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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1905
Page
5
Local shop promotes three new Corsets C C line models aimed at ladies seeking high class undergarments. The Batist corset with hose supporters attached is highlighted as a standout nearly matching a $1.00 quality, offered for 50 cents. Two additional models also praised for merit.
Dress fabrics gain public attention as stores strengthen lines in 36 inch taffetas and wool dress goods. Newdane Cloth arrives as Danish Cloth upgrade, priced 25 cents per yard, plus new crepe de chines offered in ten colors at a special price.
The Millinery Department reports a full stock of ready-to-wear hats with a comprehensive range from 1.00 to 8.00 dollars. They claim the prettiest styles ever shown in Athens and announce readiness for a formal millinery opening on March 30.
A local department store highlights a week long sale in the ready to wear section with suits priced at 3.98, Panama suits reduced to 8.75, and assorted fancies and skirts offered below regular values. Special lots include $2.96 and $4.76 price points on selected fabrics and styles.
Numerous notes of travel and calls include John Bean with his father in Albany, Mrs. F. W. Bush visiting Chicago, Miss Mayme O Bleness in Marietta, Miss Anna Landis in Columbus, and Abbie Townsend visiting Maud Howe in town. Also listed are illness updates, organizational meetings, and social happenings such as the Ladies Aid gathering at the Christian church.
An old advertisement offers a $100 reward for an incurable catarrh case and touts Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes testimonials from Waaling Kinnan Marvin druggists of Toledo Ohio and asserts internal blood and mucous surface action. The notice urges purchasing Mall's Family Pills for constipation.
Tickets may be sold the day before and the day after closing on presentation of standard Central-Ger Association certificates countersigned by F. Donald commissioner and signed by school principals showing student status and school dates. Tickets good for returning until the day the school opens as stated on the certificates.
The ad extols Dr Boschee's German Syrup as the tonic for consumptives offering peaceful sleep and relief from night coughs and night sweats. It claims free expectoration in the morning and notes a forty year record of curing consumption with trial and big bottle prices.
Carpenter Hardware Co highlights chain pumps with promise of prompt deliveries and reliable service for quick procurement.
Tickets go on sale daily from Chicago for trips from March through May 15 via Union Pacific and North-Western Line. Low rates apply for all point to point excursions to San Francisco Los Angeles and Portland with a $700 double berth. Full details from W B Knisvers FP T X Cae iu Chicago.
In a city column from Scott City Kansas dated March 20, an ex sheriff reports using eight boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills and praising their effect on kidney disease. The item notes the pills’ claimed success in early kidney complaints and their role in preventing serious ailments.
The Hall of Albany Lodge No. 154 freemasons resolves that Riza Armstrong has been summoned to the lodge on High. The lodge laments the severance and honors him as a devoted member and respected citizen. Expressions of sympathy are extended to his family, and the hall will hang in mourning for thirty days. Minutes note and newspaper publication requested. Committee: Pete Richey, W. B. Dailey, Re Committee.
The Athens retail clerks union formed a year ago to shorten hours and secure Sunday rest. Contracts expired January 1 1905 and were renewed by most merchants except Buckeye Store George L Putnam Grones Link. Dr W S Scott to lecture at Hotel Berry March 27 on eye and ear diseases.
Fred E. Wright presents Arthur Sidam's pastoral York State Folks at the opera house on March 29. The production is praised for its novelty and scenery. Tonight’s bill features Why Girls Go Wrong a rugged melodrama with strong heart interest likely to attract a wide audience.
Up-to-date painters recommend Green Seal Liquid Paint for its parity. For sale by H. L. Wheaton.
This advertisement claims the tonic will bring rich red blood firm flesh and muscle. It urges taking the product this month to stay well through summer and promotes tea or tablets sold by Cline's Pharmacy.
Advertises ALWYS THIN THE GREXYN SEAL PAINTS with pure Linseed Oil for exterior use. Describes heavy body paint thinning required for economy. Sold by H L Wheaton.
Athens to Chicago without Change of Cars. The Ohio Central Lines operate through sleeping car service to Chicago daily via Toledo and the Lake Shore Ry. The sleeping car arrives Chicago at 7:10 a.m. and connects with morning trains west. FOR SALE a room house on Dean avenue near K M depot with large lot barn and gas Mrs Ed Cornell 211 Dean avenue.
The store advertises top coats and a strong line of juvenile clothing with mixtures, plain serges, and Eton blouses priced from $1.00 to $6.00. Norfolks, double breasted suits, and coats with belts priced $1.50 to $6.50. Also promotes wallpaper business, March discount sale nearing end, and new lace curtains including Nottinghams Cable Nets Rennaisance Battenbergs and Clane ys.
Probate Court of Athens county Ohio orders public auction of real estate in Albany village Athens county. Auction on Saturday April 7 1905 at 1 pm features two tracts: in lot 38 and out-lot 4 containing 4.61 acres approx. Prices: 100 and 500 dollars. Terms: one third cash one third in six months and one third in twelve months with mortgage security. Andrew C Dailey administrator with will annexed of Milton H Mace deceased. D Hopkins attorney.
Business ad announces a large stock of gasoline stoves and ovens with an invitation to call for prices from Carpenter Hardware Co. It emphasizes available inventory and pricing details upon inquiry.
Do not seek happiness in the mansions of the rich where physicians are called in. Seek it in comfortable middle class homes and even among the poor where Green's August Flower keeps the family healthy. It cures stomach troubles from indigestion to torpid liver. Trial bottle 25, big bottle 75. At all druggists.
Notice to Teachers outlines monthly exams for Elementary Certificates on the first Saturday at Athens and for high school and go certificates on the first Saturday in September December March and Jane. Additional exams set for Stewart Nelsonville and Giouster on the first Saturday of May June and July. Boxwell exams planned for Athens and Gayaville on the third Saturday in April and at Athens and Giouster on the second Saturday in May. By order of M. M. Bryson Clerk.
California promotes spring travel with reduced rates from Chicago or St Louis to the Golden State. The Rock Island system offers up-to-date service and invites inquiries to John Sebastia Passenger Traffic Manager for details.
The procedure for road tax work will shift next year with duplicates sent to Township and Corporation Clerks. Clerks pass them to Road Supervisors to be worked by September 1. Unworked items return to clerks, then to the Treasurer’s duplicate for collection, eliminating county road receipts.
The Green Seal paints are said to stand thinner with pure Linseed Oil and thus provide more coverage than competing paints. Sold by H. L. Wheaton with details on the package.
Dr Phillip Hawk of Athens made a professional call here this week to see M A Wingett. Mrs Ella Armitage and daughter Hattie of Athens visited with Mr and Mrs Mac Barrows. Mrs Geo Maxwell and son of Fisher were guests. M A Winget and wife of Town House spent Sunday with his father here. Mrs Lalo Steed and children were at Hebbardeville recently visiting friends.
Mr. Eli Bauer of Frankville New York endorses Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets as a gentle effective remedy for constipation. The tablets are said to act without unpleasant effects and leave the bowels in a natural condition, sold by McKee's drug store.
A Brooklyn physician reports that the right piano playing can kill microbes, but notes some communities would rather risk microbes than hear piano music. The claim is described as an exchange remark about local tolerance to piano therapy.
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