Local Matters and Hocking Valley News Notes
A late 19th century bulletin covers Morgan county data, local medical practice changes, and regional events. It notes a Presbyterian festival at Nelsonville raising about $50, floods in Amesville flooding stores, upcoming Governor Hayes and W. Lawrence address, and river overflow comparisons to past decades. It reports crop losses for Judge Jewett, coal train movements from Nelsonville, public meetings, and criminal cases including a forgery dispute and a hay fork fraud scheme warning.
Athens Elder Reports Flood Depth in 1515 Freshet
Gen John Brown aged 90, the town’s oldest citizen, recalls a ground spot on a mill road lot owned by Josephus Tucker that was a foot under water during the February freshet in 1515. The lot then held only a log hut as its adornment.
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John Brown
Athens
Josephus Tucker
Hocking
County men build massive cistern for Dr Stimson home
Wm and Patrick McCole of the county, renowned for cistern work, completed a large water reservoir in the yard of Dr. H. S. Stimson. The structure, noted for its substantial capacity and robust construction, holds seven hundred barrels of water.
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Patrick McCole
H. 5. Stimson
Funeral Tone Grips Streets Amid Silence After Tragic Tuesday
The narrator notes a funeral atmosphere pervading the town with streets nearly empty and shopkeepers evasive about their identities, as life seems drained from the scene. Locals described as proprietors avoid acknowledging their roles while listless passersby fill the somber mood.
Maryland peaches spoil on halted trains near Athens
Several car loads of Maryland peaches were stranded as trains on the M. & C. line passed Athens just before the road became impassable. The delay meant the peaches could not reach the local market in time.
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Athens
Maryland
Coroner Candidate Thomas Shepard Sparks County Convention Debate
The account states Mr. Thomas Shepard of Nelsonville was abruptly named as Coroner at the County Convention. It notes skepticism that even the complimentary vote he received there could match his support with 24 hours notice.
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Thomas Shepard
Nelsonville
Losses Hit Brick Kiln As Flood Wrecks Arscott Yard
Among the heaviest losers is Mr. Robert Arscott a townsman whose brick kiln on his yard near the M and C depot was overflow damaged nearly valueless. His loss is placed about 900 dollars.
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Robert Arscott
Flood Submerges Salina Chauncey and Nelsonville Hamper Trade
The town of Salina Chauncey and Nelsonville were nearly submerged during the rise in Hocking. Major losses occurred with Salina where Mr. G. T. Gould lost 3,000 barrels of salt in bulk and the Ewing works reporting about 1,000 barrels lost.
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Salina
Chauncey
Nelsonville
Hocking
G. T. Gould
Ewing Works
Carnation of the Rose Event At City Hall
The notice announces two performances titled Carnation of the Rose at City Hall on Thursday and the following evening, detailing showings in the civic venue.
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City Hall
Destructive Floods Hit Hocking Valley and Beyond
The Hocking Valley and tributaries flooded with historic height, submerging villages, washing away crops and fences, cutting off mail and gas, and leaving Amestown and nearby towns in darkness. Marietta and Pomeroy also submerged while global storms and quakes loom. Prof McChesney’s City Hall exhibition postponed due to weather.
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Hocking
Rushcreek
Sugar Grove
Monday Creek
Sunday Creek
Jey
Margarett’s Creek
Factory
Federal Creek
Dunbar’s
Patterson & Curfman’s
Amestown
Hill and Dale
Hocking Valley
Athens County
Wabash Valley
Tsllinois
White Water
Indiana
Scioto
Muskingum
Ohio
Marietta
Pomeroy
McChesney
City Hall
Narrow Escape From Drowning For Rider Between Bridge and Hospital
Charles Jones an employee of John King narrowly escaped drowning on Monday after his horse fell into a water filled crevice between the South Bridge and the Hospital for the Insane. Jones grasped a post as he drifted and was rescued.
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Charles Jones
John King
South Bridge
Jones
Hocking Items Describe Local Inconvenience and Crops
A Rome correspondent notes lack of post office or station causes public inconvenience. He blames local citizens for the issue while reporting two days of rain threaten the Hocking Valley corn crop. He adds potatoes are heavy, oats scarce, fruit none, hay good, and the population is healthy.
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Hocking
Rome
Lazy reader skulks paper theft across counties
A fragment from the McArthur Enquirer ridicules a man who steals the paper whenever possible. It jokes about floods ending him and notes an adjoining township resident who halted a newspaper to avoid paying above rates, selling reads from a neighbor's Messenger.
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McArthur Enquirer
Athens County
Messenger misrouting delays post on Western mail
Packages for Salina Chauncey Nelsonville Millfield Trimble Hartleyville and Bishopville failed to reach carriers last week with 1 40 p m Western mail. The pouch likely went on the M C train West at the same hour. officials say the Messenger office and Postmaster Kurtz are not at fault. An Athens Silver Band open air concert at College Green is planned for Friday August 6 1875 at 6 pm featuring marches waltzes polkas and Schottische selections.
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Salina
Chauncey
Nelsonville
Millfield
Trimble
Hartleyville
Bishopville
Hocking Valley R. R
West
Kurtz
Athens Silver Band
College Green
Bay State
Keller
Wally
Schottische
Coats
Athens County
Ohio
California
Eliakim H. Moore
Chillicothe
State Bank of Ohio
District Court
George C. Coats
Bank
Moore
Court of Common Pleas
State of Ohio
John Coats
Moses R. Bartlett
Jakob May
William H. Douglas
Athens Township
Bartlett
May
Arthur Coats
Athens
George
State of
Bank and Moore
Chancery
Clais
George’s
Parker
District Court of
Jackson County
Holden
Bank and
Geo C. Coats
George C. Pos
Accident on M. and C. road kills two injures three near Stewart
A construction train on the M. and C. road near Stewart slipped on the track Wednesday evening. The engine derailed killing two men and wounding three riders aboard. Local officials investigate the incident.
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Stewart
Philological Convention at Newport Debates Capitalization
At Newport Rhode Island a philological convention questions why Indian is capitalized while negro is not. The Woodsfield Spirit notes the issue reveals double standards in language and hints that such reasoning reflects broader political biases.
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Newport
R. I
Woodsfield
Temperance Picnic Announcement Mislaid
A notice for a Temperance Picnic near Coolville scheduled for Wednesday the 4th was mislaid, causing the event date to be omitted in the previous issue.
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Coolville
Athens Freshet Views by B T Addleman Gallery Exhibit
Photographer B T Addleman presents a collection of photographs from the August 3 1875 Hocking river freshet at Athens showing peak water and damage to crops and property. The gallery will sell the prints at a low price making a rare visual record widely available.
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B. T. Addleman
Hocking River
Athens
Nyland
Ohio
I’ Warren
W. A. Root
Sherif
Slaughtered Slated: Ballard’s Moves Grass Cloth and Linen
Slaughtered Ballard’s offers a quick sale of grass cloth and linen suits, with 30 days to close. An assortment of parasols sun umbrellas millinery goods and thin dress goods must be cleared at attractive prices to move inventory.
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Ballard’s
Graham Captures High Hocking Flood in Notable Views
The photographer Graham presents several striking images of the Hocking River at its peak flood. Each copy serves as a vivid melancholy memento of this latest freak of Jupiter Pluvius for citizens.
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Graham
Hocking
Jupiter Pluvius
Flour price rise hits local bakers borrowers
Local bakery firms Mesars Pleefer Bardon raise loaf sizes without price change. Mauger notes rising flour costs as bakery opposite Warren shifts supply.
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Mauger
Mesars, Pleefer & Bardon
Warren
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Cincinnati
Marshal Davis
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New Lexington Tribune
Aaron Glass
Pleasant Township
Perry County
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Nancy Goddard
Austin Miller
Durham Township
Washington County
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G. W. Hill
Albany
Alpheus Lee
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Johnson M. Welch
David Edgar
Athens County Common Pleas
Buffington
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