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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1906
Page
9
The Athens City Council met in adjourned session to review bids for paving Morris avenue State street and Race street. Rose & Mills won all three contracts after Barth & Kincade bids were rejected for irregularities, while council debates over excavation terms and potential injunctions linger.
Local coal men discuss the annual coal industry report showing West Virginia produced 31,503,020 tons last year, up 4,518,214 from 1900. Most of the gain occurred in Kanawha and Norfolk and Western districts, which directly compete with Ohio coal.
An aged ad lists cures for fevers and ailments including teething diarrhea cough neuralgia and dyspepsia. The piece then shifts to a local sports mention about a play at White Hall and a string of short social notes from White Hall and surrounding towns detailing visits illnesses and local movements.
The Kanawha district produced 13,004,257 tons of coal, up 1,740,486 tons, while the Norfolk and Western mined 10,075,074 tons, an increase of 2,121,611. Ohio total last year reached 25,835,657 tons, up 1,230,842 from 1564.
The Jackson Herald reprints a lengthy Athens Jackson game account claiming biased officiating and crooked town influence. It describes proposed double umpiring, Miller the substitute umpire, and a disputed tenth inning bunt that decided the 6 to 5 final, sparking claims of robbery and strong local reaction.
City council opened bids for paving sections of East State Street Morris Avenue and Race Street with two firms submitting offers Barth and Kincade on State and Morris Streets and Rose and Mills on all three streets Race Street awarded to Rose and Mills as only bidders Estimated costs appear under two dollars per front foot Council adjourned to 7 30 pm for further action Also an unrelated public notice promotes Dr Kings New Life Pills at 25 cents a bottle from W H McKee’s drug store
Jesse Warner of Tablerstown appeared before Mayor Day this morning for drunken behavior described as his second appearance. He received a $25 fine plus costs and thirty days to recuperate in the work house, with the mayor's firm stance reflecting strong action. The item notes his view of himself as a "bad man" when drinking and warns he may avoid Athens for future drinking. Also included are brief ads for Chamberlain's tablets and an Athens Teachers Institute notice for August 2024 with instructors listed.
Chauncey July 23 Arthur Stanley 18 son of a deceased man and his West Virginia mother and stepfather suffered severe injury after leaping from a coal train near Chauncey. He was crushed, lost his left foot, then had his leg amputated between the ankle and knee at St. Francis Hospital Columbus with Jefferson Lowery.
Herbert Oxley and Charles H. Oxley announce appointment and qualification as Administrators with the will annexed for the estate of Peter Orley, deceased of Athens County Ohio. Dated June 20, 1906.
The Universalist Washington Association will meet at the McConnelsville church on September 7, 8, and 9. Members of the association will be present. A cordial invitation to all to be present.
Mr and Mrs D W Cornell of Guysville passed through Athens en route home from Dexter Meigs county after attending the funeral Sunday for Mrs Corinna Nichols who died at 79 She was a sister of Mr Cornell.
Mr. D. R. Richards, a business visitor, traveled to Columbus Tharaday for duties. He met local officials and discussed trade opportunities with several firms. The visit highlighted regional commerce ties and potential partnerships.
About a hundred workers from Logan Brick Manufacturing Company marched into town after twenty foreign laborers were hired at the clay bank. They fear a broader move to foreignize the plant and warn more may be brought in. A courthouse meeting yielded no firm action, and reports placed fifty more workers at Sugar Grove fearing limited hours.
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