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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 31, 1899

Page

8

Noted Community Gossip From Nelsonville and Surroundings

Nelsonville residents and visitors appear in a late Sunday roundup with names like J. C. Brown, James Altman, and C. H. Gaudinot noted. Births, guests from Shawnee and Columbus, excursions to Idlewild, and local visits across Glouster, Athens, and Decatur fill the page along with school terms, church events, and a Dewey era crowd in Coolville and Garden areas.

J. C. Brown Nelsonville James Altman Glouster C. H. Gaudinot Joseph Divan Shawnee Riley McDaniel Lothridge Albert Steele Columbus Thurman Frazee Wellston Abe! Bell Wilson Morris Clouster William Border William Gilley Trimble L. Granlin William Bail Hatfield Adda Mayme Russell Athens A. W Russell L. W. Sanders Cgent James George Post Burr Oak C .B. Boudinot Viola Learned Grace Rarich

Local notes from Amesville area and deaths in Albany region

Community pages recount visits and guests across Amesville and Albany including Lyng Stag, Lucy and Maud King, Carl Taylor, Rudolph Randall, Ota Hanson, Lilian Edgerton, Jodo Hanson, C F Potts bicycle winner, many family visits, and travels. A Seattle connection note mentions Jesse Mack's death at age sixteen. two elderly locals Simeon Mathews and Maria Mathews died within a week. Burial at Haning cemetery.

Amesville Wilson Agrin Vinscent Vesta Henry la Vinit Mattie Palmer Barlow M. M. DeWees Shade Lamp Balderson Hilcott’s Seth Balderson Lena Glazier Bougher F Athens Maud Gibson Johnson of Trimble Hamden Junction Lelia Wilder Marietta H. H. Henry Garden City Kansas Chicago Kansas City Mo Bowers Amenville Cornet Band Dewey Lyng Stag Columbu Lucy and Maud King Carl Taylor Nenia Rudolph Randall Isaac Randall Cutter Last Wek Ota Hanson Lilian Edgerton Jodo Hanson Hermon W.H. Bardin C.F Potts Clyde R. M. Messick Charlie Mariatta Lathan Edgerton Mamie Curtis Lillian Edgerton Josie Bardin Alva Dille Ohio Cc. I. Lambert Mr. Ewing Iowa R. B. Lambert Lambert Jesse Mack Seattle Washington Melinda Monroe Bethel Sue Fawcett Albany W. E. Daugherty Millie Paule Rutland H. F. Boulton John Phillips W. H. Vorhes A. B. Vorhes Wilksville D. Webb Zanesville J H. Kirkpatrick Whistler Pickaway County Minnie B. Ewing C. E. Norton Malta M. E Air Line Church Grove Simeon Mathews Maria M. F. Mathewa H. F. Fialton Haning Cemetery

Army of West Virginia meeting in Jackson Ohio

The Society of the Army of West Virginia will meet at Jackson Ohio on September 28 and 29 1909 with full attendance desired. W C Mu rves, Secretary

Army of West Virginis Society of the Army of West Virona Jackson Ohio

Value of cow pea as a versatile farm crop

Captain RH A Wilson from Washington extols the cow pea as a premier soil renovator and green feed. He notes yields of 12,000 to 20,000 pounds of green forage per acre and 20 to 26 bushels of seed, with rapid maturation in 66 to 80 days, making it valuable for central and northern regions.

RH. A. Wilson Washington Florida

Post Office Facilities Expanded in London

The permy postage scheme between British colonies prompts expansion of the General Post Office in London as Canadian business doubles since the year's start.

Jenny Portage London Aines

Electric Farm Demonstrates Power Of Electricity On A Farm

Near St Johnsville New York 350 acre Beardslee farm houses a full electric plant powering heating lighting and farm operations. Water power from two falls drives a 150 kilowatt generator to run a mowing threshing and saw equipment. Electric lights heat the farmhouse kitchen laundry dairy and barns with arc lamps improving safety and efficiency. Sunday Journal notes this first such farm installation and its low maintenance cost.

St. Johnsville G. i. Beardslee Beardslee Sunday Journal

Flow to Test Wheat Flour

The genuineness of entire wheat flour may be tested by chewing a small quantity for a few moments. Raw flour from the entire grain has a sweet taste and a rich putty flavor, yielding insoluble gluten. a spurious article tastes flat and insipid like starch or bears a bitter taste from impurities.

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