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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1907
Page
4
Athens voters face a tight local option vote on temperance as the Marathon of debate ends. The Marietta and Cambridge reports show neutral press behavior, while the Hixon family receives a thoughtful W C T U gathering. Wheat market prospects hint at larger European demand and possible U S growth, with farm values cited for 1906.
In Sugar Creek a strike over powder handling stalls Mines 209 210 211 as the state mining department bans taking powder down cages. A public conference in Columbus failed to assign responsibility to miners operators or inspectors, leaving the issue unresolved.
Judge Mathers ruled in a test case that a person cannot be arrested under a village public streets ordinance for plain drunkenness alone. A warrant must show the intoxicated person was also disturbing the peace by separate conduct. Most Ohio cities and towns have such plain drunk ordinances, which this decision would deem valid.
The city council opened bids for 4000 dollars of street improvement bonds. Five bids were received with Somerset Bank of Somerset Ohio winning at 4134 dollars and 40 cents. Other bids ranged from 4013 to 4080 dollars. Council slated a Tuesday meeting to discuss sidewalk conditions and future action.
The item describes a luncheon menu featuring Sweet Pickle Salad with cucumber boats filled with beets, mayonnaise, lettuce, almonds, and a raisin-cracker-egg dessert, plus related apple and cake recipes. It notes the Murphey-Crooks wedding at Albany with a visit by Merle R. Crooks and Mrs Crooks visiting Gloucester.
Mr James Van Meter remains very ill as of now. Locals attend Leslie Castle's funeral at the Garden last Friday. Arthur Van Meter and family visited James Van Meter over weekend. Delware visitors Mrs Charlie Van Meter and daughter stay at James Van Meter’s. May Swartz of Alfred visits Myrtle Runnion and joins ice cream social. E M Stout sold his farm to a Virginia man last week. Lola and Everett Townsend of Bethany visited Lonna Runnion. Willie Barstow and son from Athens visit James Van Meter over Sunday. J L Kyle injures ankle last week in J D Caldwell’s woods near Junod and Roberts’ saw-mill and is recovering. C W Gross hosts Mrs Mary Lloyd of Columbus before her summer trip to California, with Miss Mayme Watkins of Luhrig. Rev F R Crooks of Baltimore en route home after a visit.
The Hocking Valley Bank invites personal and corporate deposits and advertises tiered interest on time certificates. It promotes growth, community credit, and mail banking with 2 percent on under 500, 3 percent on 500 to 1000, and 4 percent on over 1000, urging readers to write for details.
A column of short observations on social behavior. It muses on politeness to different aged girls, what words reveal about a man, and money, bragging, hats, conversations near a corpse, sports luck, dog loyalty, and marriage dynamics. Each quip offers a wry, lighthearted social insight.
Local notes report Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Dye visiting sister Mrs. Will Conant near Vanderhoof. Miss Sarah E. Hyson remains bedridden with consumption after months of illness. Funeral services for Hyson were held at the M. E. church with Rev. G. E. Kreager. Bernice Williams of Reedville visits sister Mrs. Fannie Coleman. A 13 year old near Latrobe was injured by a rifle accident while hunting hawk nests. recovery hoped. Mrs. Lida Rowles and Miss Lucy Green traveled to Parkersburg. Sam Coleman reports a horse cut by barbed wire. Clare and Delbar Hayes were guests of Wm. and Paul Kreager. Hannah Hayes of Athens visited her parents Merritt Hayes family.
Millfield notes list Addie Finsterwald of Athens as guest of her niece Mrs Roma Dent. Rev J W Carroll to fill regular M E church appointment. Harvey Wade visited Columbus relatives. Dr and Mrs W T Sprague of Chauncey visited here. R S Dent in Athens on business. Birth announced Mason Howard couple welcomed a girl. Mrs A W Russell visited daughter Helen at Mt Carmel Hospital Columbus. C L Sanders in Nelsonville on business. Mabel Learned visiting friends in Jacksonville.
Laxative cough syrup labeled safe for children and compliant with the National Pure Food and Drug Law claims to treat croup and whooping cough by gently moving the bowels. Sold for thirty days at $1.00 with a satisfaction guarantee and a coupon available from Henderson-Crider's Drug Store.
At Columbus offices of the Hocking Valley railway the Mt. Vernon Bridge company is awarded the main freight repair shop contract in Columbus. The steel structure 500 by 162 feet will cost 75000 and house six tracks with cranes. The firm also lands the 400 foot Kanawha and Michigan bridge channel span at Point Pleasant for about 95000. Work starts immediately.
Mr Molland Curry of Key West Florida suffered rheumatism for over two years and found relief after his wife bought Chamberlains Pain Balm. After two weeks of use the pain disappeared and has not returned for over three months. Sold by McKee Lash Athens and Barton Drug Chauncey.
Pearl Hartley of Corning was arrested Sunday by Sheriff Harry Webster after his wife's grandmother Mary Phillips reported $17.50 missing from three bills and coins. Hartley, who had been visiting relatives in Stewart, was found in Sunnyside en route to Athens after spending part of the money. arraigned before Squire Rose, he pleaded guilty and received a $17 fine plus costs and 30 days in jail.
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