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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1904
Page
4
The Messenger and Herald printing company announces subscription rates and payment terms. Editor and manager F W Bush outlines payment schedules and rate changes for readers renewing or joining the paper.
The piece critiques Governor Herrick and the temperance factions, arguing the Anti-Saloon and Brannock Law groups are not party concerns. It asserts Herrick overstepped party instructions on temperance, damaging his re election prospects and urging him to resign for party unity.
Tickets will be sold for the Christmas and New Year period with return good by January 4, 1905. Rates stated include a one third fare, with sale dates listed as December 24 or 25 and January 2 and 31, 1904 to January 4, 1905.
Harvey Shaw recuperates while his brother’s duties await. Judson hosts a New Year’s tree and plans a literary fundraiser for youth. Blackwood school will hold holiday exercises. Local farmer soaks hogs to sharpen will to endure dry season. Lewis Dailey and his mother are sick. Mrs. Mary Leighty visits Athens relative. Charles Hawk of Judson reports a productive week trapping fur from a single hole.
The Presbyterian Church invites attendance at Christmas services next Sunday. The morning sermon starts at 10:30 by the pastor. Evening service features music with choir solos and a Christmas offering for the music fund.
The ad claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh at all disease stages by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Proprietors offer $100 for any case it fails to cure and invite testimonials. Sold by druggists for 75 cents. Also endorses Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Messrs Hibbard and Graham hosted a pleasant dance and oyster party at Fairview farm Saturday night. Guests included Misses Helen Roach Charlotte Allom Louise Carpenter Hattie Carpenter Catherine Thompson Mae Taylor Maud Robinson Alice Hibb Mabel Baker and Messrs Worth G Green Charles Carr Ernest Glazier Clifford Dicks Robert Wood J Jay Parks J B Davis Fred Cunningham and Fred Sexauer.
The Athens Concert Company, organized recently, will debut before Athens residents in January. Members include Mrs. F. Gay Stewart soprano, Miss Clara Bancroft contralto, T. N. Hoover tenor, Floyd S. Crooks baritone, and Emmett Parker pianist. Hoover serves as manager and plans a southern tour early next year.
Mrs Sarah Henry age 85 died at her daughter Mrs John Jackson home in Odin Illinois after a brief pneumonia. She had lived with daughter Mrs Will Wells in Lathrop until October and will be buried beside first husband Mr Ralston at Odin. News of her death came to Mrs A L Roach.
Warren report on the annual meeting of the Ohio State Grange and the Ohio State Dairy Association. Tickets sold to certificate holders signed by R. L. Holman of the Ohio State Grange Springfield. Dates December 16 20 21 and 22 with return by December 24.
Judge Lynch granted multiple marriage licenses over the past two weeks. Pairs include Chas Deland and Louisa Powell in Deanville, Avery Chalfant and Florence Ludwick in Stewart, Wm Kinneer and Amanda McCune in Buchtel, and Wm Blackstone with Elizabeth Fouty in Buchtel among others in Amesville Glouster Mannington Nelsonville and Chauncey with various ages listed.
Christmas gift to subscribers as over $5000 worth of new cable construction nears completion at the Athens exchange improving service across the county.
The Allied Education Association of Ohio announces first annual session with a round trip fare of 25 cents. Tickets go on sale December 28 and 29 and are valid through December 31. Sales restricted to holders of identification certificates signed by transportation manager Geo A Tooil in Columbus Ohio.
Dr Willett of Chicago presents his The Man of Nazareth lecture tonight at 8 o clock in the college auditorium with 25 cent admission including reserved seats. Nixon Zimmerman brings Englander and Smiths The Strollers to Athens opera house Tuesday December 27 with a strong cast and scenery. The plot follows a Gypsy and a Mountebank who misplace a diamond necklace and a thousand mark note found during their travels involving a prince and a Viennese court dancer.
An advertisement from Armington Peavey a New York broker offering loans on any real estate anywhere at 4 and 5 percent interest. He states no higher rate is justified and invites confidential correspondence about properties warranting a loan from 100 Fulton Street Brooklyn. Dated November 1726.
A short quip contrasts a man who sometimes jumps at conclusions with a woman who always jumps at a mouse. The light joke highlights differing reactions to common fears and prompts.
Notice that the Alto Gold Mining Company will hold its annual meeting at No 11 Washington Street Athens Ohio at 2 oclock p m on January 11 1905. The agenda includes election of a board of directors and other business as may come before the meeting. Signed Geo B Parker Secretary.
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