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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1907
Page
6
Hollister Precinct lists Frank C. Hagan and Max Sullivan with 530 for total 7 865. Goose Run shows Edmund R. Damport and Mc Mahon Patrick with 615 and multiple assessors yielding 24 340. F. S. Smith and others report totals 20 195. W. E. Bingman group totals 22 215. Final line records 43 830.
A large Athens meeting at the Commercial Club rooms seeks to assess the feasibility of a general hospital in Athens. Dr W S Hoy and son Dr Roy Hoy of Wellston are invited to share hospital experience. miners and United Mine Workers unions will be represented. The plan includes a training school and broad public benefits.
Rushville Indiana July 26 Thomas W Worthington known as the Village Rogue was jailed for the 479th time. He claimed free speech rights and continued spouting during a Socialist meeting. Worthington hoped to reach his 500th incarceration.
An advertisement touts TONSILINE as a special purpose sore throat remedy. It claims the antiseptic kills throat germs and, with a few doses, relieves and cures sore throats, promising quick, safe healing.
A Beaumont outing to the New Pittsburg Coal Company mine featured Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Thompson as hosts and escorts. The group explored the mine two hundred feet underground aboard a motor ride and received a full briefing on electrical cutting machinery and tipples. A picnic supper followed in the power house.
One day we remember with pleasure and profit to health, meeting Dr King’s New Life Pills. The painless purifiers cure headache and biliousness and keep the bowels right at W. H. McKee’s drug store for 25c.
In Wheeling West Virginia July 26 conferences were held this afternoon between union miners from Moore's Run the Pultney mine and the Carnegie Steel Company mine all in Belmont county Ohio. President Watkin s of the Fifth Ohio Subdistrict and Secretary Patrick McBryde of the Pittsburg Vein Operators Association sought settlements. Two hundred forty Moore s Run men walked out last night over coal weighing. Pultney miners quit over screen issues. Carnegie miners stopped due to wage reductions and union non recognition. Another conference is set for tomorrow.
Sir Thomas Lipton built a vast empire from a Glasgow start. He began earning sixty cents weekly at ten, moved to America at sixteen, then returned with experience. He opened Lipton’s stores, grew to five hundred plus outlets, owned plantations and factories, and credited success to hard work, honesty, enterprise, prudent judgment, and bold advertising.
The three month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Elsa Sloan died Thursday at their Mooretown area home. She was the family’s only daughter and leaves three brothers. Funeral services were held Friday at Mt Zion Church with Rev Seamen officiating.
The child of Thomas Ander son died last night at the Anderson home. The mother died about two months ago. Funeral services will be held Sunday at the Anderson residence on Central Avenue.
Port Byron New York resident Amos F King claims Bucklen s Arnica Salve cured a leg sore that plagued him for 80 years now he is eighty five years old and the product is guaranteed to cure all sores by W H McKee druggist priced at 25 cents.
A horse owned by John Motz wrecked a Akron furniture store on South Main street after bolting from a blacksmith shop. The creature kicked in the door, smashed a mirrored buffet, shattered two dozen lamps, toppled mirrors, and toppled iron bedsteads, with customers escaping via windows as workers corralled the animal after about thirty minutes.
Reports from the upper lakes docks indicate coal shifting to interior points and reduced congestion. The ore dock strike freed boats for coal transport, and if dock space opens, a large coal flow to the upper docks is expected. Local companies largely halted shipping but will resume as coal moves inland.
G. H. Dukes chief engineer of Sunday Creek mines and W. D. Monssarrat manager of mines for the same company were business visitors at the local offices Friday.
Attorney A M Lewis left for Pomeroy this morning to assist the prosecutor in the bribery case involving President Fox of the defunct Pomeroy Bank and John H Lindsey.
An advertisement touts Ken nedy s Laxative Cough Syrup as superior to other remedies due to its laxative action that cleanses the bowels and soothes throat irritation. It claims to strengthen bronchial tubes, ease mucous membrane inflammation, and includes honey and tar, with children liking it and compliance with the National Pure Food and Drug Law. Sold by Cline s Pharmacy.
When indigestion or heartburn appears take a little Kodol for prompt relief. This vegetable acids compound contains stomach juices and digests what you eat. Sold by Cline's Pharmacy.
Late tonight coal shipments down the Ohio River started as water reached navigable levels after heavy rains last night. Movement will resume after daybreak due to remaining current conditions.
Mrs L D Bonebrake and her daughter Miss Margaret of Columbus are weekend guests of Miss Mabel Brown.
Governor Harris announces a thorough investigation into a scandal at Athens State Hospital where a female inmate is reportedly pregnant. He notes initial inquiries a month ago, with Superintendent Dr Hanson confirming pregnancy but unclear gestational stage. The inmate, from Portsmouth, is described as epileptic and mentally deficient, granting her notable at the institution.
The Athens County Children's Home board held its regular session on Friday afternoon. Two children from Mary E. Carr of West Union street were admitted on Trustee Pickering's application. A typhoid patient is improving with careful nursing. Supt Beasley improved sanitation and facilities, though no other cases are present in the neighborhood. The staff notes the children are bright and will be placed in good homes, with careful adoption screening.
Gallipolis Ohio July 26 Annie Hawk twelve died instantly when struck by lightning while riding a horse. The horse also perished. The girl was the daughter of Mr and Mrs John Hawk living three miles from Gallipolis.
Deputy Sheriff Frank Lowrey arrived back Friday evening after trips to Ports mouth and Huntington, noting routine duties and safety patrols completed.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad executives consider forbidding hotel keepers at terminals and yards to sell liquor to trainmen on duty. The plan aims to curb drinking among staff, with court actions sought in Fayette and Somerset counties and potential expansion to other counties. The move aligns with industry efforts and public support against the booze habit.
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