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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1908
Page
8
The copy promotes asbestos sheet construction for roofing or siding, emphasizing durability and no painting. It notes sheets embedded in asphalt for protection and recommends booklet R for roofing information, urging postal request.
Local residents visit relatives and attend church services while others host guests from nearby towns. People from Nye Town to Athens and beyond are mentioned in passing as visitors, workers, or attendees at events, with a note about a baseball game and a Knights of the Golden Park ice cream social.
Miss Elsie Wharton vacationing from Moline, HI trains as a nurse and reports Mineral wins in three games: Dowler Ridge 8 7 Mineral, Big Leaguers Hospits 11 4 Mineral, Marshfield Second Leaguers 10 6 Marshfield. Rains hinder hay harvesters yet locals count on bumper crops and Taft election. Sherman McDaniel of Carbondale reports 48 sheep killed by a neighbor last Friday.
George Baufer travels to Parkersburg after his father's death. Mrs. Lanna Trout of Inghams shows signs of improvement. Fred Beverage of Marshfield suffers an eye injury from a foul ball during a game. spectators note a calmer atmosphere as conditions return to normal.
Coldest sodas and the coolest room in town advertised by Rider Drug Co in Henderson. The note emphasizes refreshing beverages and a comfortable interior as summer heat rises.
Charles McBee traveled to Chillicothe for the engineers examination. Frank Coleman holds hopeful recovery prospects. Burgess Wade and family visited relatives in Morgan County. Ransom Sutton and wife from Cannaville visited Isaac Sutton and family. Mrs. Nora Smith and her son Roy of Stewart visited brother G. P. Jarvis and wife. I. W. Wilson and Will Wright were guests Saturday. Lonnie Morrison and wife hosted guests including Mrs. Jane Morrison Mollie and Mr. and Mrs. Murmet Kinade with Octa of Stewart. George Margins from Sugar Creek visited his father. Will Hill of Federal and Mr. Guyer were business visitors Monday. Pleasant Davis spent Sunday with John Grosvenor on Musun.
Mrs Hiram Manefield and daughters hosted guests at Lt Calverts home while Chet Bean visited relatives in Athens and Glouster. Guests arrived from Colorado and near Guysville. A Saturday ball game between Canaan and Guysville ended tied 5 to 5 after nine innings with extra innings likely.
Guysville triumphed 6 to 0 in the eleventh inning as fans hail the home team. The visiting players, praised for refined manners and skill, are remembered alongside reports of a fatal drowning, a wedding permit, a teacher’s obituary, and community notices from Athens to Parkersburg.
An old home remedy claims quick relief for piles by mixing six drops of Carbolic Acid one dram zinc oxide ointment and a nightly application. The notice urges saving the recipe and asserts it has cured thousands.
Prof. George W. Caldwell principal of the Waverly high school drowned Saturday evening in the Seloto river near Waverly while swimming with two companions Malcolm Douglas and Carl Johnson. The men heard his cries but could not save him as cramps overtook him during the bath. Workmen on a nearby county bridge under construction witnessed the tragedy.
Adam Rhoades aged 74 a Pickaway county man confined at the state hospital for about two years reportedly hanged himself with a sheet between Sunday night and this morning. Coroner Lane will hold an inquest and the body will be sent to his home this afternoon.
Mr and Mrs George Dickerson of Coraopolis Pennsylvania arrived this Saturday and will stay several days at the noted local hostelry as they tour the area and visit friends.
Universalists plan a three day session of the Washington Association of Universalists at Little Hocking from July 31 to August 3. The program includes sermons, meetings, schools, and services led by Rev. E. B. Coil and Rev. Brainard with reports from churches and committees and a basket dinner on Sunday.
An old advertisement touts Dean's Regulats at 25 cents per box promising to correct the liver tone the stomach and cure constipation. It frames a lazy liver as a source of chronic dyspepsia and general weakness.
A historical remark notes that after a certain age, women are urged to join prayer meetings or attend the sick and dying, with social life shrinking if they do not engage. The comment reflects pressures on women's roles in community and religious life.
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