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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1909
Page
3
A crowded social roster shows Miss Marion Walden visiting Coolville. Goldie Morris of Albany visits Miss Maude Lynch. J. G. Neighbors of Zanesville stayed with J. W. Oxley. George M. Hickle of Lancaster tours the city. John Rider of Nelsonville visits Mrs. Morgan Richards. Multiple local residents host and travel for weeks and weekends.
Saturday notes report Harry Hawkins of Nelsonville visiting Athens. Mrs. Frank Dean is confined on West Union Street. Mrs. W. G. Shaffer hosted guest Mrs. W. B. Foley of Parkersburg. J. Martin has become farm superintendent at the state hospital. Charles Whipple of Ohio U. visits relatives. John Landis of Carbondale guests of the McCoys. Miss Bernita Harper and Miss Wil Sn of Guysville visit friends. Stella Burke travels to Plymouth for a few days. Miss Lena Musser and Mrs Burr Forrest of Middleport visit relatives. Charles P. Kircher and Mrs. Charles Cornwell host Friday guest Thomas of Chesterhill. Proa McCoy hosts as guest.
After days visiting Mr and Mrs Kr J Jones, Miss Helen Porter returned to Steubenville. Mrs Della Connett Hixson went home to Cambridge after a week with her parents on the Plains. Mr and Mrs James P Wood Jr returned from Columbus where Mrs Wood stayed with her sister Mrs Arthur Johnson. Miss Charlotte Allom left for Marietta for family visits and a four birthday. Mr and Mrs J D Brown returned from a tour of old Mexico and visited relatives in Cincinnati. Ath en visitor A H Wells travels from Columbus. Panic Examiner and Mrs Samuel J McCune visit Chillicothe and Cincinnati. John Settle buys Jabez McKee property on Dean avenue. he is an auctioneer. J F Alexander and daughter Jennie return to Mineral after month with Morris Avenue relatives. T H McAdoo accompanies them. Old gentleman improving in health.
Miss Minnie Dean came home Saturday from Lima after a week with Aunt Mrs. Morris. Miss Edith Jones returned from Jackson on Sunday evening. Mrs. W F Hurst leaves for Columbus to visit Renick Dunton. Miss Marie Stahl returns from Cincinnati. Miss Constance McLeod recovered at home after vacation in Cincinnati. Miss Kay Spencer returns from Burlington Iowa. Mrs FE Davidson and daughter Venus come home from Nelsonville visit. Miss Hazel McKinstry returns from Columbus. Miss Edith Roach returns from visiting Chillicothe. Miss Emma Waite returns from Washington DC. Mr and Mrs R Curtis drive from Amensville to visit relatives. Mr Frank Buxton leaves for Mt Clemens Michigan for health. Mr and Mrs L H Smith visit mother Amelia Walker. Mr and Mrs William Bethel visit Judee and Mrs A S Bethel. Miss Myrtle Mitchell returns from Nelsonville after visit with cousin Olive Hean.
Mr. Jess Gist visited Columbus on Sunday. William Cooley bought a new runabout. Mayor Hedges spent Sunday at his farm. Dr. A. F. Holmes of Albany visited Athens. Miss Verna Johnson plans several weeks in Columbus. Mrs. Louise Leete visiting Columbus. Mrs. Frank Ferrell with husband in Parkersburg. Mrs. B Pickering ill with pneumonia at home on State Street. Mr. C. A. Snow of Columbus with Dr. and Mrs. D. C. Snow. Mrs. FE. F. Black returned from Logan. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Clark of Ironton guests of Major and Mrs. Emmer Golden. Mr. J. F. Tewksbury spent Sunday with father Harvey Tewksbury near Carpenter. Mr. and Mrs. John White of Logan guests of Mr. and Mrs. George DeCamp. Rufus Secoy dangerously ill with typhoid at North Lancaster Street. Mrs. J. D. Foster and Mrs. W. Morris of Albany guests of Athens friends. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Morrison of McArthur guest of James Salters.
Mr J L Mellor of Marietta spends the week in Athens as guest of his brother Clarence Mellor from The Daily Messenger. Miss Dorothy Forrest Rowson returns from a week with her grandparents Mr and Mrs Isaac Niece in the country. Mrs J W White of East State street returns from Philadelphia after eye care with an oculist.
W L Whitacre W M Ritter Lumber Co and The Carpenter Hardware Co file a petition to declare David W Peoples a bankrupt. Peoples formerly resided in Athens Ohio and now his whereabouts are unknown. He must answer by April 20 1909 or the petition will be confessed and he will be adjudged a bankrupt. Attorney Mary G Staller.
Mrs D L Owl and daughter Mrs J J Ginn of Ironton visit Mr and Mrs D D Puller and Mr and Mrs A T Lawhead on Morris Avenue Up Before the Bar. N H Brown of Pittsfield VT writes we have used Dr King s New Life Pills for years and find them such a good family medicine. They work wonders for chills constipation biliousness or sick headache 25e at McKeels Drug Store.
Mrs Mary Carr Moore and Mrs Alb ice Harriman of Seattle prepare a suffrage vaudeville libretto by Harriman and music by Moore. Moore is noted for singing through a suffrage campaign in California.
An advertisement touts Hyomei as a soothing antiseptic remedy for catarrh colds asthma croup and bronchitis. It claims relief within five minutes by opening stuffed nostrils and offers a money back guarantee from Henderson Crider Drug Co. with a one dollar complete outfit. A user testimonial from Mia M. S. Martin of Cassopolis Michigan dated Aug 27 1908 endorses Hyomei as the best hay fever relief.
Washington Dunfee of Little Hocking marked his 79th birthday with his younger brother Thomas, as Miss Stella Dean of Athens visited her aunt Mrs. Jones. Other guests include an oil man from Parkersburg and W. W. McGrew. Center Belpre residents James Medley family hosted relatives. Coolville high school leaves for vacation as Prof Root attends his father Perry Root funeral.
Stops itching instantly and claims to cure piles eczema salt rheum tetter hives herpes scabies. Available at any drug store.
Opinion notes a shift in parenting norms as fathers today are less likely to spank than in the past. The piece discusses changing attitudes toward child discipline and growing emphasis on alternative guidance methods.
Beebe O died at about 80 years at his home in llocking county after living many years in Rome township. He leaves several relatives in the area. Funeral arrangements have not been announced.
A Springfield merchant recalls dire diagnosis "consumption" given to his son by two doctors. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery with a dramatic recovery after three weeks of use. The testimonial claims it cures coughs and colds and all lung diseases, with a money back guarantee.
Marietta druggist Will Richardson of Green Street opposite the Norwood hotel was arrested Wednesday for selling ip toxicants to be used as a beverage. The Civic League backs the case. Richardson appeared before Mayor McKinney and posted $500 bond for Monday’s court appearance.
The fragment reflects a meditation on aging and judgment, presenting aging as a universal burden imposed on men. The terse line hints at social or existential pressure tied to advancing years without offering resolution.
Washington April 5 the rules committee set April 10 for final vote on the Payne tariff bill and barred amendments except those from the ways and means committee or those allowing a floor vote on free lumber protected barley and protected hides. A petition by 26 Republicans seeking protection on lumber coal iron ore and hides reportedly saw most persuade to avoid opposition. President Taft approved the committee plan in a conference with Payne Calwell Dwight and other leaders. The rule would auto shut off general debate and enforce five minute discussions until the vote.
Former President Roosevelt visits Naples aboard the Hamburg receiving city officials and cheering crowds. The German consul general and Ambassador Griscom attend the welcome while a rose shower greets him on the dock as the Admiral prepares for the Africa voyage tonight.
A fire at the Wilkinson Gadie company grain elevator and storage warehouse in Newark New Jersey caused partial ruin to the large facility. The estimated loss stands at 125000 dollars.
Ethan Allen Hitchcock former interior secretary is critically ill in Washington Archbishop Ireland returns to America from five months in France and Italy The body of Harold Moon Flint boy kidnapped found in a mill pond near his home Taft to spend summer at Edward Robinson cottage Manchester New Hampshire Vice Admiral Cervera dies at home in Puerto Real Spain Elijah Calvin 67 civil war veteran jailed in Zanesville Ohio for attempting to kill his wife hanged himself in his cell дир
Washington April officials from the Internal Revenue Bureau of the Treasury say the temperance movement has taken strong hold in the south and has led to more violations of internal revenue laws in illicit whisky distilling.
The Dominion steamship returns to Boston with news of a disaster at sea. It sighted debris about 200 miles east of Boston light, including parts of a large vessel’s masts and spars protruding from the water, suggesting a sunken ship.
A prairie fire ignited a blaze that destroyed several buildings of the state insane asylum at Fort Supply Oklahoma. About six hundred inmates faced death risk but were quieted after attendants fought the flames. the main building remained unharmed.
William Young a fruit tree peddler was fined fifty dollars at Georgetown for giving away a drink of whisky.
Mrs. Carrie Cain, 18, jumped from a burning launch in Mobile River during a visit to Jeff Saxton and his family when leaking gasoline vapors ignited the boat. She drowned as flames engulfed the vessel.
A long inventory of property transfers shows Geo W Hooper and others selling parcels to Hewette Reed and many parties across Athens County. The records include farms, lots, and acreages with sums ranging from under 100 to several thousand dollars, reflecting wide activity in various townships.
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