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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 23, 1908

Page

10

Glouster Arbor Day Programs Highlight School Observance

Glouster Ohio April 18 Arbor day was observed in all rooms with elaborate programs. Primary grades led by Mrs Lenna Campbell and Miss Jennie Theoptius performed declamations readings and songs while other districts and the high school presented Easter Arbor day recitations games and colored eggs. Students and visitors enjoyed the varied programs and a tree dedication closed the afternoon.

Beatrice Walsh Fauntelle Clark Cassie Richards Ida Wedge Florence Andrews Cunningham Richards Curfman

Dean's Ointment Tackles Itching Piles and Eczema

An old advertisement touts Dean's Ointment as a cure for skin itching including piles and eczema. It claims availability at drag stores and emphasizes fast relief.

Dean

Grosvenor Lectures on Orient Relations in Logan

Genera l Grosvenor spoke to the M E Brotherhood at the Methodist church on Our Relations With the Orient. The Logan Gazette notes his remarkable memory and engaging style as he described Japan and the Philippines andTheir peoples in an hour and a half talk that delighted attendees. Shoop's Complete Line of Remedies is advertised at Cline's.

General Grosvenor M. E. Brotherhood Methodist Church Logan Gazette Japan Philippines

Impassable Sugar Creek Road Hurts Athens Trade

Report details two miles of severely bad Sugar Creek road in Dover township hindering travel and commerce. Residents note last year’s partial pike completion stopped at Ames township line, leaving sinkholes and wrecked vehicles. Businesses in Ames Bern townships and part of Dover are barred from Athens awaiting improvements.

Sugar Creek Dover Township Mes Ames Township Athens Ames Bern

Dr King’s New Life Pills Offer Jaundice Relief

Get rid of liver and bowel stagnation and the poison causing jaundice with Dr. King’s New Life Pills. Reliable purifiers that work without grinding or griping. 25e at McKee’s drug store.

Dr. King McKee’s

Mrs Roe and Elize Roe Depart After Visit

Mrs C M Roe and her daughter Miss Elize Roe, guests of Mr and Mrs Henry Zenner for a week, left today for Mansfield after their visit.

C. M. Roe Elize Roe Henry Zenner Mansfield

Great Lick Telescope Sets Sights On Tiny Star

The great Lick telescope aims to observe a star so minute that 30,000 such stars would be needed for visibility to the naked eye.

Great Lick

Auction sellers arrested for selling apparel lack license in Athens

M and I Schuman and Bert Hoss conducted an Athens auction from April 4 to 11. They were arrested in Logan and brought to Athens on charges of selling wearing apparel without a state or local license. They pleaded ignorance, arraigned before Squire Rose, trial set for Monday at 1 pm, released on $500 bond.

M. and I. Schuman Bert Hoss Athens Logan Squire Rose

Taft Club Hearing Praises Mason Speech on Taft Policy

R M Mason superintendent of Sunday Creek Coal company spoke to the Taft club last evening. He argued that future policies must serve the people and named William H Taft as the qualified leader. The meeting was called the most enthusiastic and beneficial in the club's history with a lively Lightning Quartet performance.

Mason William H. Taft Lightning

Inmate James Blackwddd Declared Insane. Transferred to Asylum

James Blackwddd, longtime inmate of Ross county infirmary for twenty years, was adjudged insane by the Ross county probate judge and moved to the asylum today. The ruling formalizes his commitment under county probate proceedings.

James Blackwddd Ross County

William LeRoy Cullison to wed Hulda Beougher in Deanville

The license for marriage is issued for William LeRoy Cullison 22 a miner and Hulda Beougher 23 of Deanville. The bridegroom Harry B. Seamon 25 a farmer and Bessie Metcalf 16 of Broadwell are noted as parents securing the license.

William LeRoy Cullison Miner Hulda Beougher Deanville Harry B. Seamon Farmer Bessie Metcalf Broadwell Bride

Girl Committed to Delaware Industrial School

Mary Hickman a 13 year old girl from Nelsonville was sent to the Girls Industrial School at Delaware. Sheriff Webster took her to the institution on the early train today after Probate Judge Lynch ordered the commitment Friday afternoon. The judge found the girl in poor hands and ruled the mother’s access must be cut off.

Mary Hickman Athens Nelsonville Girls’ Industrial School Delaware Webster Lynch

Arbor Day Exercises at Sugar Creek School

The mine No. 210 school on Sugar Creek held Arbor Day activities Friday led by Miss Jessie Weiss, featuring tree planting and student vocal performances. Mr. R. M. Mason of Athens gave an instructive address on Arbor Day’s purpose and lifelong benefits, with several visitors attending.

Mine No. 210 Sugar Creek Jessie Weiss R. M. Mason Athens

Pneumonia Sufferer Reports Recovery With New Discovery

Jesse P Morris of Skippers West Virginia recalls a near death from pneumonia in 1906. He credits Dr King s New Discovery with rapid relief after two and a half bottles, claiming it is the best cough and lung remedy worldwide. Sold with guarantee at Kee s Drug Store with 50c and 1 00 prices and a trial bottle free.

Jesse P. Morris Skippers W. Va Dr. King Kee

Stepmother Appointed Guardian in Kennedy Case

In probate court Mrs Bridget Kennedy was named guardian of her step daughter Miss Mary B Kennedy. Mary owns a valuable corner on West Union Street opposite the B and O depot valued around 15000 dollars. Aunt Margaret Hickey opposed but witnesses testified and the court sided with the step mother.

Bridget Kennedy Mary B. Kennedy Kenney West Union Street Margaret Hickey Miss Kennedy

Wreck Delays Labor Train on Hocking Valley Run

A small wreck on the Hocking Valley branch between Gore and New Straits ville at Peach Grove delayed the labor train yesterday morning. The engine and tender left the track but no serious injuries occurred. Engineer McKee and fireman were uninjured. The wreck crew cleared the line and the train resumed service later in the day.

Nelsonville Hocking Valley Gore New Straitsville Peach Grove Buck McKee

Wrinkles Reveal Worry Over Unsolvable Causes

The quote notes that every facial crease traces to anxiety about problems that cannot be eased by worry. It frames worry as an ineffective force, urging relief through acceptance or action rather than rumination.

Peruna touted for catarrh and hay fever relief

Mrs. Mayme B. Smith of Columbus Ohio endorses Peruna for catarrh and hay fever noting remarkable relief. The article explains hay fever as endemic catarrh from local irritants such as vegetable emissions and ragweed, and warns treatments vary in effectiveness with Peruna not guaranteed infallible. Man a lin the Ideal Laxative.

Mayme BR. Smith East Mound St Columbus Ohio

Evolution poem echoes through time in Langdon Smith tribute

Langdon Smith, famed war correspondent and Brooklyn writer, dies. His enduring work is the poem Evolution, widely reprinted, tracing love across eras from tadpole to mammoth with vivid, mythic imagery and a plea to renew love in a timeless arc. The piece blends science and romance, celebrating endurance of spirit.

Langdon Smith Brooklyn New York Smith

Quarrel Over Pipe Leads to Replevin Ruling

In Nelsonville Tony Blum faced Squire Comstock Thursday over a pipe taken from Sam Longley’s barber shop. A verdict awarded Longley the pipe plus $5 and costs totaling $12.30 after both claimed ownership. Longley had earlier offered to sell the pipe for $2. Other items note a pain remedy ad and tea cultivation plans in China, plus trained Russian falcons tested for dispatches.

Nelsonville Tony Blum Squire Comstock Sam Longley

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Glouster, O the Glouster Lenna Campbel Diate Jennie Theoptius Palmer District The A Pri Mary Miss Grace Allen Marie Drury Elizabeth Johnson Edna Burns Gerald Wallace Zelma Wilson Blanch Ellis Edith Harris Edith Birteher Bennie Eilis Mary Herbert Hvan Packer Easay Nora Easler Susie Wolfe Helen Crawford David Davis Gen.grosvenor M. E Cline’s Senge Taft Club Sunday Creek Topsey Morgan Albany Fair Grounds Bell Phone Farmer's Line L. H. Harner R. D Death Stepmother Mary Kennedy Nice Estate Man-a-lin Mayme E. Smith Cambian Dara God Stone Delmonteo’s Devon Springs Kimmeridge Bagshot Tremadoc Are Weinger Thomas America Chinese Board of Agriculture
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