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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1907
Page
6
Commencement exercises at HGH School in Ohio feature graduates and faculty. The brief program highlights speakers and a traditional procession marking the completion of the academic year.
Dr Henry W Elson presented diplomas to thirty one graduates at Ewing Hall in a crowded auditorium despite threatening weather. Dr Herman S Piatt challenged students to prove themselves in life with questions of ability knowledge and character. The program included choral numbers soloist performances and a benediction by Rev George Washington.
Larrys Bulletin urges travelers to trace Ohio Central route via Charleston and Richmond to the Jamestown Exposition. It promotes Comfort and time as key travel factors with low excursion rates long limits stopovers and flexible routes. Through trains without changing cars begin June 30 with agents for details.
Mrs Herbert Bean was the guest of friends in Columbus Sunday. Charles Mooney and BE C Burch field were Columbus visitors. Walter H Ireland of Chillicothe guest here Sunday. Miss Nelle Pickering visiting Mrs Lena ater Roush at Hillsboro. Miss Emma Woodyard spent Sunday in Albany with Mr and Mrs Charles Bean. Mr and Mrs George M Merritt of Columbus were guests of Judge J M Wood Sunday. Mr and Mrs John Lax of Nelsonville were guests of Mr and Mrs Jake Sherman Sunday. Hon J L Carpenter spending days at Carpenter farming interests. Miss Lucile Henry returned Sunday from Windsor sisters in Marietta. Mr and Mrs Harvey Ramsey had no guests Sunday. Mr and Mrs David Sweeney of Columbus. Misses Bertha and Pearl McVay leave New York July 3 for Europe. Miss Mary Heston and Miss Flossie Krishbaum of Glouster guest of Miss Neta Diltz Saturday. Mr Fred Scott of Columbus spent Sunday in Athens with his parents. Miss Mary Treadley returned Sunday from visit with Dr and Mrs Thomas L Lowe in Union City Indiana. Miss Anna Landis, bookkeeper in Columbus, spent Saturday and Sunday with her parents in this city.
North Bound trains from Athens depart 5:50 am and 4:55 pm with several Athens arrival times listed. Southern routes include 10:30 am and 6:15 pm arrivals and a Sunday 10 pm. Rates to Columbus, Pomeroy, and Jackson shown. June fishing rates to Michigan and a Home-seeker excursion on June 18. National Electric Medical Association event in Los Angeles June 10 11 12. International Endeavor events in Seattle June 20 to July 11. Jamestown Exposition runs until November 80th. F.S. Bean and J.P. Blackwood listed as agents.
Social notes detail visits from Edward Gillian of Wheeling and sisters in Wheeling and Amesville, with guests from Parkersburg Pittsburg and Hillsdale. Local residents host relatives and friends as Emma Baer leaves Athens High School for Hillsdale. The missionary tea at the Presbyterian church is planned for June 11 at 2 30 p m at Miss Minnie Duckler’s home.
Mrs. E W Hodge returns home to Greenville Pa after visiting cousin Mrs Jeannette Barker. Gus Mills and son Floyd of Columbus stay with D C Landis on Stimpson avenue. Mrs C B Humphrey and Edith from Pittsburg attend Rosa and Dr William Mac Farland wedding on June 12. Clara Bancroft of the University is in Colum for a few days. Blanche Howe visits Mr and Mrs Swaim in M Mayor Gilbert B Day visits brother Jesse Day in Charleston W Va.
The Sunday Creek and other Hocking district mines run steadily and show improved coal prospects for the season. Insulated powder cans promised by the Sunday Creek company reduce danger. shipments from Sugar Creek await arrival. Lakes shipping has begun strongly with Great Lakes ice break and dock activity at peak.
Athens resident G. J. Eddy reports backache and frequent night urination improved after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He bought at Henderson's Drug Store, noticed relief in days, and remains "practically free" from trouble. Sold by all dealers, 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY is sole US agent. Remember the name Doan's.
A partnership change sees J. E. Carpenter take full control of Brooks and Carpenter livery on June 10. Brooks retires from active partnership and sells half interest to Martin Duffy, both investors. New management plans to retire old rigs and replace with new conveyances for first class service.
The J C G club gathered Saturday afternoon at Miss Hazel McKinstry's West State home with six members present. Guests Mildred Hastings Bessie Cline Mary Angell Effie Silvas and Ruth Baker attended. Ethel Pickering won the penny contest and a box of Lowney's candies.
Mr and Mrs D C Cornwell received word Saturday that their daughter Mrs Eugene Tuttle of Jersey City N J is gravely ill If her condition worsens Mr Cornwell will go to her bedside
John Searls aged about 45 was crushed by a 4 by 9 foot slate fall at Sunday Creek mine No 210 on Friday afternoon. He was loaded with his partner John Wyckoff when the rock dropped, his injuries initially feared fatal but his physician says recovery possible if no internal damage develops.
A short reflecting column on social behavior and perception. It notes vanity and civility in everyday talk, praising or criticizing by implication while wryly observing gendered notions of worth, advertising, and money. The piece uses aphorisms about honesty and flattery.
An advertisement touts Dean's Ointment as a remedy for hives eczema itch and salt rheum. It claims to cure the most obstinate cases and urges readers to buy from any drugstore.
Athens public school teachers enjoyed a pleasant Saturday evening hosted by Miss Mayme Williams Miss Zella Foster and Miss May Connor at Mrs George Coe’s home. The event honored Miss Margaret Diltz who is to be married in June with music and games.
The Retail Clerks Union held its monthly meeting in Ullom block rooms. Nancy Dew was initiated into the organization. After business, members played pedro and flinch at six tables with books as prizes. Alice Hearn won pedro, Bob Baird won flinch, consolation prizes went to Frank Wise and Miss Knox, followed by a two course buffet luncheon.
Mr Joseph Mash of Charleston and Miss Mary Stevens of Albany were wed in the probate office at 2 pm. Squire Beverage performed the ceremony in his Waterloo style. The couple plans a honeymoon trip to Pittsburgh this evening.
The Board of Education met in adjourned session to close the year's business. Members Worstell McDougall Cope land Mrs Palmer and Supt Coultrap attended. The new four year high school course begins next year with summer school and tutors as options to shorten the period. Bills approved include payrolls and janitors, plus Ohio University payment for a teacher.
Mrs. W. B. Lawrence and Mrs. E. R. Walker hosted a shower and reception for Miss Rosa Minear Friday evening from seven to ten. The receiving line included Mrs. Lawrence Mrs. Walker Mrs. Humphrey and Miss Minear as the orchestra directed by Prof. Hizey played. About ninety ladies attended with out of town guests including Edith Humphrey Pittsburg Pa Mrs. George M. Hickle Lancaster Ohio Mrs. C H Bromley Cleveland Ohio Miss Florence Sackett Columbus Ohio Miss Marie Downing Dayton Ohio and Miss Byard Uliom Germantown Pa.
The county commissioners approved the annual tax levy for 1907 totaling 11.35 mills a reduction from 11.355 mills in 1906. A five tenths mill special tax was set June 5 for restoring the old South Bridge with the contract to be let June 22 as flood damages were addressed.
Buff reports Viola Snyder returned ten dollars of misused pension funds. Viola was pursued after eloping with Robert Snyder and fleeing to unknown places. Buff says Viola lives in Beaumont while Robert, the groom, works cutting railroad ties and hopes for more restitution.
In Norfolk on June 10 special report, fifty guests slept through a deadly blaze that destroyed the Princess Anne hotel. Two servants are missing and the Norfolk and Southern railroad depot also burned. Loss exceeds $100,000.
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