Athens area notes and ads reflect civic life
The Messenger enhances Athens County dialogue with advertisements. Strawberries sell at a dollar and a half a quart in Cincinnati. Street work, mail routes, and new depots shape local commerce. The Cumberland Presbyterian Assembly meets in Meigs County. Graham's Photographic Gallery offers reliable portraits. May brings frost, with croquet and new projects in Guysville and Turkey Hollow roads underway. Memorials, church dedications, and local art talent, including Will Hauff, populate the scene.
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White
Daily Mail
Coolville
Pomeroy
Cumberland Presbyterian Assembly
Harrisonville
Meigs County
Zenner
Parker Carpenter
Athens
Guysville
Cincinnati
Jack Frost
New Turkey Hollow
Alfred Morrison
Rosa Jolly
Chas. Jolly
Alexander Township
Bean
Pleasanton
David H. Moore
Wesleyan Female College
Negro miners and wage tides shape Cambridge strike ends
An editorial argues the use of African workers to resolve regional coal strikes near Cambridge by replacing recalcitrant white miners. It asserts the negro’s role as a social element teaching conformity to market forces, noting wages must fall when coal demand declines and unions cannot resist natural wage trends.
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Cambridge
Fall of Wash ington D. H. court-house ceiling prompts call for new structure
A damaged ceiling at the Washington D. H. court house raises concerns about the aging legal hall. The piece urges voters to approve a new building at the fall election, noting rotten joists and plaster threaten court operations and decor. It also notes spring omens and swallows as signs of weather shifts and urges patience for Springs arrival.
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Washington, D. H
Temple of Justice
Brussels
Board of County Commissioners
Warren House dormitory refit praised and local assessor urged to act
The article lauds the Warren House dormitory apartments for high comfort and tasteful fittings. It notes local assessor delays by property owners and urges prompt cooperation with official duties. It also reports trainer J M Smith has secured the County Fair Grounds to receive horses for training and breaking, inviting owners to apply there.
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Warren House
Warren
J. M. Smith
County Fair
J.M. Smith
Portsmouth
Ohio
Kentucky
Mr. Smith
Pecasare
Athens County Fair Grounds
Examinations in Miers case protracted amid local notices
The Miers case closed witness examination at noon, with Col. Constable opening prosecution and Gen. Grosvenor defending. more speeches loom as Friday appears possible. Nearby items report Schwefel Reading Room praise, a May 15 1875 concert for church lamps, local notes on Hannah Hamlin and Ed Jourgensmier’s team, cheeky town-dweller grins, university Hall exhibitions, and a death of Mary Hixson aged 80.
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Miers
Col. R. A. Constable
Gen. Grosvenor
Oldham
Maj. Townsend
W. Reed Golden
Guthrie
Weeden
Harrisonville
Tupper’s Plains
M. E
Albany death and local notices from the village
Obituary notes Hudson dies of consumption at his residence. Funeral services conducted by Rev. Nichols at the F W B Church with burial at Temple M E Church. Atwood Institute closes. social gathering planned. Local changes include Ed A Brown taking G W Hill's hotel, James Rutledge at Angel House, Jerry Woodyard selling furniture, and Hill retiring. Vorhes returns from Wisconsin. frost and a boy named Will Vorhes. Marriage excitement at the post office ends with a quirky ceremony. Gus discusses resigning. Squire Palmer witnesses a humorous union. Gus may resign but is pacified. AD by S R Hibbard's boot shop.
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B. J. Q. A. Hudson
E. N. Nichols
Temple M. E
Atwood Institute
A. Brown
G. W. Hill
James Rutledge
Angel House
Jerry Woodyard
Jerry
Albert Vorhes
Wisconsin
Will Vorhes
Squire Almer
P. O
Gus
Fields Marries Griffin at Bride's Mother's Home
On April 20, 1875, at the residence of the bride's mother, by Rev. J. L. Durant, Mr. George S. Fields of Meigs county weds Miss Mary E. Griffin of Athens county.
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Mary Hixson
Peter Hixson
Ames Township
Athens County
May Day Robbers Plunder Ballard’s Dry Goods Queues
The report claims thieves in Dry Goods warehouses in eastern cities entered during a cold spell on May Day to select items and set their own prices. The piece asserts Ballard’s offers unusually low prices this spring, inviting new customers to visit and compare Meat Shop offerings.
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Ballard’s
Tan Yard for Sale in Albany Ohio
Twe undersigned offers for sale the Tan Yard property in the village of Albany Athens County Ohio be to the of the late John R Howes be sold at private sale at not less than the appraised value appraised at
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Athens County
Ohio
Foster
McArthur and
Lee Township
McArthur
Samuel Lively
E. C. Cooper
Foster's Milla
Twe
Tan Yard
Albany
John R. Howes
Athens
Rw Chemical CO
Glaredoe
Cieiees
Chicago
Detroit
Athens Township
Inn of
Fae Nee Tins
Copper Bottom the outstanding stallion of Athens County
Copper Bottom is a large strong strawberry roan horse described as 15 hands high, weighing 1200 pounds and without blemish. The breeder claims no superior farm or work horse in Athens county and lists terms.
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Young Wild Wagoner
Old Wild Wagoner
Capt
Nehemiah Warren
Athens County
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