Local notes and social updates from Harmony area
John Eckley visited on business Saturday. Mrs Harriet Pruden of Longstreth visits friends here. A missionary entertainment is planned for Sunday evening August 4. The baptizing service Sunday drew a large crowd with Mary and Minnie Maxwel, Lawrence Mansfield and wife, Bessie Cone, Rosa Sheldon, Lillie Davis, Facie Hill, Willie Phillips, and Charles Sheldon sprinkled, Janie Carpenter, George Sams and Elmer Sams immersed. Vineberries scarce this season. Dorn to Mr and Mrs Barst July 14 a son. Knute Elliott and son visited the Plains last week. Brazil Persons and wife called at Lank Stouts Saturday evening. Lumine preached in Lawrence Sunday. Hertha Bauer returns home after three weeks with Marlon Hayes. The little daughter of Isaac and Ruth Bauer died last Tuesday and was buried Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Eckley
Harriet Prnden
Longstreth
Erybody
Mary
Minnie Maxwell
Lawrence Mansfield
Bessie Cone
Rosa Sheldon
Lillie Davis
Facie Hill
Willie Phillips
Charles Sheldon
Janie Carpenter
George Sams
Elmer Sams
Dorn
Ice Cream Supper Aids Mt ant Church Benefit
An ice cream supper at Mt ant church last Friday evening netted 12.25 for church benefits with all reporting a splendid time. Fr Kinney, once local, now in Athens state hospital, broke from ward seventeen and was recaptured Saturday morning in Alexander township. A severe thunderstorm felled a tree near Andrew Parker’s residence, causing it to shatter. H Walker, nearby, was stunned but unharmed as his family had just passed moments before.
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Mt. Ant
Kinney
Dow
Athens State Hospital
Alexander Township
Andrew Parker
H. Walker
Local notes and harvest troubles from a rural week
The piece reports a failed blackberry crop and poor hay harvests across the area. It notes illness of Miss Blanche Finsterwald, news of Hugh Poston at death’s door in West Virginia, a postponed Children's Day for August 4, and social visits by Mr. and Mrs. Tucker and Samuel Everett at Avesville. Several residents attend meetings in Nelsonvalle and Logan, with prayers requested for weekly Thursday services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Finsterwald
Ttis Place
Nelsonvalle
D. D. Dowler
Ir. Hugh Poston
West Virginia
Lemuel Bennett
Daniel Tucker
Avesville
Samuel Everett
Sam Davis
Fairfield County
D, D. Dowler
C. BE
M. Brown
Julia Stephenson
Leela
F. M
Logan
Local notes from Meigs and surrounding counties
Sunday visits span Gallipo to Utley and Nelsonville as families like Lash Dormon Hall and Martin are mentioned among friends. Several residents recover from illness, marriages occur at home, and town scenes include students at Ohio University and kinship updates from Dexter and New Lexington.
Albany and Coolville Local Notes Update
Albany and Coolville sections report visitors from Glouster Trimble Nelsonville and Columbus. Weather brought severe afternoon storm with crop damage. Local events include fair August 14 15 and a late season rain improving crops. Squire Lyman Moler dies. Lee Bell widow and Ann Rickey injuries noted.
Local Social News From Hibbar ds ville
Hibbar ds ville reports visitors Elmer Gift and wife of Columbus, Miss Mary Matthews from Carpenter, and Mrs Catherine McGill regaining health. Daisy Coe visits Jerseyville for a summer normal. Athens summer normal students returned home Sunday. Dr Ami Condee of Williams Indiana visits Catherine Sera relatives. A severe wind storm Saturday caused fruit damage. Y P S C E group plans a tree entertainment at the church Saturday evening August 8 with ice cream afterward. proceeds for church reseating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Gift
Columbus
Mary Matthews
Carpenter
Daisy Coe
Catherine McGill
Jerseyville
Athens
Ami Condee
Williams
Ind
Catherine Sera
C. E
Broadwell notices and events from August postings
Rev Warren Munn preached at Broadwell Sunday. A birth is announced to Kirby France and wife on the 20th. Mrs William Sedgwick of Utley visits John Shinly and family. Roma Finsterwald closes a three month term of school at Utley. C P Totman and family return home from Hixon after visiting Samuel Everett. Mrs Benajah Morris and Minnie Davis of Wolf Creek visit Thomas Price. Holdcroft Camp 5th Western will host a dance and ice cream supper at Broadwell hall on August 1. All invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Munn
Broadwell
Kirby France
William Sedgwick
Utley
John Shinly
Roma Finsterwald
C. P. Totman
Samuel Everett
Hixon
Benajah Morris
Minnie Davis
Wolf Creek
Thomas Price
Holdcroft Camp
Local notes and visits noted across area towns
Z T Tedrick and wife of Chauncey visited friends here last Sunday. Mrs Lizzie Hambleton and daughter Rhea of Chesterfield were in town recently. A Sunday school picnic is planned for Lew Morriss grove next Saturday with good turnout expected. Wheat crop is below average and hay is the lightest in years, promising high prices for surplus. Wm Kiefer improves slowly from illness. Mrs O Connor of Tiffin visits at Mrs 8 J Lytle's. Mrs H O Lytle spends time with relatives in Longbottom. Mrs John Gardway of Parkersburg guests at Isaac Hostatle’s. D F Simms of Parkersburg spends Sunday with his parents. Alva Hannum of Long Bottom to begin normal school here in August. Washington Wires reported 161 bushels of wheat from 1 3/4 acres. Arthur White returns home from Parkersburg for a month’s vacation. Yesterday brought the hardest rainfall in a year with strong wind damaging fruit trees and corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Z.T. Tedrick
Chauncey
Ed. Sayers
Trimble
Lizzie Hambleton
Rhea
Chesterfield
Lew Morris
Grove
Wm. Kiefer
O'Connor
Tiffin
J. Lytle
H. O. Lytle
Longbottom
John Gardway
Parkersburg
Isaac Hostatle
D. F. Simms
G. B. Simms
Alva Hannum
Long Bottom
Washington Wires
Arthur White
Valley News Highlights Local Harvest and Events
Apples are plentiful and cider is already being made. Rev Edward Secoy preached at Valley church on Sunday. Miss Victoria Wood visited with her parents Mr and Mrs F Wood. Threshing is the order of the day, crops small but generally good. An ice cream supper at Wm Lowther’s for Valley church netted about 12 dollars. Miss Mary Wood returns from Syracuse and will finish normal term at O U. Wood and Dixon plan to manufacture a combined washer and wringer recently patented in St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Secoy
Valley Church
Victoria Wood
O. U
Syracuse
O. U. Messrs
Wood
Dixon
St. Lows
Peach Ridge Visitors and Grove Meeting Upcoming
Mrs Douglas of Mechanicsburg and others visited familiar houses last week. Marion McHarg Rosa Bebout and families joined B F Huston and relatives. The Johns family from Bishopville and Athens guests attended church at Clark's chapel. A grove meeting, previously disputed, will begin next Saturday evening July 27 conducted by J D and E G Masters.
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J. D
E. G. Masters
Isaac Smith
Mattie
Lydia Cone
Athens
Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder World’s Pair Highest Award
Dr Price s Cream Baking Powder earns top honors in two global competitions claiming the world s premier prize and a separate distinguished award. Officials lauded its quality and effectiveness boosting consumer confidence and market presence across multiple regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Price
Local notes from Chillicothe area include births and deaths
Dr. Harper will locate in Chillicothe. A son born to Mr. and Mrs. Lovell Bean on the 5th. Rosie Windsor guest near the Garden last Sunday. Dr. James Merwin moved from Canal Winchester to this place. Hazel Scott of Chillicothe visiting Mrs. C. C. Calvert. Miss Blanche C. Bean visiting bereft sister Mrs. Owen Riley in Athens. Flavins Atkinson’s new house ready by September 1. Second year high school opening planned with hoped for large attendance. Mrs. Alzina Reader and son of Albany and Mrs. Jane Cottle of West Virginia called home for dying father’s death on July 17. Little Helen Riley died at Athens July 20 and was brought here for interment, services by Rev. Z. P. A. Dickey. Lena Bougher and May Clarke accompanied bereaved parents last Sunday. Picnic date for Rome township schools in Guysville grove on July 27 with speeches and essays urged, baskets welcomed. D. O. Parker of Carthage township dies at 89 years 11 months and 15 days, after months of prayer for hour to come, leaves widow and five children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Harper
Chillicothe
Lovell Bean
Rosie Windsor
James Merwin
Canal Winchester
Hazel Scott
C. C. Calvert
Blanche C. Bean
Owen Riley
Athens
Flavins Atkinson
Alzina Reader
Albany
Jane Cottle
West Virginia
Helen Riley
Z. P. A. Dickey
Presbyterian Church
Lena Bougher
May Clarke
Rome Township
Guysville
D. O. Parker
Carthage Township
Parker
Local Visitors and Guests Brighten Our Village
Henry Deshler of Columbus visits friends here. Harvey and Herbert Nye join an excursion to Gallipolis. Emmet Erving of Jackson stays with Mr and Mrs Geo Nye. Grant Wallace and wife from Giouster visit M Gardner and wife for Pearl Linscott of Glouster guests of Zack Tedrick and wife. Erwin C Woodworth of Athens visits Chauncey. Geo Gibbs and family host Sunday in Nelsonville with Mrs Gibbs' parents. Mrs Kate Kelly and Miss Lulu Tedrow of Nelsonville guests of Mrs Geo Gibbs. Mrs Stevenson Hyde of Basil, mother of Dr Hyde of Nelsonville, visits locally. Mrs A R Freeman returns from Albany. After a long absence the budget returns. Dr McCoy and wife and daughter of La Porte Texas visit Dr Hawk’s family. hopes he stays. Andrew Jackson builds a neat picket fence in front of his home. Town sees ongoing home improvements.
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Henry Deshler
Columbus
Harvey
Herbert Nye
Gallipolis
Emmet Erving
Jackson
Geo. Nye
Grant Wallace
Giouster
M. Gardner
Pearl Linscott
Glouster
Zack Tedrick
Erwin C. Woodworth
Athens
Chauncey
Geo. Gibbs
Nelsonville
Gibbs
Tedrow
Kate Kelly
Lulu Tedrow
Stevenson Hyde
Basil
Dr. Hyde
Andrew Jackson
Community Notes From Meigs County Plus Funeral Notices
Residents visit relatives in Meigs and Fillmore while Emerson Russell returns to Columbus and W L Russell goes back to Chicago. Universalist church to hold preaching and a basket dinner. Children’s Day to be observed. Clarence Welch dies at 19 with interment on the 17th. Soldiers Quilt quilting event at G A R hall on August 1 invites soldiers wives and daughters to attend. Gallipolia Fair set for July 30 31 and August 1 with round trip Ohio Central tickets. brick for sale via Cyns Pazel agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irena Petty
Meigs County
the Universalist Church
Emerson Russell
Columbus
Mary J. Jerome
Jessie
Emerson
Fillmore
W. L. Russell
Chicago
Clarence Welch
C. G. Russell
G. A. R. Hall
Cyclone Damages Orchards and Ice Cream Social Totals
William Lowther reports cyclone damage to orchards while Edward Secoy preaches at Valley Church. Threshers Johnson and Brown say they harvested nine hundred bushels of wheat in a day. An ice cream social at Lowther’s, with Frank Parker and Howard Brooks, raised 11 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lowther
Edward Secoy
Valley Church
Edward
Johnson and Brown
Frank Parker
Howard Brooks
Local Church Notes and Social Calendar Highlights
Mrs R A Jones returns from Boston and Dr Powell to speak on John Knox. Miss Ella Minton visits Nelsonville. Flossie Ballard with sister Mrs White. Mrs Gladys Skinner and daughter head to Pittsburg area. Pastor Powell plans rural vacation in West Virginia. church social at Lawyer Lewis home. prayers and consecration meetings scheduled. Inter national C E convention report prepared by Mr Pratt Osborn. union services planned during pastor’s absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Jones
Boston
Dr. Powell
John Knox
Ella Minton
Nelsonville
C. E's
Flossie Ballard
T. B. White
Gladys Skinner
Pittsburg
W. Va
Lawyer Lewis
Ella Blunden
Ethel Gould
Amestown
Newman Bennett
Jackson
Ohio
C. E
J. J. Brown
Belmont
Mary McCall
Brown
Pratt Osborn
C. FE
Christian Endeavor
Catherine Finley
Lily Peters
Minnie Roach
Chautauqua
Lizzie Cochran
Wm. Hoover
Syrup of Figs advertised for health and travel
A travel health note promotes Syrup of Figs for kidneys liver and bowels claiming to prevent fevers headaches and sickness with 50c and 1 bottles sold by druggists. A post office uncalled for list dated July 15 1895 includes Brown J Tedrick Mike Copenhaven Mrs Mary Rorick Mrs Caroline Graham Elles Ward Edwin N Tedrick Miss Maud and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
Brown
J. Tedrick
Mike Copenhaven
Mary Rorick
Caroline Graham
Elles Ward
Edwin N. ‘Tedrick
Maud
To Cincinnati and Return. B, & VU, 8-W Tickets
Rly will sell round trip tickets to Cincinnati good going on trains of July 27 and returning up to and including No. 6 leaving Cincinnati July 30 at 6 45 a m Rates 2 50 from Athens Correspondingly low rates from other points See ticket agents for further particulars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R’y
Cincinnati
Athens
W. R.y
McArthur Junction
B and O Rail Offers Half Fare Trips From Athens
The B. and O. Railway plans round trip sale on July 25 and 26 from Athens and nearby points to McArthur Junction at half fare, with return by July 27. Also, A W Connett and Son advertise a week of reduced prices on their gasoline stores and a clearance sale of stoves. De Witts Little Early Risers and Colic and Cholera Cure are promoted by Cline's Pharmacy along with life and accident insurance through W B Lawrence of Athens Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Connett & Son
de Witt
Cline
Niagara Falls Excursion Ad in August
An excursion announcement for Niagara Falls appears with low rates and agents in Ohio Capital handling details. A barber shop advertises easy clean shaves and stylish haircuts next to Campbell & Glazier's, and a pharmacy is mentioned in association with the text fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
Ohio Capital
Charles Boyer
Camppell & Glazier’s
Ohio free from chinch bug outbreak surprise
The Ohio Entomologist notes a rare chinch bug surge across Warren Seneca and scattered pockets near Carey and Upper Sandusky. The pest, wingless yet migratory in life stages, devastates oats and corn. a kerosene emulsion spray and a Muscardine fungal disease are distributed to farmers to curb the infestation and prevent further outbreaks.
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Ohio
Warren County
Seneca
Carey
Upper
Sandusky
Wabash River
Delaware
Union
Franklin
Licking
Fairfield
Picka Way
Madison
Champaign
Clinton
Clermont
Warren
Tarn
BCS
Sas
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