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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1909
Page
3
Logan visitors and Logan area residents hosted and visited in Athens. Notables include Mr. J Haliday Cline and Dr. John Sprague on business. Postmaster Bert Watkins in Chauncey. Miss Marie Rowan from Hattiesburg visiting college friends. numerous couples hosting relatives and friends from Bucyrus Columbus Cincinnati and Zaleski.
Mr William M Kurtz a business visitor in Columbus today Miss Olivera Clymer of Middleport is the guest of Miss Inez Logan Miss Bereda Lonas of Stewart is guest of her cousin Miss Ada m Attorney M Johnson was in Trimble today looking after some legal business MPy GD Sutton of Flora Meigs Yaty8 the guest of his sons Ba Button today Migs Minnie OBleness of Marietta
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Lovell of Marie a and Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Lovell of Amesville were guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. B. S. N. Hobson.
Max Hayes of Cleveland district organizer for the International Typographical Union was in the city last Saturday and organized a local union.
Mr I C Crouch traveled to Trimble to see his nephew Marshall Herbert Parker who was seriously cut while making an arrest Saturday. Other local visits include Miss Mildred Francis returning from Crafton Pa and guests at the Woods and Jones households.
Miss Eva Martin spent Saturday and Sunday in Nelsonville. Mr. T. J. West of Cincinnati was visiting in Athens over Sunday.
Miss Olive McKinstry of Akron visits cousin Miss Bessie Cline while James Gipnan and daughter Mary spend a few days in Columbus. Numerous guests, travelers and locals are listed including Miss Angeline Knox on vacation, Etta Stephan and Clara of Martetts, and others visiting families in Parkersburg Sharpsburg Beverley Coolville Chillicothe and Cemetery Street.
Adrian Georgia woman Lena V. Henry describes relief from weakness and disease after trying Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. The ad touts the remedy as standard for female ills including displacements inflammation ulceration fibroid tumors irregularities pains and nervous prostration and invites readers to write Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for confidential free advice.
Mr. Frank Stout and Mr. Sherman Dills of Parkersburg visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Roach. They left in the evening for Detroit Michigan on a brief business trip.
Mrs F B Wolfe and family returned from Carpenter after visiting Mr and Mrs James Hanlin. George Tippie, stock buyer now in Clark County, visits sister Mrs John James with daughter Ona Kephart and granddaughter Huth. Bingman siblings from Athens and Chauncey attend Ella May Bingman and James Wesley Frost wedding at the bride’s Frost home Saturday night. Joseph Phillips and family plus J L Jones return from a three week trip visiting Huntington and Rich.
The Circles of Columbus program at the A I U auditorium featured Floyd Stanley Crooks, a notable Athens singer and Ohio University alum, performing She Alone Charmeth My Sadness. Miss Mabel Rathburn joined in Mozart selections while Henry Alfred Preston and Burton Clyde DeWitte led the vocal and piano pieces.
Mrs. Elia May Smith lauds the Twilight concert at the university chapel featuring Grace Hamilton Morrey and John Newman Hizey. Morrey captivates with rich tone and flawless technique in works from MacDowell to Ride of the Valkyries, while Hizey earns an enthusiastic reception with Hungarian-influenced interpretations. The writer notes the concerts aid OSU students, though downtown audiences often outnumber students.
State inspector of mines George B. Harrison orders mine superintendents operators and foremen to use shields on mining machines and prohibits non copper tamping tools. He cites a new statute with a $100 fine for violations and directs inspectors to swear out affidavits and arrest.
Ohio wheat has improved to about 78 percent of average yield per acre, aided by better spring conditions after a poor start. The June report notes smaller seeded area and prior year's harvest data, with oats at 91 percent and barley around 70–82 percent of average. Hog cholera appears in some areas but no widespread epidemic.
An old advertisement promotes Hot Springs Blood Remedy claiming purifying salts and organic treatments for blood and skin diseases. Priced at $1.00 per bottle, with the dealer listed as Henderson-Caider Drug Co. Refuse to worry and achieve one of the greatest things in the world.
Expenditures listed include Trimble Village transfers from John and Eliga Cox to Mary A. Duffee for 14 acres at $448, Bank of Athens home order 6282 $4, First National Bank home orders 6300 and 5295 totaling $23.20, and Dr. J L Henry as epileptic case witness for $3.00.
Transfers show Ovro Eddy to John Grannon for part of out lot 27 at $150, then John Grannon to Thomas Mooney for the same property at $65. Names include John F. Biddle and Athens National Bank with small sums, Bank of Athens election order numbers listed.
A sales letter offers a plan to boost earnings by 50 to 100 percent in months. It cites examples like Ada Menafee gaining a $1 450 salary and Win Dobbyn as a rising country figure. Prospective readers are urged to mail age and education details to Columbus for a personal return and guidance.
Mr Kurias Campbell and Mr Moore of Athens visited to locate a well off the Israel Yeater farm with drilling expected to start in two weeks. The Citizens Telephone Co. met Tuesday. David Wise of Conguill and KC Taylor left for Eilenburg. Carl Yagala hosted guests after months in Sheboygan Falls. Mrs Edna Thacker of Junction visited her mother H McKinn. The Mill Co. bought cars of corn and wheat. Wm Ross moved to Guyvilte for renovations. A Davis found a land turtle bearing initials P W 1879 on his farm.
An Atchison young man engaged to be married fears relentless gossip about his wedding plans. He predicts that once married he will face little or no future complaints, with friends and neighbors possibly still talking at times about his status as a husband.
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