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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1907
Page
13
Ilifield January 29 Carlous sustained a broken rib and a sprained ankle after a sleighing party horse outbreak. Driver Welling was thrown but others escaped with scratches as the horses sped downhill until stopped by W. H. Wemmer. Welling requires crutches to move.
The Atheni ah School junior class entertained at Athen Hall with a well decorated party of games dancing and light refreshments. Miss Ethel Ratliff and Messrs John Courtney Phillips and Raymond Cornett presented a musical program. Teachers Miss Foster and Miss Bear chaperoned the event. Kodol digestion ad follows. Russia to buy American wheat shipments to Riga and St Petersburg after crop shortfall. Diplomatic bill passed in Washington details salaries for consular clerks.
Representatives from the National and American leagues, including figures such as John Algeric and Harry, discuss preventing conflicts by coordinating schedules. Proposed charges await league pager review and will be announced at the New York meeting on February 25.
Ohio will face a fast O M U of Columbus squad on Saturday night in what locals expect to be the season’s speediest game. Ohio fans believe their team, the strongest yet for the university, will beat the upstate visitors after last year’s narrow loss. Dr J C Jones will officiate. Tip off at 8 o’clock with extra seating planned for a large crowd.
Columbus Ohio January 30 The state commissioner of common schools reports 832092 children enrolled with 626267 in average daily attendance. 259 school cases were erected costing 2516000. total school property 57488000. Receipts 22188612 expenditures 29971041. Suggests legislation to fix charter standards for colleges and universities with degree granting rights.
De Witt Merriam, after college honors, hides his gifts. A past romance haunts him until a seaside encounter with a former love rekindles meaning. An Alpine guide’s death and a fog bound meeting probe chance versus destiny as Merriam contemplates a new life. Chauncey Wardwell.
A vintage ad describes a tissue builder and reconstructor that strengthens nerves and muscles. It claims benefits after taking Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea and notes price and availability at Cline's Pharmacy, 35 cents for tea or tablets.
New York January 30 Harry C Brearty an advertising agent was accepted as the tenth juror in the Thaw trial. Another special venue of one hundred talesmen has been ordered.
Elza Poore, general manager of the Wellston Coal company stores, was struck by a train at a crossing in Wellston C on January 30. His feet slipped as he waited for a train to pass and he fell onto the track fracturing his skull, likely fatal.
In a tale cited by the Minneapolis Journal Casey defends Ireland’s Ballybunton cliffs as capable of burning when salt water oxidizes iron pyrites. The rugged shore is described as knee deep in the Atlantic with flames once seen burning for weeks, drawing Irish crowds to witness the sight.
A historical feature describes elephant taming in Ceylon using enclosure, torches, and coercion to subdue a wild herd. After capture, the elephants are calmed with food and patient care, becoming docile servants. The second note reports Harmonized schedules for the American and National leagues, reducing date conflicts.
A nostalgic ad touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as the highest standard of quality and a natural tonic that cleanses the system reddens the cheeks brightens the eyes and adds flavor to meals. Available as tea or tablets for 35 cents at Cline's Pharmacy.
In Manhasset L I diamonds and other jewels valued at thirty five thousand dollars were found in an old trunk. The discoverer was Charles Tripler’s son who is administrator and heir to the estate. He broke into the trunk while inventorying the estate and uncovered the valuables. Elder Tripler also left sizable real estate.
In Moscow on January 30, a Tolstoi family member commented on rumors about Count Leo Tolstoi’s health. He stated the author suffered influenza last December and had bronchial trouble since, but the illness was following its normal course and Tolstoi was not in immediate danger.
Sheriff Mc Michael of Portace county investigated a brutal outrage at John Beans and his wife home. A gang of log haulers invited to sort apples became intoxicated and tied Beans to his bed. They seized the wife, stripped her, and forced her to dance before she collapsed.
Representatives of the Ohio and Pennsylvania leagues met in Cleveland to consider Zanesville Sandusky and Erie for admission. They refused to expand to ten clubs unless the newcomers posted 2500 dollars each. Current eight clubs are Akron Newark Lancaster Marion Youngstown Mansfield and Sharon Newcastle. Hackenschmidt to meet Gotch in Kansas City in May for a 10000 purse. Scoville accepts terms but wants to name the referee.
Representative Leever of South Carolina proposed a 3,000,000 appropriation for buying the Appalachian and White Mountain forest reserves. He cited interest from 12 states and governors who urged passage, accusing mysterious influences of delaying the agricultural appropriation bill.
A consolidation unites Nelsonville Brick Company upper plant with Nelsonville Sewer Pipe Works. All stockholders receive stock in the new firm. Capital stock set at 250000 dollars, with 150000 preferred and 100000 common. R. A. Dean will manage both plants.
Six years after a man from Magnolia Indiana began using Dr King’s New Life pills he reports ongoing satisfaction with the product. The advertisement claims the pills please everybody and are guaranteed, priced at 25 cents at McKee’s drug store.
Delineator warns that family interference wrecks many marriages in the early years. It urges spouses to practice loyalty and calm, private protest, and to avoid unneeded criticism and fear mongering that harms mutual trust.
The London Queen offers window drapery guidance showing side curtains and casement blinds arranged on separate rods. It demonstrates a damask curtains and valance with printed challis casement blinds and a pulley system to draw and undraw.
The Lancet argues that most naughty children are sick and misbehavior can stem from insufficient sleep excitement excessive nerves or disease. It notes imitation of bad habits by children from parents or teachers as a factor in such conduct.
Advice on folding and dampening clothes before ironing. Spread a large linen handkerchief, sprinkle it, then layer cotton or part cotton handkerchiefs, layer by layer with dampening in between, rolling in a towel to finish. Linen absorbs moisture better for even dampening.
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