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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1907
Page
2
Ohio counties and cities continue to drive saloons from their borders with 68 percent of the state dry. About 1150 townships and 741 municipalities are dry while 460000 residents in large cities live in dry districts by petition. The campaign momentum favors no saloons in many towns within sixty days.
A State Journal piece laments the slow undermanaged calls where one end must wait for a languid interlocutor. It urges users to imagine an urgent person at the other end and practice courtesy to prevent needless friction and wasted time.
The State Journal argues that widespread unreliability in labor and materials harms progress as people fail to keep promised work. The piece contrasts this with a proposed State Journal “tranquillity cure” advocating calm meditation and avoidance of刺激 ideas to steady minds.
James A. Robinson of Canton Ohio argues for tax reform to correct home value bias and tax franchise properties. He urges more frequent real estate valuations, publicity of assessments, state valuation of mineral rights, and empowering counties to tailor tax rules, with homeowner exemptions up to $2,000 and broader initiative measures.
A detailed mortality and birth tally from Assessor reports to Probate Judge Lynch. The data lists births and deaths by precincts such as Athens, Mineral, Deanville, Ames, Canaan, Fourth Ward Nelsonville, York, Buchtel, Lodi, Troy, Coolville, Carthage, Monday, Hollister, Giouster, Dover, Trimble East, Jacksonville, College Athens, Fifth Athens, Hudson, Amesville, Goose Run, Millfield, Trimble, Lee, and related white and colored populations with gender breakdowns. It documents white and colored counts, including sex and precincts, for births and deaths.
Decoration day events in Coolville led by the Frost G A R post include a 1 PM program at Frost, a procession to Coolville for a 3 PM program with Rev C E Keller delivering the address and graves to be decorated. Committees named cover Old soldiers, Decoration, Flowers, Music with local volunteers. The notice ends with an ad for Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup sold by Cline's Pharmacy.
An advertisement touts DeWitts Little Early Risers pills as a quick cure for headaches and biliousness. The copy notes they are sold at Caine's Pharmacy and promotes their health benefits in lively terms.
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