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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1902
Page
11
George R. Walker’s store, established 1873, grew from a small counter stock to a leading Athens mercantile firm. It offers books, school supplies, stationery, typewriters, musical instruments, prints, china, glassware, wall coverings, and more, serving literature, music, and art enthusiasts.
C S Newsom Furniture and Undertaking advertises a full home furnishing stock and funeral services. It promotes Newsom's Corliss Incubator, a cylindrical hot air design claimed to revolutionize egg incubation with even temperature and easy turning, now exhibited at Main Street store for visitors.
W H Brown Shoe Co, known for quality and value, will relocate to a new store north of Zenner's Clothing during the holidays. The updated emporium will feature a large selection for men, women, and children with modern fittings, heated comfort, and expanded makes and prices.
Two long established outfits in town showcase wide offerings from galvanized iron and tin work to harness goods. L. C. Nye emphasizes roofing, guttering, and his popular gas stove design, backed by steady demand and fair pricing. Gosberry notably runs a major hardware and harness factory with durable harnesses and full stock, stressing reliability and customer trust.
George I Putnam’s Athens county shop offers books stationery and jewelry for eighteen years. It showcases fiction popular works school supplies wall paper and picture framing plus watches clocks diamonds silverware and repair services by an experienced tradesman. The owner’s integrity has earned strong public esteem.
John Gleason Monuments offers complete cemetery art and monument work in Ath ens. With 35 years in the business he supervises all construction and provides designs and specifications. He maintains a stock of finished work and emphasizes reliability and fair pricing.
J. R. Smith operates the Rail Road Lunch Room, serving well cooked meats and vegetables in a clean, inviting setting. The establishment is a seasonable oyster hub and a popular choice for travelers. Smith, a long time passenger conductor with Hocking Valley, leverages his railroad experience to grow the business.
F E Goldsberry operates a well stocked hardware establishment in Athens noted for prompt, satisfactory service. The business keeps a broad stock of new and practical items, meeting constant needs of property owners and housekeepers with alert, responsive methods.
The Athens Transfer Co and Warren Bros Prop promote modern livery service with twenty five horses in branch, eighty head on farm and city operations. Jess and Sam Warren own the business, offering up to date equipment and reliable service at reasonable rates.
W. J. Craig & Co successors to C. H. Peters & Son operate a major poultry butter eggs dried fruits business based in Pittsburgh. The firm ships in carload lots to top markets, offers dressing packing and has E. L. Atkins as local manager noted for honest dealings and growing patronage.
John Wise operates a longtime Athens store at Congress and Union streets for fifteen years. The shop offers a wide assortment of groceries and novelties, emphasizes cash purchases to keep prices low, and maintains a reputation for integrity and community trust.
L. L. Pickering Meats offers fresh meats sausages and smoked meats with choice native cattle. Slaughtering and curing are supervised by the proprietors to guarantee prime quality. A large refrigerator and progressive methods have earned a loyal countywide patronage and recognition.
The Busy Bee restaurant in Athens, operated by J. W. Pickett, earns praise for experienced management and attentive service. Meals are 25 cents with round the clock short orders and lunches. Oysters and briquette rolls attract farmers from the surrounding countryside.
D C Cornwell, a Athens jeweler and watchmaker since 1862, built a trusted mercantile presence with an expansive stock of watches jewelry silverware cut glass diamonds novelties and umbrellas. His long career underlines the city’s standing as a trade center and his unblemished record supports Athens reputation for reliability and public service.
Ed Banks has run the Athens establishment for fifteen months drawing the town's best clientele with quality, reputable liquors, and a quiet sociable atmosphere. The saloon offers Columbus beers, fine wines, brandies, and the Louisiana Purchase rye and bourbon, all chosen for purity and excellence. Banks, a longtime coal miner, runs a businesslike, orderly venue with hospitality and fellowship.
ENLOWS STUDIO. E N Enlow Prop Modern photography represents the advancement of the present age. The subject of the sketch E N Enlow has ever been on the alert for new ideas and this is reflected in his work which is made to compare favorably with that done in the larger cities. Five years experience in Athens has won for him energy well directed and a disposition to satisfy in a patronage made up of Athens county's most cultured people. All work turned out is distinguished for correct pose artistic shading and elegant finish and not a picture is permitted to leave the studio that does not give complete satisfaction. Mr Enlow's reputation for square business methods is such as to inspire the full confidence of the public and the recognition which his studio receives is well merited.
The Manhattan, started six years ago by Mr. C. Josten south of the Athens Hotel, offers a cozy, up to date resort with pure wines beers whiskies ales and cigars. It emphasizes non adulterated stock and a refined atmosphere for its socially inclined patrons.
The article praises Cotton Brothers Grocers for their varied stock and attractive interiors. It highlights leading brands in canned goods and coffee, emphasizes purity, freshness, and rapid sales, and notes a fine assortment of confectionery and fruits.
N S Buck posts a sale or appraisal at a stable inviting horses mares and mules aged four to twelve years for sound work. The animals should weigh nine hundred to twelve hundred pounds and be in good condition.
A local Athens market emphasizes superior vegetables and home and foreign produce. The establishment offers attractive interiors and pursues the most favorable food conditions, earning praise for the proprietors' progressive civic stance.
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