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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1907
Page
6
An advertisement from The Tonsiline Co of Canton Ohio touts TONSILINE as a sore throat cure. It claims antiseptic action, rapid relief from the first dose, and a short course to cure with bottles priced 25 and 60 cents at druggists.
Prof Frank Copeland travels to Urichsville to visit relatives. Miss Nellie McVay of Marietta stays with Dr and Mrs F P McVay. Several locals visit relatives and attend camps and games including Coolville Stewart game officiated by Frank McVey.
J K Fuller returns from Sulphur Lick Springs. Detroit's Muenzs visit Grones. Link and De Molet guests travel to Columbus. Numerous residents visit Columbus, Athens, New York, or neighbors. Families move houses and attend camps, weddings, fairs, and the state fair.
The 77th general assembly appropriated 300000 for state aid to localities in road construction and maintenance. Sixty seven counties petitioned. 53 received aid. Reasons for denial included late petitions, lack of plans, no funds, or noncompliant petitions. Officials urged early filings before January 1, 1908 with instructions from the Highway Department.
Batten, a former Marietta real estate dealer once active in Sycamore Heights ventures, was moved to Athens State Hospital after lunacy charges. Accompanied by E. B. Guthrie, he previously toured Indian Territory and returned to Marietta before detention. He became violent in jail and on transfer, sustaining sun stroke amid heat.
A vintage ad touts Dean's Regulats at 25 cents per box promising to correct the liver tone the stomach and cure constipation. The copy emphasizes a lazy liver leading to chronic pyspep sia and overall system weakness.
Notice to Rome Township Boxwell pupils and prospective teachers. Rome Township High School will open the first Monday in September. A. Butcher, teacher. wkly8-2212
Paris reports a death sentence for Albert Soleilland amid outrage over a child murder. Cesare Lombroso endorses atavism notes from Soleilland's hand while Meva the monklike apostle faces Paris police court over impropriate garments. Morgan County leans toward a local initiative and referendum measure in Ohio.
The Otsego Journal editor William M. Dietz hails Dr King’s New Discovery as the most popular remedy in Otsego County and a trusted cure for coughs colds and lung and throat diseases. McKee’s Drug Store guarantees satisfaction with bottles at 50 cents and one dollar and a trial bottle free.
The county issued several marriage licenses Saturday. Cleveland Snell 22 of Jacksonville wed Miss Ida Thompson 25 of Glouster. Blaine Driggs 22 of Broadwell married Miss Ethel McDaniel 21 of Broadwell. Ashford P. Hewitt 21 of Carbondale married Miss Dora E. Andrews 25 of Nelsonville. Sanford Ervin 23 of Dundas wed Miss Nancy Mace 22 of Marshfield.
A Jackson paper reports O. U. V. graduate Supt. J. C. Timberman visited town after attending the County Teachers Institute in Chester, West Virginia. He will head the district opposite East Liverpool about 40 miles below Pittsburgh in a town under ten years old with 4009 residents and modern utilities. Timberman’s prior work at Coalton and Oak Hill is praised as first class and he is described as a fine fellow and educator.
AN C U STUDENT reports Misses Jennie and Ethel Beatty returning from a vacation visiting Mr. Charles Owen Diggs in Lyndon Ohio. They toured Greenfield and Chillicothe attended Greenfield Chautauqua and joined a Bainbridge cave party near Lyndon. Diggs accompanied them to Chillicothe en route to New York for a two week stay then back to Ohio University at Athens.
McConnelsville Ohio August 26 A petition signed by village trustees mayors and leading citizens of McConnelsville and neighboring town supports a referendum measure. The effort signals strong local backing with prominent figures urging action.
An old time advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a reliable daily aid. It claims regular bodily function with liver and bowels regulated by the pills. McKee Drug Store guarantees the product, priced at 25 cents.
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