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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1909
Page
3
County seat visitor Preston Patton of Frost and several other locals, including Grace Connor visiting relatives, Alma Hartley guesting Grace Jewell, and G Biddison on business, are among Friday's social notes. Also listed are bank staff, teachers, and relatives traveling for vacations or visiting kin in nearby cities.
Miss Hedwig Theobald will spend spring college vacation at her Columbus home. Prof and Mrs DD Evans and Prof and Mrs L Martzolft left today for Columbus to attend the O U alumni banquet. Mrs J Q Codding left for Findlay after visiting her daughter and the Zenner couple. FE T Kwose went to Columbus on business for the Athens Logan traction line. Miss Kay Spencer left for Chicago then Burlington Iowa for a brief visit. Miss Gertrude Strahl returned home after attending a Strahl damage suit with trial postponed to next Thursday.
Mrs. Chas. B. Beverage visits Logan today. Miss Grace Finney of Logan visits Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Preston. Miss Eva Hill of Logan visits Mr. and Mrs. Ele Donaldson and family in Logan.
Mrs. George DeCamp is confined to her home on West State street with the grip. Drs EF C Pack and HH R Wright of Columbus were business visitors here today. Miss Ida Bower went to Columbus for a few days visit with sisters. Mrs. 8 M Johnson is spending a week in Newport with her sister Mrs BW Kerr. Mrs Will Peele left Friday for a two week visit with her mother in Wilmington. Mrs E J Stanley and two of Albany are guests of Capt D My Burchfield. John y Wood left for Columbus to spend Sunday with Mrs Wood who is visiting relatives there. Miss Clare Carpenter returned from a several days visit with Miss Blayche Jones in Glouster. Minnie Dean left this morning for her aunt Mrs M J Morris.
W. 8. Power and George Greer visited Columbus to see Madam Genee and The Soul Kiss at the Southern tonight. Mrs. Conrad Josten remains seriously ill with pneumonia, worsened today after a prior improvement. Mr. and Mrs. V. C. Loos returned from Coshocton where Mrs. Loos visited relatives for three weeks. Mrs. Alex Nelson attended funeral of Mrs. John Taylor in Columbus. Margaret Kahler of Conneaut visits Boyd Hall and plans to Jackson to visit Miss Laura Allard. Dr. H. W. Elson will address Muskingum county teachers in Zanesville today. Mesdames Morrison and Hoodlet returned to Coolville after wintering with Mrs. Otto Barth. Barth and Karl accompanied them home for spring. Prof. and Mrs. FE. M. Mills and Mildred depart for Defiance. Mills to judge English letter writing contest for juniors. Will Cuckler and family head to Colorado for health reasons. wife and child stay at Park Place.
Judge A W Lynch was a Columbus visitor Sunday, according to Monday's Daily report.
Numerous names appear as residents and visitors from Glouster Columbus Cincinnati Racine Wellston and Uniontown travel to nearby towns. Individuals such as Mr. and Mrs Edward Lockard Mrs J R Lostro and others are noted visiting friends or staying a week in various locations including Corning Columbus Cincinnati Racine Wellston and Findlay.
Mrs. RK C Hastings and daughter Lucile depart for a week with Dr and Mrs T L Lowe in Columbus. Miss Elizabeth Murphy vacations with Rev J F Grimes in Zanesville. Miss Marie Louise Stahl leaves for a Cincinnati trip. Mr and Mrs Ella Osborne and child visit Miss Ella Osborne on West State Street. Miss Emma C Waite visits Washington DC during vacation. Mrs Claud B Parker visits her mother and sister in Gallipolis and Nelsonville. Mrs B M Davidson and daughter Venus stay with Ellis Edwards in Nelsonville. Bertha Hoodlett visits her parents in Nelsonville. Henry McCormick and brother John McCormick visit Columbus. Master Lloyd Dailey and sister Margaret spend spring vacation with grandparents in Albany.
New York March 29. Anthracite operators release a statement saying miners’ union has not carried out 1902 strike commission recommendations, including a separate anthracite department. They claim no move by miners to adopt reforms while noting operators have improved safety and working conditions.
A childhood friend Johnny Bounce rises in life after years of struggle. A narrator recalls helping indirectly with Bounce’s schemes, a boarding house debt, a grave burial, and finally a legacy as Bounce’s sole heir after a successful invention and a toy patent.
Mrs James Dixon of Richland avenue suffered a severe stroke Sunday and is in a critical condition with little hope of recovery. Mrs C L Jones and her family of twins Robert Roland Ruth and Rachel are visiting relatives in Albany. Mr Malcolm Douglas and Ensign John Parleson of the U S Minnesota left today for Waverly to visit Mr Douglas at his home.
Mr. PD Cardillo of Columbus a prominent wholesale fruit dealer and father of Cardillo the Kenyan athlete was a visitor in Athens on Sunday.
Judge and Mrs. A. L. Bethel spent Saturday in Nelsonville visiting their daughter-in-law Mrs. George Hethel and her son who will soon join her husband in Texas.
Mrs. Hf A Hatch returned from Columbus Saturday evening. She visited the schools and the Pratt Institute art exhibit in Brooklyn. Mrs Hatch and daughter Jefia will spend the week in Reedsville with relatives.
Mr. S. F. Hooper came home Sunday from Mt. Clemens Michigan where he stayed three weeks with Mrs. Hooper. Her health greatly improved and she is expected to return home next Sunday.
Mr Charles Townsend of the Government Printing Office Washington D C has given up his work in the department due to ill health and, with his wife, gone to the Bermuda Islands for some time for his health.
A promotional note touts Dr Thomas Eelecttric Oil as a handy remedy for accidents. It claims rapid pain relief and healing of hurts, urging families to keep the product for emergencies.
Hatch chicks with eggs brought to H I Wheatons Store Petaluma Incubator. Service promises hatchings for a reasonable price. Contact 3-4603-5-19130 for details.
In the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Ohio Eastern Division petitioners W L Whitacre W M Ritter Lumber Co and The Carpenter Hardware Co seek relief against defendant David W Peoples.
David W. Peoples formerly of Athens Ohio now missing is notified that a bankruptcy petition has been filed in the United States District Court at Columbus Ohio. He must answer by April 20 1909 or the petition will be confessed and he will be adjudged a bankrupt. W L Whitacre M Ritter Lumber Co Carpenter Renee Harry C Stalder attorney.
Detroit March 29 Twenty seven Michigan counties will vote on the county option prohibition issue April 5. The Michigan branch of the Anti Saloon league held sixty seven city meetings in eleven cities and towns.
A testimonial ad urges Dean's Kidney Pills as the cure for kidney trouble and related ailments. Mrs. R. B. Rutichinson of Athens Ohio shares how the medicine restored her health after bladder inflammation and fatigue. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY, 50 cents per box, agents for the United States. Remember the name Dean's.
Mrs Martha Mills Starkey aged 57 died Saturday morning at the home of Mr and Mrs Bert Risley on Cemetery Street where she had lived with her daughter She had poor health due to heart trouble for a year or more and died after medical aid exhausted She was mother of twelve with nine surviving including Mrs Risley and John Mills Ath ens Dan Mills Columbus Jack Mills in South America Mrs White Benwood Mrs Crosby Circleville and Mrs Cunningham Cleveland Funeral at 2 PM Sunday from the Risley residence Interment Union Street cemetery
County Treasurer Bradford says J M Galloway was injured by falling against a moving train near Carpenter Saturday night and taken to a Columbus hospital. He reports Galloway's face is bruised the nose gashed and a cheekbone fracture but none of the injuries are serious and no permanent damage is expected.
The Scott and Collins families hosted a gathering at their home in Rock Camp Ohio to mark the 50th birthday anniversaries of Silas Scott and Noble Collins. Attendees included Zine Courtney The Plains Ed Hawk Walter George Scott Harvey Love J. W. Baughman and others.
J M Galloway of near Carpenter was struck by a K M train while walking the tracks a week ago. He lies in a Coline bus hospital improving nicely and out of immediate danger, according to Mail Clerk Wesley A Webb who visited him Friday morning.
The Messenger offers pattern No 8365 Watat with logo sleeves, mutton style, embroidered waist band and five bust sizes 32 to 40. Also pattern No 6961 Smart Walking Skirt features four gores with inverted box pleat, suitable fabrics noted, six waist sizes 22 to 30, two patterns mailed for 10 cents.
Invitations outside the Webb home announce the marriage of Alma Edith Webb and J Howard Coe. The ceremony will be held at the bride’s home on April 16 at 10 50 AM. The couple are well regarded in the village and linked to prominent families.
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