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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1903
Page
4
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Our school closes Friday for vacation with plans for Athens. Learned was in Athens on business. Protracted meetings and church events fill the week. Robbers left town. Mr. Sprague and Ernest Daft at home on vacation. Kiger family moves to Indiana. Barrier and wife to occupy Kiger residence. Georges Same and William Dixon return from Penn. Miss Lou Roberts visits sister Mrs. L. D. Hanlin. Mrs. Juha hosted in Athens Monday.
Frisz Phillips of Columbex returns home for holidays in Amesville with local visitors including W. E. Clark in Athens. Rev W. J. Warrener and T. E. Clark travel between Alarietta and Athens on business. Clark secures 350 tons of jog during cold weather as Borrs haul about 59 tons. Mrs FW Gibson and daughter visit Marietta. Linseantr and Lucile Lovell spend time in Athens. Ira Howard, horseman, travels to Orbina Canada to judge races on a famed ice track. Mrs Marvy B Rouian and Mrs Herber Heare visit Parkersburg and Marietta. Chas. Goddard of Beaumont Texas visits his parents W. B. Goddard of AL. Loran makes a business trip to Fisher. Miss Blanch Smith and Bondinor wedding engagement with Rev Ch pat-ouage. Friday to Cincinnati and Chattanooga to winter. Sadie Martin visits Logansport and other towns with various trips and minor incidents noted.
MEW ENGLAND residents report a protracted meeting ending Sunday at the ML E church. Names mentioned include Mrs Sarah Hill hosting George Frause of near Crolville and Miss Evliel Guntee participating in a ceremony. Several visitors and sick list names appear among the community notes, including Mr Dever and Mr and Mrs Warthag and son Arthur.
Misses O53 and Leona Doen of the U. spend their holiday vacation at Ion. Mis Osa Cook attended A Little Outcast at Athens Friday night. Misses Harrie and Mabel Doan attended the W. T. BR. CL at Stewart Saturday. Bertie Cook, recently receiving medical treatment at Athens, is now at home. Ivan Cook and Chester and Sidney Hattie left last week for Nelsonville where they will be employed.
Miss Emma Blackweot visited relatives at Holliday. Miss Cora Wilson stayed with Cain Sunday. A M Gatchell sold out to Elias Dart. Mrs Cora Daing visits her father at Garden. Rev Gislilan of Spiller will hold regular appointment at Pratts Fors Friday night. Mrs Morris and Daisy of Delaware guests of Dr and Mrs C L Orr during holidays. No teacher examinations until first Saturday in March. LS, all other notices to be contrary, notwithstanding. F. & Cotleray.
The Cuban Reciprocity bill is law after Senate passage by 37 to 18. It lowers Cuban import duties 20 percent under the Dingler law and cuts US shipments to Cuba by 2 to 40 percent. Democrats and Republicans back the move, with calls for a Canada treaty amid rising Canadian hostility and militia growth.
Reported activity at Hush Posten farm involves preparations for testing a coal hole. Local residents including Leon Liddy and family visited Athens on Monday and Toedaz. Several nearby residents and visitors from Amesville and Scarrer Ridge were noted over the weekend.
IA Amesville reports a burglary at A L Loaga's shoe store last night with a cash drawer containing about 75 dollars taken. The thief forced the side window, removed the drawer, and fled without entering the main shop, with authorities noting the suspect known to local police.
Sherman Rewell, aged 2, son of Mr and Mrs Howell, died of smallpox after a brief relapse. He had been ill for several weeks but showed no earlier signs of danger. His death cast a gloom over the community as his father, away in Pittsboro, returned after the painful event. He leaves a young wife, a sister, and a younger brother.
The Rebekah lodge No mad WH installed its new officers for the year led by Mrs Jo W. Earich as matron and Mrs Saci Froberoger as vice president. Other officers include Mrs Robert Cook secretary Mrs hen Fanser treasurer and Airs George Hart as treasurer. Kodel Dyspepsia Care is advertised as a stomach aid with claims of rebuilding tissue and improving digestion. Gov G W Atkinson of W Va endorses it as effective. Sale ad notes a cheap winter jerney cow for sale at 205 EL state street.
Alice Stissel filed for divorce from Peter Stissel in Athens County Ohio case 8263 alleging willful absence from home for over three years and seeking custody of a minor child. Hearing set for February 12 1904, attorney E T Rose.
The notice advertises a Sunday excursion to Columbus on the K and M Railway for 21.90 round trip. Call on local agents for departure and return times.
The notice discusses construction in New York City to host up to 200 000 daily attendees and references a Western Woolgrower named Srey castle with dated notes from December 21. The fragmentary text mixes civic planning with a medical testimonial praising Dr Eds kidney pills, claiming restoration of energy and health in Wyoming.
John C Weber, director of Weber's Military Hand of Cincinnati, debuts the St Louis World's Fair March dedicated to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. The sheet music sells for 0 cents through the RB and O S W R R World's Fair Route passenger department. Weber's band team has won major contests including a $1000 prize in Baltimore on July 21. Mail 1 cent in silver for a copy, marked REDS PAIR MARCH, to C P McCarty, B&O Railroad, Cincinnati.
Buck and Son advertise at Warren Bros livery stable on Thursday December 31 for the sale of horses mares and mules aged up to 12. Frank Dean invites buyers to read Raw’s wrap and sell clear with the offer described as good as new and at a stated hour of half past three.
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