Local Brevities Run Through Athens Area News
A digest of brief society and business notes from Athens and nearby towns. Miss Ida Bowser visits Lancaster. W E Moler and Alva Junod travel for business. many residents and visitors are listed with short remarks on illnesses, births, travels, and social visits. Captain Lou Myrick’s return visit ties to Grand Junction and Roosevelt hunting trips are noted.
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Lou Myrick
Grand Junction
Colorado
D. H. Moore
Muskingum
Roosevelt
Mr. Myrick
Maple Wood Place for sale in Athens Ohio fillable lots
Late sale notice for Maple Wood Place offers building lots in a desirable community. Prices range from 200 to 500 dollars cash or terms, with all houses to be painted white. Inquiries directed to W. Hudson or W. B. Lawrence in Athens Ohio. Also two Jersey cows for sale via W. WY. McVay in Athens Ohio.
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W. ©. Hudson
B. Lawrence
Athens
Ohio
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea Promises Strength
An old advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a strength tonic that builds rich red blood and keeps you strong healthy and active. The tea or tablets are offered at 35 cents by Cline's Pharmacy.
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Hollister
Cline
Pictorial Ober Ammergau at Athens Opera House
The April 27 and 28 program at the Athens Opera House offers a pictorial reproduction of Ober Ammergau. Presented under the auspices of the Athens Aerie of Eagles, it promises to be a premier illustrated entertainment in the city.
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Oberammergau
Opera House
Athens
Drapery Stock Offers Wide Range at Sale Prices
An extensive view of drapery goods and accessories for home decor. Silk draperies and upholstery fabrics include new floral silks and greens, Persian and Oriental designs, Silkoline and art denims. Discounted items feature Taffeta silks, silk lining, shirt waist suiting, neckwear, hair ornaments, hat pins, lace hose, veils, with prices from 8c to 69c and up.
Silk Shirt Waist Suits and Lace Waists On Sale
Large shipment of silk shirt waist suits valued at 12 dollars offered at 10 dollars. High grade silk waist lines priced 13.50 15 18 and up to 25 dollars. All over lace waists in Venice and Orientals silk lined, value eight dollars, now 5.47. White crepe de chine waists silk lined trimmed, value ten dollars, now 7.47. New line of shirts at 59 cents to 1.50 plus taxes.
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Venice
Easter Millinery Rush Promises Quick Hat Service
Easter millinery offers speedy turnaround with a larger staff. Skilled makers produce beautiful bonnets at very reasonable prices, aiming to satisfy customers and outpace rivals in quality seen in large shops.
Easter Outfit Preview From Local Clothing Department
With Easter approaching, the store promotes a spring collection in clothing haberdashery and hats for men boys and youths. It highlights suits priced from 8 to 20 dollars plus accessories and emphasizes quality fitting and broad selection in boys and infant ranges.
Wall Paper Sale Adds Many New Patterns in Athens
Local shop promotes a two week 25 percent discount on all wallpaper stock to attract customers. The ad notes a larger selection with nearly one hundred new patterns, standard bolt pricing, and a range of prices from 5c to 15c per bolt with the 25 percent savings applied.
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Athens
Gospel Reflection on God’s Love and Wealth
A brief devotional reflection contrasts God’s love shown through Jesus Christ with the limits of wealth to shield anyone from earthly woes or provide salvation beyond this world. It questions wealth’s power in securing a future beyond life.
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God
Jesus Christ
Cure Deafness by Constitutional Remedies Advertised
An old advertisement claims deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and offers a hundred dollar reward for any catarrh related case not cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. It promotes free circulars from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio and notes sale of Great Ideas Paint by H L Wheaton.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney &O
Toledo
H. L. Wheaton
Sunday excursions to Columbus and Pomeroy by Hocking Valley
Sunday trips set from Athens by the Hocking Valley with round trip fares of 1.00 to Columbus and 1.25 to Pomeroy and 75 cents to Jackson. Trains depart Athens at 5:50 a.m. with return times listed for Sunday and Decoration Day sales May 29 and 30 with one fare for trips within 150 miles.
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Columbus
Hocking Valley
Traip
Athens
Columbus Union Depot
Pomeroy
Jackson
Hocking Valley R. V
All The Money In California Wheat and Fruit Opportunities
Travel promotion notes that California wealth comes from agriculture rather than gold fields. Advertises rail tickets from Chicago to California with Union Pacific and Southern Pacific lines, daily from March 1 to May 15, 1905, and double berth rates to San Francisco or Los Angeles with Santa Barbara or Sacramento endpoints. Tourist folder available free on request from F A Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago, 381 Broadway, New York.
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Chicago
California
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Santa Barbara
Sacramento
F. A. Miller
Chi
Howell
Broadway
New York
Home Sweet Home Gets New Green Seal Paint Look
An advertisement announces Green Seal Paint will make homes more homelike in a new finish offered for sale by H. L. Wheaton.
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Home Sweet Home
H. L. Wheaton
Appointment as administrator for Brewster Higley estate
Notice announces C. M. Copeland appointed and qualified as administrator of the estate of Brewster Higley of Athens County Ohio, dated April 15 1905. The filing shows Copeland’s authority to administer.
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Brewster
Higley
Athens County
Ohio
A.D
C. M. Copeland
Hanna's Lost to Finish Showcases Restored Woodwork
A display by H. L. Wheaton demonstrates finished samples that enhance old floors furniture and woodwork adding beauty and taste to antiques and vintage pieces.
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H. L. Wheaton’s
Ireland’s Sacred Oak and its fateful end
The sacred oak of Kenmare tied to St. Columban drew pilgrims across the British Isles for protection against violence. A storm uprooted it after centuries, angels were said to guard its remnants, and a wicked tanner’s attempt to profit by tanning leather from a limb led to his curse of leprosy.
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Ireland
St. Columban
British Isles
Kenmare
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Ida Bowser
Lancaster
Alva Junod
McDougall
W. E. Moler
Albany
W. A. Hibbard
West State Street
Edith Hartinger
Ellen Wood
George Fenzel
Nelsonville
William Hoover
Samuel Pickering
Stewart
John P. Orr
Groveport
Benjamin Covert
Lula Weiss
Strand
Dr. Z. L. Henry
G. ©. Dyson
Ameeville
C. Millikan
George Hopkins
Morris Avenue
Hal Hysell
Ohio Central
Elmer Golden
Mias
Ella Clark
Ironton
Logan
Harry McKinstry
Mrs. McKinstry
hMr
E. H. Cotton
Coimbus
D. D. Dyson
Amesville
M. Copeland
R. Rowland
Arkansas
Maria Patterson
McConnellville
Amelia Walker
L. H. Smith
H. F. Link
Cleveland
P. C. Zilles
John Smith
Lewis Smith
J. H. Slaughter
Ethel
Wellston
H. Ramsey
Washigton
D. H
BA. L. Jones
McConnelsville
Gordon K. Bush
F. W. Bush
EB. C. Walker
Edith of Carey
J. W. Logan
Geo. E. McEndree
Cumberland
L. H. Clark
Ted Sullivan
The
Buckeye News
S. Q. Henke
Alf
Mrs. N
Maple Wood Place
Boys Salts
Axminster
Price
Zenner’s
Hocking
Millikan & Hickle
G. I. Putnam
Court Street
First National Bank Building
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