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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1903
Page
22
Births and visits fill a week with many Columbus and Athens connections. Items include the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Eben Wilson on November 27, various visits by Grace Nerick Lizzie Hill Rose Lowther and others, Thanksgiving travel, and a Columbus wedding for W A Lama and Edna Green. Funeral attendance for Harry Crippen in Athens is noted alongside protracted meetings at the C P church and local school activity.
Miss Laura Reading visiting her Marshfield home with her parents. Samuel Davis of Athens and Jack Davis of Oklahoma visit Asa Davny family. Aaron Gatchell and Charlie Colburn returned from Charleston. Constance Conant attended Miss Anna Helwig and Dr Edgar Berry wedding in Burlingham. Rev Evans to preach at Pyotts Fork next Sunday night. Elmer Poling and Charles Lindsey of Buchtel visited Wm Blackwell family. Miles Cain and wife Thanksgiving guests at Garden with Mr and Mrs Grant Sewell. Miss Anna Wilson teaching here visited Jerseyville with her mother. E W Colburn at Guysville on Hall property purchase for U B parsonage on the Gaysville circuit.
The M E church sent a barrel of canned fruit and poultry to the Deaconess home in Columbus for Thanksgiving. Protracted meetings closed at Garden Friday. Dr. T A Copeland visited Columbus for Thanksgiving. Miss Jonnie Baker and Mr Russel Canterberry of Columbus were married Thanksgiving at Mrs Fannie Baker's home with Rev L G Matheny officiating. The couple will live in Columbus. A parsonage box supper drew a good crowd. Mrs Gerrade Neimeister of Columbus visited relatives here. Dane Wilson visiting from Amesville over Sunday. W L Williams spent Thanksgiving at home. Mr and Mrs BE Reading spent Thanksgiving with W E Mohler family of Albany. Arthur Worthing sick with a long fever. Pearl Wright of Corning visited with his parents. Lewis Hill of Nelsonville visited family here. Mrs Tidd of Marietta was a Thanksgiving guest of Capt and Mrs C M Harrison. Mrs Carr Copeland in poor health. Fritz Phillips of Columbus visited his aunt Mrs Hannah Wyatt. A Hill of Athens visited Lon Poston over Sunday. G B Parker of Athens was a business visitor. Rev L A Patterson of Glouster visiting here. Protracted meeting began at M E church Monday night led by Rev L L Cherrington. John Linscott visiting friends in Marietta. Orvington Barron of Nelsonville visiting his uncle Wm Winner. Eli Spaulding visited his sister at Sugar Creek.
Edwin Robbins of Chillicothe was visiting friends. Saturday and Sunday Forsythe Harrison and his wife of Piedmont West Virginia were guests of relatives here. Miss Hattie Norris spent Thanksgiving with her brother Del and his wife at Marshfield. Luella Evener of Marietta was guest of her sister Mrs Carl Hayes and other relatives last week.
LOTTRIDGE reports J W Kincade visiting county seat on Tuesday. Peter Steinmetz and Harry Runnion were guests near Tupper Plains over Sunday. Mrs Susan Hammond visits Frost guest of Mrs Mariana Patton. Miss Jennie Price of Athens high school stayed here over Sunday. Wesley Flowers of Columbus returned home after extended visit. Ralph and Emma Barrett of Tupper Plains visited relatives here. Mr and Mrs Fletcher Flowers of Latrobe spent Thanksgiving with Mr and Mrs B J Flowers. H E Stout was in Athens Monday for business interests.
Beebe reports several Ath ens residents with Thanksgiving visits relatives including Beebe and Cook families. Miss Rosa Cook traveled to Pittsburg to nurse her brother Elbert after a successful appendicitis operation. Bret Cook sold household goods and farming items at a public auction Friday. Florence Copeland of Marietta was a recent guest with relatives.
Local notes record visits by Mrs Samantha Bean to Columbus relatives J E Lawrence and wife in Belpre guests Bert Kiehl and children and others from Hamden Athens and Glouster. Various residents traveled to see kin, attend events, or spend time with family including Miss Carrie Harper going to Illinois and Miss Ethyl Vore visiting Hemlock Grove.
Butchering is the chief industry as lean hogs die from corn shortage. Thanksgiving passed quietly with modest feasts. The lower school held a pleasant Thursday gathering. Families visited and traveled, with many moving or visiting relatives in nearby towns. Farmers prepare stock for winter and ship corn when possible while snow teased crops. The correspondent defends local notices as a forum for national questions and aims to improve.
Local residents Mr. Tom Murphy and little Ron Carl visited from Chillicothe for Thanksgiving with his parents. Mrs. M. J. Ewers stayed with relatives at Coolville. Mrs. L. Hi. Smith and baby visited Athens relatives. John Olliver and family from Luhrig visited his mother. Dana Barch of B&O spent days with his parents. Harvey Copsland, recently in West Virginia, stayed weeks with his parents. Many youths attended a social in Gaysville Thursday evening.
Mrs Martha Barrows left Saturday for Chillicothe to spend the winter. Clarence Dodd, recently in Pennsylvania, visiting his family here. L M Bingman spent Thanksgiving with relatives at Beaumont. Mrs Flaherty visited Athens one day last week. Mr and Mrs L S Johnson of Athens spent Thanksgiving with relatives. Fiona Johnson visiting Coolville with her sister Ella Tilton. Willie Bingman and Tyson Dean attended the oyster supper at Little Hocking. Residents attended the farmers institute at Coolville Monday and Tuesday.
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