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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1901
Page
8
A Christmas day shooting match on Waldo Baird’s farm drew a large crowd and pleasant results. Ransome Sutton won best marksman honors with several others delivering fine shots. The event served as a community entertainment and social highlight for local residents and visitors.
Local society items note visitors and guests: W Burnell returns from Middleport and Syracuse. Lois Patterson visits Ludlow. Claire Grady hosts Miss Loverne Stewart. Mrs R R Patterson visits brother William Pranisco in Columbus. Ruth Pugh to visit friends in Gloucester. James Harvey and Alma Paul attend Smith Roach wedding. Robert and Mabel Gibson host guests. Joe Dreschler travels to Chillicothe. Lawrence McManigal returns to Cincinnati for medical studies. various residents hosting and visiting in Athens Circleville Marietta and other nearby towns. Lorenzo Nelson dies after typhoid fever. Jennie Tude Lena Blake group returns from Dorn ing with C C Sharp and Mabel Blake. Nelsonwise social event hosted by Mr and Mrs Barry Jackson. attendees listed.
Frank Finsterwald made a business trip to Athens on Monday. Mise Blanche Finsterwald returned to Athens to resume studies at the OGT. Will Hunter of Columbus stayed with Frank Finsterwald’s family last week. Orla and Fletcher Miller of Athens visited Sunday and Monday. Pred Dowler of Columbus visited his brothers Frank and, at the start of the week, Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Baird and daughter Lenore, were guests of Mrs. Alice Jordan on Sunday. Mya. Fannie Tucker and her son Walter visited Mr. and Mrs. Mac Davin on Wikow Creek Thursday and Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Williams and two children Charles and Lucile wish Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stephenson from Mrs. S. Bacon and grandson Charles Walravén, visited at Jeme Dalley’s in Canaanville on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stephenson and their little son Harold spent Christmas with Mrs. Stephenson’s sister at Soriony.
Amesville residents and guests populate the week with travels and calls. Prof. A W Shinnis travels Dexter City while Clyde Logan visits his father A L Logan in town. Other visitors include L H Glazier of Athens, William Hines of Lamar Colorado, Nellie Adair at Lathrop, Ira Mickels and John Wilson on business in Coolville, and Mrs XN Hoisington visiting daughters in Athens. Local events note a watch meeting at the Presbyterian church to mark the new century and Masonic lodge installations in Albany. Street work finishes upgrading State street to the depot under Street Commissioner W A Gilligan, giving the town a neater look.
New England notes a girl born to Mr and Mrs Lew Poston. Jeanie Doods visited Mrs Dean in Amesville on Saturday. John McDonald of Pittsburg guests Cook Vandyke. Emma Bryson spent Christmas with her son Oliver. Lewises visited Nel sonville. Lola Vandyke holidaying with aunt Miss Della Burs. John Daine of Willow Creek visited Will. Mrs Ciathia Castier spent Christmas with her mother Mrs James Morrison. Fred Ginn of Charleston visited aunt Mrs James Ginn. Jessie Morrison went to Glouster for the winter. John Kincade ill but improving. Nancy Davis of Marshfield returned home. Robert Copeland and wife back from Marion county. Harry Wharf and wife of Guysville visited daughter Mrs C C Bryton. Fifteen month old Charley and Annie McKinley child severely burned. recovery unlikely. Oliver Bryson and Jennie Wyatt attended Christmas services at Guysville and reported a splendid entertainment.
A protracted meeting began at Pratt's Fork Chapel Sunday evening and continues with large attendance at Orange. G H Williams and wife visited his sister G W Sewell at Pratt's Fork. Myrtle Swartz returned home from Pratt's Fork after three months with B F Ackley. Anna Dinnamoore resumes teaching at Mooretown during vacation. Santy Clara and families visited Fairview school, distributing candy and oranges to attendees.
Frost and others spend vacations at home or visiting relatives in Judson Nelsonville Marietta and Judson. Curtis Doan and wife plan a West Virginia winter. Dean school Christmas celebration noted. Teaching Hattie Dean on vacation from Broadwell. Rowell family guests and a Baptist Sunday school fundraiser successful.
A series of brief notes from Ireland and nearby towns report A M Bingman in Athens Friday on business and Thomas Flaherty Jr in Marietta Tuesday. Several residents are listed on the sick list, with engagements across Meigs, Little Hocking, Parkersburg, Frost, Beebe, and Zaleski as relatives and friends visit or host guests this week.
Coolville residents share visits and travel notes as Clarence Davis moves this week and several locals, including Ward Frame, Ed Warf, and others, appear in town or travel to Parkersburg Athens and Marietta. A raffle winner, community improvements, and a church social wrap the period.
Mollie Stone spends vacation at home. Ralph Ruth returns to Liverpool. Bieber of East Liverpool visited sister Mrs FE M Daugherty. Ed Daugherty came home from East Liverpool. Sick list includes Mrs Charles Dunfee Mrs David Dunfee and Mrs Mary Daly. Helen Dunfee returns home to Waterford. Rev Childs preached at Youba schoolhouse Sunday. Fred Nixon a Oberlin business college student, home on vacation, returned to study Tuesday.
GUYSVILLE residents report Fannie Holmes on the sick list. Nora Light of Athens spent Sunday at home. Mrs Calvert visiting Blanchester. Mrs J E Lawrence hosts two Zaleski nieces. J E Stalder from Parkersburg spent holidays with his father Henry Stalder. Henry Warren of Reedarville visited friends late week. Effie Knowies of Reedsville guest of Nell Coleman. Mrs Margaret Yockey of Cairo W Va guest of sister Tillie Evans Thursday to Saturday. Timbering listing Otio 80 to 500 acres. sale and timber offer by W A Wilcox Columbus Ohio.
Millfield residents A D Millfield and Wm Weimer were in Athens on business. After two weeks off, school began on Wednesday and Estella Woodworth plans to enter college in Athens at year’s end. Rev Martian of Roseville conducted services in Union church over the weekend. The death of two year old Don McDaniel followed several days of meningitis with funeral held Wednesday. Notables attended Chester Woodworth’s funeral Saturday from abroad, including Pension Avent and J W Jones of Columbus, and many others from near, plus Rev Frank Davis. The town notes a long lacking church presence being replaced by two new churches, an M E edifice completed and a Union church under construction, signaling a new era for Millfield.
Miss Daisy Coe visits Mrs. R J Crossen and Pearly Yorkes and W G Shaffer welcome a new son born December 28. Journeys include Nora Masheter returning to Athens and Miss SteHa Stanley plus Dr Stanley traveling to Columbus. W R Angel ships a wheat car to Pomeroy. Mrs Jones Enlow visit near Marshfield. Lina McVay returns from Cincinnati. Funeral held for J J Coe’s mother at C P church. Rev Kirkpatrick presided. The deceased longtime Hebbardsville resident.
Chase A Carbaugh visited Albany on business while Bliss Woodyard traded for a saddle horse. Pearl Robinagon is seriously sick for a week. Wat Robinson called on friends at Zaleski Friday. Oscar Chase and family visited Pleasanton Sunday. Woodyard plans to build a new barn soon. Deputy Sheriff Hedges was in the area on business. Frank Hooper family spent Christmas with here. Emmett Sauters spends vacation with parents. H M Webster from Canaanville looked after interests nearby. Virgil Reeves of Woodyard stayed with his sister Mrs Frank Carbaugh. G A Carbaugh, teaching in Jacksonville, vacationing with parents. C V Dixon employed at Oura saw-mill on William Pierce farm. Christmas explainment at Pleasanton Valley drew many locals. All report a good time.
Visiting specialists announce a nationwide tour offering free consultations and cures for deafness catarrh weakness consumption and nervous system disorders. They claim new electricity based methods with no charge for medicine during the trip and promise visible results to fellow patients and doctors. Potential patients urged to attend for examinations and to spread word of cures.
The Athens County Court of Common Pleas issues an alias sale order for Lot 16 in Eva vt Moorehead's addition Trimble Ohio with coal rights excluded. Auction set for January 26, 1901 at 1 p.m. at the court front door, appraised at 2200 dollars. cash due at sale.
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