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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1907
Page
5
The Athens County O T R C program announces the enrolled teachers and calls those who have not paid the twenty five cent fee or not enrolled to contact the township secretary or the county secretary. It praises Athens County as a banner county for six years and lists all enrolled teachers alphabetically from Margaret Allen to Susie Zimmerman.
Miss Mary E. Hyde and Mr. Rafael Johnson of Trimble married in Hotel Berry parlors at 2 30 PM Saturday with Rev. J P Ewing officiating. Both are well known in Athens where they attended Ohio University. The bride is daughter of W H Hyde. she studies music at the university. The groom is son of W B Johnson and taught near Trimble. he was a substitute catcher for the varsity team last year. They will reside in Trimble.
The Higley Study Circle met with Mrs. A. M. Lewis on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. W. A. Carpenter read How the Other Half Lives, followed by a discussion led by Mrs. H. H. Wickham. A vocal solo The Perfect Life was performed by Mrs. E. C. Logan. The club will reconvene in two weeks with Mrs. D. J. Evans replacing Mrs. Srigley.
Cleveland and Lorain shipyard strike effects grow as 5,000 union men may walk out. Lou Weyand predicts broader action while company says wage gains avert a general stoppage. Weyand heads to Chicago to confer with leaders. Ohio port city sees ongoing tension.
Charlies Henry Grosvenor born September 20 1833 in Pomfret Connecticut. He moved to Ohio in 1838 where limited schooling began and later studied law. He served in the Union Army attaining ranks from major to brevet brigadier general, commanded at Nashville in 1864, held township and village offices, served in the Ohio House including two years as speaker, acted as Presidential elector for multiple terms, led trustees at the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Home, and participated in national Republican conventions. He represented Ohio in the Forty-ninth through Fifty-ninth Congresses.
Miss Mildred Rothman hosted the J C G club on Lancaster street Friday afternoon. Members present included Hazel McKinstry Mildred Mills Ina Beverage Gabrielle Hoodlet Marie Calvert Ethel Pickering Nellie Jennings. Guests Hazel Guenther and Florence Carr joined for games refreshments and a taffy pull.
The U C D Sewing club met at Mrs. C W Gillette’s West Union Street home Thursday from 2 to 4 PM. Mrs Friburger gave recitations and Mrs Gillette played music. Guest of the club was Mrs David Brickles. Members present included Mrs H Connett Mrs Wm Conentt Mrs Addison Edgar Mrs P E Shirley and others.
In Jericho near Guysville the entire school was exposed to measles and the illness has spread over a large area. A Parkersburg firm drilled a new well on Perry Timmerman’s Stewart farm last Thursday night, yielding 16 barrels per hour.
An advertisement urges Spring cleansing with Dade's Little Liver Pills sold by Henderson Crider Drug Co and Drury Drug Store. The copy emphasizes the product as highly recommended.
Among the out-of-town mourners at the D C Beverage funeral held at the M E church this afternoon were Mr and Mrs Pearl Clark Straitsville and A P Hill Tim J McCarty F A Mackin L A Starkey R M Cavedo W Barker and F F Parsons members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers of Middleport. James Beverage a son of D C Beverage is a member.
Friends learn Dr. A B Lawrence will spend four days weekly in Pomeroy for the South Eastern Ohio Promotion company while maintaining Friday to Sunday ties here. His move follows a renowned career in Coolville, aiding trolley development and regional mineral wealth projects across Athens and Meigs counties.
The State Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court verdict against Dr. Oliver C. Haugh of Dayton for the murder of his father mother and brother and set April 6 as his execution date.
An old time drug store sales line promises relief from bilious attacks with Dean's Regulats, offered for 25 cents at any drug store. The ad appeals to heaviness after meals, coated tongue, and sallow complexion as symptoms.
An ad promises PAZO OINTMENT cures for piles including itching bleeding and protruding symptoms. Druggists will refund money if it fails to cure in six to fourteen days, price six cents.
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