Rickey's Wild Gallop Recovers Child in Marietta
George Rickey of Athens was arrested in Marietta for malici ous destruction of property after a dramatic night chase. He had hidden near his wife in Marietta to reclaim his two year old daughter, fleeing with her to Belpre before returning to Athens to pay a $16 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
George ‘Iickey
Les
Ita
Athens
Rickey
William Morgan
F.C. Stedman & Company
Morgan
Glorgan
Belpre
Bia
Posey
Memorial Services for Local Odd Fellows Next Sunday
The I G O F lodge will hold memorial services and decorate graves of deceased brethren next Sunday afternoon. Rev H F dicLane will speak at the opera house at 2 o'clock. All Odd Fellows in the county are invited, and the public is also welcome.
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H. F. dicLane
Opera House
Ohio University Field Day Promises Best Events Yet
Field day exercises at the Ohio University will be held next Tuesday afternoon with many attractions arranged. The program is billed as the best ever witnessed on the campus. A small Seacon s fee of ten cents will be charged.
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Ohio University
Ohio University Summer Term Opens With Free Lectures
The Ohio University summer term opens June 24 and runs six weeks with largely free tuition. Lectures include Dr T B Nossa on Child Study in the early week, Hershianism by S., Henry G Williams of Marietta leading a Teachers' conference, and Nathan C Schaeffer on Grades of Thinking. Lectures are free to the public and county teachers are especially invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Ohio
Nossa
California
State Normal School
Henry G. Willams
Marietta
Nathan C. Schaeffer
Merchants Agree to Early Closings in Ath en s
Local business leaders in Athens vote to close shops at 6 p m each evening on weekdays, with July August and September exceptions. A subset including O B Sloane and D Zenner & Co will close during July and August only. Other firms like W H Brown and J D Selby will close at 7 pm in July August September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
O. B. Sloane
D. Zenner & Co
L. V. Cook
C. F. Hummel
Etta H. Lawrence
FP. L. Preston Co
Grones & Link
Sam Sommer
J. L. Edmundson
Pickering & Carskadden
Geo
It. Walker
Miss Cohn’s Reading Delights Presbyterians
Miss Corrinne Cohn entertained a small yet representative audience at the Presbyterian church Tuesday evening. She demonstrated versality in dramatic readings and dialogue, imitating Viola Allen in Glory Queen and performing Trelawny of the Wells with multiple parts. Her strong delivery of a woman’s rights address showed force and vigor despite her youth.
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Corrinne Cohn
Presbyterian Church
Viola Allen
Democratic Committee Fixes Lancaster for Senatorial Convention
The Ninth Fourteenth district Democratic senatorial committee set Lancaster as the convention site and June 23 as the date. J A Daugherty of Lancaster will serve as temporary chairman with J W Bigles of Noble as temporary secretary. Seventeen delegates will attend the convention, with I W Ellenwood of Marietta and Judge E M Kennedy of McConnelsville named among candidates. Athens county will select its delegates next Saturday, entitled to twenty six senatorial and five state convention delegates.
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Lancaster
J. A. Daugherty
J. W. Bigles
Noble
I. W. Ellenwood
Marietta
E. M. Kennedy
McConnelsville
Athens County
Visitation to Luhrig Mine By Cincinnati Patrons
A special Cincinnati excursion to the Luhrig Coal Company's mines six miles west of Athens drew fifty plus patrons and Cincinnati business leaders. The party toured the modern mine then rode a coal company funded train to Zaleski for a viewing of the Luhrig coal washery. Gen. C. H. Grosvenor led the brief address with attorneys Peters and Jones in attendance.
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Cincinnati
Luhrig Coal Company
Athens
Queen City
Coal Company
Alexander Cunninghame
Zaleski
Luhrig Company
C. H. Grosvenor
W. E. Peters
E. J. Jones
General Grosvenor
Pallas Club Adopts Year’s Program on Scandinavian Study
The Pallas club met in June at president Sirs A E Price’s home where the literary committee’s coming year plan was adopted. The study subjects include the Scandinavian nations Norway Sweden Denmark Greenland and Iceland. A constitutional revision report was discussed with slight amendments voted. New members elected Mrs Tausch Miss Limle Cochran Mrs Joseph Pickering Mrs Mercer Mrs E D Sayre. A 3 o'clock June 22 meeting was set at Mrs S N Hobeon’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pallas Club
Presbyterian Children's Day Observed at Local Church
Interesting children's day exercises were held Sunday evening in the Presbyterian church. The many who took part acquitted themselves with much credit.
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Presbyterian Church
Athens High School Holds Forty-Third Commencement
The forty third annual commencement of the Athens high school was held in the opera house. Fourteen graduates received diplomas after an elaborate program of literary and musical numbers. Rev A B Riker delivered the annual address on Modern Culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens High School
Opera Howe
Fred Leslie Alderman
Hattie Mac Carpenter
Mary Florence Clayton
Harry Lewis Connett
Marie Ada Earhart
Pansy Barrold
Genevieve Jennings
Rosa Minear
Katherine May Potter
Louise Pauline Roush
Nelle Rutledge Scott
Samuel Stevens
Grace May Stickney
Jane Bayard Allom
I. L. Lane
Jane Ryan
PF. S. Coultrap
A. B. Riker
Mt. Union College
Ancceas
Miss Ryan
Hattie Hines
B.O. Higley
L. C. Haddox
Claus
Moyale
Sills Pearl Rousheanay
Genevive Jennings
Hattie Mae Carpenter
Leo Folatat
Reformer
Man
Jane Baynard
Mom
Katharine Mary Potter
Mandolin Club
Presentation of Society
Miss Maggle Boyd
Flour Mill Change Hands in Coolville Transfer
Otto Barth of Coolville bought the Roach Bros. flour mill east of town for 15000 dollars and plans to assume charge soon. He reportedly intends to build a grain elevator in the near future, expanding the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Barth
Coolville
Roach Bros
Barth
Clarence Bolen Death Telegram Mix Up Leads to Jerseyville Funeral
The body of Clarence Bolen of Cincinnati arrived in Jerseyville for burial after a series of telegrams claimed his death and then reversal. Funeral plans were arranged days earlier with grave and sermon set, but the remains finally arrived Monday, and the burial was held.
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Clarence Bolen
Cincinnati
Jerseyville
Bolen
Luther Vanness
Athens
Belen
Clarence
Surgeon Welch Confesses in Leyte Bribery Case
Manila dispatch reports Dr. D W Welch a young Athens physician now in Manila confessed in trials of forty third regiment officers on bribery charges and permitting trade at Leyte’s southern ports. He named Captain Michael Shellman and Lt Delbert B Jones and said Welch refunded a thousand pesos. The Mangin Leyte president has been arrested plus Manila firm agents tied to the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
D. W. Welch
Forty-Third Regiment
Leyte
Dudley Welch
Michael Shellman
Delbert RB. Jones
Welch
Mangin
Acta
Lunacy Hearing Sends Amanda Connor to State Hospital
Marshal Yates brought Amanda Connor of Buchtel before Judge Bethel on the lunacy charge. An examining physician found her mentally dethroned and she was committed to the state hospital. Connor, 14, is the daughter of Charles Connor. Her behavior turned violent, threatening relatives, with alternating fits of laughter and despair.
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Marshal Yates
Buchtel
Amanda Connor
Judge Bethel
State Hospital
Charles Connor
Memorial Service for Lenna Walker Held at Kittanning
By special request of Frank Walker and family a service was held at Kittanning church on Sunday in memory of Lenna Walker who died at Mlareb field on November 4 1879. G I Pake led the service and delivered the address with music from Milford Russell Mrs Pake Mrs Barker and Miss Mabel Streight of Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Walker
Kittanning Church
Janet
Lenna Walker
Mlarebfield
G. I. Pake
Milford, Russell
Pake
Barker
Mabel Streight
Columbus
Marriage of Miss Hettle S L For ward and Clyde T Potts
Miss Hettle S L For ward and Clyde T Potts of Plantsville were wed Thursday. Mayor E T Rose conducted the ceremony. The groom works in the Plantsville oil field and the bride teaches in a local school.
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Hettle SL Forward
Clyde T. Potts
Plantsville
E. T. Rose
Plantaville
Prank Beverage Sentenced After Drunkenness Case
Prank Beverage of Union Street appeared before Mayor I Priday on a drunkenness and wife beating charge. Found guilty, beverage paid fines and costs and was jailed for ten days. The report mentions a Minute Cough Cure advertisement from Cline's Pharmacy.
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Beverage
Union Street
I Priday
T Daye
Norris Silver
North Tragfords
Cline
Ohio University Commencement Schedule Promises Interest
The Ohio University commencement program is announced with diverse speakers including Dr. Charles Frederic Goss and Hon. A. T. Sweeney. Events span June 1 to June 9 with exams, field day, oratorical contests, trustee meetings, alumni events, and a final graduation ceremony featuring orchestral music by the Zanesville orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Ewing Hall
C. W. Super
Avi
PLC
Charles Frederic Goss
Cincinnati
Goss
David Carson
University Park
T. Sweeney
John Stuart Blackie
Edinburg
Scotland
Board of Trustees
T. L. Jones
Jackson
Zanesville
Dr Nathan C Schaeffer to Lecture This Summer
Dr Nathan C Schaeffer superintendent of public instruction of Pennsylvania will lecture during the summer term of the college. The coming date is fixed for June 8 and the address will be free with invitations to teachers and educators in Athens and adjoining counties. He has lectured here before, marking a second appearance.
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Schaeffer
Nathan C. Schaeffer
Scheffer
Death of Miss Rachel Wolf Near Concord
The elderly Miss Rachel Wolf died Sunday evening at her brother Morris Wolf's home near Concord from apoplexy. She was about 7 years old. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday by Rev. W. A. Kasan.
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Rachel Wolf
Morris Wolf
Concord
W. A. Kasan
Students Recital Series Opens Friday Evening
The musical department will present a series of recitals in the auditorium starting Friday at 8 o clock. The next recital follows Saturday evening and Monday at 1 50 o'clock. Admission is free.
Residence for Sale Near Schoolhouse Cottage Offer
Seven room cottage with modern improvements near schoolhouse. Will sell on easy terms. Inquire at this office. The O Donohue Coffee Company has had eighty years' presence in roasting and blending. Try the Princess at Cotton Bros.
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O'Donohue Coffee Company
Cotton Bros
Fire in Samuel Henke home narrowly checked
A Thursday night fire at Samuel Henke's Vine Street residence caused damage to furniture and contents but limited structural loss. Neta Henke lit a match while searching for a book, then discarded it, starting the blaze which was quickly extinguished by the fire department. Insurance covers the loss.
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Samuel Henke
Vine Street
Neta
Tre
Funeral of an Old Resident C C Smith
C C Smith a former Wapella Illinois resident died May 10 at the home of his daughter Mrs G 4 Carle in Greenfield Indiana of lung trouble aged a years. He was born in Plymouth Ohio and came to Wapella as a youth, married Harriet M Carey of Bloomington Illinois, ran a general store, retired 1885 to St Louis then Chicago, and held farmland near Wapella. Survived by a widow and four children Mrs A J Sarcker Birmingham Alabama Mrs H J Carle Greenfield Indiana Ned C Smith Chicago and other child Ori Carts North Dakota all attended the funeral. Interment Woodlawn after services by Rev C W E Gossow.
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C. C. Smith
Wapella
Ill
G. 4
Carle
Greenfield
Ind
Chicago
Greenfeld
Cc. C. Smith
Plymouth
Washington County
Ohio
Junth
Harriet M. Carey
Bloomington
Wapel
U Fe
St. Louis
Ori.Carts
Peetus Lake
North Dakota
A. J. Sarcker
Birmingham
Alabama
Mea
H.J. Carle
Ned C. Smith
Chiago
Woodlawn
C. W. E. Gossow
Fiasco I. &. Smith
Stewart Uhle
Clinton
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Testimonials Ad
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an ill case of catarrh not helped by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It features Henry & Co. Toledo, suppliers, with endorsements from Warr Thax and Hinsam & Maxyix, praising Cheney. Includes claim Hall's pills and coffee ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Heney & CO
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Warr Thvax
Tolega
Ohio
Auding, Hinsam & Maxyi
Store for Sale and Local Notices
General merchandise stock and goodwill offered for sale with eight years of established trade. Write Faunx & Bose Latrobe Ohio for particulars. Newsom the furniture man notes frost on handles. Room or board offers for summer term students should state capacity and rates. DeWitts Little Early Risers advertised for constipation at Cline's Pharmacy.
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Faunx & Bose
Coolville Statios
Latrobe
Cbi
Copeland
University
Dewwitt
Cline
Scrap Iron Wanted by Athens Area Firm Ad
Scrap iron buy offer from Tur Hetox Scuoot of Sexistrns Co, Athens. Pays high cash for all scrap iron and old machines. farmers warned to bring scrap to this firm rather than sell to peddlers for three times their weight in returns.
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Sexistrns Co
Ald
Athens
Oblo
Ohio Convention Excursion Fares Offer Colum Bus Trip
Republican State Convention excursion rates to Columbus offered by Ohio Central Lines from all Ohio stations. Tickets on sale June and good for return until June 26 at a single round trip fare. For details contact Ohio Central Lines agents. A souvenir with each pound of Princess to be introduced at Cotton Tiros.
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Columbus
Ohio Central Lines
Ohio
Colorful Sights and Travel Deals At Ohio Exposition
Town notes highlight newly painted streets, bargain salves from DeWitt's Witch Hazel, and Clints Pharmacy offerings. Exposition draws with Rainbow City visuals and low Buffalo rail rates via Ohio Central Lines.
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Rainbow City
Buffalo
Ohio Central Lines
Lake Erie
Ines
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Democratic Committee
Luhrig Mine
Daya
Rey
Hixer
DeWitt
Cline’s
Bent
Charles F. Gros
Ant Hon Z. T. Sweeney
Steating
Guard
Wernetepe
Thther
E. W- Grove
Newsom
Sais
Borhi
Clint
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