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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1907
Page
9
The text outlines Oklahoma's size and value, railroad length, literacy, and population. lists major Indigenous groups and resources. traces Indian Territory organization to statehood steps from 1834 to 1907 including constitutional convention at Guthrie, adoption of the constitution, and presidential proclamation admitting statehood in 1907.
Crowds fill Guthrie as President Roosevelt proclaims Oklahoma a state. Territorial Governor Frantz announces federal duties end, Chas N Haskell and others take oaths, and civic festivities culminate in an inaugural ball with state officers and prominent citizens attending.
Trial catarrh remedies mailed free on request by Dr Shoop of Racine Wisconsin demonstrate the value of his scientific prescription known to druggists as Dr Shoop s Catarrh Remedy Henderson Crider Drug Co sells it.
A collection from European sources details silver preservation with borax in hot water, rinsing, and wrapping in tinfoil. It describes making a silvering powder from alum, oxalate, and cream of tartar, and polishing with leather. It also notes silvering glass and silk ribbons by chemical reduction using silver salts and zinc.
A historically advertised remedy praised for stopping tickling coughs and healing bronchial membranes. It claims safety for babies, uses a resinous plant extract from a mountain shrub called The Sacred Herb by Spaniards, and contains no opium or harsh chemicals. Sold by Henderson Crider Drug Co.
Coroner J J Lane finds the three Kimberly explosion victims died in an unavoidable accident. He reports the boiler had excess water, low steam pressure, a loose safety valve, and a partly open valve to the engines. No person is deemed responsible. river reservoir water showed minimal sulfur impact.
Charles Gould a 34 year old ace engineer and Della Hollingshead aged 18 request a marriage permit in Lubrig. The notice lists both parties and their ages for civil records.
Eliza Perry filed for divorce from Cornelius Perry in Nelsonville claiming he spent savings on another woman Lena Bay. She cites alleged misconduct on specific dates and seeks temporary alimony and custody, noting she is pregnant with three other children. A. M. Lewis holds about $200 belonging to Perry and may be ordered to apply it toward support.
The Ohio state board of agriculture released the annual bulletin listing Farmers Institutes for the coming year. Readings show Albany January 6-7 Amesville December 9-10 Athens January 27-28 and Coolville February 26-27. State speakers include Myers Randebush at Albany and Athens Markley Farnaworth, and Begg Sidle at Coolville.
A gamekeeper in Rion, France confronted a woman shooter who claimed to be Madam Lamy, artist and pianist. He proved the person to be a man named Leon Jamy, born 1845, who masqueraded as a woman after his son in Algiers killed a woman. The defense cited hereditary insanity in a bid to prove alibi. Dr Janselme warns of rising leprosy in France tied to increased travel, noting Paris hosts about 160-200 lepers and that concealment under professional secrets hinders public health action.
G S Clark of Westfield Iowa credits Dr Kings New Discovery with saving his life after a severe cough. He began treatment as symptoms worsened and reports the remedy stopped the coughing after the first bottle, with two more bottles completing his recovery. The product is guaranteed by McKee's Drug Store with 50c and 1.00 prices and a free trial bottle offered.
A long enumerated ledger of county expenditures including court costs, election expenses, road repairs, limestone and brick purchases, medical witnesses, and labor charges. Named individuals, townships, and firms appear with amounts such as $24.20 for Lodi township election costs, $355.50 for Albany Pike repair, and $784.51 for limestone hauling.
The Breeder's Gazette notes a heated Shorthorn event at the Minnesota state fair with champions from Kentucky and Missouri, praise for the Van Horne cow and Dorothea JL, and criticism of fair cataloging. Iowa State Fair Shorthorn show praised as best on American soil with entrants from Kansas Wisconsin Kentucky Missouri Ohio and Iowa.
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