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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1904
Page
8
The catalog touts a wide range of home furniture and storage pieces to elevate comfort and refinement. Items include Davenport couches, leather chairs, rockers, mirrors, book cases, dining sets, sideboards, chests, wardrobes, beds, dressers, and kitchen cabinets with prices from a few cents to several dollars, highlighting affordable options for holiday gifting.
Athens visitors H. H. Brown and G. R. Gonder were in town for the weekend. Frank Arnold and wife, long Wisconsin visitors, returned home. Lectures and family gatherings marked a busy period with several relatives traveling from Parkersburg and North Dakota to visit local residents.
Amesville notes report visits by doctors G O Linscott and L A Patterson, gas well work by Murphey and Clark Curry, a minor church fire, marriages of Mrs Almeda Curtis to Justin Gay and Gertrude Lowry to an Athens man, new Chauncey residents, and various travel and farming updates.
Dr C M Boswell, evangelist from Philadelphia, will join the pastor for special evangelistic services at the Methodist church on February 1. Miss Todd and Miss Stahl host a ChristmasGift exhibit and sale at Miss Stahl studio on December 17 from 10 am to 4 pm. Also advertised are Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets from McKee's drug store, Cline's Xmas pipes and cigars, and Putnam's Sterling silver tableware novel ties and thimbles for Christmas.
Mrs Hetty Burriss and daughter Mrs Chambers of Mo Pleasent host guests of her niece Mrs T W Jones. Roy Donfee of Cincinnati stayed with parents confined at home with grip. Miss Ettie Ora and Lillie Donfee visit sister Mrs Laura Hayes at Athens. Hattie Green of Marietta visits Stella Doane. John Palmers move to farm near the village. Mrs G Jones and sister Emma Stout return from Athens after visit. Mrs Matilda Dewees and Mrs Annie Dunfee recovering from illness.
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