NOTES BY THE WAY Interesting Local News Items
Notable names and small-town items from Latrobe to Trimble include Frank Dood on the sick list, visits by Sumner Doan and Miss Debbie Livezey, and officers elected by the Sons of Veterans. Messages cover church events, funerals, travels to Nelsonville, school duties resuming, and local social happenings with a wide roster of neighbors and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Dood
GG. W. Self
Latrobe
Sumner Doan
Centennial
O. G. Colegrave
Universalist Church
S.M. Doan
H. T. McCune
Broadwell
Elijah Patton
Adelaide
Debbie Livezey
Ireland
Sherman Livezey
Charles Lemmon
Colorado
Sons of Veterans
Olla Burden
M. H. Watch
St. Dean
W-S. Terrill
A. L. Conklin
C. E. Barrows
I. W. Barrows
H. Patten
Murray Hatch
M. E. Copley
H.atten
Camp
Cornel
Local Notes and Visits From Fisher to Athens
Millfield JS Biddle spent Saturday at home in Fisher. Olive Woodworth was a guest in Athens Friday. J Earth relatives at Canaanville. Wade in Athens for medical treatment. W Russell transacted business at the county court house. Tovia Boudinot remains critical with little hope. Florence James earned a nursing diploma at Cincinnati Hospital Training School. Robert Dixon of Albany visiting local friends. William Robinson sold a 620 pound hog. Mrs George Martin and Mrs J Carbaugh ill. Sandy Gasaway Selby returned from West Virginia. M Knowlton from Epileptic Hospital of Gallipolis visiting. Earl and Walter Duckler of Lodi visiting. Sheldon Woodyard bought a horse from Murdock Kennedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JS. Biddle
Fisher
Olive Woodworth
Athens
Canaanville
Foe
Wade
Av W. Russell
Ceat
Court House
Tovia- Boudinot
Plorence James
Dauhter
John James
Cincinnati Hospital Training School
James
Robert Dixon
Albany
Willam Robinson
George Martin
Wiv J. Carbaugh
Howard Brooks
Zelda
Sandy
Gasaway Selby
West Virginia
M. Knowlton
Gallipolis
Earl
Walter Duckler
Lodi
Sheldon Woodyard
Murdock Kennedy
Local Notes Report Westward Trip and Community News
Archie Stewart leaves this week for a trip to the far west. W. C. Algley sold apples to Riggs of Little Hocking. John McLaughlin bought a fine horse from Alec Morrison last week. H. V. Cooley, recently laid up, is again able to go out. Baker the horse buyer found nothing to suit. Harry Legaullen and wife visited the Lawrences. Young people attended revival at Cincinnati school house Sunday night. Mrs Elk Stout visits her parents at Hutland. Dr. C. Fred Guthrie and wife were sick. Dunia Castle and Jennie visiting Waverly. Josephus Tucker and wife, Mia. Joanna Goodrich and Mabel Bentz visited A. A. Person's. Mrs. Matilda Hecox suffered a paralytic stroke but is improving. Pat Moran of Leveland visits home. C. G. Dyeway visiting Ona Shirley near Stewart. Wilcoxon went to Murray City for work. Nora Baker returns home from Coolville. Henry Brewster moved to Sisterville for oil work. Mrs. T. W. Jones went to Parkersburg to see Ada Kemp, seriously ill with typhoid pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Latanon
Geo. Green
Hi. J. Smith
Chesterhil
Michaely
Marietta
J. Henry L. Gilbert
Columbus
Jessie McHroom
Bishopville
Rachel South
Bob” Robinson
Fun Makers
John Williams
Flossie James
Luetta Driggs
Broadwell
Stud
Archie Stewart
Far West
W. C. Algley
Riggs
Little Hocking
John McLaughlin
Alec Morrison
H. V. Cooley
Baker
Harry Legaullen
Harrietaville
A. L. Lawrence
Cincinnati
School House
Pat Moran
Leveland
C.G. Dye Way
Ona Shirley
Stewart
Mr. Wilcoxon
O Muray City
Nora Baker
Walden
Coolville
Henry Brewster
Sisterville
W. Va
T. W. Jones
Parkersburg
Ada Kemp
Marietta Area News Briefs and Local Incidents
Local notes report Marietta residents visiting relatives and traveling for business, births, and Protracted meeting plans.Dog attacks near John Morris’s property killed nine sheep and injured others. several residents listed their travels and visits across Albany Columbus and Cincinnati.
UTTNIDGE Notes and Local Happenings
James Hammond is quite poorly. Arthur Kingberg of Alfred was a peasant caller at B Klingbergs. Saturday Henry Brill of Guernsey county visits his sister Mrs W Kyle. A new blacksmith shop is planned on M Kyle's place. Edward Surke of Stewart with the Misses Klinwberg visited Pomeroy. Walter Chase was elected president of the C E. James Knotlton of Gallipolis visits over Sunday. Several young people to tie The decetayate Case conducted by Rev Roller. James F Wood went to Griggsville IL to visit his daughters Victoria and Stary and conduct business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hammond
Arthur Kingberg
Alfred
B. J. Klingbergs
Henry Brill
Guernsey County
Wm. Kyle
Andy Zink
M. Kyles Place
Edward Surke
Stewart
Klinwberg
Pomeroy
Rutland Visit and Mt Zion Protracted Meeting
Eimer Stout and wife spent a few days at Rutland. Protracted meeting at Mt. Zion continues with growing crowds. Joe Simmons, formerly of this place now in Iowa, visits friends and relatives. M E and FL E Vinsmore are at Athena attending college. Prospects say several from here will attend soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eimer Stout
Rutland
Mt. Zion
Joe Simmons
Iuwa Fe
M.E
FL E. Vinsmore
Athena
Town and Area Briefs From Guysville and Nearby
Reports from Guysville include D W Cornell attending Major Townsend's funeral in Athens and Miss Lynne Elliott visiting her uncle. Various local notes cover church sermons, birthday party for Carrie Fuller, visitors at J E Lawrence's, and illness and travel news. Also mentions a drowning scare at Hocking river and a riverine incident. Advertisements urge Cascarets for skin issues and note a patented steamer trunk emergency device.
The Star of Bethlehem A Century of Theories
The article reviews historical and scientific takes on the star of Bethlehem, contrasting mythic explanations with astronomical data. It discusses Herod's death timing, the massacre of Bethlehem’s infants, and tablets from Zidion dating tax enrollments under Syria’s governor Crerenius, linking to Christ’s birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star of Bethlehem
Lippincott
Jerusasalem
Herod
Bethlehem
Rome
Jerusalem
Zidion
Crreniis
Syria
Christ
Omaha Nebragha Farm Tale and Old Scots Digger Joke
A Nebraska paper recalls a man who bought a farm and faced a large mortgage. A poor first year gave way to a good wheat crop after persistence, eventually paying debts. Also recounted is an old Scottish grave digger who overcharged for a funeral, defended by a quip about never getting paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Woodgate
Jim
Gigantic Glyptodon Featured At Cincinnati Museum Exhibit
An article notes a glyptodon, a giant prehistoric armadillo, fossils found in Brazil Paraguay and Uruguay, and a life size cast at the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History. It explains its shell carapace and stout limbs while contrasting with modern armadillos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Paraguay
Urufuay
Man Ha
Cincinnati Museum of Natural History
Benadwar
Museum of Sutural Life
Unclear Fragment Sparks General Interest in Blyptedon Skeleton
A fragmentary note from the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune hints at student and spectator fascination with a Blyptedon skeleton, though legibility limits details about the legal significance or actions involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tory
Loth
Student
Casual Observer
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Real Mother Goose and the tale of the lamb origins
The article recounts that Mother Goose was a real Elizabeth Foster born in 1665 who married Isaac Goose in 1693 and died in 1757. It also tells of Mary Sawyer of Massachusetts, whose pet lamb inspired the nursery rhyme about a little lamb, and cites the lamb’s fate and the schoolyard incident that sparked the poem. It notes later a bicycle tiger hunt in British India and a brief mention of divorce for talking in a separate item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Goose
Elizabeth Foster
Isaac Goose
Old South Church of
Boston
Thomas Fleet
Mary
Mary Elizabeth Sawyer
Massachusetts
Sla
Ravlaton
Manry
Old South Church
Pittsburgh Dispatch
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Merny
Athens County
Blessenger and
Meralé
Fross
David Davis
Nelsonville
Sohn Davis
Ella Francis
Hoyt Minkerton
Factory
B. F. Hawk
Hebron
J. Hawk
Misedith Barker
Lydia Garker
James McCathran
Near
Ste Arthur
J. A. McCathran
P. Morgan
Harper Matheny
Familly
Lydia Beachout
Rosa
John Vore
Ray White
Miax Mable Akens
Utlon
Geese Shafer
Grace McGathran
Ben Eddy
Trimble Manufacturing Company
Joseph Rimmerman
Alexander Township
Trimble
Joe
Trimble Township
Voura Najid Dunfee
Sherman Baker
Gertha Duniee Sanday
Fred Gillilan
Martinsburg
Suneday
Missea Myrt
Osee Hannis
South Side
W. VI
Millfield
Loolville
TORQ
C. Young
Tinker
John Morris
Ed Beasley
Amory Wooley
M. E. Church
Thoreday
Samuel Stanton
I. M. Moore
F. J. Beasley
Harvey Easler
Ed Linscott
Misa Lilla Wilder
John Moser
Sharpsburg
Amos Einscoct
Vorhes
Heston
F." M. Moore
H.C. Young
Terre Haute
Indiana
Linn Todd
A.C. Youn
Mayme Curtis
Nettie Curtis
Farmers’ Institute
T. H. Boudinot
A.L. Johnson
Wil Donaldson
Glouster
O. L. Holsington
Amesville
John Howard
Milfield
A. L. Johnson
Oliver Linacott
Fred James
Uttnidge
Elba
Guysville
D W. Cornell
Major Townsend
Lynne Elliott
James Elliott
Ottis Shirley
C.C. Hulbert
Zaleski
C. B. Taylor
Mies Carrie Fuller
H. O. LeGoullon
Harrietteville
A. E. Lawrence
J. E. Lawrence
Beerbf
Uza Minear
Lou Doan
Bethany
Wm. J. Doan
Wa. Parsons
Utica
Grace Hart
New York
Amo
Norman
Hocking
Bela
State Charities Aid Association of
Han Rlen
Ava
Sheaselvea
Telef K. Co
Athens Ohio
THE
Naturalinta
South America
Mather Quoac
Liltle Lamb Hoth
British India
Castle- Wood
Johore
la Waulivetcea
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