Detect Defective Eyes and Free Examinations Offered
Mr and Mrs Lingerfield extend a one week offer at Palmer House to provide free eye examinations and fitted glasses. They claim to have helped over 400 people and reduced headaches in Athens and surrounding areas. Testimonials from Miss Letha Matheny and Mrs Anna Oxley praise relief from headaches and improved vision after using their glasses. They emphasize astigmatism as a primary headache cause and urge appointments by appointment only.
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Athens
Longerfield
T. N. Holington
Mrs. Lingerfield
Vision correction by Lingerfield glasses praised in ad letter
Mrs Coe reports improved sight after eye glasses from Mr and Mrs Lingerfield in Dayton Ohio. An alimony dispute in Athens County court ends with a settlement and transfer of land while the couple’s optical business touts extensive Ohio reach and guaranteed lenses.
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Common Pleas Court
Mary M. Stotts
Isaiah Stotts
Alexander Township
Lydia Taylor
Albany
No New South Bridge Over Hocking River At Foot Of President Street
County commissioners announce no immediate plan for a new south bridge over the Hocking River foot of President Street. B&O approach will be repaired and other urgent repairs done. Financial limits prevent construction now. a bridge over $1,000 would require a public vote.
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Hocking River
President Street
Board of Commissioners
Does It Pay to Buy Cheap Boschee German Syrup Ad
A Nostalgic ad touts Boschee's German Syrup as a proven remedy for severe coughs and lung troubles. It claims the product heals tissues, destroys germ disease, relieves inflammation, aids expectoration, and ensures restful sleep, available in bottles of 25 cents and 75 cents.
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Boschee
Athens County Voters and School Enumeration Totals
An abstract of male inhabitants over 21 and unmarried youths ages six to twenty one in Athens county. Townships list counts from Athens, Ames, Bean, Canaan, Carthage, Dover, Lee, Lodi, Rome, Troy, Trimble, Waterloo, York and Children’s Home totaling 6208. Special districts totals 6230. Grand total 12438.
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Athens County
Athens
Alexander
Ames
Bean
Canaan
Carthage
Dover
Lee
Lodi
Rome
Troy
Trimble
Waterloo
York
Children’s Home
Amesville
Albany
Bachtel
Carbondale
Chauncey
Coolville
Daleton
Glouster
Hockingport
Happy Hollow
Jacksonville
Millfield
Mineral
Marshfield
Nelsonville
Pleasant Valley
Stewart
Pittsburg Trust Co Offers 4 Percent Interest by Mail
Savings deposits earn 4 percent interest compounded semi annually with immediate withdrawals. Checking accounts pay 2 percent. Deposits secured by $6,000,000 in capital surplus and profits. Address 228 Fourth Ave Pittsburg Pa. Write for Booklet O Banking by Mail.
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Pittsburg Trust Co
Fourth Ave
Pittsburg
Caleb Powers Seeks Another Trial Amid Looming Threat
The statement warns that if Powers secures another trial, he faces a credible risk of lynching. The remark highlights vigilant public sentiment and potential mob violence surrounding his case.
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Caleb Powers
Boy’s Long Ride for Life Promoted Cure
A Leeville Indiana man W H Brown endures deathly asthma while his family expects him to die. He rides 18 miles to obtain Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds. He reports instant relief and later sleep is sound. The ad touts cures for throat and lung troubles with bottles priced 50 cents and 1 dollar and trial bottles free at W H McKee’s drug store.
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W.H. McKee
Notice to Contractors for Athens County Election Ballots
The Board of the State Supervisors of Elections in Athens County Ohio invites sealed proposals to print and furnish 18 000 official ballots in 33 books. Ballots will be perforated with round holes, consecutively numbered, bound with wire and sealed, matching voting precincts. Bid bonds double the bid amount and two approved sureties required. Proposals due Monday at 1 PM. Board may reject any bid. Sept 7 1903.
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State Supervisors of Elections
Athens County
Ohio
Athens
D. Webb
D. R. Richards
Appointment as Administrator of Giesecke Estate in Athens
Herm W. Giesecke is appointed and qualified as administrator of the estate of William H. Giesecke, late of Athens county, Ohio, deceased. Dated September 9, 1908 with notice dated September 17.
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William H. Giesecke
Athens County
Ohio
A. D
Columbus Excursion from K M Ry Sunday Sept 20
Round trip fare is one dollar for a Columbus excursion on the K M Railway. Call on company agents for hand bills with train times and fall details.
Robert Emmett Anniversary Excursion Offers Ohio Round Trip Tickets
Ohio Central Lines announces excursion tickets for the Robert Emmett Anniversary to Columbus with return from all stations in Ohio on September 19 and 20. Fare is one fare for the round trip and tickets are valid for return until September.
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Cnts
Ohio Central Lines
Columbus
Ohio
Niagara Falls
Atlantic City
Moulton Houk
Gen. Pass
Toledo
Ohio Woman Suffrage Association Holds 18th Convention
The 18th Annual Convention of the Ohio Woman Suffrage Association will convene in Sandusky at the Chamber of Commerce hall and Masonic Temple on October 15 and 16.
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The
Ohio Woman Suffrage Association
Chamber of Commerce
Masonic Temple
Sandusky
Salesmen Wanted for Athens Area by Victor Oil Company
Recruitment notice seeking salesmen to manage interests in Athens and nearby counties in Cleveland Ohio. Pays salary or commission and requests applicants to address Victor Oil Company in Cleveland Ohio.
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Athens
Victor Oil Company
Cleveland O
If Sir Thomas Had Only Built the Shamrock Here
A historical note argues that if the Shamrock had been constructed in the United States Sir Thomas might have entered her in the coastwise freight trade, reshaping maritime history with a domestic build.
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Sir Thomas
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Palmer House
MR. and
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Letha Matheny
Anna Oxley
Pleasant Hill,o
Alice Jordan
Wright
Susan MC Neal
Coe A
BERRY
France Medical Institute Co
France Medical Institute
United States
Canada
Mexico
France
First National Bank
Bright
Athens County Voters
Sta
White Athens
College
Court
Hudson Ames
Bern
Chauncey Lee
West Glouster
Hollister
Marshfield Mineral
Nelsonville 4Th Ward
Bessemer
Kimberly
Floodwood
Howard
Ee Soematicaee
Herm
W. Giesecke
Robert Emmett
J. H. Merchant
M. E
Freeport
Ender
Life Plant CO
Canton, C
McKee’s Drug Store
Kennedy& Keagan
Superior GT
Cleveland
Sithidhu
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