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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 01, 1907

Page

11

Plans of Defense Outlined by Counsel in Thaw Case

New York January 31 Special to Daily Messenger outlines defense strategy in the Thaw trial. Jerome may push insanity defenses, call expert witnesses, or seek a commission to determine current insanity. Jury panel expanded. Brearly and Kleinberger describe their impartial stance on insanity.

New York Jerome Stanford White Evelyn Nebit Talesmen Thaw Harry C. Brearly Talesman Harold K. Faire Brearly Henry S Kleinberger

Curious Chicago will leaves poets and memories to recipients

Charles Lounsberry, a once famed Chicago lawyer who died in Dunning asylum penniless, left a peculiar will. The document lists whimsical bequests to parents, children, lovers, and the aged, including poems by Burns and Shakespeare for memory and happiness for loved ones in old age.

Charles Lounsberry Chicago Cook County Dunning Burns Shakespeare Detroit News-Tribune

Local social notices and a state requisition report

Personal mentions place visits by Henry and Charles Cameron in Chauncey. Social events include the Catholic Foresters ball at Assembly Club hall next Thursday evening. Also noted are travelers and guests in Nelsonville GAN Coolville Glouster Jacksonville and Columbus including the Wade lia trio. A January requisition from Governor Deneen requests return of Frank Weaver for burglary in Chicago. Weaver is jailed in Cincinnati.

Eraf Foresters Ohio Springfield Fil Deneen Chicago Frank Weaver Frank Stevens Weaver Benjamin Roussenzher James Tyler United Order of American Bricklayers and Stonemasons Cincinnati

Fragmentary notice from Jamaica council member and sale ad

Fragmented OCR mentions a Councilman in Jamaica and a bottle sale by W R Lash Barton Drag. Text is garbled with stray phrases about city council, West Indies and Rin yodeving, unclear meaning.

Jarmaica Preilly Fogarty King“Weat Indies Chamberouth R. Lash Barton Drag

Public thanks for support after Mr Edward Warner's illness and death

The Warner family expresses gratitude to friends for assistance and sympathy during the illness and after the death of their father Mr Edward Warner. Mrs Edward Warner and Family acknowledge the kindness shown.

Edward ‘Warner Edward Warner

Cincinnati Banker Freed in Coal Contract Probe

Rudolph Kleybolte a leading Cincinnati banker was acquitted of false pretenses and larceny for taking 250 dollars from Luhrig Coal in a 1900 city water works coal supply scheme. He had been summoned to testify before the grand jury in a bid fixing investigation involving Luhrig Marmet coal contracts.

Cincinnati Rudolph Kleybolte Luhrig Coal Company Luhrig Company Marmet Coal Company City Water Works Kleybolte Grand Jury

Ohio daily papers reelect officers and pick Sandusky for next meeting

In Columbus on January 31 the Associated Ohio Dailies re elected all officers. Sandusky was chosen as the site for the summer meeting. Officers include President John T. Mack Sandusky. Vice President G W C Perry Chillicothe. Secretary H L Brush East Liverpool. Treasurer J P Chew Xenia. Executive Committee J R Alexander Zanesville Frank Harper Mt. Vernon F M Reitzel Warren.

Columbus Associated Ohio Dailies Sandusky John T. Mack G. W. C. Perry Chillicothe H. L. Brush East Liverpool J. P. Chew Xenia J. R. Alexander Zanesville Frank Harper Mt. Vernon F. M. Reitzel Warren

A Picture of Stevenson From a Writer’s Quotation

A writer describes Robert Louis Stevenson with dark eyes that have drunk sunshine, uncut hair, shabby clothes, and a slender boyish frame. He notes continental officials doubting his passport, imprisonment in France, and suspicion at borders or banks. The observer recalls his perpetual youth in appearance and spirit and his lively, responsive face to bold deeds and witty tales.

Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson France

A Sponge Farm Paid Off in the Mediterranean

A druggist notes several sponge farms in the Mediterranean that pay well. Professor Oscar Schmidt of Syria pioneered cultivated sponges by planting fragments in the sea bed. He raised 4,000 sponges at a cost of 45 dollars, worth 1,000 dollars, suggesting future farming of other sea products.

Mediterranean Oscar Schmidt Schmidt St. Louis Globe-Democrat

Webster and the Singers at Willard's Hotel

Daniel Webster loved music and courted the wife of a congressman at Willard's hotel with compliments on her voice. At Jenny Lind’s Washington concert he applauded loudly and then bowed to the singer’s companion in a playful, gallant gesture that drew laughter from the crowd.

Jenny Lind

Making a Chef Career Steps and Earning Potential

The piece traces a chef’s path from boy apprentice to skilled professional. Beginning with vegetable prep and a no salary stage, moving through raw meat study, fish game poultry, then range work, and finally advanced cooking. Ten years of effort yields steady advancement and wages from 25 to 150 dollars weekly.

Permits Granted for Wed Dating

Abner Phillips a 41 year old farmer of Mineral and Miss Maggie Dishon 19 of Nelsonville obtain a marriage permit. Albert D Black 34 a Putnam county lumberman and Miss Blanche Turvey 18 of Chauncey also receive a license.

Abner Phillips Maggie Dishon Nelsonville Albert D. Black Putnam County Blanche Turvey Chauncey

Mrs Rathburn of Albany Dies of Pneumonia

Mrs Dave Rathburn of Albany died Tuesday night from pneumonia. She leaves a husband and two children. The funeral will be held Thursday at Hebbardaville Co P church at one o'clock in the afternoon.

Methodist Episcopal Church Dave Rathburn Albany Hebbardaville Co. P

Talks at Chapel by Attorney General Wade Ellis

Attorney General Wade Ellis of Columbus addressed the student body at chapel exercises this morning. A large crowd from the city attended, and Ellis was warmly welcomed for his eloquent talk on the influence of education and student development.

Wade Ellis Columbus Ellis

Hollister Tea Promises Health Benefit Line

An advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a tissue builder reconstructor and nerve and muscle strengthener. It promises strong nerves and muscles and notes a price of 35 cents for tea or tablets from Cline's Pharmacy.

Hollister Cline

Fire Rages Through Glouster On High Street

Glouster Ohio January 31 two or three frame buildings on High street caught fire after a gas explosion in a general store adjoining the Carpenter Hardware company building. Gas was shut off around 3:30 pm and the front of the Carpenter building was badly damaged. Further details could not be learned for this issue.

Glouster High Street Carpenter Hardware Company Carpenter

Way Down East at Athens Opera House February 4

Lottie Blair Parker's Way Down East comes to the Athens Opera House on February 4. The play centers on New England farm life with a strong human interest, combining a pathetic theme, humor, quaint characters and realism. Joseph Grismer directs a specially selected cast for distinct roles.

Lottie Blair Parker New England Athens Opera House Country Ife

Neighbors Fooled by Cough Cure Testimony

Mrs. Eva Uncapher of Grovertown Stark County Indiana recounts a severe cough that left her bedridden. She credits Kings New Discovery with full recovery after four one dollar bottles, noting a free trial and McKee Drugstore pricing at 50 cents and one dollar.

Eva Uncapher Grovertown Stark Co Ind McKee

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