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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1924
Page
4
The report notes ongoing railway improvements and a Government exhibit on Palestine railways. It highlights travel advances such as Cairo departure at 6 15 p m and Jerusalem arrival at 9 00 a m, illustrating transport improvements and potential for commercial exploitation.
A devotional note presents Luke 18 13 urging mercy for a sinner and St Ambrose stressing true repentance as ceasing from sin in a brief daily reflection.
The piece argues the Roosevelt era followers reject LaFollette and the third party. Socialists Radicals Communists I W W s and others oppose the government, seeking to undermine small business and moral order. It warns of Soviet Russia as an ideal and predicts deceptive campaigning. It notes foreign shipping benefits under a treaty, disadvantaging American lines and liquor, but says moral gains justify losses in a prohibition nation.
The twelve mile limit is not an unqualified blessing as it affects rum trade and navigation. The piece notes how maritime rules influence shipping, licensing, and economic activity, with concerns about enforcement and regional impact on carriers and port towns.
Cleveland hires Dr. R E McLaughlin former University of Toronto to supervise odor prevention at stockyards rendering works and manufacturing plants. The move aims to reduce unpleasant by products of industrial growth and show that prosperity need not ruin living conditions. Smaller cities may follow Cleveland's lead if the approach proves effective.
The Word Federation of Education associations declares a world war on illiteracy with the Crown Prince of Japan allotting a million yen. China vows to become literate in one generation while critics stress thinking after reading as essential to progress. In Lisbon a July uptick reports twenty nine love murders. Thomas Bibona of Stamford attempts suicide after rejection.
The clergyman and congregation enjoyed the service but a monkey used as a religious text suffered severe mental strain. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will not investigate the incident.
Two young men traveling from Athens to Cincinnati stopped for cigarettes in Hamden. A mute boy attempted to catch the moving train by grabbing the rear car and was thrown between platform and rail, injuring his hand but escaping fatal harm. They continued toward their destination the next morning.
Hamden schools opened Monday September 8 with a roster led by Superintendent John L Stine Trimble Principal R L Davies Darlington Wis Miss Orvill Hanna Gerard Miss Nellie Goddard English Cutler Miss Gaskell music McArthur Eighth Grade Miss Mary Reed Seventh Grade Mrs Bess Thompson Sixth Grade Miss Lula Wortman Fourth and Fifth Grades Mrs Autey Baker Second and Third Grades Miss Louise Bagley Primary Miss May Harkins
Effective Saturday September 6 the B&O introduces a new freight run from Wellston serving Jackson yards and the Wellston Parkersburg Portsmouth and Chillicothe area. Condr W P Thacker and Engineered Hawk 11 lead the operation on a temporary basis with advertisements running until September 15 to select the oldest applicants for regular duties.
William Thompson, 81, living about four miles west of Hamden, dislocated his left shoulder when a horse he was driving bolted at a passing automobile. The mishap occurred Saturday morning and Dr. E. Ray treated him.
Oil has been struck at the Pleasants county poor farm near St. Marys West Virginia The well is producing ten barrels a day and marks a significant development in local oil activity.
At the Empire Exhibition Wembley a Palestine pavilion showcases government work and Zionist displays. The Palestinian government funds half the pavilion with private backing, while geology and mineral resources including Dead Sea potash are highlighted as potential growth for Palestine's economy and future competition with Germany.
In Fulton, N Y Catharine Lefler was granted an interlocutory divorce from Harry Lefler now in Binghamton after witnesses testified he kissed another man and a woman openly. James W Ullyette from Danville testified Lefler lived with the other woman and called her Winnie and endearments he could not recall.
A 100-barrel oil well was brought in on the Miller Deicher farm near Harrisville Ohio. The discovery lies at the tripoint where Harrison Jefferson and Belmont counties meet, marking a notable local oil find.
Senator Burton K Wheeler, LaFollette running mate, will address Columbus on September 18 if his trial permits. The visit follows Cleveland speech the day before and precedes an address in Cincinnati the next day.
Fulton resident George W. Hill Jr. recalls catching a pickerel that had been trapped inside an old jug while fishing at Fair Haven Bay. He describes breaking the jug to retrieve the fish and theorizes the minnow hatched and grew to fill the confined space.
Mrs. Irene Shaefer 71 who ran the New Winchester village telephone exchange for 23 years died leaving 21 grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren. Her death ends a chain of five living generations headed by Mrs. Frances Flickinger 93.
Frankly Discussing Natural Gas Facts shows Logan Gas Company losing income at both ends. Sales drop from 27,095,260,000 cu ft in 1917 to 16,721,505,000 in 1923, with unprofitable business rising over 70 percent in 1923 and ongoing in 1924. Demand for extensions, reduced industrial use, and rate changes threaten operation. shift toward manufactured gas looms.
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