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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1906
Page
2
The piece surveys state affairs and community happenings in Athens including education, road work, and local infrastructure. It notes the state college term bringing hundreds of teachers, the county considering a ten ton steam roller for pike construction, and calls for better road foundations with a pen ton roller to improve drainage and durability.
Following Governor Harris directive and a mayoral circular, most city business houses closed from 2 to 4 pm to honor the late Governor John M Pattison whose funeral was held in Milford at that hour.
Police officers Port and Bieh arrested two men on suspicion and jailed them after officers found they carried more jewelry than men of their appearance would likely possess. The detentions occurred yesterday at the county jail.
One hundred dollar reward offered for any catarrh cure Hall's Catarrh Cure is promoted as effective with internal use. Endorsements from Walding Kinnan Marvin and other Toledo druggists assert honesty and solvency of F J Cheney Co. Sale price per bottle and testimonials offered. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Report by two public accountants reviewing Ohio University finances from 1896 to 1906 cites failures in record keeping and checks on the Treasurer and Auditor. It notes missing vouchers, predated warrants, improper debt creation, and calls for centralized purchasing, proper itemization, and monthly reconciliations.
Friday column lists visits and travels of Mr and Mrs L G Worstell in Columbus Mrs Flora Price hosted by daughter Mrs B N Flowers of Lottridge guests include Miss Helen Scanlan Miss Ida Keller from Lancaster and Miss Louise Balls headed to Chillicothe for sister visit Plans and trips feature several residents visiting relatives attending hospital board meetings or taking work assignments at nearby towns including Gallipolis New Lexington and Buffalo Ohio local editors and company staff also noted among visitors is Editor Craft of the Gloucester Press and S J Gilliland of Columbus who arrived in Athens for a clerk position at Sunday Creek Company
In Guysville on June 20 J. B. Smith, a local merchant, dodges a 1800 pound bull while escaping a pigeon chase with D. W. Cornell. Witness Jerry Murphy recalls Smith tumbling from a wire fence as the bull gored his escape. The ordeal adds to Smith’s prior losses from lightning and fence damage.
Adaline Wyccuff sues Thomas Wycuff for divorce on cruelty and neglect. She seeks restoration of her maiden name and custody of three children aged two four and six. Attorney James P. Wood Jr represents the plaintiff.
The laxative effect of Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets is so agreeable and so natural that you do not realize it is the effect of a medicine. For sale by W. H. McKee Ath ens Barton Drug Co Chauncey.
One of Sugar Creek Co. best horses was electrocuted at Mine No. 210 yesterday when a mine car jumped the track and struck the animal against electrical wires causing death.
The article claims a severe cold can be broken in one or two days. It lists early symptoms such as a dry cough a runny nose and a white tongue coating and touts Chamberlain's cough remedy taken hourly on onset to counteract the cold restoring health within a day or two. Sold by W. H. McKee.
A vintage ad promoting Holister's Rocky Mountain Tea for babies. It claims the product helps babies eat sleep and grow. Available in tea or tablets for 35 cents at Cline's Pharmacy.
Marshfield June 22. Engine 2534 pulling train 60 derailed as it left the siding and rolled down a twenty foot embankment, reversing several times. Both engineer and fireman escaped uninjured. Crews worked all day to lift the engine and return it to the main track. the locomotive is damaged and will require shop repairs.
The notice proclaims DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is the best, with many imitations on the market. It claims the salve is good for burns, chaffed skin, eczema, tetter, cuts, bruises, boils and piles and endorses Cline's Pharmacy as a seller.
For sale a new five room house in Chauncey village with Lot 45 by 150 feet. CHAS MILLER Chauncey. June 7 through week.
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