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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1904

Page

8

Most Notable Day in Athens County History

Athens County Day on June 14 promises free entertainment at the fair grounds with countywide participation. Prizes will reward the best township delegation. events include sack and wheelbarrow races, running, trotting, pacing, a Fate and Leans baseball game, and a cash drill. The Columbus Rifles Band provides music and George A Beaton of New York funds prizes.

Athens Athens County Fair Ground Fair Grounds Columbus Rifles George A. Beaton New York Mr. Beaton

Perry Davis Painkiller Ad Claims Worldwide Use

The copy promotes Perry Davis Painkiller as a remedy for griping pains diarrhoea and cholera morbous. It advises taking the medicine per directions and notes travelers in all climates carry it in their gripsacks. Large bottles priced 25 and 60 cents.

Perry Davis

Lake Shore Sleeping Car Line Inaugurated to Chicago

A new sleeping car service via the Ohio Central Lines and L S M S Ry runs daily from Athens leaving at 3 36 p m and arriving in Chicago at 7 10 a m Berths may be secured at Ohio Central Lines ticket offices.

Lake Shore Chicago Ohio Central Lines

Glouster Light Plant Contract Awarded to Russell Engine

The Glouster village board of public service awarded the electric light plant contract to Russell Engine Co of Massillon for 16422, the lowest of two bids. The itemized total includes building 8640, 100 kW generator 2420, steam fittings and boilers 4420, lamps 1700, 150 hp steam engine 2223, poles and lines 8000, extras 438. Material to be shipped soon and the plant to begin immediately.

Glouster Russell Engine Company Massillon Board of Public Service Erner-Hopkins Company of Columbus K. W

Dodd's Kidney Pills Restore Woman's Health in New York

In Hartford Mills New York on May 16 a neighborhood reports remarkable cures from Dodd's Kidney Pills. Mrs J D Wallace long ill and unable to walk eighty rods recovered quickly gaining twenty pounds in three months and resumes all work. She credits the pills for her restoration.

Hartford Mills N. Y Dodd J. D. Wallace

Resolutions of Respect for Bernice Vore

Resolutions from the Guysville Presbyterian Sabbath School mourn the death of beloved school scholar Bernice Vore. The note expresses deep sympathy for the family and hopes the loss may be overruled for good by God. Copies are to be given to the family, filed in the school record, and sent to Athens Messenger & Herald for publication.

Bernice Vore Guysville Presbyterian Sabbath School Athens Messenger & Herald Mary Murphy Samuel Stalder Addie M Comal

Punctual Pupils and University Appointment

The D Grammar grade lists pupils Mary Bobo Frieda Calvert Sylvia Headley Hazel Lee Bessie Young Elmo Cornell Clifford Campbell Russell Fuller Dwight Junod Homer White GRAMMAR Ina Brown Louise Price Frank Mc Vay as never absent or tardy in the past month. Edgar Ervin is named field agent for the Webster Dictionary at Ohio University Athens, maintaining dictionary work while teaching. He will recruit students for the institute and will earn nearly double his teaching salary.

Mary Bobo Frieda Calvert Sylvia Headley Hazel Lee Bessie Young Elmo Cornell Clifford Campbell Russell Fuller Dwight Junod Homer White Edgar Ervin Ellis Ohio University At Athens Ervin Pomeroy Democrat

Beginning to Read: Names in a Beginners' Grade List

A fragment lists individuals including Edith Barrows Marie Calvert Rachel Lockheart Marie Bardin and others such as Howard Bobo Harrold Barrows James Cameron Clifford Cornell Harvey Calentine Alonzo Calentine Clarence Mitchell Orland Oxley Walter Porter Guy Walker Joseph Miller Esther Blackburn Henry Mayes Paul Young Ruth Blakely Pearl Burnfield Ola Oxley.

Edith Barrows Marie Calvert Rachel Lockheart Marie Bardin Howard Bobo Harrold Barrows James Cameron Clifford Cornell Harvey Calentine Alonzo Calentine Clarence Mitchell Orland Oxley Walter Porter Guy Walker Joseph Miller Esther Blackburn Henry Mayes Paul Young Ruth Blakely Pearl Burnfield Ola Oxley

Diverse snippets and health claims in a scattered column

The page mixes soap advertising promising easy to handle towels and pure ingredients, Panama Canal positions rumor, Jamaica climate note, population compare Thybet to France, Henderson offers Dr Howard’s specific at half price with refund guarantee, and a Korea religious belief note.

C. B. Henderson Dr. Howard B. Henderson

Greece’s Population Grows Fastest in Europe

The article notes that Greece currently experiences the fastest population growth among European nations, highlighting a marked rise relative to other countries on the continent.

Greece Europe

One Minute Cough Cure Promises Relief for Coughs

A Marion Indiana resident credits One Minute Cough Cure with curing a long standing cough restoring weight and strengthening lungs after trying other remedies. The ad notes Mrs G E Fenner lost weight from 148 to 92 pounds and regained health after four bottles. Sold by Cline's Pharmacy.

G. E. Fenner Marion Ind Cline

Notice to Millmen and Market Inquiry for Car Stock

The text notes compulsory English in Russian commercial schools and cites a miner employment figure of 871 888 in Great Britain. It also advertises Wheeler-Holden Co. seeking white oak car stock and offers top market prices with contact at 49 Erie Co Bank Building Buffalo New York.

Wheeler-Holden Co Erie Co Bank Buld Buffalo N

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