Desperate Battle in Redtown Saloon Ends in Deaths
A Friday night shootout at Hugo Skrotsky’s Redtown saloon near Jacksonville leaves Charles Riley and Seth Tinkham dead and Mrs Minnie Skrotsky critically wounded. Several others are injured or jailed as authorities investigate the clash sparked by Tinkham’s boast and gunplay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skrotsky
Jacksonville
Charles Riley
Seth Tinkham
Minnie Skrotsky
Felix Roebeck
Battle
Redtown
Seth
Tinkiam
St. Anthony Hospital
Columbus
Minnie &Krotsky
Charles Cochran
Henry Hovelest
Hugo Skrotsky
Tinkham
Riley
Columbus Hospital
Roebeck
Hugh Skrotsky
Tinkhm
Polandey
Glouster
Michal Stewart
Ginnan
Athens Ladies Seek Spit Ordinance in Overdrawn Town
Athens council faces overdrawn funds and halted improvements as new code restricts spending. A petition from local ladies prompts an ordinance banning public spitting with penalties while smallpox costs rise. reports from health officials detail cases and vaccination outcomes.
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Ladies of
Athens
First Boxwell exam moved to Glouster on April 18
The first Boxwell examination will be held at Glouster rather than Athens on Saturday April 18. This change affects students assigned to the exam and coordinating officials across the district.
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Glouster
Athens
Real smallpox condition in Athens improved
The Athens board of health reports the worst of the smallpox outbreak is over. After three weeks since new exposures began and a high tide of cases, the time for new development has passed and officials are confident the illness is now abating in Athens.
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Board of Health
Athens
Athen
Champ
Messenger and Herald
Hibbard
City
Athens State Hospital
Charles Cramley
McCallister
Luhrig
Martin Breese
Ollie Jones
Florence Price
Eddy Russell
Mra. McCoy
Election Contest Filed Over Justice of the Peace Race
A probate court hears an election contest between John Featherstone and M I Ewers who won the Rome township justice of the peace seat on April 4. The petition alleges Ewers' name was written on ballots by others, rendering ballots illegal. it argues voters must inscribe names, not clerks or judges. The case is set for today.
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Probate
John Featherstone
M. I. Ewers
Rome Township
Featherstone
Ewers
Bellows and McPherson Tie The Knot In Albany
The marriage of Mr Frank Bellows and Miss Cora McPherson occurred Wednesday evening in Albany at the bride’s brother Charles McPherson home. Rev A E Black officiated. The bride, a popular Albany young woman, works as a clerk at H L Wheaton’s hardware. The couple will begin housekeeping next week in their new Lash Street home.
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Frank Bellows
Cora McPherson
Albany
Charles McPherson
A. E. Black
Green
H. L. Wheaton
Real Estate Transfers On Washington Street Corner
W B Lawrence sold the law building on Washington street Tuesday to John Finsterwald and Harry Stalder for 8100. A W Allom bought the old Dr Steele building at Washington and College for 3800. F W Bush purchased the Henderson House on West Dean Avenue for 3000.
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W. B. Lawrence
Law
Washington Street
John Finsterwald
Harry Stalder
A.W. Allom
Dr. Steele
Washington and
College Street
Lawrence & Bean
F. W. Bush
Henderson House
West Dean Avenue
Repeater is Nippped in Nelsonville Election Crime
A man named J. D. O Rourk voted three times in Nelsonville’s municipal election, using the same name at three wards. He was captured in Lancaster, brought back for a hearing, and remanded to the grand jury for further investigation. He alleges no prior ties in the city and remains in Athens jail facing a senitentiary penalty.
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Reveaérepi
Athens
J. d. O'Rourk
Nelsonville
James, Sharp
John Bill
O'Rourk
Lancaster
J. J. Lane
O’rourk
New York
New Court Filings Reported With Foreclosures and Injunctions
Within the past week several pleas court cases were filed. G. W. Penn sues California Consolidated Oil Company for money and requests attachment. Curtis sues Orlando F. Watkins and Globe Building Company for foreclosure. Columbian Building Loan and Investment Company sues Levi Cartman for foreclosure. Isaac Morris and Sarah Morris, I. E. Chappeleir, face foreclosure against The Columbian Building Loan and Investment Company. Columbian Building Loan and Investment Company sues Matilda and Clarence Dupler for foreclosure. Fred H. Nice sues Charles Wolf Herbert Rivers and New Pittsburg Coal Company for injunction.
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Pleas Court
G. W. Penn
California Consolidated Oil Company
Curtis
Orlando F. Watkins
Globe Building Company
Columbian Building Loan and Investment Company
Levi
Cartman
Isaac Morris
Sarah Morris
I. E. Chappelear
Colombiam Building Loan and Investment Company
Matilda Dupler
Clarence Dupler
Fred H. Nice
Charles Wolf
Herbert Rivers
New Pittsburg Coal Company
Returned to Work at Athens Brick Company
The Athens Brick Company workers, on strike since April 1, returned to work Monday after the company granted a daily wage advance of fifteen cents for each man. About 70 employees are affected with some shifts adjusted to $1.55 down to $1.50 and proportional increases for others, ensuring steady operation through spring and summer.
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Athens Brick Company
Weed Wins Mayoralty In Amesville Draw
In Amesville on April 15 F. W. Gibson and Alonzo Weed tied with equal votes in the municipal election. A drawing selected Weed as mayor. he stands 4 feet 1 inch tall and weighs 105 pounds at age 40, described as possibly the smallest mayor in the United States.
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Amesville
F. W. Gibson
Alonzo Weed
Weed
United States
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Skrotskey
Owever
Ceic
Murphy
Gorm Yus
Henry Hoverest
Movelest
Cochran
Andrew Ginnan
I. M. Fsoter
J. C. Headley
E. S. Lawrence
B. F. Swepe Af Glouser
L. A. Koons
Skkrotsky
Mra. Skrotsky
Logan
W. R. Moore
Opera House
J. J. O'Rourk
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