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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1901
Page
8
Hebbardsville and Albany visits, illnesses, and social events populate the week. Residents attend ice cream socials at Barsett church, a remodelling of Pleasant Valley school is completed, and a baptismal ceremony is scheduled for August 31 at Piper Run and the Hocking river confluence. Proceeds from church events and peach shipments to Parkersburg are noted alongside family visits and illnesses among area residents.
Mrs. W G Junod of Columbus visited relatives here last week. Mea Tuna Young of Amboy Illinois visits relatives on Sugar Creek. Miss Nelle Spaulding spends a few days with friends near Trimble. Henry of Amesville was a recent Dialness caller. Mrs. Edmundson and daughter Josie of Athens spent Sunday with Fred Laughlin. Mrs. Eliza Karna has returned after a year with her daughter in Grafton West Virginia. Mrs. Jennie Harvey and son George returned to Columbus after a few weeks’ visit. Mrs. A A Stephenson celebrated her birthday with friends and dinners brought by visitors.
Wh. Semars nea lle stew dite Grange at Coolville on Saturday. Wes Swain plans to move his family into the Sapp property this week. Mrs. Eli Ratliff of Tupper Plains visited Mrs. Hannah Bails on Sunday. Aga Shields and family visited Andy Wadkins on Silver Ridge. Austin Jeffers and Jean Lewis visited O Turbans’ family at Success. Mrs. Mary Mose returned home Saturday after two months with relatives at Bedford.
John Shannon Marshyteld returns to streets amid social updates. Albany visitor Zigvafoo on business. Mrs Harket of Ludbrig visits daughter Mrs George Doll. Aunt Lib Farrell remains frail. Miss Belle Selby Athens visits relatives. Mary Hunter Athens visits relatives. Jennie Blanchard Lohiig in town weekend. Rev Black to preach final sermon of the year next Sunday. Will DeVore resumes social rounds after months away. Gussle and Jennie Pidcock visit aunt Mrs Drake near Athens. Supper at Joseph Hunter’s home reported pleasant. Mrs Cundiff of New Haven moving into James Rankin property. Local families Dewees Downard and Martin changing homes. Ice cream supper at K P hall by M church raises funds for parsonage.
Miss Linda Coen hosts guests including Della Graft from Knox while the Bean family’s youngest daughter remains ill. Visitors arrive from Cincinnati Columbus and Chicago to see relatives such as Mrs. Wm Shotts and Mrs. Frank Jones. Several locals from Canaan Sugar Grove and Wheeling visit Hull family members and friends, with returns as weeks pass.
Mrs Hope Petty is seriously ill with typhoid fever. Mrs Barrlet Ladd visited friends near Coalville. Wm Barrows made a business trip to Hockingport. Miss Edith Gruey hosted an ice cream social. Otis Martin Harvey Welch and Elisa Lizzle Place are among the sick. Frank Ladd leads two Cincinnati fresh air excursionists. Ice cream social at Robert Wright residence well attended. Miss Lou Dean and Hatty visited by Curtis Doan and family in Wear Virginia. Grace Barrows Theodore Latrobe visited relatives here earlier in the week. Wm Doan and Miss Fra Frost of Marietta visited Broadwell.
Mrs Munn’s house burned Thursday afternoon due to a defective toe. Grace Reeder and Nettie Moore visited Parkersburg Friday to spend time with relatives. Dalton Chappel plans to move his family to Glen Ebon next week to teach. The Evans family mourns for Frank in Nebraska who is not expected to live. Peach crops are the largest on record. farmers fear overproduction and low prices. Lod Lone township teachers plan a CG T R C meeting in Jerseyville Saturday August 31. all teachers urged to attend.
A vintage drug advertisement urges keeping bowels strong with Cas carets Candy Cathartic. It claims genuine tablets stamped C. C. C. are not sold in bulk and are available at druggists for 16 cents.
Ida Juniper, a Logan visitor, and Mrs T J Davis with Jon Don visit relatives in Marietta. Mr and Mrs Welch spend days in S Clair Michigan. Jamey Butt of Conway Iowa visits brother Peter Butt. Florence Shepard and Florence Shepard are among Nelsonville residents attending the Buffalo exposition. C J Coe and Florence Shepard wed at Shepard home with Rev Sparks officiating. couple to reside on Fayette Street.
Tiobert Foreman erects a new farm house. Boyd Rawlings visited his parents at Hemlock Grove Sunday. John Benty and family visited Orla Benty and wife at Alfred Sunday. James and Earl Tipple of Athens stayed with Clyde Colburn Sunday. Jim Burson and family visited his parents at Rock Springs. Henry Amon of Mason City, W Va, visited Wm Blackwell and E W Colburn. Many attended Frank Blackwell's ice cream supper Saturday. Maud Nelson went to Parkersburg Sunday to visit her brother Lot, seriously ill with typhoid fever.
Stella Woodworth of Millfield visited Chauncey Monday while Guo Hixon and S. Druggan were here briefly between trains. A Sunday church meeting followed the painting of the seats. The Maccabees ice cream supper drew a crowd. A ball game Sunday between Jacksonville and Chauncey ended 7 to 6 with Chauncey ahead.
Clara Copeland visits relatives in Philadelphia while Bertha Smith of Amesville spends Sunday with her parents. Pearl Wright from Zanesville stays home due to an accident causing lameness. Mr and Mrs Frank Davis of Albany visit B B Wyatt and family over the weekend. Ida Smith and son Carol of Cincinnati visit their parents. Annie Winner of Guynville guests her grandparents. Master Daca and Arthur Curran of Corning return home after a week with their grandparents Mr and Mrs Charles Perry.
H W Mansfield on county business. Droz of Tadiaia visiting relatives. Dean Culloms and Herbert Hoskinson at Charles Hill's. Frank Lawrence of Jerseyville calling. A youth music gathering at James Crawford’s. Columbus rate fair tickets on sale via Hocking Valley United to September 5. Rates L10. three-day limit from sale date. 2.30 from Athens.
Mrs Frank Caldwell in poor health Misa Bertha Dison stays in Athens to remain J H Cray and wife on business trip to Belpre Schoolhouse nearing completion with school soon Maud Treaslee of Guysville visiting Eliza Nicksom Rd Paresond returns from Columbus hospital improved Alva Castle guest of brother Leslie near Garden Clara Neland of Washington county visiting T N Chalfant family Aaron Bails and wife visit kin near Keno Melga county Wm Warren of Front visits daughter Mrs Grant Russell B S Klingenberg and wife visit daughter Mrs Erle Burke near Beebe Riley McDaniel returns from Athens race track work Elza Chalfant and Frank Klingenberg depart for Jacksonville for work Miss Anna Arnold returns home to Fulda May Atkinson circulating locally Mrs Rosa Steinmetz and children back from Rumeloaville Peach prices cut into hog feed Farmers Mattle Price and two sons visiting J H Cray family Everett Caldwell visiting Athens H F Stout and Lizzie Lowden visiting
Dr Pilcher visited Marietta Tuesday. Mabel Neal of Parkersburg visits Eleanor Spence. Wade Lawrence stays with parents this week. Belle Townsend of Albany guests Frank Perry. Frank Gullum of Hamden Junction visits Fred Finsterwald. Mrs J E Lawrence called to Zaleski Friday for sister's illness. Mrs W W Coleman and daughter Mabel guests of Mrs Coleman over Sunday. Presbyterian church social planned Friday at Masonic hall. E Bean wife and three boys visited relatives at Redhouse W Va. Ten fresh air children from Cincinnati in village. locals show interest and host them.
Amesville residents and visitors appear in a string of brief items. Heber H. Henry spent Sunday in Nelsonville while Tl. A. Beastey of Marietta came on business. Clade Logan of Athens visits home folks. Mrs. Efe Martin and son Neal of Columbus visit relatives. Mrs. A. C. Young closed millinery stock with Columbus firm. L. M. Todd of Greenville, Texas, visits A C Young. Supt. A. W. Shinn closed Qualey school and is back. A. L. Logan family visit relatives in Jackson and Rosa counties. Wade Allan of Nelsonville becomes a telephone lineman. The old academy building changes hands, Marion Carpenter the latest buyer. T. E. Clark contracts icing for peach refrigerator cars, six workers. Mrs. G. E. Clark travels to Murray City for grandchild Fay Wilcox illness. Dr. E. E. Gillan injures foot on wall, painful wound.
Mrs Worth Price of Wellston and Mrs D D Carr of Athens are guests of Mr and Mrs Charles Cray. Miss Fannie and Charles Martin and cousin Sadie Watt of Logansport Ind are guests of Mr and Mrs W G Finch. The White hardware family arrived from Caldwell occupying Beasley house. Old Masonic Hall remodeled into dwelling now home to Mrs Julia Patterson. Dr Z L Henry moves into property bought from A C Young. Lin sco tt died Monday evening August 19 at 73, lifelong resident. Seven carloads of peaches shipped Monday, two more loaded after 6 PM. growers picked Sunday to save them.
The fragment talks about using wine or wood alcohol for furniture polish and notes Europe Russia timber values. It mentions a conversation about tramps and a market report reference from the Baltimore American. The text mixes suggestive snippets with odd dialogue and a log figure of about 7,000,000 logs yearly.
In Atchison Glebe discussions a local voice notes residents grow their own vegetables while others simply plant therm. The remark hints at varied suburban routines and time spent on home farming.
A English clergyman owes his appointment to a witty pun at a funeral. The tutor to a nobleman’s son claims the living after the patron is delighted by the joke about the curate weeping not for the dead but for the living. Then a lesson on China shows squids by weight and shop signs. A preacher is stunned to see his son pelting audience with chestnuts while the youth shouts to keep the sermon lively.
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