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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1909
Page
6
Advertises Hyomei as a quick catarrh cure with a money back guarantee from Henderson-Crider Drug Co. The complete outfit includes a pocket inhaler, bottle of Hyomei, and dropper for 1 with extra bottle 50 cents. It claims antiseptic eucalyptus air heals respiratory ailments without stomach dosing.
The Modern Woodmen of America district meeting will be held here next Tuesday March 9 with Hackberry Camp hosting delegates from six counties Ath ens Meigs Gallia Vinton Hocking and Perry. National Lecturer George W Kiley will give a free lecture on fraternalism at the Opera House Tuesday evening. District deputy W G Womiack of Chillicothe inspected the local lodge Monday night and will stay for the meeting.
Lancaster March 3 torch Hill Oil Company formed with $50,000 capital by W F P O Gara Thomas Vricker C A Young A Wi Kiefaber and others from Lancaster and Pleasantville. Leases cover 1000 acres in southern Ohio and large holdings in West Virginia. West Virginia wells to be supplied by another company. Directors to meet in few days. plus note of Kochensparger wells near Windsor and Morgan counties and a Windsor township discovery at 450 feet with initial estimate ten barrels daily.
The Tn Society History Club gathers Saturday at 2 o clock with Mrs Elmer Golden for the afternoon meeting. The Young ladies Mission of the Presbyterian church will meet Friday at 3 30 in the chapel. PD A RR chapter changes March 20 program to an ancestral symposium. members must contribute. Miss Mokhinstry honored with a farewell supper as she prepares to leave for Terre Haute Indiana. About twenty guests attended with games and a late supper.
The Equal Suffrage Association met Monday afternoon with Mrs. N. Holson presiding as the meeting drew the year’s largest attendance. Following programs, the annual election chose Mrs. Hobson as president, Mrs. Claassen as vice president, Mrs. Friberger as secretary, Mrs. Jennings as press secretary, and Mrs. Jeune J. Frame as treasurer.
A Tuesday social season highlights anniversary and birthday celebrations. About twenty five ladies surprised Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Elder with a china gift set at their home for their twentieth wedding anniversary, followed by a four course luncheon. Higley Circle held its annual meeting at Mrs. Wickham’s home with officer elections and solos by Edith Eaton. Mrs Planche M. Washington marked her birthday with a parsonage surprise party attended by about sixty friends, speeches and refreshments, while the church youth presented the pastor with social proceeds last Thursday. Mrs. J. Howard Johnson and Miss Jennie Ewing hosted an afternoon of states and presidents guessing with a red ribbon contest and a three-course luncheon.
The event featured pink and white decorations with carnations, a luncheon, and a tasting contest using pink silk bags containing cookery items. Miss Willanna Riggs won the guessing contest while a long list of ladies and gentlemen attended the evening gathering.
An archival notice promotes Dean's Regulats as a laxative solution. It claims the product relaxes the bowels, tones the stomach, and cures constipation, advising readers to ask a druggist for them.
At a meeting of the Amalgamated Association and the Western Bartron association the conciliation board agreement was abrogated. The agreement dated from 1901 has had two boards act since. It was emphatically denied that any wage reductions were considered.
In New York on March 4 the government and American Sugar Refining Co. rest their cases in the antom[a]se duties dispute over weight shortages. Counsel summing up as the jury nears decision.
Washington reports Miss Mary McCann will receive a gold lifesaving medal at the Capitol in March. The then-young rescuer, recovering from scarlet fever, saved nine children from the General Slocum disaster on North Brother Island in June 1904. Now nearly graduated from a Washington training academy, she is recognized for her bravery five years after the act.
In Columbus Ohio on March 4 the jury in common pleas found Harry Hillyard guilty of second degree murder in the Christmas Eve killing of Patrolman Harry Campbell. The jury recommended mercy but the judge will impose a life sentence. Also reported was the discovery of a girl's body found in a tree by the Venica River, with authorities investigating the death as a possible homicide.
Dozens of veterans and others received their quarterly pension vouchers in Athens today as the government mails them every three months. Probate Judge Lynch and his deputy were kept busy all day with the work, much of which occurred in the county clerk’s office.
A 77 year old man, Mera Rose, fell while walking from his Dean Avenue home to the store this morning and sustained a fracture of the femur near the hip joint. Passersby assisted him, carried him home, and summoned surgical aid for treatment.
In Chicago on March 4 the retrial of Standard Oil Company of Indiana focused on whether the eighteen-cent rate was published legally in Tariff No. 74. Government witnesses argued publication at the Chicago freight office sufficed. defense contends proof must show publication where alleged crimes occurred. Legal arguments and references to the Fl kinis Act marked the session.
Quote reflects on direction and identity urging to adopt a life purpose. It contrasts aimlessness with resolve, likening aimless people to ships without rudders and calling for a decisive personal aim to overcome drift.
A five member Commercial Club committee, formed to evaluate a Nelsonville traction plan, recommends adopting the stock sale approach and soliciting subscriptions. The group also reviews self propelled motor cars as a cost effective traction power, and will report to President Roach with a meeting Friday at 7 PM. Citizens are urged to attend and learn details of the proposal.
A gale and hail strike near Luciey and Clinton North Carolina injure and destroy. A Wilmington bound Atlantic Coast Line train of 55 cars is blown off the main line, five cars blown clear, one overturned. A nearby sawmill worker is killed.
The Columbus Republic Glee Club visited the White House in Washington on March 4, meeting President Roosevelt. The singers performed campaign melodies to warm reception and extended handshakes with the president during their brief audience in the East Room.
Charles Collins 21, farmer of Allensville Ohio, seeks a marriage license with Oma Smith 16 of Athens. The notice outlines intent to wed under state law and is published as required.
Washington March 4 The salary of the president of the United States was fixed at 875000 per annum with no travel allowances. The Senate had proposed 3190000 annually, the House cut to 75000, and the conference kept the House figure. A traveling expenses provision was later dropped by the Senate.
On March 4 Prosecuting Attorney Webster moved to discharge John Mack for lack of evidence in the murder of Police Sergeant Bovie last June. The Rog ers indictment was also dismissed. Fred Bechtel was sentenced to 0 year in the penitentiary for complicity in the sergeant's murder.
Dr. B. B. Cox of Parkersburg addressed Ohio University students at a weekly convocation. Dean H. G. Williams urged broader teacher education and a plan for four year combined normal and liberal arts studies with elective choices enabling both degrees. Cox, retired and former president of Millersburg Normal School, was the guest.
Offers for a North Carolina truck farm with $73 down to start a home, plus irrigation lands in Wyoming. Includes excursions from Marietta Ohio with a contact, Joan M. Hown, 4349 Fifth St Marietta.
In Lincoln on March 4 the daylight saloon measure failed 53 to 45. The bill would have allowed saloons to stay open only from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Opponents expect a county option vote to echo the daylight measure, while supporters hope for passage of options in the Senate and House.
The Senate presented Vice President Fairbanks a silver service valued at $1.5 as a tribute. Senator McCumber offered the presentation and spoke of Fairbanks' devotion to work and impartial fairness. Senator Daniel delivered remarks for the minority praising his uniform fairness.
John W. Riddle, American ambassador to St. Petersburg, tendered his resignation. Later reports say New York tenement fire that claimed ten lives was natural origin, not Black Hand. Buckshot Dan, a Michigan backwoods character, is said dead at 169 years. P W Ryder and Fannie Rice wed in Colorado Springs. Secretary Wright approves retiring board finding on William F. Tuneker for three quarters pay.
Sir James Crichton-Browne warned that confronting a single fly will be difficult. He cited a calculation that one fly can lay 1,000 eggs and, via a snowball effect, produce 25,000,000 descendants in a season.
An advertisement lists an assortment of items including extra fines, scissors, powders and pastes, buffers, with prices from 25 cents to several dollars. The notice highlights Henderson Crider Drug Co as the supplier.
Two Russian miners from Jacksonville applied for naturalization papers through Clerk Nelson on Wednesday. Walter Lelo, 24, has lived in the United States for almost five years. Alex Dzilewsky, 21, arrived less than a year ago and is eager to become a citizen soon.
Local notices list residents visiting and visiting statuses. The postoffice department orders marshfield renamed to New Marshfield, drawing opposition from railroad and express firms who cite a New Mansfield in Ohio and fear misrouting.
Arthur Lee of Salem was fined $5 and costs after pleading guilty to assault in a menacing manner. Complainant was Cliff Van Meter, also of Salem, with Mayor Hedges issuing the penalty Wednesday afternoon.
Three county inmates Simon Holbert John Sinkovitch and foeh were moved to the Columbus workhouse this morning by Deputy Lowry and Clerk Nelson. They were sentenced at the current court term. Holbert and Six faced October grand jury indictments for non support and have been jailed since. Sinkovitch a Goose Run Hungarian indicted by February grand jury for assault on an officer received sixty days.
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