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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1899

Page

8

Noted social rounds in Canaanville and Guysville

Robert Poston visited friends in Guysville as locals recount a busy week. Constable Wilf Graham and wife visited relatives. Hill family members called on relatives in Guysville. Mrs. Hubler and daughter Minnie spent Sunday in New England. Several residents moved to Columbus planning permanent home. many attended a F. M. camp in New England and a church Epworth League event. A large picnic by Misses Webster and Linscott for guests Mabel Webster and Ralph Whaley highlighted the torrid term.

Canaanville Robert Poston Guysville Wilf Graham Commissioner Hill John Hubler Minnie New England Ben Pitcher Welly Hulls I. Graham D. T. McKee Columbus Lizsie Higgins Athens A. P. Linscott Thos. Joyce F. M Epworth League Messia Lewis Graham Perley Hill Coolville J. A. Linscott Funner Ney Cheadle S. P. Anderson St. Louis Pleasant Home JF. W. Bairdgor Res. Grace Foster Myrtie Webster Florence Linscott Mabel Webster Mgr Ralph Whaley Roxahel Peize Canaaaville

Local visitors and happenings in Amesville area

Amesville social notes list visiting relatives and travelers from Grafton Athens Vincent Crawfordsville and Columbus. Weddings Baptism and funerals noted along with oil drilling reports and church events at the M E church.

Marietta Area Social Notes Include Visits and Travel

MARSHFIELD. C G Hawk and wife are at Wilksville with parents of the former. Fred Reed of Parkersburg was the guest of Miss Aurilla Kelley last Thursday. Hannibal Jones and family of Indianapolis are guests of their many friends and relatives of this locality. Maud McVay and Ada Anderson of Greenfield, spending vacation at this place, took a trip to Marietta Thursday. James Stephenson and wife came over last week to see Dr Pedro, a brother of the latter. Jim starts for the West sometime this month. Louise Pake enjoyed the pleasures of childhood by birthday party friends on the fifth day. J O Allen of Oklahoma and Judith McDaniel of Milwaukee, sister and brother of Mrs. Duffee, have returned home, leaving Mrs. Allen for a protracted visit. Airs. Rowan of New Orleans is taking her annual visit with her parents Ned Gaynor and wife. Accompanied by sister Bridget, she spent four days with agent G L Pake, a railroad friend of her husband. Mrs. Lulie Dodd is on the sick list. Mr Addo Frost made a business trip to Marietta last week. Wm Founds was called to Joppa Saturday on account of his father’s death. There will be preaching at the Universalist church next Sunday morning and evening. Alexander Founds and wife of Richwood were recent guests of Mr and Mrs William Founds. Mr and Mrs Theodore Rowell and Mrs Harriett Ladd visited Mr and Mrs Cephas Butta near Coolville last week. Among those from this place who attended the picnic at Water area last week were Mr Addo Frost, Peerman Rowell and Roila Burden.

Earl Gwens Grafton W. Va Sherif Porter Athens Harry Connelly Vincent Agin Hattie Lamb At. B Ea. Barnes Chester Till Affe Marrill Neal Columbus Josie Henry Crawfordsville Idiana Kate Stanley Lowell F. M. Dunbar Harvey Parkersburg W.va Ed. Wooley Pleasantville W. G. Finch Arthur Copeland Ora Ogg M. E. Parsonage Rev. Haas Ned Gibson Cincinnati Cincinnati Edison Electric Company D. D. Carr Charles Cray Abs Elisha Johnson Bright Red Nose Lewis Wilcox Anna Clark M. E R. F. Bishop C. G. Hawk Wilksville Fred Reed Aurilla Kelley Hannibal Jones Indianapolis Maud McVay Ada Anderson Greenfield Marietta James Stephenson Pedro Jim West Louise Pake J.O, Allen Oklahoma Judith McDaniel Milliwaukee Duffee Bridget G .L. Pake Lulie Dodd Addo Frost Wm. Founds Joppa Universalist Church Alexander Founds Richwood William Founds Theodore Rowell Harriett Ladd Cephas Butta Coolville Whee Wateraera Peerman Rowell Roila Burden J.W. Murphy J. E. Lawrence Henry Warren Reedsville A. E. Lawrence Coalville Emma Light Athlena Friends Erwin Merwin Kenneth Hayes Will Hess Linois New England Tuppers Plains B. Church E. B Bean Cecil Edith Johnson J. B. Smith Stewart Rhodeharer H. J. Gull Kansas Frank Hannis West Virginia Clute White Lauj Lyons Coolvilt Hannis Nixon Niagara Falls Edward Daugherty Smith Swan Lucy Helmick Zanesville A. Dunfee Little Hocking Grange Fair Grounds

Local notes from Loestridge and Garden area

Bail Loestridge on sick list. Bert Swartz of Garden spent Sunday with his grandmother Mrs Kyle. Mr and Mrs Lewis Kyle visited relatives at Bumingham. Jesse Nickeson and three sisters attended camp meeting at Prates Fork Sunday. Jerome Stout and Rob Runyan attended ice cream supper at Reed's East Shade Saturday night. Mr and Mrs Willard and children of Garden visited Mrs Willard's parents J D Evans and wife Sunday. Dr and Mrs E A Secoy and Miss Mary Klingenberg visited friends at Garden last week and attended lecture by Miss Carrie Goodrich at Bedford first church Sunday night.

Albert Bail Bert Swartz Garden Kyle Lewis Kyle Bumingham Jesse Nickeson Prates Fork Jerome Stout Rob Runyan

Athens Visitors and Local Notices Across Guyeville and Beebe

J W Murphy and J E Lawrence visited Athens while residents like Henry Warren and Erwin Merwin spent time in surrounding towns. Numerous trips to Parkersburg, Ohio and Niagara Falls appear amid church meetings, picnics, and family visits. Community updates record illness, travel, and social events across Guyeville and nearby districts.

Local Social Notes Polls, Travel, and Visits

iWiLce reports Mason lot expansion with a new horse shed. John Wilson arrives from Marietta. A B White and wife visit Pomeroy guests of Leroy Walen, Lew Willing and wife occupy Braden rooms. Chevalier family guests of Chaz Dorsey. Dorsey. Chas Wedge returns from school fields. Bertha Hemphrey improves from illness. Mrs Roberts of Elizabeth PA visits Nelson Johnsons. G F Priggs back from Terre Haute with team shovel work. F S Monahan repairing a pike project between here and the depot. J White family back from Chautauqua Lake. Davis and Wise home after stone cutting at New Matamoras. A social dance hosted by D H Frost residence with guests reporting a nice time.

Lew Willing W. J. Braden FE. Chevalier Pomeroy Chaz. Dorsey Chas Wedge Bertha Hemphrey Mrs. Roberts Elizabeth Pennsylvania Nelson Johnson G. F Priggs Terre Haute Indiana F.S. Monahan C. J. White Chautauqua Lake New York Geo Davis Joseph Wise New Matamoras D. H. Frost

Anna Dinsmoor Anthony Birthday Nears Eighteen

Anna Dinsmoor Anthony will celebrate her eighteenth birthday on August 19. The community notes Mrs G W Sewell of Alfred was a recent guest of Mr and Mrs John Sewell. The camp meeting at Moores town drew almost the entire community Sunday. Anna Dinsmore spent part of last week with her sister Mrs E Hill in Strawville. Mrs Eliza Bishop hosted guests the past week. Mrs Frank Byers and son Edward of Broadwell visited. Airs Seldon Baer has been sick but improving. Will Reeves and sister Cora of Athens visited their sister Stella B Reeves. Mr and Mrs William Coen of Stewart were guests of Elijah Coen over Sunday. Maggie Niggemeyer returned home after a months long visit with friends at Wheeling West Virginia Watts and Joseph Bishop were pleasant guests of sister Ator of Jerseyville Saturday and Sunday.

Anna Dinsmoor G. W. Sewell Alfred John Sewell Moores Town Anna Dinsmore Strawville E. Hill Eliza Bishop Frank Byers Edward Broadwell Seldon Baer Will Reeves Cora Athens Stella B. Reeves William Coen Stewart Elijah Coen Maggie Niggemeyer Wheeling

Local notes record repairs and moves in the community

Zelda J. F. Wood has Doc Dixon on the stone work for a new barn. John Rowels moved his family into a newly finished dwelling built by Willis Puck. Edward Younkin visits from Circleville. Rev. D. C. Coburn, president of the Muskingum annual conference, delivers a sermon. David Sanders and family report good times in Kansas and the West. An excursion group to Toledo and Detroit includes I. Stotts, Biias and Oda Woodyard, F. G. and Howard Brooks, Chas Reeves, Bertha and B Wand, Lula Hooper.

J. F. Wood Doc Dixon John Rowels Willis Puck Edward Younkin Circleville Lo McKinley D. C. Coburn Muskingum David Sanders Ker Kansas William Henry

Community Notes From Guysville and Nearby

Mrs Robert Baker visited her mother in Frost on Sunday. Bebe Townsend from Albany visits uncle Jeff Perry in Guysville. The Methodist Episcopal quarterly meeting will be held in Guysville next weekend. Ambros Poston and wife of Canaan visited daughter Mrs H J Bean in Guysville. Aunt Julia Beebe Mrs Wm Hart and Miss Rose Cook visited Mahleton Hayes and family. Kenneth W Hayes and Wm Hess left for Kane County Illinois for new jobs. A large crowd from Guysville and Stewart attended the Free Methodist camp meeting in Copeland grove near New England.

Robert Baker Frost Bebe Townsend Albany Jeff Perry Guysville Ambros Poston Canaan H. J. Bean Julia Beebe Wm. Hart Rose Cook Mahleton Hayes Kenneth W. Hayes Wm. Hess

Big Run Moves and Fire at Verdure Hotel Site

A. McGill moved to Vincent last Sunday. Sunday school shifted to Haga church. Mr. Poling from Logan visited his daughter Mrs. Rev. J. M. Walker. Many attended a Free Methodist camp meeting near New England. The Artimus Conant hotel on Verdure run, owned by J. R. Mathburn, burned Saturday night. Cause unknown but suspected natural gas.

Big Run A. McGill Vincent Utica Poling Logan J. M. Walker New England Artimus Conant Hotel Verdure Run J. R. Mathburn

Combined Free Articles and Athens County Sheriff Sale Notice

The document blends an offer for a 716 page magazine with many ads and a detailed alias order of sale from Athens County Court of Common Pleas. It lists real estate to be sold at a public auction on September 9, 1599, in Athens County Ohio, including coal and minerals rights across numerous tracts, with distances, boundaries, and appraisal totals.

Diverse visits and illnesses mark Albany area notes

Ed Irwin visits at Albany while Miss Nell Brown returns home to New Straiteville. Mrs. Julia Green of Iowa visits niece Mrs. W A Webb. Effie and Annie Silvey stay with Della Smith. The mother of Eber Daw is seriously ill. Ariza Moore visits uncle D T Moore. Mr. and Mrs. A O Whaley attend Grandma Whaley’s funeral. Simeon Mathews and wife are dangerously ill. Lydia Wenzel in Athens helps. Rev W G Stansbury preaches in Davidson Michigan. Albany residents trip to Detroit. Joan Gibson 88 travels well. Pastor at Rutland due to his mother’s illness and funeral at Rutland Priday. Rev Bolton and wife mourn. Grandma Whaley dies at 82. funeral at 2 pm led by Rev Kirkpatrick. burial Hebbardsville. PLANTSVILLE: Josie Fawcett ill. Lambert and Marietta visitors. M M Smith of Mountville here. Schooley Stanton in Grave Bank. Alva Ditte to canvass instead of teaching. Heaviest storm of season Friday night. some trees down. Oil business remains strong. wells depleting. Plantaville Oil Company still producing well.

Ed Irwin Columbus Albany Nell Brown New Straiteville Julia Green Iowa W.A. Webb Effie Annie Silvey Middleport Della Smith Eber Dawson Pt. Pleasant Register Ariza Moore NeConnelaville D. T. Moore A.O. Whale The Baptist Church Rutland Priday Bolton Bill Whaley Grandma Whaley W. H. Vorhes Kirkpatrick Hebbardsville Plantsville Josie Fawcett Lambert Plantaville Oil Company

Sale of real estate in Athens County Ohio by alias order

By virtue of an alias order of sale signed out of the Court of Common Pleas in Athens County Ohio the sheriff will offer for sale at public auction at the front door of the courthouse in Athens on Saturday September 6 1519 at 1 o clock the real estate described as lot 349 in D Jacksons addition to Sedalia now Glouster as platted in Athens County recorder office with mineral rights reserved to grantor appraisal value one hundred and sixteen 2 thirds dollars terms cash in hand.

Saiciu Court of Common Pleas Athens Morgan Onio Yange Dover Township Athens County William Masons Stoonp A. N. Brown Marietta and Lancaster Road Tatma Taner Kaid Dover Townsury Ourta Said Trimble Townsbt Firra Wait Ver Jonathan P. Weethee James C Headley Headley Sai Sizte Lawrantius Fowe Souraca Reek Sal San Saidcreek Begins Agwil J.P. Weethee Dover Solomon Koons Tie Ana Tobias Banlenar Oon Primble Trimble OmoCompant 4 Morgat County Ohio Sunday Creek Valley Marine Company B. B.mcddonald Co Tobias Dougenot Ebenezer Pratt Section Sunday Creek Seasion Lawn Fether Midals Mary J. Fuller Athers County Féteen Dover Mining Company B. McDonald & Co Jangarr Mitami H. Porter Lewis & Lauree Pila's Ally Court House Trimbic D. Jackson Sedalia Gloaster Recorder's Office B. Porter Sherif Geo. E. Reascey Lewis & Savae Eckalgtia

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