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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1907
Page
8
The National Peace Congress begins its opening session in New York, with delegates gathering to discuss diplomacy and antiwar proposals. Leaders address attendees as the meeting kicks off amid renewed calls for peaceful settlement and international cooperation.
The national arbitration and peace congress began at Carnegie Hall with Andrew Carnegie presiding. Elihu Root, Gov. Hughes, and Mayor McClellan were among speakers as delegates from many states and nations attended. The meeting featured a prelude choral service and debates on international arbitration and the Hague conference.
Annie R Settles files in common pleas court for separation from Thomas E Settles citing gross neglect and willful absence for over three years. They wed March 18 1880 in Athens County and have four grown children Walter Minnie Seward Ida. Attorney Rufus A Underwood of Marietta represents the plaintiff.
Mike Quinlan appeared before May or Day this morning charged with drunkenness. He was arrested Saturday evening and paid a $3 fine plus the usual costs.
An old health ad claims dark circles under the eyes signal sluggish circulation and torpid liver and kidneys. It touts exercise and Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as cures, with 35c Tea or Tablets sold by Cline's Pharmacy.
Willie Hagan of Ohio Medical University of Columbus returns to Athens after finishing the term at OMU. He plans further biology study under Dr. Mercer, may pitch for the town team, and could be retained if he stays after May 1 when OMU closes.
Miss Bessie Dean and Miss Lara Pixley left for Columbus on Saturday to take positions in a large manufacturing concern in that city.
W H Rainsberger has been Bell Telephone's local manager in Athens for fifteen months and is transferred to Chillicothe. He will be succeeded by L O Trump of Newark. Rainsberger improved chaotic conditions, organized the service, and earned praise from employers and local patrons. His family will follow later in the summer.
The county board has awarded the exterior painting contract for the court house and work started this morning by the Hill boys on the west side. Interior repainting is undecided. Trimmings will be stone colored to resemble the original. brickwork to be stenciled.
In the Edwin Harness mound within the Scioto Valley, Ohio, archaeologists uncovered thousands of fresh water pearls, many over half an inch in diameter, some set in copper. The pearls, found among 172 graves, are heading to Norfolk for Jamestown Exposition exhibit.
Farmers mechanics railroaders and laborers rely on Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil for immediate relief from cuts burns and bruises. Pain vanishes where the oil is applied and recovery begins swiftly.
Daisy Campbell Norris of Denver killed herself at her brother Myron Campbell's Berea home. Wife of Denver attorney William Norris, she was 39 and left a 16 year old daughter. Melancholia from domestic trouble and illness was blamed. The coroner ruled death by her own hand after two shots were fired, one through the skull and one behind the ear.
A lone bandit held up a stage north of Zortman Montana and fled with about $28 000 in cash. The heist disrupted miners payroll near the Zortman mines as the stage entered the Little Rockies.
In Little Rock on April 15 the jury reported a disagreement after a 36 hour deliberation in the bribery case against former State Senator Covington, a former president of the state senate. The trial drew wide attention.
Two youths at Mine 210 swiped a fat hen from Fred Laughlin then returned it with apologies after the owner discovered the loss. No arrests will follow and the youths are hoped to learn from the incident.
John C Hewitt files replevin suits in Squire Rose s court against Waldo Baird Rev John N Pilcher and J F Smith of Canaan Ville to recover lumber carried from Hewitt s yard during the recent flood and alleged to rest on defendants property The cases were set for hearing today and Tuesday Prosecuting Attorney I M Foster is in Chauncey on legal business.
Albany April 12 The Air Line Coal and Coke company with about 2500 acres leased to the north and west of Albany disposed of its interest to Sayre and Bethel of Athens. They will test the territory for coal and have begun drilling on Irving Knowlton's farm. Landowners and leaseholders expect rich coal veins. Mr. and Mrs. James Swett departed for Columbus Sunday.
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