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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1901
Page
4
A list of local political tickets including governor and attorney general names, followed by a long editorial arguing against anarchism and urging home missionary work in Athens county. It recalls the McKinley assassination and condemns anarchist violence while noting President McKinley’s reported recovery.
A flurry of visits and hires fills Amesville scenes. Athens guests include Tinsington, Ezra A. Smith, Lena Glacier, and L. Ib. Glazier while O. A. Curfman of Cincinnati and James Dunbar of Moundville visit relatives. Oil lease sold to Stuaghton & Co. Local bonds for the Amesville special school fetch a premium as the band plays at the Chesterhill fair and teachers remain scarce across town.
Wendell Shott began to Guysville to attend school Tuesday morning. Mrs James Crawford visited her parents at Canaan last Monday. Saunders School House opened Monday with W C Jones as teacher. Mr and Mrs Joseph Lant of Tuppers Plains visited cousins at Hull Sunday. Louis Shields and wife of Bethel attended the Asbury quarterly meeting Sunday, hosted by G R Lawrence and wife, with M M LeFavor and son visiting his mother and sister at Alfred and cousins at Hull before returning home to Glouster.
Kale Howard and brother Tess visited relatives in Shade this week. Link Johnson stayed with Kale in Hebbardaville. Fred James and family joined the visit. Ervin attended a convention in Amesville on Friday. Mrs. Julia Youn of Amboy Illinois visited sister Martha James and returned home Friday. Florence James of Columbus returned home after summer with Jehu and Martha James.
The Torch School commenced Monday with Mae Bollin as teacher. Several residents and visitors are mentioned, including Mr. and Mrs. Hayes of Bethany, Oli Baker of Toronto visiting family, and Miss Ela McCain of Parkersburg. Individuals from Washington, D.C., Millfield, and Columbus are noted as guests or residents, with multiple local moves and guests described.
An advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion as a health aid for children, claiming it helps tired or anemic kids, flat-chested and stunted youngsters, with a persuasive promise of growth and vitality. It emphasizes pleasant taste and offers a free sample through Pett Street chemists and druggists.
The bulletin lists visits from Parkersburg guests including Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Atkinson and Misses Fannie Criffen Lois Tannis and Minnie Jackson. Baptisms occur as Griffen and family join the Baptist church. Fire and injuries cited as Effie Dunfee sustains facial burns from a can explosion during canning.
Community notes mention Lulu Jolley ill with pneumonia and Zern Ross able to be about the house. Families move and guests visit, Athens college trip, and school plans delayed due to teacher issues. A farm sale, travel to Corning, and fever illness abroad are noted along with fair attendance and a death of Mrs. Charles Coe aged 65.
The obituary notes a woman died after complications from diseases. She leaves a husband, children, relatives, and many friends. The remains were moved Tuesday morning to Nye Cemetery for interment, one mile above Channels.
Elmer Poston and family visited Grange Duel's son on Sunday. Rev Massie held services at Graham Chapel Saturday and Sunday and officiated Monday afternoon. Hastings Hawk was buried at Graham's Chapel. Mr and Mrs Samuel Poston hosted Coleman Ashworth and his family from Darwin as guests Sunday.
The Southeastern Athens county teachers association plans the first meeting of the school year at Guysville on Saturday September 2 at 9 a.m. The program lists aims including debates on literature versus sciences, music selections, and recitations by local students with names such as Rosa Hartley Grace Reader and Grace Reader.
The Athens mining engineer H. M. Pilcher wed Miss Byrd Henning daughter of the late Judge Henning of Cannelton Indiana on September 1 in Columbus He will honeymoon in Europe then sail September 21 from Southampton on the Norman to Natal South Africa for at least two years The couple depart New York Saturday on the Camania and will stop one week in London Pilcher’s salary and travel expenses are provided during the absence.
Various small notices include two Jersey cows for sale by I G Axsesr, dining room items at Pickett's Restaurant, a reminder to take De Witt's Little Early Risers, and pharmacy notices. Also details on the Wo mans Foreign missionary society convention at Athens, cider press pickups on Mill road, Perry County Fair excursion rates by Ohio Central Lines, and testimonials about One Minute Cough Cure and Keodat Dyspepsia Cure from Cline's Pharmacy.
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