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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1897
Page
5
Notice announces a meeting of Athens County Republican Central Committee at the courthouse at 1 o clock on Friday for the transaction of important business. Signed TL B Wardien Chairman and BC Woukorn Secretary.
Local items report numerous residents visiting Athens for business and social reasons. Notes include illnesses and recoveries, marriage licenses and engagements, travel to New York, Kansas, and Tennessee, church services, a farewell dinner for Judge Sibley, and a patent gate development by G. G. Lewis. Also mentions visitors, social events, and a poverty social fundraiser at Mrs Tell Kerth Day’s home.
The Athens County Board of Elections divided Athens township into four precincts after a citizen petition. Boundaries follow roads near the St. C. 8.W., Mill Street, and the Hocking River with names to be chosen as Courthouse, Hindson, Athens, and Callery precincts. Voting places to be set later.
Local notices celebrate C D Gist as appointed postmaster and B P Pickering as assistant. Community leaders praise Gist based on petitions from merchants. Separate items report grand jury activity with 140 witnesses, county court actions, and town water works accounting. Also noted are drilling progress at Children’s Home farm well and gas prospect hopes, plus judge visits and farm for sale listings.
Frank G Martin of the Chattanooga Times receives elevation to city editor a promotion praised by colleagues and readers alike. The article notes his long tenure on the reportorial staff and his trusted role in city coverage, while signaling his strong grasp of local events and responsibilities ahead.
Fragmented testimonial promotes Dr Wheeler's Nerve Vitalizer claiming it restores nerve health and vital vigor. A quoted user recounts personal recovery and strong claims of success, urging others to believe in its efficacy over rival compounds and nervines.
A garbled historical notice presents claimed medical benefits of Wrights Celery Tea for liver and kidney regulation, constipation relief, and headache cure. It lists sale by druggists and a heated bath product, with dubious dosages and household use notes. The fragment references multiple names and places but remains unclear and hearsay in source text.
A garbled OCR note describes a severe crash and medical treatment details. It mentions multiple names, places, and organizations in a jumbled stream, with uncertain dates and outcomes. The readable fragments suggest an accident scene and subsequent hospital care involving several individuals and responders.
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