Athens County to appoint depository for county funds
The Athens county Board of Commissioners votes to publish bids from banks in two newspapers. Sealed proposals must offer at least 2 percent interest on balances, include sureties, and be opened July 16 1906. The winning bank will hold funds until July 16 1909 under Ohio law.
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the Board of Commissioners
Athens County
Ohio
Athens, O
John F. Biddle
Joseph Wolf
B. Hil
Biddle
Hill
United States
Eaid Athens County
Statutes of
Board of County Commissioners
Wolf
Board of Commissioners of
W. M. Worhes
Albany
Mineral
Josephine Danny
Middleport
Preliminary Skirmishes in Winfield Scott Case Proceed
The trial date for Winfield Scott Sr on embezzlement and larceny charges is set for July 16. Defense motions for a bill of particulars were overruled, with the state to present a general indictment detailing acts during the crime. The case, involving over $50,000 as restitution, has drawn keen public and press interest as the defense remains mostly secret.
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Winfield Scott, Sr
Scott
Wood
G. Biddison
the Daily. Messenger
Motive for Thaw's Deed
New York July 2 Important developments in the Thaw murder case are expected this week. District Attorney Jerome returned from Cape Breton to lead the case and probe all circumstances surrounding the killing of White. The DA aims to uncover reliable evidence about weeks before the shooting and potential insults to Mrs. Thaw by White.
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New York
Thaw
Jerome
Cape Breton
White
Mr. White
Olcott
Cafe Martin
Webster Beaten by a Woman in Bodgen Will Case
An old supreme court case features Daniel Webster as counselor for the appellant and Mrs. Greenough, wife of Rev. William Greenough, as a poised witness. Webster’s dramatic snuffing gesture and nasal blow punctuate the courtroom recounting of Mrs Boden and her alleged “dirty trick” involving snuff.
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Webster
Boston Herald
It Saved My Life Mrs Willadsen Praises Mrs Pinkham
Mrs T C Willadsen of Manning Iowa writes to Mrs Pinkham saying she owes her life to the advice and help received from her and expresses deep gratitude for the lifesaving guidance.
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T. C. Willadsen
Manning, Iowa
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Women
A grateful letter from a Mrs T C Willadsen praises Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for restoring regular periods and alleviating pain after two years of treatment with other medicines. The ad extols the remedy as the world’s most endorsed female medicine and urges readers to write for help Freely.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Jene
Danish Woman Detained in Youngstown Child Death
Mrs. Jennie Anderson, 33, a Danish national, is held at the Youngstown police station on suspicion related to the death of her six year old stepdaughter Elsie. Police and doctors believe the child was beaten to death. The corpse shows bruises and puncture wounds on the face head and body, suggesting blows from a pail.
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Youngstown
Jennie Anderson
Elsie
Ohio People Among Victims In English Train Wreck
Dayton residents Mrs. W. W. Smith daughter Eleanor and son Gerard were killed in the Salisbury England collision involving a Fast Train carrying American tourists. The widow of a turbine water wheel firm’s former senior partner, she and her family were noted residents.
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Dayton, O
W. W. Smith
Eleanor
Gerard
Salisbury
England
Optician ads and a deadly UK rail crash headline
The page features testimonials for an Athens Ohio optician offering free eye exams and satisfaction guarantees. It also reports a Salisbury England rail disaster on the London South Eastern line, detailing deaths of 23 passengers and 4 trainmen, injuries, and Mayor McClellan’s near miss, plus Kentucky breeder Charles F. McMeekin’s death and related notes.
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Salisbury
England
London Southeastern Railway
American Line
New York
Plymouth
London
Avon
Pleasant laxative tablets for stomach and liver use
When you want a pleasant laxative that is easy to take and certain to act use Chamberlains Stomach and Liver tablets. For sale by W. H. McKee Athens and Barton Drug Co Chauncey.
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Chamberlain
W. H. McKee, Athens
Barton Drug Co
Chauncey
University approves remodeling plans for Normal Building wings
Columbus approves remodeling for East and West wings and the new north wing of the Normal Building at the university. Gov. Harris State Auditor Guilbert and Secretary Laylin serve on the approving board. Bids open July 31 with $40 000 state appropriation allocated. Plans by Hulmboe Lafferty and Packard. A women’s dormitory plans due July 12.
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Normal
University
Columbus
Andrew L. Harris
Walter D. Guilbert
L. C. Laylin
Hulmboe and Lafferty
Clarksburgh
W. Va
Frank L. Packard
Messrs. Hannaford & Co
Cincinnati
Messrs
O’bleness
Foster
T. R. Biddle
Hand Mashed in Mine. Worker Faces Weeks of Recovery
John Shea of Dean Avenue, employed at Mine 210, suffered a severe hand injury Friday evening while raising a motor. The machine slipped, pinning his hand for ten minutes. He was treated on site by Dr. K A Been and later by his family physician Dr. C S McDougall.
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Hitchcock
New York
Plymouth
McClellan
John B. McDonald
Jack McDonald
John Shea
Dean Avenue
Shea
K. A. Been
Athens
C. S. McDougall
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County Depository
Kk. R. Walker
E. H. Franson
Dublin
W. H. McKee
Rome
Fabre Steamship Company
America
Fable Line
Marseilles
Bradley
Wheeling
United States Coal Company
DeWitt
Cline
Evelyn Nesbit
T Cwilladsen
American Line Express
Rheet Manufacturing Firm
Smith
Valle
The
Stillwell-Bierce and Smith-Vaile Company
the Son
D. J. Hixon
Amenville
Abbie Wells
R. D. No
D.C. Cornwell & Co
Draper C. Davis
Coolville, O
D. C. Cornwell & CO
Athens, Ohio
Yale
Robins
Fisherton Street
Walter Barwick
Toronto
Ont
Louis Cassier
Trumbull
Conn
Frederick H. Cassitt
C. W. Elphicke
Chicago
Dudley P. Harding
L. N. Hitchcock
Mary F. Howleson
E. L. King
Frank W. Koch
Allenton
John E. McDonald
C. F. McMeekin
C. A. Pipon
E. W. Sentell
Blanche M. Sentell
Gertrude M. Sentell
Walter W. Smith
Fleanor Smith
Dayton
Gerard Smith
Lillias Hurd Waite
Levis Deophinger
Jules Keeler
W. H. Thompson
G. H. V. Allen
New York City
Robert
Lexington
Charles F. McMeekin
Bluegrass
Kentucky
Applegate and
Kennedy
NCW
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