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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1902
Page
3
A collection of local items reports religious meetings at G Chapel and Gra pel, family movements, health notes on residents including Rathburn and Riggs, school closings and educational talks on township high schools, plus a Masons installation in Albany and a note about the next UO. T. B. C. meeting at the Albany high school.
J X Brown and Edgar attend O College vacation at home. EV A lodge banquet at ML hall Saturday evening. Supper served and guests spent time socially. QF lodge Bret at Hotel Gillogly with Albany band. Murphey of O U on vacation at home. H A Dixon spoke to children and citizens at Pleasember 24 on School Virtues. Edward Irwin of Co para visits parents in Columbus.
J B Stalder of Parkersburg visited his brother O Stalder while E G Cullems of O U returns home for a vacation. Locally, workers expand the Guysville Telephone Company lines adding at least eight new lines, boosting access to all boxes on the network with exchanges offered to others except Home Telephone, keeping the company independent after one year of operation.
Ayres Chalfané returned home after work in Jacksonville. Katie Klingenhberg came back from Modoc after visiting her sister Mrs. Edward Burke. Ros Pierce and wife visited Almarine Helley and wife at Pleasant Hill. Rice Kimes and wife from Judson spent Christmas with the husband’s parents. Aaron Bails and wife visited Keno relatives Ma and Mrs A B Cowary. Miss Florince Founds, a guest of B J Klingenberg, returned home to Tuppners Plains.
Cecil Hanlin visits his parents at Gallipolis while local residents attend an oyster supper at Sugar Creek M E church. Co ED Learned of Columbus visits his parents. Mahngh family, Norval James’ guests, stay at home. Sprague has a guest Mr Sprague. Besse Dent and Louis Kassell travel to Chauncey to visit relatives. Dr. A J Learned goes to Athens on business. J W Cowden of Chillicothe in Millfield. Robert and Will Nye visit Chauncey friends. Will James family spend Christmas with relatives. J Earneh of Corning and I Earich with sister Pearl in Athens. John Earich in Glouster. J B Wade family visit.
Oliver M. Hinsdale recounts a young American’s pursuit of a woman he first saw as a wallflower at a social event. He follows her through London Paris and Berlin, sees her again in a carriage, and later learns she is the daughter of a wealthy Episcopal bishop betrothed to an English nobleman.
A 1910 feature describes a cooperative dining room in Decatur where 25 families share a central kitchen and dining space. Men initiated the plan, with women joining later, and meals cost less than in individual homes. Benefits cited include reduced waste, wholesale-priced supplies, and saved time for homemakers. MARCIA CAMPBELL.
A bizarre natural oddity in Luli¢ province, southern France, features two lime trees about twenty feet tall joined as a single growth. The upper tree rises atop a hollowed lower trunk, with a cavity serving as a bed for decayed bark and debris. Despite the parasitic top, the lower trunk remains undamaged and the lime tree appears firmly rooted and nourished. Locals visit to harvest buds for a rumored tea said to have mysterious powers.
The article notes camels used in Africa for caravans and transport including water fetching, with images of women riding in camel trains. It then shifts to early European railways, citing Linz to Budweis in 1827, a Paris line in 1842, and Belgium's Brussels to Mechelen in 1830, detailing rapid trunk-line development and notable incidents.
The text warns that poor drainage causes plant failure in pots especially for palms. It notes that stagnant moisture in soil harms pot grown plants and that many have no luck due to defective drainage.
The city hosts about 10 060 hotels and many restaurants and cafes on every block offering meals from 10 to 50 cents. A single stock company runs 100 or more restaurants delivering cheap, good food with consistent service. A Napoleon anecdote recalls a dinner mishap where a waiter calmed the emperor with a quick gesture and a clever remark.
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