Rabies Epidemic Fears Sweep Several Cities
Nelsonville claims the original mad dog scare with a death in Chicago after treatment. Athens and nearby counties act to curb rabies with dog culls and a July 7 ordinance in New Lexington banning dogs from roaming, muzzling required and police authorized to shoot at large.
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Nelsonville
Chicago
Athens
Varksburg
W. Va
Louisville
Albany
New Lexington
Ohio
Personal mentions from Thursday's Daily Messenger
Names and visits populate the column with relatives friends and guests. Several figures travel between Columbus Marietta Parkersburg Lancaster London Kentucky and other towns while attending events and visiting family.
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Daily Messenger
James Johnson
Columbus
Anna Shaffer
Marietta
Helen Roush
Elizbeth McCole
Parkersburg
Ida Bougher
Ida Baugher
Will Ireland
Chillicothe
Nora McNeil
Lancaster
Josephine Edmundson
Survey Under Way For Lancaster to Athens Traction Extension
Julius Gregg chief engineer of Scioto Valley Traction with four field men started a preliminary survey this week for extending the line from Lancaster to Athens. Final action depends on survey results and estimates. The extension would open a large territory on the interurban line.
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Julius Gregg
Scioto Valley Traction Company
Traction Company
Lancaster
Athens
Columbus Dispatch
Surprise Picnic Honors Two Dorcas Members
Mrs. E. S. Black and the Dorcas Missionary Society held a birthday picnic surprise at Mrs. Black's State Street home for Florence Pickett and Grace Junod who just turned seventeen. A kerchief shower followed before the group moved to the State Hospital grounds for the picnic meal.
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E. S. Black
Dorcas Missionary Society
Society
Oon
Florence Pickett
Grace Junod
Mrs. Black
St State Street
State Hospital
The
Picie
Slutz
S. F. S. Grones
John Pickett
J. L. Pickering
Black
Norris
Elizabeth
Pleasant laxative remedy advertised by druggists
A Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Well laxative is praised as easy to take and dependable. The ad notes it is for sale through W. H. McKee and Barton Drug Co, Cheyenne.
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Chamberlain
W. H. Mckee
Barton Drug Co
Chewe
Nipped Trouble in Bud at Sugar Creek Standoff
A Sugar Creek crowd including the Tippies, Daileys and George Hand moved toward Cotton's stable for a fight but Marshall Finsterwald intervened yesterday afternoon and scattered the mob. No arrests were made.
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Marshall Finsterwald
Sugar Creek
Tippies
Daileys
George Hand
Cotton
Marshall
Large turnout at county teachers examination today
More than 150 applicants appeared before the county school examiners for the examination. The number is unusually large, with many teachers from other counties taking the test and to have their panels sent home for grading.
Editorial Impasse At Home Reflected In Print
A wife and husband clash over writing and editing duties with opposite approaches. She fixes what others write while he writes for readers. She curates content to keep trouble out, he embraces controversy to drive publication.
Athens Township Sealed Bank Proposals Open July 21
Trustees of Athens Township invite sealed proposals from banks chartered in Athens Township, Ohio or U S for custody of township funds for two years beginning August 1 1906. Bids must include bond equal to deposit amount and meet at least two percent interest. Bids to be publicly opened July 21 1906 at 2 pm. trustees reserve right to reject.
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Athens Township
United States
Ohio
Board of Trustees
General Assembly
State of
Baker Elected Superintendent at Richfield Central High School
H. E. Baker of the class of 1906 has been elected superintendent of Richfield Central High School, Summit County, for eight months at a salary of 70 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Baker
Richfield Central High School
Summit County
Champion Chicken Catcher Of Three Whole Counties
A humorous tale recalls H. Horn driving L. D. Poston’s Cadillac near Athens and Columbus while chickens impede the road. Horn signals with his horn and swerves to miss birds, with bystanders noting a sequence of hits and misses totaling a rough 60 to 75 percent success rate.
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Ira P. Madden
L. D. Poston
Athens
Columbus
H. Horn
Fairfield
Hocking
C. H
Mr. Horn
Mesers
Poston
McCune
Squire Beverage Joins Couple in Quick County Marriage
Squire F Beverage of Waterloo presided at the Pro bate office on Saturday as Walter Goodall and Miss Ethel Deem sought a license and an immediate ceremony. Judge Lynch summoned a Waterloo Justice and the couple entered a life long contract Beverage promised would endure. The squire initially argued over the fee in the metropolis but finally set $2.66 plus costs.
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Squire
F. Beverage
Waterloo
Walter Goodall
Ethel Deem
Glouster
Lynch
Justice of
Beverage
Metropolis
K. K. Club Entertained by Miss Ethel Radcliffe
Miss Ethel Radcliffe hosted the K. K. Club at her May avenue home Saturday evening with guests including Miss Myrtle Cooley of Columbus and Miss Marguerite Eaton of Huntington W Va. The program featured games and musical numbers, Carrie Junod winning a prize for most games played. Refreshments were served, and guests included Verna Johnson Ruth Treadley Edith McBee Clara Williams and Carrie Junod alongside Myrtle Cooley of Huntington W Va.
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Ethel Radcliffe
May Avenue
Myrtle Cooley
Columbus
Marguerite Eaton
Huntington
W. Va
Carrie Junod
Verna Johnson
Ruth Treadley
Edith McBee
Clara Williams
Father of Ten Children Reunites in East St Louis
A Welsh family of ten leaves Athens seeking work, sending money for the rest to join. The group travels by B&O train to the West and reunites with the father, mother, and seven children far from their Welsh origins, the eldest nearing thirteen and the youngest two, amid hopeful pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Athens
Luhrig
Wales
Editor demands names and proof on graft claims at Ohio University
A reader presses the Athens County Gazette editor to publish names dates and acts related to graft rumors involving the Ohio University wings. The letter urges specific proof not mere assertion and calls for exposing alleged schemes while criticizing secrecy and sham accusations. Advertising copy for Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar is included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County Gazette
Ohio University
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