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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1896
Page
5
Athens notes detail visitors and departures among local families including Deanna Mercghead, Mrs. Sands, and Miss Carpenter. weddings, licenses, church notices, and a fatality in Nye cemetery. Also reports on revival fundraising, school and church events, and a major county treasury shortage involving ex-treasurer Blosser.
Mrs Cunningham travels from Athens to Helena after a long letter proposal by J Wesh. The couple wed in a civil and religious ceremony, with gifts received and plans to establish a Montana home. Friends in Athens express hopeful wishes for a prosperous future tied to their union.
Sunday events featured Anti-Saloon League activities with Rev Dinwiddie, including addresses and poems. The gathering highlighted temperance rhetoric, with remarks by officials and notable speakers, and referenced supporting statements from the White Brothers and local figures.
Friends mourn the assignment of Mr. T. J. Allison of Marshfield, a prominent Athens county farmer and wool producer. The mortgage on his property, due after a time extension could not be granted, was foreclosed with liabilities around 300 dollars and assets near 600 dollars. He is expected to pay dollar for dollar.
A misread notice proclaims certificates of deposit at four percent interest payable in gold coin regardless of election outcomes. An official signature appears as D A Moorz, secretary, with garbled accompanying text about a child, a dancer’s trouble, and a medical promote for DeWitt's Chcrolla Cure.
Local store promotes corn baskets Ghese fruit cans jelly glasses and canning essentials with new baking powder soda Battle Ax praised by housewives. Announces seed purchase benefits and low prices to attract customers.
A Sunday school gathering in Cara township is described with references to speakers and planned discussions focused on relief methods. The text mentions physiology oriented topics and potential remedies, including coughing cures and cholera related notes.
Fragmented OCR shows references to a morgue like scene and a missing person or death inquiry. The text mentions Shore Way Corbet Sarordin and Hove occupants, rewards, drugs, a potential kidnapping or homicide case, and a convoluted list of names and places. Information is unclear and distorted.
D ZENNER CO S ONE PRICE STORE urges customers to expect equal value for every dollar spent with a new Fell stock. The message claims constant effort to meet buyer needs and invites shoppers to judge the store by its merchandise and pricing while stressing customer approval.
Up to date dress goods section offers wool jacquards 47 in at 35¢, wool novelties, and fancy suiting patterns from 45.00 to 310.00. Full size all wool blankets 2.25, cotton blankets 45c, full size comforts 50c to 1.00. Seamed hose 10c, ladies vests 10c, school pants suits and knee pants at 2.50, 36.00 men suits, $10.00 black clay worsteds. Bed spreads and torn hemmed items priced 1.00 to 1.25.
F Stalder and Co announce that Athens Building and Loan Company will guarantee loans at terms superior to any foreign lender. The Athens office is open for inspection of our books.
Fragmentary ad copy outlines a Turkey red linen table cloth eight? wide and bleached damask offerings at 31.00 per dozen. It mentions widths and prices but remains unclear and fragmentary about exact items and quantities.
A line of new waist silks and taileta styles announced with prices at 1.60 per yard and 75 cents per yard. The catalog promises the best values of the season with a full display and asks customers to inquire for details at local shops.
Canton Flannela offers fair weight and road width at four cents. Hearty Brown Muslinie and Hearty Gulag priced at ten cents, award limited. Best Indigo eslico at six cents. Good clean comfort batting Te priced at ten cents.
Fall wrap sale offers capes at deep discounts from 31.95 for lower valued pieces to 95.00 for higher priced capes, plus a selection of fleece garments and Samuelette wrappers. A Todige blue and black pattern, Tam O'Shatter for girls, sailors and walking hats also advertised at reduced rates.
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