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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1903
Page
8
Numerous visitors and family visits flourish across Chauncey and nearby towns. Mrs Parker of Albany visits Mrs BE M Vorkes while Miss Rogers closes Hamley Run school for summer. Stays extend from Murray City to Athens with many relatives attending birthdays and funerals. The storm causes damage in Logan. several locals travel for visits and news.
Mrs Botkin returned from a visit to Fillmore. Mrs Florence Buck and sons visit T W Jones in Creston W Va. Mrs Reuben Gillilan and Everett visit Martins Ferry. Lightning struck the Watson Hotel Friday causing some damage but no major injuries. The blaze affected Deweese and Dyes telegraph boxes and the hotel box. Will Botkin spent Monday at home. Ice cream supper at Rowels Hall on Thursday June 4 to raise funds for the Baptist church repairs.
Ireland church will host a strawberry and ice cream festival Friday evening May 2. Mr and Mrs 8S.G. McDaniel of Chauncey visited relatives nearby. Miss Ethel Riggs of Little Hocking spent the weekend with Miss Grace Bingman. Eli Lyons reported 19 sheep killed by dogs Tuesday night. Mrs S Livzey returned from a visit with her sister in Chillicothe. The Sunday storm heavily affected the Fillmore and Qualey line on Sellephone.
W L Bureh and Ray Hoisington plan an indefinite move to Rock Valley Iowa next week. Local residents visited relatives, hosted guests, or traveled to Athens and Columbus for visits and errands. Ray and Warn Burch welcome a son born Monday night. the community notes illnesses and travels around Canaanville.
Louise Gunder returns from Chillicothe centennial. J E Bowen of Indianapolis calls in for his mother’s illness. Local youths attend Little Hocking show. Greensburg visitor in town. Carl Dorsey and O E Chevalier family updates. Allie Fish moves apartments. Hartnell and Morrison visit Watertown friends. Carl Yagala returns from Columbiana. S R Gray heads to East Liverpool for work. Hand organ performer delights children. Lee Taylor travels to Wheeling hospital for typhoid fever care. Dr Monahan and wife visit from Pueblo. FP Rennion leaves for East Liverpool conductor post. Mrs Jemima Bowen injures hip in fall.
LYSANDER J L Kelley visited friends at Strouds Run over the weekend as wool buyers circulated offering 25 to 27 cents per pound while farmers wait for a higher price. Mr Elliot of Pleasanton attended to business nearby last week. Rev Massy will lead services at Graham's Chapel Sunday. Wm Bobo John Howe and H F Dillinger enjoyed a fishing trip Friday with plenty of luck and abundant fish. Mrs Wm Eliott of near Chillico visited her sister Mrs Wim Bobo of this place.
Miss Effie Shields visits sister Mrs. Frank Stratton in Steubenville. Blanene Evener stays with relatives in Athens. Mrs. G. E. Wharff and daughter Lillian visit H. Wharff family. Daisy Smith travels to Chillicothe and Washington D. C. H. Enoch and son visit sister Mrs. L. H. Smith. Epworth League social at the hall Saturday evening was a success.
Epworth League organized at Dowler Chapel with Blaine Nice as president. Local residents report illnesses, visits, and social events. a singing school, a township high school plan, and decoration services planned for Burlingham with a basket dinner and a baseball game.
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