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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1901
Page
5
Royal Baking Powder Company at 100 William Street presents cooking guidance The Skill of the Cook offering practical tips and techniques for home bakers to improve results with common pantry ingredients and simple recipes.
Local brief notices list numerous residents and visitors in Athens, Columbus, Cincinnati, and surrounding towns. Names include W. H. Brown, D. A. Bardin, James Morris, H. H. Brown, and many others with travels to Columbus, Cincinnati, Piqua, Glen Ebon, Amesville, Marysville, and Washington, D. C. Also noted are funeral attendance, church appointments, property refurbishments, and a ship of social visits amid a busy community calendar.
An Athens merchants group launches a voting contest beginning Saturday and continuing into February. A prize will go to the church, fraternal organization, or society deemed most popular in the city. Each twenty five cent purchase yields one ballot, and one vote per ballot. Votes are cast at Mrs Lawrence's millinery shop where the piano exhibition is on display.
Athena Flour available from your grocer. Local ad notes lard price and flour product in period style, reflecting small town shop offers. Two items highlight basic grocery goods and pricing.
The Pallas club met at Mrs Blackstone's frame on Saturday with roll call followed by Carlyle quotations. Anna Dunkle’s resignation was accepted and Mrs Rochester was excused for an indefinite period. Miss Rosalie Haddox sang, receiving thanks. Miss Hildrap spoke on Greenland and Teeland, Miss Ella Moore read Note Mythology, Mrs Sayre led questions, and Mrs Arlen Moore reviewed a book. Weaker notes read in Miss Weilir’s stead. Next gathering will be at Mrs Dr Merwin’s Sunnyside home.
W. R. Baker who ran the Athens Hotel for three years has sold his interests and will reside temporarily in Little Hocking with his family. The hotel, owned by A. M. Lewis, is being refitted. Upon completion J. H. Jolson, former proprietor of Johnsons dining hall, will take charge.
In Nelsonville last Saturday night Charles Adams a former resident of Athens died in the city jail from the effects of whiskey and cocaine dissipation. The piece reflects on his life and the consequences of his dissipation.
The Athens high school football team traveled to Zanesville for a game won 19 to 0 by the local team. A large crowd watched as Zanesville’s faster players dominated. several Athens players, including Vernie Kelly and Charles Armstrong, sustained painful bruises but none serious.
Rev W D Cherrington, new pastor of the MLE church, arrived Thursday and preached his initial sermon to an Athens audience on Sunday morning and evening. He received a cordial welcome as citizens and congregants noted his vigorous intellect and earnest devotion to Christian religious work.
Colonial ladies military band of twenty opens the course on Tuesday evening October 29. Season tickets issued at once with reduced rates before general admission. Order at Cline's drug store. Also mentions One Minute Cough Care praised by mothers for children.
For Sale or Trade. A quarter section of land in Oklahoma Territory near Oklahoma City within four miles of two railroads. Well timbered, highly productive with 90 acres pasture and 50 acres under cultivation. Improved and free of all incumbrances. Will sell or trade for town or country property. Address Co V Sewer Athens County. Garden 0 t of.
Advertises Munsing Underwear as the best brand and asserts Athens hosts the largest stock of affordable undergarments. Emphasizes easy warmth, freshness, and unusually low prices with a variety of brands for selection.
The advertisement lists heavy Neveced bal-briggan at 25 cents with higher grades in all-wool options. Prices span $1.50 to $4.00, plus a bold claim of 84,000 garments. Options include Natural Wool, Scarlet Wool, Sanitary Australian and Wrighta Health wool products in two-piece suits. Materials noted as all-wool and long lasting.
The ad notes cheap heavy deeced rib bed wear at 25 cents, fine cotton garments from 40 cents, and better fabric at 75 cents and 1.00. It emphasizes women prefer underwear that fits perfectly and praises Munsing brand for comfort and long wear.
Fasuser's meat market offers fresh country butter and eggs. Wages listed for 200 men at 31.50 and 1.75 daily, teamsters 320 and 25 monthly with board. No time lost. Tents priced at 3.00 and 83.25 daily. Apply to W. O. Johnson & Sons, Contractors, Scioto Valley Traction Co., Canal Winchester, Ohio, nol0w.
An advertisement announces loans through Price & Stalder, Attorneys, and promotes Cascarets Candy Cathartic for health benefits. It claims genuine C.C.C. tablets and retail availability at druggists, with a note about oysters in bulk from Baltimore at Foalser's meat market.
Property listing notes 1051 acres two miles from the city in Lancaster Ohio with a house barn and orchard. Includes land details and location. Also mentions Hansax and W T Wesson of Gholsonville Va as sellers or contacts. An advertising snippet for Cline's Pharmacy promoting One Minute Cough Cure and Kodol Dyspepsia Cure with testimonials and claims.
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