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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1903
Page
5
J J Lane is named primary director for Inizmary RS and Dent, with officials confirming the appointment and outlining duties. The move situates Lane as key administrator overseeing the RS Dent division and related operations.
A large Chillicothe rally with Hanna Foraker Herrick and Harding drew three to four thousand attendees. Speakers countered Johnson's facts with campaign themes, praising prosperity and local hospitality while a faulted train service limited some attendance.
Notice states the partnership Chess and Sellars in Glouster Athens county Ohio dissolved September 1 1903. Business will be closed by Charles E Sellers who will accept all debts and settle all claims. Neyman Chess and Charles E Sellers Glouster September 19 1903.
Se Nee iee reports air mines in the Mocking and Sanday valleys shutting down due to a persistent water shortage. Four mines will close, about a thousand workers will be laid off, and daily output will drop by over ten thousand tons as boilers run dry and railroads cannot deliver water. Temporary ice-lined tanks offer limited relief until rain comes.
Sam Sommers store remained closed all day Tuesday to honor the Jewish New Year. The article notes the New Year marks judgment for individuals and fate for the coming year, explaining the movable feast tied to the Hebrew calendar and the 19 year cycle aligning with solar years.
The Athens opera house will feature An Indiana Romance a four act pastoral comedy drama on September 28 with the Lucyville Quartette and a scenic high quality production. The program promises a refined alternative to melodrama and modern problem plays and asks for strong local support to sustain the course. The October 16 opener will be Mendelssohn Quartette with Marguerite Smith child impersonator.
Hocking Excursions announces Sunday round trip fares from Athens to Columbus for 1.00, Athens to Pomeroy for 1.25, and Athens to Jackson for 0.75. These services operate on the advertised Sunday schedule.
George Mays with wife and son Elmer lof Reno visited relatives Sunday. Josefa Smiths of Marion spent a few days with her father John Smith’s family. Miss Kate Klingenberg guests at Cutler this week. The sick list includes Mrs. Reuther Mrs. Kyle and Mrs. Niggemeyer. Nuptial bans posted at Ss. John’s church announcing Mathew Shuler to Miss Mable Kyle.
The Dowler family network from Nelsonrville and nearby areas is noted with Sunday visits and relocations. Wm Dowler hosts relatives while J H Dowler moves to Marshfield property, and others like Theora Nellie Young Nellie Dowler Blaine Nice visit Neta Mary Young. Water scarcity concerns rise as wells run dry and residents haul water. Aliss Nellie Dowler begins Marshfield schooling and Florence Coakley opens a local school. several moves and home improvements are reported.
Sunday visits paint a picture of small town life with numerous names and places across Perry county Murray City Trimble and Columbus A busy social ledger includes church events family gatherings and visits from relatives and friends plus an oyster supper hosted by Win Hilton and the YP A and a surprise birthday party at Bernard Smiths home for Cornelia Smith.
Albany news reports the sudden death of Thomas Rigg aged about 45 at his Harrisville home from typhoid fever after a brief illness. He leaves a wife and two children. Funeral services were held at Harrisonville. Rigg was a well known citizen and skilled carpenter who worked in Athens briefly last summer before returning home.
Notice items show an old classified line about Phoenix House in first class condition centrally located and a road business only hotel in town. Also notices of appointment for executor and administrator in Athens County Ohio with dates in 1908. Gimbrose J Poston Grosvenor Jones Worstell and L D Prost act as attorneys for the executor or administrator.
Mrs H G Cramer died Friday night at her Austin Missouri home after a long illness of catarrh of the stomach. The body was sent to Burlingham for funeral services conducted by Rev Dutton and burial in the local cemetery. She was about 33 years old and survived by her husband and two children. She was sister to Mrs R A Cramer of Athens.
A newspaper advertisement asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh. It states the treatment is constitutional, taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces, and offers a $100 reward for any case it cannot cure. Includes address in Toledo, Ohio and mentions Hall's Family Pills.
Millinery display invites ladies to inspect new fall sities mullinery with latest novel ties hats and children's hats. Also notice offering a phaeton and horse for sale inquire at the office.
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