Athens Ledger notices and social reports from Meigs and Athens
Major Townsend and Jewett travel to Illinois on legal business. Mrs. Susan R Weidman visits Cincinnati. M. & C. railroad freight and passenger traffic remain strong. Judge Welch returns to Columbus for Supreme Court duties. Parsonage planned by M E Church. Prof McFahon conducts vocal classes. Bishop Jagger confers confirmations. Infirmary houses 117 inmates. M E Mite Society entertainment planned with 25 cent admission. A nine pound girl born to Nar a Pickering. Stage adaptations in City Hall for Athens Amateur Dramatic Association presenting Dot and the Cricket on the Hearth. Station houses besieged by destitute tramps seeking warmth and rides. Amy W Foster dies of diphtheria. funeral held at Presbyterian Church. thanks from family. Bedford correspondent notes bridges and schools in Meigs vs Athens counties.
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Chauncey
Welch
Columbus
Supreme Court
M. E
Barker
State and
College Streets
O. E. Mc
Marietta
Knowles
Scott’s Landing
Warren Station
Athens Amateur Dramatic Association
Athens
Christmas Is Coming Announced For Holiday Season
Citizens anticipate Christmas with eager children dreaming of gifts as stores boost activity. Merchants prepare festive displays and advertise in the Messenger to guide readers to the best and cheapest holiday selections over the next two weeks.
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the Messenger
Countywide aim for regular weekly correspondents
The Messenger calls for every township in the county to be represented by at least one regular weekly correspondent. It urges readers to send news from their locality, noting even small items can interest distant friends. Former correspondents and new writers are invited to join the regular corps.
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the Messenger
Jerusalem
Trains on M. and C. Railroad Time Change December 3
The M and C railway adjusts dispatch times with new eastbound and westbound departures from Hocking Valley Junction including Cincinnati Express and St Louis Express. Parkersburg and other services run nightly with weekend variations. A Washington County injunction on abandoning the Old Line is anticipated to be resolved at the March hearing. Judge Knowles later grants an injunction preventing removal of the Old Line iron.
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Hocking Valley Junction
Washington County
M. & C. Railroad Company
Big Run
Marietta
Property exchange links Savannah and Willow Creek farm
Mr. E. Vickers exchanges his Savannah property for Mr. Elijah Bean's Willow Creek farm. Mr. Bean plans to move to Savannah at the start of the new year to enter the mercantile business. His character and integrity are noted as likely to ensure success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Vickers
Savannah
Elijah Bean
Willow Creek
Bean
Thanksgiving sermon on virtue and republican duties
A Thanksgiving sermon urges citizens to live by justice mercy and humility. It stresses national duty beyond material progress praising public schools and the republic while warning against immigration driven factionalism and moral decline. It calls for unity across regions and faiths, urging educated leaders and virtuous living as the path to enduring freedom.
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Brotherhood of Nations
England
Charles Francis Adams
Amherst
Mission Services at Episcopal Hall This Week
Daily religious services at Episcopal Hall corner of Main and State streets proceed each day except Saturday with sessions at 4 and 6 30 in the evening. Equal interest discussions feature topics led by visiting clergy from abroad. All are invited to attend and participate.
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Episcopal Hall
Main
State Sts
Death of Athens carriage man John Bing noted
The Pomeroy Telegraph reports the death of John Bing on the 18th, in this place. He was connected with carriage making in Meigs and Athens counties for forty five years. His wife and three children survive him.
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Athens
Pomeroy Telegraph
John Bing
Cheshire
Bing
Meigs
Jane Miller Visits Relatives Amid Unclear Details
The Middleport Herald reports Jane Miller 88, visiting relatives locally. The text notes an unclear itinerary and mentions Athens as her home, with references to Ally Williams and a trip toward a carial area, but details are fragmentary.
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Middleport Herald
Jane Miller
Chee
Ally Williams
Athens
Scott Couple to Recite in Ohio This Winter
The McConnellville Herald reports Mr. and Mrs. John R. Scott, famed elocutionists from Athens, will give recitations in principal Ohio cities this winter. The couple are warmly welcomed by admirers wherever they visit, with Athens mentioned as a particularly strong supporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
McConnellville Herald
John R. Scott
Ohio
Lezion
Hocking Grange Moves Meeting Hall to Spacious Old Building
Members of Hocking Grange No 904 P H relocate from Mt Light school house to 1 Spacious Hall in the old Hocking P H building lent by Bro Elam Frost. A grand feast followed on Saturday night with superb supper and fine speeches. W H Hatchs son recovered from leg injury. E F Smith of Frost sold his store to C L Smith of Cutler. Wyatt J Cook becomes partner with Kincade in Criffen & Cook Mills. Town ship Board of Education met for the sixteenth time this year, building four new school houses and creating one new district making thirteen. Local correspondents urged for brevity with spice and occasional poetry. Fur goods at D Zenner Co surpass prior stock. Silverware at Kurtz & Norris offered.
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Hocking
Frost
E. F. Smith
C. LD. Smith
Cutler
Washington County
Ohio
Wyatt J. Cook
Kincade
Criffen & Cook Mills
Board of Education
C.D
Brannon Francis Brannon Obituary Notice
Francis Brannon born in Canada and died in Columbus Ohio on October 22 1976 at age seventy four. Described as devoted wife industrious and economical she was wise mother and lifelong Christian whose faith remained steady until her death. Her final words were my heart is fixed trustingly the Lord and she died peacefully in Jesus.
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Brannon
Francis Brannon
Canada
Columbu
Ohio
Jesus
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Townsend and Jewett
Ilinois
Susan R Weidman
Cincinnati
Cephas Carpenter
Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad
W. W. Peabody
Brooks
Longstreths
Nelsonville
F. E
Mary Foster
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Sabbath School
Athens High School
James M. Nourse
Bedford
Pomeroy
Athens Road
Burlingham
Meigs County
Athens County
Lodi
Cincinnati Express
Limited Express
St. Louis Express
Parkersburg
H. V. Junction
J. W. Peters
The
Rome Township
D. Zenner & Co
Kurtz & Norris
Pres. W. H. Scott
Ohio University
Hixon Church
McDougal
A. L. Brown
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