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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1888
Page
12
An ad boasts a mysterious "Golden Specific" that can be added to coffee or tea without a drinker’s knowledge to permanently remove the liquor craving. It claims thousands have become temperate and that the cure is permanent once administered. Address Golden Specific Co. Cincinnati for details.
The Athens Journal reports Langdon's Crimp Butter Crackes promotion this week and notes the newspaper moves to the Mosaic Building. The Howing Valley road offers one cent a mile to the Soraker inauguration, while four prisoners remain in county jail. University staff resume duties after holiday break. Murray City fire destroys Henry Angel's residence. Simon Jones dies after a protracted spree. Additional items mention local church work, typhoid recovery, and Lodge activities as the community eyes upcoming events and public notices.
A well known local resident described as both white and colored loafs on Athens streets all summer, refusing work offered at standard unskilled wages. Neighbors urge a municipal vagrant ordinance to compel such individuals to earn subsistence on the public works.
Len Brown of Woodbury New Jersey forwards his subscription payment to the Messenger and voices a desire for a Republican victory in 1888. He asserts he would not surrender to Ohio’s young governor and praises him as chivalric while rebuking former Rebels.
Athens county has seven beneficiaries of the Soldiers Relief Fund receiving monthly stipends from 83 cents to 3.32 dollars. After the current fiscal year, these sums will triple to align with a threefold tax increase from 1/10 to 8/10 of one mill. For the first eight months of the relief year ending December 1, 474 dollars were paid by County Treasurer Baker on this fund.
Over the past week several young people from Athens sought admission to the county Children's Home. One infant not yet six months old was refused by trustees due to extreme infancy and sent to the county alms house.
The piece contrasts Nelsonville reports of festive drunkenness with Athens during the holiday period. County Treasurer Baker notes lagging taxpayers and preparing to collect public dues. Remaining payers have until the 17th of the month to settle before delinquent penalties apply.
Ex-sheriff Boden and family departed Athens yesterday for New Vienna where he has purchased and will operate a flouring mill. The community laments the loss of a valued citizen and wishes the family continued prosperity. The Disciples of Christ ministerial association meets in Athens on the 17th for three days of addresses and discussions. Divorce suits filed this week include Lizzie Townsend vs Frank Townsend Isabelle Bartlett vs Pyam Bartlett Ben Dure vs Wm Bendure with Townsend Edgerton representing plaintiffs.
Reports previously described Miss Frona Foster as in poor health but latest word from Uncle Hail says her condition has become more encouraging with improved status.
Three colored youths were arraigned in Mayor Higgin's court for public peace violations and resisting an officer. Morgan and Nuby were convicted after a 7 to 11 pm jury trial. Flowers faced a hung jury with defense by Edgerton. Morgan and Nuby were jailed for fines, with uncertain paths to penitentiary.
The article notes quail have been nearly exterminated in the region and urges a perpetual law to ban their destruction. It argues the birds are useful to farmers and that protecting their progeny would yield public value, aligning with the Commercial Gazette’s suggestion.
For every month of the just closed year the Columbus Hocking Valley and Toledo road posted a gratifying increase in earnings over the same periods a year earlier. The railroad faced coal car backlogs nationwide that impeded business while demand for transportation outpaced the line’s capacity to meet it.
Mr Isaac Half, in Athens to settle business, reports strong prospects after reestablishing a manufacturing plant at Marysville Ohio. His enterprise and character are seen as a valuable addition to any community, though Athens loses a respected family’s presence.
The C H W and T Railway announces a January 9 low rate excursion to Columbus for patrons to attend Governor Foraker’s inauguration. Tickets will cost one cent per mile in each direction and be valid for return until January 10, 1858. Also noted are mid winter weather impacts and a local assault case, Moran v. Moran, with bail set at two hundred dollars set by Justice Minton.
The brief business pause at Elias Graham's well known grocery opposite Edwards House was not serious. The article praises his sustained busy trade and the continued success of his shop, noting the local citizenry will be gratified.
An authoritative source says Senator Townsend will be in Athens next Saturday at the city hall to publicly vindicate his course amid ongoing repudiation claims. The report notes annual harvest chatter and a thaw after an arctic wave, with Townsend busy on law duties during congressional recess before returning to Washington tomorrow.
A festive Beethoven Club event at Mr. and Mrs. Welch’s in Athens drew about forty young performers. The program featured piano solos, duets, quartets, and vocal numbers, illustrating strong local musical talent amid social games and refreshments. Local coverage also notes lawyer Kemp Tompkins’s praised courtroom rhetoric in the Goodspeed case and the Dr. Finch exoneration.
In a card to the Ohio State Journal Dr Richardson rejects any claim that he endorses a system of physical punishment for insubordinate asylum patients. He states after twelve years and over 3000 patients he seen only one justified in inflicting pain. Athens Lincoln Club elects officers with a split ticket and plans Inauguration attendance and Lincoln birthday observance.
The Children’s Home expresses gratitude to A. L. Reach & Sons for books and a Mrs. John Friday bucket, Miss Jessie Dean of Coolville for nicely dressed dolls, Mr. Charles Henry for a Christmas tree and evergreens, and Elza ARMETRONG as Superintendent.
Doctor L. L. Gorsuch testifies after forty years in practice that Hall’s Catarrh Cure is highly effective and can cure all catarrh cases when taken per directions. The firm offers 100 dollars for any untreatable case, and the product is sold by Druggists at 75 cents.
For sale pieces include the residence of Mrs. Kate Martin in Martinsburg now occupied by Gen. W D Hamilton and about twenty vacant lots. Real estate inquiries go to George Falloon Athens Ohio. Auctioneer N FE Dean Amesville will handle sales. Also public sale at Camp Wool Addition Athens January 7 1885 featuring a buggy horse milch cow hay corn wagons implements and household goods. Rent sought for dwelling to a reliable tenant. John E F Kaye signs off on sale details.
Menice for Gaile. A two story frame house is offered as a desirable property. Inquiries at the Mmssanaxnx.
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Major Townsend voices support for Senator Cowgill's stance in the Senate caucus belt. He says he fought in the Union army and has worked long and faithfully for the Republican party to prevent a few conspirators from subverting its principle of full representation for the entire party.
In WIVUUR for GIFTS the Red Front Store distributed items as prizes with four additional watches promised or awarded to customers during the event.
Married notices report Albert B. Rose of Columbus Ohio wed Ida M. Stage of Athens county at the bride’s parents home near Athens on December 25. Brown and Mansfield wed December 29 1887 at the bride’s parents residence in Canann township per J P A Tucker.
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