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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1908
Page
4
The Messenger and Herald urges state leaders to choose a hospital superintendent on grounds of care for the insane. The editorial questions the motive of cost cutting over welfare, urging a decision that protects patients from cruelty and prioritizes humane treatment over political considerations.
The Taft notification likens government surprises to a civilian party, as bills arrive for the festivities. Judge Land’s reversal on fining a million-dollar firm over twenty-nine times its capital stock is cited as proof courts remain sane. Athens council praises its horse-powered street sweep and the city’s remarkably clean, cranially orderly streets.
The writer predicts Taft will deliver a stronger acceptance letter at Cincinnati than the Republican platform. The document is seen as a tool to rally voters for continued Republican power, a move Bryan and Gompers may resist. The tone notes summer ending and winter approaching.
The article urges students in the last week of summer school to gain inspiration for pursuing college courses. It asserts a college education is open to any determined young person, despite hardships or financial hardship.
The new tile floor in the court house draws favorable comments from taxpayers settling semi annual taxes. The upgrade aims to improve appearance and fire safety with plans to tile the third floor next year. Taft acceptance speech preview promises campaign clarity and positions on key issues. Several local residents and officials are reported in town for business and leisure, with minor rail delay from a freight wreck and union mine wage talks noted.
On Monday afternoon the citizenship applications of William Levy Joseph Wesgo and Joseph Molaro were favorably heard but postponed. They must study the laws of the country and provide witnesses meeting residency requirements. Adjournment was set until Tuesday August 3 after the hearing completed.
The Ladies Guild of the Church of Christ met at Mrs C D Eddy's home on Broad Street. With 16 members present due to threatening weather, the meeting was led by vice president Mrs M M Le Favor in the absence of President Mrs C M Clark. An elaborate program, including a play Maidens Parlorn, was postponed to August 7. Ice cream and cake will be served for 10 cents. Receipts totaled 2.75.
The Women's Baptist Home Missionary Society of Rhode Island undertakes a special project in Alaska focusing on supporting an orphanage and assisting children in need.
Court schedules a receiver hearing for William Shingler vs Winchester Coal on August 4 at Wood & Wood. Michael Shamansky naturalization approved with citizenship ceremony attended by a government civil service officer. Other applicants to be examined at 1 p m. Dismissals for want of prosecution include Ninon and McBroom vs Silber and Minnie Shaw vs Reynolds. State of Ohio cases noted against Kelly Scott Hicks Reeder.
Ezekiel E. Gillilan sues William P. Hoisington in common pleas court over an acid-throwing incident from last year. Gillilan seeks $2,000 for damage to his good name after Hoisington caused his arrest and charging him with throwing caustic substance at a horse. trial earlier this year ended in Gillilan's acquittal.
Mrs Emma Whaley and grandson Clarence Sweeney visited Athens relatives last Thursday. Edward Vorhes of Nelsonville stays with kin in Albany. Miss Oda Gillogly remains ill. Numerous local families hosted and visited in Albany Wilkesville Buckeye Lake outings and social events noted. Grand social gathering at the Grangers ice cream social drew a large crowd.
Early in the week Sam Longley an umpire from Nelsonville now in the Ohio State league was attacked in Marion. Two Marion players jumped him causing a disgraceful scene. The aggressors were heavily fined.
Wives would lack topics for conversation if they did not steer husbands away from smoking and eating quickly. The quip suggests chat topics arise from managing habits. It reflects social norms of discussing manners and household routines to foster dialogue.
The University Summer School students assembled on the Carnegie Library steps at 10:20 AM for a group photograph. A large crowd of students and faculty filled the steps and campus, making a formidable sight as they posed for the image.
The document itemizes county expenditures including salaries for commissioners and school examiners, payments for diplomas and medical witnesses, election expenses, repairs and supplies, and various service and labor costs. Notable items include Boxwell commencement credits, tile floor work, clock repairs, and burial costs for a deceased soldier.
Fire Marshal Rogers reports barbed wire fences triple livestock losses from lightning. Farm mutuals find grounding fences can prevent two thirds of such stock deaths, shown by Iowa and Illinois cases. Delegates note widespread benefit and high ruin in ungrounded structures.
In Kansas lightning melted 500 feet of fence wire. Officials of Western mutual companies respond to this department with grounding methods. Varied wire sizes from No 14 barbed to 3 8 inch iron rod and ground-wire spacing from 64 to 590 feet. Near corners posts require a ground wire and John Emanuel of North Bend Nebraska prescribes eight foot galvanized No 12 wire driven three feet into the ground with the upper end above the post. He says staple the wire to every fence wire and notes boys can make the holes, a task better than hunting.
Heat and summer fatigue described, with claims that Dr Shoop Restorative quickly improves nerves mood appetite digestion and organ strength. It promises noticeable relief within 48 hours and encourages testing the product sold by Henderson Crider Drug Co.
In the general synod of the Lutheran Church 124 congregations have increased the salaries of their pastors in the past year.
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