Athens County News Highlights And Local Happenings
Election results in Athens town ship show 733 votes cast with local option loss. Easter services planned at St Pauls. Pension announced for Melissa Moore of Athens. Dr Lash moves office near City Hall. Community notices include entertainments, memorial day planning, and church activities. Also reported are school term changes, vessel repairs, injuries from an axe incident, and social events in Nelsonville and Sunnyside.
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Fay Langdon
Nelsonville
Athens Township
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Melissa
Spencer P. Moore
Athens
H. M. Lash
City Hall
A. B. Richardson
A. J. Frame
Sunnyside
Frank Cochran
Philomathean Literary Society
College Chapel
Townsend
Peck
John Beatty
Columbus
Ohio
Charley Young
Central Hotel
Nelsonville Presbyterian Church
Athens County News Briefs and Local Court Notice
Weather quip about April showers aside, the Athens county paper lists Grand and Petit Jurors for May term, notes a Whitfield larceny trial ending in a hung jury, recalls prior spring temps, reports candidate announcements for November offices, and covers road work, hotel refurbishments, a Nelsonville gas well push, and a Pearl Barber arrest in Nelsonville.
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Athens County Common Pleas
Local society notes and obituaries from Athens area
Local Miss Lulu Suydam visits Miss Cora Port in Columbus while many Athens residents visit friends elsewhere. Mr. Sylvester Young dies aged sixty one. his funeral conducted by Odd Fellows at M E Church with burial in the new cemetery. The C W & B railroad route near the water tank is set for a depot plan after negotiations. Prof. Ferguson of Albany dies. a noted educator and speaker. Grand opening of spring millinery at D Zenner & Co. and Lizzie Gabriel’s shop offers bargains and remaining stock.
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May Donnelly
Athens
J. B. Allen
Columbus
Coolville
J. R. Allen
Fila Jones
Helen Curtis
Friends of the School
Odd Fellow
Herbert Hitchcock
Allen
Lulu Suydam
Cora Port
Gen. W. BD. Hamilton
Zanesville
Louise D. Richardson
Nelsonville
Richardson
J. M. Rockfield
May
Higgins
Mary Gaylor
Cincinnati
Sylvester Young
Odd Fellows
M. EK
Mr. Riker
New Cemetery
Mr. Young
7Th Ohio Cavalry
New Spring
D. Zenner & Co
E L Walker Shoes and Barber Services Advertised
An old newspaper snippet touts E L Walker for men and boys shoes, and Ezra Walker for ladies shoes. It also mentions Alex Bell's barbershop in City Hall building and promotes Dr Harter's Iron Tonic and Castoria for family use.
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Alex
Bell
City Hall
Athens Corporation and Town Election Results
The Athens election results from Monday April 4 show council votes for WH.8 Stimoent 309, Winfield Scott 345, Andrew W. Mem 285, A. Norton 158, Henry Osborne 91, D. B. Stewart Sr. John Boden 64. Street Improvement favored 87 yes to 15 no. Township results list trustees, clerks, treasurers, assessors, and constables across Athens, Alexander, Carthage, Lodi with totals for North and South Precincts. Also notes a theater drama at City Hall, an oath about Catarrh Cure, endorsements for the Athens Infirmary superintendent, and post office notices with uncalled letters as of April 4 1887.
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Athens Corporation
Council
Stimoent
Winfield Scott
Andrew W. Mem
A. Norton
Henry Osborne
D. B. Stewart
John Boden
Athens Township
Ep. Messenger
N. Hobson
Athens County
H. WH
WICK
J. W. Jackson
York Township
Jane Lith
York
Mfpssenger
Feilderndd
Alexander Township
John & Biddll
Eperon
Sheriff Candidate Declared by Fred Stalder
The Messenger reports Fred Stalder announcing his candidacy for sheriff before the Republican primaries, signaling his intent to seek the office in the upcoming election cycle.
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Fred. Stalder
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