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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1907
Page
4
A column satirizes political trends in Athens discussing Taft’s boom and local public manners. It recalls Major Jewett’s memory, critiques divorce teachings by Rev Eaton, and questions cost rises in groceries, milk, and meat amid urban growth and middlemen dynamics.
The Athens council met Monday at 7 45 pm with Hedges Eckley Junod Campbell McVay Price and Golden present. They granted a one year extension for the Nelsonville Athens and Glouster Traction Company to May 1 1908 citing East Coast funding delays. Col Tutt promised progress and completion within thirty months after work begins.
Chicago Municipal Judge McKenzie Clelland proposes sentencing delinquent husbands to meals rather than fines. After weeks of tests, well prepared food allegedly directs husbands away from the saloon, as paroled husbands testify to success in court meals.
The old adage that bold words sell helped shape modern display ads. Ads claim low cost and high reach, positioning classified campaigns as efficient for reaching the right customers.
Many business houses in the city rely on want ads to secure all new employees. The practice appears widespread across local firms.
A wary job seeker is reminded that the man who could have employed him years ago still scans want ads for potential hires. The taunting line suggests a past employer keeps an eye on opportunities in the classifieds.
The pressure of commercial life sifts out incompetents and misfits prompting frequent calls for The Efficient Worker. These notices usually appear in the want ad columns.
A servant girl advertises for lodgings and weighs offers as local residents court her. One man offers to pay a dollar more per week than her current lodger, suggesting the appeal of a better advertised room.
The Coolville Art Co a new Ohio enterprise organized with J E B Hartnell as president F C Taylor as secretary and J E Bailey as treasurer announces commendable art advertising. Artist Charles E Keller is employed and produces attractive work for the village.
In Athens John W Shall 21 a miner solicits orders while Miss Eva Taylor 18 of Nelsonville is involved. The fragment notes a permit to proceed with timely work at a reasonable price and lists the two individuals with ages and locations.
Dalton C Snow arrived from Toronto after completing a two year veterinary surgery course at Ontario Veterinary College. He plans to open an office and practice locally. His brother Herbert Snow, with one year of veterinary college, will join him this summer before returning to college in the fall.
John Rorick of Luhrig was arrested Monday on West Union Street for disorderly conduct by Officers Van Horn and Mills. He spent the night in the city jail and paid a $3 fine plus costs after appearing before Mayor Day, who warned of a workhouse sentence at his next appearance following a prior fighting charge.
Amesville reports Charles Male escaped during the melee after a Sunday afternoon assault that cut the throat of Leonard Harris with a razor. Harris, 23, is in critical condition. Male, 21, is believed headed toward Zanesville to relatives. Authorities expect capture soon.
Mrs Catharine Wagner aged 44 died Sunday at the Athens State Hospital of tuberculosis. She had been an inmate for seven years. Remains were sent to Lowell for burial or further disposition.
A black woman in Atchison Kansas posts a sign reading Dont you dare to dump ashes on this place under penalty of the law or any other trash. The handwritten notice warns against dumping debris on her property.
The Athens County Medical Society met in regular monthly session at 1 pm in the court room with strong attendance. The program included Clinical Case presentations by Dr. C. S. McDougall and Dr. A. J. Learned, followed by lively discussion.
A farmer should carve time for home beauty, using nature’s materials. Build a bed by piling bowlders or dark stones, fill gaps with rich dirt, then plant ferns and flowers. In a few weeks the yard gains a charming, ornamental feature.
In Guysville Athens county real estate and civic leader J W Murphey died today at about one o clock after a stroke and long illness. He was about 70 and had lived in Guysville for thirty years.
Wednesday’s Daily lists guests at multiple Columbus and nearby hotels. Names include Edgar Ervin Pome roy J B Guthrie Logan F Cooley Nelsonville T H Davis Jr Pome roy Charles E Keller Coolville and others from Marietta Newark Parkersburg and beyond.
All contributors are summoned to the Commercial Club rooms at seven oclock tomorrow evening to decide if the city should assume the expense and reimburse contributors. I M Foster secretary F S Roach chairman
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