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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1888
Page
5
A chaotic notice from Cincinnati promotes a product Specttte as a guaranteed cure for appetite and mentions a Golden District address for full particulars. The ad alleges the substance works once ingested and suggests readers can obtain it from a local distributor.
Athens county items report a hailstorm adding to weather variance with spring temperaments. News covers elm repairs, a coal shaft cost claim, and school and church events. Many names and places, including M. E. church, James A. Palmer, Foley market, and Athens High School.
Mr Flea Armstrong near Hib bardsville bought Lapwing from a famed Kentucky breeder. The eight months old stallion, cost a top price, is sired by Onward with Nashville and Tennessee in the dam line and Leviathian as the 3d dam, signaling high speed-track potential.
Attendees at the Presbyterian church social at the residence of Mrs Cephas Carpenter and Mrs J E Weidman praised the gathering as one of the most pleasurable in the society’s history. The hostesses were lauded for their renowned generous hospitality.
A large petition from Athens asks the Legislature to pass a bill reducing railroad passenger rates to two cents per mile. The piece notes many railroads in the state report losses at current charges and suggests lawmakers are not yet ready to act.
An observer notes a sharp cold spell in the area with temperatures within four degrees of the all time low for this winter. Meteorological records show the mercury dipping to near four degrees below zero at 4 a.m. Tuesday, marking one of the coldest moments in the current winter.
The newsletter credits Private Secretary Kurtz for a pamphlet copy of Governor Foraker's speech at the Lincoln Club Banquet in Columbus. It predicts the document will become a leading campaign tool and plans to publish it in full in the Messenger.
Furnacemen at Buchtel and other local furnaces are working under a ten percent reduction in their wages. The cut follows a proposition recently made by employers, which the workers deem just given current circumstances.
In the suit by Captain George Snowden against Columbus and Hocking Valley Coal and Iron Co. for injuries from an October 1886 accident at Buchtel Furnace, a Common Pleas jury yesterday returned a $5000 verdict in favor of the plaintiff. Those who weeks earlier claimed a permanent spinal fracture now sit quietly back, as freezing weather this week eases fears of spring floods that had troubled them.
A cautious critique of proprietary baking powders argues they should not be treated as medical remedies. It warns against daily phosphates and alum in foods, noting the body already dispenses excess phosphates and that pure leavening should vesiculate flour without altering its properties.
Townsman J L Pickering loses his long held position on the Hocking Valley railroad postal route. An inexperienced Democrat from Logan replaces him, illustrating alleged civil service hostility under the current administration.
Rev. O. J. Nave, former pastor of the Athens M. E. church, after leaving the town, is said to have combined worldly matters with spiritual duties and accumulated wealth through favorable real estate investments in Omaha, Nebraska.
Arrangements are being made by Mr Jas A Miller and J J Lane of Buchtel to start a new Republican paper at Nelsonville. Miller, with extended newspaper experience, will bring practical knowledge essential to the undertaking.
Mr W H Staley returns to Ath following a six weeks absence in Wisconsin spent in promoting a Cleveland boot and shoe firm. He refutes a local paper report that he planned to resume business in the town.
Mr Sam Sommer will depart Athens at week’s end for Baltimore Philadelphia and New York City to purchase a large and carefully chosen stock of spring goods not previously seen in Athens in a single season.
A three year old daughter of Mrs Eunice Howison near Glen Ebon died after her dress caught fire at a grate last Saturday afternoon. The incident occurred a mile southeast of the village and she died the next morning. Elias Graham’s family grocery, opposite Edwards House, continues strong business with a wide line of groceries at low prices.
An advertisement explains deafness results from inflamed Eustachian tube and catarrh. It claims Hall's Catarrh Cure restores normal function and offers one hundred dollar reward for proven cures, urging readers to send for testimonials.
The Diamond Match Factory in Akron is linked to a distressing illness among female workers who pack wretches. Phosphomecrosis causes jaw bone decay requiring partial or total jaw removal in several cases. In Buchtel, Hiram Snyder is bound over for criminal assault on Bunk Smith’s wife amid reports of whooping cough.
Mr Wm H Mooney closed his term of school at the Dean schoolconse on 24th alt. Mr Henry France of Big Run died after a brief illness on the 12th alt aged 82. A social was held at the writer's residence last Saturday. A hay stack burned at Hi ram Burden's on Saturday 18th alt. His wife found a missing pocket book with $158 and papers in the feed trough. Frank Cook of Beebe is under a doctor's care. Sickness persists in the township. Rumor claims a saloon may open at Stewart, met with local opposition. Rome township shows three to one for township local option. Cc D.
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