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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1907
Page
12
A town petition to alter a local road led to conflict as three noninterested viewers approved the change. Taxpayers, upset at the route, complained that the new path bypassed their properties and caused threats and tension until the viewers’ work produced a distant route. The episode highlights local power dynamics and public works frustrations.
Miss Goldie Loche of Athens visited her parents on Sunday. George Cullums of Willis Hill traveled to Columbus for business. Dollie Roush of Lysander called on Mr and Mrs Howell of Luhrig and visited J T Hope’s household. Mrs Garfield Hope and Miss Ne Burritt called on Mrs Hill Sunday evening. Mrs Murphy and two children stayed with her sister Mrs Brooks in Athens. Hazel Hill of Athens spent weekend with Glarys Hill. Jeanette Vore and Edith are mentioned in the social roundup.
Ohio Attorney General W. H. Elias explains for Scioto Township and other townships when successors to justices of the peace, constables, trustees, and assessors take office. It covers election years 1907 1909 and related terms with vacancies and holdovers. Also notes a health ad for Kodol at Cline's Pharmacy.
Mrs. Sarah Clester died at her Sugar Creek home Wednesday noon at age 90. A Sugar Creek pioneer, she spent most of her life in Athens county and four generations of her family lived nearby. Survived by son Charles P. Clester and daughter Mrs. S A Hibbard of Columbus, she belonged to Sugar Creek ME church. Funeral Friday at 1 30 p m from the homestead with Rev S J Bishop officiating. burial in Augustine cemetery.
An Athens advertisement promotes Mi-ona tablets to treat weak stomachs and indigestion. It claims the remedy removes the stomach and intestinal weakness, relieves related symptoms, and guarantees cure with Henderson-Crider selling it. A 500 cent box lasts a couple of weeks.
Wesleyan University biology professor H W Cona outlines table manners to lower contagion risk. Guidance covers eating pace quantity and mastication, avoiding overeating, limiting drinks and variety, preferring nourishing beverages, rare stimulants, and hygiene rules not to spit or finger the mouth or dampen fingers turning library pages.
An advertisement extols Dr. R V Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for weak stomach indigestion dyspepsia and other digestive diseases. It claims protection of mucous surfaces cures catarrh and a pamphlet with medical endorsements is mailed free from Buffalo New York.
Public health guidance urges avoiding contact with surfaces and putting objects in the mouth, plus coughing etiquette. Authorities advise not sharing pencils or money and turning away when coughing to prevent spread.
The Postmaster of Gasconade Daniel A. Buch endorses DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills saying he is doing 80 well and improving fast in health. The pills are sold by Cline's Pharmacy.
A description from Iowa Homesteads outlines methods to inject steam into barrel fed foods. The improved design uses two side pipes with upper surface jets and another circular bottom pipe with escape holes to release steam. The goal is quicker cooking and reduced steam usage.
The article details B W Bishop’s sward corn system for Yellow Dent, including manure spreading, spring plowing, disk harrowing, row marking, and four to five kernels per hill with 300 to 400 pounds per acre fertilizer. It covers cultivation cycles, hoeing, thinning to two to four stalks, reseeding between rows, and a second fertilizing method with hay and whitefish. The corn won first prize at Connecticut’s state board of agriculture in New Haven. Other viable varieties include Northern White Dent Learning Hickory King.
E M East of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station urges breeders to select seeds from top yielding rows, mix for planting, and keep isolation to prevent cross breeding. He argues careful selection, germination testing, and soil treatment can double corn yields and boost profits while preserving soil fertility.
Stradivarius hailed from Cremona Italy and established violin making as his sole vocation his passion and faith. He died in 1787 leaving three sons who could not maintain the high standard of his work.
A reflection by J. H. Hale on farming life and legacy. He laments pressure from outside fruit markets and plant diseases driving away the unbusinesslike, urging young men to seek the enduring promise of the old soil.
The article advises restraint on fall pasturing of alfalfa to protect long term yields. It notes risk of calf bloat from frosted alfalfa is slight, but warns of compacted surfaces dry soils and exposure to winter. It suggests housing calves and moving last cut to them for cheaper outcomes.
A Farm and Fireside writer touts hen manure as a valuable garden fertilizer. Weekly droppings require disinfectant, but stale litter can be reapplied to patches, beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, and celery with strong growth and yields observed.
Beginners should remember young birds require special care and that top quality stock is rare. Build a flock slowly by meeting good stock, avoid rushing to big sales, and start with private trade or wholesale markets until a reputation for good squabs is established.
If eggs for market and regular housing are available, Leghorn varieties fit. For a versatile bird with good layers and roasters, Plymouth Rock varieties perform well, becoming superior capons by ten or eleven months. The Plymouth Rock is described as the most popular fowl worldwide with round plump yellow skin bodies on short legs.
The article notes new squab breeders want white birds but seasoned breeders value light skin over color. White birds tend to be less hardy and less productive than colored varieties. The best squabs come from cross mating pure white and colored birds, with red preferred.
The Black Cayuga is introduced as a hardy duck breed excellent for laying, foraging, and breeding. Though smaller than the White Peking, it is praised for its hardiness and the saying well hatched is half raised. The article urges greater adoption of Cayugas in the country.
A simple ration for small chicks combines cracked wheat and meat scraps for the first three weeks, then adds cracked corn. Green vegetable food aids disease prevention in chicks, while temperature water pure air crowding and sturdy stock draw attention to keeping young poultry healthy.
An 1908 advertisement extols the Cincinnati Enquirer as a guide to currency trends, bonds and stocks, world news, and reliable data to help investors avoid losses. It highlights the paper’s extra size and price, its clubbing offers, and its status as a trusted information source printed in Cincinnati Ohio.
Guidance urges removing culls once young stock mature enough to judge quality. Cull removal improves appearance and space efficiency, since culls are not suitable for food and occupy room needed for healthy development of remaining fowls.
Describes using dry mash and grain rations with food hoppers to feed and monitor thousands of birds daily. Emphasizes that a single caretaker could manage four or five thousand fowl housed and cared for by checking eyes and ensuring all in order each day.
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