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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1888
Page
5
A mix of notices and brief items: Dr Haines Golden's patent remedy claims, local appointments, pension grants, travel and social updates, county elections, club programs, school events, livestock and farming notes, church incidents, and a fatality near Nelsonville. Includes reprints of editorials on quail protection, temperance anecdotes, and local market chatter.
The text notes opposition to a local prohibitory law amid talk of an anti local option ticket for spring council races. It cites Dr. Coan of New York claiming water is the most dangerous drink, while rum and whisky have caused many deaths. It also highlights Elza Armstrong Jr for a Memarine Harrold stallion display trophy at the State Fair and reports Major Townsend's Rhine saloons suppression bill moving in the House with immediate effect upon passage.
Emmett Tompkins shows full recovery after a fall on icy steps while visiting Athens friends before returning to Columbus. Charley Higgins records his support for John Sherman as Republican candidate. J B Cleyton appears on streets but uses artificial supports for injuries, while Owen Earhart reports progress as agent for the Evening Telegram. Local health mentions at Aevum reflect improving patient condition.
Tuesday next is St Valentine day with valentine displays offering both beautiful designs and a flood of cheap comic cards. The piece notes the comic cards outnumber the tasteful ones and fit a range of mean or cowardly impulses from senders.
Farmers near Chauncey report after night sheep raids by dogs the animals killed more sheep than dogs. The town considers this method effective and suggests adoption elsewhere in the county while Glouster expects a spring building boom with at least a hundred houses a hotel opera house and depot. Weather worsened morale though a brief Monday sun offered relief. A social event at Mr and Mrs George Fallon’s residence will be detailed in the next issue. Hamblin of the Asylum bought a herd of winter-fat cattle from John Ming noted as among the county’s finest. BP Weed travels to Colorado Springs to join Mrs Weed for health reasons.
Tom Duffy former Athens resident was jailed in Shawnee after drunkenness and found dead the next morning at the lockup. John Doyle jailed in Buchtel for coal theft from Hocking Valley cars, facing nearly ten dollars in fines and costs. Rev Murdoch of Nelsonville M E Church begins revival meetings with hopeful prospects. Albany Baptist women host an apron social and box supper Friday evening.
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