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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1903
Page
27
A fragmented newspaper item references a fear or cost related to an advance payment. Details are unclear due to damaged text, but the fragment indicates a payment requirement and a printing company association with a local publisher.
The article notes George B. McClellan defeats Mayor Low in New York by over 60,000 votes amid broad ministerial opposition. It also reports Ohio Republicans winning by about 100,000 and predicts a Republican-dominated next legislature. It emphasizes a party rebuke to free silver, free trade, and single tax and signals strong support for Hanna and Republican leadership nationwide.
Report lists Apri vy grade pupils with perfect attendance for two months Carl Bell Horace Palmer Wilbur Araglio Edwin Finsterwald Willie Golda Barrows Nelle Finvald Ella Glass Lucile Hastings Edith Ruston Mabel Strahl Also names pupils clear of absences in September and October Alta French Cosette Dye Audrey Sibson Louise Higgins Constance ey Jessie Perry Juliet Roach Helen Whitmore Eva Lucile Henry Ollie Dailey Davis Walter Davis Jerry John Gleason John Lynch Ward Howard Lepley
Educational work received great impetus as the Southeastern Ohio Teachers association held sessions in Ewing Hall with 550 registered and over 600 in attendance. Fairfield County joined the district, enlarging it to eleven counties. Prominent educators from Athens, Meigs, Perry, Jackson, and others attended along with university faculty and students. The program featured talks by Dr. Ellis, Dr. Gordy, Dr. Cook, Supt. Jones, and Prof. Evans, with music by the Nordica Double Quartet and a lively social Friday night.
A Republican elect state school commissioner of Ohio delivered an address titled The Old and the New, outlining progress in art science and education over the past few decades. Officers elected for the year include President Prof. Frederick Treadley Athens secretary Supt. W. Carr Syracuse executive committee Supt. Cassidy Lancaster Supt. Pierpont Logan and Prof. C. M. Copeland Athens. The association adjourned to meet next year at Lancaster.
California Prune Wafers marketed as pleasant candy and harmless. Sold at 100 for 25 cents with doctor’s advice to ask your druggist. A compact promotional note highlighting a fruit-based laxative product.
Ezra S Root aged 72 died at his home in Beninet Illinois on October 13. He was born and reared in Rome township of the county and was the eldest brother of Frank Root formerly an express agent here.
E F Cullums, long located in Pennsylvania, will remain in Athens to open a private hospital with a fully equipped bath room offering sponge Turkish Swedish facial and scalp treatments. Rooms are prepared for rest and care by a nurse and physician with an assistant. Office hours are 8 am to 8 pm at 42 East State Street.
In Nelsonville on Saturday Mrs. James Bartoe and Mrs. John Daugherty were run over by a runaway horse. Initially feared serious injuries, the women were later reported badly bruised and shaken but not seriously hurt.
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