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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 03, 1902

Page

3

Local Notes From Bethany And Nearby Areas

Mrs M E fateholder travels to Columbus to visit daughter Mary Deavitt. Walter Cobbitt of Athens visits family here. Grace and May Bingimann visit relatives in Marietta. L S Johnson of Gaysville on business here. Thomas and Michael Flaherty travel to Parkersburg for business. Dorothy Tippie returns home from Hockingport for weeks. Dora Tippie suffers a painful fall but no bones broken. Many plan to attend the Coolville fair grounds picnic on the fourth. Mary Glazier in Bethany is seriously ill. Children services at Asbury well attended. Arthur Kingenberg and Hugh Meighes host at their home in Athens. Martha Meiehen of Athens visits relatives here. Ice cream social at Front was well attended. E C Buck and Lola Townsend attend Wilson camp meeting at the Plains. Carl Buck ends a ten-month term of service in Pleasant Valley district.

Dora Tippie Coolville Fair Grounds Bethany Mary Glazier Asbury Arthur Kingenberg Athens Hugh Meighes Martha Meiehen Larpuky E. C. Buck Lola Townsend Y Syndicate Wilson Camp

Community Notices From Asbury And Jasper Hill

A lively Children's Day event occurred at Asbury with many locals in attendance. Mrs Blanche K Pierce closed a successful term at Jasper Hill last Saturday. Mr and Mrs Wm Ball of Hull were guests at Barra Schuntze home Sunday. The new Catholic church is now completed and slated for destruction. Mrs Rosie Steinmetz of Franklin County visits her parents Mr and Mrs Isaac Bail for a few weeks.

Asbury Blanche K. Pierce Jasper Hill Wm. Ball Hull Barra Schuntzes Buato Rosie Steinmetz Franklin County Isaac Bail

Vanderhoof Briefs and Local Tragedy

Asa Jeffers and wife traveled to Athans on a business trip. Josie Chase stayed with her grandfather in Fairview. Mrs W M Jeffers and her son Charles, plus granddaughter Helen Oars, visited Mralee Jeera. Mrs Eliza Shields died at her home in Toppers Plains and was buried in Vanderhoof cemetery. A railway collision near Staples Minn killed five and injured twenty nine between two passenger trains.

Vanderhroof Asa Jeffers Athans Josie Chase Fairview W. ML. Jeffers Charles Helen Oars Mralee Jeera Eliza Shields Howel Toppers Plains Vanderhoof Staples Minn

Bids Required for Hobbins Road Grading in York Twp

Notice to contractors invites bids for grading the Hobbins road in York township. Bids due 12 oclock noon Monday July 7 1802 at the office of the county surveyor. Plans and specs available there. Commission reserves right to reject any or all bids. By order of the county commissioners W T Scott Auditor. June 12 to July 3. W J Bryan in a prepared statement attacked ex President Cleveland regarding his recent speech before the Tilden Club in New York City.

Watiu Hobbins Road York Township Board of County Commissioners W. J. Bryan Cleve Tildex Club New York City

Electric Bitters and Health Tonic Claims Promoted

A crowded ad page touts Electric Bitters as a permanent cure for stomach, kidney, and nerve troubles and lists ailments cured. Dr Kings New Life Pills are promoted for digestive issues with a drugstore price noted. A note mentions a professor resigning to pursue wireless telegraphy and a headache remedy called Clinic Headache Wafers with a 10 cent price.

W. H. McKee Dr. King McKee

Thomas Connelly Dead In Martinsburg Neighborhood

Thomas Connelly died Sunday noon at his Martinsburg home after a long illness. He was 07 years old and a longtime Athens resident. He leaves a wife and several young children. The remains were taken to Stewart Funeral Home by train for funeral services and interment.

Thomas Connelly Martinsborg Dimrasen Athens Stewart Toenlay Pss

The Proper Style of Skirts in Weekly Fashion Hints

The piece details current fashion in skirts with new sleeve styles and trims. It notes deep pelerine collars, antique cream Liberty silk embellishments, velvet ribbons, and velveteen trim. Skirts are fitted at the hips and flare below the knee with yoke variations and lace inserts.

Eton Additon

Jacket of Black Tafeta Novem Hasquur Feature

The description outlines a charming black tafeta jacket from Novem Hasquur with a novel basque side and back, large embroidered collars over taffeta, very wide sleeves ending at the wrist, and a double turned-back cut.

Jacket fashions and fabrics rise in spring looks

The article highlights spring wear with sashes and jackets using Corticelli Silk. It notes a jabot vest feature for blouses and jackets, dropping shoulders in waists and outdoor garments, and long taffeta collars with embroidered trims. It also reports Lois Cragg of Doschester Mass recovering after using Dr King's New Discovery and mentions Yale graduation issues for Reginald C. Vanderbilt and Senator Lodge address.

Paris Lois Cragg Doschester Mass W. WL. Mektea Bath de Law Yale Senator Lodge Reginald C. Vanderbilt

Bucklen Arnica Salve touted as miracle cure

An advertisement claims Bucklen’s Arnica Salve offers thirty years of cures for piles burns boils corns felons and skin eruptions and positions 2% as the best price at McKan’s drug store.

McKan

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