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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1907
Page
2
A Day ton collision between a locomotive and a street car is blamed on a blockhead engineer exceeding the speed limit. He has been arrested. The writer urges street paving petitions and notes rail and flood relief actions by Governor Harris.
An editor argues for strict block system discipline on railroads, citing Chicago and Northwestern tests showing near perfect signal observance after suspensions. The piece suggests safety and long term profit depend on strict enforcement and competent personnel, warning against reckless expansion.
The Cleveland Leader notes doubts about block signal systems making workers mechanical yet argues double track blocks remain best for safety. It stresses officers must prevent train crews from becoming mere machines while ensuring proper operation of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad.
A moral plea urges young men to grow to manhood with honor and credit. It warns that cigarettes gambling and whiskey lead to ruin and that a boy who desecrates a mother's tears loses happiness, ending with the grim image of a boy found on police dockets in cities.
List of names including Beveridge Hecta Brooks Eva M Brown J E Brown W P Cook Roland B Howard J E Howell Mrs M A Johnson Solie Jones Mrs John Kinnaman Mrs R B McKee Laura Marshall D T Marshall Wilber Miner Mary Newberg C C Jones Iva Aitchison Bessie Rivers Jennie Roads Geo Rose Carrie Shepard Mrs W A Shepard Harry Stewart Ruth Swartz Vere Tucker Hannah J Turrell James White Lillie Williams Lib.-Unclaimed letters to be sent to dead letter Feb 11 1907. Postmaster John Finsterwald.
Offic er Van Horn arrested twelve men from Mason City W Va and Portsmouth for loitering and creating a disturbance at the K and M depot. They claimed to be en route from Louisville to Portsmouth with tickets but were released after no charges were filed. Two other drunks were fined after pleading guilty in Mayor Day's court.
Pursuant to an order of the Probe Court of Athens County Ohio I will offer for sale on February 1 at the Court House in Athens the described real estate in Athens Township including fraction No 30 town No 11 range No 156 with appraised value 1596 dollars. Terms require at least one third cash day of sale with balance in two equal annual installments secured by mortgage. Hadley H Wickham assignee of Thomas J Allison.
The Junior Athenian Cooking club will meet Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. David Slaughter.
Mrs. W B Golden left today to spend the week with relatives in Logan Lancaster and Columbus.
On December 8, 1906 the Presbyterian Church of Guysville Ohio filed a petition in Athens County Court of Common Pleas seeking to mortgage church-owned real estate in Rome Township to cover debts of 8960.06 dollars. The loan would come from a United States church erection fund under terms described, with petition to be published January 4, 1907.
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