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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1907
Page
3
Harry G. Stalder argues in Plantsville correspondence that many teachers and college students misuse English, calling for a return to the three R's and urging accountability by school leaders and exam boards. He urges named discussion and signs his own name.
James Dean, known for a swindle of Ohio University, was removed from the Ohio penitentiary to Delaware for insanity proceedings and released from a Delaware jail. Officials report he is now in West Virginia, after exploiting the insanity defense before being freed. The case links to his earlier college swindle and notoriety.
Mrs. Joe Roberts of Centralia Illinois gave birth today to a child weighing nineteen and a half pounds. Two years ago she bore a child weighing eighteen pounds.
The Athens State Hospital trustees selected George L. Fenzel of Athens for the 20 409 47 bid to build a two story 69 by 100 foot infirmary cottage on the Amusement Hall hill. Completion is due February 1 1908 with hospital excavation by authorities and sun parlor heating by steam and electric lighting.
Fireman Fred Dean on B. and O. freight train No. 2620 chased two men riding a tank car near Stewart Ohio. The white man fled after being warned, the negro fled later firing shots that wounded Dean's jacket. Suspects detained at Chillicothe. identification ongoing.
Rev. Thomas H. Bradrick 79 sought a license at the Worthington courthouse for a marriage to Mrs. Elizabeth Miller 69 of Columbus. After questions about her family the license was issued and the couple wed by Rev. N. W. Good. Bradrick, brother of Elijah Bradrick, had resided in Trimble and moved to Athens, later living with his son in Worthington.
The university trustees select Miss Constance Trueman McLeod as principal of the new Kindergarten School to open September 9 1907 in Ellis Hall. Twenty pupils aged four to six will enroll with a small tuition.
Nelson has completed the quadriennial voter returns for Athens County and sent the data to Columbus. The tallies show 9,939 white voters and 357 colored voters totaling 10,296, with many townships lacking colored residents and Athens Precinct 1 and Glouster West having the largest white counts. Projecting at five persons per voter suggests county population of 51,480, with Athens at 6,690 and Nelsonville at 7,210.
The piecePulse of Athens humor sketches daily life with quips about drinking water shortages summer jokes and a string of anecdotes. It recounts encounters from Major Golden to Pat the Irishman and a snake story involving the town, farm life, and local characters in a light humorous vein.
The 15 year old Pearly Frazee's body was found in woods near his parents home east of Hamden Ohio. A bullet wound and a nearby revolver indicate suicide. He had disappeared June 24 after being scolded by his father for not hoeing enough corn.
Sheriff H. M. Webster filed the annual report to the Secretary of State for the year ending June 30, 1907. Prisoners totaled 114, down from 156 the prior year, with Ohio natives comprising 85 and foreign-born 5. The jail average cost per day was 60 cents, and the jail’s condition was rated good. The data show fewer prisoners overall but more youths, reflecting shifts in demographics and confinement trends.
Catharine Rescoe files for divorce from Ira Rescoe claiming extreme cruelty since their July 1906 marriage. The wife alleges multiple assaults, a threatened shooting with a revolver, and health impairment, seeking court relief. They wed in Nelsonville and reside there.
County Recorder Elmer Golden summarizes a year of Athens county real estate. Agricultural deeds totaling 324 with 17 896 acres and 638 849 in value. City lot deeds 852 valued at 746 255. One dollar deeds 160 totaling 1 385 204. Leases 49 on agricultural land 22 439.85 and 19 on city lots 4 370.35. Mortgages 161 on agricultural land 143 360 and 383 on city lots 234 885. Cancellations 156 agricultural 250 422 and 323 city lots 224 788. Overall totals show greater value in cancellations than new records.
An old advertisement asserts deafness cannot be cured by local applications and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy. It blames inflamed Eustachian tubes and catarrh for deafness, offers $100 and free circulars, and includes the selling note for Hall's Family Pills.
A member of the old Athens team telephoned from Jackson to arrange two additional games with the Jackson team to be played in Athens on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. Support of all is solicited.
A memory and health note praising Dr King’s New Life Pills praised as painless purifiers that cure headache and biliousness and keep bowels right, sold for 25 cents at W. H. McKee’s drug store.
Teachers Examinations will be held on the first Saturday of each month unless a legal holiday occurs. In that case the exam will be on the third Saturday in April and on the second Saturday in May. Aaron Grady, Clerk.
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