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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1908
Page
2
Four Japanese entered the American consulate staff compound in Mukden Manchuria and attacked native workers in retaliation. Chinese police arrested the Japanese and they were taken to the Japanese consulate. No apology was given and the incident may trigger diplomatic action by Washington.
Rev C B Keller delivered an evening lecture last Thursday. J A Dye attended the teachers exam in Athens Saturday. Mise Ora Bingman visited Mr and Mrs W E Bingman. A school house debate on temperance ended with the negative side winning two to one. Revival services in Torch led by Rev Griffith of Granville drew attendees. Harrison Dye visited his cousin at school. School will close April 15. An ad touts a pain treatment by Dr Thomas for home use.
Rev. Arthur will fill his regular appointment at Coolville Ridge this Saturday and Sunday. Several residents, including William Downey, Mr. Millard Douglas of Athens, and Mr. Loring Searles, have been ill but show improvement. Mrs. Elizabeth Poston’s granddaughter Miss Ethel Anthony visits Angel Ridge. Maywood McGrath to Columbus. various social visits reported among the Frost, Weatherby, and Hartley families.
Mrs William Shott and daughter Miss Wila of Guysville called on Mr and Mrs H L Calvert Monday. Miss Exsie Price of Athens visited relatives here. Miss Mildred Buck and Cora McKay of Guysville visited Mrs Bertha Bean. Roea Calvert and sister Myrtie visited cousin Arthur Kincade at Willow Creek. Chet Bean was a Parkersburg visitor. Orange Butts of South Canaah stayed with the Calverts. Other Bean and Butts relatives noted.
Efan Earle Bean and Misses Essie Price and Vera Bean attended a dance at J. E. Bakers near Newland Friday night. Mrs Maud Weatherby and daughter left for New Lexington to visit her father Mr Parrin. Miss Vera Bean was an Athens visitor from Saturday to Monday. Master Walter Bean of near Graham's chapel spent Saturday and Sunday with his brother Wilson Bean.
Farmers in Union feared frost damage to fruits last week but subsequent checks show only slight injury. Edward Funk of Logan visited relatives nearby. Mrs. Isaac Snowden returned from a visit with daughter Merc. Robinet of Corning. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Moler and son Baril of Nelsonville are visiting relatives here. Edward Rickey was an Athens visitor. Mrs. Phena Williams and children, who have stayed with relatives here, left for Iowa. Ada Rickey of Hebbardsville is visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs. D. Mosure and family spent Sunday with Hebbardsville residents. Fay Elliott spent time with cousin Carrie Elliott of Albany.
Torch Miss May Hoskinson of Guysville and Miss Lucy Green of Coolville are guests of local families. Williamstown WV moves to Youba farm. Mary Hitchcock of Dayton visits her parents. Athens, Latrobe, logan and nearby residents host gatherings and announce school closings and church events. A birthday surprise for Del Atkinson and a Baptist church service are noted along with travel of G W Dewees family to Salina Kansas.
Purification pills claim to relieve jaundice by cleansing stagnation in liver and bowels. Advertises 25 cents at McKee’s drug store, urging reliable relief without grinding or griping.
Dr Edgar Carpenter of Bradford Junction visits his parents Mr and Mrs E K Carpenter. W P Wyatt and family visit relatives in Athens. Jacob Spring of Centerville visits Mr and Mrs G B Spring. Mrs Orville Kiger of Newark guests of Mr and Mrs John Hursey. Charley Mitchell returns home from Sugar Creek mines during suspension. Presley Snowden travels to Charleston West Virginia for seriously ill daughter Mrs Sidney Brown. Ray Cline, teaching in Washington county, returns home. A school entertainment in the opera house Friday evening is well received. Mrs Bisco Bean, in ill health, is seriously ill.
Miss Maud Carpenter brings to a close a successful Bassett school term this Wednesday, marking completion of her instructional work and the students’ progress at the Bassett facility.
Mr Herbert Mingus and Miss Ma belle Cannon quietly married at Trimble last Wednesday. Many local friends wish them a long, prosperous life. Several residents visit Athens Jacksonville and Nelsonville for social and business reasons. Commencement at Jacksonville High is May 15 in the I O O F hall. Local church services and visits from relatives fill the week with community updates.
GLOUSTER W P Reese spent Sunday with his father in Shawnee. Dr E B Koons visited Millfield Monday. Ed Muir returns from Belmont county to spend time with family and works in shaft contracting with James Williamson sinking a 110 foot shaft for Pittsburg and Belmont Coal near Belmont county. Bert Howell and family move to West Virginia near Clarksburg. L D McAfoos travels to Moxahala for repairs on Chapman Coal company houses. Ed Paires of Nelsonville manages property interests Tuesday. Miss Wilda Wright of Glouster post office visits Junction City with her parents. Arthur Anderson and Fred Baker from Athens survey mines nearby. P N McKinley of Trimble plans a house addition in Glouster. Mr and Mrs L C Burns of near Glouster leave for Lancaster to visit sister Carrie Vetch. Mr and Mrs Thomas Winning of Luhrig visit Charles Gook and family.
Araza Robinson of Pittsburg visits his sister Mrs Cirastles Jewell at Clover Hill. Mrs Gar Biddison leaves for Hemlock to stay with Ed Davis and wife A H Drake. Seward Steffey of Bishopville visits Glouster. Hannah Butler Mrs William Norris and Thomas James Hopes return from Pittsburg after death of George Hopes, foreman at a Westinghouse plant, who fell while stepping between machines.
Henry Swartz third trick operator at Hocking Valley yards spent Saturday in Enterprise with his parents. Mrs C H Blende returned to Columbus after a week in the city. Charles A Wright Logan recorder was a guest in town. Bob Kemper of Logan visited. Lawrence Yerges spent Sunday at home in Logan. Harry Matheny visited Lancaster Saturday and Sunday. Harry Wilson and wife spent Sunday in New Lexington. Dr Dew left for Chicago for a surgical course. Mrs Karn Ferguson of Logan visited Saturday and Sunday. Harry Sisson spent weekend in New Lexington. Harry Ambrose of Logan on a business visit Tuesday. Dr Pritchard went to Athens Tuesday morning to spend the day with friends.
Henderson Crider Drug Co advertises a wall paper cleaner that cleans walls, shades and saves time. The copy claims it is cleaner than others and offers a 0c call 3 for 25c price.
Mrs. Martha Rood Buchanan born February 2, 1883 dies Saturday evening April 4 leaving a husband and three children the youngest a babe. Funeral held at Reedsville Monday afternoon with interment nearby. Relatives and friends from Reedsville Parkersburg Jackson County and nearby areas noted.
An advert touts a compound for piles offering relief after one application. It claims benefit for burns scalds inflamed or caked breasts sore nipples salt rheum chapped hands fever blisters corns bunions and related conditions. Sample mailed free with address of publisher.
Humphreys Homeopathic Specific No 28 advertised as a long proven remedy for nervous debility weakness and overwork. Offered at $1 per vial or a $5 special package for severe cases. Sold by druggists or mailed prepaid by the company at Cor. Willian.
Residents of Liamstown and Torch areas report moving within the precinct bounds. A J McKim and E K Parker visited Parkersburg. March floods closed Ohio River road and damaged two bridges to Coolville, with mud delays for teamsters. Hope for better conditions ahead.
Local listing offers baseball and tennis gear with tennis rackets priced from $1.00 to $8.00 at Henderson-Crider Drug Co dated 4-8-2.
Athens Village 8 N Hobson to Mrs G A Haws lot 143 for 2000. Bern Township Franklin W Harris to C F Strode 21 acres for 1700. Chauncey George H Nye to William McDaniel lot 17 for 100. Rome Mary Considine by heirs to William N Winner 53 acres for 1500. P T Busch to Ward B Fortney 51.25 acres for 650. Trimble W K E Allen et al to village of Crestiand outlots 1167 to 114.
The Athens business directory lists C. E. Newsom as embalmer and undertaker at 16 West Union Street with the pair of phones 84. The business has been established in Athens since 1889.
Keasy and Bombardiers Grocery offers nations and miners supplies at Bell address 231 Dean Avenue. Roach's Meat Market advertises fresh home killed meats at competitive prices.
Farmers in need of a plow are urged to visit the store associated with H L Wheaton to obtain the celebrated Prin cess. A separate notice promotes cleaning and pressing services at Johnson's Press Shop located over Fulton’s grocer y store.
For sale notations list a national cash register a Hallwood cash register and a light delivery wagon offered by G. W. Duffee with both phones available.
Hastings handles Standard Furniture and Globe Wernicke book cases with both phones.
GAGE PHOTO CO announces new novelties for Easter including penny pictures mounts and post cards. For artistic photographs visit Wise's Studio offering Easter themed images and portraits.
O. B. Woolever of LeRaysville New York recounts a twenty year health cure credited to Bucklen’s Arnica Salve which he claims cured bleeding piles. Advertisement claims the salve heals sores burns wounds and cuts quickly and lists 25 cents at McKee’s drug store.
Advertisement fragment touts Vv. C. Loos as a good place to buy quality jewelry. The note underscores the jeweler's focus and branding in a concise promo line.
The Epworth League senior society in Glouster Ohio held its monthly business and social meeting at Miss Blanche Jones home with about 50 members present. Easter decorations and an Easter program highlighted the event. Reports showed growth and active service across mercy, spiritual, devotional, literary and mission departments including 48 sick calls in March and many flowers distributed to invalids.
Prices on clipping machines at I L Wheaton. Get ready for spring tasks by clipping horses. inquire about models and costs at the store.
A brief note asks who handles readers clothes and urges calling Athena Dye Works to compare services and care. It emphasizes a difference in postcare and suggests contacting Athena for details.
Mayors court actions include Trimbie Citizen fined for jamboree disturbance at Cal Wilson's Place and Dallas Smart jailed five days, suspended on good behavior. A petition seeks vacation of Hill and Carpenter Streets near Congress and High in Athens Ohio, with final action set after May 31, 1908. notice signed by W B Golden, Village Clerk.
Saturday afternoon Prag Minsey of Trimble was fined ten dollars and costs for a drink with ample trimmings after a disturbance at Cal Wilsons. He had been jailed since Saturday until his wife secured his release on Sunday. Minsey had earlier caused a row at Cal Wilsons that disrupted Golden Frost’s run. Other participants face upcoming action.
The notice stresses neatness begins with nails and hair. It highlights 65 manicure items available at Cline's and urges customers to find what they need there.
Expenditures include Bank of Athens payments for election board room rent 5.33 and election advertising 9.75. Glouster and Bank of Athens show 1.75 for Home order No 5105. Also 75 interest on infirmary bonds listed.
The fire department drew favorable comment from hundreds after a Saturday appearance. It is believed the team will be purchased for department use. The squad is described as a sturdy group of full brothers aged four and five years in the report.
Ozia Brown of Trimble and Anna Brown of Athens were married Saturday evening at the M. E. Parsonage by Rev. F. M. Swinehart.
Mr C Farthing of Mill Creek Ind Ter recalls a near death nine years ago. A druggist recommended Electric Bitters, and a bottle restored his health. He credits the remedy with lifting him from the grave to steady life, sold under guarantee at McKee's drug store for 50.
Fragmentary lines mention crowns and a sky scraper kind for good men who never forget and a man holding a horse outside a house. No coherent event or names emerge.
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