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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1906
Page
13
A youth is urged to heed his parents and quit roaming the streets and smoking. The piece warns that aging parents deserve care and that many never learn until it is too late, noting the Democratic party’s fate as a cautionary aside from the warning.
The piece argues for a new national pure food law to protect consumers and honest manufacturers, highlighting the Vreeland assay precedent and a proposed National Stamping Act for gold and silver goods. It notes bipartisan support and benefits for home merchants against mail order abuses, and critiques Socialist gains while blessing minor parties as safety valves.
Mrs P D Stickney reports sister Mrs Linnia Stewart Wright of San Jose California describing the terrible April 1906 earthquake. The letter recalls waking to shaking houses, shattered lamps and china, burned out water, cracked rooms, and widespread ruin including schools and churches while noting no family deaths and gratitude for survival.
In the Athens County Common Pleas, by order of sale in a partition action, the sheriff will offer for sale on May 12, 1906, the described parcels totaling multiple tracts out of Sections 17 and 18 in Town 5 Range 11. Terms are cash. auction conducted by Sheriff Harry Webster with Grosvenor Jones & Worstell as attorneys.
The attorney general pursues steady trust busting in Ohio using the Valentine and Dover laws. The grocers and iron bridge ties yield, while Ellis’s actions disrupt a wide network of collusive bid rigging and price fixing. Indictments from grand juries warn against future secret deals and may curb public extortion.
Mr and Mrs J H Hulen of Zales ki were guests of friends here Thursday.
Over 37,000 miles of interurban electric railways have been built in ten years. By 1915 a passenger may cross the continent by trolley, a feat as unsurprising as other advances in American transportation.
The Indiana Supreme Court ruled the state anti cigarette law constitutional. It stated the ban makes selling or stocking cigarettes illegal, but smoking or importing them into Indiana remains permitted.
The Ontario Veterinary College of Toronto held its 45th annual closing exercises on March 29 confirming 103 new Veterinary Surgeons. Principal Dr. A Smith presided as the college, affiliated with the University of Toronto, reported 2,500 students enrolled in the past year. Dalton C Snow, from this city, studied there last year and will practice with J C Jones this summer before returning to Toronto to finish the course.
A M Rainey assessor reported after two weeks of work totaling nine days spent on the assessment. Personal property listed includes 50 horses valued at 3025, 30 cattle at 710, 2 mules at 125, 8 hogs at 47, 13 carriages at 370, other personal property 610, 3 watches 65, 12 pianos and organs 995, merchandise 10050, money subject to draft 5940, credits 4255, total taxable personal property 26343 a drop of 12917 from last year. There are 33 male and 11 female dogs, total 44 versus 39 last year.
Athens County S S workers are asked to arrange delegates for the State Convention in Marietta on June 5 6 and 7. Schools should send their delegates and liberal contributions to the County Treasurer. Secretaries are named for Home Department Teacher Training and Primary Department and county secretary to oversee enrollment and county convention planning.
From Saturdays Daily Messenger Arthur Guthrie of Alfred is in the city on business. George Mirrick of Hebbardeville was a business visitor here today. Mrs Will Garber of Middleport visits relatives in and near Athens. Miss Mabel Murphey of Albany guests here for a few days. Mr and Mrs C B Blackwood of Middleport are guests here for a few days. Mrs John D Gist left for Guysville to visit D W Cornell. Mr and Mrs W B Golden host Hyson of unknown locality today.
The advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh as a constitutional disease and asserts a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure. It promotes internal use to affect blood and mucous surfaces and mentions testimonials and Toledo Ohio manufacturers F. J. Cheney & Co. 75c. Also recommends Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Mrs. O. E. Smith and her young son, guests of her parents Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Warden for the past month, departed to New York City on Thursday. Mr. W. B. Montgomery of Stewart is in the city today on business.
Nelsonville April 30 A very pleasant surprise was tendered Mrs James Verity at her home Saturday evening by the ladies of the Relief Corps and friends. An elegant lunch followed at 10 o clock. Mrs Verity received a silk umbrella and dish from Mrs B N Poston. Attending were numerous local ladies and misses Bessie Anderson and Myrtle Moore.
Mrs. W. E. Day has been with her husband in Columbus while he recovered at Grant hospital after an appendectomy last Thursday. The operation went well and he is out of danger, though he won’t be moved home for at least two weeks. Mrs. Day plans to return to Columbus soon to stay with him until he recovers enough to travel.
The Week's End Club gathered Saturday afternoon at Mrs George de Camp's East State street home. Seven members attended and the afternoon featured a one o'clock dinner followed by a game of whist.
A vintage ad states Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea provides a life giving current and soothing warmth for the nerves and blood. It promotes tea or tablets available for 35 cents through Cline's Pharmacy.
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