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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1908
Page
8
A Timely Temperance Topics essay argues Athens Nelsonville and Glouster should have a voice on liquor votes. It attacks county local option laws as unjust, predicting dry counties harm taxes, revenue, and church unity while rivals argue for voters rights and temperance goals.
In Athens county the Anti-Saloon League urges presenting factual county records on taxes liquor revenue and expenses to a three member commission. One member to be chosen by the Liberty League and one by the Anti-Saloon League, who then select a third. Findings to be published in all county newspapers with costs shared by both sides.
A letter in August questions claims about liquor as a poison taught in schools and critiques the Personal Liberty League and a local professor. It cites Nelsonville tax records, waterworks bonds, and the 1914 levy, and defends saloon workers against Anti-Saloon Leaguers while denying a brewer influence in Rev Forscythe’s dismissal.
A critic denounces a ministerial defense of saloon culture and argues that many crimes attributed to alcohol are misrepresented. The piece challenges the link between respectable work and virtue, highlighting alleged moral corruption among religious figures and Anti-Saloon League supporters.
The Amesville column reports a strong peach crop with daily baskets from 200 to 400 at prices from 2 to 50 cents, and notes a kitchen shower for Miss Flo Wilson ahead of her marriage to Ralph Jonsley. It records three recent deaths, a surgery in Marietta, a job move for Carlos Carpenter, peach thieves, and local visits and travels including Mr. Hinman of Columbus and Rev. Cellers.
Springfield reports nine teens held as grand jury prepares indictments for riot participation. Abraham Raymer and Elmer Humphrey face charges as leaders in the mob that lynched William Donnegan during the unrest.
Edward H. Bender, a rich Chicago businessman, was discovered dead in his office after his wife and daughter waited all night for his return. A mystery surrounds the café incident tied to the case.
In St. Petersburg on August 19 seven more sailors were sentenced to death for pillaging the estate of an autocrat, reaching a total of thirty-one death sentences in this bloody case.
A schoolboy submits a cheeky definition, describing a bachelor as a man who has no wife, nor wants no wife, nor can't get no wife. The line satirically plays on double negatives to suggest bachelorhood as lack of marriage without desire.
Police disclose a major arrest in the Niedlander double murder case. Martin Thacker, a young farmer from Vinton County, admitted loving the murdered woman but challenged proof of his involvement. Thacker lived near Ed Niedlander, the killer’s brother, and claimed he heard the shots but did not leave his house. A neighbor reported seeing a man he believed was Thacker flee the scene. The victim’s father suggested Niedlander killed his wife and another man killed Niedlander.
John Warren, about 35, was found dead on the K M tracks near The Narrows in Nelsonville after trains passed over his body. Coroner Lane ruled the death accidental self-harm, with witnesses detailing the ghastly scene and identification by clothing.
Mrs. Haines counters with accusations in divorce proceedings affecting U S Army circles. The case follows Captain Peter Haines, accused of fatally shooting William Annis, drawing defense from many officers amid a scandal likened to Germany's Knights of the Round Table.
The Philosopher of Folly quips that man desires little yet wants what he wants when he wants it, echoing a wry view of human impulse and timing. The remark blends humor with a meditation on appetite and restraint.
A county balance sheet shows Athens County funds would gain 3 184 75 by closing saloons while state taxes stay steady. Advocates claim reduced saloon revenue lowers crime costs and benevolent institution expenses, and property value and earning power would rise with local option.
The practice dates back to antiquity with claims of Assyrian origins. After sneezing, people offered short prayers to the gods. Romans cried Jupiter help me after a sneeze, a custom noted by Homer and early Jewish writers and others among various tribes.
In a blunt protest the Buffalo Express questions why opera stars should be paid to perform in Italian while ignoring English, arguing locals would quit funding if singers won t adapt to their language.
A quirky exchange notes that women pack trunks better while men unpack faster, highlighting a playful gender contrast without formal context.
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