans are urged to attend. Graves in both cemeteries will be decorated after the church service. Flowers are appreciated.
London report quotes Rosa Macaulay denouncing public taste and journalism. She says readers lack judgment, editors push trivial subjects, and publishers drive what becomes a "great success" in books and plays.
In Albion Nebraska a family of Irish emigrants preserves customs and language on a farm a mile north. Mrs Rose Garvey celebrates her 112th birthday and Anthony, the family baby, is 68 years old.
A historical note describes a patent medicine labeled 666 claimed to cure colds grippe dengue fever constipation bilious headaches and malaria fever with broad remedial promises. The text, lacking context, emphasizes its wide range of listed illnesses and medical claims.
Delta Tau Delta won the Goldsberry cup in a campus serenade judged by Prof CN Mackinnon Fred Lee Tom and Charles Schaeffler. Phi Delta Theta Beta Theta Pi and Sigma Pi competed. The winning entry To Thea Ohio was arranged by Clarence C Robinson with words by Raymond Slutz.
An unnamed man picked up wandering through Lima streets lies near death in Lima City hospital. He is the victim of an obsession stemming from a trolley car accident.
A veteran gambler reflects on the perilous life of street dice players, detailing constant risk, meager winnings, and the ever-present threat of police attention and violence. The piece highlights precarious livelihoods built on chance and the social costs of constant risk.
Athens women claim the title after a Monday victory at West State Street cemetery. Men dispute the result saying the women fouled by skipping uncolored paling to reach the fence first. They call for a referee like Will Hayes or Judge K M Landis to settle the dispute.
Dublin reports that the Free State government will send a note to England protesting any agreement with Russia unless the Soviet stops channeling money to Irish Communists in Ireland.
Reports say a violent windstorm in Leland Mississippi yesterday caused multiple deaths and injuries. Three of the injured are believed to be fatally hurt.
Judge John McClaran reports his son Walter McClaren in command of the destroyer Pope which met U S Army forces at the Kuril Islands. Commander McClaran said the voyage was halted due to ice in the northern Pacific.
John Caton and Joss Riggs, longtime barbers, returned from Pittsburgh where they studied plate and fancy haircutting with a focus on the shingle bob. Their training signals updated methods despite years in the trade.
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