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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 22, 1881

Page

8

Athens Board declares quarantine to curb smallpox spread

The Athens Board of Health on Wednesday evening last week declared quarantine against Canaan Carthage Lodi and Rome townships due to smallpox. Exposed individuals are barred from Athens. notices posted on roads to the village. police stationed to enforce quarantine. Offenders face up to 100 dollars fine or ninety days imprisonment, with no first offense imprisonment.

Actics of the Hearth Board Athens Board of Health Canaan Carthage Lodi Rome Athens D. L. Sleeper

Secretary of State Townsend's Annual Report Praised

Printer proofs circulate and Cincinnati Enquirer lauds the forthcoming annual report for efficiency. Townsend, Chief Clerk Alexis Cope, and Bureau of Statistics head Fred B. Speigle drove efforts to release earlier, with factual figures presented clearly and without embellishment.

Townsend Cincinnati Enquirer Department Alexis Cope Fred 8 Speigle Bureau of Statistics

Guiteau Trial Progress Quoted Alongside Washington Guard News

Sergeant Mason awaits court martial in the guard house after an attempted bullet through Guiteau. The Guiteau trial likely won’t finish before mid January with evidence to come next Saturday and arguments the following Monday. A mining disaster in Lancashire, England, killed forty miners and trapped hundreds, many rescued but seriously burned.

Mason Guiteau Washington Lancashire Eng

Farms for Sale by Athens Assignees

Three small farms offered for sale in Athens Ohio with about 60 75 and 85 acres each. Assignees Elza Armstr ong J P Wood urge debts to late firm F E Waterman Co be settled at once. Carpenter Henderson note Feb 10 1881.

Elza Armstong J.P. Wood Athens F. E. Waterman & Co Carpenter & Henderson Ecourt of Common Pleas Athens County Ohio Court of Common Pleas Court House President Street Augustus Norton James Ballard Grosvenor & Jones Atty’s Julius Smith William KR. Smith Zeruia Smith William R.smaith

Parties and Picnics Offered Ice Cream on Short Notice

W. H. Potter advertises parties and picnics with top quality ice cream available on short notice.

W. H. Potter

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