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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1907
Page
9
Protracted meeting led by Rev. Lawrence is in progress at Mt Liberty church. Samuel Kelley is seriously ill with stomach trouble. Cecil Adams visits relatives at Tuppers Plains. Mrs Peter Finsterwald and daughter Beatrice are on the sick list.
Rev E W Howe is seriously ill at his Poplar avenue home Miss Emma Blackwood is very ill at her Cemetery street home Miss Lizzie Scott is sick at Poplar avenue with the grip Mrs Walter Josten visits her parents in Colum Mrs Claud H Thompson leaves for Middleport Miss Dorcas Allison of Dixmont Pa arrives to stay with the Salters Mr and Mrs George Fenzel and Lena and Anna Mason return from a southern States trip Lydia Brown visits Henke then departs for New York City Mrs Merrill Woodruff of New Vienna visits Athens and mother Mrs Murphy Nana and her grandchildren Neva Campbell and David Courtney depart for Mobile Alabama Colonel C O Moore of the Uniform Bank K of P tours lodges for inspection.
Connersville Indiana report shows Mrs J S Mundelie 35 killed her two daughters aged four years and seven months and then killed herself. Husband, former mayor of Oxford Ohio and Miami College graduate, found the scene after returning for luncheon. No motive given.
Rev Keller preached at the Centennial church on Sunday while Rev Kreager spoke at the Baptist church Sunday evening. A daughter was born Feb 14 to Mr and Mrs Pearley Grubb and a son Feb 16 to John Ladd Jr and wife. Ralph Ladd, son of Mrs Jessie Ladd, recovers from illness. Bertha Dean visits Chauncey relatives. Stella Ladd, a State Hospital Athens employee, visited her mother last week. Thomas Gilmore of Great Bend Kansas visits relatives here.
A baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Swett on Monday February 18 weighing eight pounds.
A compact survey of famed archers from Virgil to William Tell and Blaise de Vigenere. It notes dramatic tales of long bows and remarkable arrows, including a Turk named Barbarossa supposedly firing an arrow through a cannon ball aboard the Grand Suleyman.
A London Chronicle excerpt compares climates offering snow. Malta promises immunity, St. Petersburg suburbs boast about 170 snowy days yearly, Copenhagen about 30, and Palermo Rome Venice only one to five days, catering to varying tastes for snow.
A guaranteed cure claim for piles promises relief from itching bleeding and protrusion with PAZO OINTMENT. Druggists may refund money if it fails to cure in six to fourteen days. Price is 50 cents.
James P. Wood Jr. arrives in Lancaster as a business visitor for meetings and engagements today. He plans to visit local offices and discuss potential partnerships during his stay.
A Chicago Chronicle account portrays San Nicolas Island as a wind swept relic site with ancient shell mounds and bone debris. An expedition found a Basque woman Maris living in whale rib huts among dogs, later rescued to Santa Barbara where she died.
A Bohemian voice praises English toffee and offers a traditional method. It instructs dissolving three pounds of sugar with butter and cream of tartar, boiling without stirring until it snaps in cold water, then adding lemon extract and pouring into greased pans to cool and cut into squares.
In Italy a mysterious admirer visited Mme Patti and, after entering her room, he set his coat ablaze with a lit cigar. Patti doused him with water and quipped that she had admirers burning with admiration, but none so literally as this man.
A colored man seeks work at a Washington office and explains he hails from the first state in the Union Alabama in an alphabetic twist. Officials debate origins, highlighting racial tension and regional stereotypes in a brief exchange quoted from the Kansae City Star.
A colorful notice announces fresh opportunities in the classified want column. It invites readers to explore a wide range of goods and services suited to diverse tastes, ambitions, and needs with upbeat assurance that browsing is easy.
A traveler’s collection highlights playing cards from many lands. Russian packs show varied royal faces, Greek cards feature heroes like Nestor and Orestes, Spanish decks favor color and bold royal robes, Madeira cards from Lisbon show conventional figures, Constantinople packs add double aces in corners, Italian cards present gloomy figures with maker credits, Naples street packs are tiny variants, Cairo packs blend German origins with bright coloring, Swiss cards from Basel feature Edelweiss backs and two half-figures per face, with Swiss scenes on aces.
A dated notice highlights the difference in prescription preparation quality at Henderson-C rider’s Drug Store. The message stresses accuracy and reliability as the key selling points for customers seeking medicines.
The Toledo Blade urges Governor Harris to overhaul state asylums in Athens and Newburg amid cruelty allegations. It notes investigations could reveal exaggerations but affirms enough proof to justify prompt measures, humane care, and punishment for the responsible. Ohio’s decisive executive is praised for enacting reform.
One hundred dollars reward offered for an uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. Endorsed by Walding Kinnan Marvin wholesale druggists, claiming 15 years of honorable business. Cure taken internally. testimonials and price 75 cents per bottle. Also Hall's Family Pills recommended for constipation.
Mrs. Samuel Davis held a dinner at Race street on Monday honoring Mr. Samuel Kirkendall and family who depart Wednesday for Oklahoma to make their home. Mrs. Kirkendall is a sister of Mrs. Daina.
A brief ad touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a health tonic that cleanses the system reddens the cheeks brightens the eyes and adds flavor to meals. Available as tea or tablets for 35 cents at Cline's Pharmacy.
The University of West Virginia basketball squad arrives in Athens aboard the evening train for the game with Ohio University tonight at the university gymnasium. The visitors played in Columbus last evening and the tip is set for eight o clock.
Piles relief promised by DeWitts Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve with the slogan Nothing else so good. Each box bears the name and is sold by Cline's Pharmacy.
Local families praise Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for children and for colds and croup. Quote from L. J. Woodbury of Twining Michigan endorses the product. Available at W. H. McKee EB R Lash and Barton Drug Co Chauncey.
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