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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1908
Page
10
Columbus Feb 26 The Ward resolution commission will report next week on moving the Ohio penitentiary and will advise selling the current land. It estimates a new modern prison would cost about 4 million dollars, delaying any construction. Governor Harris favors repairing the old structure to extend its use.
Debate grows over enlarging the state house to house the state library and departments. Proposals include buying State House Square for new buildings while auditors flag the cost and current rents. wings to the capitol face opposition amid plans for a park boulevard system and potential relocation of the library.
The session risks overrun as progressive momentum stalls in clearing public business. Calendars lag, delays mount, and two months pass with little substantial action, threatening to push the session beyond May.
The assembly paused Thursday evening to honor the memory of the late Governor Pattison. Speakers included Senator Ward of Cuya hoga Representative Winters of Miyie Judge James B. Swne and Hon Julian Harmon. The entire assembly attended the memorial in the hall of the house.
The article notes the Cincinnati Brober will start after the assembly adjourns and may run through the summer. It mentions Speaker Eagleson’s committee choices and votes in Hamilton county as he seeks nomination for lieutenant governor.
The senate approves the Reynolds measure prohibiting girls under sixteen and boys under eighteen from public employment. It provides for six women inspectors under the chief factory and shop inspector to oversee sanitary conditions and enforce child employment laws.
The measure is described as the most drastic on the subject ever enacted in Ohio and enjoys universal backing from the state labor unions. Manufacturing interests oppose it, arguing that eliminating such labor would severely cripple their operations.
A crowd of local young people joined a candy party hosted by E W McVay on Friday evening and reported a fine time. William Knowlton visited grandparents Mr and Mrs Thomas Bailes late last week. Mrs Sarah Dew shopped in Albany Friday. Mrs Phoebe Bobo spent Sunday with Mrs Hattie Bailes. Mr Floyd H Ellis hosted Sunday guests including Ora Saylor George Bailes and Orville McVay. Mr GP Knowlton made a business trip to Albany Monday. Mr Guy Wingett has been ill with mumps the past week. James Ellis visited Sunday with Thomas Balles. Lonnie Bobo visited friends in the area last week. Mr Floyd Ellis Orville Wingell and Norman Saylor spent Sunday evening with Will Knowlton.
Protracted meeting continues at Sand Hill church. Visits include Harrison Dye staying with his aunt and uncle near Coolville. A baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs J H Fordham. H L Dye visited the Misa Myrtle Skeeles school near Coolville. Mrs Wellington Inhart went to Parkersburg hospital. Guests include Mr Henry Driggs, brother of B C Dye.
Rev G B Kreager will preach next Sunday at the Baptist church near Guysville. An evangelist from Granville will be here late this week or early next. There were improvements in health for Mrs James, Mrs Hendrickson and Mrs Wilcoxon.
In Amesville, Mr. J. G. Moore spent Monday and Tuesday in Parkersburg on business. Rev. W. J. Warrener returned from Columbus after three weeks collecting data for a forthcoming law book. Mrs. L. B. Glazier was called to Smithfield for a seriously ill relative. Mr. A. C. Knowlton, Carbon Coal superintendent, moved his family to a new house on company land near Lathrop. Charles Ogg of Sharpsburg moved into Knowlton’s vacated house. Ned Cellars of Marietta College was here en route to Delaware for the state convention. Miss Maude Gibson visited Athens with her sister Irene of Ohio University. Ladies’ Needle club meets Saturday at Mrs. George Dyson’s home for important business. Mrs. Joseph Fleming and daughter Mrs. Adams, with granddaughter, formerly of Beverly, visit M. E. Carpenter’s family before moving to Oklahoma. Mr. R. E. B. Hall of Athens was a business visitor here earlier in the week.
The article extols Shiraz as the most beautiful Persian city famed for its roses, gardens, and sunlight. It notes poet Saadi and Hafiz residents among brown hills and cypress-lined gardens, inspiring Persian national spirit and mystic nights under the Persian moon.
The article profiles Maude Adams born in Salt Lake City in 1872, tracing her rise from a spontaneous first appearance as a baby to leading lady roles with John Drew. It highlights her gentle charm, refined manner, and restrained wit in performances such as The Masked Ball and The Little Minister, noting her quiet tastes and resilient stage presence.
Fragmentary text evokes a long running poultry theme spanning generations and eras, highlighting cultural memory of fowls in daily life and historical imagination. The passage suggests a humorous or reflective note on how chicken imagery persists through time.
A traditional method for preparing a sheep heart involves cleaning and stuffing with bread crumbs onion and sage then roasting in a hot oven. The guide emphasizes packing the filling tightly to retain juices and using a pan gravy made from the browned pan with hot water.
Advice covers glass polishing with hot salt solutions and glycerine, dietary changes to reduce flesh, avoiding starches and sugars, smoking head with salt, replacing butter with salted bread, and milk, plus cautions on sleep and exercise requirements.
The guidance suggests using borax or baking soda to soften bath water, with ammonia also effective. It emphasizes using too little rather than too much of any agent for best results.
Heat sour milk and strain out the whey then use this liquid in place of water or milk for bread. Add the same other ingredients and proceed as usual. The bread remains pleasant tasting and is easier to digest.
Lace can be cleaned satisfactorily and dyed evenly. White lace takes any color, including black. Dark colored laces usually do not absorb true black but can be restored to their original tone and look like new.
Instructions describe soaking raw peanuts in shell with boiling water to loosen skins, then roasting with salt and butter in oven until browned. Resulting nuts are white and flavorful and can be stored long in a sealed jar.
Six potatoes two turnips two large onions and two carrots form the base. Peel slice and fry in butter then add four quarts boiling water. Add toasted bread celery pepper and salt and simmer four hours strain. Reassemble with more celery a bit more turnip and sliced carrot, then tender and finish with tomato catsup if desired.
An old recipe says hair cannot grow curlier but can be made to wave by shaping new hairs into curls while damp and drying. It lists a solution of gum arabic sugar water alcohol bi chloride of mercury and sal ammoniac to apply before curling, with caution about its strength and periodic use.
A historical remedy instructs washing the face then applying a lotion made from water, alcohol, oxide of zinc, and bichloride of mercury in specific measures. The page lists one quart of boiled water, 30 drops of alcohol, one ounce of oxide of zinc, and eight grains of bichloride of mercury.
The piece notes a shift from Gibson gowns to tight skirts and rigid knee posture as the preferred gait. It observes women’s afternoon dress with feathered hats and feather boas, comparing contemporary style to past fashion, and cites the era’s sartorial trends.
The article discusses a skin condition with oily facial glands and suggests constitutional treatment plus light powder applications. It then details a method for making leaf mold from autumn leaves, stored in bins to rot into valuable potting material for gardens at low cost.
A speaker recounts sitting with a great physicist and asking about modern matter theories. The dialogue evokes atoms in motion, inner energy, and the beauty of knowledge while admitting much is unproven and uncertainty remains, yet courage in inquiry shines through.
A brief exchange jokingly notes that a man’s wealth came from his father in law’s checkbook rather than a book. Powell confirms the author is not the source, and Howell quips about the inheritance of funds.
The Central Situation of our store makes it the shopping mecca. Our patrons know that here risks are taken on either hand. They are assured of honest goods at honest prices, medicines of tested quality, and service of character.
An old standby Concord grapes grown by G. Loverhill in Bureau County Illinois were shown at the first Tiineis state fair and won a first prize. The variety and Delaware are among the most popular grapes in the United States, noted for hardiness productivity appearance and shipping. Reports from growers confirm their strong money making potential.
County Gentleman reports the Paragon apple has seen limited testing in eastern states. It is praised for home use in central and southern states and on the Pacific coast in restricted localities, but its tree is weak and short lived, making commercial planting in New England premature.
Azaleas can be propagated through layers grafting and cuttings from mature wood in fall rooted under glass. Special varieties require seed or the above methods. Vigorous seedlings easily grow and produce new varieties.
Evans seeks a Senate nomination with Bryson and Foster in secrecy as county party workers rush delegations to Logan for the senatorial and congressional conventions. The Daily Messenger will publish today with a full list after press time.
George Tate 26 a miner of Hocking and Mabel Judy 23 of Athens obtain a marriage license. George Shingler 20 a miner of Mineral and Minnie Sickles 19 of Mineral are authorized to marry. Fred Messel 20 a miner of Floodwood and Lela M Miller 17 of Nelsonville are granted a license to wed.
An advertisement from Henderson Crider Drug Co dated 2 26 23 promotes Our Cigar Trade as the larger supplier ensuring customers get the best market picks across a wide selection of cigars.
McKinstry and Parker list small rural plots near Athens Ohio suitable for poultry fruit and gardening and larger farms for spread. Describes many desirable bargains in city and farm real estate with room 9 New Bank Building.
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