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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1905
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR text shows a local notice or advertisement with unclear terms about advance payments and county dues. The readable bits mention Sear, Teusles, and Colkées and a payment in advance, but no coherent event or action can be confirmed. The rest is unreadable.
Gilbert EB. Day won the Athens mayoral race with a plurality of 135, described as the people's choice. The piece urges civic support to ensure a successful administration and notes Day's youth, education, good habits, and fair, honorable character.
Frank Nash aged 60 died at Athens state hospital on Thursday after five years as an inmate. The body was sent to Gallipolis for burial.
A quiet marriage was solemnized at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bellows in this city on October 25. Mr. Fred Daugherty and Miss Mayme Knowlton were married by the Rev. W. L. Stutz D. D. The couple will make this county their future home.
Miss Lillian Landis entertained about forty friends Thursday evening at her Stimson avenue home. Chrysanthemums and emilax decorated the house in green and white. Music and cards provided main amusement. elegant refreshments were served.
The October list shows pupils who were neither absent nor tardy. Names include Clyde Beverage Russell Finsterwald Williard Heminger Karl Kincade Arthur Logan Israel Putnam Philip Schloss Levi Stephenson James Lemons Clyde West Willie Logan David Fetch Naomi Bolinger Beulah Baker Nona Cailey Carrie Corutney Grace Cousins Mabel Cameron Katharine Dais Mary Port Ora Hull Margaret Henke Marie Miller Gladys Oxley May Dailey Helen Reyoulds Marie Woodworth Minnie Blackwood Eunice Sweeney Francy Cochran.
A mother’s health decline linked to ovarian troubles is described, with nervousness and irritability harming family life. The text promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the cure, claiming it strengthens female organs and cures displacements and irregularities, citing a testimonial of eight years suffering.
A grower notes soil character as the key factor for profits in sugar beets, with soil preparation and cultivation depth shaping yields and sugar content. He details a season costing $40 per acre and netting $29, after eight miles to refinery and price incentives tied to sugar percentage.
An Ohio farmer correspondent praises home made fence posts using old buggy axles, wagon axle halves, and binder guard bars. He explains bracing with timber tips and burying the timber four feet with rocks to prevent heaving, noting such posts should not be junked.
Southern Missouri growers claim their peaches reach market just after harvest, before northern crops. Delaware and Oklahoma peaches are noted as the only rivals at that time, with most fruit sold to eastern and northern markets.
Garden notes advise taking currant and gooseberry cuttings about a foot long from this year’s wood, stripping leaves, and planting in a cutting bed or burying in a cold cellar or sandy well drained site. Clean weedy fence rows, burn brush to reduce pests, set frit trees in September or October, and sow broccoli cabbage and lettuce in cold frames to winter over.
Whitney brings the Isle of Spice to the city for its first local showing at the opera house on November 18. The act has drawn crowded houses for 26 weeks in Chicago 14 in Boston and 15 in New York at Majestic theatre and could run longer if not for recent bookings. The production features catchy whistling music pretty dancers grand scenery and electrical effects creating a tropical island mood.
R. S. Webster & Co. advertise Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as strong enough for adults yet mild and safe for children without griping. Available from W. H. McKee's drug store and Barton Drag Co. in Chauncey, Ohio, and Adora, Ontario, Canada.
The ad urges early Christmas shopping at a jewelry store in Southeastern Ohio. It promises the largest and most carefully selected stock, with holds until Christmas and advice before purchasing diamonds. It emphasizes jewelry and silverware as lasting gifts and suggests consulting the store for diamond purchases.
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