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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1903
Page
3
A compact Athens County report highlights events across local towns. It notes community gatherings, social occurrences, and visits from nearby villages, reflecting a lively regional scene.
Zelman Bobo of Albany began school at Mineral High on Monday as the third teacher for the year. J. F. Robbins moved to his farm in Vinton County. A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Marion Bobo on February 17. Mrs. Wolcott was called to Chillicothe by her grandson’s illness, and Mrs. Marquis is visiting in Gioust er. The O T R C held a very interesting meeting Saturday.
The sleighing last week enlivened Plantsville as coal banks thrived. King Eddie Williams died Wednesday. funeral at Bethel Friday led by J. H. Chappelear. Mrs. G W Fawcett visited Sharpsburg. Mark Barris returns home from Wolf Creek oil fields. Levi Bardin buys Lily Vernon place and relocates. A teachers meeting is planned for next Saturday.
Miss Vina Kennedy returns home to Guysville. William Barker to have eye surgery in Zanesville with Dr Hawk. John Stage comes back from Columbus. George Gabriel Sr in convalescence. Victor Carpenter visits sister Ella Michael. Mrs H M Barker improves. Mrs John Davis visits Bassett. Reuben Gadd ill with typhoid fever. Leslie Martin visits relatives.
Sunday visits fill Millfields as Tom Kidwell visits relatives in Trimble and Erwin Sanders returns from Nelsonville. E H Learned moves to Corning for weighmaster work with Northwest Coal. Joe Earich comes home from Santos. E W Males and wife visit from McDougall. The literary society met Friday and elected officers led by Ernest Chadwell.
Mrs. Herb Whetstone and Mrs. E Tayner remain ill with little improvement. Elmer Seward visited Athens over the weekend. Rosa Gift stayed with Mr and Mrs L A Gift near Athens. Howard Figley accepted a position at the state hospital. Elmer Dent shows slight improvement after illness.
The funeral of Edward Rosser who died in the Luhrig mines was held at Putnam Chapel Vinton county on February 20. Rev A E Black of Marshfield conducted the services. L P Lewellen who suffered a leg fracture in the mines five weeks ago is recovering and expects to be out soon. A revival continues at the M E church. Mr and Mrs Henry Allison and daughter Ruth returned from visits to Empire Pittsburg and Parkersburg. Mr and Mrs R L Carmichael visited friends in Columbus while Mrs Nora Withers and daughter Jane stayed with Mrs Rankin in Parkersburg. Express companies report pressure to use automobiles due to horse scarcity weighing 1300 to 1500 pounds dubbed express chunks.
Colonel Myron T. Herrick of Cleveland rises as a leading Republican candidate for governor of Ohio. The veteran banker and former McKinley adviser gains support from Cleveland and statewide factions, with notable ties to McKinley era politics and a long record in finance, railroads, and public service.
An advertisement letter extols Blood Wine as a cure for rheumatism, claiming blood treatment saves sufferers and citing a patient with severe hand deformities improved after use. The piece urges readers to try Blood Wine and references a testimonial from Talma Re of Spilels, ISS, detailing improved condition after several bottles.
The readable text mentions Louis Da Worcester Massachusetts and a fleeting reference to Unity and a bottle of Blood Wine priced at fifty cents. The snippet is partial and lacks a clear event or full names to form a full news item.
Four thousand workers at Carnegie mills with improved machinery make three times as much steel as fifteen thousand workers at Krupp in Germany. The piece notes a potential shift in sentiment toward a statue honoring President Joe Biden from Emperor William and the United States Germany relations.
Kodol supplies the natural digestive juices and does the work of the stomach even when slightly disordered or over-loaded. It relaxes nervous tension and helps inflamed muscles rest while it digests food to nourish blood. Cline's Pharmacy.
A 735 A D copy of the Pentateuch written in Samaritan characters on gazelle parchment was recently discovered in Syria and is now safeguarded in Cairo.
A Chester Michigan postmaster recounts a child recovering quickly after a croup attack using One Minute Cough Cure. The ad extols the remedy as curing coughs colds and throat and lung troubles while lingering in the throat to aid oxygen in the blood. A London lecture notes Sir Harry Johnson reproduces Uganda war songs and dialects via phonograph.
Mrs N A Webster of Winnie writes that Dr King’s New Pills wholly cured her year long sick headaches and biliousness. Sold at W B drug store.
A Chicago college professor asserts each item is a miniature distillery and predicts trouble if Mrs Nation confronts him, suggesting conflict and consequences.
A reader praises Chamberlain Remedy for children’s croup and general family use. The notice cites W. H. McKee as drug supplier and mentions a North Star, M testimonial. Separate item notes a new bitter apple remedy by the agriculture department promising large savings and a General Grosvenor cigar ad. It also reports the national toll project cost at 2.5 million dollars with a new office building and furnishings at least 3.1 million dollars.
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