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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1908
Page
8
In Glouster Ohio April 4 indications point to an early settlement between operators and miners and a profitable season ahead. The town has formed a board of trade representing all classes and urges local manufacturing such as mine cars and furniture to boost the economy without outside capital.
The item lists visits across town with individuals such as W. Tewksberry family Ensel Rickey and others visiting friends in Albany and Athens. Mrs Leona Masters is reported dangerously ill in a Columbus hospital. A marriage announcement notes Nancy Cross wedding to Gunlock of Bakersfield California prompting congratulations.
Ohio operators and miners have left for Indiana as confab opens there today. The aim is to move the wage conference to a neutral city within two weeks, with Detroit and Cleveland also canvassed as possible sites. Leaders from the Sunday Creek and Pittsburg coal interests are among those traveling for the talks.
The B and O W announces office closures across Torch Hill Stewart and Luhrig with shifts reallocated. Night and day offices are discontinued in several locations to meet interstate commerce commission requirements.
A 12 year old girl Della Shaw was committed to the Girls Industrial School at Delaware by Probate Judge Lynch on Thursday afternoon. Her father James O Shaw from rural route No 6 Athens requested the commitment as the mother is dead and he must work away from home. The girl has recently developed a habit of running away.
A fragmentary Washington Star passage shows Dustin Stax commenting on a market report and referring to water research as having significant parts connected to the scientific field. The quote includes the phrase some of it is and a great deal of it, O. U. and mentions a term water.
Spriggin notes his office bell rings when a client or bill collector approaches but insists no clients ever come. Higgine questions, confirming the absence of clients in the Sowerville area through this exchange.
A brief comic exchange in The Tattlers features Billings arguing a man never truly knows his wife until after marriage, while Darrow counters that sometimes a girl has a little brother, underscoring the humor of romance and family dynamics.
Describes money safe in real estate with desirable city and farm properties. Offers 60 lots in Highland Park and Glenwood additions at low prices, blocks of lots at special prices, and elevated views. Promotes joining a syndicate to buy sections in Texas Panhandle and Ohio markets with frequent rate talks and return prospects. McKinstry & Parker, Athens Ohio.
The article explains emulsion preparation with water oil and soap, then spraying to combat scale in apple orchards. It notes elevated platforms for spraying, use of sulphur and lime on peaches pears plums, and mentions boilers and vats for cooking remedies. It discusses reduced production fears and cites Willard Hoskins on San Jose scale control.
The Norwood strawberry, a cross of Marshall and Corsica, was named best all round at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society exhibition. The plant is vigorous with strong runners, the berry is teconic and uniform, no boxcomb, bright red through, firm, and a good keeper. First box picked June 18 and last July 18. Largest berries in matted rows despite extra culture.
Magnolia stellata, the first magnolia to bloom, usually a week before M. yulan. A bushy shrub with starry white petals, fragrant and hardy, introduced from Japan about thirty years ago by Dr. Hall, sometimes called M. halliana.
A Maryland Experiment Station note discusses horticultural purity and a special fruit trade. Growers ship high class fruit under their own red name brands or forward unbranded fruit in off years. Well packed fruit and attractive branding drive market recognition and demand.
The note urges attentive upkeep of trees to maintain thrift and vigor. It warns that crowded clumps must be cleared to promote healthy growth and avoid overcrowding.
A story describes Mabel Burnet and Alec Hicks adopting a Korean custom of perpetual female silence at their wedding. The bride speaks not from awakening through the honeymoon, sparking reactions among friends and family and a remarriage of tensions when Alec later uses silence to avoid talk.
An article extols home candy making for capable cooks and offers simple confections. Almond and Raisin Creams are illustrated with steps to make fondant using sugar, water, cream of tartar, and careful boiling.
The text describes cooking sugar to 238 degrees Fahrenheit testing with cold water, draining and cooling into a milky snow white fondant. It instructs kneading with butter and resting overnight for pliant texture. It then covers flavoring with vanilla and almond, shaping into balls, and coating with chocolate fondant for almond and raisin creams.
A recipe instructs to coat half the creams with Jordan almonds and the rest with seeded raisins, pack immediately on lifting from chocolate before it sets. Also describes coconut dates by grating fresh coconut, mixing with icing sugar and white of egg, forming a stiff paste, filling dates, and setting to harden.
The piece advises women who lack lashes to grow them by early intervention or using castor oil and moistened salt. It warns against cutting lashes after reaching adulthood to avoid damaging growth and notes salt in the eyes causes smarting.
A newspaper anecdote recalls a matinee mishap where a front tooth was hidden by a large black chenille dot placed over the mouth. The scene prompted audience sympathy for the clearly mislaid adornment and the polite reaction to the cosmetic blunder.
An inter state conference of miners and operators will meet in Toledo Ohio on April 14 with Western Pennsylvania and Ohio operators agreeing to participate. Illinois operators were absent amid a wary process with leaders stressing the need to restore the interstate agreement and urging joint action between operators and miners.
The Ohio Teachers' Reading Circle state board of control met in Columbus at Hartman hotel and at Ohio State University to select books for next year. Attendees included T. Dial, J J Burns, J P Sharkey, W McK Vance, Miss Keen, Miss Reuss, Prof F s Coultrap, F C Carey, and State School Commissioner gE A Jones with east publishing agents present.
Elizabeth H. Martin of Chicago credits Peruna with curing a long standing cold and catarrh with frontal headaches and throat drops. She says the remedy cleared her head and relieved symptoms quickly and notes Peruna tablets are now available for solid medicine lovers.
Charles Davenport and John Barron were released from the county jail Monday after 30 days. Indicted for stealing chickens by the February grand jury, they pleaded guilty before Judge Wood. They must serve 30 days and pay court costs, with costs payable monthly after release to parole.
A. P. Hines, chairman of the Order of Railway Telegraphers, returns from Columbus where the group discussed important operator issues. A conference with railway officials is scheduled in Charleston lasting about a week. Burr Oak telegraph office in Athens county has been discontinued amid other changes.
Mrs E A Secoy and her young daughter depart for Magnetic Springs to unite with Dr Secoy who went there for his health and is reported no better. They expect to stay about two weeks or until the doctor improves.
Carl B. Bingham, principal of McArthur High for two years, resigns to accept a similar post at Wellston High. The move includes a salary increase. An Athens county native reared near Coolville, he attended Ohio University and is famed for coaching McArthur’s notable baseball team.
John Mitchell former UMWA president will launch and run a labor newspaper in Indianapolis. Its primary aim is to maintain industrial peace between miners and operators nationwide.
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