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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1906
Page
6
Athens assesses dozens of dangerous dogs in the district and city, urging muzzling or killing to protect children. The piece contrasts country churchgoers with town life and mentions issues from mail delivery and a shirt factory to anti trust style reforms and oil pipelines. It notes Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar as a remedy.
An Athens Sunday School Teachers Union formed at the Christian church on Monday evening. Miss Faris elected president with Miss Connell as vice president and Edna Thompson Ward as secretary and treasurer. Executive committee includes Mrs Emma Palmer, Mrs Pershing, and Mrs Lowe. Next meeting led by Miss Williams and Mrs Pershing on Thursday evening May 24 at the Christian church.
Scotch Collie pups offered for sale at Edward Evans address in Nelsonville Ohio. Advertisement records contact details and age described as 4 weeks with pedigree noted.
Workmen prepare to install a large plate glass storefront on the first floor front of the new bank building. Finishing touches proceed swiftly as tenants awaiting occupancy, with some having already moved in.
Memorial services will be celebrated at Hooper Ridge church on May 30 starting at 10 o'clock and continuing all day. The program includes music and addresses by Dr. T. L. Lowe and N. M. Foster of Athens with other speakers expected. Grand Army men in reach are invited to participate. Signed W. D. Runion.
An old advertisement urges readers to avoid ordinary medicine and buy Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea from Cline's Pharmacy at 35 cents. It touts the product as a supreme curative and offers tea or tablets.
A visitor has been staying with relatives for a week and left this morning for Columbus. Mr. P. D. Stickney of Indianapolis was a Sunday guest with his wife and family and departed today to supervise company work in Cincinnati.
Mrs. Kate Foltz of Logan Mrs. Charles Meldrim of Isleborough and Miss Kate Stone of Union Furnace were the guests Saturday of C. Van Horn and family.
The Marietta District Epworth League holds its sixteenth annual convention in Glouster this Thursday and Friday. Delegates from Athens and other towns attend a full program with devotions, discussions, reports, and a district cabinet session, led by Rev W W Dick and officers from Marietta and Glouster.
The narrative details fights over establishing a Normal School at Ohio University, including roles of Senator Moore, Dr. Ellis, Speaker McKinnon, and others. It covers legislative maneuvering, committee actions, and the eventual passage of the Seese Normal Bill and Sleeper law, with reflections on university policy and political pressures.
For sale by H. L. Wheaton is Green Seal Liquid Paint. The note urges choosing quality and consistency in painting.
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