Dr Edwin Tausch Leaves Ohio University for Willamette
Dr Edwin Tausch departs Ohio University after eight years as chair of German and French to accept the philosophy chair at Willamette University in Salem Oregon. He is praised as a refined cosmopolitan teacher and a strong advocate of broad culture and liberty. His scholarly articles have appeared in leading philosophical magazines.
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Edwin Tausch
Willamette University
Salem
Ore
Ohio University
England
Germany
America
Tausch
Enda
Dr John R Sprague Opens Athens Medical Office
Dr John R Sprague son of Mr and Mrs L A Sprague of President Street graduated with honors from Starling Ohio Medical College and now has offices on the first floor of the Law building at West Washington Street in Athens He is welcomed by friends from Chauncey and the northern county and was among the few in his class to average over 90 percent He previously accepted a salaried assistant position with Dr Rutter but chose to locate in Athens He was president of the Starling Loving Medical Society during senior year and is the youngest of three brothers in medicine His brothers W T and W Sprague are established in the Sunday Creek valley The article also notes county political shifts with Hugh Gormley seeking a second term and Athens losing headquarters to Glouster for the campaign year
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John R. Sprague
L. A. Sprague
President Street
Starling-Ohio Medical College
Athens
Law Building
West Washington Street
Sprague
Chauncey
Rutter
Athens State Hospital
Park View
Starling-Loving Medical Society
Dr. Sprague
W. T
W. ¥. Sprague
Sunday Creek Valley
John T. Sprague
Glouster
Gormley
Gormiey Re elected to Athens County Board post
Hugh Gormiey was reelected to the Athens County election board at a Democratic Executive Committee meeting in Glouster Ohio Also two new recruits were enlisted for the party in the July gathering local officials said on July 15 19xx and the committee endorsed a candidate for county supervisor seat as part of its agenda
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Hugh Gormiey
Glouster
Athens County Democratic Executive Committee
County Board of Superviors
Dedication of a Romanesque brick building with English tower
The dark red brick building trimmed in sandstone with an old English tower and oak interiors is set for a 7 o'clock dedication. It presents a striking exterior and an even more beautiful interior, attracting many visitors from out of town.
Young couple weds in probate court in Athens
Peter Glass and Alma Pidcock, both from Kimberly, married late Saturday afternoon by Squire Logan in the probate court room. The 17 year old bride appeared with her parents and the crowd of relatives watched as they learned the license cost two dollars to seal their marriage.
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Peter Glass
Alma Pidcock
Kimberly
Athens
Salvation Army leadership shuffled in Columbus Ohio
Brigadier Alexander Lamb of New York is named to head the Central Ohio division with headquarters in Columbus. Major Edwy White moves to Atlanta to oversee Georgia Alabama Mississippi Florida and Louisiana east of the Mississippi. Major Lamb's sister Harriett Lamb will join as assistant in Columbus. Major White is a native of Marietta and brother of Mrs. George 1 Putnam of this city.
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Salvation Army
Columbus
Ohio
Central Ohio
The
Major
Marietta
George 1, Putnam
Northwestern University
Evanston
Army
England
United States
Harriett Lamb
Lamb
Major White
Atlanta
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Miorida
Louisiana
Mississippi River
Local men enlist at new city recruiting office
John Cotter of Hollister and Charles H. Scott of Orbiston were enlisted for U S army Tuesday at the newly opened city recruiting office. Cotter joins the coast artillery and Scott the infantry and they will depart for Columbus soon and be quartered at the Columbus barracks. Fifteen applicants were rejected up to Tuesday for failing the physical exam.
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John Cotter
Hollister
Charles H. Scott
Orbiston
United States Army
Columbus
Columbus Barracks
Cotter
Coast Artillery Service
Scott
Infantry
Will dedicate a fine new Church of Christ at Nelsonville
Nelsonville C July 18 The Church of Christ in Nelsonville now completed will be formally dedicated next Sunday. President Miner Lee Bates of Hiram College will lead morning and evening services. Bates, a prominent young Disciple, will preach. Rev E S De Miller, former pastor, will give the afternoon address. Communion service planned with special music for all attendees.
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Nelsonville
New Church of Christ
Miner Lee Bates
Hiram College
Bates
de Miller
Oberlin Return of Mr William Vaughn After 28 Years
Mr William Vaughn returned to his Oberlin home Saturday after a week visiting relatives. He was guest of his nephew Ed Berry and had visited his old Gallipolia home, marking an absence of twenty eight years.
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William Vaughn
Oberlin
Ed. C. Berry
Gallipolia
KISSES SAID TO CURE WHOOPING COUGH IN READING
In Reading Pennsylvania Charles Miller a Black man is kept busy as belief spread that his kisses cure or prevent whooping cough. During the past week more than 30 white babies were brought to him for this purpose and Miller has started a bank.
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Reading
Charles Miller
Miller
21 Year Old Man Committed to Asylum on Lunacy Charge
Sanford B. Poston was arraigned in probate court on a lunacy charge brought by his father Ambrose J. Poston. At 21, he had three months of mental disturbance including irritability and threats. After medical evaluation by Drs. Biddle and McDougall, he was committed to the asylum and taken there by Sheriff Webster.
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Sanford B. Poston
Ambrose J. Poston
Scratch and itch relief ad touts Dean's Ointment
An old advertisement promotes Dean's Ointment claiming it cures piles eczema and any skin itching. It urges readers to buy from all druggists.
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Dean
Facts for Sick Women and Lydia E Pinkham Remedy
An advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a thirty year standard remedy for female ailments. It claims to cure displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors menstrual pain backache and nervous prostration and invites women to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lillian Rosas
4Th Street
Newark
Lydia
Pinkham
Katharine Ralg
Lafayette Bt
Col
Lydia B. Pinkham
Mise Marie Stoltsman
Laurel
Eben M. Olson
N. East St
Ke Wanes
Pinkam
Lydia E. Pinkham
Counterfeits and notices in Athens Spectator April 28 1832
The Athens Spectator notes circulating ten dollar Michigan bank counterfeit notes dated Jan 1 1891 and Oct 1 1831 as well as Indiana note circulation limits. It reports railroad receipts, Oregon settlements, Georgia emigration hints, a sensational anecdote on a nosed man after a tavern brawl, sugar demands, and Maine treasury bounty payments for crow destruction.
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Athens Spectator
Athens
Bank of Michigan
G. P. Jones
Indiana
Baltmore
Ohio
Union
Oregon
Columbia River
Wheeling
Adment
Georgia
Sipps
the &Tion
State of
Maine
Dr Thomas Electric Oil as household remedy
A fragment notes a household cure for a baby illness a child with cuts and bruises and a mother with sore throat along with a grandmother’s lameness praising Dr Thomas Electric Oil as a great remedy.
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Baby
Willie
Mamma
Grandma
Dr. Thomas
Wind storm damages Ameeville area in July report
A heavy wind storm swept Amesville Ohio Friday afternoon causing significant damage. The Carbon Coal Company tipple fell, with losses estimated between 2500 and 3000 dollars. Also toppled were corn barns of T. J. Beasley and W. R. Goddard, plus damage to hay and wheat stacks.
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Ameeville
Amesville
Carbon Coal ¢ Company
T. J. Beasley
W. R. Goddard
Washington county Republican ticket chosen at Marietta convention
The Republicans of Washington county met in Marietta on July 14 and named a full ticket. Charlies P. Dyar for Representative, Charles Best for Sheriff, C. C. Middleswart for Prosecutor, 8 A Coffman for Treasurer, J. M. Williams for Auditor, J. W. Lansley for Recorder, A. M. Farlow for Probate Judge, L. S. Bingham W. M. Doe and L. L. Dutton for Commissioners, E. W. Hill for Coroner, and John B. Smith Minor M. Dye and J. E B. Fletcher for infirmary directors.
Oldest U S Railway Conductor John Nelson Dies at 75
Galion Ohio July 17 John Nelson aged 75 died Thursday. He was the oldest railway conductor in continuous service in the United States. He began on the first railroad through Galion in 1854 and served without interruption until recently. His run was Galion to Indianapolis on the Big Four. Nelson refused the hat check fare system and never forgot a passenger destination after taking the fare.
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Galion, O
John Nelson
United States
Galion
Indianapolis
Nelson
Misrepresentation of Ohio University in 1827 letter
A faded 1832 issue of The Western Spectator prints Professor Robert G. Wilson’s letter to Lancaster editors defending Ohio University. It disputes claims of low revenues and land sales, explains lease appraisal rules, and argues trustees held no authority to alter rents. The piece notes overall funds were small due to nonleased or poor quality lands, and explains why student numbers were limited by local settlement and wealth. The article includes unrelated advertisement text about a medical book and night cure.
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Ohio University
Lancaster
Robert G. Wilson
O. U
Spectator
Gazette
Sittin
Sim God of
Meret
Ohio
Institut
Num
Bank of
Langaster
Sherman
Harper, Putnam, Cutler, &c
Athens
Racine
Wis
Critique of University Governance from Athens Letter
A March 29 1892 letter from Athens criticizes Ohio colleges for deportment and exam competency while noting three student classes unhappy with constraints. The writer argues reforms hinge on competent instructors and warns against reckless public reproach harming reputation.
Doctor Baxter Resigns from Athens State Hospital
Dr. Baxter resigns after six years as staff physician at Athens state hospital. Dr. McLeish of Cincinnati will succeed him. Dr. and Mrs. Baxter plan to stay temporarily in M and Connelaville while Mrs. Baxter hosts a visit. a permanent location is not yet decided.
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Baxter
Athens State Hospital
McLeish
Cincinnati
Poultry Wanted by Atehna Poultry & Produce Co
Advertisement from Atehna Poultry & Produce Co seeks poultry buyers or suppliers at all times. Mentions B&O BW Passenger Depa phone 500 and references a depot location. Includes brief contact detail and a dated format typical of trade notices.
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Atehna Poultry & Produce Co
Depa
Athens County veterans plan joint reunion with Seventh Ohio
The Ath ens County Soldiers' and Sailors Association executive committee set August 36 for the two day joint reunion with Spanish War veteran O V Di. A souvenir book and combination badges will be issued for all attendees and speakers of state and national reputation are being approached.
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Athens
Try
Bucklen’s Africa salve recommended for wounds
J. W. Jenkins of Chapel Hill praises Bucklen’s Africa salve as the best the world affords. He claims it heals every sore burn or wound it is applied to and notes it cured a thumb. Available at the local drug store for 25 cents.
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Bucklen
Africa
J. W. Jenkins
Chapel Hill
Ees Drug Store
Wool Fair at Hemel Hempstead Abandoned After Century
Decline in wool production and low prices lead to the closure of the Hemel Hempstead wool fair, a long running annual event in the district. The fair had stood for over a century before being discontinued due to economic pressures.
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Hemel Hempstead
Texas onion crop expected to gross near three quarters of a million
The Texas onion crop is projected to gross almost 750000 dollars this year but excessive rainfall damaged shipments and thwarted the full potential of the harvest.
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Willamette U
Erty
Medical College
Hugh Gormley
Robert E. Nye
Department OF Civil Engineering
Robert E Nye
UNE
Weer
Alexander Lamb
New
York
Edwy White
Church of Christ of
Lynch
Lydia E. Pinkhami
Tillian Ross
OLD “Spectator
Wilson
Western Spectator
Athenian Chronicle
DR. Baxter
O.v.l. Spanish War Veterans
Ath
Ens County
Sullore
Union of the Convelation
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