Local Matters in Athens and Nearby News
The Athens Messenger notes holiday ads at C McLeas and local notices. It reports an engineer Daniel Cooper killed in a locomotive explosion near Columbus, court sessions, hotel improvements, and a shift in water supply relief. It mentions Miss Fanny M Smith of Ohio gaining Berlin attention and milk bath ventures in New York. Weather and river flood impacts from the Hocking exceedances, railroad disruptions, and property damage. It also previews a Christmas season program by Methodist church and Sunday School activities with tableaux and music featuring local teachers and students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dio Lewis
Jim West
Wood
Methodist Church
Charles H. Arick
St. Clairsville
S. W. Pickering
Daniel Cooper
Columbus
Cornell
Warren House
Guthrie
Common Pleas
Jack
Sallie
State of
Ohio
A. J. Reynolds
Court of Common Pleas
United States
Young
Carlsruhe
Prussia
Federal Creek Valley Railroad meeting at Big Run Station
An upcoming community meeting at Big Run Station in Athens county on the 20th to discuss the Federal Creek Valley Railroad. Speakers will detail the project and stockbooks will be opened as residents assess the economic impact on the county’s mineral and other resources.
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Athens
Columbus
Capitol
Athens County
Federal Creek Valley Railroad
Big Run Station
Big Run
Lirtet's Living Age praised for literature access
The article extols Lirtet's Living Age as the best and cheapest source for current literature from science to art, urging readers to view the prospectus. It mentions prosecutions under the Adair law in Zanesville and a 1873 Athens Ohio post office letter list, plus local notices about corn ears, a New Year's Eve event, and various ads and society items.
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Gundry
Athens
Lirtet
Zanesville
Ohio
Burt
Cornelia Park
BF Caldwell
Maria Phillips
Edwin M Combs
JW Stanley
Celinda Eis
John Stephens
Eliza Herron
Joseph Sheperd
Mike Hunter
Solomon Wiley
Kenry McDougal
Sarah Williams
Edward McLain
Curtis Hn
W. W. Kurtz
P.M
Christmas goods sale at McLean's and Kurtz Norris
Advertises Santa Claus displays at McLean's with holiday goods. Shops in Athens promote jewelry furs and pictures through Kurtz Norris, A. L. Roach, and Dorr's drug store. Also pitches A. Boschee's German Syrup for lung ailments with a sample offer.
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Dorr
Santa Claus
Kurtz & Norris
Dr. A. Boschee
Germany
G. G. Green
Woodbury
N. J
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Athens Messenger
C. McLeas
E. R. Alderman
Marietta /Register
R. de Steigner
Cincinnati
Common Pleas Court
Constitutional Convention
Brown House
Lewis Steenrod
Quondam
Elmer Golden
Jack Frost
D. B. Stewart
Wm. A. McKee
Alex Ewing
Frank Hall
Colored Baptist Church
Kentucky
New York
E. H. Moore
Jewett
Hocking Valley
Chauncey
Hocking
Sabbath School Entertainment
M. E
America
Embryo
Iowa
Iowa County
Lucseci
New England
John M. Grosvenor
Isaac Hartlay
Cambridge
Court House
Union Baptist Church
Athens, O
Athens Gas Light Company
Grosvenor & Dana
B. Walker
Capt. Kessinger
McConnellsville
Parsons & Co
G. W. Lennan
George W. Port
A. B. Cruce
J. M. Cruce
Warrensburg
Donnan & Pickering
Donnan& Pickering
Norton Building
W. B. Voorhes & Son
Gro. R. Walker
Harvey Roach
Harvey
Legion
Dounan & Pickering's
The
Pickering'’s
A. L. Rouch’s
Qn Commission
Santa Claus & Company
Clny
McLean's
A. L. Roach
Fars, Fura
Ballards
Gino, R. Walker
Elgin
McLean
Dorr's
Black Watch
George R. Walker
Cessor
le Cevel & Thomas
D.C. Cornwell
Mene
Perkin
Nic-Ly
Main Street
Centaur Liniment
J. B. Rose & Co
Broadway
Roan
Graken
QueRirrs Sale
Anaile C, Gates
Athens County Common Pleas
Shail ‘Chen
Lovelock Pr. M
Nesti
Woward Association
South Ninth St
Philadelphia
ISTR
M.P.& Co
Curtis
Folcomestreet
Pructisis
Besty
Crueris & Penkina
All Medicine
Family Liniment
Curtis & Brown
Fulton Street
Pittsburg
Adi Mé
Dr. Simmons
Simmons
J.M. Zeilin & CO
Macon
All Druggiste
Ohto
First National Bank of Athens
T. J. Sheldon
J. H. Parsons
C. E. Batterson
Beaver
Astrachan
Melton
Castor Beaver
Kermey
Ceey
Bork
American Building
South High Street
Heriff
John J.en Et
Henry Hogi
Orelock Vv. M
Cho Comany
W.A. Root
N.wa
Qherife
Trustees of Als
C. Brownen
O. C. Atkinson, Et
Waterloo
Prospectus
Aldine
Ist
National Academy
Jdine
Ak of Thos, Moran
Colorado
el West
New Hampshire
Green River
Wyoming
Moran
Newark
Messra
James Sutton
Amercan
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