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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 08, 1906

Page

4

Sugar Creek table boss fills in for mine 210

Fred Frost was called to Sugar Creek the last of the week to act as a table boss for mine 210 for a short time in place of Clarence Petty who is home on vacation. Mrs Maud Phipps, in Cincinnati, visits her mother Mrs Lucy Crippen. Miss Ora Townsend of Guysville visits cousin Miss lala Townsend. Several local youths attend revival services at Stewart Sunday. Mrs Rosy Campbell of Cutler visits Mrs Amy Frost. Mahlon Hays of Guysville spends Sunday with his mother Mrs Lucinda Hays.

Fred Frost Sugar Creek Clarence Petty Maud Phipps Cincinnati Lucy Crippen Ora Townsend Guysville Lala Townsend Stewart Rosy Campbell Cutler Amy Frost Mahlon Hays Lucinda Hays

Canaanville Notes Include Visits and Local Movements

Mr and Mrs Robert Moore and Master Guy visited Stewart for the weekend. Frances Webster stayed with her sister Mrs Charles Bethel in Athens. L Graham attended the funeral of Mr Poston at South Canaan Friday. Edward Carpenter was a Columbus visitor last week. Russell of Greenfield plans to move his family to the area and occupy a new house on James Linscott farm. Lenore Baird and Rose Sheldon visited Athens and stayed with friends and relatives. Revival meetings were attended at Stewart. Bernice Dorr spent Sunday with Rosa South near Strouds Run. F J Hill and son Allen visited Athens Saturday.

Robert Moore Master Guy Stewart Frances Webster Charles Bethel Athens Rose Sheldon Dana Webster Bernice Dorr Rosa South Stroud’s Run F. J. Hill Son Allen

Local notes from Amesville and vicinity

Lewis Wilcox sold his meat market interests to G E Clark and moved to Caouster to work for J B Stocklein. Several residents visit sick father Charles Cray in Pataskala. The Federal Valley Christian church plans a March 11 baptism of about twenty new members near the church in Federal Creek.

Lewis Wilcox G. E. Clark Caouster J. B. Stocklein R. C. Perry Harrisville Charles Perry J. J. Beasley Giles Brooks L. B. Glazier North Price Columbus Ariah Hoisington Pataskala Emmett Cray Athens Charles Cray John Wilson Coolville Beasley House Franklin Street T. BE. Clark New Matamoras Federal Valley Christian Church Federal Creek S. R. Meeks John Fleming Belpre William Johnson Trimble Johnson

Local Notes From Hebbardsville Community

Miss Mary Moore remains very ill with lung trouble. Three weeks of meetings ended at the M E church. Farm telephone poles are up for the new line. R M Patterson was on the sick list last week. Dent Allen returned from Columbia Virginia after visiting F Pruden and family. Jess Allen visited then returned to Athens where she clerks for D Zenner. Pruden moves his family into part of A L Carsey’s house. R B Dent and wife of Millfield visited A E B Dent and family. Pearl Carr moved onto the Campbell farm with his family. Mrs A C Stanley is poorly again.

Mary Moore M. E. Church Farm Telephone Company R. M. Patterson Dent Allen Columbia F. Pruden Jess Allen Athens D. Zenner

Dangers of Gasolene Stoves Warned in Ohio Report

An Ohio safety notice warns gasolene stoves can be deadly if misused. It cites 157 buildings burned, over 200 injuries, and 30 deaths last year, and lists cautions on filling, leaks, and keeping cans closed.

Ohio

Peruna Promotes Cure Amid Grippe Era

A broad appeal extols Peruna as a remedy for la grippe or grip, with testimonials from Victor Patneande and T Barnecott praising recovery and renewed strength. The piece also notes stove safety guidance and a proposed state bill regulating gasoline appliance quality and mechanisms.

Local Notes From Chauncey And Surrounding Areas

Grant McDaniel of Chauncey is visiting relatives in the area. Mr and Mrs Thomas Dunfee of Torch were guests of Mr and Mrs Edward Dunfee Sunday. Mrs Blair, recently with her daughter Mrs Davis, returned to Frost Saturday. Miss Carrie Waterman visited Miss Edith Watson at Little Hocking Sunday. A box social at Torch drew many locals Saturday with all reporting a nice time. Mr Samuel Blackwell of Urichsville called on friends in the area Monday.

Grant McDaniel Chauncey Thomas Dunfee Torch Edward Dunfee Blair Davis Frost Carrie Waterman Edith Watson Little Hocking Samuel Blackwell Urichsville

Local residents make visits and note illnesses

Charles Wright and wife with young Byron traveled to Glasgow for a few weeks to visit relatives. Mrs Alpha Sutton from Willow Creek stayed with daughter Mrs Guata Baker at the start of the week. Mrs Mary Vore left for Amesville to join her sister Mrs Jane Andrews. Miss Mary Clifford and brother Steve plan to leave for Hlinots later this week. The sick list shows improvement for all but Mrs Alice Hale who remains worse.

Alpha Sutton Willow Creek Guata Baker Mary Vore Jane Andrews Amesville Mary Clifford Steve Hlinots Alice Hale

MUSH RUN Residents Attend Church and Visit

Fred Wyatt visited Athens on Saturday with Misses Ethel Dunfee and Vera Wyatt and Messrs Kenneth and Herman Wyatt who attended church in New England Sunday morning. Services were led by Mrs Charles Bowman. E M Woodin shipped about five hundred barrels of oil last week. A A Dodds of New England was a recent caller. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Grant Wall raven on February 23. Those listed sick include Eva Mc Daniel Master Robert Harrison and Edgar Grosvenor.

Fred Wyatt Athens Ethel Dunfee Vera Wyatt Kenneth Herman Wyatt New England Charles Bowman E. M. Woodin A. A. Dodds Grant Wallraven Eva Mc. Daniel Robert Harrison Edgar Grosvenor

Obituary of Samuel Poston of Athens County Ohio

Samuel Poston born June 7 1837 in Canaan township Athens county Ohio died February 21 at his Coolville Ridge home aged 68 years 8 months 21 days He married Elizabeth Ross November 15 1857 Their life in Athens county except two years in Meigs county He joined M EF church Clark's chapel 1888 later Bible Christians Graham's chapel He suffered Brights disease about eight years yet kept cheerful and faithful He leaves a wife two sons Elmer and Herbert three daughters Mrs Jessie Watkins Mrs Orange Butts Mrs William Anthony eight grandchildren and many friends Funeral at South Canaan March 2 conducted by Rev L M Baker Columbus They are missed and will meet again in heaven

Samuel Poston John Isabelle Poston Canaan Township Athens County Coolville Ridge Elizabeth Ross Carthage Township Meigs County M. EF. Church Clark’s Chapel Bible Christians Graham's Chapel Bright Elmer Herbert Jessie Watkins Orange Butts William Anthony South Canaan L. M. Baker Columbus Father

Local bowling teams clash in high scoring Tuesday series

Two local teams played a three game series on Monarch alleys. The second series saw higher scores than the first with Barnes of the losing team posting the top score 198. Only two fouls were recorded.

Boy Held for Ransom Escapes Returns Home

Antonio Bozuffi son of an Italian banker was held for ransom and returned home claiming he escaped kidnappers who kept him in a room above a saloon on Fifty fifth street.

Bozuffi Day Fifty-fifth Street

Strawberry Plants Offer From Carson Bros Catalogue

Strawberry plants of Senator Dunlap Sample Clyde Haverland Ruby Texas Excelsior and fifteen other leading varieties featured. Price as low as good plants can be. Catalogue free. Carson Bros Middleport Ohio. February 22, 1903.

Dunlap Sample Clyde Ruby Texas Excelsior Carson Bros Middleport Ohio

De Witt’s Early Risers Promote Safe Relief

The best safeguard against headache, constipation and liver troubles is De Witt's Littl Early Risers. Keep a vial of these famous little pills in the house and take a dose at bed time when you feel that the stomach and bowels need cleansing. They don't wipe. Sold by Cline's Pharmacy.

DeWitt Cline

An Eye For an Aye

A Philadelphia Ledger item describes a congressman trying to catch the speaker's eye and being told to sit down as the speaker notes the need to act when required. The exchange highlights impatience in congressional proceedings with a witty echo of attention and duty.

Philadelphia Ledger

Some Men Are Born Great but Shrink in Gracious Ways

A witty London Tit-Bits note observes that people of high status may display humility or self doubt, contrasting outward greatness with inner restraint. The brief remark blends social humor with a tongue in cheek reflection on character.

London

Emerson Quote About Truth Between Fellows

The line expresses a pledge of lasting honesty among colleagues, urging ongoing trust and candor as a moral principle. It encapsulates a value of steadfast sincerity in interpersonal relations and collaboration.

Doctor’s Headache Question Echoes in Dinner Talk

A reader remark from a fragment mentions a visitor asking a professor about his headache and the professor asking his wife Amelia if he suffers, captured in a brief dialogue caption.

Amelia

Peruna Tonic Promoted By Several La Grippe Survivors

Letters from Mrs Jennie W Gilmore Mrs Chas E Wells and Judge Horatio J Goss tout Peruna as a successful tonic after la grippe and systemic catarrh. A Jackson County teacher Mr Robt L Madison notes Peruna as essential at home and credits it with curing his wife nasal catarrh and throat inflammation. Special instructions address Hartman at the lab Sanitarium Columbus Georgia.

Chas. E. Wells Delaware Ohio Horatio J. Goss Hartwell, Ga Robt L. Madison A. M Cullowhee High School Painter Jackson County

Market Quotations From Various U.S. Cities

Prices listed for cattle sheep and hogs in Chicago East Buffalo Cleveland Pittsburg Cincinnati Boston New York and Toledo. Includes ranges for steers cows heifers bulls milkers and stags plus lambs calves and assorted grains and fats with per hundredweight and per bushel figures.

Chicago East Buffalo Cleveland Pittsburg Cincinnati Boston Wwool Ohio Pennsylvania Kentucky Indiana New York Toledo

Telegraphers to Strike Over Wage Scale Stand

President Perham of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers warned that if the wage scale offered by Southern railway officials is not accepted by Friday, 1265 telegraphers and agents out of 1573 will walk out.

Washington Perham Order of Railroad Telegraphers United States Canada Southern Railway

Livery Stable Burns in Champaign Fire

A fire destroyed the boarding and livery stable owned by E. C. Mauppin in Champaign Illinois on March 7. Fifteen horses were killed including Phantom Bar ney Layton s trotting stallion. Insurance on the building expired just before the blaze. Loss estimated at 75000 dollars.

Champaign Ill E. C. Mauppin Barney Layton

Athens Gets New Ladies Furnishing Store

Miss Mayme DeLay of Jackson and Miss Ella King of Hamden have rented the former Athens Candy Kitchen and are arranging stock for a new ladies furnishing shop in Athens.

Athens Mayme DeLay Jackson Ella King Hamden

Probate Notices in Athens County Ohio

The following accounts are filed in the Probate Judge's office and suspended for publication and objections until March 10, 1906 at 10 o'clock a.m. in Athens. First and final accounts for Lucy McVay estate and other estates including William Palmer Sarah Harris Ashford Poston William Bake. Administrators and executors named: C. D. Hopkins John Palmer KK. C. Berry Evan J. Jones F. W. Jones A. W. Lynch.

Athens County Ohio C. D. Hopkins Lucy McVay John Palmer William Palmer KK. C. Berry Sarah Harris Evan J. Jones Ashford Poston F. W. Jones William Bake A. W. Lynch

Also Mentioned on This Page

OU OF Town News Bethany Canaanville Hebbardsville Peruna Victor Patneande Madison St Topeka Kas Knights and Ladies of Security Ben. George P. G. Hibbard Medical Profession Ireland Charles Wright Byron Glous Monarch Barnes Earner Lamar Oe Houghnee ‘Freee Mansfield Eee Fulton Caldwell Eddy Vee New York, N. Y Antonio Emerson Polly Mrs. Highmere Dolly Jennie W. Gilmore White Oak Ind Ter Indiana Reform School For Boys Hlartman Sanitarium Ghis Lake Michigan Lake Shore H. W. Duncanson & CO Destern St Hall J. Cheney, & CO Soldee
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