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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 05, 1888

Page

8

Marietta and Ohio centennials set for spring and fall

A harvest of local notices reports multiple deaths from cancer and illness across Meigs and Washington counties, a Christmas marriage in Harrisonville, and a pardon for James Steed. Other items note Pioneer Meigs County deaths, a railroad bridge death near Marietta, pension disputes, and miner injuries in Shawnee Valley.

Free Wilson Lower Salem Martin McCarty Warren Township Daniel Weis Marietta Ohio Coe West Benj. F. Gilpin Muskingum Muskingum Township James Steed Washington County Lizzie Steed Jeff Arrowsmith C. C. Ketter Harmar

Notable Local Tragedies And Oddities From Cincinnati Area

A panther sighting near Batavia stirs alarm while a Norwalk boy shoots his sister with a folded rifle. Ravenswood and Cincinnati report murders, hangings, and fatal accidents. A Cleveland Leader note critiques prohibition and tariff stances, with regional rail and gas confusion themes.

Week's General News Highlights of Tragedy and Change

A string of brief items reports a Harrisonburg man hanged for murder, a St. Louis jockey club planning 275000 in spring stakes, an Austrian's failed murder attempt in Chicago followed by suicide, blizzard preparations by a Nevada rancher painting cattle, a Chicago police shooting misfire, a Tennessee dance fatal shooting, Pittsburg furnace workers facing a 12.5 percent wage cut amid a likely strike, Pennsylvania moving away from prison labor, a 99 year old Enfield NH bachelor confiding in daily life, a Minnesota boy dying of diphtheria, a Indiana woman found frozen in a blizzard, a Philadelphia man killing his wife's three‑month old and himself, and a Besiwheel man dying after a long illness and a noted marriage stunt by Miss Beown.

William Fiochum Harrisonburg St. Louis Pittsburg Pennsylvania Io One Thomas Murphy Enfield N. H Clearwater Minn Willie Baxter Mary Bosley Mapleton Iod

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