Local Brevities Detailing Saturday Visits and Travels
A string of short notes lists residents and visitors in Athens and surrounding counties. Mentions include Stewart visiting relatives, Price returning from a business trip to Morgan, Davis Putnam in Glen Ebon, Hixon and Worstell visiting, Jessie Bunting in Knoxville, A P White at the home of William Saner, and others attending meetings, with several cordial social gatherings and expressions of appreciation for local workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wis Stewart
Zaleski
Price
Morgan
Davis Putnam
Glen Ebon Wan
Athens
Henry
Ameceville
Hixon
Pervents
Ge ‘Worstell
Ani
New
Engiana
Sat
Chillicothe
Chase
Cincinnati
Megis
Jessie Bunting
Knoxville
Negro Educational Exhibit Planned by U S Government
Commissioner general Ferdinand VI appoints Thomas J. Calloway to direct a national Negro education exhibit at the Purvis exposition. The exhibit will include Hampton Institute, Tuskegee, Fisk and Vanderbilt, with broader representation from prominent colored schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand VI
United States
Peck
Thomas J. Callowar
War Department
Calloway
Hampton and
Wuskegee Institutes
Fisk and
Vanderbilt Universities
A Sure Cure for Croup Promises Quick Attack Prevention
A public notice touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a sure sign of croup and claims it prevents attacks when given at hoarseness or at the first croupy cough. It asserts decades of use in thousands of homes with no failures and credits W H McKee with sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.H. McKee
Leader Courier
Osceola Mills Pa
Chamberlain
Ohio Sunday School To Observe Decision Day
The Ohio Sunday School Association requests observations on Sunday February 11 190? as Decision Day to urge class members to accept Christ as personal savior. The plan originated in Pennsylvania after Philadelphia Sunday Schools converted about 3000 goals and a circular with details is available from Joseph Clark General Secretary Columbus Ohio.
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Ovo
Ohio: Sunday School Association
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Ohio
Christ
Joseph Clark
Colt Columbus
Dr Kings New Life Pills Promote Appetite and Digestion
The notice touts Dr. Kings New Life Pills as a stomach and liver remedy that improves appetite, digestion, and health. It claims the pills are available for 2% cents at any drugstore. Also mentions Mias Bla Ginn visiting Athens and H G Stalder’s business win in Gloucester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mias Bla Ginn
New England
Athens
H.G. Stalder
Glouster
Christmas Plea for Simpler Gift Giving
Edward Bok urges simplification of Christmas gifts, arguing we should follow inner prompts and drop materialism. He says Christmas reveals our true selves, criticizing the race to outdo last year’s presents and the neglect of real needs in favor of town made trinkets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Home Journal
Edward Bok
Elay
Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Promised Cures
A drug advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption as a guaranteed cure. It claims rapid sleep relief and full recovery after taking the first bottle. The ad lists a Shelby drug store and mentions local residents as users and witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamnick &Co
Shelby
H. McKee's
Thomas L. Gray Rebel Hunter of Underground Railroad Noted
Thomas L. Gray of Deavertown, abolitionist and Underground Railroad author, aided fugitive enslaved people by concealing them in his wagon and guiding them toward liberty. He bravely confronted a Morgan raid with a small, armed group, forcing rebels to surrender and escorting them to Union lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCownetstinnz
Deavertown
Thomas Ll. Gray
Underground Railroad
Canada
Liberty
Darkies
West Underground
Zacsville
Usdé
Morgan
Jacob Knapp
Reeves McAdoo
Jim Foraker
Island Run
Helmick’s
Mul
Mr. Gray
Gray
Rebs
Marietta Register
Holiday Gift Dilemma and Hood's Sarsaparilla Tale
A friend presents Jennie with a wrapped gift and a bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla. Jennie, recently ill, recovers and tells friends on New Year’s Day that the remedy restored her health, sparking recognition among onlookers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie
Gertrude
Trying to Please Employers Mistress
A domestic tale describes a woman claiming to have married, divorced, remarried, and again marrying the same man in a sequence to suit different employers. The dialogue reveals a skein of marriages and separations as she moves between jobs and seeks a stable relationship through repeated unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yife
Self Cure Voids Costly Operation for Rectal Fistula
Renick Hamilton of West Jefferson Ohio suffered one month from a rectal fistula and, instead of surgery, treated himself with Bucklen's Arnica Salve. He reports relief after using multiple boxes, praising the salve as the surest pile cure on Earth and the best in the world. Sold by WH McKee, druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renick Hamilton
West Jefferson
Bucklen
WH. McKee
Ineligible Roberts Decision Dominates Republican Confab
A Republican House conference declared Brigham H Roberts ineligible to sit, with the solid GOP vote and likely Democratic support shaping the outcome. The contested seating splits along party lines, while public opinion, including women’s advocacy, pressured action. The note cites editorials and testimonials about medicines and civic matters amid a broader political backdrop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PROM
House
Brigham H Roberts
Henderson
Roberts
Couuntry
Washington
Social Service League
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Royal Baking Powder
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William Saner
Hosking
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Ame
O'Slenesz
Miss
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Marietta
Columbus
Arriet C. Lambaa
Mrs
Congress Street
Anberbs
Enrly
FW. M. le
Qaloner Peck Foram
Crouf
Buck
A. Grosvenor, Jr
W. A. Dodds
O'Rell
Sam
Tommy
Mrs. Hickelby
Thomas C. Bower
Glencoe
O. Forsalew
H. McKee
England
Germany
Hay
B. Johnston
Richmond
Tna
Hocking, Valley
Tania Ryan
Hocking Valley
Toledo
Detroit
Michigan
Chicago
Northwest
W. A. Fisher
Gen. Pass
STR Ag
C. Mathts
Dalily
Columb
Peer
Jeanne
Dom
Toledo & Ohio
Eek Moore's Junction
Vincent, Cutler
Big Run
Stewart Broadwell
Sharpsburg
Amesville
Pee Es A | Palos
Souta
Bock Pal
Uu &T Sear
M. Morse
Sapt
Cincinnati& Muskingum
Lwo
Lancaster
Ohio Division
Athans
Parkersburg
Louis
New York
St. Louis
Gaye
St. Loui
C& Eae
Orr
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