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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1921
Page
2
London report exposes the Jennings Millions myth saying there are no funds or estates. 25,600 claimants counted, totals around 1.49 million pounds distributed across 4,100 estates. The myth traces to the 1795 death of Thomas Jennens of Overby Yorkshire.
Promoter Mr. O Zimmerman and son plan a factory on a newly purchased lot near Albany for bee hive making and related wood work. The project envisions a personal operation with no outside labor. Various future schemes for the site are under consideration.
Ohio State and Illinois ready to close the western conference football season in Columbus. Ohio State seeks another league title while Illinois tries to win its first conference game this year. A three day rain is expected to make the field a mud battleground. A 200 strong Huntington, Virginia, delegation arrives to watch Johnny Stuart and Dopey Workman, former Huntington high stars, in action.
Thousands flocked to Cambridge for the Yale Harvard football clash with Yale a 8 to 5 favorite on Harvard soil. George Owen praised as Harvard’s main threat. Harvard claims two week rest gives advantage. tickets scarce with scalpers sidelined. crowd to 65000 expected. Dundee Wins On Foul In 130 Pound Title Bout At Madison Square Garden.
Rain and snow drenched Chicago football fields as Wisconsin at Chicago and Iowa at Northwestern games neared kickoff. Continuous precipitation for 24 hours warned of dwindling attendance with open stands likely unusable as the storm intensified.
A note summarizes how unmarried men faced taxation in England during the early 1700s, reflecting fiscal practices of the era and social norms surrounding marriage.
A Washington report details a bureau of public roads instrument that attaches to bridges to photograph the impact of moving vehicle loads. The device records shocks as fine lines, capturing stretching or shortening from each blow. It promises precise measurement of rapid impacts to prevent under or over engineering and cites tests with motor trucks equating a blow to seven times the vehicle’s weight.
At 10 A M on Thanksgiving Day union services will be held in the Methodist church. The event gathers local congregations for shared worship and community gratitude.
Eddie DeBritze announces a Thanksgiving Day service at 7 PM at the Church of Christ in Millfield where L. W. Spayd will preach.
The Chauncey and Millfield Churches of Christ announce Sunday services with Millfield morning sermon on Remission of Sins and Chauncey evening sermon on The Narrow Way and Broad Way. Sunday school at 9 30 each site, Christian Endeavor at 6 p m, midweek Bible study on Wednesday at Chauncey and Thursday at Millfield.
An aerial mail route has been established to connect Ancon C Z with key South American points. Officials announce daily departures, faster communications, and expanded postal reach across the continent.
An air service between Bogota and Santa Marta and on to Colon will deliver mail in three days, reducing New York to Bogota transit to about ten days from the prior three weeks. The German company operates the aerial line using German made planes.
Under Humane Society direction a small group of women patrol the city armed with scissors and cut the blinders from standing horses. The campaign targets winter dangers as pavements are slick and horses must tread carefully.
Chicago preacher Dr Elmer Lynn Williams will address the First M B Church tomorrow night at seven. He is touted as one of the finest speakers on the public platform and will present an address to the congregation.
Discussion on the national prohibition issue and what young people can do to help keep the country dry. The piece urges civic involvement and outlines possible student activities, rallies, and educational efforts to support the temperance cause.
A state wide rally in Ohio schools will feature Education Week from December 4 to 19. The event is organized by the American Legion and the National Education Association to emphasize the values and needs of an educational program and to rally communities through teachers.
Proposals outline that programs will be provided in every school building and that each parent teacher association will be invited to participate. The initiative emphasizes broad community involvement across schools.
Funeral services for Mrs Louis Funsterwald will be held Sunday afternoon at 1 30 o'clock at the Presbyterian church. Burial will follow in Carthage cemetery.
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