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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 03, 1924

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Make-Up of Next Congress Looms Over Election

A New York report outlines looming control of Congress with one third of Senate seats and the entire House at stake. It notes Coolidge Dawes favored by many experts, while Democrats rely on a strong silent vote and La Follette's third party impact. Colorado votes hint at split outcomes.

Woodrow Wilson Charlies E. Hughes Hughes Coolidge Wall Street East Wilson Mississippi Mason-Dixon Line la Follette Wisconsin West North Dakota New York Congress House of Representatives Colorado

Close race in key states clouds election outlook

Expert observers see tight contests in Colorado and Indiana as voters prepare for tomorrow's balloting. Ticket scratching expected to be high and few forecasters anticipate landslides. parties push to mobilize turnout while presidential hopefuls Coolidge and Davis urge last time via radio.

Colorado Indiana Coolidge Carlton B. McCullough Congress John W. Davis la Follette Dawes Bryan Wheeler

Mrs Harding Seriously Ill Says Doctor

Marion November 3 Dr Carl W Sawyer said Mrs Warren G Harding remains in a serious condition after her illness at White Oaks farm last week. Dr James C Wood of Cleveland was called in for consultation.

Marion Carl W. Sawyer Warren G. Harding Sawyer White Oaks Farm James C. Wood Cleveland Harding White House

Trimble Man Ends Life at Relatives’ Home

Arza Carpenter, sixty four, a Trimble resident for thirty three years, died by suicide at his nephew Bert Carpenter’s home near Federal. He shot himself through the heart with a shotgun while Bert’s family attended church. Coroner Sanders held an inquest. funeral services are set for Tuesday at Mound Hill church with burial in Lands Cemetery.

Amesville Arza Carpenter Trimble Bert Carpenter Federal Carpenter Carl Jones Jones Bert Sanders Millfield Mound Hill Lands Cemetery

Senate committee undecided on report before election

Washington November 3 members of the Senate committee investigating presidential campaign financing remained uncertain about the form of their official report to the country as the election nears.

Washington Senate

Campaigning winds down as voters await result

Arthur Brisbane notes the campaign is over for most, with 90 percent treating government as others’ business and a million votes in play by last minute messaging. He says few act yet the final push could sway outcomes if the right point is made today.

Residence Town in Path of Flames

A forest fire menaced Sufferin New York as volunteers dug trenches to defend about five hundred homes and a mile of the town. Simultaneously flames threatened Highbridge New Jersey in Hunterdon county, as residents fought to save the community from the advancing blaze.

Sufferin N.Y Highbridgee Hunterdon County N. J

Plot to blow up mine uncovered by truck driver

A Kept plot to blow the Storch coal mine tipple at Edington Lane was thwarted when a truck driver found 56 sticks of dynamite wired to the starter of a five ton coal truck. Police and coal officials investigate, deeming it a deliberate attempt to wreck the mine and its buildings.

Wheeling W. Va Storch Eddington Lane

Scarlet fever checked in city after one death

City health officer Dr J M Higgins reports no new scarlet fever cases for four days following one fatality. He urges strict caution, keeping sick children from school and calling a family physician immediately. He visits schools daily to inspect pupils showing any illness signs.

J. M. Higgins Higgins

Two More Mobs Executed for Teheran Consul Attache Slaying

Washington reports two additional members of the mob that killed Major Robert Imbrie the American consul at Teheran have been executed. The Persian government informed the State Department today.

Washington Robert Imbrie Teheran State Department

Athens County Voters Face Four Ballots in Tuesday Election

Athens residents will cast at least four ballots in the coming Tuesday election. The national ballot lists five party columns with presidential candidates and electors. State and county tickets follow with one name per office, then a nonpartisan judicial ticket. A separate ballot covers a three mill school tax levy with yes or no, and polling places are by precinct. The election board at the courthouse, phone 785, can confirm locations.

Athens County Iil Athens Commonwealth Land Socialist Labor Independent Progressive la Follette Sass Supreme Court Court of Appeals Common Pleas Probate Court McVay Ohio State of

Couple Dead in Hartwell Home Fire in Cincinnati

Chester B. Snook aged 65 perished in a Hartwell residence fire while attempting to flee. His wife Grace Snook, 61, seriously burned and expected to die, reached the sidewalk but was unable to escape without aid. The blaze was traced to coals from an open grate.

Cincinnati Chester B. Snook Hartwell Grace Snook Snook

No new developments in Redtown mine dynamiting case

Athens county officers report no further developments in the dynamiting of mines No 24 and 68 at Redtown early Saturday. State fire marshal officials had not arrived by Monday morning and local officers have nothing new to report.

Athens County Redtown

Woman Reveals Cat Misidentified as Baby in Quarry Drain

In Elyria Ohio police and fire units spent two hours removing debris from the Massey quarry hole before a woman declared the reported infant found had been a domestic tom cat.

Elyria, O Massey Quarry

Bank Yeggs Fire Up Vaults Then Flees After Meager Loot

Robbers forced entry at Sullivan bank hammering two vaults and torching the money vault with a acetylene torch but fled after finding only $1.50 in postage stamps.

Sullivan, O Yeggs Sullivan Bank

Niles Officials Face State Probe Over Riots

The city reels after Saturday clashes between Ku Klux Klan and anti Klan groups injuring thirteen. Mayor Kistler defends his duty, Governor Donahey orders a sweeping inquiry, troops patrol, and arrests mount as civil authority is challenged.

S. J. Gordon Niles Harvey C. Kistler Donahey Niles, O Ku Klux Klan Knights of the Flaming Circle A. Y. Donahey Bensey W. Hough Io National Guard Akron Warren Youngstown Hough State of Ohio

Bright Spot in Columbus Turns Party Tale Into Gag

An East Broad Street resident becomes the butt of good natured chaff after a night out. He returns to a lodging house with signs of a wild party as fellow roomers spot him and watch for the green signal to go ahead near the red shaded hall light.

Columbus East Broad Street

A Nice Week for Fish and Ducks Forecast in Ohio

The Weather Bureau forecast shows a fair spell ending, with rains midweek and again at week’s end. Temperatures to run near normal early week, then cool later. Cincinnati’s normal highs around 68, lows near 38, and mean about 48 degrees.

Athens Ohio U.S. Weather Bureau Washington, D. C Ohio Valley Tennessee Cincinnati

Rescue Seamen Of Founder Vessel After Many Hours

Daniel McLaughlin first mate of the foundered Glensannox and a crewman arrive in a Coast Guard boat after forty hours in a small lifeboat on Lake Huron. The Glensannox sister ship Glenlyon rescued the rest near Isle Royale as two other rescue boats broke down in a sixty mile gale and snow.

Eagle Harbor Sault Sté Marie Temselves McLaughlin Coast Guard Menagerie Islands

Predictions are Cocky as Ohio Votes Tomorrow

At Columbus campaign HQs both parties projected confident outcomes for the Ohio gubernatorial race and statewide ticket. Democratic chair T E Dye claimed Governor Donahey will win by a large majority, while Republican Neal predicted a sweeping victory and a presidential win for Coolidge by at least 250000, with the state ticket close to that total.

Columbus T. E. Dye Democratic State Executive ‘Committee Vic Donahey Neal Republican State Campaign Committee Ohio Calvin Coolidge Harry L. Davis

Miners Gain Work in Ohio Mines as October Inspections Soar

Ohio mine activity rose in October with hundreds of miners finding work after five mines were reopened or made safe. inspections topped prior months, while several fatal accidents in several counties were investigated and the Deanville fire remained a major safety concern.

Columbus Ohio Atate Department of Public Relatio Jerome Watson Belmond County Tuscarawas Muskingum Jackson County Perry Blue Rock Beckwith Zanesville Lincoln Blaingmont County Ihene

General Wu Pei Fu Flees Toward Tangku Port

Pekin dispatch reports Wu Pei Fu, once head of Pekin expeditionary forces, defeated by Feng Tu Halang, escaped Tien Tsin and fled toward Tangku, the seaport about thirty miles south, where he likely will embark on a Chinese ship.

Pekin Wu Pei Fu Feng Tu Halang Tien ‘Tsin Tangku

Home and the American Dream in a Fragmented Vision

The piece reflects on home as a central ideal, ranging from humble cottages to grand estates, shaping motivation and daily effort. It hints at a self help sales pitch urging readers to request a copy from an Information Bureau by mailing a coupon.

Chile SoRshie

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