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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1958
Page
9
At the February 3 Ravenswood Community House gathering of the Senior Women's Club Mrs. H D McPherson led a program on Education. Ethel Pickens read an article from a Paris based authoress friend and Mrs McPherson shared country postcards. Ohio Valley Farm Women were guests.
The Encyclopedia Britannica notes that in 1890 over 100,000 horses and mules were employed to pull about 28,000 street railway cars in U S cities.
Guests at Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Starkey included Harold and Mary Caster and Roy Wiseman with children from Harrisonville. Starkeys with Mrs. Elda Starkey of Athens visited Mrs. Mary Starkey in Columbus. James Alley family moved from Ellenwood house to Racine. Mrs. Westina Crabtree noted.
Shade residents record visiting relatives and hosting guests from Toledo McArthur Cincinnati Athens and Lan caster. Families mentioned include Janesen Freisse Adelman Will Strausbaugh Smith Follrod and the Swartz Fultons with multiple weekend and day trips noted.
The first U S patent known to be issued was signed by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Issued July 30, 1790, it covered an improvement in potash manufacture.
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