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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1909
Page
4
The text describes publication details for The Twice A Week Messenger based in Athens Ohio with its editor and manager contact, mailing policy, and post office registration from 1909. It includes local commentary about corn growing weather and community references to Athens residents and historic sentiment toward veterans and locals.
The article centers on a June wedding scene with the bride as the focal point. It notes the groom exists but will be mentioned only indirectly, emphasizing the bride’s prominence in the event.
Preliminary reports from the principal western rail roads indicate traffic conditions for May are 15 to 30 percent better than in the same month a year ago, signaling improved freight and passenger movement.
A Brush runabout will be given away to a winner chosen at an event on the evening of July 6. Contestant need only devote a small daily effort outside business hours to be eligible, and hundreds of friends stand ready to assist the winner.
Secretary Meyer trims naval estimates by ten million dollars despite orders to retrench. Submarines and torpedo boats are omitted and cuts hit minor bureaus to keep construction of two dreadnoughts on track.
The Supreme Court ruled Kentucky’s local option law unconstitutional as it conflicted with federal interstate commerce power. Rapress fined $60 for liquor delivery to Hart county resident. shipment cited from Indiana and Tennessee, not local. Delaware incorporation of United States Dry Goods Company with $51 million capital stock discussed. John Claffin leads Associated Merchants and controls H. B. Claflin assets.
A Chicago statistician notes prosperity’s feverish rush increased railway accident deaths in 1908. The report says the higher rate is due to speed and crowds while unauthorized trespassers and children remain a deadly, steady hazard, blamed on both railways and public behavior.
A safety bulletin accuses U S railways and governments of neglecting trespass warnings and protective laws. It notes 6680 rail trespass deaths last year and 940 non trespass fatalities, while railways spend millions to elevate tracks across a 230000 mile network, with Chicago costs seen at 50 million and 60 million more planned.
The article argues that human reproduction should follow breeding standards used for livestock, noting most parents overlook physical and mental traits of offspring. It contends many couples marry on sentiment, producing children with unaddressed deficiencies, weakening the race. It questions mothers cleaning house before sons are grown.
Export cattle and cattle products cite prices from Buffalo to Cincinnati with steers cows heifers and bulls listed. Sheep lambs hogs and poultry rates shown alongside grain quotes for wheat corn oats and lard across Chicago Pittsburg Cleveland and Cincinnati markets with notable ranges and tag values.
Pittsburg Pa May 1 190? W A Spencer 40 a traveling salesman for John H Gobey & Co wholesale lumber dealers of Columbus Ohio was found dead in his Colonial Annex hotel room. An empty bottle beside him had contained carbolic acid. He had stayed at the hotel about two months and was asked to see the manager about a board bill. He went to his room and was not seen again alive. No money was found on him when taken to the morgue.
Hugo Friedman, 45, a traveling salesman from Baltimore Maryland, hanged himself with a strap in a closet at the Claypool hotel in Indianapolis. A maid initially believed he was hiding behind the door and left the body hanging until noon. Friedman had been in poor business condition and had just received a company telegram summoning him home. An Elk, local lodge members arranged sending the body to Baltimore.
Berlin May 31 Count Zeppelin guided his airship from Friedrichshafen to Bitterfeld over 466 miles without landing ending near 22 hours in the air. Crowds awaited a Berlin landing at Tempelhof with the emperor and empress present but the craft returned to Friedrichshafen delaying celebrations. Zeppelin led the journey in Zeppelin I built to replace the earlier craft destroyed last year.
Six passengers and engineer Homer Turner were slightly injured when a Central of Georgia passenger train derailed near Martindale Georgia. The incident occurred as the train went off the track causing minor injuries to those aboard. Local responders and railway officials investigated the cause.
A testimonial from Mrs. D. C. Landis of Athens Ohio extols Dean's Kidney Pills as curing kidney complaints and easing back pains along with related symptoms. She credits three boxes with improving health and recommends the remedy, noting Henderson Crider Drug Co as the local dealer and Foster Milburn Co as national agents. The ad promotes the brand name and price of fifty cents.
The Plains, Ohio, team crushed Doanville 8 to 0 on Sunday. Curran starred at bat while the local outfielders handled nine chances without an error. Nagle pitched a grand game as Plains extends its valley standing and issues a standing challenge to any rival.
The record shows multiple AL and NL matchups with detailed box scores including hits runs and pitchers across Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Kansas City Milwaukee Columbus Indianapolis Toledo and Minneapolis St Paul. The notes list batteries players and partial inning results for several games.
For Croup and colds use Dr Seth Hart Croup Syrup as a standard remedy. Baseball box score notes Bases Off Dixon 6 Innings pitched Dixon 6 Hunter 2 Hits Off Dixon 6 Off Hunter 3 Struck out Dixon 4 Hunter 1 Nagle 4 Passed ball Day Umpire Fierce Time 1 40. Preventics candy cold cure tableta advertised as safe for colds and grip sold by dealers.
The sophomore class entertained the junior and senior students with a Friday evening lawn party on asylum grounds from 7 to 10. About sixty attendees enjoyed games and light refreshments including a lemonade well. Chaperones were Miss Foster, Miss Baer, Miss Conner, and Miss Dowd.
Supt and Mrs B O Skinner hosted a party Saturday for the Athens high school senior class and faculty featuring progressive name games, charades, and decoration day favors. Phi Delta Theta hosted an informal party at President Ellis home with cards music and dancing. The History Club of Ohio University, entertained by Prof Thomas Hoover, awarded Miss Edith McMillin a bronze medal for a Revolution essay and heard Prof Hoover speak on The Uses of American History with musical interludes and refreshments.
John Deye of Goldwin Michigan suffered a running ulcer for twelve years and paid doctors over 400 dollars with no relief. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve reportedly healed the ulcer and cured him. Also advertised for pimples boils eczema salt rheum piles burns cracks and cuts. 25 cents at McKee’s Drug Store.
The Ohio Department of Agriculture issues its first complete monthly bulletin outlining crop conditions across the state. Secretary A P Sandles invites farmers to subscribe by sending addresses to Columbus, noting new feedstuff analyses and fertilizer data, plus emphasis on fruit growing and San Jose scale control. He encourages public correspondence and pledges staff attentiveness.
Sunday activities include Nell Earith returning home after a two week visit in Athens. A crowd from this place attended the ball game at Chauncey. The locals won their seventh game by defeating Sugar Creek 3 to 2.
A humorous verse decorates a local option debate with prohibition era allusions. A speaker jokes about toasting without alcohol to avoid fines, jail, or bootlegging labels, referencing Ben Jonson and a flirtation with a drugstore clerk as an alternate intoxication.
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