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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1903
Page
15
George B. McClellan defeats Mayor Low in New York by over 60 000 with clergy backing seen as factor. Ohio votes tilt Republican, signaling a strong 1904 campaign year shift. Hanna praised as key leader while Bryan era politics recede amid broad Republican victory.
Educational work received strong impetus at the Southeastern Ohio teachers association gathering in Lancaster with sessions in Ewing Hall. Delegations from eleven counties attended, Fairfield added to the district, and Athens and surrounding towns sent large turnouts. Highlights included remarks by Dr. Ellis of Ohio University on preserving the common school fund, and talks on manual training and history by local and university educators.
An unofficial report on the Athens County election of November 3 1903 notes strong public interest. The program featured lectures by Dr Gordy and Dr John M Cook with music by Miss Belle Bishop and the Nordica Double Quartet. A social reception for about five hundred teachers followed Friday’s events.
A garbled OCR fragment lists multiple personal names in a sepia era style. Included are Palmer, Wilbur, Finsterwald, Willie Jordan-Barrows, Nelle Fin, Hastings, Andrey Higgins, Perry, Roach, Whitmore, Henry, Ollis Dailey, Walter Daing, Jerry Mason, John Lynch, Lepley, and others without clear context or dates.
Republican elect state school commissioner of Ohio delivered an address on the old and the new, reviewing progress in art science and education over decades. Officers elected for the year include President Frederick Treadley Athens Secretary O W Carr Syracuse Executive committee Cassidy Lancaster Pierpont Logan and Copeland Athens. Adjournment set for Lancaster next year. Nature's true fruit Cathartic California Plane Wafers advertised at 100 for 25 cents via druggist.
E. S. Collum reports readiness to locate a private hospital offering Turkish and Swedish baths, facial masques, scalp work, full massage, sponge and general treatments. The facility includes eight rooms and a competent assistant, with office hours from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at 42 East State Street.
Ezra Root aged 72 died at his late residence in Benmuet Hi October 13. He was born and reared in some township of this county and was the eldest brother of Frank Roes formerly express agent here.
Nelson Villa reports that two women, Mrs James Bartoe and Mrs John Daugherty, were run over by a Tupaway horse last Saturday. Initial fears of serious injury were replaced by news they were badly bruised and shaken, though not seriously hurt.
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