Local residents make business and social trips
Albert Ayres left for a Corning business trip. H. D. Henry visits Glouster on business. Mrs. G. D. Read visits Columbus to see Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Johnson. Miss Mary Will guests relatives in McArthur. C. B. Harper visits Guysville on business. Nora Light hosts sisters from Guysville. Attorneys A. M. Lewis and W. H. McKee visit Guysville. Mrs. Gilbert E. Day and daughter travel to Albany area to visit relatives. Emma S. Waite leaves for Columbus for a day with friends. Eli Oxley, formerly of Athens County, now near Carpenter, Meigs county, in town on business. Hal Hysell and wife travel from Columbus via town after visiting relatives in Pomeroy. Judge Rufus Carpenter leaves for Worthington to manage farming interests. Mrs. Fred Hutchinson visits Pittsburgh. Grace McKee visits Columbus to stay with aunts. J. M. Welch and families travel to Columbus to see Viola Allen in Twelfth Night. W. F. Hendry of Nickerson, Kansas attends Parker Rigg funeral and plans to visit relatives. Mrs. Fannie Minear and daughter Rose return from Pittsburg and visit parents T. J. Burke. Louise Stahl of the university goes to Cincinnati for spring vacation with Judge and Mrs. Ferdinand Jelke. Heber H. Henry and C. L. Jones head to Columbus for Ohio Independent Telephone meeting. Dolly McCoy resigns in Sonty and visits parental home in town before moving north.
Death of Howard Wingett Foretells Local Primary Reform
Howard Marshall Wingett, a Marysville born clerk in the Hocking Valley office, died at his parents’ home after a three year battle with consumption. He was 25, educated in Marysville, and spent most of his life there. The story intertwines his death with a Marysville Tribune obituary and moves to news about statewide primary election reform and the growing executive committee. The obituary notes his bravery, exemplary habits, and dedication to railroading, including time at Saranac Lake and Denver. It also covers funeral plans and church affiliations.
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Howard Marshall Wingett
Hocking Valley
Marysville
Howard
Ohio Central
Norfolk & Western
Virginia
Saranac Lake
New York
Denver
Railroads keep Sunday excursions with lower rates
At a conference of heads of passenger departments for railroads entering Indiana and Ohio, it was decided to continue Sunday excursions this summer and set lower rates than last year. The proposal to discontinue all Sunday outings due to two cent fare legislation was defeated.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Ohio
Gas Company Struggles After Flood Damage
Flood waters inundated meters at the gas company leaving many water soaked and sand filled. Superintendent Casley and staff have spent days removing meters to the gas office for disassembly cleaning and testing. Over a hundred meters damaged will require overhaul.
Nonpartisan Ohio Primary Election Reform League Statement
Judge Gilbert H. Stewart, president, says the league is entirely nonpartisan and neutral toward parties or factions. It aims to support primary elections and direct vote nominations, drafting a bill for future legislative action and seeking broad cooperation without pledging to any specific bill.
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Gilbert H. Stewart
League
Fountain at Court House Corner Needs Urgent Repair
Editor Messenger urges city council or county commissioners to take immediate action on a deteriorating fountain at the Court House corner. Described by plumbers as structurally unsafe with clogged outlets, crumbling foundation, and severe overflow now soaking the streets and hindering passersby. The piece appeals to officials to restore this gift from the Y W C T U to a respectable, functional state.
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City Council
Court House Corner
Daily Messenger
Narrow Escape On Cemetery Street Whit of K M Depot
William Paul of Cemetery Street had a narrow escape Saturday around 4 PM when a runaway team pulling a heavy load struck the rear of his buggy east of the K M depot. He acted quickly, whipping his horse and escaping serious harm despite the near collision.
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William Paul
Cemetery Street
Mr. Paul
West Union Sewing Circle Helps Flood Sufferers
The West Union street sewing club worked all last week at Mrs. Ad Friburger's home. They filled out several families complete and supplied all materials. The local ladies matched efforts of their city sisters in aiding flood victims.
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West Union Street
Ad. Friburger
Board of Health urged to clean foul corner in spring
A reader calls for investigation of a noxious odor near Court Street Mill area. The site, behind Court Street businesses, serves over two hundred families through meat market bakery and grocers. The writer warns neglect breeds disease and urges a spring cleanup by the board of health.
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Court Street
Mill
Athens
K. and M railway resumes full passenger and freight service
The K. and M railway now operates a complete passenger and freight service with tracks clear to Charleston to the south and repaired to the north. On Friday two freight trains entered the city for the first time since the flood, with crews kept on duty all afternoon as crowds at the depot surged. Every passenger train was full for the day.
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K. & M. Railway
Charleston
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Albert Ayres
Corning
H. D. Henry
Glouster
Mrs. G. D. Read
Columbus
Mrs
Arthur Johnson
Mary Will
McArthur
C. B. Harper
Guysville
Nora Light
Misses Light
A. M. Lewis
W. H. McKee
Gilbert E. Day
Albany
Emma
Waite
Eli Oxley
Carpenter
Meigs County
Hal Hysell
Pomeroy
Rufus Carpenter
Worthington
Fred Hutchinson
Henry O’bleness
Pittsburg
Miss Grace McKee
C. M. Shepard
Constance Lete
J. M. Welch
C. H. Welch
George Reynolds
Olive Wilson
Viola Allen
Southern
W. F. Hendry
Nickerson
Kansas
Parker Rigg
Hendry
Fannie Minear
Miss Rose
Louise Stahl
University
Cincinnati
Ferdinand Jelke
Heber H. Henry
Citizens’ Telephone Company
Pt. Pleasant
C. L. Jones
Ohio Independent Telephone Association
Dolly McCoy
Santoy
T. J. Burke
H. M. Wingett
Hocking Valley Station
Wingett
West Fourth Street
H. C. Colburn
C. A. Stroup
Stewart
Iowa
Nebraska
Washington
J. Chandler Harper
Esq
J. H. Goeke
Wapakoneta
J. W. Halfhill
Lima
W. W. Campbell
Napoleon
Graff M. Acklin
Toledo
M. F. Merriman
Gallipolis
Albert Douglass
Congress
Chillicothe
Malcomb Jennings
M. A. Daugherty
Casley
Court House
Messenger
Sam Somimier
West Union Sewing Circle
Board OF Health
Hanna
H. L. Wheaton
Cumberland
Souhegan and Millers
Carson Bros
Middleport, O
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