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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1904
Page
8
Miss Wilma Barrett visits Coolville and many guests are listed across Coolville Glouster and nearby towns. A ball game with Chesterhill yields Amenville 12 Albany 4. Derry Vorhes dies. funeral at Hebbardsville with Rev. J H Kirkpatrick officiating.
Town residents and relatives from Columbus Athens Chauncey and Jacksons visit each other this week. Families including the Tipettis Hanlin Finsterwalds and Meekers traveled to Columbus for an excursion and numerous locals hosted or visited kin in Athens Hebbardsville Trimble and New Town.
Wallace Armstrong died after being crushed between two cars in Brazil Indiana. Funeral services were held at the M. E. Church in Glouster with relatives notified and his brother Fred arriving at Terre Haute shortly before his death. Armstrong carried $1800 life insurance naming his parents. Nearby residents and visitors are listed with various local business and personal notes as well as a resignation of Alvin Dille from Glouster schools to become superintendent in Albany.
Sunday visits spread across Columbus Amesville Glouster and Nelsonville as the Stewart Laughlin White Randolph Morrison and Faires families rotated gatherings. A Sunday school picnic preceded a music and recitation program with no speakers available.
Emmett and Callie Combs of Springfield guests of friends at this place Vietta Reed of Belpre visits her sister Mrs Lizzie Shirley. Daisy and Roy Smith spend Sunday with friends in Columbus. Edwin Robbins of Chillicothe calls on friends here Sunday. Mrs Roy Cline of Guysville visits her parents Mr and Mrs Charles Hammond. Amelia Walker and daughter Annette of Athens visit with Mrs L Smith. Elwin son of John and Bertha Davis dies at home. Funeral and burial held at Stewart Cemetery. Mollie Poston visits her mother at Anthony. Harvey Williams and family of Clarks Chapel spend Sunday with Z Fulton family. Bert Hill and daughter Orpha of Athens visit sister Mrs Wetherby. Joseph Kelley, thrown from buggy near Athens, sustains a broken rib.
Miss Inez Higgins visits Portsmouth relatives while Irene Hushower returns from Moundsville West Virginia. Mrs Fred Newton ill. Mr and Mrs Richard Furnice host in Fairview. Warren Edington of Sheldon Iowa returns home with John Edington to Columbus. Dr and Mrs W S Jones honor Charles Poston of Galesburg at dinner. Frank Poston spends summer at Buffalo and Chautauqua. Mrs Lizzie Bean and daughter Marie with Mrs Vite Devore at New Longstreth. John Sellers, marble cutter, visits Greenfield. Mrs James Sheppard hosts Presbyterian choir for Mr Charles Poston of Galesburg. Miss Nellie Hoodlett visits from Marshfield. Mr and Mrs Frank Minner in Athens. Mrs E S Minner visits with Mr and Mrs W S Rhodes at Carbon Hill. Miss Lizzie Inman of Buchtel visits Maud Minner. Mrs W S Rhodes of Carbon Hill visits here. Charles Bartels Jr with aunt Mrs E E Jones in Syracuse. Mr and Mrs John Hall visit Columbus. B Tomlinson visits Columbus. Mrs James Dean and son James visit Columbus. Robert Jackson family return from Chautauqua. Mr and Mrs J N Stewart and Dr and Mrs N Hill depart for Atlantic City.
Farmers in this section gather and market peaches as a mild crop improves the market and profits. Mrs W W Hurst returns from West Virginia with sister Miss Peasie Stonestreet to stay a few weeks. Walter Glazier returns from near Clarksburg for a short visit. Camp meeting near Coolville draws a large crowd and praise. Morris and Frost visit families north of Athens. E Morris' young Marl improves after illness. Infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Grant Russell critically ill.
Mrs Maggie Hendrickson of Wheel ing West Virginia visits Mrs Mary A Hayden. Miss Mary A Stone stays briefly with friends in Meigs county. Miss Ethel Dunfee attends the Athens institute. Robert Daugherty and crew with a threshing machine report light wheat crop due to dry weather. Corn crops and gardens suffer from drought. Mrs Nettie G Morrison and Mrs Achesa M Elliott return home after a camp trip.
Mr. and Mrs. George Dewees left Monday for St. Louis and other points in the west. Mrs. West of San Toy, visiting her father, Mr. Angell, also left Monday for home. A. A Blackburn departed Monday for Carbondale for employment. Mrs. Ed Daugherty and Miss Francis Ribal visited their aunt, Mrs. Watson. Mrs. Lena Atkinson of Marietta spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Irows. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tibbles of Rockland were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Rolwes Monday. Miss Ella McCain of Parkersburg spent Monday with her mother, Mrs. Jones. Clyde Scott of Marietta is visiting his parents.
Lena Sprague of Glouster visits her parents for a few days. Residents attend John McClain’s ice cream supper. Cora and Goldie Tedrow visit Edward Graham and family on Ridge. Hartley returns home for a short visit to Amesville Grove. Halbert and Will McClanahan join a Parkers excursion. Edna Judson is spending time with friends.
Will Williams returns home after a summer of work in Athens while Mrs. Ann Fulton enjoys a short visit with her sister.
Miss Goldie Davis of Athens visits aunt Mrs. Diantha Hester while many locals attended an excursion to Marietta Parkersburg and Coolville. Several visits to Athens and Marshfield occur along with family gatherings and church services.
The message touts a two day program racing faster than ever and a bright outlook for a large agricultural exhibit. It claims the county fair grounds are the largest shadiest and best watered in the state.
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