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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1886
Page
4
D Zenner Co announces Fall and Winter stock new direct from manufacturers. Athene residents are urged to visit the old reliable house for best made and latest styles in men and boys clothing at prices suited to current times. Call before buying any fall and winter outfits.
The store invites ladies from the county to inspect the latest fashions and novelties. Prices are attractive and intended to prompt purchases. Zenith & Co.
A local store publicizes its silks for quality finish and elegance in Ohio. It promotes Boulevard Velveteens and its Fall and Winter millinery purchases featuring new hat shapes and bonnets. Ladies in the county are invited to visit the department to view the superb trimming stock.
The Hat and Cap department reports a large stock with ample sizes for every man and boy in Athens county. Prices are lower than ever, inviting buyers to choose suitable and becoming headwear from D. Zenner & Co.
The column reports minor updates on residents and officials, including jail counts, a Democratic ticket replacement, new real estate development, and community events. It notes oyster season, peach shipments, a circus visit, a Sabbath school delegation, pension details, and rail fare announcements, plus local merchants promoting fall footwear and goods.
A fierce tremor struck Tuesday night in Athens causing houses to shake and windows to rattle, followed by a second, milder quake. Residents remain alert as repairs on Edgar P. Jewett’s Congress Street home add a verandah and settle into neighboring handsome residences. The item also notes the Ohio G A R encampment in Portsmouth, a fatal shooting aftermath, a court trial for a local man, anticipated strong fair races, severe pulmonary hemorrhages affecting Had Kern, and a solar eclipse comment, plus railroad tunnel fire near Big Run and ongoing construction by Moore and Russell on Jot block adjacent to Phoenix Block.
In a show of steady recovery, venerable townsman Edgar P. Jewett appears on the street with friends noting improved health following a severe illness. The winding up Camp Meeting will begin in Morris and Linscott's grove in Trimble township tomorrow and continue over two Sundays attracting a large regional gathering.
A committee of seven ministers found Rev. J F Moore of the Netonville M church guilty of borrowing money without repayment likelihood and suspended him until the Marietta District Conference trial on the 21st. The report notes Moore’s distress stems from real estate ventures and expresses sympathy for him, hoping vindication at the upcoming trial. The article also covers animal exhibits, a local wedding, a Civil War reunion, a Sabbath celebration near Frost, a physician visit, and gas-well work resumption in Nelsonville.
Mr John Lowlows laughter provo king jovialities kept the vast assembly at the John Robinson circus performances Monday afternoon and night in a hilarious uproar. His wide reputation as the best clown extant is widely conceded by all present after the two shows. An error appeared in Dr G A Dille cards in the Athens Business Directory guiding readers to his dental rooms upstairs in Perkins Block.
Miss Carrie Brasheare enjoys a cappalic visit with friends in Columbus ren. Mrs. C H Grosvenor returns from a California trip on Tuesday evening Col Zern Harper warmly greets former Athens friends Miss Anna Ewers of Frost visits her sister in Athens Professor and Mrs G P Coler return to Baltimore City after the Institute Hon C L Kurtz visits Athens then returns to Columbus Cadet Lou deSteiguer visits his parents in Athens Mrs Manville Pike of Michigan returns home from visiting her father Hiram Mingus in Athens Mr John Layard renews college ties in Athens this week E R Lash returns from the California Grand Army excursion Miss Stella Williams guest of the Sleeper family at the Institute at Athens Wellston Argus notes the 53d O W I reunion in Wellston Sheriff Stalder and Deputy Finsterwald attend Henry Logan, Esq returns from southern Missouri Miss Annie Layden returns home from a two month stay in Athens Mrs Jas D Brown and family return from Chautauqua trip John Brown and son attend the State Fair in Columbus Miss Cora Port visits John Welch in Kansas City then Topeka before returning next month
Kauffman's Parlor Concert Company favored Athens on Saturday evening with excellent entertainment. The Harp by Signor Satalia equaled a full orchestra and the Frey brothers' violin and clarinet playing was superb. Manger the crowd was large, with minimal public disturbance. Marshal Finsterwald arrested Peter Sams for drunk and disorderly conduct, fined $2 and costs $5.65 paid. Thomas Six, drunk, $1 and costs paid. Isaiah Watkins alias Buffalo Bill, drunkenness and wife beating, $5 and costs paid. Punch Kontner, plain drunk, $2 and costs paid. Lew Allen, drunk, $1 and ...
The Chillicothe Leader reports John Streitenberger, a top area barber, has moved to Athens to run a three chair shop. The piece notes Athens men are fortunate and praises his precise, smooth style. It also records local staffing changes at the Asylum depot beat and the chain gang guard positions.
The C. W. & B. began selling special excursion tickets to Cincinnati with a return price of one and one third the one way fare plus twenty five cents admission to the Exposition. The offer runs until October 6. Amza Hooper launches the oyster season promising top quality and service to lead the local trade. Interest in the late Institute at the college remains high among progressive Athens county teachers.
Reports from Athens describe a broad range of quake effects across the country with public concern. Charleston witnesses widespread destruction, fires, and over a hundred lives lost, with Columbus also sustaining heavy property damage but no fatalities. The piece connects these events to ongoing European quakes and critiques political demagogy while praising Ohio Republican delegates and Cleveland Leader's stand against a union demand.
The Athens Messenger announces a campaign to place its paper in every Republican household in Athens County. The newspaper offers a subscription at a reduced price from now until January First to broaden the paper's reach amid an upcoming lively campaign.
A brief appeal from party activists urging Republicans in township areas to back the ticket. They request supporters to send their names by mail or visit the office to show support for the Republican slate.
The piece notes a legal trap in perjury law that may shield ballot-stuffing offenders in Cincinnati from swift punishment. It also highlights expected heavy attendance for the Cincinnati Exposition, which opened with a grand street parade, and mentions local fall millinery and Heathman's Star Butter Crackers in Athens Ohio.
At the residence of the enunciating minister in Marshfield on August 28 1886 Rev R C Harper joined David C Hunter and Mattie V Young both of Waterloo township in matrimony.
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