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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1887
Page
5
Long, dense Athens County page with notices, accidents, and community updates. Reports include local injuries, a child fall, a miner’s death, a bridge replacement, a new rail line, a charity event, and civic improvements. Mentions Governor Foraker resignation, a Forty Hours Devotion, and Circus posters era.
The Athens county fair is set to be the most satisfactory ever held by the Society with liberal premiums and a speed ring to attract top exhibitors. The revised publication list was furnished by the secretary W O H Brown and printed in this issue. A wedding took place on the 4th at H H Wickham’s residence with Elmer E Balbirt and Miss Bette Burns crowned in a ceremony by the writer.
Vendors tout Hall's Catarrh Cure from Toledo makers F J Cheney Co as safe and mercury free taken internally. Local ads trumpet Brown's Rotary Harrow claims and Mills Brothers agents in Athens praise its efficiency and cost saving. A Wallace & Co circus and menagerie tour is announced for May 1 with city acts and a live animal display. Representative election notices accompany listings of Republican candidates across Athens County. Married notices close the page.
Mr Wel Brewa the secretary of the Athens County Agricultural Society has prepared a list by rejection of the Board, referencing the next County Fair. The letter is printed on another column and will be read with interest by all readers.
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