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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1907
Page
5
A contemporary survey argues Americans spend lavishly beyond necessity, noting a 33 percent overall gain and December exports rising by about 87 percent. It contrasts thrift with excess and cites rising wealth, while domestic reports list local visits and social notes from Mason to Columbus, Chauncey, Glouster, and Lancaster.
A series of Sunday visits and travels across Greenfield Columbus Nelsonville Warsaw and Dayton. Notables include Mrs Eliza Evans Miss Carrie Reth and Rev Will Coe visiting relatives while Capt J B Allen and Jacob Sherman return from travel and hospital stays. The T N T club gathers at Elenwood Place and local families host guests amid illness and recovery.
R. E. Bonifield received a letter from his father R. A. Bonifield of Manasquan New Jersey reporting their residence was entirely destroyed by fire on Wednesday night.
A blast of fire damp in the Redendal mine traps over four hundred miners near Soarbruck Prussia. One hundred sixty bodies have been recovered with some injured workers rescued.
At the Methodist Episcopal parsonage at 3 o clock Sunday afternoon Mr. Melvin F. Brooks and Miss Maude Francis of Hocking County were married by Rev. W. L. Slutz. The ceremony united the couple in marriage.
Henry Babb 22 and Edna Conner 21 of Hemlock and Glouster obtain marriage licenses. Robert Wilson 23 and Maranda Burnby 19 of Athens and Luhrig secure licenses.
Harry Hanston, month-old son of Mr and Mrs Edward Hanston, died at their Beaumont home. The funeral and burial were held at Plains cemetery on the following Saturday.
Rebecca Steenrod, age 1, died at the State hospital Saturday. Remains shipped to Claring for burial. William Read, 34, died Sunday at the hospital from paralysis after about a month as an inmate. Remains shipped to Vinton County for burial.
Rev. Henry Bush D D aged eighty two the Canadian missionary who toured here yesterday left for Pomeroy today riding in a covered express wagon with a flag inscription. He called himself a second John the Baptist messenger with the everlasting gospel and said ministers here did not warmly welcome him though Rev Fr James Banahan of St Pauls church offered kindness. He thanked Warren Bros for the horse care and F L Preston Co for a muffler and sang a hymn as he started down the street despite the cold air.
A Pan-American Exposition era building in Buffalo the Columbia Building used as a hotel and business block burned today causing half a million dollars in damage. Two walls collapsed onto the fire company killing four firemen.
Cincinnati hosts a banquet on January 30 by the Knights of St John for Archbishop John Ireland of St Paul who attends the grand reception to Commander-in-Chief R B Brown of the Grand Army. Ireland will speak at the Thursday reception. Celina juror scandal: Miss M J Donart, a spinster, seated on a panel but excused for not meeting free elector requirement. she still earned 3 20 in fees.
Representatives of the Ohio and Pennsylvania league arrived in Cleveland for a meeting to decide on league expansion. Erie Pennsylvania and Zanesville and Sandusky Ohio are among towns seeking membership in the circuit.
A 125 strong group of Cincinnati retailers from the National Retail Grocers association traveled in a special train to Birmingham after attending the Houston convention. Local commercial organizations entertained the visitors during their day in the city.
Columbus January 29 Mayor Badger announces an investigation of several key city government departments with focus on the board of public service. He declines to discuss the scope or details of the inquiry.
Cadiz Ohio January 29 Elmer Rogers a respected young farmer and Harrison county game warden died instantly when a gas well cap flew up struck him in the head as he was loosening it to relieve pressure.
Zero weather and gas scarcity grip Roseville Ohio with schools closed due to gas shortage. residents face heating and daily life disruptions as authorities seek supply solutions.
A reader from Athens writes of San Francisco after the 1906 quake and fire. He describes ruined landmarks on Market Street, the City Hall dome standing amid wreckage, the post office damaged, and Chinatown devastated. He notes ground subsidence along the wharf to Powell Street and that rebuilding will take years with limited Eastern capital.
One hundred dollars reward for an uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. Endorsed by Walding Kinnan Marvin wholesale druggists. Internal remedy that acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free. 75 cents per bottle. Also Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The Austrian chamber of deputies, first convened in January 1901, held its last session Monday night and is noted for passing the universal suffrage bill. The May parliament will be elected on universal suffrage, likely reelecting few current members.
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