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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1907
Page
11
Mr and Mrs H Henry host the father mother Mrs M J Woodworth of Millfield. Mrs Mary Whiley of Lancaster returns home after two weeks with daughter Mrs W L Stutz. Mrs Lew Krapps and daughter Hazel visit relatives in Zanesville over the weekend.
Mrs. John Ravenscroft is ill at home on East State street. Visitors include Misses DeLay and King hosting Mrs. J F Toumine of Wellston at the Ladies Bazaar. Several residents vote today, with John Graham from Nelsonville and Dr Frank Lord traveling to vote. Numerous illnesses cited include Miss Willa Van Dyke improving from malaria and Miss Julia Colmer with grippe.
A boastful ad touts Dr Shoop’s Cough Cure as gentle and safe for children. It claims soothing relief from tickling coughs using a resinous plant extract from a sacred mountain shrub with no opium or harsh substances. Sold by Henderson-Crider Drug Co.
Unclaimed letters dated November 4 1907 list recipients including Wilkin Allen Minerva Bobo Annie Brown Cochran Rosa Cordelia Dailey Lillie Day Ramsden Dixon J C Dodge Edith Foster A E Giffen Estelle Goodrich Charles James Effie Justus Eduard Kelley Helen Keyes John Leake Eva Lorton Geo McRannels Wilmer Martin Jary Moore J D Ogden Grant Potter and others at the Commercial Hotel.
Persons calling for the above will please say they were advertised. The unclaimed will be sent to the Dead Letter office November 18, 1907. C. H. Bryson, P. M.
An old advertisement claims Dr Shoop's Restorative strengthens stomach heart and kidney nerves without drugs. It promotes Restorative tablets or liquid and offers free sample tests from Dr. Shoop Racine Wisconsin to improve health.
Ohio Central Lines and L S M S Ry promote a Sunday excursion from Athens at 8 15 am with a 1 25 round trip fare. Train No 5 departs 3 28 pm for through sleeping cars to Chicago arriving next morning with cafe dining car service between Athens Columbus Toledo and Chicago. General Agent L P Lewis offers timetable folders and travel info.
A long itemized ledger details county expenses including bridge repairs by T. W. Gold and A. J. Tackwood, road work by Downey and Angell, lime and labor costs, coroner fees, election and office expenses, audits, and payments to banks, printing, and local services. Named individuals and firms appear with amounts ranging from a few dollars to several hundred.
Wednesday evening honors N. F. Earich and Allen Chadwell of this place as they prepare to tour the western states. Supt. W. E. Riley of Trimble attended the teachers' meeting here last Friday night.
An advertisement proclaims Burdock Blood Bit ters as a remedy to build up sound health and keep you well, contrasting a healthy man as a king with an unhealthy man as a slave.
Mr and Mrs C M James visited relatives in Athens. Mr F J Christman of Corning spent the weekend here visiting relatives. William Piles of Parkersburg was here on business last week. Local gentry prepare for hunting season as O T R C members promise a great meeting next Friday night November 8. Miss Irene Russell hosted a large gathering of young people.
An advertisement touts Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a remedy for injuries and pain, claiming it subdues pain and speeds healing during emergencies and accidents.
The Chicago Post reports a German safe blowing expert who carried out a bold heist in Dresden, using a cemented wall hole, an umbrella catching debris, and a homemade oxyacetylene flame to melt a safe. The piece notes a social shift toward chemical countermeasures and cites experts debating future safes with timed, toxic safety devices. The account highlights the tension between scientific skill and criminal ingenuity.
A New York butcher explains the origin of Nelson Morris the man. Moritz changed to Morris after working for Nelson in Chicago and gaining popularity as Nelsons Morris. He kept the nickname as he started his business, eventually dropping the s to become Nelson Morris.
An Ohio editorial urges the state to adopt property classification for taxation. It cites Pennsylvania and Ohio examples, arguing uniform rules burden taxpayers, inflate perjury claims, and reduce revenues. The piece warns that delay by the Tax Commission risks losing public support.
J. St. Drevenstedt notes a strong drift toward American varieties over the past year. Rhode Island Reds improve in both numbers and quality, with males leading in color. Columbian Wyandottes rise fast, while White Wyandottes remain numerous though quality wanes in places. Cautions against inferior white strains and misleading ads remain.
California’s revenue and taxation commission finds its system antiquated and unequal, harming growth and distortions across industries. It cites California farmers paying about 10 percent income tax equivalents, manufacturers 2 percent, and notes real estate as the main form of taxation while money and credits evade taxes. Equalization fails to truly balance burdens, and the current regime penalizes honesty as premiums for dishonesty rise.
An illustration highlights a handsome Silver Duckwing Leghorn male. The breed is rare and offers no clear egg or hardiness advantages over whites, browns, or blacks. Its plumage is striking and readily produced, making it valuable to both farmers and city fanciers.
Editorial from the Ohio State Journal praises Hon. F. A. Derthick master of the Ohio grange for challenging the old uniform tax system. It calls for classification of property into real estate and personal property with tangible and intangible divisions to secure just revenue and reduce fraud and perjury.
The text explains that hatchling size mirrors egg size, with larger eggs producing larger chicks. It notes that uniform hatching requires exactly uniform eggs and hens, and that development depends on ample feeding rather than controlled, limited rations.
The cool brooder house shelters chicks weaned from the warm brooder and kept indoors in winter. It uses hot water pipes at the rear to sustain about 70 degrees for comfortable growth when outdoor colony houses are unsuitable.
Chicks consume most of their daily feed as fine cut grass or green clover. Farmers should include these feeds in daily rations for hens and chicks, especially when birds range freely under a mother hen to prevent illness.
Turkeys show a strong urge for grasshoppers and open range. The birds respond to the direction given, heading toward the area chosen for their foraging. This behavior highlights their instinct to follow a guided path when released.
India conducts a practical test of a monorail system described as a platform on grooved tandem wheels riding a raised rail. A large balance wheel attached by springs prevents overbalance while the central wheels bear the load. draft animals or traction engines provide tenfold and twentyfold power, enabling rapid lay of the line.
The piece notes Chinese workers in Siberia facing wage pressures, with high pay drawing them to Amur provinces and across the Transsiberian route. Travelers report Chinamen at stations from the line to Irkutsk, working as fruit and truck farmers and selling produce to travelers. Money earned is often sent home as gifts.
A Cornhill Magazine piece recalls a lowland Scottish peasant who after learning of an aunt's death remarks that she was old and frail but now “far better away and far hoppier in glory” and notes the aunt left a substantial legacy, “a hunner pounds.”
The notice advertises Taylor and Shaw offering latest embalming systems with guaranteed results in every case and a lady attendant. Contact phones listed as home 2 and Bell 12.
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