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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1894
Page
2
An archival ad feature highlights D C Cornwell Jeweler on Main Street offering watches precious stones bracelets and bridal pieces with engraving and repair services while a nearby Marin Street restaurant run by Ats B Pickering serves affordable meals with courteous service and high quality coffee and cigars ratings.
Newsom's store displays the largest stock in the trade of every grade and latest style. Ladies may smile at fine drawing room parlor and chamber furniture fresh from the maker. Full line includes tables, rockers, chairs mirrors mattresses lounges and footstools with fabrics neat and prices fair. In undertaking he offers fine funeral cars and perfect service.
A.V. Sloane's store displays a wide array of fine chinaware glassware and bric-a-brac. Lamps and table cutlery are highlighted with wedding presents and decor. The ad claims the best prices and doorstep delivery for boarding houses and students, urging readers to recall Sloane's low prices.
Ss. E. Hedges, proprietor, promotes the Athens Steam Laundry on North Main Street as a wide awake laundry doing all work up trim. Prices list shirts at ten cents and other items at two or three, with careful handling of collars, underwear, ladies garments, and family work.
J P Davis manager of Hoots and Shoes presents an extensive stock of all kinds and styles for soil work and fancy wear. The very latest fashions at the lowest prices. Ladies, gents, boys, and children footwear and Misses fancy footwear offered without reserve. Davis claims better goods at cheaper prices and invites countrywide trial.
Druggist on Main Street advertises brightening faculties with pure chemicals and excellent cigars. W H McKee’s drug store stocks pure oils and extracts from barks and fruit, pe peree and combs, brushes and potions. Prescriptions are compounded with great care and skill.
A decorative millinery notice on Main Street invites ladies to pause and view a dainty bonnet selection. The ad praises Miss Cook’s fine millinery, urging cash purchases at low prices while promising up-to-date fashion and reliable goods.
G R Walker offers paper and books for school and preachers, with novels, histories, politics, and humorous works. Fine stationery, magazines, musical instruments, frames, gifts, albums, tablets, toys, and holiday goods fill a large stock noted for low prices in the Court House area.
T B Warden advertises fine groceries fruits and confections offering candies malaga grapes oranges pears and nuts. The store emphasizes pure fresh goods and a motto sweets to the sweets with bonbons caramels and other luxuries for young and old alike.
An old catalog style notice extols O. B. Sloane's shop offering dry goods, fabrics from foreign looms, and a wide array of carpets, linens, dress goods, silks, wraps, embroideries, velvets, ribbons, lace, novelties, hosiery, gloves, and furnishings. It promises small profits and immense stock to please every shopper.
In Athens a local plumbing shop led by B F Wittman offers pipes valves fittings pumps and bath fixtures. The advert promises reliable service for water steam and gas, with copper brass and rubber hoses and gas lighting chandeliers, inviting readers to visit and see the work.
Hardware goods are offered by ToG W Ullom including iron, copper, tin and steel items. Locks, keys, nails, screws, axes, chisels, saws, hinges, bolts, wire, and tempered steel cutlery are stocked. Guns, powder and shot, stoves including Radiator and Climax models are sold with promise of good service and prices.
Meat market at State Street near Sheldon's offers fresh steaks chops and cutlets beef veal mutton pork and lamb with neat vaults and cool storage. Fremont Ruth presides at the head of the industry and provides quality meats and poultry along with sugar cured ham and sausage. Also an insurance agent W B Lawrence of Athens Ohio advertises fire life and accident coverage for leading companies.
John P Reynolds a Nelsonville saloon keeper was arrested Saturday on a paternity charge by Miss Belle Griffith aged seventeen. He appeared before Justice Lane and was bound over to court in 300 dollars. Reynolds is married with a family. The Sunday Creek Valley News in Trimble has been leased to Stacy Linscott of Amesville and James C Headley of Trimble to become a Populist organ as The Populist Blade. In Amesville drilling of an artesian well near D W Young's addition struck gas, causing excitement. Frost reporter misreported L A Russell moving to Athens. Mrs Smith runs the Smith House and Russell runs the store. W D Cox of Waterloo township was seriously shot in the face by an accidental gun discharge while hunting. Magic Dyes on sale at Cline's Pharmacy.
W C Flick ex-president New Garden Columbiana Co Ohio testifies after two years of nervous prostration and exhaustion. He credits Dr Wheeler's Nerve Vitalizer with restoring health after using six bottles, stating he is now perfectly cured and urges others to try the preparation sold by Cline's Pharmacy Athens and other druggists.
Train times listed for north and south routes starting November 25 with No. 9 Athens to Toledo at 6 00 a m and No. 1 Charleston to Toledo at 11 22 a m. southbound No. 10 Columbus to Gauley at 10 46 a m and No. 2 Toledo to Charleston at 6 36 p m. trains No. 1 and 2 run daily, others except Sunday. all trains run solid to Columbus and Gallipolis.
J B Fulton advertises car loads of fancy Massachusetts and Missouri apples and the finest Michigan potatoes. He invites orders in bulk or smaller lots to suit purchasers.
An order of sale from Athens county court sets December 29 1894 as the public auction date for Lot 74 in Johnson Antle and Wolf's Addition Trimble. The property is appraised at 9600 dollars with cash in hand required at sale. the sale is at the front door of the Athens courthouse and conducted by Sheriff M M Riley with deputy D H Rowands and attorney J M Jewett.
Joan B. Phillips has been duly appointed and qualified as administrator of the estate of James Ashton, late of Athens County, Ohio, deceased, with authority to act. This notice confirms the appointment and qualification dates and directs duties under Ohio law.
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