Farflung Personal News From Athens Area
George Saunders of Sistersville visited friends in town and in Lancaster last week. Mrs. Frantz Woodworth and her son from Marion Indiana are visiting relatives here. Rev and Mrs R P Bishop spoke at Coolville camp meeting. Mrs Henry Wright returned from Ypsilanti Michigan guest of Prof and Mrs Albert Leonard. Mrs Mary Rice and grandson Harry Sivure left for Stevens Point Wisconsin to live with her son. Miss Mary Sanderson visited friends here then attended Coolville camp meeting. Mrs J W Johnson and Miss Lena Patterson left for Buffalo Exposition visiting Albany and New York. away about ten days. E S Jordan of Plantaville recently admitted to the bar formed partnership with J A Ivers of McConnelsville with office in Marietta. J C Bailey left for Coolville to attend camp meeting. Mrs J W Ortman left for Athens to work at the state hospital. Hamden Enterprise. In Mrs Tocer Fields case the columbus work house sentence was revised. fined 225 and costs and sent to Athens jail ten days. A special seven-coach train carried 250 colored passengers to Blennerhassett Island excursion near Parkersburg. Athenians joined en route. A North Carolina timber sale fetched 1 500 for one curled walnut tree. other sales worth 60 000 to 1 500. Hamden Enterprise. The marriage of J W Crook to Katherine Dawson of this city occurred at Galveston. Rev Deltzel officiated. The bride is daughter of Mrs Katherine Dawson 1301 Cleveland Street. Groom is a traveling salesman for a wholesale furniture firm in Athens Ohio. They reside at Tremont Hotel. Houston Post.
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E. Jordan
Plantaville
J. A. Ivers
McConnelsville
Marietta
Jordan
J. C. Bailey
Coolville
Athena County
J. W. Ortman
Athens
State Hospital
Hamden Enterprise
J. W. Crook
Katherine Dawson
Galveston
Deltzel
Presbyterian Church
Cleveland Street
Houston
Ohio
Tremont Hotel
Texas
Marriage License and Dessert Ad Teases Jell O News
A short notice blends a marriage license with an advertising blurb for Jell O The New Dessert. It asserts four flavors Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry and urges readers to try it today at grocers. A separate line notes twenty percent of prisoners in Chicago jail are morphine and cocaine victims.
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Chicago
New Life Pills Promote Clear Skin At McKee’s Drug
A vintage advertisement claims Dr King’s New Life Pills purify the blood regulate the liver and give a rosy complexion. It promises 2 wretched sallow faces transformed to clear skin with a jaunty healthy look for 25 cents at McKee’s drug store.
Todey's Jewelry and Silverware Trends in 19th Century Styles
The Jewelers Circular notes cross matched and unmatched stones in designs using sapphires, cat’s eyes, and topazes for sleeve buttons and decorative pieces. It highlights high topped round stones, blue and yellow contrasts, and revived candle and bedroom decor with beaded edges and fat-bottomed extinguishers.
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Todey
Apple Crop Surpasses Wheat Value in 19th Century Note
A patchwork of small items notes editor S A Brown of Bentsville S C praising Electric Bitters for his wife recovering from dyspepsia after four bottles. It also mentions Ontario apple production at 36 993 917 bushels and a Cairo to the Cape telegraph line using living trees to resist termites.
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S. A. Brown
Bentsville
S.C
Michece
Ontario
Cairo-to-the-Cape
Africa
Green's August Flower touted as sole cure for indigestion
Question Answered. Green's August Flower claimed as the largest selling medicine in the world for indigestion biliousness and general dullness. It is promoted as a tonic to clean the system, repeat liver action, and support nervous function, with a suggestion to obtain Green's Prize Almanac. J. B. Henderson.
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J. B. Ilenderson
Experts Link Drought and Sewer Root Deaths in Trees
Experts say drought and sewer faults kill trees by attacking roots, causing withering. In Eastern Prussia the Prussian government arrests Polish anti-German leaders to curb discontent, amid an edict forbidding Polish clergy to teach in Polish in state schools.
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Tandon Fe
Prussia
The Growing Vogue of Deacelett Bracelets
A fashion note from The Jewelers' Cheuhir highlights growing bracelet trends. Flexible brilliants form links, heart shaped sapphires with a diamond, emerald enclosures, and pearls in varied hues capture style, with gold bands, turquoise accents, and expanding serpent designs also popular.
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Deacelett
Elsie Bee
Cheuhir
Raspberry Rally Palsy and Gantlet Run Noted in Rambling Column
Fragmented text describes a recipe for Raspberry Rally Palsy dough with steps to mix sifted aur salt sugar and baking powder, butter and milk, roll with raspberries, steam and bake, served with cream. It also notes a historical claim that running the gantlet as military punishment originated with Gustavus Adolphus and spread to English, Germans, British regiments, and Indigenous peoples in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustavus Adolphus
America
Boschee's German Syrup Promoted as Cure for Lung Troubles
An advertisement extols Boschee's German Syrup as a universal remedy for coughs and colds and severe lung illnesses. It claims to heal tissues, destroy germs, ease irritation, aid expectoration, and provide rest, recommending one bottle as a proven treatment endorsed by druggists worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boschee
B. Henderson
Salvation Army Acquires 20000 Acres in Australia Settlement
The Salvation Army has received a grant of 20,000 acres for a settlement 120 miles from Perth. A large clearance of timber is required before use for agriculture, signaling a significant development project for colonial settlement schemes.
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Salvation Army
Australia
Perth
Nerves cured by Celery Nerve Compound claim
A woman reports three years of nervous prostration cured by two bottles of Lichty's Celery Nerve Compound sold at Cline's Pharmacy. The article also notes extensive ore smelting experiments by electricity in Brescia, Italy, led by Captain Stassano of Rome.
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Cline
Brescia
Italy
Stassano
Rome
Beers the The Kind You tae Aieyt Bog Boni Lae in Saxony Schools
In Saxony schools pupils must commit to memory 201 biblical verses and 198 hymns in addition to the catechism, reflecting a strict memorization requirement across religious education.
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Pepits
Saxony
Loomis Farm Swindle Ends With Empty Boom
A New Orleans Times-Democrat item recounts Loomis, a farmer near Litehield three miles from town, swapping mania that led to a bogus oil boom. He tricked a visiting petroleum man by poisoning wells with kerosene tainted water, hoping to cash in on a land sale, but the ruse collapsed leaving rotting derricks and abandoned shafts after six months.
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Clint
Loomis
Lin
Eld Touma
Litehield
Leomils
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Maxims for Book Handling by Dumphereys in Private Library
Recommendations on careful handling of books with cautions against damaging pages and spine. Do not cut, mark, or fold leaves especially on plate paper. Avoid using titles as trash receptacles or cushions. respect the book as a preserved artifact.
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Arthur L. Dumphereys
Where We Forgot Himself
A life insurance applicant, asked to name his father's children, stumbles as the list exceeds six and is reminded he forgot himself. The examing surgeon, the applicant, and a gleeful office boy share a moment of humor in this anecdote from the New York Times.
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Altort
Addie
Henry
Laura
William
Dora
Albert
Lauran
Wiliam
Bnally
New York Times
Apples in the Seder dietary guide
A Ledger Monthly extract explains Apples as wholesome and digestible with minerals, acids, and pectin that aid jelly formation. It notes high water content limits nutritive value, and suggests baked apples for invalids served with cream.
Empress of Japan Noted for Vigorous Life and Horticultural Skill
The empress, married 30 years with five children, remains youthful and energetic. She spends an hour daily in her palace gymnasium in Tokyo and is considered one of Japan's most skilled horsewomen.
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Japan
Tokyo
Burglary Alarm Spreads Stir in Detroit Home
Detroit Free Press recounts a tense morning near a residence as a resident hurries to wake others and confront a burglar who had climbed through a window seeking ice or water, prompting neighbors to react with concern.
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George
Tim
Mara
Wsap
Detroit Pree Press
Nervous conduct sparks debate in press of Philadelphia era
The Philadelphia Press discusses gendered views on nerves and behavior, noting common attributions of nervousness to women versus men. The piece questions the fairness and singularity of such judgments, contrasting social expectations for each gender.
Realizing a Family Quarrel in a Boston Transcript Tidbit
A fragment from the Boston Transcript depicts a terse exchange about a daughter named Mrs Slyder and a mother figure. The dialogue hints at social friction and recognition within a Boston household, capturing a moment of mistaken identity and family ties.
Not enough readable content for a proper headline
Fragmentary OCR text from a Chicago News item mentions timing and names but lacks clear event, entities, or conclusive facts to summarize into a coherent card.
Harvest Scene Narrated In Rural Dialect
A garbled rural exchange notes hay cutting and loading at night. Lasground Lucas and Wille Wontwurk describe activity in a barn with references to a last bay load. The Olio State Journal captures a rustic dialogue centered on harvest labor.
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Lucas
Olio State Journal
The Time Table Tangle Delays a Train
A whimsical exchange from the Boston Journal notes a traveler blaming a missed train on fiddling with a timetable. The other responds that the delay came from trying to translate the timetable as the train departed.
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Boston Journal
Co. & M. V. Excursions to New York City and Campmeeting
Tickets for a general New York City excursion are on sale daily through October 20 with returns via Buffalo routes. Lancaster C. campmeeting excursion runs August 2 to 18 with return by August 19, from Lancaster.
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New York City
Good
Buffalo
Lancaster
Campmeeting and Assembly
B and O S W Railroad Sells Louisville Train Tickets
The B and O S W railroad offers round trip tickets to Louisville for the Triennial Conclave of the Knights Templar from August 24 to 28. Tickets are valid for return through September 16 and may be extended.
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Louisville
Templar
Excursions via Hocking Valley Bay to Cleveland
Tickets go on sale September 8 to 19 at one cent per mile from Athens. Fare to Cleveland 1.30 with return by September 15 and extension to October 8 by deposit of ticket and 50 cents through joint agent at Cleveland via Hocking Valley.
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Hocking Valley Bay
Grand Army of Republic
Cleveland
Athens
Tcker
Hocking Valley
One Way Settlers Rates via Ohio Central Lines
One way settlers rates available on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. Special low fares to polls in Alabama Florida Georgia Kentucky Mississippi North and South Carolina Tennessee and Virginia. For details contact Ohio Central Lines agents or nearest passenger representative John Moores Findlay G Harvey Toledo D J Cargo Toledo W A Peters Columbus E E Heiner Charleston W Va
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Ohio Central Lines
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Mississippi
North
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Ohio Central
T.inca
John Moores
T. P
Findlay
G. Harvey
Toledo
D. J. Cargo
W. A. Peters
Columbus
E. E. Heiner
Charleston
W. Va
Special Summer Excursions to Four Western States
Ohio Central Lines offers special low rate summer excursion tickets to Colorado Utah South Dakota and Minnesota. Valid June 18 through September 10 with return by October 2. Inquiries and full particulars available from local agents of Ohio Central Lines.
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Colorado
Utah
South Dakota
Minnesota
Ohio Central Lines
Ohio Central Lines Low Rate Exursion to Buffalo Exposition
Special low rate excursion tickets are on sale at all Ohio Central Lines ticket offices to Buffalo and return. For full details on sale dates limits and routes call an agent. Through tickets to points east of Buffalo allow a ten day stopover at the Exposition. If going east go via Buffalo.
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Ohio Central Lines
Buffalo
Buffalo Exposition May Ticket Deals and Grand Displays
May－onsale round trip tickets to Buffalo at extremely low rates offered by Hocking Valley. Pan-American Exposition promises surpassing former enterprises with Niagara power display and unprecedented electrical effects. Everyone encouraged to visit and witness ten years of progress.
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Hocking Valley
Mtail
Buffalo
Niagara Fujia
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George Saunders
Sistersville
Frantz Woodworth
Marion, Indiana
R. P. Bishop
Henry Wright
Ypsilanti, Michigan
Albert Leonard
Mary Rice
Harry Sivure
Stevens Point
Wisconsin
Misa Mary Sanderson
Parkersburg
J. W. Johnson
Lena Patterson
Buffalo Exposition
Albany
Hudson
New York
Tocer Fields
Samuel Williams
Rose
Athens Thurssday
Blennerhaseett Island
Midland City
North Carolina
Clarence
Puck
United States
Vaneeren
Suvamer
Chicago Record-Herald
Nannie Galleger
la Grange
W. H. McKee
Clu
Carews
Nakka
Will Holt
L_yiaerite
Scot
Merser
Atlante
Wee Si
Phuiladelphia Press
Poserleigh
Jooks Young
Mrs. Slyder
Boston
Rorem
Aliss Cutting
Chicago News
Chillicothe
Parkeraborg
Fast Mail
St. Louis
West Bound
Norv
New Yor
St.Louis
METS
Limited Express
Dr. Jamen
James
Atal
Great Lakes
Bost
ST. Marys
Middleport
Gallipolis
West Va
Moulton Houk
the. Hocking Valley Railway
Detroit
Michigan
Canada
St. Paul
Heass City
Omaha
Fisher
Gen
Pace
Ps Ae Iy
Athena
Oreesed
TSO Toledoverrs
Ia. M
W.H. Moone
Cincinnati & Muskingum Valley Railroad
Pabsenger
Loch
C.M. Hexxert
P.M. Watrssox
Trachers
Sannare
Marana
Byorder Hoare
Coultrap
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