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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1881
Page
5
Western States hold 25 chairmanships while Eastern 14 and Southern 2. Gen Dawes of the XV District serves on Pensions and Territories committees. Ohio Legislature reconvenes week after next. Gov Foster inauguration and related military displays anticipated. News items cover politics, obituaries, and local commerce.
Rumor places ex Senator Sargent of Iowa as Secretary of the Interior and E Chandler of New Hampshire as Secretary of the Navy after the Senate reconvenes. Chandler, a Blaine ally and anti-rant, would mark a departure from the habit of naming only Stalwarts as advisers.
The notice invites shoppers to Mr. Hiram Bingham's east Main Street store offering a wide range of standard and fancy groceries at attractive prices. Dr. Farquhar will be at the Warren House on January 3 and 4, 1882, with a date change noted.
The manufacturing department keeps a steady flow of orders for superior footwear for ladies and gentlemen. The Little Red Front near the Masonic Hall shows brisk confectionery business during the holidays with wide selection.
At D Zenner and Co the firm vows to cut back winter stock across all departments without regard to cost in order to reduce the remaining goods promptly.
Local firm D Zenner and Co advertises a grand opportunity for bargains aimed at close buyers. The message stresses special seasonal value and urges early action to take advantage of the current must-collect sale event.
M Selig & Co at the Grand Depot advertises drastic price cuts across dress goods ready-made clothing calicos muslins boots shoes carpets wall papers shawls and dolmans urging swift purchases before stock ends. Travelers are alerted to special Burlington Route inducements printed elsewhere in the issue.
On December 23 and 24 the Columbus Hocking Valley and Toledo Railway will sell round trip tickets from all stations to all stations at half fare. Tickets are good to return until Tuesday December 27 inclusive. The reduction aims to encourage residents to visit friends along the line.
Coupon tickets are on sale at the Marietta and Cincinnati Express Office for all eastern and southeastern points. Round trip land exploring and excursion tickets to multiple Kansas Nebraska Arkansas Texas locations and to Oakland and Deer Park Maryland are valid thirty days. For details contact W. F. Scott at the M and C Express Office in Athens, Ohio.
Mahlon Moore of our city has invented a meat curing machine now in use for a year. It saves time and salt, eliminates barrels, and can cure a thirty to forty pound ham in minutes. Retail price is five dollars, affordable for farmers and usable year round.
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