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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1894
Page
2
Golden Coast exhibit notes the world’s praise for California. Dr Price's baking powder receives the Highest Award and Gold Medal at the Midwinter Fair, with the San Francisco triumph confirming the Chicago verdict and its superior leavening, quality, and efficiency.
The Marietta association begins an institute at the Troy Baptist church on Tuesday evening January 25 and runs through Thursday. Eminent ministers from near and far are expected for a grand gathering with basket dinners on Wednesday and Thursday. Rev Geo R Gear and Rev Wyeth are noted speakers for the event. O F Jackson, Pastor.
We express thanks to friends and neighbors for kindness during illness and death of our child. Mr and Mrs Frep Moreseap. The Buckeye Route offers round trip excursion tickets to Shelbyville and Charleston Ill for Oct 23 train, return by Nov 23 1894. Write C H V T Ry agents or W H Fisher for details.
Tickets go on sale from all stations of the Columbus Hocking Valley and Toledo Railway to Michigan Wisconsin and Minnesota at reduced fares. Upper Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota sales run Sept 20 to Nov 15 lower Michigan sales run Nov 1 to 25. Return until Nov 30 with stopover privileges. For details contact C H V T R or W H Fisher Columbus Ohio.
The Buckeye Route will sell special excursion tickets to Michigan on October 17 and November 14 offering one first class fare for the round trip. Tickets are valid twenty days from sale with step over privileges to view Michigan resources. Write C H V T Ry agents for confesions or address W H Fisher in Columbus Ohio.
Ohio Central Lines offers a round trip excursion fare to Cleveland for the Knights Templar Onto State Conclave. Tickets go on sale October 2, 3 and 4 with a return limit of October 6.
Sunday Sept 23 offers round trip travel to Cincinnati for two dollars via the rail line. The events include base ball games between Cincinnati and Brooklyn, plus theater matinees and evening entertainments. Passengers depart early morning and return after the performances.
Mertie A. Cooley sues Herman S. Cooley for divorce on cruelty grounds. George McKee sues Athens Water Wheel Co. Frank J. Brown appeals. David Smith sues George Coe in ejectment. William Cornell sues George Coe in J. AD. Silket sues Bradley W Reynolds inequity. Samuel L. Keplar sues Ida Fay Kep lar for divorce and adultery. James Tipton sues Carbondale Coal Co for money.
Names listed as letters remaining uncalled include Mrs A R Brown Mrs Anne Bean Miss Ida Sergent Mrs Mary John C Vanhorn Miss Marie Brush Mr J K Williams Mrs Eroma Garey Wa Wilson Mrs Emmay Carr Miss Annie Walker Prof L C Cross Mrs A M Walker G L Pierce Mrs Annie. The notice reflects routine postal operations of the era and lists recipients alphabetically.
Ohio Central Lines offers Home Seekers Excursion Tickets on Sept 25 and Oct 9 to Northwest West and Southwest at one fare for round trip plus 2.00 with 20 day return limit. Similar tickets to Michigan on Sept 18 Oct 17 and Nov 14 with 20 day limit. Oct 2 Nov 6 and Dec 4 sell to South Southeast including Virginia and Southern states with 20 day return limit.
The Buckeye Route offers excursion tickets to Alabama Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee and Virginia on October 2 November 5 and December 4 1894. Round trip fare is the lowest first class rate with twenty days return validity and stopovers south of the Ohio River. Write CO H V A Ay or W H Fisher for details in Columbus Ohio.
Mr S M Hudson prepares to move to Texas and the Southwest as demand for rental housing climbs in Hudson Addition. A new railroad line is surveyed near Hudson Place, signaling expansion. Athens grows rapidly with ambitious plans, while local industry like Hudson School Furniture Co. remains busy. Epworth League takes over the Athens Lecture Course with a winter lineup featuring Graves, Colledge, Leland, Dainty, Conwell and the Ariel Sextette.
The Buckeye Route offers Harvest excursion tickets from September 25 to October 29 1894 to Arkansas Colorado Idaho Iowa Indiana Territory Kansas Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska Texas Dakotas Utah Wyoming New Mexico with twenty day return validity and stop over privileges west of the Mississippi River. Agents of the C H V W & T Ry in Columbus Ohio provide details for desired destinations.
Agente of hio Central lines will sell excursion ing Sept. 28, 24 and 25. Limit re turn until Oct. 1.
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