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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1906
Page
2
The item surveys government cost cuts led by the Keep Commission and warns of a potential coal miners strike after April 1, risking shutdown of major non union and bituminous mines. It also notes social commentary on charity events, veteran pensions, and seasonal health ads featuring Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea.
Rev. O. B. Pershing arrives in Athens to assume the pastorate at First Presbyterian. He and his wife stay with W. W. McVey while seeking a residence. The Niagara Falls Gazette notes his pending farewell at Pierce Avenue church in Niagara Falls. The Athens church, with about seven thousand people, is tied to Ohio University and counts a large, active Sunday school under his leadership.
Grand jury probes reported bribery attempts involving cash offers from fifty to three hundred dollars and possible appointments. Witnesses named Silas W. Kempton H. D. Lefever Frank Rabe Maurice Gross E. H. Lantz Wat Brammer C. A. Smith J. F. Kempton summoned to testify as prosecutors pursue indictments within six months.
Fairfield County real estate listing from Lancaster Realty Co. offers 262 acres suitable for cultivation or grazing three and a half miles from Lancaster, plus 125 acres on a traction line three miles away. Properties include a large house with water and gas, 25 acres near the city, and 50 acres of farming land, all marketed as bargains.
An old belief claims cough syrups bind bowels but a two year old idea in Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar is proposed. It acts on throat and lungs mucus membranes while loosening bowels to expel a cold, clear the throat, and strengthen membranes against coughs colds croup and whooping cough.
Mrs. L. C. Bowers of Halo Indiana claims Dodd's Kidney Pills cured her Diabetes after prior doctoring and weight loss. She reports full recovery with no relapse for three years and asserts the remedy cures kidney ailments from backache to Bright's Disease.
Florence Stewart of Evansville Indiana reports Vinci, a cod liver oil preparation, revived her long suffered anemia and fatigue after other remedies failed. She now feels strong and urges other run down women to try Vinci, with the druggist W H McKee endorsing it as a top health restorer and promising money back if unsatisfied.
Mrs. Alex Bell traveled to Pomeroy today after being summoned by the illness of her grandmother, Mrs. Mary Cousins.
The piece urges sympathy for grip sufferers and praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as preventing pneumonia and ensuring recovery. It notes the remedy is widely used, with no reported pneumonia cases among its users, and lists W. H. McKee as the local druggist selling it.
Over the past week Judge Lynch issued marriage licenses to Porter Conaway of Gloucester and Miss Etta Slay of Dirthick Etza McCalley of Grosvenor and Miss Susie Weller George T Wade of Milfield and Miss Viola Learned Robert Rainey and Edna Smith both of Nelsonville 16 and James KE Savage a miner and Mrs Belle Webber of Murray.
An advertisement touts Witch Haze Salve from BE. C. DeWitt & Co Chicago claiming to soften rough hands and provide rapid relief for sores boils cuts bruises itching and protruding piles. Sold by Clines Pharmacy.
The school bond referendum passed with 557 Yes to 278 No, a two to one margin, after a low turnout of 855 votes. The Board of Education will draft plans for a new building and push to start construction, aiming for a ready-for-use date at the start of the next school year.
A distressing illness blamed on a disordered stomach responds to Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. A dose or two may cure or lessen the attack when taken at the first symptoms. Sold by W. H. McKee in Athens and Barton Drug Co. in Chauncey.
Elza V. Chalfant of Glouster was appointed administrator of his father T. N. Chalfant of Carthage township. Personal property valued at about 800 dollars and real estate around 2,000 dollars. Bond of 3,000 dollars with A. Kelly and Charles Bishop as sureties. Eleven children survive.
Physicians with national reputation warn that catching cold leads to pneumonia consumption and chronic throat and lung trouble. Do not risk life. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy can cure a cold before diseases develop. No opium or morphine. thirty years of reputation. Sold by W. H. McKee.
A description of Kodol after meals easing fullness belching gas and indigestion by aiding digestion. Sold by Cline's Pharmacy.
A vintage advertisement promotes Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar as the Liquid Cold Cure for coughs and colds. It claims to expel the cold by a bowels cathartic action, strengthens weak lungs, and gives relief in croup, coughs, colds, and whooping cough. Children are said to love it. sold by Cline's Phormser.
The Board of Deputy State Supervisors of Elections for Athens County Ohio invites sealed proposals by January 27 1906 at 1 PM for printing perforating binding and furnishing 2500 ballots for a February 2 1906 special school bond election in the Village of Athens. Bids require a bond equal to double the bid and two or more sureties. The board may reject any bid and all ballots must meet state law and be sealed.
The February term grand jury opened at 1:30 pm with jurors J. W. Higgins Athens Alex Young Waterloo Charles Davis Rome Hiram Howe York Henry Rorick Waterloo W. J. Stewart York James Green York David Pierce Alexander A. M. Moore York A. K. Fryon Trimble W. A. Andrews Trimble C. E. Hillery York W. H. Herrold Athens Frank Woll York Absolom Wells Troy David Putnam Athens A. J. Juniper York Co V Bartells York. Stewart and Herrold were excused and Bartells is currently out of state.
A Hanna Wyoming report on January 15 presents a medical advertorial warning about early kidney disorder symptoms. It cites W H Jeffries detailing relief after using Dodd’s Kidney Pills and urges timely treatment to prevent serious conditions.
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