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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1905
Page
3
Charles Demolet admitted guilt before Mayor Logan for tapping the village main sewer without a proper Y connection as required by local ordinance. He paid the fine and costs, claiming the tap was necessary and non-detrimental, while officials noted the act was a technical violation amid staffing tensions at Demolet's firm.
Plumbers at Charles Demplet's shop walked off Saturday evening in a union backed strike led by a member who felt slighted. The dispute centered on a nine hour day and four dollar daily wages. The issue was settled and workers resumed duties the next morning.
John Finsterwald receives his commission as Athens postmaster dated December 13. He plans to begin duties despite a worried look, while local chatter includes bets over Grosvenor’s political future and a judge unable to endorse a minor’s certificate. A nine year old hit by a truck driver’s wheel sues the employer for damages.
A report notes that after a horrifying shout of whip on behind observers pause to deliberate. The fragment suggests fear and hesitation following a violent outcry. No further context is provided in the surviving text.
Robert Evener and Miss Ethel Gibbs wed at the bride’s Luhrig home on Christmas day at 11 o’clock conducted by Rev. Lowe of Athens. Evener works as a machinist at the Luhrig foundry while Gibbs is the daughter of John Gibbs, mine boss at the Luhrig mine. A sizable gathering attended and joined in a wedding dinner after the ceremony.
A parade of names fills the holiday notices with travel and visits. Orley Morgan stays in Waverly. Dr. T. R. Biddle and Mrs. C. M. Sheppard spend holidays with relatives. several Barker and McVey family members and Columbus guests are listed as visiting, hosting, or traveling for Christmas and New Year.
A twelve year old son of John Davis of Modoc drowned while skating on a reservoir yesterday. Companions attempted rescue as the ice gave way under them. The body was recovered on West State street. Local residents and several visitors are named among the numerous holiday encounters and travels noted in the nearby accounts.
Edgar C. Mariner and Miss Bessie Bolin married Saturday evening at the groom’s sister Mrs. McCrum home on Hocking street. Rev. Lowe of the Christian church officiated. Cole’s Hot Blast Stoves advertised by Goldsberry’s. Subscribe for the Daily Messenger.
Judge Lynch presided over a busy Saturday issuing multiple marriage licenses. Pairs include Henry Lee Griffith and Grace Norris of unknown origin, James Harkless and May Blackford of Carbondge, John Loeffler and Minnie Frost of Guys ville, John M. Bennett and Hattie Ely of Nelsonville, Andrew Drinkhouse and Amy Enrey of Oakdale, Sherman Silvey and Ruth Pickard of Okdale and Glou, Carlis A. Biddison and Olive McGee of Trimble, Edgar C. Mariner and Bessie V. Bolin of Athens, Robert H. Evener and Ethel M. Gibbs of Athens and Luhrig, Joseph Young of Broadwell and Sadie E. Holdcroft of Grosvenor, John Penrod and Cora Weldon of Mineral.
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