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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1906
Page
10
A long list of questions spans United States history literature education and general knowledge. Topics cover colonial literature influence, American authors, revolutionary era battles, Civil War leaders, Lincoln era rhetoric, physiology, anatomy, digestion, police and geometry problems, grammar and recitation methods, and geography with world capitals and canals.
The questions cover principal clauses and subordinate clauses by class, the force and rules of shall and will, four adverbs and their classes, syntax of connectives, parsing of His beloved to charm, copulative conjunctions with Neither nor and not only but also, heads of grammar and identification of inflection alphabet tense rhyme case, adjectives comparative and ordinal, and sentence examples including a participle object, an adverb as a noun, and a verbal noun as object of a preposition.
Work on the new Bank building is rushed to meet an April first occupancy goal. A hydraulic elevator is being installed and a four inch water tap is being prepared. Entrance steps and plate glass are being completed, with floors nearly finished and tenant fitments installed quickly. The south first floor room will house Athens National Bank and another ground floor room will be a C. B. Henderson drug store.
W M Sherman of Cushing Maine recounts three months of kidney inflammation and says three bottles of Electric Bitters cured him. The advertisement claims benefits for liver complaints dyspepsia blood disorders and malaria with guaranteed efficacy by W H McKee druggist, 60 cents.
A wreck on the K and M two miles south of Carpenter delayed traffic for hours. Four cars left the trestle and fell into the creek twenty five feet below. No injuries were reported. Conductor Grimes and engineer Michael operated the derailed freight train No 31 engine 511. Recovery work began at 3 am and northbound No 1 arrived three hours late after detouring via alternate routes.
Rothman of Glouster prepares to move his stock to the Campbell building in Athens and open a department and dry goods store with clothing, gents furnishings, boots and shoes, and novelties. He will discontinue the Glouster shop and expects to begin operations around March 20, pending housing.
A young man, unnamed for safety, slept at a boarding house after visiting his Lodi hometown sweetheart. He dressed in what he thought was his own clothes but wore his future father in law's suit, causing embarrassment and a wasted half day as he hurried to Athens to avoid discovery.
Modoc miner Fred Leak, 22, and Lena Heffken, 17 of Modoc. Hammonds 19 and Agnes Keeney 18 of Buchtel. Robinson 19 at Albany and Elizabeth Grimm 19 of Luhrig. Weese 37 and Minerva Garner 40 of Nelsonville. teachers Lee 26 of Wirt County and Ida Hamilton 26 of Athens. Sweeney 23 merchant Chauncey and Elsie Wallace 20 of Glouster. Stout 23 express worker Parkersburg and Grace Dunlap 21 of Athens. Sams 31 and Carrie Mansfield 20 of Athens.
Advertising copy promises a one day cure for a cold using laxative bromide tablets. The box bears Druggists refund policy and E W Grove signature on each package, priced 25 cents.
Loss of appetite is blamed on faulty digestion and Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets are promoted to invigorate the stomach strengthen digestion and restore appetite. The pills are described as a gentle laxative and are offered for sale by W. H. McKee Athens and Barton Drug Co Chauncey with a note on bilious attacks and quick cures.
Harry Riley, a Plains teacher, has resigned due to a severe illness. His teaching record is respected and friends hope he will soon resume his duties once recovered.
A man named Gansel from Chili cothe, posing as a cook, robbed Okey Hall's Restaurant on Dean avenue of $3 to $4 after being hired for a charity meal. He disappeared while Hall slept near midnight Saturday, with no trace found.
In spring you renovate your house and now you can renew your body with Hollister's Rock Mountain Tea. The product claims to drive out impurities cleanse and enrich the blood and purify the entire system. Price listed as 35 cents.
The Esther Sunday school class led by R C M Hastings and the Garfield class led by Dr Lowe, totaling about fifty, hosted a three course supper in the basement of the Christian church on Saturday evening under Miss Lillie Farris. Dr Lowe was lured to the church and surprised by the merry makers. The evening included indoor games and was thoroughly enjoyed.
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