Athens Notes from Local Citizens and Events
Local items report Judge Sibley visiting to finish dockets on the 15th, Decoration Day speeches by Gen. Grosvenor and Maj. Townsend, and broad community events. Obituaries and marriages are noted, with school commencements, Chautauqua Circle activities, and Rotary-like social gatherings. The piece also covers road plans, wool prices, Fourth of July preparations, and college entertainments at Chapel Hall showing town-gown ties.
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Frank M. Root
Athens
Albany
The
Messenger
Judge Sibley
Common Pleas
Gen. Grosvenor
Dennison
Ohio
Young Married People’s Club
John C. Brannan
Super
Judge Welch
Hocking Valley Depot
City Hall
Chautauqua Circle
Guthrie Brown
Athens County
Maj. Jewett
Marietta
Chapel Hall
Findley
Norris
Sheridan
School For Scandal
Miss Stedman
Mr. Jenkins
Miss Barker
Xantippe
Mathews
Schwefel
Eversole
Poston
Norton
Kline
O U
Marriage of a Former Athens Lady in Arlington
Mrs. Lizzie Grones Campbell formerly of Athens married May 28 to A. W. Rothwell in Arlington Kansas. Guests rode to the depot as they left for a trip east amid showers of old shoes and rice. Sam Juniper of Nelsonville was found guilty of assault and battery and sentenced to four months in jail plus $150 fine and costs.
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Athens
Lizzie Grones Campbell
Chas. B. Morse
Arlington
Kansas
A. W. Rothwell
Arlington Enterprise
Rothwell
Sam Juniper
Nelsonville
Carl Porter
Jacksonville
MasseNaur
de Steigner
Juniper
Columbus
Pension Applicants Before Board of Medical Examiners
The Board of Medical Examiners met last Wednesday with original pension applicants James Copeland Jas Morrison both of the 186th O V I Sam's Poston 36th O V I William Love 141st O V I Homer Morris 17th O V I Andrew W Allom 18th O V I and increase of pension seekers James T Devore Francis Johnson Woodson Daniels Michael Parker Marshall Dixon and Al Woodyard also before the board for consideration.
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Board of Medical Examiners
James Copeland
Jas. Morrison
Sam’s Poston
William Love
Homer Morris
Andrew W. Allom
James T. Devore
Francis Johnson
Woodson Daniels
Michael Parker
Marshall Dixon
al Woodyard
Athens Lodging Keepers See Mixed Results From New Debt Law
Local hotel and boarding house keepers note few troublesome clients under the six month jail term for board bill defaults. They say federal measures against newspaper dead beats are harsher but less effective in practice than the state law.
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Athens
United States
Escape of Athens Asylum Patient From Hocking County Ward
John W. Curtis, a young patient at the Athens Asylum, escaped while exercising with ward patients last week. He was captured at Lancaster the next day and returned to the asylum by an attendant who was directed by Superintendent Crumbacker.
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Frank Grones
Judge deSteigner
Morse
Professor Hoover
William A. Powell
Athens
Union S. S
Marietta
Townsend
Malta
Board of County Commissioners
Athens W. C. T. U
Stewart Building
John A. Larber
Columbus
W. B. Brooks
Col. Larber
Board of Trustees of the Children’s Home
David H. Moore
Cincinnati
Opera House
Shawnee
Knights of Labor Organization
New McKendree M. E
Marshfield
A. M. Lewis
Mr. Fisher
Vilage
John W. Curtis
Hocking County
Lancaster
Crumbacker
Law on game still bans squirrel hunting before July first
Statements in other papers falsely claimed the legislature amended the game law to permit killing panaerele after June 1. The fact is no change was made and it remains unlawful to kill squirrels before July 1.
Prominent Ohio River Railroad Agent Promoted to Parkersburg Office
Mr. E. B. Clark a former respected Athens citizen and the past two years the agent of the Ohio River railroad at Point Pleasant West Virginia has been promoted to a senior general officer position with headquarters at Parkersburg and a lucrative new role.
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E. B. Clark
Athens
Ohio River Railroad
Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Parkersburg
Railroad contract to move Knights to Fort Wayne convention
The Columbus Hocking Valley and Toledo railroad will transport the Knights of St. John and St. George from areas along its line to the National convention at Fort Wayne Indiana on the 24th of this month.
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Columbus Hocking Valley and
Toledo Railroad
Knights of St. John and St. George
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Camp Meeting To Start Near Albany On June 14
A camp meeting will begin a week from next Sunday June 14 in a pleasant grove near Albany and continue over the succeeding Sunday.
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Pleasant Grove
Albany
Athens bricks sold to Nelsonville buyers
Mr Geo Fenzell, a recognized Athens brick maker, sold 500000 of his own bricks to Nelsonville parties in a single transaction last week highlighting local industrial activity and trade.
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Geo. Fenzell
Athens
Nelsonville
Memorial Day Observed in Athens With Enthusiastic Turnout
Memorial Day in Athens drew large crowds from across the county as Columbus Golden Post G A R led services at the city hall. Rev. Chidlaw and Gen. Dawes delivered stirring orations praising Union victory, republican government, and the peace symbolized by liberty and progress.
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Athens
Columbus Golden Post G. A. R
Potter Building
City Hall
Bobo
Grand Army
Woman's Relief Corps
J. B. Allen
Mr. Westervelt
W. S. Lowery
Allen
J. L. Pickering
S. N. Hobson
B. W. Chidlaw
30Th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Columbus
89Th O. V. I
R. R. Dawes
Marietta
Iron Brigade
Dawes
Brother Chidlaw
Union
United States
Earth
Memorial Day tribute links veterans and landmarks
A commemorative address extols soldiers and the pension system, praising generous benefits and urging equal disability-based pensions. After the ceremony, flowers are placed on graves as a marching procession to cemeteries proceeds despite rain, honoring unknown dead and Athens memorial observances.
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Jeff Davis
Gabriel
Dawe
Athens
Catarrh Cure Endorsed by Longtime Local Doctor
Dr L Gorsvena with 40 years practice testifies Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co. excels in treating catarrh. He claims a cure in all cases if directions are followed and offers a $100 reward for any untamed case. product is sold by druggists for 75 cents in Toledo Ohio.
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Tonepvo
Messrs
F. J. Cheney & Co
L. Gorsvena
M. D
Summit St
Hall
F. J. Cuexry & Co
Props
Toledo
Mt Zion Baptist Church Festival planned for June 5 and 6
Mt Zion Baptist Church will hold its annual festival at the Blackstone buildings on Friday and Saturday evenings June 5 and 6. All people are cordially invited.
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Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Blackstone
Emerson clergyman visits Athens friends
Rev. Allen Peavy of Emerson Ohio is visiting his Athens friends and staying with his mother during the trip.
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Allen Peavy
Emerson, Ohio
Athens
Dedication Services At Nelsonville Baptist Church
A large crowd of colored residents from Athens attended ceremonies marking the dedication of the Baptist church at Nelsonville on Sunday.
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Athens
Baptist Church
Nelsonville
Jewett Delivers Entertaining Memorial Day Address
Major Jewett spoke Saturday before the Buell Post and citizens delivering a larger narrative and descriptive speech. The Memorial Day talk was vivid and held the audience with unusual success.
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Major Jewett
Buell Post
Citizens
Simmons Liver Regulator touted as cure for dyspepsia
An advertorial claim says Simmons Liver Regulator cures biliousness indigestion headaches and other stomach disorders. A Lakeport California druggist notes the product is a best seller with no returns for failure and urges readers not to give up hoping for a cure.
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Simmons
Simmons Regulator
Rome Items
F B Patten is slowly recovering from late serious illness. Theodore Barrows of near Latrobe died on the 27th. interment in Baptist cemetery near Frost under I O O F Coolville conducted by Capt G K Campbell. Memorial Day services held at Guysville and Stewart with Revs Taylor Simmons and speeches by C G Russell and S H Johnson. Washington Association of Universalists quarterly conference held at Wakeup Bern townships with large attendance and preachers Carrie W Brainard and G L Joe.
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F. B. Patten
Hirm Burden
Columbus
Theodore Barrows
Latrobe
Troy
Rome
Baptist Cemetery
Frost
Coolville
G. K. Campbell
Guysville
Stewart
Taylor and
Simmons
C. G. Russell
Solomon H. Johnson
Washington Association of Universalists
Wakeup
Bern Township
Carrie W. Brainard
G. L. Joe
Picnic Postponed for M E Sunday School Event
The Primary Department picnic, postponed from May 23 due to rain, will take place next Saturday June 6 weather permitting with the same arrangements. Mrs W Bovenron Superintendent.
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M. E. Sunday School
Irs. W. Bovenron
Music pupil seeks instruction with Miss Nellie Van Vorhes
Miss Nellie Van Vorhes has returned from Boston where she completed a course at the Conservatory of Music. Those wishing to join her classes should apply at once. Terms are reasonable. Call at her Vine street home or address via the post office.
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Nellie van Vorhes
Boston
Conservatory of Music
Vine Street
For Sale of Dwelling on Congress Street in Athens Ohio
For sale my dwelling house and lot on Congress street. The house has 10 rooms gas throughout a well and cistern and all necessary out-buildings including stable. In good repair and desirably located possession after January 1 1891 terms apply to or address Wry Scott no 80 tf Athens Ohio
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Congress Street
Scott
Athens
Ohio
Imperfect Fit Spectacles Offered for Eye Exams
Advertises free eye examinations with Dr. Knapp using scientific principles. Promotes services at Zenner & Co. opposite their store, with office days Mondays and Saturdays.
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Knapp
Uis
Zenner & Co
Fourth of July Excursion by Kanawha and Michigan Railway
The Kanawha and Michigan Railway will sell roundtrip tickets to Athens Ohio on July 8 and July 4 from all stations with return by July 6 at one fare. The agent A A Grorar urges all to join in a grand celebration and enjoy the holiday.
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Athens
Ohio
Messenger
R. M. Steele
Alice C. Brown
Orange County
Florida
W. M. Kurtz
Washington and
College Streets
Washington
College Street
Steele
Athens County
East
Nelsonville High School
Misses Hattie
Mamie Beard
Jennie Raine
Esther Burns
Lydia Ziesler
Maude Comstock
Mertie Cummins
Ollie Cline
Anna Gilmore
Jessie Bayliss
Clara Pedigo
Henry Lancaster
Kanawha & Michigan Railway
A. A. Grorar
May Millinery Opens at Mrs Thompson's Athens Store
Mrs Thompson unveils her May millinery line featuring the latest hats and bonnets. The public is invited to inspect the full selection at the Athens shop.
Leading Manufacturing Center for Tin Copper and Sheet-Iron Work
Mr. Fred White prepares to receive orders at his manufacturing headquarters behind Bartlett & Kurtz's Hardware store for tin, iron and slate roofing and all tin, copper and sheet iron work including spouting. Tin copper and sheet-iron were offered for sale and made to order with prompt, excellent workmanship at reasonable rates.
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Fred White
Bartlett & Kurtz
New Idea in Binders for Hilly Country
Farmers visit Hissarv Harpwars Co to inspect binders advertised as the new solution for working steep terrain. The on-site display touts practical design and utility for hill country farming.
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Hissarv Harpwars Co
Entitled to the Best Family Remedy Syrup of Figs
An advertisement urges every family to own Syrup of Figs as a best remedy to cleanse the system when costive or bilious. It notes 50 cent and 1 dollar bottle sizes and availability through leading druggists.
Phillips of Kenix Block Restaurant and Confec tionery
Social column notes families and occasions iced with ice cream served by Phillips at Kenix Block Restaurant and Confectionery, highlighting a communal dessert moment in the local scene.
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Phillips
Kenix Block Restaurant
Monette to Stay in Athens Through June Fifteenth
Monette announces he will remain in Athens until June 15. Those needing cleaning scouring or repairs should contact him at his residence opposite the B and O depot in the southwest district.
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A. Monette
Athens
S. W
Charley Newsom Invited for Ryd Aekonreh Appearance
Charley Newsom the Undertaker is announced to attend the Ryd Aekonreh event along the line of ee or anywhere in the country including night time.
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Charley Newsom
Place of Popular Attraction in Athens Warm Weather
Athens greets summer with Zailen ice cream parlor in the Phoenix Block attracting the most patrons. The shop offers the richest cream and largest dishes in the city, drawing crowds to its famed confections.
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Athens
Zailen
Phoenix
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