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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1907
Page
5
Members of the community are listed visiting relatives and friends in Columbus Wellston Parkersburg Glouster Nelsonville and Athens. The notes name Henry Zenner J A Rodehaver W F Hurst Nora Reed Nora Dilty and many others with multiple weekend or Friday departures and arrivals.
Mrs Will Barker of Nelsonville attended the Maccabee masquerade with eighty three guests. George Harrison and Jack McDonald visited Athens on official business. J F Tewksberry returned from Albany with hunting tales. Mrs Rathburn funeral in Middleport drew Mr and Mrs Crouch and Emma Pierce. Recorder Richards hunted in Rio Grande with Mrs Richards. Mrs Moran and Mrs Port of Columbus visited their family in town. Len Forrest improved after grip. Edward Lockard and family guests in Wellston. Howard Spencer and party visited G H Junod family in Zanesville. Frank Hamilton and Clifford Patterson returned to Monongahela after Ohio ML Union game.
Miss Hazel Pennybaker visits her parents in Nelsonville for a few days. Miss Beatrice Burch ill with tonsillitis is slowly improving. Dr. Alston Ellis attends the National Association of State Universities meeting in Washington DC and will be away all week. Mrs. Nathan Henry returns home to Sabina after visiting her daughter on College street. Mrs. C. C. Millikan travels to Delaware to visit her parents. Attorney L. G. Worstell returns from Point Pleasant where he handled legal business.
Attorney A M Lewis visited Parkersburg on Tuesday to attend to legal matters and meet clients. The report notes his presence and ongoing work in the courthouse area.
Miss Maud Laird, visiting her parents Mr and Mr Waldo Baird in Canaanville, spent this morning with Mrs Frank Groves before returning home this afternoon to Charleston West Virginia.
Mr and Mrs Downard of Athens are guests of Mr and Mrs Carl Cross on Pennsylvania Avenue in Wellston.
Drene Molen and Miss Eva Hill returned Monday evening from a brief visit with Drene’s uncle G. C. Davis and family in Zaleski.
Mr and Mrs 8 M Hudson and their family departed Tuesday aboard the T and O C for a ten day tour to Norfolk and the Jamestown exposition.
Dr. N. Hill of Nelsonville arrived as a business visitor in town for meetings and possible local discussions.
Mrs Woodworth of Millfield is a guest of Mr and Mrs H D Henry, staying with them for a period.
H. H. Brown of Coolville was seen in the city on business yesterday, prompting local interest in his visit and activities associated with the trip.
Mrs. C. E. White from Coolville went to Athens yesterday for shopping. The brief item notes her travel and local activity in the area.
Miss Clara Ryder, guest of friends in Marietta for a few days, returned Tuesday to her home in Athens.
Sidney Dyce, a Mt Perry teacher, is visiting Hamden relatives for the week as Mt Perry schools remain closed due to diphtheria concerns.
Dressed chickens, spare ribs, choice pork and beef, celery, lettuce and cranberries advertised at 231 Dean Avenue by CAS SY and BUMGARDNER. Sausages highlighted as a specialty, inviting customers to try their fresh eatables.
Etta Roynson closes out fine stock of trimmed and pattern hats at cost and less. For up to date millinery visit Mrs FE KE Chappelear at her emporium on South Court Street Athens Ohio.
An advertisement highlights V. C. Loos the jeweler in Newton offering guaranteed rings. The copy urges shoppers to inspect rings in the window as proof of quality and value.
The Gage Photo company at 14 West Union offers a free beauti ful rose folder with every cabinet sitting this week. Astral Light Studio advertises half price Christmas photographs this month at its upstairs location above the Globe Cafe. From November 22 to December 1 Wise's Studio will display enlargements of prominent Athens people in Water Colors Seplas rayous.
A brief note indicates Mr Dye attended college locally early in the fall term.
Hastings handles Standard Furniture and Globe-Wernicke book cases. Both phones.
Claude Rulon of Athens is visiting his parents here, according to the Lozgan Gazette.
Mr A G Carter of Mountsville was a guest of Miss Lillian Balenger on Saturday and Sunday, according to local social notes.
A letter from F W Devoe Co to C H Roach argues that customers pay for bone and meat value, using paint pricing as analogy. It warns that some buyers insist on low prices and cheap paint, leading to higher costs in the long run. The writer uses daily labor costs and gallon pricing to illustrate economic misperceptions.
Deputy U S Marshal John Mc Callister visits Athens and Nelsonville on official business. Peter Schlicher and Jas Grimm depart for Athens county for several days of hunting. Mr and Mrs John Gage head to Athens for a few days to attend to interests. Amos Wright and Franke Radenbach go to Athens for business matters. Reverend H M Thurlow conducts chapel services at Lima auditorium. Charles Markeson and Mrs Markeson depart for a plantation near Hanover C H Virginia with Mr Harris of the Daily Messenger. Markeson planned to return to spend winter in Columbus. Alma Haning leaves Jerseyville for Columbus for a state hospital job. Frances Fenzel improves from diphtheria after serious illness.
Crippen H M sole owner and manufacturer based in Athens Ohio advertises farm canning tomatoes and a full range of farm implements. The note challenges bidders across state county and township rights to match or beat the offering with sample exclusives available by contacting the seller. It mentions duties such as spraying cooking feed scalding fogs drying fruit hauling water whitewashing and fighting fire as part of the claimed capabilities.
Wheeler and Wilson and Singer Sewing Machines offered with easy payment plans or cash. Singer Agency advertises the sale and financing options for the month.
Advertisement notes cleaning and pressing services at Jon Johnson's Press Shop located over Fulton's grocers store. It mentions cleaning pressing and repair of clothes.
Paone Athens Dye Works offers rush pressing for overcoats and disaster suits, promising noticeable changes on short notice.
Samuel F Armstrong died at the state hospital on Tuesday from epilepsy at age 57. He had stayed at the institution nearly a year and his remains were sent to his former home in Glout I for a funeral. He is survived by his wife Mary Armstrong and three children Elder of Wavers, Mrs Mary Jahugh of Johnstown Pa and Mrs Charles Burns of Plains.
Store notice offers Columbia No batteries at 20 cents each with contact by H Wheaton. Limited stock, price listed per unit. No additional items or details provided.
Preaching at Fairview church Sunday morning and evening. Mrs. Charles Chase of Stockport visits her father, Mr. C. Basin. Curtis Griffin and wife of Alfred visit relatives here. Murray Hatch teaches the progressing local school. Arthur Cole and sister return from visit with their brother and wife at Gloucester. Rev Maud White and Sister Griffin were visiting friends at Lottridee. Mrs. Charles Golden visits her parents Mr and Mrs Walden. Mr and Mrs Wellington Barnhart visit aunt Mrs Jeff Green who is dangerously ill.
Mr and Mrs T E Bradbury of Gallipolis are registered at Hotel Berry. Mr Bradbury is district deputy inspector of the Elk lodge and inspected the lodge Tuesday evening.
W. A. Hibbard of Parkersburg came over Tuesday evening on business and all returned the morning.
Mrs. W. H. Rainnberger, who had been the guest of Mrs. D. A. Hemminger, returned to her home in Can. Mrs. Roy Pilcher was the guest today.
Athens business directory notes Mrs Wm McCoy thriving at her West Union Street restaurant near the B&O depot. She specializes in short orders and serves steady customers.
Newsom, Embalmer and Undertaker, located at 16 West Union Street, Athens, runs an embalming and undertaker business since 1889. Both phones listed as No. 84.
Wilford Heoary J R Wade and CC L Sanders trustees of Dover Township Athens County Ohio filed a petition in the Court of Common Pleas seeking transfer of 299 dollars from the General Fund to the Road Fund. The hearing is set for November 25 1907 or later. I M Foster attorney for petitioners.
A historical survey of word origins noting Cub, enthusiasm, fanatic, galaxy, equinox, gazette, Eureka, Archimedes, Lynch law, muscle, baccalaureate, catalogue, coward, sincere, Bright’s disease, charade, bayonet, twinkle, cherry, encyclopedias, blackguard and more with etymological paths and humorous mispronunciations.
In Columbus at the Neil House the State League of Republican Clubs met to set dates for its next annual gathering and to endorse Senator Joseph B Foraker. The resolutions affirm support for Foraker over Roosevelt on issues including rate bills statehood and Browns Ville matters and declare confidence and esteem for his Senate record. The league endorses his reelection and names him its choice for the Republican presidential candidate.
A 19th century testimonial notes Sloan's Liniment as a quick acting nerve pain remedy. J P Hubbard of Marietta South Carolina says it relieved neuralgia in the head and jaw after years of suffering and nearly tooth extraction. He praises its soothing warmth and broad uso including bites and sore joints.
Albany reports guests and visits from Mrs F Davia of Athens and Dr Edgar Carpenter of Bradford Junction. Others include Mr and Mrs BE M Vorhes of Nelsonville, Will Netberg of Columbia, Maude Robinett and Alma Webb, Dr and Mrs L Murphy of Coring, Goldie Morse home from Carbondele, Dr Taylor of McArthur preaching, Rev H K Freeman in Carpenter, Clarence Murphy of Columbus visiting, and Prof MPillo's mother’s illness ending in death reducing school attendance.
A vintage advertisement touts Beef Iron and Wine as a combined medicine and food tonic. It promises to restore energy with one bottle and claims to rejuvenate the user, urging tired readers to try the product.
Florence Geb cart a tobacco worker formerly of Columbus attempted suicide this morning by taking morphine and then breathing gas in a closed room. She was found before completion and medical aid was summoned. Doctors expect she will recover.
The store has operated at its current location for fifteen months and draws regular customers who travel blocks to shop. Miss Alma Tipple visited friends and relatives in Chauncey on November 20, 1902.
William A. Haner 24 miner and Elmeda H. Grace 20 of Athens. Karl Dixon 21 miner from Doanville and Stella Swindle 19 of Peanville. John T. Coffey 33 railroader of Marion and Mary Shannon 28 of Marehfield.
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