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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1909
Page
4
The Athens Messenger calls for cautious driving after a local incident where a speeding car nearly endangered a child riding a pony. It praises Columbus rules requiring cars to stay right, avoid sharp turns near corners, and give wide turns to prevent accidents and temper flare ups.
A long quotation from W. 8. Cappellar of Marefield News promotes doing things now, especially about wills and endowments. It urges honesty among executors and careful, proactive planning for burial plots, while offering aphorisms on prudence, speech, and personal responsibility.
Plant hybridizers offer varieties to create year round bloom in Rome style gardens. For success choose rich, well drained soil, deeply tilled and well manured. Roses should be planted in masses 20 to 100 of one kind, 18 inches apart, with hybrid tea and polyantha in spring, hybrid perpetuals in spring or fall. Prune each spring, remove dead wood, and shorten shoots to two to six eyes. Phlox Drummond varieties fill spaces with showy colors, though yellow is rare. Seeded annuals thrive in sunny northern locations and sheltered southern areas. Blooms cease in midsummer unless moisture, shade, and plant food support prolong flowering.
A sharp editorial urges readers to avoid meddling in others affairs. It cautions that critics may cause more damage than help and urges self focus before judging neighbors disputes. The piece closes with a reminder to mind one own business and tend to one own affairs.
Invitations have been received by Athenians for the marriage of Pearl Potter to Edwin Henry Etz. The couple, children of Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Potter, formerly of Athens, will wed Wednesday evening June 9 at the Potter residence 1615 Rhode Island Avenue in Washington DC.
In Lexington citizens form a broad anti vermin campaign to wipe out rats at night amid talk of luck and hygiene. The era of germs is urged with Spartan Stain marketed as a germicide by The Marietta Paint & Color Co. and advertised by The Carpenter Hardware Co.
In a historical query, a mother who weaned a baby by applying alum is discussed as a curious old practice. The note treats the method as antiquated and highlights changes in infant care norms over time.
The Latimore and Leigh Company perform at the opera house with shows including An Orphan's Prayer The Creole and The Female Detective A special matinee is scheduled Saturday at 2 30 with additional acts the night box stunt at the event draws attention at the post office display
Albany residents gather for the funeral of Hon. E W Rutherford at Mt Blanco on Saturday afternoon. Visitors include Mrs Floyd Crooks of Columbus and extended relatives and friends from Albany and nearby towns.
The American Bonding Company of Baltimore sues Charles C Richardson Asa B Morgan and Aetna Indemnity in United States court claiming the estate of the late Joh Nash has dwindled and a settlement in equity is sought.
The Geologic Survey issued a list of permissible explosives for miners to reduce coal mine disasters. Twelve manufacturers tested forty nine explosives. six firms succeeded and seventeen met requirements for the approved list. Tests used a large steel chamber with fire damp and coal dust to compare ignition and safety.
The text states permissible explosives should supplement safety measures in mines with gas or inflammable dust. Detonators should be strong, charges limited to one and a half pounds, often not over one pound, to reduce danger in hazardous conditions.
Among those on the sick list are Mrs Hannah Welch and John Welch Jr Everett Russell left Monday for St Joseph Mo where he has employment Mrs Alfretta Chambers of Columbus with her aunt Miss Etta Chambers visited relatives here last week Preston Frost and wife were guests of relatives at Big Run Sunday Decoration day services are planned at the Baptist church Sunday at 10:30 am Rev G Russell will deliver the memorial address Miss Emma Algeo and Miss Hardee McCune of Stewart visited Miss Evelyn Russell last week W L Petty of Dayton who had been visiting relatives returned home last week
Mrs Myrtle Stewart of Jacksonville was summoned Monday due to her mother Mrs Harvey Wright injuring herself after a fall Saturday night. Numerous local residents visited relatives and friends in nearby towns including Athens Guysville Stewart and Stewart area. visitors and kin from Sand Rock Canaanville Sugar Creek and Columbus discussed past ties to the old home.
Judge J. M. Wood, confined at home on Congress Street by a severe cold, is much better today. No court was held on Tuesday or today due to his indisposition.
The Ohio state board of appraisers and assessors will hold hearings on contested board of review appointments. On Friday May 28 at 10 A M hearings in Xenia Circleville Cambridge and Mansfield. On Tuesday June 1 at 2 P M hearings in Mt Vernon Springfield and Dayton. On Wednesday June 2 hearings in Fremont Niles Tiffin Warren Wellston Nelsonville and Youngstown.
The Messenger boasts it will suppress disliked material and publish exclusive eyewitness accounts with a twist. It invites tips, sensational obituaries, and backbiting stories while urging readers to threaten cancellations to force pages.
The will of Tila M. Johnson of Coolville is probated. Rev. J. F. H. Parkins receives 500 dollars in personal property after funeral expenses. Nieces Virginia Halstead and Marinda Reeves inherit a 100 acre farm valued at 2000 dollars, with Halstead to be paid for caring for the deceased. The estate is to be administered by Rev. Parkins. The will dates to April 21, 1909.
Miss Lenna Dean closed her school at Utica last week. Mrs. Josephine Petty and Irene of Washington are guests of Mr. H A Cook. Miss Mary Parsons died May 28 of consumption. Interment Kilvert cemetery Rev Muns officiating. Fred Merrill visiting parents in Athens. Mrs Sadie Goens died May 20 of consumption. Interment Southland cemetery May 23.
Miss Esther Stewart of Clarkson returns home for vacation. Mrs. L. B. Corry of Pittsburg visits cousin Mrs. Aschia M. Elliott. Mahala Stone to Parkersburg for ill mother. Hazel Medley visits Naomi Hickman in Parkersburg. Elbert Kiddy from Michigan visits family. Mrs. John Coleman of Parkersburg and Mollie Coleman of Moses Bottom visit Mrs. Neal White. Charlie Stewart of the O A at Athens visits parents. Cyrus and Clarence Jones hosts at Toreh. Mark Dunfee leaves Hockingport to join telegraph company. Witle Dunfee returns from Athens after visit with sister Mrs. David Hays. Ethel Dunfee attends Parkersburg college. spends weekend at home.
Rev Charles Laughlin preached the baccalaureate sermon in the high school auditorium Sunday at 730 p m. The graduates include Eva Inis Power Erma Langstaff Grace Mae Smith Mary Rebecca Plake Gertrude Muriel Courtney Mabel Clara Fiske Gladys Mildred Steen rod Helen Marie James Goldie Ethel Smith Ruth Anna Wallace Anna Porter Simpson Lulu Marie Bumgardner Lulu Marie Parry Gertrude Mae Perry Elsie Lester Hickman Efe Zephyr Hickman. L D Johnson of Johnson Beverage Co Logan spent Sunday in the city. Emma Petty returned from Logan after visiting her mother Mrs Emily Petty. A large crowd attended the Women’s Relief Corps entertainment May 21. Lawrence Yerges visited from Logan. Lewis Minck spent Sunday in Columbus. Mrs Charles Sharp and two children Edward and William of Kimberley W Va visited at the Hill home. George Ames of Columbus visited in the city. C H Doan of Columbus, president of Nelsonville Brick Co, was here Friday. Sophia Robinson returned to Hillsboro after visiting her sister Mrs O C Jackson.
Golden O May 24 The Pro Valley team once undefeated fell 15 to 7 to Hebbardsville at Golden athletic park Saturday afternoon. Cooper of Albany started for Pleasant Valley while Knight pitched for Hebbards, receiving solid support and fanning 15. The score line shows Hebbardsville dominance despite unsteady pitching.
Box score recap notes two base hits by Stanley and seven bases on balls drawn by Cooper, Knight tallies seven walks, and striking out counts show Cooper with four and Knight with fifteen.
The local team beat the Ne ville Grays 4 to 2 in a Sunday game noted for its speed. Pitcher Dixon allowed six hits and nine runners, while Smith of Nelsonville limited the locals to eight hits and struck out ten.
Reporters encounter a wave of silence from several team managers when asked for comments on a local matter. They refuse to share views, insisting no statements at this time, while observers note an unusual trend in conduct across the vicinity.
The Imper Coal company's engine room burned recently in a severe blaze causing about 5000 dollars in damage. Insurance partially covered the loss.
The C H C Co also of the place operates two mines here both men working steadily with output figures not yet detailed.
Roach and Howard owned ponies at a farm on The Plains that fell victim to wood ticks. Five ponies died, three before a diagnosis, two after a vet was called. Four remain sick while three have recovered after removal of the parasites. Insects are said to be more prevalent this year.
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