Continuance Granted For Local Option Hearing
The residence local option hearing before Mayor Day was continued for one week after a request by the wets. A subsequent affidavit cited the need for a court stenographer and a saloon interests advocate urged another delay. Mayor Day ruled a one week postponement to July 27, with parties expressing acceptance of the ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Optien
James Wood, Jr
Hurman Morgan
Court of Common Pleas
A. M. Lewis
Mayor Day
Gr. W. L. Slutz
Ivers
MacConnelleville
Lewis
J. A. White
Barnesville
Anti- Saloon League of Ohio
Day
White
Athens Board of Education selects Henderson for frame school
Dr G McDougall and L G Worstell for the Athens Board of Education close a contract with William Henderson of Ames Villa to frame a schoolhouse on the hill at a price of $225 not including a foundation. Site will be north of the old brick buildings. Residents reportedly circulate a petition to move the building to State street. Henderson will start work as soon as his outfit arrives, likely the latter part of the day.
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G. 5. McDougall
L. G. Wor- Stell
Athens Board of Education
William Henderson
Ames Villa
Fearing
Tis
State Street
Thia
Henderson
Pratt Street Mission Meets Weekly Evenings at 7:30
The Pratt Street Mission announces meetings every evening at 7 30. All are cordially invited to attend this spiritual gathering at the Street Mission.
Pleasantly Entertained Miss Linscott's Guests
Mrs Jesse W Hovery entertained Wednesday evening at her East Washington home in honor of Miss Maud Rayburn and Mr Paul Paoletti of Pittsburg who were guests of Miss Flossie Linscott. Attendees included Mrs R E Bonifield Miss Francis Miss Donna Roach Miss Linscott Messrs Francis Albert Jones Lemuel Warren and Martin of Columbus. Mary Fullerton aged fifty four died Monday at Athens State Hospital of dropsy after nine years as an inmate. Body shipped to Wheelsburg for burial.
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Jesse W Hovery
East Washington Street
Maud Rayburn
Paul Paoletti
Pittsburg
Flossie Linscott
R. E. Bonifield
Miss Francis
Donna Roach
Miss Linscott
Messrs. Francis
Albert Jones
Lemuel Warren
Martin
Columbus
Mary Fullerton
Athens State Hospital
Wheelsburg
Athens County a Comer in Coal Rise Says clipping
The Sunday Creek Coal Co plans a 10000 acre development in Athens county with five mines and an annual output over 1000000 tons. Director H L Chapman is with the company. Superintendent Dave Williams reports the clipping is unverified and no extensions beyond one new mine are planned, though a second company hopes to advance Athens county coal.
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Sunday Creek Coal Co
Athens County
H. L. Chapman
Jackson Standard- Journal
Dave Williams
Sugar Creek
Sundays Creek Company
Missing body of A Pratt Osborne after Port Clinton drowning
Latest reports state no body found yet from the drowning off Port Clinton on Friday. A. Pratt Osborne’s widow and family await word as local relatives of Osborne’s mother’s line, including Miss Minnie Cuckler, Mrs. Louis Cabie, and William Cuckler, are noted as cousins. Burial would be at Port Clinton if found.
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A. Pratt Osborne
Port Clinton
John Cuckier
Mulberry Street
Mr. Cuckier
Mr. Osborne
Minnie Cuckler
Athens
Louis Cabie
Denver
William Cuckler
Pittsburg
Cuckler
Former Students Renew Old Acquaintances in Town
Chauncey Waggoner, class of 1904, visits Sugar Grove after studying at Ohio University and Cornell where he now holds a key physics post. William Hawkins, Q A alumnus, also from Cornell, previously assistant in chemistry and now research chemist for Standard Oil in Lima.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey Waggoner
Wageroner
Ohio University
Cornell
Waggoner
Sugar Grove
William Hawkins
Q. A
Standard of
Obituary: Mary Jane Fosnaugh Dies After Long Illness
Mary Jane Fosnaugh, a patient at Athens Hospital for several years, died Saturday morning at age 74. The remains were shipped to Lancaster for burial. Death attributed to general debility and old age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane Fosnaugh
Athens Hospital
Lancaster
Buriel
Chapter two on paying big interest for 30 days
The second chapter of the street paving tale argues that the higher interest of 12 to 15 percent for thirty days is excessive. It critiques council delays and bid conditions on Morris avenue and State street paving, urging clearer specifications and faster, businesslike action with better bidder competition.
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Messenger
Barth & Kincade
Morris Avenue
State Street
Rose &Mills
Athens
Carpenter
Junod
Earth
West Union
Barth
Weekly Messenger shifts press to Thursday evenings
Notice to subscribers that The Weekly Messenger will print Thursday evenings instead of Wednesday evenings. Morning mail readers will receive the paper one day later each week. The publisher expects the change to be satisfactory to patrons.
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Weekly Messenger
Morning Mail
Messenger
Woman Loses Voice During Vacation Home Return
Min Hivpry G Willigwn becomes gravely ill with prolonged hoarseness while en route to Putin Bay with Dean and Mrs Williams. A physician could not restore her voice and the couple rushed home Saturday evening. The temporary vocal paralysis is expected to improve gradually.
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Min
Willigwn
College Street
Unknown victim of the Hocking reported at Canaanville dam
The body of a man was seen going over the Hocking River dam at Canaanville last week by two girls, daughters of Edward Carpenter and William Ful. Rescue efforts found no body, and the identity remains unknown with red hair as a reported feature. Police request any information from the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canaanville
Hocking River
Edward Carpenter
William Fulton
Dumping ground dispute and political appeal noted
A town meeting reports a bid to turn Barth lot lower Mill street into a public dumping site but a neighbor’s complaint halted the plan. The council is urged to provide a proper dumping ground and regular garbage collection. The piece also urges Republican campaign support and fund drives, plus a social note on Miss Inez Higgins visiting friends near Hibbardsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barth
Lower Mill Street
Harvey Roach
Two Young Men Drown in Ohio River Accident
Wendell Campbell 17 of this city and George Gillespie 18 of Berlin Heights died after a skiff accident while swimming near Clifton West Virginia. The Swift Soup Company party and local residents searched the river, finding both bodies about 25 minutes later ten feet apart in deep water.
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Pomeroy Tribune-Telegraph
Wendell Campbell
George Gillespie
Berlin Heights
Ohio River
Clifton
W. Va
Liston
Fomeroy Bend
Wendell H. Campbell
A. R. Bell
Athens
George Gillispie
Sanctuaky
8. Lacy
Chatteston
H. H. Henke
A. C. Kase
Rochester
N. Y
Swift Soup Company
Chicago
Walnut Street
Middleport
J. K. Friend
Ford
West Virginia
Gillespie
Campbell
Mansfield to Build Fine Residence on North Hill
Frank M. Mansfield of Morris Avenue has purchased two lots of Lawrence and Barth on North Hill and plans to build a fine residence soon. He will rent or sell his Morris Avenue property.
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Frank M. Mansfield
Morris Avenue
Lawrence & Barth
North Hill
Extensive repairs on B. & O. coal tipple near Athena
A large crew of railroad workers moves the Apple closer to the tracks while carpenters replace woodwork for a modernized tipple. The new design reduces manpower as one operator monitors a large dump car and the engine tender loads coal directly through a chute, signaling Athens as a key B. & O. coal point.
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Athena
Athens
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Pratt Street
SGER
Theodora Roosevelt
James S. Sherman
P.O. Box
New York
Inez Higgins
Hibbardsville
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