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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1888
Page
5
Claim contains advertisement for Golden Specific a liquor cure to be added to coffee or tea without the drinker’s knowledge. It boasts universal success claiming former alcoholics become temperate and unable to crave liquor, urging readers to send for details to the Golden Specific Co. in Cincinnati Ohio.
The Athens paper notes a new town council first meeting next week, local political shifts, and a string of community items including Edwards House ownership changes, decorations day addresses by Gen Hamilton, a student pharmacy achievement, and a call to curb gift or lottery baking powders tied to alum. It urges stronger laws to curb such health risks.
The Athens town council race loss by local option candidates shows not a shift in opinion but anger at ongoing violations of the local option ordinance. Temperance citizens argue saloons taxed and regulated are preferable to the semi concealed liquor trade that has persisted since the ordinance took effect.
The Athens Lincoln Club chose delegates and alternates for the State Republican convention in Dayton April 28. Delegates include Jno P. Dana J. T. Fest and W. F. Scott. alternates are J P. Weet L M Pelt inger C E M Jennings and W. G. Jemed.
The Ohio Gamma Chapter marked its twentieth anniversary with public literary exercises in the College Chapel and a banquet at Mr. and Mrs. C. E. M. Jennings home. Honored guests included Rev. J. F. Steele and Mr. Jennings, whose toast was published. The event featured poems, a chapter history, and songs by Phi Delta Theta members and visiting ladies.
I offer for sale at the court house corner on Saturday April 4 at 10 o clock a large assortment of household goods. The list includes a large cooking range many bedsteads bed clothing chairs tables and other items as well as several express wagons and harness. Cuas. M. Epwarps.
The notice lists odds pants coats vents and suits at Henry Nelson's New Store and promotes low priced building lots by J. E. Weidman on Carpents ter's orchard south Main Street. It highlights new spring hats and caps at Nelson's and a range of footwear at Peter Kern & Son's Boot and Shoe Bazaar with men’s fine shoes at reduced margins. W. A. Thomas of Athens offers organs and pianos at low prices with tuning and repairs. Johnson & Co Shaker Soap promotion accompanies a perfume offer for 30 wrappers.
Henry Nelson announces a grand new store room measuring 117 by 34 feet filled with a wide selection of dry goods clothing boots and shoes nuts caps furnishings notions and fancy goods. Mrs M A Elliott home milliner returns from the city with a complete line of spring millinery including flowers ribbons bonnets and new bonnet designs plus hair goods for women.
Senator Townsend was home to vote last Monday, a duty which the Major never neglects, rain or shine.
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