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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1908
Page
2
Albany area notes report a new building and Red Cross sign at Drury's Drugstore in Glouster inviting visitors. The column also lists local fraternal lodge officers installed, a supper after, and various town residents visiting or traveling to Columbus and nearby towns.
The piece highlights Sayre Bros. in Athens as a general grocery and feed supplier with via phone orders and delivery wagons, while noting local figures like W A Sayre and C A Smith. It covers Hisylvania Store fire effects, L G Carey’s damaged stock and poultry operations, and the Hisylvania Coal Co mine with 200 workers producing 600 to 800 tons daily under leaders J H White and J W Blower.
Mr and Mrs John Bailey of Athens and Mr and Mrs Caleb Russell of Torch join guests Mrs Bertie Roberts of Pennsylvania at the Bailey home. Isaac Brandeberry and wife visit Bartlett friends. Wesley Barrows from Middleport stays with William P Barrows. Marion Welsh returns from Washington state. Isaac Barrows of Buffalo West Virginia visits, as do Mrs Lou Flowers Anna Doan and Osa Doan of Columbus with their parents. William P Barrows and Preston Frost attend John Barrows funeral at Hockingport.
Miss Ora Lynch of Columbus attended the funeral of Mr. Alpheus Wilson in Albany. Dr. Nelson Brown returned home after a visit in Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Will Moler were in Albany Friday. John Ogden of Dyesville was a business visitor here Thursday.
Mrs J H Johnson and Mrs Sarah Johnson return from Colum visit. K of P I O O F and Masons elect officers with banquets and speeches. Miss Anna Howard of Millfield visits Miss Lota Howard. George Fleming relocates. gas service begins with good quality. Knights of Pythias set officers December 16 with an oyster supper. A noted anecdote about a great statesman ends with a witty remark about convenient bedroom jugs.
Harmony Hill reports stints of visits and travel. S. H. Noland and a Coolville sojourn companion, M. N. Linscott and family, M. J. Hamlin, Angeline McNamee with Carrie Rodgers, and Myrtle Hill of Little Hocking are among those mentioned. Parkersburg and Rockland trips appear, with multiple Little Hocking and Coolville interactions. The column records social calls and small visits across towns.
Rosalie Lamorliere records an American figure in 1793 Paris who saw a glass of water offered to the queen in the conciergerie. He covering his head and drained the remaining water with evident respect and pleasure after she drank.
President elect Taft was re elected president of the American National Red Cross society. Charles Chase and John Davis students of New Hampshire state college drowned canoeing near New Market New Hampshire. Fight indictments charging first degree murder returned by the grand jury against alleged Reelfoot Lake night riders. Congressman Hobson sues Congressman Kelcher for libel seeking twenty thousand dollars. Joseph H Choate Jr appointed receiver for the New York and Albany Transportation Company by Judge Ward. Judge Fitts dismissed a one hundred thousand dollar suit for alienation of affections brought by Mrs Dudley of Philadelphia against Mrs Vanderhall of Washington.
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