Athens News Drafts and Local Notices
Athens Messenger reports a busy week with court sessions, school terms, church services, and local visits. News covers mayoral proclamations, a murder trial set for May, property purchases, and the death of Rufus F Crippen, plus community events and a Masons funeral.
Postmaster Report Notes Swindle by Lebanon Firm
Postmaster Kurtz reports a letter from a Lebanon Ohio firm alleging Professor G Huston swindled them with a bogus non explosive lamp powder invoice and coal oil supply. The professor’s listed factory and census status are dubious and letters from distant states suggest a wide, itinerant scheme. A temperance mass meeting at the Presbyterian church drew a strong turnout led by local crusaders. Nearby aeronautics interest grows as William Bartlett conducts paper balloon ascents from the Court House Square. A museum visit about Gov. Brough yields misdirected attention to the wrong case. rumor claims Brough once kicked a football over a college building.
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Kurtz
Lebanon
Huston
Athens
Ernest
Residentes
G. Huston & Son
Ghie
Kentucky
Indiana
Missouri
Mississippi
Presbyterian Church
Gov
Brough
Meissenaen
Hts
Jack Brough
Ohio University
Strychnine Scented Fraud Warns Athens Readers
A Chicago liquor dealer with an odd name floods the country with emissaries offering sample cases to deter receivers in Athens Ohio. A victim confirms the goods are adulterated and unsafe. Also listed are post office mail stills, local ads for alarm clocks, and various shop notices promoting cheap watches, cigars, teas, and footwear with aggressive advertising in the same issue.
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Chicago
Athens
Indianapolis
McLean
Life Clean
W.b.vorkes & Son
Court Street
Advertisers urged to favor MESSENER for newspaper success
The notice presses advertisers to favor the MESSENER, touting new services from Selig & Co for custom gentlemen’s garments and framing by Kurtz & Norris at Main Street. It also promotes Spring silk hats at EDZENNER & CO, Singer sewing machines through Wright, and De Posehee’s German Syrup touted as a cure, with prices and dealer details in Athens Ohio.
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Dunlap
Jas. Carpenter
Athens Public Schools
M. E. Church
Scott
Harvey
Ohio University
Athens Lecture Association
Thos
Sheldon
First National Bank
Joseph Jewett
Athens County Pioneer Association
Joan Q. Mitchell
Albany
Charles White
Athens
Jackson County
Richmondale
Ross County
Broadway
George Stockton
Starling Medical College
Columbus
Ohio
New York
Bellevue Hospittal Medical College
Selig & Co
Seligs
Kurtz & Norris
Main Street
Courthrouse
de. Posehee
Glix
United States
Cinson
Mareh
de Canaan
Athens County
Osthun Peekinson
Deveaier
Maryland
Prince Willan County
Virginia
Hampshire County
West Virginia
Warren's
Canaan Township
Jeskinson
Ist
Tregular Baptist Church
Mew Jon, Pitcher
Tto M.e.church
Athens Gun Light Company
Allens County
Athens Gas Light
Coli Pies NY
Athena
Seid
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Athens Gas Light Company
Harkhis
Chas. J. C. Bline & CO
Ixy Bowery
N.Y
Alexander
John Elis
Joseph Beiektes
Said McPhenyson
Joutin
James Jack
Joun Elis
N. Warren
Wu. A. Root
de Sterauera Jewert
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