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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1907
Page
9
A December shows Americans increasing foreign purchases and exports, with imports surpassing 32 million dollars and a 33 percent rise from four years prior. The piece reflects on wealth growth, saving versus spending, and broader economic attitudes.
Sunday movements report a string of visits and trips. Bowles spent Sunday in Greenfield while Mrs Fliza Evans hosted visitors in Columbus. Capt J B Allen returned from Clyde on business. Miss Carrie Reth visited Lena Koons in Nelsonville. Harvey Ramsey visited relatives in Washington. Mrs George Hopkins hosted T N T club at Elenwood Place.
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.
Soarbruck Prussia January 28 a fire damp explosion trapped over four hundred miners in the Reden coal mine. One hundred sixty bodies have been recovered and some injured workers have been rescued.
Mr. Melvin F. Brooks and Miss Maude Francis of Hocking County were married by Rev. W. L. Slutz at the Methodist Episcopal parsonage on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Henry Babb 22 and Edna Conner 21 both of Hemlock and Glouster receive marriage licenses. Robert Wilson 23 and Maranda Burnby 19 of Athens and Luhrig are granted licenses to wed.
The month old son of Mr and Mrs Edward Hanston died at the family home in Beaumont on Thursday. The funeral and burial were held at Plains cemetery on Saturday.
Rebecca Steenrod died at the State hospital Saturday at age 1. Remains shipped to Claring for burial. William Read, 34, died Sunday at the State hospital from paralysis after about a month as an inmate. Remains shipped to Vinton county for burial.
Rev. Henry Bush D D a Canadian eighty two year old missionary travels by covered express wagon toward Pomeroy carrying a flag with gospel inscription He says he is a second John the Baptist and a messenger to all nations ministers mostly none received him though Fr James Banahan of St Paul s church welcomed him He thanks Warren Bros for horse care and F L Preston Co for a muffler and sings a hymn as he moves along town street.
A fire at the Columbia Building used as a hotel and business block during the Pan-American Exposition collapsed two walls onto the fire company in Buffalo on January 28, killing four firemen and causing about half a million dollars in losses.
Cincinnati hosts a Knights of St. John banquet for Archbishop John Ireland of St. Paul during his visit for the grand reception to Grand Army Commander-in-Chief R. B. Brown. Ireland will speak at the reception the following day.
Representatives from the Ohio and Pennsylvania league arrive in Cleveland for a meeting to decide league expansion. Erie Pennsylvania along with Ohio towns Zanesville and Sandusky are among those seeking membership.
A 125 strong party of Cincinnati members of the National Retail Grocers association traveled by special train to Birmingham to attend the national convention in Houston. They were entertained here by local commercial organizations during their stay.
Columbus Ohio January 29 Mayor Badger announced an investigation into several major city departments led by the board of public service. He declined to discuss specifics or scope of the inquiry.
Elmer Rogers a prominent young farmer and game warden of Harrison county was instantly killed at a gas well when a cap flew up striking him as he relieved the pressure. In Roseville the thermometer shows zero and gas shortages force school closures.
A letter from San Francisco in January 1907 describes extensive earthquake and fire damage from the prior year. It notes ruined landmarks like the Palace Hotel and City Hall, a two and a half mile fire district, and the destroyed Chinatown, with rebuilding using steel and concrete rising amid one story shanties for the destitute. The writer contrasts eastern capital withdrawal with western opportunity and praises western merchants before signing as a reader in Athens.
An 19th century advertisement promises a one hundred dollar reward for any case of catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. It cites F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio, with testimonials from Walding Kinnan Marvin and wholesale druggists. The cure is described as internal and blood acting, with price and helpful notes for constipation pills.
The Austrian chamber of deputies, formed in January 1901, held its last session Monday night. It is noted as the first Austrian chamber to die a natural death. Its main achievement was passing universal suffrage. The May election will use universal suffrage, making reelection unlikely for many current members.
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