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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1903
Page
5
Numerous visits and arrivals noted around Athens with residents and guests from Amesville Albany Nelsonville and Columbus. Highlights include Miss Grace Marquis guest of Mrs. Musgrave Abner Juniper visiting after eighteen years and Mrs Jane Reed Morgan County pioneer death announced.
An advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood and mucous surface remedy for catarrh with internal dosage. It claims a physician endorsement and lists F. J. Cheney & Co as sellers with testimonials available and prices. It also touts Hall's Family Pills as the best.
A historical poem contrasts loyalties to King George III with rebukes of Parliament and calls for independence. It hints at Whig resistance, Tory support, and possible punishment for those opposing Congress, referencing Mansfield North and Bute and contemplating a cruel fate for General.
Mr and Mrs J J Allison of Marshfield report their Kansas trip begun last October visiting relatives and friends They traveled from Emporia on December 27 to Topeka a city of 37000 with temperance and politics as daily topics The writer notes the new governor and lieutenant governor inaugurated January 12 and mentions G W Gabriel a Waterloo township native now senator from Parsons district Other Athens county connections appear including E H Watkins and Senator Stevenson The letter praises Emporia as a college town with a state normal and a Presbyterian college and expresses eagerness to return home to Athens county
D. Zenner & Co. announces the hiring of T. Davis from Mancle, Ind., as clothing department manager and F. J. Wycoff from Grafton, W. Va., as a department clerk. Davis brings 22 years in the trade, eight with C. L. Bender & Co. in Mancle, and plans to relocate his family to Athens in early April. Wycoff, a 20 year veteran formerly with Watts Lombard Clothing in Grafton, will also base his home in Athens.
Croup is identified by a peculiar cough and mothers are advised to treat promptly with Chamberlains Cough Remedy. Do not waste time with untried remedies. give the medicine as directed. For sale by McKee's.
An old notice advertises a performance with admission priced at 15 cents and 25 to 35 cents. The wording suggests a local theater or spectacle titled Ye Deetreect Skeaul.
James Caldwell, eighty, pioneer resident of Carthage township, died Friday at his home from complications of old age. He lived in the town his entire life. Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church this morning at 10 o'clock, with large attendance, and interment followed in the local cemetery.
Edward Shipley of Glouster and Estella Michael of Wolf Plains seek a marriage license. Francis M. Dailey of Stewart and Margaret Mitchell of Stewart seek a license. Frank Hawk of Canaanville and Ella Warren of Guysville seek a license.
Marietta College defeated Ohio University 10 to 0 on Saturday in Marietta. The Athens team, lacking practice, failed to mount an aggressive challenge and could not overcome the home squad.
The Arkansas hill country inspired drama unfolds in Human Hearts a vivid melodrama of intensity. Presented Monday January 26 at the opera house the play promises strong pathos villainy and comedy united to touch hearts and morals.
Mc Kee's drug store offers a free sample of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablet. The ad claims the tablets are easier to take and more pleasant in effect than pills and do not cause constipation. Regular size 25c per box.
Mrs Susan Hammond thanks those who kindly administered aid during the illness and decease of her husband James Hammond.
At a Knights of Pythias lodge meeting, officers were installed including Wm. Plackburn C C A. W. Kelley y. C. .C. Jesse Day prelate Wm. Jordan M. at A d. W. Herrold M. of W Harry O'Bienessa J. G C. Ty Hunt O G Thomas Roush K. of R 5 E. C. Logan M. of F Emmett Cotton M. of E.
A notice invites locals to attend Ye Deestreec Skeal at the opera house on January 28 190 percent admission not specified.
A vintage medicine ad promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claiming to cure a cold in one day for 26 cents. It highlights quick relief and targets common colds with a period tone and concise product claim.
John Merrill Chase was born in Chase Ohio on August 1 1840 and died January 5 1903 at age 62 years 5 months. He served in the Civil War and later lived in Athens and surrounding counties with his wife Amanda Williams to whom he married June 29 1871. Seven children survive him five sons and two daughters. He was a devoted husband and father and his loss brings quiet sorrow to the home now a shrine.
Cleveland Moffett writes about Paris pawnshops and the Mont de Pieté, noting that loans above 15 francs require official documents, while smaller loans need only an address envelope. He observes strict registries deter theft and emphasize privacy concerns for honest clients.
A girl recalls a bridge game with Mr X noting his obsession with trifles and petty losses. She admired Mr Z for his good nature, contrasting the two players. The piece reflects on how competitive games reveal character beyond money at stake.
A badger living in granite cliffs outwits a prank by a painter who sets a grass bundle near its lair on fire. The animal senses smoke, claws and scoops earth over the flames, preventing danger and showing remarkable resourcefulness.
Students find that a bud transferred from a twenty five year old tree to another retains the parent’s age life. The bud does not gain a full fifty year life but only the remaining twenty five years of its grafted host. This challenges the belief that grafted buds begin a wholly new life.
A Detroit youth courted a beauty in town and sent a marriage proposal by telegraph offering twenty words for an answer. An hour later he got a reply that read You are Letantial Why psy, a puzzling and unexplained response that stumped him.
A city woman questions the gossip culture in country villages and argues for women’s financial independence. She contrasts rural nosiness with urban life and calls for women to mind their own business and value courage and strength.
The National Council of Jewish Women now has more than 7,000 members. President Mrs. Hannah G. Solomon supports an international gathering of Hebrew women at the St. Louis exposition.
A feature recounts elderly widows and granddaughters facing hardship with dignity. It highlights Mrs. Virginia Henry Beasley, Patrick Henry's descendant, living in Ithaca and pursuing work at eighty seven, plus other women embracing independence. It also notes Abraham Lincoln birthday tributes and Eliza Archard Conner.
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