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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1888
Page
5
An advertisement claims Golden Specific from the Golden Specific Co offers a permanent cure for drinkers, stating it harmlessly reconditions the system and makes even heavy drinkers temperate. It pledges failure if the liquor appetite remains and asks readers to send for the remedy at Race Street in Cincinnati.
Rev A P Frost to preach at Disciples Hall next Sunday morning. Mr Clay McLean attends State Jewelers' convention in Columbus. Mr David Zenner visits Athens. Henry Zenner visits Cincinnati and Columbus. Camp Meeting Association to hold picnic May 1 near Coolville. Cyrus Watkins and family visiting W W Watkins of Brown House. Miss Gladys Williams returns home after visit with Prosecuting Attorney Sleeper's family. W O B Sleeper appointed check weighman at Half Moon mine. Athens County Bible Society meets May 1 at M Fr church with Rev J W Luccock preaching. Grand jury indicts Dr J H Winn for procuring an abortion. Miss Stout not indicted. Longtime subscriber Daniel Fulton visits Messenger. Adam's Express front draped for W B Dinsmore. Arbor day urged. plant a tree with care. Rev J W Luccock preaches to large congregations. General Grosvenor's anti-rebel war-claims speech praised. Private Secretary Kurtz presented with oil painting of Gov. Foraker. Senators Townsend and Tompkins active in legal business. Mayor's local option vote questioned by Solicitor Wood. Remarkable Longevity of old plum tree noted via sprig from Marietta. J P Reedvey presents to Mente Cuvention. End of column blends into partial garbled text.
Athens town council votes four to three to repeal the local option ordinance and impose a four hundred dollar local saloon tax, totaling sixty five hundred dollars from the Dow law tax combined for saloon operators. Opinions support the move as police regulation delegated by the General Assembly. Also reports a gun club event results and the funeral of Dr. D. M. Clayton's mother.
In the Mayor's court Eli Foster received fifty dollars and sixty days in jail for aggravated breach of the public peace and ten more days plus twenty dollars for cursing the judge. Roy Pilcher faced five dollars and costs after a drunken disorderly conviction from a Monday trial. A tax-payers petition urging road improvements failed at the council meeting, but the editors urge continued effort per Lincoln's principle to keep pegging away.
Mrs Cephas Carpenter left Athens by the westbound C W B train Tuesday forenoon bound for Arkansas Hot Springs. She was summoned telegraphically due to the probable fatal illness of her stepdaughter Mrs Mary Cameron of Saginaw Michigan who had fled there seeking health relief for several years.
Mr Thos N Blatk a respected mine superintendent in Trimble has moved with his family to King’s Switch in this county to lead and direct development of the region’s seemingly inexhaustible coal resources.
In a terse notice, Farrell's Meat Market was targeted for closure by health authorities amid contamination concerns. Officials cited unsafe handling and storage practices discovered during a routine inspection, prompting temporary shutdown measures and a plan to prevent future violations.
The piece warns against lime and alum baking powders sold as pure foods, noting many contain lime or alum and pose health risks. It cites Dr Price and Cleveland powders, cites Royal as reliably pure, and urges suppression of adulterated products to protect infants and general consumers.
Athens county women plan a large display for the Centennial in Columbus. At a Saturday meeting, committees were named for art literature education professions benevolences horticulture and pioneer life with a May 5 assembling at the Presbyterian Church for further organization.
Edward H. Davis assistant marshal is shot twice by Samuel Dew after a recent arrest for fast driving. Dew then shoots himself on the street near Stewart's opera house. Davis leaves a wife and three children. Dew leaves a wife and one child. The town reels as details vary and neighbors seek understanding.
E. L. Walker offers a free rose carnation pansy or fuchsia plant with the purchase of a pair of boots or shoes. Plants are healthy varieties from a leading state nursery. Also notes Nelson’s sale items and A. O. Sloan's Bee Hive drinks.
Miss Narcissa Davies, a careful laundress, seeks steady washing for several parties. Charges moderate, work satisfactory. Send orders through P. O. or leave at Messenger office. Nelson's advertises 10 cent dress goods and a large selection. Henry Nelson's new seven department store opens in Athens with dry goods clothing boots hats notions millinery fancy goods. A. O. Sloan's Bee Hive boasts the finest soda fountain and a new summer furniture line with syrups.
Nearly new frame cottage on main road a short distance south of the Asylum. Suitable for a small family with ample grounds and a large new barn plus out-buildings. Excellent water and cistern. Apply to Samuel Axtell, Athens, QC.
Amveen secretary Nerson notes monthly rates for training stalls and advance season rates for stallions. The Elegant Soda fountain at Amza Hoopen's opens busy season with twenty flavors. Melon's new room measures 117 feet long and 34 feet wide, located one door south of the old stand.
An auction notice describes a two story brick dwelling in good condition on a main Athens street. The listing appears among local classifieds with a sale by D. ZANNER & Co. Millinery and promotion from Nelson's store. Nelson's advertises cheap milk shakes from pure Alderney milk at five cents per glass.
Ne a on sold a varied stock on Saturday listing 17 solid suits 11 odd coats 23 pairs pants 9 odd vests 1 over coat 37 pairs shoes 29 hats with dry goods and notions also sold.
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