Court Adjourned Sine Die After Busy February Term
Common pleas court adjourned sine die Saturday afternoon after winding up February term. May term opens about May 1. Cases included Hisylvania Coal vs Kittle with amended petition. Fidelity Building and Loan vs Armstrong Laird receivership bond $500. James P D Brown vs David Auch cognovit judgment for $449.66. W H Allison executor vs Luhing Coal amended petition. Carr indicted for abandoning children pleaded guilty with $1000 bond and $8 monthly support. James Wy Johnson bond $500. Pulion bond $300. Jeanie Gillis granted divorce from John Gillis amid neglect of duty allegations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hisylvania Coal Company
Spicer R. Kittle
Fidelity Building and Loan and Uavitgs Company
Armstrong Laird
James PD Brown
David Auch
Wiliam H. Allison
Luhing Coal Company
Dem Carr
James Wy. Johnson
Eid Pulion
Jeanie Gillis
John Gillis
Pretty wedding observed as Estella Mason weds Clifford Kern
Miss Estella Mason married Clifford Kern of Athens in a home ceremony at the Mason residence with Rev. B F Jackson officiating. The wedding featured Lohengrin on piano by Mrs Otto Roush and a three course dinner, followed by a reception and departure to Warsaw Indiana then Charleston West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. Kern
Athens
Otto C Roush
Little Son
B. F. Jackson
Etta
Minnie Duncan
Margaret
Mayme Burns
Agnes Dulaney
Beatrice
Mollie Walsh
Nora Eddy
Leda Houghson
Jessie Rainey
Kern
Warsaw
Ind
Charleston
W. Va
S Dave
Rice
Dinner Chaperoned by Pride Honors Miss Jennie
Glouster March 31 Dr and Mrs W A Pride served as chaperones at a 6 o clock dinner hosted by R L Lewis at the Glouster bank Sunday evening in honor of Miss Jennie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Mrs. W. A. Pride
R. L. Lewis
Glouster Bank
Jennie
Dowd Birthday Dinner Attended by Local Guests
The event marked Miss Dowd's birthday anniversary held Saturday with host and guest of honor. Attendees included Dr and Mrs Pride, Miss Neta Porter, Miss La Vance, Miss Grace Kasler, and Messrs D. Lewis, C. A. Phide, and Ralph Lewis.
Health Cure Claim From Bucklen’s Arnica Salve
O. B. Woolever of LeRaysville New York states he endured a twenty year health sentence before Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured his bleeding piles. The ad claims the salve heals the worst sores burns wounds and cuts quickly and directs readers to McKee’s drug store for purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
Woolever
LeRaysville
N. Y
McKee’s
Railroads May Consolidate Amid Court Ouster Suit
Ohio Supreme Court ouster proceedings against Hocking Valley and Kanawha & Michigan railways delay a planned merger with K and M. If the decision favors the companies, consolidation of Toledo and Ohio Central lines may proceed, with stock transfers completed and trains potential between Toledo and Charleston, W. Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Supreme Court
Hocking Valley
Kanawha & Michigan Railways
Ohio Sun
Columbus
Perling
Toledo & Ohio Central
Oyster Suits
Toledo
Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha
Michigan
All Records Broken in Belmont County Mining Fatalities
All records for mining fatalities in Belmont county were broken with the eleventh disaster since the month began. Emmett Robb, 20, was killed in the Pultney mine near Bellaire Ohio on a Saturday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellaire
Belmont County
Emmett Robb
Pultney
Here
Freight Wreck Delays B and O Near Coolville
A westbound freight derailed near Coolville last evening after a truck broke, eleven cars left the track, blocking B and O traffic. Wrecking crews from Chillicothe and Parkersburg cleared the line by morning with no injuries reported. Several trains detoured or altered schedules while the track was repaired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolville
Chillicothe
Parkersburg
Stewart
Point Pleasant
Athens
Pomeroy Worker Plans Series of Shallow Wells
P Q Shrake of New Matamoras Ohio arrives with an oil well outfit and will drill shallow wells in the Thomas Fork field likely starting on the W H Bradshaw farm. The report notes the intended site and approximate activity in this moving field operation.
Dean's Regulats Promote Easy Natural Bowels
An old advertisement touts Dean's Regulats as a bowel regimen that regulates digestion and relieves constipation. It urges readers to ask their druggist for the product at 2 cents a box.
Government building site selection viewed by Major Brackett
Major Fred Brackett of the U S Treasury is in Athens to inspect nine proposed sites for a new government building. He plans a first and second choice and will report to the treasury. prices are described as very high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Brackett
Washington, D. C
United States Treasury Department
Athens
Major Brackett
Major Bracket
Junod and
Bower
Carpenter and
North Court Streets
Lawrence & Roach
West Union Stret
Bethel & Sayre
Losin
West Washington Street
J. B. Allen
West State Street
Treasury Department
Garden Making Gains As Farmers Rush Planting
The city and rural growers report a bounty of activity as plowing and planting accelerate. Gardeners compare notes on early crops with lettuce onions radishes while others boast potatoes in already. The busy season begins and farmers expect long days from dawn to dusk.
Foreclosure Petition Filed Over Nelsonville Mortgage
Isaac Pastor filed in Athens County Court of Common Pleas to foreclose a mortgage on Lot 978 and part of Lot 1037 in Harper's Addition Nelsonville Ohio. Max and Esther Gershuny must answer by May 2 1908 or the petition’s facts may be deemed true and foreclosure decreed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Gershuny
Esther Gershuny
LaPayette
Indiana
Isaac Pastor
Court of Common Pleas
Athens County
Ohio
Athens
Nelsonville
Harper
Chauncey Movers and Funeral Reflections
Dan James moved his household goods to Athens on Wednesday. Frank Love of Jacksonville plans to move his goods here Friday. Will McDaniel is relocating to Corning. Funeral services for Charles H. Shields were held Wednesday afternoon with burial at Nye Cemetery. Mrs Shields mourns the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan James
Athens
Frank Love
Jacksonville
Will McDaniel
Corning
Charles H. Shields
Nye
Local Notices On Families And Returns From Columbus
A report notes a man died leaving a wife and five children including three daughters. John Koitzenbach came home Wednesday from Columbus after a recent appendectomy. Mrs. George Preston and her son M A Preston returned to their home in Glouster on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Koitzenbach
Columbus
George Preston
M. A. Preston
Glouster
Viewers report favors new north bridge route to Plains
Athens county commissioners and the viewers appointed by them reviewed a proposed route from North Central avenue to the Plains via the north bridge over the Hocking river. The line to the river and the route through New Pittsburg Coal lands measured 9029 feet. The group praised the route and roadbed, noting the short distance and potential for many families as the coal mine plans to hire hundreds. Next steps include June estimates and presenting the matter to county officials. William Vollmer sustained a severe leg injury at mine No 10 while moving a car that jumped a track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. 8. Blackwood
D. A. Bardin
Athens Commercial Club
North Central Avenue
Plains
New North Bridge
Hocking River
Central Avenue
New Pittsburg Coal Company
Benjamin Dice
Michaels
Hibbard
Athens
New
Pittsburg Coal Company
William Vollmer
Blower
Successful Skin Grafting Saves Ohio Baby After Burn
Glouster Ohio March 31 A successful skin grafting operation was performed by Dr J G Blower on the 15 months old baby of William Morgan Sunday afternoon. The child had been badly burned about two weeks earlier and the procedure was needed to preserve life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
de. J. G. Blower
William Morgan
New skin grafted on infant in city hospital operation
A skin graft of about eight by ten inches was placed on the baby with the cuticle supplied by William Morgan and Georges Matthews of the city and Miss Bertha Tim erick of Derthick. The infant is progressing well and is expected to recover fully. The local prohibition rule against intox icants has existed but enforcement has not been strict, with many cases ending only after arrest for intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Morgan
George Matthews
D. B. Lenhart
New Lexington
Miss Pearl Cable
Athens
Eli Burley
Lanin
Messenger
Burley
Weist
Mrs Banfield Dies at 50 After Illness at Home
Mrs Stephen Banfield of Hunterdon died Monday at age 50 after a brief pneumonia illness. She became critical last Thursday. Interment will be at Greenlawn cemetery in Nelsonville on Thursday. She is survived by her husband and five children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Banfield
Hunterdon
Greenlawn
Nelsonville
Public sale of Glouster flour mill to Stoecklein
The Glouster flour mill sold at public sale last Saturday to J. W. Stoecklein by A. W. Russell of Mill Field as assignee. The price was $1,288.88, two thirds of appraised value, including the mill building and all machinery. The property had been under assignee for months and was advertised four times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
J. W. Stoecklein
A. W. Russell
Millfield
B and O W trainmen ordered dry for safety
A strict new B and O W order bans all personnel who use intoxicants from duties that involve directing or operating trains. The measure, effective April 1, targets trainmasters dispatchers engineers firemen and other roles with control over trains, with no exceptions. It follows a prior broader rule and mirrors enforcement seen on the Baltimore and Ohio system.
Business visitors and travel plans noted in Logan region
Local notices list Belle Miller of Logan and others visiting Nelsonville and Athens on business. Plans describe a 27 ft willes walnut shanty-boat built to use river currents for power, launching above Smithville, drifting to Cairo, then down the Mississippi to the Orinoco and Cassagua, with eventual Rio Negro link.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithville
Ohio
Cairo
Young McNeill
Mississippi
West Indies
Orinoco
Rio Negro
Amazon
Tropic Jungle Mission Plan from Parkersburg Youth
Burleigh McNeill, son of a Smithville minister in Ritchie County, plans to travel to South America in March to work as a missionary among sun worshipers in the tropical jungle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Land of the Sun Worshipers
South America
Burleigh McNeill
Smithville
Ritchie County
Fresh olive oil shipment in display window
Henderson-Crider Drug Co advertises a new olive oil shipment with a window display. Large bottle priced at 50 cents, promoted as suitable for salads and cooking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson-Crider Drug CO
Also Mentioned on This Page
Common Pleas Court
Estella Mason
Clifford Kern
J. E
Wdatly
Hocking Valley Railways
Pomeroy
Washington
Chauncey
Sloans
Sloan
the Board of County Commissioners
Hiram L. Baker
Wiliam Cornell
Jesse Finsterwald
Accompa
Nied
Glouster Mill
B& Osw
BO & O
Belle Miller
Logan
A. Storver
Lancaster
Henry Sto
Ver
Joseph Winefordner
New Shraltsville
O. A. Dowdy
A. D. Knight
C. A. Stover
Capitol City
George L. Fenzel
West Virginia
Athens Berry Hotel
Dr. C
DR. Co
Dennison Hotel
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