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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1903
Page
11
Ohio towns report a mix of crimes disasters and civic actions. Breach of promise suit filed in one county. A car factory fire alert and a racing event closure noted. Electrocution sentence for a murder case in Columbus and a fatal wreck near Crooksville. Public health mandates in Marysville require vaccination for students.
The notice summarizes various health woes and accidents across towns. It notes back pains signaling kidney issues, a case of illnesses in Porta Rica children, and multiple local deaths and injuries from wrecks, fires, and mishaps. It also reports civic items, court decisions, and business moves in Columbus, Defiance, and Marietta.
The residence of David Williams burned to the ground on Thursday morning. Occupied by Mr Bardin, the kitchen stove is suspected as the fire source. Volunteers fought the blaze with limited facilities, saving a nearby frame house. The destroyed home was two stories and insured.
An old advertisement extols California Prune Waters as a natural dissolvent for stomach issues and biliousness. It claims to purify the blood, regulate the liver and bowels, and cure various ailments from indigestion to headaches, urging readers to buy 100 waters for tins from druggists.
Miss Margaret Keons, a returned missionary from Japan, will speak at Mechanicsburg church. The event includes a mixed audience on Wednesday evening December 15 and a ladies session Wednesday morning at 10. The schedule lists separate women only sessions and an evening mixed audience with times in the afternoon and evening.
The father of a boy reports his son, once dying at night with nervous trembling and visions, was healed after taking eight doses of Daddd's kidney pills. He states the doctor could not diagnose the illness and that the remedy restored his health.
Notice to Teachers lists examination dates for the school year. Examinations occur on the first Saturdays of September October January February April May and July and on the first and third Saturdays of August. Primary tests occur in May and August. Boxwell tests are on the third Saturday of April and the second Saturday of May. By order of the board of examiners Maurice M Bryson clerk No 34w 52.
Famed director Mr John Weber of Weber’s Military Band of Cincinnati composes the World’s Fair March 1904 for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. The piano sheet music, priced at 10 cents, will be distributed via B and O S W R R passenger department. Weber’s band has won major national contests including a July Baltimore victory earning $1000.
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