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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1906
Page
2
A local column laments dirty Athens streets amid falling leaves and dirt piles. It urges the city council to fund a weekly street-cleaning program and suggests citizens pile debris for removal while noting rail traffic gains from 1895 to 1904 and rising freight and passenger mileage.
A historical Athens column extols rapid growth driven by local enterprise. It highlights factories and industries starting up, sewerage challenges, and civic pride as the Commercial Club boosts Greater Athens. It warns drivers around funerals and urges bold risk taking to pursue prosperous opportunities.
An advertisement for Scott's Emulsion promises nourishment and strength when milk and cream fail. It claims the product is consistent, palatable, and beneficial for wasting bodies in both children and adults and offers free samples.
The iron and steel trade is described as a barometer of American business, with the barometer at a high reading. Reports from centers of production indicate demand exceeds supply and foundry iron is scarce, even as foreign makers face constraints.
A study suggests a female specific form of dyspepsia requiring a stomach tonic that also targets the female system. Mrs Maggie Wright of Brooklyn credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing two years of digestion trouble after other remedies failed. The note adds widespread endorsements for the remedy and lists local social notes and visits.
J D Foster visits Coolville for business while Floyd Crider travels to Columbus. H Hibbard visits Kimberley and Solomon Frum from Albany is in Athens. R R Marcuis of Miners and James Klinzenberg of Columbus are in Athens for business. L M Johnson attends to legal matters in Gloucester. Prof H F McVey from Marshfield visits Athens. F L Gunther spends Sunday in Guysville with relatives. W M Beebe hosts visitor at county seat. William Thompson from Columbus stays with family.
A petition circulates statewide calling for a blind pension law to replace an unconstitutional system. The new statute would supersede an earlier pension plan for the blind rejected by courts, and lawmakers may face difficulty crafting a measure that court rulings will approve.
Many people inherit weak lungs likely to be attacked by consumption and others weakened by disease or hacking coughs. Vinol, a cod liver preparation with the oil removed and tonic iron added, claims to strengthen weak lungs and help the body throw off wasting diseases. The ad urges sufferers to try Vinol on a guarantee.
J Denny ONeill, a wealthy McKeesport official elected county controller on the Citizens ticket, says after the November election he will organize the Citizens Party of the United States to endorse Theodore Roosevelt for a third term. He believes thousands nationwide would support the movement and that Roosevelt would accept if the people insist.
Paxton Toilet Antiseptic advertised as a hygienic necessity for feminine care and local treatment. Marketed as a germicidal cleansing deodorizing healing wash sold by druggists with samples offered. The R. Paxton Co. Boston Mass.
Notice to teachers states examinations on the first Saturday monthly with holiday exception. Boxwell Examinations set for the third Saturday in April and second Saturday in May. Aaron Grady, Clerk.
In the case Marietta Distilling Co. vs J Warren Johnston case number 8665 an execution leads to a public auction at the Athens County Court House front door on Saturday December 1 1906 at 1 pm. The property covers 2 acres in York Township within Section 19 bounded by the Ohio Company's purchase with coal under this estate reserved for household use. Appraised at 600 dollars with cash as sale terms. Sheriff H M Webster and Attorney A E Price announce the notice.
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