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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1903
Page
3
A pedagogical conference at Ohio University endorses centralizing rural school administration with a five member township board, county supervision, and state supervised teacher examinations. It would create a powerful state board of education to set courses, inspect schools, and issue certificates.
Hadley Milligan hired a survey to drive around town for an hour or two. Charles Warren saw five men driving a team toward Wolfs Plains and alerted authorities. Jesse Warren notified the Jacksonville marshal, who intervened. The team was left on the street with no pay or money back. A watch was posted to recover value. The team was brought back Tuesday morning and no arrests were made. It is noted that driving a hired team beyond contracted limits is unlawful.
Mr and Mrs Wallace McVay hosted fifty guests in honor of Rev Dr W W Gist of Cedar Rapids Iowa Rev Dr F C Ballard of Indianapolis and Rev Dr G W King Alumni of Ohio University The evening featured lively conversation table wit and cordial hospitality with out of town guests including Mrs Augustus Norton of Stanton Virginia and Mrs S Price of Mt Clemens Michigan.
La Finsterwald of Guysville caught a 52 pound catfish last night on the same trotline and hook as a fish of identical size caught three years earlier by the same man. He sold the first fish for 4 dollars to William Bundy, who took it to Athens and sold it for 3.05. Bundy refused to take the new fish to Athens to the same restaurant, wary of getting rich too quickly.
Mrs Henry Zenner treated her Presbyterian Sunday school class to a tally ho ride and picnic on the hospital grounds Tuesday afternoon. The group included Frank Kurtz Heber Henke Josiah Fuller Charles Mills Loring Connett Robert Wood Emmett Parker Willie Connett Robert Snow Carl Bailis Rhys Evans Miss Charlotte Codding Findlay and Mr Zenmer. A dinner was served under the trees.
A Columbus and Cleveland group forms The Chauncey Athens and Amesville Railway Co to run from Chauncey along the Hocking river to Sugar Creek and up to Amesville. The plan prompts speculation it may be an organizational shell to secure rights of way for a Sugar Creek switch serving Sugar Creek coal lands. engineers may survey soon with construction possible this fall.
Cardinal Sarto of Venice elected pope and takes name Pius X in Rome on August 4. He appeared on the basilica balcony to bless the crowd after the formal conclave. Born June 2 1835 in Riese Venice, he rose as a respected preacher and administrator.
James McCormick tendered his resignation as janitor of the courthouse after fifteen years of faithful service. Pearl Hill, already doing the work, was chosen to replace him at forty five dollars per month with residence rights on the basement’s south side. McCormick had recently been elected street commissioner and chose to retire from janitorial duties.
Pearl Tedrow, troubled by drink and dissipation, leaped from a second story window in Glouster on August 3 and died Saturday at the county infirmary. The body was taken to his father Isiah Tedrow's home for funeral services conducted by Rev. L. B. Sparks. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. George Mitchell of Shawnee and Mr. and Mrs. John Sweeney of Logan.
Engineer Guy Walker, who suffered a severe arm crush in a freight wreck near Rutland about two weeks ago, is improving as expected. Doctors initially feared the arm could not be saved, but circulation has returned and the limb will be saved though it may never be fully usable again.
President Alston Ellis of Ohio University suffers a severe renal colic attack at his residence on North Countess Street. He was briefly active Saturday, but Sunday brought a renewed attack keeping him confined to his room. His condition has since improved and officials believe the worst is over.
Rafos and Lindsay Mitchell father and son from Glouster arrived at the courthouse seeking entry to jail. Each carried a mittimus and had been sentenced for assault and battery and carrying concealed weapons. Judge Lynch and Prosecutor Foster freed them on their own recognizance, trusting men who would escort themselves to jail to behave outside.
Mr. Daniel W. Henke of Chillicothe and Miss Lottie B. Davis of Wellston were quietly married in Jackson on July 30. Henke, an Athens resident, works as a contractor including the Masonic Temple project in Chillicothe. The couple stayed at John Stricklen’s home before visiting her sister Mrs. William Rider, then departed by the 5:40 train for Chillicothe to start married life.
At Monday's meeting the village council authorized refunding $10,000 of indebtedness by issuing eight $1,000 bonds. The first new bond matures September 1, 1906 and subsequent bonds schedule annually. Ordinances establishing sidewalk grades along the linear addition were also passed.
In a declamatory elocution contest held Thursday evening, Miss Martha Paffenberger won with the poem Our Few Friends. Judges Gen Charles Grosvenor Rev W D Cherington and Prof H L Wilson presided among six contestants.
The article discusses Wolf's Plains as a central site for mound builders, noting preserved relics found under a schoolhouse mound, including copper bead rings and buckskin, plus skeletons of tall men. It mentions an ancient cemetery found during railroad work and suggests two prehistoric races inhabited America before Europeans. Local farmer memory and museum relocation are referenced.
John Kennedy an elderly Athens resident died at his West Union street home Sunday evening from a complication of diseases. He was 61. His wife and one daughter survive. Funeral services were held at the Catholic church yesterday morning with Rev Father Mattingly officiating. Interment followed in the Catholic cemetery.
The old brick corner house at College and Mill in Athens is being removed. Judge Isaac Barker, born 1708 and died 1973, lived there 55 years and the home was famed for its beauty and garden. Some evidence suggests the house predates 1818, with historic locks found on doors signaling early craftsmanship.
A merry party of Athenians departed Sunday night for a two week fishing trip to Star Lake in northern Michigan. The group includes F. R. Baker, Chas. Demolet, Bart Foley, Tom Cotton, Conrad Josten, Chas. Slaughter and Frank Lowry with Geo. Paul serving as camp cook.
Cooney Seipel of Columbus was jailed Monday night on a charge of being drunk. Mayor Logan assessed him $8 and costs on Tuesday morning. with no funds or friends to aid him he will work off the amount by street labor at 75 cents per day plus board.
Mr. Fred L. Hartley of Alexandria Indiana married Miss Bessie L. Knox at the Knox home Sunday. Rev Cyrus Rose officiated. The couple will reside in Alexandria.
A man named Keller of Lancaster posed as Mr. Lingarfield an optician with Logan ties. He visited homes in Hocking county selling window glass, collected money, and fled. The Lingerfields denying any calls warned residents frauds, and Keller was tracked down and forced to return the funds.
Governor Nash approved plans for a new library building costing $20,000 at the Ohio university. The structure will sit on the southwest corner of the campus as the board of trustees opens bidding for construction.
The seventy first annual meeting of the Washington association of Universalists will open Friday evening August 21 in Frost. All churches in the association are expected to attend with numerous ministers present. J B Cole of Frost serves as association clerk.
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