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Newspaper

Wakefield Advocate

Location

Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Mar 22, 1924

Page

4

Offer Last Year's Prices On Ford Iron Ore

Cleveland reports show iron ore producers offered Ford Motor Co 250000 tons at last year open market quotes. 1923-8 prices not reaffirmed yet, while furnaces seek lowest figures. Open market tonnage seen around 600000 tons this spring, Ford volume may not dominate. Also included is Dr. R M Olin urging Michigan parents to immunize children against diphtheria using toxin antitoxin and vaccines, with emphasis on early throat culture and quarantine control.

Cleveland Ford Motor Co Ford Lansing Michigan R. M. Olin Wolverine

Wyoming gun duel leaves man badly wounded with severed thumb

In northeastern Wyoming near Colony a feud between Sylvester McConaughy and Fred Hickey escalated to gunfire as they met at a gate. Hickey ripped the assailant’s gun from his hands, severing a thumb and injuring his face while Painter sought help. Raymond Hickey killed McConaughy’s horse in revenge. both men survived and no arrests were reported.

Colony Wyo Wyoming Sylvester McConaughy Fred Hickey Raymond McConaughy Hickey Painter Raymond Hickey Good Samaritan Hulett J. C. Hurtt MacConaughy

Court decision leaves man with two wives in Ohio

Fred G. Cox of Cincinnati obtained no divorce entry from Hamilton County Common Pleas after a 1919 divorce was granted. The court later denied the divorce in 1920, Cox remarried, and the state supreme court refused to intervene. He had married Miss Nannie Gill in Maysville, Kentucky, leaving him with two legal wives.

Columbus Fred G. Cox Cincinnati State Supreme Court Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Cox Murthe Cox Nannie Gill Maysville

Shell embedded in Astoria roof shocks resident

A three inch shell was found lodged in the roof of Thomas H. Elliott at 656 Second Avenue Astoria. Elliott seeks damages from the artilleryman and urges police action as the shell failed to explode. The incident raises questions about its origin and why the roof failed to shed rain.

New York Thomas H. Elliott Second Avenue Astoria Eliott Elliott

Cave artists of France studio found by Toulouse student

A Toulouse University student named Carteret swam through an underground stream with a torch and uncovered what may be a cave art studio dating 25 000 years. Walls show rough animal drawings plus clay models including lions tigers wolves and bears, adding to knowledge of Ice Age Europe.

Toulouse University France Spain Europe Carteret

Romans Used Shorthand Across Ancient Rome

Shorthand, once seen as modern, dates to ancient Rome with Quintus Ennius developing a 1100-sign system. Cicero, Varro, Horace, Pliny reference it, and Ovid notes Caesar’s secrets carried by shorthand. St Luke reportedly used it for the Sermon on the Mount while wax tablets joined by wires formed book-like scrolls.

Rome Quintus Ennius B. C Vlutarch Cicero Horate Pliny Ovid Caesar

Little Sermons on Truth and Action

A compact moral reflection urges living by truth and skillful action in the moment. It emphasizes acting justly to create enduring good and resisting personal distortion of truth for convenience.

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