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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1902
Page
4
A BR McKinstry serves as Clerk of Courts, handling records, filings, and administrative duties for the court system. The notice notes his ongoing role and responsibilities within the clerk’s office.
The Friday White House briefing on the anthracite strike drew vast expectations yet yielded little. The piece rails at operators for rejecting arbitration and defends the Presidents effort to apply moral leadership beyond partisan lines.
The piece argues for government arbitration to end the Western Pennsylvania coal strike, condemns operator greed and use of nonunion workers, and warns of potential government seizure if mines stay closed. It notes relief efforts from citizens and miners, urging fair, peaceful resolution to avoid broader unrest.
A misread advertisement offers a reward for catarrh cures and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills. The text lists unverifiable testimonials and claims medicine works internally and on blood surfaces, with price and distributor details. The piece reflects period drug marketing and dubious endorsements.
Albany visitors included Blanche and Deriine Juhier with Mr and Mrs O. E Reading. Joseph Briekick and Yets Eugene Douglass of Nelson and Mary Sloan hosted relatives. Hebburnville siblings and Mrs airsen visited Poorngle. Maud Pirree of Pleasanton attends school here as Mrs Joht Baker remains critically ill.
Vanderroop Jon Chase and wife spent Sunday with their son G D Chase on Guthrie Creek William M Jeffers visited William But near Frost Sunday Mrs Kate Evins hosted Mina Anna Fisher of Johnstown Pennsylvania Charles Chase and family spent Sunday at Fairview Several residents attended the fair near Coolville last week Anna Wells visited Sunday with her parents on Silver Ridge Hannah McCall hosted Thursday guests Flossie Smith and Ethel Jeffers
Mr and Mrs Otris Larson visited relatives at Stewart on Sunday. The new M E L pastor will preach here next Sunday at 3 p.m. Jon Guthrie returned to Baltimore to continue medical studies. G W Sewell and family spent Sunday at Mr and Mrs Poston's near Athens. Delbert Dean and sisters Velma and Grace Blackwood were entertained by Miss Eliza Bean near Garden.
Prof Atkinson’s Electrical and Magnetic Calculations, issued last spring, is under revision for a new edition. Half the first edition sold in London. chapters reorganized, paging and references updated. Notices from Case School piqued by its clear practical methods and instructional value for students and teachers.
W H Borner and H A Hanson of the Gaming System of Chicago have recently covered Athens with costly Arbuckles coffee signs. The signs are elaborate posters, painted quickly with well chosen colors, reflecting years of practice. A stray fragment mentions Rev Martin of Nelsonville and a religious service.
Sealed proposals from bidders in Athens Ohio are invited by the Board of Trustees to erect the central portion of a Normal School building at Ohio University. Bid blanks and plans are on file with Architect L M Jewett. Proposals must include a 50 percent bond and be delivered within the stated hours. Right to reject any or all bids reserved.
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