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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1924
Page
2
Mrs. E. L. Engle hosted the Stitch and Chatter club at Freisner Avenue for a regular monthly meeting on Wednesday evening. Miss Marke Funk joined as the first initiate, followed by a business and social session and a two course lunch. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lytie and others.
Hershel Wooley, 32, died at Cherrington hospital Wednesday afternoon from injuries suffered ten days earlier when found unconscious along the Nelsonville pike near Logan. A trephining operation disclosed the injuries and left little hope of recovery. he never fully regained consciousness. Funeral arrangements are being made in Buchtel for Wooley, who leaves a wife with four young children, his mother Mrs Florence Wooley of Murray City, and several brothers and sisters.
Deputy Cheriy Farbearn spends all day at Sam's Creek vigil in western Hocking after locating 300 gallons of wash in a ravine. The scene shows stills and equipment staged for illicit liquor production, suggesting long-running moonshine activity nearby.
G. G. Lowther, a street grocer on Fast Front, told police his stove was entered Tuesday night and cigars, candy, and cigarettes were stolen. Access came via a broken front window. the cash drawer was emptied but no money was taken. Officials believe amateurs committed the theft. The item appears in a local crime blurb amid a social note on the Twice Five club gathering at the Sandersons with discussions on Coolidge.
Word reached J W Woodard that his daughter Mrs Sam Evola of Detroit was not improving as rapidly as expected at a Detroit hospital where she has received treatment for several weeks. Mr Woodard left Thursday noon for Detroit and Mrs Woodard has been at her bedside for the past week.
Citizens of Hocking County condemn a reported scheme in which sample ballots are distributed at schools via teachers to pupils and parents. The aim is to gauge district sentiment by collecting marked ballots, though reports say the plan has met with little success.
Robert Brow 25 miner and Bertha Sigal 21 at home of New Plymouth applied for a marriage license. Also listed is Berman J. Disbennet 28 oil with New Plymouth residence.
Washington reports that hundreds of schoolgirls at the White House gawked at President Calvin Coolidge and exclaimed that his hair looked red. Officials note his hair is sandy, not truly red, though the shading may trick observers in a quick glance.
In ten years the number of children in London fell by about 14 percent, signaling significant demographic change. The report highlights broad decline across boroughs and implications for services and planning.
New York Oct 24 Davis closes gap with La Follette in The Literary Digest national poll. Coolidge leads with 1,293,378 votes. Davis 487,782. La Follette 496,006. Davis shortens La Follette margin. Illinois favors Coolidge 2 to 1 over La Follette and 5 to 1 over Davis. Kentucky shifts Democratic, West Virginia remains close. California shown doubtful with Coolidge leading.
The Commerce Department reports macaroni has become popular nationwide and U S manufacturers shipped over 3 million pounds to European markets in 1922 and 1923.
More than 100 women students at West Virginia University in Morgantown were confined to their rooms after a lunch poisoning incident on Monday. Attending physicians reported many girls had temperatures around 103 degrees, with no critical cases yet.
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