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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1905
Page
7
The China department offers a wide range of gifts with prices from 5c to 25 and up to 5 dollars. Silverware, cut glass, linens, towels, napkins, umbrellas, handkerchiefs, neckwear, toilet sets, belts, rugs, carpets, dolls, gloves, hosiery, undergarments, corsets, and more marked for holiday sale. Certificates available for future purchases.
In Athens county Common Pleas Court Robert H. Jackson of Nelsonville files an injunction asking for a restraining order against the City of Nelsonville and its Board of Public Service. He seeks to stop funds, contracts, and payments for electric light and power to private consumers until a final hearing and possible perpetual relief. Attorneys Grosvenor Jones Worstell Addison Sinks Babcock represent the plaintiff. E F Caldwell of Troy township plans a visit to Columbiana county to see his brother.
West Athens merchant J R Harvey renews with the Messenger and presents two rare early copies: Athens Mirror 1825 and The Athenian and Weekly Messenger 1845. The finds illustrate long standing family readership and regional newspaper history.
At Worcester Massachusetts on the 12th, a show and annual Ploughing Match featured a manufactures exhibition. Delegates from nearby towns attended though the President did not appear. First premiums of 15 dollars went to Thomas Butterfly of Leicester for best broadcloth and to Mrs. Ethan Davis of Holden for best carpeting. Other items note Maine forest fires darkening Boston skies and cold easterly winds. The column also lists delinquent land sales and taxes for 1823 1824 and 1825 alongside notices to residents and non residents.
In Common Pleas Court, another phase of the dispute between the old electric light company and Nelsonville was heard. The case questions whether the city may raise money by tax or bond sale to supply and regulate commercial and private lighting. Plaintiff is Robert H. Jackson, a taxpayer, suing the city.
The Daily Messenger reports rapid subscriber growth with many new names added on Thursday. Listings include residents on Central Avenue Clark Street Wolfe Street McKinley Avenue and surrounding streets, reflecting broad community interest in the paper.
Stockholders of the Marietta Hocking Valley Oil and Gas Company organized in Athens with Prof. C H Copeland Dr FE D Harper J H Finsterwald Louis Finsterwald and Fred Stalder present. Finsterwald elected president and general manager Harper secretary. The company now supplies Athens Brick Company with much of its gas for brick burning.
Fragmentary text notes construction or placement of wells along a tract between Canaanville and Guysyi'ie. Details on purpose, ownership, or dates are unclear in the readable portion. Further context from the article would clarify the intent and entities involved.
The article notes the line of the H. V. and the K. M. railroads near Athens has run smoothly since work began almost a year ago. Mr. C. J. Fiji and John Wood, general manager, are described as genial and friendly, with a neat school room finished and a church still missing.
The court granted a divorce in the case of Ann E. Poston against John Poston after hearing the evidence on adultery. Mrs. Poston resides in Guysville while the husband was last heard from in Oregon. Court adjourned until Monday at nine o'clock.
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