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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 07, 1907

Page

10

Grand Jury Ends Session with 24 Indictments in Three Days

After a three day session the grand jury reported to Judge Wood at 10 30 this morning finding 24 true bills from 365 witnesses examined. Forty seven cases were considered, 25 ignored and seven secret indictments returned. Individuals named include B D Cochran assault and battery and Isaiah Koons second degree murder. The petit jury is to meet Monday at 9 o clock.

Wane Wee State Hospital Reeder and Harkins Wood Buchiel Columbus & Hocking Coal & Iron Company L. N. CC Rachelmacher

DeWitt's Little Barly Risers Pills Marketed by Cline's Pharmacy

DeWitt's Little Barly Risers are touted as the best pill with no griping. Sold through Cline's Pharmacy.

DeWitt's Cline’s Pharmacy

Coal Shortage Dims Sunday Creek Winters Threat

The Sunday Creek valley faces a coal shortage with high prices as supply dwindles. Only the Hisyvania Coal company near Trimble will deliver locally, pushing prices up and risking cold hardships due to scarce fuel and potential gas weakness. Coal rates rise November 1 across lump and run grades, signaling widespread impact on households and heating.

Creek Valley Hisyvania Coal Company Trimble

Tie nut price adjusted and other grades unchanged

Tie nut will be advanced 25 cents a ton to 1.50. Prices on nut pea slack and coarse slack remain at 0.80 and 0.60 per ton, with no advance in these grades.

Overcoming Indigestion with Kodol Remedy

A health note urges relief for weak stomachs and indigestion. It promotes Kodol as a reliable safe digestant for dyspepsia heartburn belching and related stomach troubles and notes availability at Cline's Pharmacy.

Cline

Were Married in the Clerk's Office

Sherman Goins age 45 and Ollie Male age 17 from Plantsville Ohio wed in County Clerk Stout's office Thursday evening. Rev. 8. 8 S. Klyne of Alberon M. E. church officiated using the bride's license papers. Attaches of the clerk's office witnessed the ceremony.

Sherman Goins Ollie Male Plantsville Ohio Stout S. Klyne Alberon M. E Parkersburg

Jones Brothers Lease Buckeye Coal Mine Near New Straits ville

Jones Brothers of New Straits ville lease the Buckeye coal mine near town from KE S Martin and M Roan formerly Sunday Creek managers. The mine, outputting about 500 tons daily, is a top property in the New Straits ville district.

Bryson Takes Postmaster Role in Bayoun Office

Charles H. Bryson begins duties as Bayoun postmaster after John Finsterwald’s two year term ends. Bryson received commission signed by President Roosevelt and Postmaster General Meyers. Harry McKinstry becomes assistant postmaster, succeeding S. B. Pickering, with Inspector Oldfield overseeing turnover.

John Finsterwald Bryson Roosevelt Meyers Inspector Holmes Cincinnati Inspector Oldfield Athens Harry McKinstry 8. B. Pickering

Ohio university alumnus named county elections chairman

The excerpt notes a man who has been a student at Ohio University and now serves as alumni secretary and chairman of the county board of elections. It cites uncertainty about who will replace Mr McKinstry as county clerk, with Clerk Nelson to appoint a deputy soon.

Ohio University Bryson McKinstry Nelson

DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Sold at Cline's Pharmacy

DeWitt's carbolized witch hazel marketed as a cleansing healing soothing remedy for piles and offered for sale at Cline's Pharmacy.

DeWitt Cline

Colonel Tutt Aims to Finance Nelsonville Tramway

Colonel Charles Tutt of Nelsonville leads efforts to raise additional subscriptions for the Nelsonville Athens and Gloucester traction line. He plans a stock proposition offering no payments until the road is built and running, hoping local investors will back the project and secure necessary financing.

Charles Tutt Nelsonville Athens Col. Tutt Colonel Tutt

Kodol touted as stomach aid in a guaranteed plan

An advertisement touts Kodol as a remedy for stomach troubles including heartburn flatulence sour stomach belching nausea and general unease. It claims Kodol digests what you eat and promises health with a guaranteed plan sold by Cline's Pharmacy.

Cline

Fat Steers Fetch Modest Prices at Pittsburg Market

The Pittsburg live stock market last week saw strictly choice fat steers scarce. J. V. Stoecklein of Glendale Ohio had eight Short Horn steers ripe for sale, sold to Brickman Wood & Reet at 6.65 per 100. One car of Ohio steers rated near the top brought 6.25, another load also 6.25.

National Stockman Pittsburg Catile J. V. Stoecklein Glouster Ohio Brickman, Wood & Reet

Quail and Rabbit Hunting Season Set in November

Quail and rabbit season opens November 15 and closes December 5. Daily bag limits cap at 18 partridge or quail. waterfowl limits are 25 ducks and 18 other waterfowl. No hunting on Sundays or Mondays. Woodcock and various game may be hunted from September 1 to December 1, with miscellaneous species listed under the same dates.

Flour mill for sale in Murphy Mill district

The Murphy Roller Flouring Mill at Maysville will be sold at public sale by the J. W. Murray administrators on Thursday November 21 1907. It is appraised at 6150 dollars. See Daily Messenger for complete premises description.

Murphy Roller Miysville J. W. Murray Daily Messenger

Clever Fox Terrier Follows Spelled Commands

Mayme Roach owns an exceptionally intelligent Fox terrier that apparently knows the alphabet. When Alemaster wishes the dog to do anything he simply spells the desired action and the dog performs the feat as if spoken.

Mayme Roach Alemaster

Casto Fat 4 The Kind You Have Always Bears the Big

Casto Fat 4 The Kind You Have Always bears the bigueture appears as a garbled OCR item with unclear meaning and no readable events or entities to extract.

Bryson Recess Appointment Triggers District Postmaster Shuffle

The president made a recess appointment of Mr. Bryson amid a long district political struggle. If Congress accepts, he may serve four more years. Bryson says local post offices will keep their jobs though charges have been filed against several. Expected changes include Albany’s Duffy replacement, Trimble’s postmaster, and Nelsonville’s Sheppard successor amid ongoing Grosvenor-Douglass tensions. Bryson, Gloucester High School graduate, has long been active in local politics and aided Albert Douglass’s rise.

Bryson Congress Mr. Bryson Messenger Athens County Civil Service Eleventh Albert Douglass Grovesnor Glouster High School Trimble Township

Plan to Fight Disease with Miona Stomach Tablets

Henderson Crider promotes Mi-o-na as a remedy for stomach troubles in Athens. They guarantee a full refund if it does not cure and claim the product strengthens the digestive tract, improves appetite, relieves headaches and nervousness, and helps extract nourishment from food. A 50 cent box is sold with risk to the buyer.

Athens Henderson Crider Henderson-Cridet

King Edward and Abdul Hamid May Meet in Cordial Talks

London reports a possible exchange between King Edward and Abdul Hamid of Turkey as part of the entente cordiale program. The idea arises after a conversation between the Sultan and a British admiral, signaling a potential easing of historic tensions.

Richard Abercorn London Turkey

King Edward's Potential Turkish Welcome Teased by Press

The article notes Abdul hopes to meet the British sovereign during the Mediterranean fleet visit to the Bosphorus. It suggests Sultan Abdul Hamid and his subjects might welcome King Edward in Constantinople, though press censorship limits opinion. A Young Turks organ outside the empire claims Edward would be welcomed after the hoped-for death of the tyrant at Yildiz Kiosk.

Mediterranean Bosphorus Abdul Turkey Edward Constantinople Young Turks’ Party Yildiz

Nationalization of Mines Backed by Miners Federation

The Miners Federation at Southport affirmed in principle a Socialist proposal for mine nationalization. MP John Wadsworth cited the 1900 coal boom showing workers received only a fraction of the extra $330,000,000 in output while owners and middlemen profited, and noted wages rose little. The plan is unlikely to advance beyond theory, but signals growing Socialist influence in English labor unions.

Miners’ Federation Southport John Wadsworth M. P England

King Edward Finds New Strength From Marienbad Cure

King Edward shows remarkable health and energy after a Marienbad treatment. He remains active for a man of sixty six and works as hard as any business leader. At Balmoral he hosted Sir Felix Semon, fueling rumors of renewed royal concerns, though Semon’s visit was personal, not medical.

Edward Marienbad Halmoral Sir Felix Semon Felix Halmeral

Purchased Hotel by Lawrence and Stalder Near B&O Depot

W B Lawrence and Harry G Stalder bought the Smith House property from Mrs Lizze Smith near the B&O depot for 5000 dollars. The sale includes the hotel and the adjacent vacant lot on the west. The buyers plan to improve the vacant portion but have no definite plans yet.

W. B. Lawrence Harry G. Stalder Lizze Smith

Court rules hunter arrests limited by landowner rules

The prosecuting attorney or attorney general cannot order the arrest of a hunter during hunting season for breaking a private property owner’s rules. The decision was handed down in circuit court at Columbus.

Columbus

Pittsburg Coal to Start Mine No 10 Near Athens

New Pittsburg Coal company plans to begin operations at Mine No 10 on the Hocking Valley near Athens within weeks. President W. K. Field says coal will be loaded in two weeks and the mine should be completed in a few months with a daily capacity of 1500 to 1800 tons.

Pittsburg Coal Company Athens Hocking Valley W. K. Field

Poultry Wisdom For Better Flocks And Fewer Losses

Practical tips for flocks including grit feeding, clean coops, careful egg handling, and choosing Brown Leghorns or Rhode Island Reds. Advice covers shell disposal, water needs, milk in mash, safe cleaning agents, and risks of free range and uncounted hatchlings.

Rhode Island

Prepared Poultry Feed And A Beard Question

A letter in Poultry Success asks which grains make good poultry feed and in what proportions. The editor replies that commercially blended chick seeds are scientifically formulated for best results and offer more variety at small extra cost than home mixes. A separate Chicago Tribune quip notes a man with a hundred beard days and a barber clippers joke at an oyster house.

Poultry Success Crawford Bnd The Oyster House Chicago Tribune

Gazette Moves to Second Floor of Old Law Building

The Athens County Gazette has leased the second story of the old law building for offices and the mechanical department and will move the plant soon. Postmaster Daniel A. Buch of Gasconade Missouri praises DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills saying they make him feel like a new man and that he improves rapidly. Celine’s Pharmacy sells DeWitt’s pills.

Athens County Gazette Gasconade, Mo Daniel A. Buch DeWitt Ctline

Foot of the stairs scene in Chicago Tribune

A late hour remark recounts a speaker noting twice as many chairs in a hallway as expected. The line shows a humorous street dialect and a wry observation of the setting.

Mr. Jagway George Chicago Tribune

Also Mentioned on This Page

Tion Sunday Creek Jones Brothers New Straits Pres. Roosevelt Harry McKins Try Aliso ing—Bryson P. M Charles H. Bryson Ley Ceed H. Bryson J. V. Steacklein Hearst Poultry Wisdom X.c. DeWitt & Co Chicago Clines Pharmacy Kalon Wines Jack Duffy's Spegg'l John A. Franz Co Pomeroy, Ohio CAN Abbey Standard OM CO Stetson Vance
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