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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 17, 1907

Page

2

Alumni Loan Fund Aids Needy Ohio Univ Students

Local alumni and professors met at the Commercial club rooms to discuss the Alumni Loan Fund. The plan offers loans up to 100 dollars annually and 200 dollars total to students with two fifths of the four year course completed and good character and scholarship. Repayment begins after graduation with interest, and the fund aims to support about fifty Ohio students pursuing college work.

Ohio University Ets Stimuthe University College of Camped Sgmry eTioney Chubb College of Liberal Arts Dunkle Brown University Brown Grand Army of Rhode Island Princeton Ohio

DeWitt's Early Riser Pills Sold by Cline’s

Obscure ad copy promises relief for obstinate constipation and mean headaches when using DeWitt's Early Riser Pills. Sold by Cline's.

DeWitt Cline’s

Central Ohio Teachers Meet With Noted Speakers

The Central Ohio teachers association plans a November meeting at Put-in-Bay with potential speakers from Indiana University and DePauw University. Attendance is anticipated from 2,500 to 3,000 members across state associations and county convocations.

Central Ohio Ber Wi L. Bryan Indiana University Edwin W\ Hugh DePauw Ohio

Everybody's Friend-Dr. Thomas' Electric Of

An old style patent remedy touts Dr. Thomas's Electric Of as a universal healer. Claims cure toothache ear ache sore throat and stop pain while healing cuts bruises and scalds for general relief.

Thomas

Ireland News Notes and Local Social Rounds

Lincoln Rogers returned Tuesday from Marietta. Mr and Mrs W E Bingman visited Little Hocking with the latter's parents. The chicken pox is spreading locally. Rev Charles Keller will preach at 10 am and 7 30 pm Sunday. R L Davis and family visited relatives near Guysville. Hazelnut hunt enjoyed by Gladys Root Susie Bingman Anna Dod Batchedes John Bachel der Dudley Root Everett Bingman and others. Mrs Charles Brandeberry spent a day with Mr and Mrs John P Brandeberry.

Beaumont Secoy Athens H. M. Barker Hellyer New Pittsburg Ida Campbell Murray City Rose Ferguson Norma Chauncey Lydia Beachout Harper Matheny Columbus Little Elizabeth Hysell Bud Musgrave George Campbell Pomeroy Lincoln Rogers Marietta W. EB. Bingman Little Hocking Charles Keller R. L. Davis Guysville Gladys Root Susie Bingman Anna Dod Batchedes Messrs John Bachelder Dudley Root Everett Bingman

Dean's Ointment advertised for skin eruptions

Itching and torturing skin eruptions disfigure and annoy. Dean's Ointment promises quick relief and lasting cures, selling for fifty cents at any drug store.

Dean

Murderer and Victim Buried in Separate Nelsonville Graves

Frederick Butt and wife from Columbus were buried in Green Lawn cemetery Nelsonville after Wednesday tragedy. The murderer’s body lies in the Butt lot and the victim in the Larsson lot. The couple’s two young children, now orphans, are cared for by relatives in Columbus.

Nelsonville Green Lawn Cemetery Frederick Butt Columbus Larsson

Not One Left of Original Family

A historical obituary notes the Blackwood family once living on the Blackwood farm near Athens, Ohio. All nine siblings and their spouses have died, with all but one son-in-law buried in the same church cemetery four miles west of Athens, the lone son-in-law resting in a private graveyard two miles away.

Dorcas Osborne William Blackwood Athens County Belmont County Blackwood John 8. Duncan Athens Marshfield Pike

Edison Warns On Diet And Digestion With Kodol Remedy

The article quotes Thomas A Edison on illness from poor eating and overindulgence. It promotes Kodol as a digestive aid that digests foods using natural digestants and vegetable acids. Cline's Pharmacy sells the product.

Thomas A. Edison Cline

Local readers note fellow residents visiting and traveling

Personal mentions recount Friday and Sunday visits, travel to Lancaster fair, and guests in town. Fred Baker and Charles Slaughter fished lakeside and reported bass near a noted duck influx. Others include Mrs. M. J. Woodworth visiting from Millfield, and Rev. Carl H. Elliott preaching in town.

Fred Baker Charles Slaughter Lakeside

Bound over to court in Nelsonville shooting case

Ruby Cullilson, who shot Ed Wendell in Nelsonville weeks ago, was bound over to the county court after a preliminary hearing before Mayor Sharp. She pleaded not guilty and was remanded in jail without security set at $300.

Ruby Cullilson Ed Wendell Nelsonville Sharp

Dr Milo Wilson Joins Ohio Hospital for Epileptics

Dr Milo Wilson, formerly superintendent and physician at Athens state hospital, has accepted a position as physician at the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics. He began his duties on October 3.

Milo Wilson Athens State Hospital Ohio Hospital

Dewitt’s Kidney and Bladder Pills Offer Relief

If you take DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills you will get prompt relief from backache weak kidneys inflammation of the bladder and urinary troubles. A week's treatment 25 cts. Sold by Cline's Pharmacy.

DeWitt Cline

Death of Mrs Joanna Hull at Willow Creek

Mrs Joanna Hull wife of Lewis Hull died at her home on Willow Creek on Thursday October 10 at age 54. She leaves husband and daughter Mrs Della Love. Funeral services by Rev Bishop will be held Saturday at 11 at Clark's chapel with interment in the church yard.

Joanna Hull Lewis Hull Willow Creek Della Love Bishop Clark’s Chapel

Publican Mack Byron Faces Multiple Sunday Liquor Appeals

Mack Byron of Buchtel fights multiple charges of Sunday selling. Transcripts filed in common pleas court show three new complaints by James Kinner for June 2, 16, and 23. Byron pled not guilty when arraigned before Justice McKee and posted $200 bond in each case.

Mack Byron Buchtel J. A. McKee Common Pleas Court Byron James Kinner Squire McKee

Dean's Regulets Advertisement Note

An advertisement extols Dean's Regulets as a remedy after meals to aid the stomach liver and bowels. It claims the product provides easy regular passage with a simple regimen.

Local social notes from Nelsonville to Millfield

A string of weekend visits and house guests across several Ohio towns named Emma Rhodes Lula Young Mattie Richards Ida Thompson Estelle Wright Blanche Mills Henry Lockard Gladys McGee Edward Lockard Iva Eddy D. F. Bennett B. F. Hamilton Edward Ewing J. E. Woodworth and others. Dr. A P White returned from Texas with side trips to New Mexico.

Henry Lockard Gladys McGee Wellston Edward Lockard North Court Street A. P. White Texas New Mexico

Kidney Pills Promise Quick Relief For Painful Back

Do you suffer backache and daytime fatigue from kidney trouble A week’s course of DeWitt’s Kidney and Bladder Pills is offered to relieve backache weak kidneys and bladder inflammation at 25 cents. Sold by Cline's Pharmacy.

DeWitt Cline

Cooking Made Easy Through Training And Method

The author argues that cooking is simple with proper training and systematic methods. She credits a formal schooling, years of practice, and disciplined approach as keys to success while contrasting with traditional unstructured home cooking. A note then describes an African Queen’s elaborate head dress.

Lobengula

Farm Earns From Sheep and Chickens in One Year

William Ogg kept 57 sheep and 7 chickens last year. His wife earned as much from the chickens as he did from the sheep. The sheep were valued at 285 dollars and the chickens at 40 dollars, per Dexter Cor. to Pomeroy Independent.

William Ogg Dexter

Law and Order League Endorses Municipal Ticket in Jacksonville

The Law and Order League at Jacksonville fills a complete municipal ticket for the coming election. Rev J W Carroll Henry Cooley and W C Faires chose three Republican candidates. Samuel Kasler as village clerk and W J Johnston and Robert Brown for board of education were endorsed. A petition to place the ticket on the regular ballot under People’s Ticket heading was sent to Athens.

W. R. Corrill Miner Chauncey Bessie B. Martin Marshfield Jacksonville Law and Order League Rev J. W. Carrol Henry Cooley W. C. Faires League Samuel Kasler W. J. Johnston Robert Brown Board of Education People’s Board of Elections At Athens Vyna F Jpein

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