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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1906
Page
16
The Messenger urges action on political choices and praises Labor Day as a national holiday honoring workers. It highlights Athens celebrations for the U M W A and southern Ohio laborers, noting most workers are educated and locally born, with a peaceful gathering expected.
Mary A. Hoyt returns to Cleveland after two weeks visiting her mother Mrs. Richard Nixon and friends. Ralph Dunfee visits sister Mrs. Laura Hays in Athens. Herbert Griffin loses pocketbook containing $10 between Youba and Little Hocking. Churchgoers attend Torch church for A E Parkinson sermon. Ethel Dunfee to teach at Torch next week. Lilly Dunfee entertains Miss Palmers of Stewart. Lilly Swan to return from East St. visits. Elijah and Mary A Stone host T W Jones family at Torch. Rev. A E Parkinson to preach farewell sermons before leaving for Louisville Theological Seminary. Fred Gillian and Bertha Carville wed at Wheeling and visit Torch and Youba. Bertha Carville well known locally. Friends extend best wishes to the couple.
An advertisement asserts PAZO OINTMENT cures itching bleeding and protruding piles within 6 to 14 days and offers a refund by druggists if no cure is achieved. The product is priced at 50 cents.
Mayor Gilbert E Day married Mrs Maude Sanborn and Herbert H Carsey in Judge Lynch's office this morning. Both newlyweds are from Hibbbardsville where Carsey works on the railroad.
Nelsonville residents debate adding a new high school due to overcrowded central facilities. Existing classrooms have overflowed into business buildings while plans for a dedicated high school gain support and may advance soon.
All Rathbone Sisters and families invited to annual picnic at the home of Mrs E L Church near the City Water Works Pumping Station on Tuesday afternoon September 4 1906. Out of town lodge members are also invited to participate.
Nelsonville reports three Ohio students from O S U who supposedly found a rich vein of silver and some gold near the Hudson Bay in Canada. The trio includes Donald Poston of Columbus and Morgan Milne of Worthington, both familiar figures in Nelsonville.
Nelsonville reports Dr. J. M. Hyde will raise a three story brick business building on the west side of the public square replacing the planned two story. The third floor will house the local Eagles chapter, which will move from Washington street. Foundations are underway and work proceeds rapidly.
Dr H S Srigley announces opening of dental parlors next Monday September 3 in the west room on the second floor of the Lawrence Merwin Building east of the Post Office. He has practiced three years in Jacksonville and will relocate with Mrs Srigley and her parents to the Stalder home on President Street. Athens welcomes the new dentist joining local citizenship.
Mr. C. E. Russell of Frost assisted The Daily Messenger during the illness of linotype operator W. W. Ward. A former American Press Association and Litheran Book Concern worker, Russell ran the machine expertly in Athens after years away from keyboard work, remarking on the scarcity of skilled linotype operators.
About 300 delegates and visitors attend the first session of the seventh annual convention amid accusations by Edmund G. Cook from Cincinnati that last year's election was illegal and that a ruling clique controls the union. The events unfold as labor meetings begin in multiple cities.
Peter Bartholomew, an elderly inmate of the State Hospital, died Friday at age 81 after a year as a patient. The body was shipped to Circleville for burial.
An old advertisement promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claiming a quick cure for a cold. It assures doctors will refund money if it fails, and features Druggists’ signatures on each box. The price is 25 cents.
Ilia N. Terrill, just released from Larsing state prison, demanded warrants for the arrest of Governor E W Hoch former Kansas governors Bailey and Stanley ex Governor Ferguson of Oklahoma and ex Warden E B Jewett. He claimed wrongful confinement and maintained his innocence of murder charges. Terrill, an attorney, urged the district attorney to issue warrants upon proper petition.
Cut to the quick: Sydney P Hostler of Chicago and relatives injured in an Indiana crash near Laporte. A Bozeman man and a Cincinnati soldier drowned near Livingston Montana as a steamer capsized. A steamer due at Valdez with four Japanese aboard linked to poaching arrest at St George Island. Dr Albert A Hurd longtime Knox College professor in Galesburg dies. Yosemite Stage holdup near Ahwahnee. bandit robs passengers of cash. Homer D Call of the International Butchers union urges strike demand for a $ hour day without pay cut.
Chicago reports cattle prices from common to prime steers at 3 15 to 6 per head with hogs at 5 50 to 6 40. East Buffalo shows cattle at 4 75 to 6 25 and hogs around 6 55. Pittsburg lists steers 5 75 to 6 00 and hogs 6 45 to 6 70. Cleveland cites cattle 5 35 to 5 60 and hogs 6 40 to 6 45. New York notes cattle steers 8 90 to 6 10 and hogs 6 50 to 9 0. Toledo reports wheat 73 and corn 62. The market covers multiple cities with varied prices for cattle, sheep, lambs, calves, and hogs.
A string of humorous quips and social jests references politicians, lawyers, and local characters from Athens and Illinois. Anecdotes cover elections, marriages, vagrancy, and everyday life with light satire and playful wordplay. The item reads as a column of brief witticisms and social observations.
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