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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1881
Page
4
A mix of community updates and incidents fills the Athens region civic page. News includes illness recoveries, church events, snow and weather notes, railroad work, mining activity, a fatality, a court verdict, and local society happenings with names such as Mrs Theressa M Carpenter Sr and Capt Lake Clarke referenced in passing.
In a grim sequence near Albany village a widow Mrs Luckey was brutally attacked by Christopher C Davis on October 29. Davis later faced vigilante justice when a mob hanged him at the South bridge after he was captured in Athens. Coroner's inquest found no named suspects. remains of the deceased were taken to Columbus for analysis.
Friday night inmates fell ill from stomach burning after mush laced with rat poison served in the jail. Mary Parsons, a colored prisoner who prepared the mush, is charged with maliciously placing the poison. Her husband, also a prisoner, was not affected and faces a joint arson indictment, with motive suggested by fear of damaging evidence.
At the stated meeting of Athens Council No 15 R and M held Thursday evening last the following officers were elected for the ensuing term.
Various items recounting residents and moves in Indiana and Kansas. People include Mr Amanda Frost of Harmony Indiana visiting relatives, Paul H Ladd of Beebe visiting relatives in Kansas and Indiana, Mr Theodore Rowell moving to a farm on Two Mile Run, and Parker Totman with Miss Lucy One marrying in Big Run. Also death of Amanuel H the colored a young man, late frosts affecting green corn and beans, Hulda Shi teaching at the old stone school. Supreme Court action on Commissioners of Athens county vs Baltimore Short Line Railway referred back for trial.
The American Exchange notes a preliminary reorganization of the Marietta and Cincinnati line, describing it as a link between the Baltimore and Ohio and Mississippi railroads. The Baltimore and Ohio owns nearly all of the fourth mortgage and part of the third mortgage, with the third mortgage bondholders' committee to meet other interests to map a satisfactory reconstruction plan.
A city inventor Mahlon Moore showcases a meat curing machine at hardware stores. The device, used for a year, saves time and reduces salt and sugar, eliminates barrels, and can cure a 30 to 40 pound ham in minutes. Retail price five dollars, usable year round.
Cash buyers will find better goods at close prices than anywhere else at Dana and Kaler's located in the Phoenix Block.
About 50 all wool overcoats remain at $2.00 each at D Zenner Co. These coats worth $5.00 promise to sell rapidly as knowledge of the seasonable bargains spreads. Dana & Kaler.
A home based opportunity offered by E G Rideout & Co at 10 Barclay Street New York promises earnings of 1500 dollars annually. Readers are urged to request the company catalogue and full details.
Birth notice reports on Sunday June 20 1881 a son born to Mr and Mrs H Fuller near Athens in the local birth column.
Married on November 4 1881 at the residence of Reverend J N Pilcher Jessee E Warren and Miss Minnie Bain both of Canaan Isle were united in marriage at home.
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