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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1905
Page
3
Local column highlights varied events across Athens County and neighboring villages. Community notes include social gatherings, education activities, market updates, and colorful short reports from residents and organizations.
Mrs Lydia Beachout and Miss Nelle Stage travel to Charleston to visit Mr and Mrs James Ferguson. Will Matheny visits Geo Matheny. Guests of Mr and Mrs J K Brown include Leggett and M E Twiss. Mrs Guy Cooley visits Athens residents. Rev Ballenger ends meetings with positive church revival. Gasoline boats Raymon and Katy operate to Parkersburg daily. Excursion planned to Blannerhassett this Saturday.
Mothers urged to watch child health and treat coughs with the One Minute Cough Cure. The remedy is described as harmless and pleasant with no opiates and sold by W. Cline's Pharmacy.
Mrs 8 E Dailey and daughter Miss Golda Dailey, employed at a hospital in Columbus, visited and Ed Barrows of Columbus spent a week with Mac Barrows’ family. A B Winget returned from Huntington W Va after a month away. Mrs Winget remains seriously ill. Mr and Mrs Jesse Carrol visited Ollie Winger’s family. Guests including Dr E L Stanley and the Harisonville party joined Carl Stanley’s household last week. Becca Kenan and children from Middleport returned home after visiting Hoisingtons. Constance Winger of Woodyard visited friends and attended Fairview school.
J. P. Klote of Edina Missouri endorses Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as superior for stomach trouble biliousness or constipation. Sold by W H McKee and Barton Drug Co Chauncey Ohio.
Mrs A Wells is ill with asthma and bronchitis while Mrs Ella Munchmeyer and her son Lewis visited the Wells family. Mrs Alice Curtis and daughter Mabel of Belpre visited friends and relatives in the area. Mr and Mrs E A Dutton and Mise...
Michael Strauss of Vernon Connecticut sought relief for a severe hand burn on his child. James N. Nichols, a local merchant, advised Chamberlain's Pain Balm. Nichols reports the first application drew out inflammation and provided immediate relief, noting his own use of the liniment for cuts burns strains and lame back without disappointment.
Mrs L N Socie spends a week with Columbus friends. Miss Mae Beattie visits Miss Edith Edington and Blanche Chapman. Floyd Vore of Sugar Grove guests his parents on East Meyers street. Ed Shaffer and daughter Hazel host Lunady at Connett's. John Edington returns from Missouri and Iowa improved in health. E church society to meet Thursday evening with refreshments. Mrs Hannah Berry ill with stomach cancer in Denver. Mrs C J Coe hosts embroidery club. Thomas Johnson Jr visits grandparents. Dr W I Jones sells practice to Dr Alison Jones of Cambria and will relocate to Columbus. Clarence Coe travels for business. Miss Clara Carnes returns from Newark. Mrs R McManigal and daughters visit Logan revitives. Mrs J Sheppard of Columbus is mentioned.
A Sandy Level Virginia man credits Dr King s New Discovery for coughs and colds with curing a severe chest trouble caused by smoke and coal dust after other remedies failed. The ad proclaims the medicine as the world s greatest sale and offers a free bottle at W McKee s with a $1.00 price and guarantee.
Visiting Mr and Mrs W P Shepard and kin headline a week of social calls. Dr Walter Haning and Miss Ida Juniper were in a buggy accident near Millfield last week injuring Miss Juniper. Christian church convention slated in the city next week with delegates expected. Mrs E Welch Mrs R A Dean Mrs Harry Welch and Mrs Eben Wilson were guests of Mrs Isaac Oind peter near Beaumont. Prof Chubb of OU will lecture to Hyperian club ladies at Mrs S U Poston's home. Mr and Mrs S U Poston hosted a picnic for house guests Mr and Mrs Young of New York Mrs Cora Cunningham and son Charles of Zaleski and others on Franklin street.
Engaged people should remember that after marriage quarrels decline when digestion improves with Electric Bitters. A Bennettsville, S. C. resident cites his wife’s recovery from long dyspepsia and torpid liver after using the remedy. W. H. McKee, a local druggist, sells and guarantees them at 50c a bottle.
John Balderson and wife visited friends in Coolville. Miss Shirley of Marshfield spent Sunday with her mother Mrs. Lacy Shirley. Mrs. Carl Hayes and baby returned from Columbus. Burrel Stratton plans to move to Athens. Guy Dean and Harry Biggons returned from Illinois. F E Kimes and family plus Miss Etta Kimes visited Mrs. Eliza Coleman in Guysville. Wedding by the M M M club set for Sept 30 at the hall.
Indigestion nearly always disturbs sleep and causes insomnia. Many cases have been permanently cured by Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets. For sale by W H McKee and Barton Drug Co Chauncey.
Mrs Will Dodds of New England and her nephew Frank Patterson of Lancaster visited Mr and Mrs A L Ogg on Friday. Mrs Hattie Ogg spent Sunday with relatives on Sugar Creek. Mark Grandataff and George France are completing the new church in Ames this week. Emmett Hayes taught at Grosvenor school and visited home near Guyeville. Mrs Mary Henderson and children of Athens spent the past week with relatives here. Miss Blanche Brawley visits sister Mrs Mellie C Griggsby of Sharpsburg. A number from here attended the funeral of Mr W L Coleman at New England Saturday.
Maggie Hickox of Midland Michigan credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with saving her two year old after a severe bowell illness. The advertisement urges following printed directions and claims a cure is certain for infant cholera and similar afflictions. Sold by W H McKee and Barton Drug Co Chauncey Ohio.
Mrs Stella Wiggins spent the summer in Baltimore with her sister Mrs E A Bowers last week. Mr and Mrs Everett Cline and daughter Hazel are visiting Cincinnati this week. Mrs Moltour of Los Angeles was the guest of Mr and Mrs S D Webb last week. Dr B Vorhes spent several days in Columbus recently. E K Carpenter and daughters Esther and Maud were Athens visitors Saturday. Howard Vorhes and Will Fletcher were mentioned in the notes.
Sunday visitors included Mr and Mrs H Whetsone Miss Della Graft and Ezra Webb from the Athens area. Mr and Mrs Will Caster of Pt Rock stayed with friends here. Mrs Helwig bought the Frank Barnes residence on Wilks street. Mr and Mrs E M Vorhes and daughter Adalyn and Ethel of Nelsonville visited Mrs T Parker. W E Mohler bought the Helwig property on Depot street for 800 and Monday sold to W H Bowers. Miss Nancy Dew of Athens visited Miss Cary Murphy.
A Chicago street car conductor, beaten in a labor riot, covered with sores, applies Backlen's Arnica Salve and recovers quickly. G. J. Welch of Tekonsha Mich praises it for family use and general healing. For cuts burns it's praised. available at W. H. McKee's drug store for 25 cents.
Ireland residents Frank Gill and family visited Charlie Brandeberry's over Sunday. E L Rogers spent Sunday with Mrs. Clara Scott at Youba. J M Townsend and Misses Ella and Sadie Bingman visited relatives at Bartlett. Emerson Daugherty visited his cousin Dayne Godfry at Frost. Grace Bingman and Clara Daugherty hosted a Sunday school taffy party. Ollie Dean secured employment at Athens. Deems of Parkersburg and Emma Moore wed quietly at Parkersburg. We extend congratulations.
An advertisement touts Dr King's New Life Pills as a quick pleasant cure for headache constipation and indigestion. The copy states the remedy restores health and is available for 2 cents at W H McKee's drug store with a guarantee.
Curtis J Martin files to quiet title in Athens County Ohio against unknown heirs of Catherine Buckingham and others. Case seeks recognition of title to two described tracts along the Hocking River totaling about 178 acres with rights of defendants in question. Defendants must answer by October 12, 1005 or face judgment. Court records show attorney Harry G Stalder representing the plaintiff.
Notice to Teachers outlines monthly exams for Elementary Certificates on the first Saturday of each month at Athens plus September December March and June for high school and special certificates. Additional exams occur at Stewart Nelsonville and Glouster on the first Saturday of May June and July respectively. Boxwell exams set for Athens and Glouster on the second Saturday in May. By order of the Board of Examiners M. M. Bryson Clerk.
The Messenger & Herald moves to its permanent home in the Law building on Washington penda for business and editorial rooms formerly used by Jewett & Wood. An 80 by 18 feet business room on State Street near Court is available for rent with possession between Sept 15 and Oct 1 1905. Adjoining this room is a thriving grocery, and other rooms house a novelty store a shoe store and a furniture store. Elegant location for starting a business in the best town in Ohio. F. W. Bush.
Security Savings Bank of Athens Ohio announces an enhanced installment plan for real estate loans. Borrowers pay seven percent interest with fixed monthly principal, plus optional larger payments and annual interest pause. A pass book tracks payments and remaining balance, with further advantages explained in person. Regular long term mortgages remain available.
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