The Messenger Urges Honest Change in Athens County
The paper attacks Charles H. Bryson for manipulating 1906 Republican primary tickets and calls for a new central committee. It warns that Bryson’s methods threaten political treachery and dishonesty, urging voters to support an honest election and a party free of his control.
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Athens County
Charles H. Bryson
Bryson
Central Committee
Mr. Bryson
Harvey Tanscott
Gabriel South
J. E. Hartnell
J. K. Williams
McKinstry
Republican Party
Judge Beer By lis True Worth
Prominent figures endorse beer as a nourishing temperance alternative. Phoebe Cousins cites beer’s food value and cautions against prohibition, while others praise Pabst Beer as a mild healthful beverage with strong nourishment and clean purity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mise Phoebe Cousins
Oe Feisler
Northwestern University
Mise Cousins
West
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Southwest
Miner Bert Cronk Attempts Suicide With Laudanum
In Nelsonville on August 25 Bert Cronk a 35 year old miner tried to kill himself with laudanum after threatening self harm. Police removed the drug but Cronk bought more and drank a large portion before Dr. McGrath stabilized him. He survived and was reported out of danger.
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Nelsonville
Bert Cronk
High Street
East End
Cronk
Lauderbeck
Motions on file in Athens county local option case heard
Circuit Judge Donahue heard motions to file petitions in error challenging Mayor Day's local option finding. He granted leave to file and refused to stay the finding, noting the record is the only evidence allowed. The matter rests toward September 1 deadline and September 10 hearing with possible appeals to the Chief Justice.
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New Lexington
Circuit Court
Athens County
Mayor Day
Ivers, Lewis
J. P. Wood
A. E Price
J. A. White
Price
Lewis
Donahue
Day
Courts of
Ohio
Circuit Courts of
Death at State Hospital inmate dies of tuberculosis
Elizabeth Barrett died at the State Hospital on Sunday after about two years as an inmate. The immediate cause of death was tuberculosis. The body was shipped to Ironton for burial.
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Elizabeth Barrett
State Hospital
Asylum
Ironton
Local visits tied to Athens and Cleveland
Mr and Mrs Charles Smith returned to their Cleveland home Sunday after a week with Athens relatives. Mrs W F Scott and daughter Mildred are in Columbus for the week visiting relatives. Miss Mable Scott left Sunday for Cleveland to enter a large wholesale millinery house. Mr John Cooley of Nelsonville spent Sunday in Athens with his parents.
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Charles Smith
Cleveland
Athens
W. F. Scott
Mildred
Columbus
Mable Scott
John Cooley
Nelsonville
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Tumor Cure Claims
A testimonial letter praises Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for curing a woman’s tumor and restoring menstruation. The letter notes earlier disbelief, medical examination, and a physician's report of no signs of a tumor after five bottles, with periods resumed. Mrs. Pinkham offers free advice to readers.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Fannie D. Fox
Lydia BE
Pinkham
Mrs. Pinkham
Chestnut Street
Bradford
Palma's Order to Insurgents in Cuba
General Montalvo acting secretary of the interior issued Palma directed orders to officials in Pinar Del Rio Havana Matanzas and Santa Clara to free insurgents who repent and return home except captured commanders who stay detained until trials or freedom are decided. Chiefs who surrender with followers and arms may return to their families.
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Palma
Pinar del Rio
Havana
Alfred Zayas
Liberal Party
Mendez Capote
Zayas
Faustino
Pino) Guerra
Moderate
Pino Guerra
Valle
Rural Guards
Guzman
Cienfuegos
Manzanillo
Santiago
Pounds and Perkins face charges after workhouse sentence
In Nelsonville Harrison Pounds pleaded guilty to provoking a breach of the peace and received a 5 dollar fine plus costs totaling 14.90. Ike Perkins, with Robert Ellison, faced carrying concealed weapons and discharging firearms charges and received 30 days in the workhouse plus 65 dollars in fines. Ellison remained at large as police pursued him.
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Nelsonville
Harrison Pounds
Louis Clark
Sharp
Ike Perkins
Pounds
Robert Ellison
Shaner
Lauderbeck
Perkins
Ellison
Clark
Columbus
Marshal Terl
Wolf's Basin
Shaner and Lauderbeck
Hull Foster Family Plans Northeast Trip by Water
Mr and Mrs Hull Foster and their daughter Miss Helen depart Sunday for an extended Northeast tour. They will travel through Canada along the St Lawrence and return to Boston by boat. Miss Nettie Light also leaves Sunday for Cleveland to join a large millinery house.
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Hull Foster
Miss Helen
Canada
St. Lawrence
Boston
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