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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1907
Page
3
The Messenger reports a clash among city offices over enforcing the poll tax. Street Commissioner James McCormick declares he warned 200 eligibles and resigns, citing lack of support from the mayor, solicitor, and officers. Mayor Hedges and Solicitor Price offer counter accounts of affidavits and delays.
Postcards with metal, tinsel, sand, glass or other rough substances are unmailable unless enclosed in an envelope, per First Assistant Postmaster General. Summer students ignore it as about one hundred unmailable cards have been barred from local mail in five weeks and will be sent back to Washington.
A massive explosion and fire at a Christie Street tenement kills about twenty and injures many more. Police suspect Black Hand involvement as crowds flee the collapsing building and flames engulf residents, mostly Italian tenants, in a chaotic disaster.
The Board of Education met in a called session Saturday. Fenzel bid 371.91 for a 12 by 16 foot ventilator belfry with tile roof. Miss Fannie Bean and Miss Maude L Grimm were appointed substitute teachers at two dollars a day. New high school teacher Mary Simon hired at 50 dollars a month. High school staff salaries listed for Skinner, Foster, Conner, Bear, Moler, and Simon. Insurance set at 22500 for three years with multiple firms. Students summer work must pass public school exams for credit unless taken at college.
The contract for stone work on the new South Bridge was awarded to D. E. Blackburn and C. E. Norris for 2035 dollars. A 1000 dollar bond was approved, and work must be completed by September 25 with the bridge raised about four feet and abutments extended.
Coolville July 29 It has been announced locally that Prof. W B King of Sand Run and Miss Della Parkins daughter of Rev J H F Parkins pastor of the M E church here will be married at the parsonage the home of the bride on August 15 The announcement comes as a pleasant surprise to the many friends of the contracting parties Prof King has been the principal of the public schools at Orbiston the past year while Miss Parkins is one of Coolvilles most popular young ladies.
The new Ohio University kindergarten opening in September has six pupils enrolled: Ruth Foster Dorothy Slutz Mary Peoples Roland Jones Robert Jones and Eleanor Phillips. Officials will cap enrollment at twenty. parents should enroll promptly. The class will be housed on the ground floor of the Normal Building North Wing and prepared to be inviting.
Portsmouth Ohio July 28 Mrs John W Adams widow of 95 West Front street consults Probate Judge Sikes over the Athens Asylum scandal involving her daughter Rebecca a 26 year old inmate who is about to become a mother. The Governor handles the case and a full inquiry is sought amid family histories of hardship and prior institutional care. Rebecca has accused several inmates but denies their guilt.
Athens resident Mrs. A L Johnson testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills cured her obstinate kidney trouble and lumbago after other remedies failed. She praises relief from back pain and dizziness, notes purchasing at Henderson's drug store, and says a few doses help on cold days. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. price 60 cents. Remember the name Doan's.
Two separate touring parties travelled through Athens over the weekend. Will Selby of Marietta led a Pope-Toledo machine with E. M. Booth and Maple Davidson en route to Chicago via Columbus Cleveland Toledo Detroit. The Mallory Brothers from Parkersburg arrived Sunday with a large fleet and planned a journey to Columbus Buffalo and Canadian cities after an overnight at Hotel Berry.
Arthur G. Stephenson and Anna P. Rankings, both of Sugar Creek, wed at the Methodist parsonage with Rev. Earl R. Slutz officiating. The couple, known in Athens, receives best wishes for a long, happy marriage. The notice ends with a humorous quip about dying.
In Jones Park Jacksonville edged Buchtel 4 to 2 as Morris starred with a two bagger and multiple hits. Key moments included a seventh inning rally with Taylor, West and Morris driving in runs and a decisive eighth inning squeeze play by Morris. Umpire Sanders.
Mayor Hedges orders that after August 1 every dog found roaming without a muzzle will be killed by the marshal. He says no ordinance exists yet but vows strict enforcement to prevent mad dog scares in the city. Owners are warned that muzzles must fit properly on all dogs from Fido to Carlo and Bounce.
Canaanville July 29. Canaan township went dry so decisively Saturday that all records were broken. Of 169 votes cast only 10 favored a wet township as floods had washed out the steel bridge and ferries carried voters to the polls at the town house.
The State Summer School ends Thursday August 1 with the closing lecture by Dr Lowden at 7 p m in the college auditorium No examinations recitations or exercises Friday to allow students to travel home before the county examinations statewide on Saturday August 3.
Miss Roxy Pollock and Mr Frank Sturgill wed at noon Saturday in Probate Judge Lynch's office. Mayor Hedges officiated the ceremony. The couple are from Carbon and Spee, and the groom is employed as an actor.
The trial of E. C. Fox of Pomeroy for attempted bribery opens this afternoon. Judge Martin of Lancaster sits. Attorney A. M. Lewis prosecutes while General Grosvenor leads the defense. Few witnesses are expected and the case is seen as hard fought at every stage.
The notice lists marriage licenses issued for Herbert Wilson a 21 year old miner of Orbiston to Rebecca Willis 18 of Murray City. van Davis 35 to Etta May Conaway 25. Frank Sturgill 28 to Roxy Pollock 20 both of Carbondale with unclear remaining entries due to garbled text.
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