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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1902
Page
5
Athens and surrounding towns see a flurry of travel and guests as residents host relatives friends and visitors from Columbus Logan Cleveland Cincinnati Toledo and Chicago. Notable mentions include Rev T L Lowe addressing chapel duties and Dr Edwin Tausch guiding teachers at a conference.
An incident on a July morning reports Jim Jackson beating his wife. Neighbors responded with improvised club tools and sticks, confronting him until he fled barefoot and hatless. Local women warned he must reform if he returns.
Clarence Wilson aged seventeen the son of John Wilson of Nelsonville died Tuesday of consumption. The funeral will be held today with interment at Greenlawn Cemetery.
A 15 year old Albany High School pupil Grace Weaver writes forceful verses denouncing a lazy loafer. The poem attacks hollow claims of hard work while the wife supports the home and the man spouts politics and taxes. It concludes with the loafer’s death and the world’s relief at his absence.
Ohio Central Lines advertise low fare return excursions to Middleport Gallipolis Pt Pleasant and more on selected Sundays. Special trains include Chautauqua New York and Mt Vernon trips with extended return limits. Tickets available via agents with handbills for exact times and routes.
Mr L McCune of Athens is named bank examiner for southern Ohio and western West Virginia, covering eighty four banks. The Comptroller of the Currency in Washington made the appointment, salary 3500 a year. McCune, 27, Ohio University class of 1895 graduate, replaces Captain J W Delay who resigns due to ill health.
Ralph P. B. Jennings and Miss Pearl Goodman were married at the brides parents home in Decatur Alabama with Rev West officiating. A reception followed and the couple departed for Athens on the B&O S W line, greeted by family and friends at the station.
A list of uncalled letters at the Athens Ohio post office dated Monday July 23 includes names such as Blackwood H C Benson Gott frid Beck L M DeRoy Ben Dewey Alice Freyman C Fe Fisher Frank Frost Lizzie Gay nor Ella Gilbert Letta Kirns Meltman Josie Leighy Times Livermore Linton George Mansfield Linda Pelliam Scott Philbrook H Roman Mra Smith Laella Leapland W C Six Miss M Simmons F J Stoltz John Selders B A. Addressees are urged to claim and say they were advertised. signed Co D Gist Postmaster.
G. W. Rose announces withdrawal from the Prosecuting Attorney race. He thanks supporters and relatives, noting Sunday respite with Mrs. W. Brooks and Meo in Gloute.
Sealed bids for a two story schoolhouse on Broadwell lot 24 by 36 feet are invited. Proposals due July 3 1902 at noon at the clerk of the board of education office with bidder names and a disinterested guarantee. Lowest responsible bid considered. board may reject all bids or accept combined labor and materials. By order of the board. Jane Both tk clerk.
An old advertisement touts Stop the Cough and Works off the Cold Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as curing a cold in one day. It promises relief with no cure, pay, and lists a price of 25 cents.
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