Slater-Poston Coal Mine Advances To First Class Status
The Slater Poston Company operates a rising coal mine in the Sunday Creek valley now being upgraded to first class condition. Wiliam Embleton guides visitors through the shaft and explains new electrical cutting machinery, improved ventilation, water removal, and safe, extensive development. The mine, about 125 feet deep, now employs around 100 men and aims for larger output as modernization continues.
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Charncey, Angest 7
Slater. Poston Company 4
Misssxoru-Hruarp
Wiliam Embleton
Chauncey & Beaumont Coal Company
Dempster Coal Company
Slater-Poston Company
Christendom
Odus
Morgan-Gardner
Sunday Creek
Burial association covers funeral for indigent member
The Athens Boanch of Harrison Mutual Burial Association, with about 1500 members, reported no deaths until last week. Wesley Stephenson died intestate in straitened circumstances, but the association funded a first class burial including the casket, digger, carriages, and pallbearers. The agency sees the service as a godsend and expects membership to exceed 1500 soon.
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Athens
Harrison Mutual Burial Association
Wesley Stephenson
Death of Mrs Woodruff in Pleasanton
Mrs Albert Woodruff died at her Pleasanton home Sunday after a long cancer illness. About fifty five, she lived here nearly all her life with husband Albert Woodrum a well known local. Funeral held today at 1 30 conducted by Rev E W Howe, interment in town. A longtime M E church member and sister of Dr Cooley formerly in Athens.
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M. E.church
Cooley
Athens
Boy kicked in stomach by horse in pasture mishap
Rodger Jones, son of E. J. Jones, was kicked in the stomach while trying to catch a horse in a pasture east of town Sunday evening. The horse's shoe print marked his midsection as he was knocked off his feet, but he soon recovered and walked to a nearby house.
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Rodger Jones
E. J. Jones
Snake Skin Found on Farm Near Sander
Capt. John Bobo found a black snake skin at Wm. Tedrow's farm near Sander. The seven foot one inch long skin was brought to this office and is on display.
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John Bobo
Tedrow
Sander
Mr. Tedrow
Demagogue Speech in Lincoln Promises Patriot Spirit
Mr Bryan spoke in Lincoln Nebraska on July 3 1000 warning that defeat would erase the spirit of My Country ’Tis of Thee and end Fourth of July celebrations as imperial sentiment rises, risking legacy for future generations.
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Mr. Bryan
Lincoln
Nebraska
Famine Letters From India Stir Western Readers
Dr Emma Scott daughter of philosophy professor at Ohio State University writes letters from Almere India describing horrors of famine. She is niece of W F Scott of this city and Windeld Scott. Almere, 250 miles west of Brindaban, with 70 000 population, is the capital of a British province of 3,000 square miles and 540000 people. The letters urge sympathy and aid for distressed children.
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Emma Scott
Willams H. Scott
Olio State University At
Columbus
Miss Scott
Athens
Messrs
W. F. Scott
Windeld Scott
Almere
Brindaban
India
Sur
Grim's Island A Surprising Bridge Toll Tale
Local lore recounts how a ford was built to challenge high bridge tolls on a river crossing near Seth Bridge. Three score years ago seventy five teams and two hundred men formed a makeshift crossing, halting when tolls dropped, leaving an island named for the event and the ford that never finished.
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Seth Bridge
KK Osmand
Palmer Declares Support For Republican Principles
Springfield Ohio August 8 General Palmer gold Democratic candidate for President in 1896 says if gold Democrats fail to nominate this year they will vote for McKinley and Roosevelt. He favors McKinley’s business leadership despite policy differences and warns that Bryan in power would push the nation toward panic and legislative trouble while self-government endures.
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Springfield
McKinley
Roosevelt
Palmer
Bryan
Famine and Mission Aid at Ajmere Amid Cholera Plague
Amid severe famine and a cholera outbreak, the Methodist mission at Ajmere evacuated two hundred inmates to a distant camp. May letters describe starving children, emaciated bodies, and efforts to feed and clothe them while noting the widespread relief work and the hope for future reform through education and faith. Grim’s Island hosts yearly fourth of July shows linking independence to regional resistance against oppression.
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Ajmere
Methodist
Miss Scott
Reunion of the 18th O. V. at New Plymouth
The 18th O. V. holds its 1st reunion at New Plymouth in Vinton County on September 1 2 with gatherings in Stevensons hall at 10 a.m. and social events through September 13. J E Hughes delivers welcome, L W Hull responds, badges issued, and homes arranged. Gen C A Grosvenor L W Hall and others to address, with band music and a casket dinner. Comrades urged to attend, with provisions for distant members, and a note on declining veteran numbers.
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O. V
New Plymouth
Vinton County
Stevenson's Hall
L. W. Hull
Gen. C. A. Grosvenor
L. W. Hall
Ww. L. Burtch
J. H. Jankat
Beckler and Hutchins Wedding at Local Home
A very pretty home wedding was held yesterday for William Becker and Belle Hutchins at the bride’s home near Salem church. Justice of the peace FY Beverage performed the ceremony in front of relatives and close friends, followed by a feast. The couple will reside in Daleton.
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Beckler
Maralsfield St. O . Lodge
Mrs. Beckier
Daleton
Dover township Sunday schools convene at Chauncey church
The Sunday schools of Dover township will meet in convention at the 31 FE church in Chauncey on Saturday August 11. An appropriate program has been arranged for both forenoon and afternoon sessions.
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Dover Township
Chauncey
Domestic Trouble In Athens County Court Divorces Cast Wide Net
Domestic strife fills the Athens County common pleas docket with divorces. Plaintiffs seek legal separation on cruelty drunkenness and abandonment. Cases include Anna and John Poston Maud Day Duffy Cara Milligan and Gertrude King among others with varying grounds and requests for custody of children.
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Athens County
Common Pleas
Anna Poston
John Poston
Guysvlle
Isso
Plaints
Maud Dafy
Nelsonville
Thomas Duffy
Isth
Maud Day
Albert Milligan
Benedict
Cara Milligan
Athens
Ines
Gertrude King
Job W. King
Theo
Emil
Isoz
Athens County Teachers Institute Opens With Fair Attendance
The annual institute started Monday in the college chapel and will run two weeks ending August 17. Attendance began fairly but rose toward a hundred by yesterday afternoon while next week is expected to draw a larger crowd. Instructors include Prof. J. 1 Gordy.
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Ohio State University
Columbus
Ohio University
Corde
Athens County
United States
Gordy
Mia
A.W. Bockbee
Atlas Buckbee
Pennsylvania State Normal School
California
Byron W. King
King's School of Oratory
Pittsburg
Miss Buckbee
Cuba
Milas Buckbee
Dr. Gordy
Tyr. King Svn
of Anguat
Athens County Teachers' Institute
College Chapel
J. 1
Dyspepsia Cure Claimed To Relieve Stomach Troubles
An advertisement touts Kado Dyspepsia Cure as instantly relieving and radically curing all stomach ailments. It contrasts India’s famine with America’s food-related deaths and promotes Clune's Pharmacy selling the product.
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India
America
Farm for Sale Near Frost in 37 1/2 Acres
Property offer lists thirty seven and one half acres near Frost. Price and trade for town property. Jewett and Woop advertise the listing.
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Frost
Jewett & Woop, Tf
Co-Operative Nursery and Orchard Co. Ad Offers Wholesale Prices
An advertisement urges readers to buy from the Co-Operative Nursery and Orchard Co. noting direct wholesale pricing for a short time. It emphasizes large or small orders and invites planters to act quickly for favorable terms.
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Co-Operative Nursery & Or Orchard Co
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