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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1909
Page
2
A 12 by 14 by 12 foot icehouse on a stone foundation uses oak studding and sawdust insulation. Air circulation from ground level, blind vents, and a double pulley system aid handling. Three men move cakes via tongs while eight inch dowels and sawdust avoid air gaps and freezing. A wagon box holds two tiers of thirty eight inch cakes. overall capacity about forty tons.
Nyetown residents share a quiet weekend with relatives and church duties. Floyd Nye of Trimble spends Sunday at home while Rev. Long leads regular services at the Christian church.
Dr. J W Connoway of the Missouri experiment station at Columbia reports a vaccine like serum that immunizes hogs if injected before infection. Tested on 1500 hogs statewide, few still contracted cholera after proper vaccination, with supply kept by the University of Missouri agricultural department and offered free to farmers.
The bordeaux mixture is recommended for mildew rust and leaf blight on beans potatoes tomatoes melons cucumbers asparagus celery and more. A half strength mix of copper sulfate quick lime and water provides effective control for potatoes in the vegetable garden.
Mrs Granville Gillogly spent a week at Dyesville with her parents Mr and Mrs John Ogden. Visitors included Mrs John Carpenter and Miss Audrey Vorhes of Columbus. Several Athens Nelsonville and Luhrig residents visited Albany. The Ladies Aid met at Mrs Amanda Wells. A misc shower honored Miss Alma Webb at Miss Blanche Gillogly’s home. Dr. Bert Dailey visited from Athens. The Messenger is the Peoples Paper.
Train departs Athens at 9 53 a m for Ohio River points and at 8 15 a m for Columbus. Round trip fare to Ohio points 1 26 dollars and to Columbus 1 25 dollars. River
Jay P. Graves of the Spokane and Inland Empire Electric Railway announces private prizes totaling 3000 dollars to spur farmers in Spokane Whitman and Latah counties to construct best mile of highway in 1909 1910 and 1911. A committee including J G Lawrence Enoch A Bryan and J A McLean will judge. Awards aim to aid Palouse ranchers using available materials though concrete macadam oil or other substances may be used.
Miss Mauree Louden returned home to Columbus after a pleasant week in Nelsonville visiting relatives. Dr and Mrs Charles Sheppard and daughter Jane of Columbus stayed with Mr and Mrs A I Carnes over the weekend. Don McGil a student at Ohio State University Columbus spent several days in the city with relatives and friends.
Mr. Lawrence Yerges arrived Monday morning after a pleasant visit in Logan as a guest of his wife.
Mr and Mrs Robert McManigal and their two daughters of Columbus were over Sunday guests of Mrs McManigals parents Mr and Mrs W P Sheppard.
Mrs. Pearl Hickman has returned from a several days visit in Columbus, where she stayed with friends and relatives.
Miss Pearl Cable was a guest of relatives in Athens last week. Mr. L. D. Johnson of Logan visited Athens with his wife and family. Mrs. Charlies Cable returned from Chauncey to Athens. Miss Beulah Scott visited Athens with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Beckier. Miss Emma Rodda stayed in Athens with relatives. Miss Mary Lane visited Kimberly with friends. Miss Emma Perry of Logan spent a day in the city on business.
Torchs Mr and Mrs Roy Dunfee of Xenia stayed last Friday and visit relatives here. Charles Knowles of Lite Hocking spent Monday at his farm nearby. Elias Wilsons family moved to Athens after selling their house here. Fred Wilson and family join them there. Johnson section foreman on the railroad spent weekend with family at Marietta. Oil well derrick rig builders arrived from Point Pleasant. Director Dilly of the oil and gas firm is under doctor care for a facial cut. Dr W G Evans attended Paul Kreager who is very ill with pneumonia and hopes for recovery. M E church meetings closed Monday night with several accessions.
Henry Clark steered a double team away from pedestrians on Crowded Third street to a telephone pole near the Becker House risking life and sacrificing the horses which were knocked senseless. Clark suffered a miraculous escape with no serious injuries reported.
Ten thousand marine engineers, firemen, oil and water tenders, and deckhands walked off the job in Chicago on April 8, disrupting port operations and threatening shipping delays.
The seven months old baby of Mr. and Mrs. James Ralford of Kimberly was interred at Nye cemetery last Tuesday afternoon. Hobson Beebe of Starr Ohio, aged 82, died leaving six children. interment was in the city cemetery. The Church of Christ youth meet at Mrs. W T Sprague's home in Chauncey Thursday at 7 PM to practice singing.
Walter Dutton returns to Columbus to resume studies at Ohio State University. Albert Scott visits to spend time childhood in Hockingport. Charles Stewart returns to Athens after vacation at parents James and Bertha Stewart. Various residents on sick list and guests from Xenia Cincinnati Parkersburg Bremen and Columbus. Mrs Dunfee hosts visitors. quilt with 5329 pieces showcased.
Market notes list cattle, calves, sheep, lambs, hogs and grain prices across East Buffalo Chicago Pittsburg Cleveland Cincinnati and Toledo. Prices include steers calves cows heifers bulls stockers and feeders with assorted ranges for meat and dairy cattle. grain quotes cover Wheat corn oats and rye with no. 2 red wheat and no. 3 corn cited.
In Kingman Kansas near Rage, April activity ends in tragedy as 10 year old Willie Hotchkess is killed by prairie wolves while playing with a companion. George Nichols, also 10, survives with severe bites after neighbors rescue them at dusk.
George F. Miller known as Calliope or Fog Horn Miller, a decade ago a professional baseball player, died at his Brooklyn home. He played for Pittsburg, St. Louis and Fort Wayne.
Governor Hadley told the Missouri General Assembly that statewide prohibition is the best standard for judging the measure. He favors separating saloons from breweries and distilleries, severing whisky dealers from politics, licensing clubs to control Sunday observance, and district local option laws.
A 25 pound dynamite explosion on a rural farm near Piqua caused houses in Sidney twelve miles away to shake. Pry Simon, age 4, working on stumps, was fatally injured in the blast.
C M Barnitz Vongright 1909 note from American Press Association states articles and illustrations must not be reprinted without special permission. Copyright notice appears in the clipping.
The piece inventories duck breeds and global production, noting Pekin and Buff Orpington as strong layers and ducks’ water needs. It cites country roles, major centers like Long Island and Speonk, and a claim that machinery sustains a vast industry feeding humanity.
A rural admonition warns keepers from feeding sloppy mash and decayed garden sass to poultry. It urges using cracked grain, avoiding damp run areas, and preventing exposure to rain and sun to protect turklets goslings and ducklings and to avoid disease and losses.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Phillips visited Mr. and Mrs. Charles Maxwell on Sunday. Mrs. Elva Sams and two children spent Monday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Maxwell. Miss Nellie Pickering Myra Carr and Francis Cochran of Athens were guests of their aunt Mrs. Belle White. Charles Snow is on the sick list. Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Bean and daughter Elma of South Canaan were guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. Robinson and family Sunday. Several from this place attended the funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Fulton at Canaanville Sunday. Miss Mayme Carpenter is slowly recovering from a severe attack of bumps. Harry Smith of Canaanville was the Sunday guest of Edward Maxwell. Mr. Joseph Robinson and sister Mrs. Jennie Dean were guests of Mrs. White and family Sunday. Mrs. Jesse Sams of Harmony was the guest of Mrs. Elza Sams one day last week.
Marshfield letters list J. R. Lostro visiting Labrig and Dr. J. C. Coleman in Athens. Mrs. O. C. Wilkes from Washington visits daughter Mrs. S. E. Pedigo, and Miss Mae Carter visits D. H. Six. Mr. and Mrs. Towns end announce birth of a daughter Avril 5.
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