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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 21, 1895

Page

4

Miss Kate Hoyt visits and local notes in Marietta paper

Miss Kate Hoyt of Minneapolis is visiting here. O H Owings named postmaster at Stewart. Prosecutor J P Wood attended Marietta on professional business. Superintendent Hooper says Glouster school enrollment exceeds 550. Lillian Leslie, daughter of Rev T M Leslie, attends Marietta College. H E Soule of Vinton County Republican was in Athens. Ohio University winter term ends. spring term begins March 26. A plan to build a hotel on the Nelsonville fire site, proposed to be Phoenix.

Lillian Leslie T. M. Leslie Nelsonville Marietta College H. E. Soule Vinton County Republican McArthur Athens The Phoenix

York Township primaries nominate local officials

York township Republican primaries yield Ralph Ball for justice of the peace E A Wallace trustee Elijah D Warren treasurer and Joseph Boileau and Ed Gillespie as constables Nelsonville board of education nominees were Woodworth Parks with Woodworth winning along with Parks in the board races councilman Rosser in First ward Wilson in Second ward Patton in Third. Waterworks trustees N/A

York Township Ralph Ball E. A. Wallace Elijah D. Warren Joseph Boileau Ed. Gillespie Nelsonville Corporation Board of Education W. A. Woodworth M. Kaelin W. H. Parks Messrs. Woodworth Parks S. Rosser Thomas Wilson John Patton W. G. Crook Capt J. F. Welch

Spelling Critique in Louisville Schools and Business

A Louisville Courier Journal note quotes a cautious critic urging daily spelling in schools through graduation. He cites a city executive who dismissed four stenographers for poor spelling and a main street firm unhappy with twelve traveling salesmen spelling in letters, despite good handwriting.

Louisville Courier Journal Busines

Ohio Governor backs patrol action after Washington riot

Governor McKinley endorses the Ohio National Guard inquiry into the October Washington riot, praising Colonel Coit for restraint while defending a colored prisoner. He emphasizes that lynching cannot be tolerated, the law must prevail, and lawmen acting within the law deserve support. The message seeks peace and unity among Payette County citizens.

Tom Law Ohio National Guard Military Commission McKinley Washington D. HL Ohio Coronel Awd Coit Janvuagze Colonel Coit Payette County

Spring Medicine Promises Vitality with Hood's Sarsaparilla

An exhortation to use Hood's Sarsaparilla as a spring medicine to purify and vitalize blood. The text claims winter health declines from poor ventilation and fatigue, and asserts Hood's Sarsaparilla renews energy, improves nerves and appetite, and aids conditions like scrofula and salt rheum, urging readers to take it for renewed vigor.

Hood Anna Ditzler New Danville Pennsylvania

Hood's Sarsaparilla testimonial from Mt. Horeb teacher

A Mt. Horeb Tennessee school teacher Mr Geo A Zirkle recounts chronic scrofula and eye problems cured after nearly a year on Hood's Sarsaparilla. He notes tumors, itching, and weakness vanishing, with renewed health and weight gain. Several other readers from Iowa New York Pennsylvania endorse the remedy.

Geo A. Zirkle Mt. Horeb Tenn Hood E. B. Jounson Bridgwater Iowa

Frederick Douglass remembered in a nations’ struggle for freedom

A reminiscence of Frederick Douglass’s life from slavery to abolitionist leadership and public service highlights his oratory, activism, and impact on emancipation and African American advancement. The piece notes his role with the North Star, European anti slavery lecturing, and later public work after emancipation. It closes with a brief legal notice about a Sunday saloon closing case and a tariff debate on sheep values, ending with a local political notice in Athens Ohio.

Frederick Douglass Republic Douglass Maryland Free Soil New Bedford Mass Lloyd Nantucket New England Massachusetts Europe Great Britain The North Star John Brown Wise Virginia England Slavery

Marking the Lambs and a Doctor's Red Marks

In a Sunday school a boy compares the Good Shepherd’s marks to health signs. The tale shifts to health claims for Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, touting cures for blood taints poisons and humors like scrofula ulcers and tumors. The text adds a curious aside about stubborn bureau drawers and soap and sandpaper.

Washington Dr. Pierce

Private car owners luxury and new transport gadgets listed

Joan R McLean of the Enquirer touts a private car costing 2s 1 with telegraph gear and Western Union permit. Reports on tectorium window covering used in Europe, Gustave Trai water bicycle, and Ohio Central Lines excursion offers plus mileage books and travel tickets with prices and line coverage.

Joan R. McLean The Enquirer Western Union

Mileage book praised for broad system usefulness

The mileage book is commended for being good over the entire B and O system and over several other lines. It is cited as the only book useful across both the H. V. and T. and the Ohio Central Lines, making it highly valuable to those who need reliable mileage records across these routes.

Columbus 4 Ohio Central Big 4 System Baltimore & Ohio Southwester Chicago Pittsburg F. H. Hyseve Ohio

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Advan Atine Kate Hoyt Minneapolis Minnesota O. H. Owings Stewart J. P. Wood Marietta Supt. R. L. Hooper Ohio University Adjutant General of the State Columbus Athens County Wm. H. Back David Blazer Leonard W. Deyo John W. Hughes O. P. Brown Harmon Cook Jasper N. Clayton Josiah Croman J. Cantleberry John Dalgam Jas W. Lvorrest John Hume F. M. Hott John O’harra Wm. Parrish Isaac Webb Edward Creepes John Clark George Nash Joseph Daum Jos. McGinley John Paden M. Stalna George Fenzel Athens Fire Company P. G. Hibbard, Jr Olo University de Steigner Common Pleas A. A. George Crooksville Perry County Knights of Pythias Lodge Vine Street Fred S. Scott Henry Boh United States Marshal District Prudential Insurance Company Newark New Jersey Bohl Amesville Glouster Coolville Visa Brooks Sto Visa Murray City Hocking County Burns Columbian Literary Society Prof W. Boughton Boughton Carrie Mathews Alice Pilcher Lulu Tedrow Emma Smith Nelsonville Buckeye W. W. Poston Lewis Locie Dr. Butt John Wright John Temple Graves Graves Henry W. Grady Atlanta Constitution Lizzie Carpenter Carpenter Meigs County Texas General Council Philadelphia George W. Childs Hamley Run Eruasos Morhens M. M. Brewster Montgomery Ala Bradfield Regulator Co Avr Towers Fisheas Noad Nhood Caldwell Pike County Supreme Court John P. [Eibel Department of Agriculture United States Morton Department Republican Central Committee L. M. Jewett Choi'n SaHerano Sec’y Austria Italy Germany Switzerland Russia Gustave Trai South Ohio Central Lines
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