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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1903
Page
4
The Athens Messenger and Herald shows subscription prices with a Bee Year option and advance payment details. The issue dated Thursday January 1, 1902, lists three payment tiers and locality notes for county readers.
The article argues Athens must grow beyond a village through coal and electric development, municipal power decisions, and new factories. It cites limited funds, voter impact, and citizen condemnation of officials, urging that tax revenue and industrial growth are key to a brighter decade.
The excerpt recalls Heinrich Heine buying a Lyons sausage to deliver to a Paris physician and cooking part of it en route. It then shifts to reflections on vulgar speech from a London Spectator piece and a pair of pencil word-count anecdotes highlighting endurance in writing.
A historical essay contrasts two girls in New York who start with different leverage. One wastes wealth and chance after securing a comfortable position, while the other, though illiterate, uses night school and church networks to rise to advertising manager. The piece argues opportunity favors the purposeful and sociable, urging right-minded girls to seek communities and self-improvement.
Obituary notes William Clifford Vorhes born Sept 12 1883 died Dec 25 1902 at age 19 after a train accident near Athens. He worked at Athens Lumber Company mills and died while attempting to alight from a moving train at a depot. The piece honors his generous nature and faith while offering comforting scriptures and condolences to a bereaved family.
Gen. Dick of Akron withdraws from the Ohio governor race after a Cleveland conference with Senator Hanna and Col. Herrick. Bosses favor Herrick for the nomination. Ohio Republicans will convene in early summer to ratify the choice with only formal delegate voting remaining.
Plant several trees each fall or spring to maintain fruit supply. Persimmon trees ornamentally improve yards with dark green leaves lasting into fall. Carnations fail in shade and dislike strong manure. Good garden soil supports them. A secret to flowering potted plants is pot bound growth. When growth slows, plants divert energy to blooms. Regular pruning and feeding renews shrubs each season. Remove old weak wood. Ammonia stimulates plants not feeds them. It helps bloom and growth after soil is exhausted, but fertilizer is necessary to prevent vitality loss.
The boomerang, deemed unknown before Australia’s discovery, was likely known before Christ. Pliny the Elder notes a returning staff made of aquifolia wood, suggesting the wood’s properties caused the return. The text doubts he considered shape, attributing the effect to wood alone.
A ponderous quotation on success highlights the sense of proportion as the unseen force behind achievement. It asserts that true judgment weighs values, judges character, and discerns opportunity while balancing material and human factors.
An 19th century remedy claims to be a nutritive reconstructor that helps the body fight colds bronchial and digestive ailments. Described as a palatable cod liver oil without the grease and sold by druggists. Prepared by Katharinon Chemical Co. St Louis Me.
The stockholders of the First National Bank of Athens Ohio are notified there will be a meeting at its banking house in Athens on Tuesday January 13 1903 for electing directors for the ensuing year and for other business as may come before them. H Moore Cashier Dec 18 to Jan 8, 1908 Nod 2w4.
The Mia land Company files case 8129 in the Common Pleas Court of Athens County Ohio seeking ten thousand dollars purchase money for oil leases on farms of James H Jones Frank J Beasley and Marion Carpenter Ames Township Ohio. It asks for a vendors lien and attachment lien on leases and personal property The California Consolidated Oil Company must answer by February 28 1903 or judgment may be rendered The Midland Company attorney J A Gallagher.
A Worcester claim cites Mrs. Mary Young Clark of Lawrence Massachusetts praising Blood Wine for clearing chronic facial boils and improving health after six bottles. The ad urges sending name for free microscope blood examination and notes the product costs fifty cents a bottle.
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