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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1903
Page
11
The Athens county Democratic ticket is linked to the Johnson kite amid county fair crowds and teachers visiting the city. The Reliance finished second in the yacht race while Sir Thomas joked about the boat win.
In Ohio a young clerk is accused of murdering Albert White amid a web of circumstantial evidence. White disappears, townspeople mass for a search, and a field shaft yields the body after a storm. The accused is freed, but the town bears a grudging mood toward both men and the girl involved. Circumstantial evidence proves perilous when truth and bias collide.
A Philadelphia physician visiting New York refused payment for house calls to Mr. Sage who was ill from a kidney disease. Sage later sent a blank check, the doctor’s daughter received stock tips, and the doctor used a broker to trade shares for profit. The scheme yielded a fortune before he exited the market.
In London Nature a description of gomumon wolf spider behavior notes the female carries eggs in a pea sized silken ball and defends it. After hatch the young ride on her back until strong enough to feed on her, a rare dramatic example of offspring consuming a parent.
Dr Howard Co. agrees to a special half-price introductory deal on the fifty cent side of its constipation and dyspepsia remedy. C B Henderson guarantees refunds if relief is not achieved, and urges swift action due to limited supply. Send 25 cents for sixty doses and trial the medicine with Henderson’s personal guarantee.
Grant Kolin made a business trip to Columbus recently. Vic tora Wood returned home from Seattle after two years teaching stenography. Friends greeted her. A reception honored Fred G. Brooks at H. C. Brooks's home Friday night with music and refreshments.
Mrs Pricilla Palmer visits Chesterhill and Rev Knox preaches at the Presbyterian church in Cairo Illinois. Amesville defeats Bartlett 21 to 17 in a lively home game before 250 spectators. A match with Guysville is slated for Saturday. Numerous residents and visitors travel for work, visits, and entertainment.
Captain Horace Knowles and Miss Jeanette Ruth wed on Thursday evening August 20 at the bride’s Harris Ferry West Virginia home. Bells rang and guns fired as villagers celebrated this notable event. The Ohio river men oppose an ice pier at Hockingport for navigation concerns. all work on the pier was suspended. Mrs. Alice Sheets of Willow Island and her son Earl with his wife visit Mrs. Letha Dutton. Mrs. Lessie Stone Dumper of Cleveland visits her parents Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Stone. Mrs. Flora Guthrie of Marietta visits her cousin Mrs. E. A. Myrtie Adams and sister Mary Parker spend Friday in Parkersburg. Mrs. Kelly and family and Mrs. Dudley and family, who spent weeks at Neal White’s, returned home Friday.
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