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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1901
Page
4
Washington county debates bonding for road work as Marietta protests echo Athens county success. Advocates say bonds pay for paving, speeding access to markets, reducing hardships and improving daily life with better roads and increased mobility.
President McKinley praises Gen. Funston for the Aguinaldo capture and notes ongoing civilian government work by the Taft commission in the Philippines. He rejects criticism of Funston’s age, confirms promotion to Brigadier General, and expects continued progress without broad recruitment pauses until McArthur and the Taft commission report.
The War Department aims to recruit only the minimum needed and would be greatly gratified if total forces stay well under the Congress ceiling. Judge Boyd of North Carolina reflects on impeachment news, noting the lack of broad public attention and unusual features of the trial. A Pan American exhibit for the War Department is prepared in Buffalo. Newport News shipyard chief Orcutt discusses the ship program, noting 6,400 workers now, rising to 7,000, with ships for government and private lines under construction valued around 29,000,0000.
Local notes report Miss Jeanna Slater in Nelsonville and Mrs. Henry Schenz in Athens. Several residents traveled or visited relatives in Murray City Glouster and Columbus. The quiet election day in Rutkel saw Yates elected 25 marshal and Jim Morris mayor.
Mrs. Fred James and her young son Ervin of Millfield traveled to Amesville this week due to the serious lung congestion affecting her brother Johnnie.
Local notices list several visits and calls among residents in Frost, Little Hocking, Cairo, Guysville, and Darkershore with names such as Flinn, Flaherty, Chambers, Moore, Bishop, Bailey, Bingman, Johnson, Townsend, Livezey, Evans, Oats, Self, and Collins. A lengthy excerpt covers eloquence in historic figures, Macaulay’s analysis, and a mixed garden of literary quips and a New York restaurant anecdote about a monocle moment.
A wide mix of curiosities and oddities, from arsenic eating shepherds in European districts to Sarah Bernhardt’s entrance mishap with Turkish slaves. A tale of theater audience heckling and General Greene’s rigid wartime discipline rounds out the fragment.
Mrs Samantha Bean born Samantha Windsor May 30 in 1S died near Guysville March 21 100. She married Edmund Bean November 2 1565 and after Civil War service they shared 35 years of happiness. Fourteen children eight sons six daughters survive with twelve living. one son and daughter died in infancy. Funeral at Guysville Presbyterian Church March 24 conducted by Dr C B Taylor and Rev I L Cherrington. Over six hundred attendees. interment in Bean Cemetery. Her bereaved husband and children comforted by faith in eternal life.
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