Local briefs include visitors and travel notes across counties
Notices list H H Brown visiting county seat, Fred Needham and sister in Columbus, Cooley guests in Marshfield, Nettie Gabriel from Loran visiting locals, Eli and Mrs Dunkle at Mountain Lake Park, Mary Dodge’s return from Pomeroy and Middleport, birth of a son to Peter and Mrs Walsh, Amy Weller’s trip to Niagara Falls, Mrs Miller returning to Chicago, Sheriff Barnes transporting patient from Pike County, W E Brown heading to Chicago for postgrad study, Worstell and Michael couple’s seashore trip, grass killer tip, Patrick McGinty dies in Cincinnati, State dairy warning against butter preservative, camp meeting near Jersey City under Fulcher Nichole Norman, Stedman & Co travel anecdote.
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Prof
Eli Dunkle
Mountain Lake Park
Merrland
Mary Dodge
Pomeroy
Middleport
Peter Walsh
Explosive Wild Fruit Reported From Batavia
A curious fruit, discovered growing wild in Batavia, has drawn attention after a sample was sent to a Paris botany professor. The cigar shaped bean, about an inch long, reportedly explodes when placed in water after a few minutes, flinging seeds into the air like a small torpedo due to internal pressure.
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Batavia
Paris
Montreal
Mother Recalls Saving Her Daughter With Remedy
A Rhode Island mother recalls her eight children and details treating her daughter's dysentery last summer. She credits Chamberlain's Calico Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, bought after reading an ad, with saving the child's life and reducing her own worry. The letter notes it was sold by W. H McKee in Liberty.
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Chamberlain
Mes
Gro
F. Beepicx
Liberty
R. I
W. H McKee
Taxpayer Tuition Duty for Boxwell Graduate
The Ohio Attorney General states that the word may in education statutes is construed as must or shall. Therefore township boards of education are obliged to pay the high school tuition for Boxwell graduates.
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Township Board of Education
Boxwell
Attourney
Ohio
Cure Claim for Electric Bitters Overshadows Dog Justice Tale
Glorious Revs from Dr G L Cargile claims Hleviin Bitters cures Mrs. Brewer’s severe skin sores, praising it as a top blood purifier. The note lists Wise benefits and price. Separately a Milwaukee dog tale recounts Major the St Bernard’s wanderings and a court ruling declaring the dog ownerless.
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G L Cargile
Washita
W. I. McKee
Self Healed By Arnica Salve After Doctor Warns Death
Reick Hamilton of West Jefferson Ohio suffered 18 months with a rectal fistula. Doctors warned death without expensive surgery, but he cured himself using Bucklea’s Arnica Salve. Sold by W H McKee at 25 cents a box.
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Reick Hamilton
West Jeferson
W.H. McKee
Death of Gen Rufus B R Dawes Remains Mariettas Leading Citizen
Death came shortly before midnight at his North Fourth Street home. Gen Rufus B R Dawes, prominent Marietta figure, longtime Republican, Civil War veteran, business leader, and former congressman, died after years of illness. He served from Wisconsin’s Iron Brigade and authored a war memoir. Survived by wife and six children, his passing leaves a void in local history and civic life.
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Rufus BR. Dawes
Marietta
North Fourth Street
Gen. Dawes
Foraker
Henry
Sarah Cutler Dawes
Malta
Ohio
Wm. P. Untler
Academy of Marietta College
University of Wisconsin
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Wisconsin
Jimean
6Th Wisconsin
Iron Brigade
Gainsville
Manasisas
South Mountain
Antietam
Puyhugh’s Crossing
Gettysburg
Wildersness
Spottsylvania
North Anna
Bethesda Church
Petersburg
Weldon
Dabney’s Mills
Mine Forks
Persia
McWinley
Dawes
Wisconsin Volunteers
Rufus R. Dawes
Elen
Chas
Rufus G. Dawes
Evanston
Beman G. Dawes
Public Education Dissent Critiques Board Salaries in Nome Township
A letter from August 1 by F. A. McVay condemns Nome township board actions. He criticizes salary cuts for the superintendent and six month terms that yield teachers only 22.50 per month, calling for independence and fair pay. The piece argues for higher remuneration and warns of decline in institutes and reading circles.
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Boards of Education
Board of Education of
Nome
Womahood
Reading
F. A. McVay
Objectionable Classification in Victorian Humor Piece
A fragment from Prom Leslie's Weekly and Detroit Free Press humor columns features speaking characters Ethel and Prom, with nautical sail talk and implied social hurt. The text also notes a line about Cubans naturalized by other countries remaining citizens of those nations for the present.
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Leslie
Ethel
Detroit Free Press
Jimmy
Mr. Simpson
Bug
Snake Attack During Worship Ends in Tragedy at Hanover Church
In Hanover township Indiana a black snake invaded a Sunday service at the Nunever church. Descon Arnakd felled the reptile with a blow, then an attempt to cut it in two caused panic as women fled and men crowded around. The snake was later removed in two pieces, about five feet long. The incident proved fatal to Arnakd due to a snakebite.
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Hanover Township
Ind
Descon Arnakd
Arnold
What Not to Say About Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Advice on statements to avoid when using Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Warns not to claim constant hunger, tiredness, pimples, or poor health, and suggests the tonic will improve blood and health naturally.
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Hood
New Ohio State University President Leads State School System
Rev W O Thompson D Li B is named president of Ohio State University and leads both the public and Sunday school systems as head of the Ohio Sunday School Association. Headquarters move to Columbus brings closer touch with the work after four years guiding the association.
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Ohio State University
W.O. Thompson
Ohio Sunday School Association
Thompson
State Sunday School Association
Columbus
Fast Bound Truss Service Through Lancaster Train Notes
Fragmentary OCR outlines railway timetable notes for No. 42 leaving Lancaster and No. 3 trains to Lancaster with through connections to Zanesville. Mentions include other trains, times around 7 4 a m and references to Sipe Wo. 42 and Roth.
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Lancaster
Zanesville
Wrest Roth
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