Christmas Visitors and Local Vacation Notes in Millfield
Millfield reports a holiday scene with numerous visits and guests over Christmas. Families from Chauncey Athens Logan Amesville Glouster and Columbus spent time with relatives, while schools closed for a week and village social events included a large Christmas tree gathering at Samuel Kirkendall residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norval James
Vincent
Winnie Latimer
Hollister
Misses Pearl
Nellie Earich
Logan
Tannehill
Mary Louis
Amesville
Misses Roberts
Herbert Mingus
Moxahala
Ernest Chadwell
O. A
Erwin Sanders
Glouster
Estella Woodworth
Columbus
Messrs
St James
Charles Russell
Athens
Ray Sanders
Hulda Dixon Lucy
Mabel Learned
Joseph and
Emmett Karich
Charlie Russell
E. H. Learned
Cy James
Harry Weldon
William Tedrow
Peter Shields
Columbue
D. L. Cuallaoms
Jerseyville
KE. R. Kirkendall
Carl Hill
Ben Maxwell
West Canaan
James McClanahan
Fred Turner
Labrig
Adrienne Duncan
Bartle McClanahan
F. J. Hill
Elza Kirkendall
John McClanahan
A. A. Cullums
Samuel Kirkendall
New Discovery for Consumption Promises Cure
Beall, Mississippi resident T R Beall warns listeners against ignoring Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption. He claims his wife nearly died from consumption but improved after four bottles and was fully cured. Druggist W H McKee guarantees the remedy with 50 cent and one dollar sizes and trial bottles free.
Local families note visits and a Christmas era death
Bethany area homes report holiday vacations and visits by Mrs. John Robbins of Athens Mrs. Stonestreet of Lynch West Virginia and Mrs. Louie Petty of Sugar Creek. The community mourns Prof. L Crippen age 62 who died December 25 his funeral was held Christmas in G A R and LO OF precedent services by Rev Bowman with many friends attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Robbins
Athens
Geo Bark
Stonestreet
Lynch
W. Va
Lily Hust
Louie Petty
Aleth Russell
Emma Murpbhy
Anna Metcalf
Cincinnati
Petty
Sugar Creek
Leslie Petty
Everett Russell
Everett Townsend
Stewart
L. ©. Crippen
Crippen
LO. O.F
Bowman
Marshfield Social Notes and Local Visits
Marshfield updates list visits by F B Beverage and family in Folsom West Virginia and many residents traveling to Athens Greenfield and Columbus for business and holidays. Several funerals noted for two months old children and church services followed. Schools closed for two weeks and an entertainment event occurred in the high school room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Beverage
Garnet
Herbert Beverage
Folsom
W. Va
Frank Hamilton
Martha
Annie
Walter
Stewart
Edna Gilbert
Athens
B. Barlow
Flora
Herbert L. Willett
Chicago
Lesie McLeod
Christian Church
John Rhorie
M. E. Church
Arcella Kelley
Dan Stewart
Parkersburg
Hiram Stright
Greenfield
Clarence Knowlton
Mrs. Consadine
Michael Shannon
Blanche Davis
Edythe
Benice Withes
Mrs. Swearinger
Electric Bitters Promised To Cure Wide Ailments
A vintage drug ad touts Electric Bitters as a cure for nervousness sleeplessness stomach troubles and systemic ills. It claims to toning the stomach regulating kidneys and bowels stimulating the liver and clarifying the blood with a money back guarantee if not satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. McKee
Christmas tree program at Cathers school house
About 60 people attended the Friday afternoon event at Cathers school house. Roughly 35 children delivered declamations and songs. Miss Amanda Burleigh provided a treat with Old Santa, and the teacher received a fine toilet case as a gift. Protracted meeting continues with Rev. O W Lovett as pastor. Effie Buck and her father W S Buck visited Marshfield to see Ira Conkey and family. Local schools close for a two week vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathers School
Amanda Burleigh
E. E. Curtis
O. W. Lovett
W. S. Buck
Effie
Marshfield
Ira Conkey
New Chicago Route via Ohio Central Lines and Lake Shore
Sleeping car leaves Athens at 3 36 p m daily on train No 5 to Chicago via Ohio Central Lines and L 8 M S Ry arriving at 7 10 p m The route offers through day coach service and a Toledo connection with the L&M R Ry Passengers bound for Chicago or the west should consult Ohio Central Lines agents before travel for arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ohio Central Lines
Chicago
Toledo
West
Christmas Guests and Local News In Belpre Area
Mrs Fanny Hoggins of Logan visits her Griffin relatives while Mrs Amanda Forester entertains guests from Fremont and Wheeling. Miss Mary A Stone plans to teach in Marietta after holidays. Several families host visitors from Chauncey Athens and Belpre as Christmas cheer continues. A typhoid illness improves for Donfee in Marietta while marriage bonds unite Samuel Coleman and Mrs Fanny Scarlet in Coolville Torch. The Little Hocking Buckeye to be discontinued as editor joins rural mail service. Christmas rain ends water famine worries for cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanny Hoggins
Logan
J. A. Griffin
Amanda Forester
Ramsy
Fremont
W. Va
Mary A. Stone
Elijah Stone
Marietta
Ed Daugherty
Chauncey
Robert Daugherty
David Hayes
Athens
Bernice
Smith Danfee
Strad Dunfee
Mary A. Hayden
Wheling
D.j.danfee
Frank Hannis
Lois
N. J. Gunn
Maggie
Baptist Church
Donfee
Mary Donfee
Harvey Riggieman
John
Samuel Coleman
Coolville
Fanny Scarlet
Torch
Little Hocking Buckeye
Belpre Township
J. M. Miller
Chas. Scott
Belpre
Woman 88 Credits Dodd's Kidney Pills For Backache Cure
Mrs. Sue Williams of Hensley Arkansas claims she found a cure for backache with Dodd's Kidney Pills after years of illness. She says one box relieved more than years of medical treatment and urges others to try the remedy to guard against Bright's Disease or Rheumatism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hensley
Ark
America
Sue Williame
Iam
Dodd
Bright
Many Are Willing to Lose This World by Swallowing It
A cryptic aphorism appears in a column reflecting on moral choices and the limits of comfort. The note suggests people may accept temporary comfort or worldliness if it means avoiding hardship or truth, prompting contemplation on values and consequence.
Pension commissioner Ware departs. Davenport acts in charge
Washington reports Eugene F. Ware leaves the capital for Kansas while James L. Davenport assumes actual control of the pension bureau. A vacancy is expected by January 1 with Davenport poised to run the office, amid a dispute with Secretary Hitchcock over clerical payrolls and budget cuts affecting forty workers and various staffers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eugene F. Ware
Kansas
Pension Bureau
James L. Davenport
Ware
Davenport
War
Hitchcock
Department
Pension Office
Bureau
Department of the Interior
House Committee On Appropriations
Dark days ahead for youth pursuing arc lamp show
A terse note hints at difficult times for a young man attempting to stage an arc light display while living on a kerosene income. The line emphasizes hardship and resource constraints without detailing specifics.
Total vote for president shows Roosevelt lead in 1904 election
Chicago reports the presidential electors tally from the recent election. Roosevelt led with 7,627,682 votes, Parker 5,080,054, Debs 891,587, Swallow 260,308, Watson 114,637, and Corregan 33,458, with McKinley not in this count. The article details state gains, electoral votes, and shifts since 1900 across the 32 states for Roosevelt and 13 for McKinley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Roosevelt
Parker
Debs
Swallow
Watson
People’s
Corregan
Socialist Labor
Holcomb
Continental Labor
Rooseveltt
McKinley
Bryan
Alabama
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Mississippi
New Hampshire
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Rooosevelt
Delaware
Mississipp
New Jersey
New York
Rhode Island
West Virginia
California
Illinois
Massachusetts
Missouri
Ilinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Montana
Nebraska
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Utah
Washington
Wisconsin
Socialist Labor Party
Ex-Mayor Weed Placed in Court Then Found Sleeping on Tracks
In Cincinnati on Saturday A onzo Weed known as the joke mayor of Amesville faced a police court plea over attempts to deplete stock at several barrel houses. Judge Lueders sent him away and Weed wandered drunk to Sedamsville before sleeping on Hillside avenue railroad tracks until found by August Brinker. He was re incarcerated for drunkenness under the name Charles Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Onzo Weed
Amesville
Lueders
Weed
Sedamsville
Hillside Avenue
August Brinker
Big Four Roundhouse
Nathes
Charles Johnson
Dropsy Cure Offered by Dr. Miles with Free Book
Dr. Miles promotes Grand Dropsy Care combining three remedies with Tonic tablets and Para Laxa for bowel regulation. He claims high success and offers a free dropsy book and treatment guidance, urging readers to describe their case and send for details. Contained testimonials praise the cure from various patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
KR. Trimmer
Green
M. B. Morian
Ohio
Sopha Snowberg
A. P. Col
Franklin Miles
Main St
Elkhart
Notice to Teachers Examinations Schedule
Notice to Teachers outlines monthly examination dates for Elementary Certificates and school certificates. Examinations occur the first Saturday each month in Athens for Elementary Certificates and the first Saturday in September March and June for school certificates. Additional exams are listed for Stewart Nelsonyife and Glouster on the first Saturdays in May June and July. Boxwell exams occur at Athens Guynville on the third Saturday in April and at Athens Glouster on the second Saturday in May. By order of the Board of Examiners M M Bryson Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Cates
Stewart, Nelsonyife
Glouster
Boxwell
Guynville
Board of Examiners
M. M. Bryson
Insanity Plea Mentioned as Cue in Beck Case
A fragment notes insanity as a potential defense cue related to Bauke Beck. The line references Mrs. Chadwick and suggests the tactic might suit Beck's situation.
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Saran Bean
Ella Blackstone
Robert Patterson
Lewis Hull
Joseph Kelley
Hoyte Mansfield
J. ©. McClanahan
James Dancan
Fairview
Youba
Eugene Ware
Castoria
Cin
Athens County
Messenger and Herand Printing Co
Court House
Centennial Ass’n
McKintey
Ryan
McKinsey
South
Renee Val Lalist
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