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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1875
Page
2
Doctor Angier, visiting Athens, will deliver a lecture on Enthusiasm next Wednesday at the Presbyterian Church. Reports praise his power and learning, noting a large attentive audience and strong reception in Charleston with invitations to a future return during the Legislature.
The county faces severe weather harming fruit trees while Charles A. Sheldon offers young trees at his Athens nursery with transplant options cheaper than distant suppliers. He notes Mt.9 trees thrived better locally. call at Sheldon & Sons Grocery in Athens or the nursery by South Bridge for orders and advice. Also a February 1875 Athens post office notice lists letters waiting, to be claimed within four weeks or sent to the dead letter office.
The Athens County Institute will meet in Athens starting March 22 1875 for one week. Hon T W Harvey and Hon C B Smart with other instructors will attend. Opening Monday at 1 oclock pm with several lectures each evening and county examination on Saturday the 27th.
A local notice highlights price contrasts for abdominal supporters and tru res with Donnan and Pickering's Drug Store offering half the city dealer price. It mentions new ladies and children's shoes at Hibbard's, eye glasses with gold rims, and the savings on tea at Pickering Bon. It notes tariffs not raising tea prices and Shel on & Son’s groceries offering value on a dollar item.
Zenner's advertises ready made clothing and ladies dress goods to clear spring inventories while Mrs. K. K. Golden's Confectionery and Restaurant notes steady confectionery arrivals for a growing trade. A local note from J. M. Case in Athens Ohio warns a thief about a watch dog after a prior potato theft.
15 yards of Calico for one dollar at S R Hibbard's. J F Wilkes successor to Frank Root at the old Crippen corner this week received large city invoices of confectionery goods and a general assortment of fresh family groceries. Fresh bulk oysters daily by express. Lunches served to order. Call when you come to town.
Notice records a sale of Undertaking branch to J K Van Bibber and asks debtors to settle. It also lists ads for jeans patterns at Hibbard's, land ads by B and M, tailoring services at John W Brown's, Schwefel Reading Room meeting on March 2, and Zenner & Co selling winter stock to make room for spring invoices with bankrupt prices.
Prices for wheat corn oats and seeds listed for Athens Ontario with various per bush figures. Baltimore market reports show beef cattle hogs and sales with receipts of two thousand head and a downward trend in prices for common stock while good quality held steady.
East Liberty buyers push to hold last week’s cattle prices with varied quotes. Better Grade stock from Philadelphia and New York shows mid to upper range while middling lots fall in value.
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