Local notices and society items from Athens region
Debtors seek settlement from A B Frame M D. Court terms begin February 7 with Judge de Steiguer. Irish play Shamus OBrien at City Hall. Grosvenor sends nine volumes of Congressional Record. David Lafollett recovering from coal mine injuries. Captain Len Brown in Atlanta. Only one female trombone player in US, Josie Whetstone possibly two. Jacob Sweat remains frail. Jim Farrells washing device praised. Alice Lyon dies after Northern visit. Meat consumption rises post whisky. Messen Gers misdirected. Hib bardsville papers urged. Winter cold persists. Mortland Bakers paper praised. Riche-Neu proceeds total 15246 paid to Henry Crippen. Rosa Herrold hosts oyster supper. Winter wheat looks healthy. Charles Conkey dies after train accident. Philomathean Society elects Leveland honorary member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bute
Hibbardsville
Mies Mortland Baker
Nelsonville
Shamus O'Brien to Feature at Athens City Halls Tonight
Athens readers are invited to attend an Irish comedy drama at Athens City Halls tomorrow night starring Charles Verner with Mise Annie Lewis and other renowned players. The play promises stirring Irish adventures songs and laughter and is billed as the season’s local dramatic event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens City Halls
Shamus O'Brien
Charles Verner
Mise Annie Lewis
Young Men's Republican Club forms plans and constitution
The Young Men's Republican Club committee met at D. H. Moore’s rooms on Saturday and adopted the proposed constitution. The next meeting is Thursday at 7 PM in the Prosecuting Attorney’s office to finalize the organization and elect officers for the year. Membership is open to Republicans aged 18 to 40 with a $3 initiation fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men's Republican Club
Republican Club
D. H. Moore
Seventeen-Year-Old Maggie Coe's Suicide Attempt and Court Jury List
A Nelsonville girl, Maggie Coe, age sixteen, attempted suicide by shooting, later confessing seduction by C. J. Hill and a prior morphine overdose. The article also lists Grand and Petit Jurors drawn for Ath ens County Common Pleas February term and praises Professor Gordy of Ohio University for leading the teachers training school, noting its aim to raise local education standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Enquirer
Maggie Coe
Daugher August Coe
C. J. Hill
Athens
James Elliott
Carthage
I. H. Barnhill
Alexander
Petit Jury
B. F. Shamel
C. . Glazier
Ames
Hiram Crossen
Lee
R. M. Patterson
R. R. Keirna
Joseph Allander
Rome
J. B. Bates
York
A. A. Sisson
W. A. Warren
Troy
F. M. McCune
Bern
Gordy
Dr. Gordy
Ohio University
J. P. Dona
Byron Post
Stewart
St. Jackson's
H. A. Cook
Beebe
John Grubb
P. T. Busch
Messenger
Common Pleas
C. D
Court of Common Pleas
Athens County
Ohio
Court House
County
Apd
Stata
Gours
Seid County
Athens Echoes Gratitude and Uncalled Letters in 1887
The Athens paper notes H C Crippen’s thanks to the McCullough Club and local citizens for their kindness and the testimonial offered. It also lists names of uncalled postal letters and reports on a unusually thick ice layer on Asylum lakes and river, with ice dealers storing ice in houses.
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Athens
Athens, C
Mc~Cullough Club
H. C. Crippen
Asylum Lakes
Bere
Asylum Em and Sonal
Athens News Summary of Local Notes and Visits
Athens community pages note visiting friends in Washing ton and nearby towns, with residents from Nelsonville Beverly and Columbus visiting or returning home. Reports mention church services, lectures, student clubs, illness, and civic notices including a locally advertised clothes washer invention promising ease and savings.
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John F. Davis
Athens
Nelsonville
Tom, A. Jones
Jackson
Ohio
Mammie Love
Columbus
L. A. Patterson
Turner
Messrs
FE. E
A. FE. Vandyke
Blick
Muskingum Valley
W.H. Kinkead
Beverly
Center Belpre visit notes historic relics in 1888 Ohio
The account describes a religious conference at Center Belpre in Washington county Ohio attended with a soldier comrade. It highlights local wealth and land, views Blennerhasset Island across the Ohio River, and mentions Cyrus Ames and T W Putnam showing relics including Gen Israel Putnam items and the Blennerhasset Island deed. It closes with notes on weather, illnesses, and visitors in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Belpre
Washington County
Ohio
Ohio River
Blennerhasset Island
J. P. McLain
Cyrne Ames
3. W. Putnam
Ames
Cyrus Ames
T. W. Putnam
Isreal Putnam
Wm. Henry
Putnam
Patrick Henry
Virginia
Marietta
John P. Coe
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Epectal
A. B. Frame
M. D
de Steiguer
Clark, Bradbury and Cherington
Shamus O’brien
Athens City Hall
David Lafollett
Job’s
Brashears
Brush Fork
Len Brown
Atlanta
Cincinnati Times-Star
T S
Josie Whetstone
Jacob Sweat
Jim Farrell
Alice
John F. Lyon
Missouri
Charles Conkey
Marshfie
Owever
Philomathean Literary Society
Read
Jacksonville
Black
Lawrence
Supreme Court
Hull Foster
Mr. Tallmadge
Lizzie White
Braddock
Hull
Emmett Tompkine
Townsend
Buchtel
Devine
Louise D. Richardson
Katie Clark
Chillicothe
John Bolen
Tureday
Cincinnati
Palace
Cinccinnati
Sixth and Vine
Ervin Maxwell
Andrews
Mies Mac
Bothwell
Natter
Brame John
Err
Drugein
George
Hart
Rger
Ise
Edie
Hayden
Rev
Hazen
Mine Ida
Johnsen
Charles
Tom
Michaels
Og Weethee
J. P
Zumbro
Leeat Fersenal
C. H. Grosvenor
Washington
Herman Dickle
Parkersburg
Gee. P. Jarvis
New England
Katie Moore
M. P. Murphy
Lillian Severs
Gertrude Cornell
Will, P. Camp
Columbus Ehoe House
Amberg & Bell
Barry Dawson
New York City
Chas. H. Brown
J. Lindley Jones
Orange County
Florida
William Pierce
Marshfield
J. M. Grosvenor
J. M. Rhodes
I. R. Jarvis
College Noten
R. J. Manck
E. A. Bingham
RE. A. Dent
Miases Birde
Pearl McVay
Hamilton Club
Ek. D. Sayre
Meese
Farmer’s Institute
Humphrey
A. U
Ruper
Anna Hamilton
Prof. Evans
W.E. Bundy
A. L.S
C. Price
W. E. Hamilton
A. P. Russell
Thos. Jenkins
Cal. Humphrey
Nora Michael
E. D. Sayre
Edith Woodruff
R. P. Dowd
Sec
T. H. Roberts
Hawley
Meigs
Morgan
Hocking
Cowgill
Wilmington
Joseph Patterson
Wellston
Amos Patterson
M. B. Turner
M. EF. Church
McDougal
HALL
F. J. Cheney &O
Toledo
Baleemen
Bow
New York
Golden Erectric Co
N. E. Dean
Amesville
Kaler, Palmer & McGrath
Beby
Castoria
Mies
Joe Hibbard
Vandyke—Cameron
Bride
M.B. Turner
Allison Vandyke
Mary Cameron
Morris—Mingus
Arthur Morris
Paducah
Eva B. Mingus
Louisville
Kentucky
E. A. Phillips
Notary Public
Epwin M. Phillips
LAW
E. A, Phillips & CO
Eer, Oe RD City
Hansaa
Gieriff
Ellen Snowden
John Winner Et al
Athens County Court of Common Pleas
Happy Hollow
County of
Nelsonville Coal & Coke Company
York Township
Fred, Staldeh, Sherif& Jrwert & Dedrriauer
Pitts Attys
QaRainEs Base
Andrew Banman
Peter H. Smith
Athens County Court Common Pleas
Stat of
Neksonville
Tangletown
Additi
Anie
Fred. Stalder
Jenkin & Destreiguer
Sheriff's Base
Felix Patton
John Brennan
of Sale
Rituate
Ohio Company
Thomas M Wnn. W. Posten
Pinety-Three
Kale Cneh
Drm
W.c. Hrewese
Piet Ay
Tee
Paie-We
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