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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1907
Page
3
Amesville and nearby towns welcome Walter Wyatt and family visiting relatives, Carnegie guests of the Morris family, and several locals from Logansport and Athens. Oil worker Clyde Potts returns with Mrs Potts, while Mr and Mrs Strecker visit Marietta. Pumpkin show exhibits draw interest as 16 pumpkins weigh 361 1 12 pounds.
Mrs Robert Simons and son from Kansas City join Mrs Emma Spencer of Columbus to visit their father S W Cass who is dangerously ill. Oyster supper at M E church Wednesday. Rev W A Guy of Athena to preach at the Christian church Saturday evening and both services Sunday. Mrs George Roberts guests in Glouster Tuesday. Miss Blanche Roberts of Hobart Oklahoma visits local friends.
Mr and Mrs Byron Calvert of Guysville visited Mr and Mrs Cottle on Friday. Earl Bean called on friends near Graham s chapel Sunday. Mary Bean stayed with grandparents Samuel and Polly Fitch near Guysville Saturday. Guy Bean and Harry Mansfield of Athens hunted nearby last week at Ed ward Bean s home. Ida Rodehaver Lydia Kincade and daughter enjoyed Miss Ida Stalder s home Friday. Arthur Kincade of Willow Creek guests of Miss Ida Shields Sunday evening. Herbert Bean weeked with Athens friends. Mrs Harry Stewart and Mrs Wilson of Columbus visited Jeremiah Several s home. South Canaan services Sunday afternoon attended by Mrs Jones of Guyaville. Myrta Lenna Calvert Blanche Kincade at Ora Kincade s Willow Creek Thursday.
J G Jenkins of Chapel Hill North Carolina reports great relief from a felon using Buck Len’s Arnica Salve. The advertisement claims quick pain relief and cure for sores burns and wounds and lists a 25 cent price at McKee's drug store.
Lawrence Nizgemeyer returned to Coolville to resume saw milling after a brief family stay. Alex Smith spends the week in Columbus. Ed Secoy of Coolville was observed traveling with a flock of 300 turkeys. Edward Warner has been ill.
Common pleas court convened at 1 pm and adjourned after 2 pm. It will reconvene at 9 am Monday December 2. Two divorce cases were disposed of and temporary alimony awarded in another. Blanche Shafer granted divorce from Henry Shafer for wilful absence and neglect with $6 weekly alimony. Minnie Reynolds granted divorce from Charles Reynolds for wilful absence and neglect and given custody of their minor child. Mary E Wilds awarded alimony pendente lite in total $50 with $25 due in 10 days and $25 due in 30 days.
Mrs. J. F. Deshler of Murphy Ohio died in a kitchen stove fire that started while she lit the blaze. The flames consumed the house and its contents, four family members were rescued, Deshler was about 53 and well known in the area.
The Torch M E Church in November hosted a social supper by the Ladies' Aid society, featuring a musical program and a sock social that raised about 55 dollars. The event drew an unusually large crowd from Athena Coolville Parkersburg Guysville Stewart Frost and Little Hocking. Socks mailed to members relatives and friends carried a poem urging double pennies in return.
Ohio reports show cook stoves cause most property loss among heaters, with gasoline stoves causing more fires but less loss. Precautions include metal shields, proper clearances, asbestos underlays, and safe fueling. Gasoline fires often ignite from leaking or spilled fuel. never search odor with a light. Dreamer state fire marshal.
Mendurtom Oyider explains the An' Atomizer as a useful device for home emergencies and for clearing a stopped up head during a cold. It presents practical usefulness for everyday relief and health.
David Parker of Fayette New York, a Gettysburg veteran who lost a foot, credits Electric Bitters with major health gains after years of stomach trouble. He says he would not take $500 for the improvements. The product is pitched as a grand tonic for the aged, female weaknesses, and general body building with a money back guarantee by McKee's Drug Store at 50 cents.
The trustees report for the blind asylum records total expenditures above 100000 dollars for the fiscal year with a treasury balance over half that amount. The maintenance cost per inmate is listed at 330 dollars.
Columbus Ohio November report shows over 1200 inmates at the Sandusky Soldiers' Home with a per capita cost of 166 dollars. Trustees seek 50000 dollars for improvements in their recommendation to the governor.
A guide to making delicate household fragrances using cedar and lavender powders, gum Lenzvin, cloves, cinnamon, sandalwood, rose leaves, and orris root. Instructions cover potpourri blends for sheets, pillowcases, and linen, plus body scents and storage notes.
A fragmented Victorian era piece threads California lore from Pike City gold mining to Death Valley's doomed palace. It recounts Thomas Bowers a ghostly claim fight a miner and a spectral warning. a New River spring miracle. a fatal desert curse. and Santa Barbara Island cat hauntings with shipwrecked felines.
May C. Ringwalt recounts a Los Angeles Times feature detailing ancient Native legends about a superior race, celestial vengeance, earth transformations into an inland sea, and the Creation Spirit forming life at Mount Shasta. The narrative contrasts extinction myths with a formative creation myth of the world.
Treasury examiners recount a rural bank's balance problem. The cashier who stole $100 from a private drawer refused to enter the discrepancy, calling the drawer the outs and over to fix the balance. He explained the scheme as standard practice in balancing cash.
Notes cite origins of common rhymes from King John times to the 17th century. Entries include Humpty Dumpty, Babes in the Woods linked to a Norfolk mantelpiece carvings, Little Jack Sorner, Mother Goose, Three Blind Mice, and others with dates and publishers such as Charles Perrault in 1607.
A playful note on fishing lore and local guides as the Chicago News recalls how length and growth depend on the teller and their imagination. The piece contrasts traditional wisdom with humorous exaggeration in a small town setting.
Announcement of the marriage between Anna D. Tresham and Mr. Jenna Swartz. The ceremony occurred at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. L. Hy Giawamer in Fort Collins, with few local friends in attendance. Tresham, well known in the area, has spent the last two years in the West.
A Westfield Iowa resident testifies to a near fatal lung illness saved by Dr. King's New Discovery. The account credits the remedy with stopping a dry hacking cough after the first bottle and completing a cure after two more bottles. McRee's Drug Store guarantees it 50 cents and 1.00 with a trial bottle free.
Frustrated plea urging immediate action for eye care. The ad promotes Copeland as the exclusive optician and includes a cryptic date 11-26-2, implying a limited time or promotion.
Mr A A Cullums made a business trip to Athens Saturday. Miss Anna Crawford returned home after visiting relatives in Athens. Mrs L G McConkey, ill with heart trouble, is slowly improving. William Tedtrow visited Athens Saturday. Mr James Duncan of West non spent days last week with his daughter Mrs J C Mc Clanahan. Mr and Mrs PP Ross of Weston West Virginia returned home after farm hunting in the area. Master Karl McConkey flew to Athens Sunday. Rocky Point school progresses under Miss Mary Mulligan.
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