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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1907
Page
9
North bound service from Athens leaves daily at 5:50 a m with a Sunday 11 45 a m run and a 4 55 p m daily run. South bound arrivals to Athens occur daily at 10 30 a m with Sunday and ex Sunday variations 6 15 p m and 9 00 p m plus a Sunday only 10 p m option.
One way second class colonist fares offered for April to California North Pacific coast Montana Idaho Mexico and intermediate territory. Settler’s fares to Minnesota North and South Dakota Manitoba Western Ontario Saskatchewan and Asiniboia in April. Imperial Council Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of Mystic Shrine Los Angeles May 6 11 1907. German Baptist Brethren Convention Los Angeles May 16 23 1907. For details contact F S Bean Union Depot or J P Blackwood Agent.
Captain George A Batterson founder and president of the Taft club allegedly secured signatures from Portsmouth society leaders by promising a speech by Nick Longworth and a visit by his wife the president’s daughter. The plan aimed to entertain the congressman and his wife.
The general staff sent Governor Magoon a full project to create and maintain a standing Cuban army of about 12,000 native troops, abandoning the plan to enlarge the Cuban rural guard.
Police were notified Monday evening by J W Malone of Dean Avenue that his ware room was entered Sunday. Officer Van Horn investigated and found a broken latch on a door between the store room and the Born Hotel kitchen, with no clue to any crew or stolen groceries.
A Cincinnati Tribune item notes a dentist identifying a sizable cavity in a patient. The piece inserts a humorous exchange about whether the dentist suggested any special course of study for treatment.
The Presbyterian church of this city urges every member and congregation to attend a essential meeting Wednesday night April 17 at 8 o'clock. Short time to business vital to the church's best interests.
A New York dispatch details about 3000 immigrants arriving each day at Ellis Island with a focus on women meeting kin, the contrast with American fashion, and the role of immigrant aid. It highlights the Immigrant Girls Home run by the Methodist Woman's Home Missionary Society, its staff, and the growing influx of Finnish Danish and Swedish girls arriving unacquainted with English.
Court officials announce the courthouse will not receive a fresh paint job this season, as funding priorities shift and maintenance plans are reassessed by local government.
A group of about twenty representatives protested a city plan to paint the courthouse exterior. They argued painting would ruin taste and worsen appearance as paint peels. The commissioners agreed to halt work and consider cleaning the stone to restore its original look, though costly and likely deferred.
A list of names including Brown, Newton, Brown, Joseph Bryson, J. M. Garrison, C. H. good A. W. Hammond Oscar Hedge, B. Hedge, Mrs. David Jones, Mrs. L. B. Kasteller, J. C. Lake, Chas. Nisbet, Will Patterson, John Rogers, J. A. Sanderson, Lile Sayre, Grace Story, Mrs. C. F. Smith, Rufus, Scull, J. P. Taylor, Chas. D. Travis, Stella Terrell, Chas. Turnbull, Thos, Vanlise, Earl Walls, Isaac Walton, Millard Wartell, Wm. Welch, W. R. If not claimed, letters will be sent to the Dead Letter Office on April 29, 1907. John Finsterwald, P. M.
John Buff told a Messenger reporter he knows Mrs Viola Hun gerford Snyder's exact whereabouts as of Monday at 3 57 pm. He says she is at Wolf's Plains after allegedly stealing $30 from him and criticizes Athens police for not capturing her.
B and O fast mail No 5 crashed into a freight train near Schooley's Station six miles west of Chillicothe. Engineer William Rumpf was seriously injured but alive. Freight brakeman's brother John Patterson was killed in the caboose. Patterson’s body was recovered. No passengers injured. Track cleared after several hours.
A citizen praised Officer Van Horn for ejecting a young man disturbing the gallery during an opera. The observer notes the city council keeps a gallery police to maintain order and cites recurring disturbances by youths and hoodlums at city hall steps after shows.
Columbus April 16 H C Lang Columbus representative of the Cleveland Trinidad Paving company faced trial in common pleas court on bribery charge for giving $250 to Arthur Beck former assistant city engineer. A motion for change of venue was overruled. Seven jurors have been secured.
David B. Chute a 65 year old carpenter and Mrs Mary FE Lanning 55 of Buchtel wed their licenses. Frank H Haughn 23 a baker and Miss Lena Laughlin 17 of Athens obtained permits. Ray Hauk 23 an electrical engineer and Miss Mary Ann Davis 29 of Athens R F D No 6 also secured marriages licenses.
The article promotes careful watch inspection and guarantees quality. It notes many watches rush from factory to wearer with little check, leading to poor timekeeping. The seller claims its system returns nonconforming watches to the factory and offers only well running pieces, aiming to satisfy customers paying any price.
The Elk Palmer House Berry Athens Ohio Hotel and Ohio Hotel list guests registering Sunday and Monday. Names include H H Dulaney Joseph Richards James Pico and many others from Glouster Coolville Nelsonville Columbus Dayton Cincinnati and Chicago area hotels. This notices Thoroughbred Tramp company appears among registrations.
George Janning, 67, widower and farmer, was found dead beneath the CC H. and D. bridge in Ottawa. Police believe he slipped on ice on the bridge ties and fell about 30 feet, his skull crushed on the rocks below.
Cleveland April 16 Michael Goldsmith secretary of the Ohio Federation of Labor was arrested on a warrant charging him with embezzling 400 dollars from the bartenders union funds.
Columbus April 16 Foster Benson a colored porter fell to the sidewalk while washing a window on the twelfth story of the Hayden building and was instantly killed.
Vergil Buel, 36, a married man, collapsed and died at his mother's Croton home while she read aloud from a book. The death occurred on April 16 and prompted on-site reporting by local authorities.
Lexington April 16 reports the Beattyville jail was guarded to prevent a mob from lynching Clay Thomas and Levi Reynolds who are charged with killing Jesse Abner. Thomas confessed and is held to the grand jury without bail. The slayings stem from the Hargis Cockrill feud, with Abner linked to the Hargis faction.
The Athens Gas Light and Electric Co will forgive or reduce March bills for about 250 affected patrons after officials in Athens and Pittsburg approved the plan. Those with severe flood damage will have bills fully covered, while most others will receive substantial relief. Total local donation ranges from two hundred fifty to three hundred dollars.
An advertised prescription from Dr George Edmund Flood claims to cure rheumatism and kidney or bladder trouble. It lists Fluid Cascara Aromatic, Concentrated Barkola, Fluid Extract Prickly Ash Bark, Aromatic Elixir and instructs one teaspoon after meals and before bed, plus ample water intake. A druggist can fill it or ingredients can be mixed at home.
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