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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1895
Page
7
The Messenger and Herald outlines advertising rates and policies. Rates cover one column to four inches with yearly and monthly terms, with discounts for longer contracts. Reading notices and obituaries are per line, and legal notices follow state law. The piece also lists local society news and upcoming events in Athens and surrounding areas.
Major and Mrs J M Welch celebrated their twenty fifth anniversary at home on Saturday June 15 in Athens. Guests from Columbus Cincinnati Sedalia and distant towns attended the quiet event with lilies roses and a large punch bowl mediation in the library. An elegant supper followed with Mr and Mrs Welch receiving many tasteful gifts and best wishes for continued prosperity.
G. A. R. encampment at Sandusky elected officers for next year with Charles Townsend of Athens department commander and other posts filled by Kissinger, Weber, Reefy, and Place. Columbus to host next annual encampment. Towns end adjutant on Townsend’s staff. Athens to house headquarters. A brick-plant inspection by Evanston, Ohio, favors Athens brick for paving. Wedding announced for John E. Snow and Fanny E. Rose on June 27 in Athens.
The first class hardware stock assigned to Geo. W. Ullom is being sold at a price sale by the assignee Frank Goldsberry. Potential buyers are urged to call at Ullom's old stand to purchase hardware items cheaply. This presents a rare bargain opportunity.
Marriage licenses listed for J. Eugene Williams and Cora E B Mohler, Joseph E. Irwin and Rose Gormley. The Circuit Convention of the Epworth League is in Trimble today and tomorrow June 20 and 21 with recitations papers songs and addresses by local and other talent. The League urges attendance.
The readers are told that catarrh is the only disease with a guaranteed cure through Hall's Catarrh Cure. Presented as constitutional, it is taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces, build the constitution, and assist nature in healing. Proponents offer one hundred dollars for any failing case and invite testimonials from F. J. Henry & Co. Toledo, Ohio, with druggists selling the remedy.
Dr Price’s Cream Baking Powder won the Highest Award and Diploma at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition and the Highest Award and Gold Medal at the 1904 California Midwinter Fair. Judges praised strongest leavening power purity and general excellence.
Mr Carson of McArthur was Sunday guest of Miss Reta Brace in this place, sharing hospitality and conversation during a social call.
An advertisement touts the pleasant effect and reliable sally of Califor liquid laxative and syrup of figs as a preferred remedy for all conditions. It advises consumers to seek the true article with the California Fig Syrup Co name printed near the package bottom.
F Stauver and Co advertise granulated sugar and white sugar by weight with prices per pound or per bushel. Coffee Arduckles Lion Cordova 22 cents per pound, tea 10 to 40 cents per pound, beans 2.40 or 2.00 per bushel, flour 3.75 to 4.25 per barrel, canned goods 5 to 20 cents, apples 20 cents per gallon can, potatoes 0.75 per bushel, apricots 8 per pound, crackers 6 for 25 cents. Emphasizes low prices across stock and urges customers to shop without paying extortionate prices.
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