Surprised church social honors pastor and Mrs Lowe
A large crowd gathered at the Christian church basement for a surprise social honoring Pastor Dr. T. L. Lowe and his wife Mrs. Lowe. The event included speeches and readings, with a silver offering of about $30 presented as thanks for Mrs. Lowe’s choir and Sunday school work.
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Christian Church
T. L. Lowe
Mrs. Lowe
Frederick Treadley
Woodworth
Treadley
Alder
At Home Event Hosted by Pi Beta Phi for Ohio Gamma
Pi Beta Phi Sorority hosted an elegant At Home for the Ohio Gamma chapter of Phi Delta Theta at the Athen Club rooms. Alumni from both chapters plus sorority patrons attended with spouses. Selby’s Orchestra provided music and refreshments were served. Notables included President Ellis and wife, Prof J P McVey and wife, C H Bryson and wife, Floyd Crider couple, and several Misses from Columbus and local guests.
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Pi Beta Phi
Ohio Gamma
Phi Delta Theta
Athen
Selby
Ellis
J. P. McVey
C. H. Bryson
Floyd Crider
Mabel Rorick
Columbus
Mame
Bleniss
Connor
Rhea
Unclear list of names and initials from 19th century page
FragmentaryOCR reads a roster of ladies and gentlemen with numerous misspellings and partial surnames including Humphrey Miss Simon Miss Bish op Miss Bayard Ullom Miss Charlotte Ullom Miss Moore Miss Clayton Miss Chappelear Miss Geyser and Messrs James Wood Pickering Sullivan Preston Coultrap Crisp Hey man James Jones Kurtz Norton Miller Scott Thomas Wood Lorbach Hurke.
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Humphrey
Simon
Bishop
Bayard Ullom
Charlotte Ullom
Moore
Clayton
Chappelear
Geyser
James Wood
Pickering
Sullivan
Preston
Coultrap
Crisp
Heyman
James
Jones
Kurtz
Norton
Miller
Scott
Thomas
Wood
Lorbach
Hurke
Missing Sugar Creek teamster George Draper
George Draper a 40 year old teamster employed by Fred Laughlin on Sugar Creek has been missing since Tuesday night. He left for work Tuesday morning and the team returned without him. A search yielded no clue to his fate as relatives worry over possible debt evasion. He left a wife and two children and was last seen in jeans, a black coat, stiff hat, light complexion, and a mustache.
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George Draper
Fred Laughlin
Sugar Creek
Draper
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea For Sale
A vintage advertisement notes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea provides a life giving current and gentle warmth. Available in tea or tablets for 35 cents at Cline's Pharmacy.
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Hollister
Cline
Personal notices from Saturday's Daily Messenger
Local brief lists numerous individuals visiting or traveling for business or leisure. James A Palmer, S W Burson, James Roan, John McLaughlin, M E Twiss, H A Hatch, M E White, F S Grones, Will S Bower, Ben F Beckler, C H Horn, C C Jones, Lucy Westenhaver, May Read, Lenna Schaeffler, M H Miller, Mateer Beman, Dean H G Williams, E J Jones, Lena Duncan, Maggie Williams are named with destinations Marietta Columbus Frost Logan Guysville Tremont City Charleston Athens Gallipolis Jacksonville and associated activities.
Humphreys Veterinary Specifics Offer Broad Horse and Farm Remedies
Humphreys Medicine Co advertises 12 veterinary cures for horses cattle sheep dogs hogs and poultry. The catalog lists specific treatments for congestions inflammations pneumonia colds diarrheal disorders abortion and kidney and bladder issues plus a book and free mail offer.
Dodd's Kidney Pills Promised Cure for Rheumatism
Kushequa Pennsylvania reports growing belief that Dodd's Kidney Pills are the sure cure for rheumatism and back pain. Mrs. M L Davison credits two boxes with relief after thirty years of suffering. Included is a note on a historic Kitchingman mansion and 1716 interments with torchlight rites.
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Kushequa
Pennsylvania
Dodd
M. L. Davison
Redman's Last Roll Call Entertainment At Athens Club
Major L. M. Jewett hosted the Athens Reading Club at his Court street home with about forty-five members and guests. Mrs W. L. Slutz and Rev O B Pershing read from The Redman's Last Roll Call from the March Atlantic monthly, followed by discussion led by L G Worstell. A two course luncheon and social hour concluded the evening. Guests included Mrs C H Welch and several couples and single members.
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L. M. Jewett
Athens Reading Club
Court Street
Redman
March Atlantic Monthly
W. L. Slutz
O. B. Pershing
L. G. Worstell
Perry Wood
C. H. Welch
C. B. Henderson
D .H. Biddle
W. B. Golden
J. M. Foster
Paint contracts urge Green Seal Liquid Paint inclusion
Advertiser urges buyers to protect property by specifying Green Seal Liquid Paint in contracts. Sold by H. L. Wheaton.
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H. L. Wheaton
Mayor and Clerk Sign Bonds for Street Improvements
Giouster April 20. The village last Saturday received 10701.46 dollars worth of street improvement bonds sold to the First National Bank of Columbus at a premium of 465.50 dollars. Mayor Gormley and Clerk Wagener signed them and returned them to the purchaser and have received the money.
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Giouster
First National Bank of Columbus
Gormley
Wagener
Rheumatism Relief Promised by Chamberlain Balm
A newspaper ad explains rheumatism makes life miserable and claims Chamberlains Pain Balm affords relief from a single application. Continued use for a short time supposedly delivers a permanent cure. Sold by W. H. McKee.
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W. H. McKee
Bean Patch In Front Yard Causes Campus Guffaw
On Mulberry street Dr. E W Chubb’s bean poles were set up by college boys overnight. They planted the poles along the sidewalk creating the impression the doctor’s garden had spilled into the yard, provoking amusement at the morning walk.
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E. W. Chubb
Mulberry Street
Gardner
Simple Capsicum Remedy For Bruising And Stiff Neck
The article advises an at home capscum preparation to prevent bruising discoloration after injuries. Mix equal parts capsicum annum with mucilage of Arabic, add glycerin, apply to cleansed bruised skin, and repeat coats as absorbed. Claimed to prevent discoloration and to relieve rheumatism or neck stiffness.
The President For a Day Joke Explored
The piece notes a Missouri senator David R Atchison served as president for a day in 1840 as a joke. It explains Polk left office Sunday March 4 and Zachary Taylor took oath Monday March 5, arguing neither Polk nor Taylor was president that day and Atchison did not take the oath either.
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David R. Atchison
Missouri
Atchison
Senate
Polk
Zachary Taylor
Taylor
St. Louis Republic
Tariff’s Etyology From Arabic to European Law
The term tariff traces to the Arabic ta rifa meaning inventory of fees payable on demand and evolved through loading to current usage. A Moorish general named Tarifa seized a small seaport near Gibraltar in 710 and established a toll station for nearby trade, naming the place after himself. The word later spread to denote a schedule of charges in French Italian and English.
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Tarifa
Gibraltar
Europe
Warner
Constantine
Alexander
Chair in Cape Town Museum Tells Grim Royal Judge Story
A high backed wooden chair in a Cape Town museum is linked to a grim tale. A Dutch governor allegedly sat dying in it moments after a soldier he had sentenced to death was executed and, with his doom pronounced, asked the governor to join him at the throne of the Supreme Judge.
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Cape Town
Republican Common Pleas Judicial Convention for Seventh District
The Republican electors of Athens Monroe Perry and Washington counties are notified of a Republican Common Pleas judicial convention in Athens on May 1 1906 at 1 PM to nominate a candidate for judge. Representation bases on Roosevelt votes from 1904 with delegates per county and alternates. Temporary chairmen and secretary named.
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Ohfto
Athens
Monroe
Perry
Washington
Common Pleas
Seventh Judicial District
Ohio
Theodore Roosevelt
Child questions Satan kneeling hymn line
A five year old girl puzzled by the hymn line about Satan trembling when the weakest saint kneels. She asks why anyone would sit on Satan's knees and why he would tremble at such a scene.
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Hyman
Satan
Stranger seeks Grafton Street directions in Dublin
A brief London Globe item notes a stranger asking for Grafton Street in Dublin. The exchange includes a playful remark about left handed directions and a polite two person dialogue.
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Dublin
Grafton Street
London Globe
Hanna's Lustro Finish Sample Display at Wheaton's
The most beautiful finish for floors and woodwork ever on the market. See the finished samples at H. L. Wheaton's.
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H. L. Wheaton’'s
Father of Cincinnati Southern Passes at 87
K A Ferguson longtime trustee and known as the father of the Cincinnati Southern railway died at his Cincinnati home after a lingering illness. An attorney by trade Ferguson was nearly eighty seven years old and widely recognized for his role with the Cincinnati Southern system.
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Cincinnati Southern
Cincinnati
K. A. Ferguson
Cincinnati Southern Railway
Ferguson
Cincinneti Southern
Young Rockefeller worth ten million per eleventh pound
A playful remark places the newly arrived John Rockefeller at a value of ten million dollars for each of his eleven pounds, highlighting his unusual wealth expressed in a humorous weight-based metric.
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John Rockefeller
Vegetarian Declines Welsh Rabbit Toast
A waiter offers a Welsh rabbit to a vegetarian patron. The customer remains firm and repeats his vegetarian stance, noting he understands the dish is cheese. The exchange highlights a light humor moment in a dining scene from the Chicago Tribune.
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Chicago Tribune
Rigid Conscience Noted in Brooklyn Life Quote
A Brooklyn Life item highlights a woman praised for rigid conscientiousness, described as sticking to principles as if etiquette governed her conduct. The remark frames her as meticulous and morally steadfast in social norms.
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Brooklyn
Cock Crows Signal Ale Being Told, Medieval Belief Said
An old superstition from medieval church lore claimed that the crowing of a rooster foretold that ale was being told. The belief linked a common rural omen to brewing and tavern activity in historical contexts.
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Little
Ramon
Lowe
Beta Phi
Daily Messenger
James A. Palmer
Marietta
S. W. Burson
Shade
James Roan
John McLaughlin
Coolville
Mrs
M. E. Twiss
Prof
H. A. Hatch
Frost
M. E. White
Grones
Will
Bower
Ben F. Beckler
Carbondale
J. F Beckler
C. H. Horn
C. C. Jones
Jones Coal Company
Lucy Westenhaver
The
Revenue Office
Logan
Miss May Read
Arthur Johnson
Lenna Schaeffler
Guysville
Nina Buck
M. H. Miller
KE. Meyers Co
Ashland
Mateer Beman
Thurman
E. J. Jones
Dean H. G. Williams
Tremont City
Charleston
T. & O. C. Lines
Lena Duncan
Gallipolis
Maggie Williams
Sunday Creek Company
Jacksonville
C.C
Kreptions
Condieton
Nerton Hall
Kitchingman
Chapeltown
St. Peter's Church
Leeds
Robert Kitchingman
Chapel Allerton
Mary
Yorkshire
Reading Club
Major Jewett
Bor
Thing Is
Hastings
R. C
Republican Common Pleas Judicial
Athens County
Spsvess
Monroe County
Perry Cours
Ccesnes
Washington County
Gates
Republican Judicial
W. E. Mallory
Woodsfield
T. B. Williams
New Lexington
Porary
Labert Davie
Kk. M. Noll
H. CG. Stalder, F. A. Jeffers
Seventh Common Pleas Judicial
Instrict of
State of
Hanna
DeWitt
DeWitt's
de Witt
E.C. DeWitt & Co
Chicago
CA Bstoria Ee
Newt
Coane
Southern Railway
Louisville
Paul Brown Spa
Chas W Zell D.P
Garrett
General Mane
W .&. Rinearson
O. P. A. Ciacinesi
Hocking Valley
Chicaso
Omaha
Sansas Citt
Denver
San Frabiso
Portland
Toledo
Getroit
Cleveland
Buffalo
Ottsburg
Phil OE Pwia
Sostoa
Jural
Mocking Valley Ticket
Fisher
Cowekei
Mexico City
Max
J.H Larkabe
Oitto
P. McCarty
G P.A
Cincinnat
Joseph W. Pierce
A. D
Chas. W. Pierce
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