Local Social and Family Notes from the Area
Miss Lucy Green returns home from a two week visit with relatives including Mrs Bowles. Sadie Daugherty comes back from Chauncey after visiting brothers. Perry Barrows called here from Jacksonville due to his mother's illness. Xenia visitors Roy and Mrs Dunfee stay with local family. Angell family moves to Zanesville for future home. A heavy frost damages gardens on lower grounds but not here. Floyd Dunfee leaves for Mansfield after two weeks with parents. Rev Kreager preaches memorial sermon for Sons of Veterans at Frost. Delmar Watson Stewart visits parents for a day. Haddon Dye visits cousins near Stewart. Rev Parkinson visiting four Washington County churches. visits here Saturday. Nora receives baskets and presents at sister Nora Brown's home. total presents valued at fourteen dollars. A large gathering with many named attendees and donors. Nights of nor stealing garden produce noted as a local concern with several locals mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Green
Bowles
Sadie Daugherty
Chauncey
Perry Barrows
Jacksonville
Nancy Barrows
G. E. Kreager
Sons of Veterans
Frost
Delmar Watson Stewart
Arthur Watson
Haddon Dye
Arlie Dye
Elmer Shirley
Stewart
E. A. Parkinson
Washington County
Jey
Aaron Brown
Nora
FE. J. Brown
William Kelley
William Reading
Joseph Burson
Villa Branch
Jas. Burson
Thomas Robinson
Sloan
Lewis Jeffers
John Laughlin
C. Brown
Lois Bobo
John Kelley
Elizabeth Jeffers
Joseph Bobo
Hal Jeffers
Carrie Roberts
Hugh Mulligan
William Bobo
Beatrice Barnhill
Katie Kelley
Maud Kelley
Alma Anthony
Ethel Anthony
Katie Mulligan
Albany Social Notes Mention Local Guests and Building Plan
Dr C L Jones and family of Athens visited the Coes. F Stanley Crooks of Columbus stayed with the Murpheys. Mrs O F Davis visited friends in Athens. Mrs R G Wells improves after illness. Mrs Edward Masketer of Thure ton visited her parents the Daileys. Miss Bertie Wells of Pomeroy stayed with the Wells. Sam Pickering and Helen Dailey from Athens visited. A B Howard of the Albany Bank bought the Odd Fellows lot on Main Street and plans a three story brick building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Jones
Athens
T. W. Coe
F. Stanley Crooks
Columbus
C. B. Murphey
O. F. Davis
R. G. Wells
Edward Masketer
Thureton
Thomas Dailey
Bertie Wells
Pomeroy
Sam Pickering
Helen Dailey
A. B. Dailey
O. D. Dailey
John Hursey
Walter Bennett
Nelsonville
Cliff Graft
A. B. Howard
The
Albany Bank
Odd Fellows
Main Street
Local Social Notes From Bashan And Nearby Areas
Ethalinda Moore of Bashan visits her father Elijah Stone with daughter Abbie Rose and granddaughters Mary Rose Lottie and Edith Orr. Fanny Huggins and daughter Evelyn of Logan stay with Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Griffin. Lily Dunfee visits sister Laura Hayes in Athens. Cyrus Jones hosts Addis and wife. Ethyl Dunfee to teach at Hockingport next year. Blackburn of Hocking county visits his son nearby. Lois Hannis Dunfee of Little Hocking visits relatives. Charlie Addis spends Friday in Parkersburg. Mrs. George Coleman hosts a quilting. Mr. Stone improves after illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethalinda Moore
Bashan
Elijah Stone
Lily Dunfee
Laura Hayes
Athens
Cyrus Jones
Mr. Addis
Ethyl Dunfee
Hockingport
Blackburn
Hocking County
Lois Hannis Dunfee
Little Hocking
Charlie Addis
Parkersburg
George Coleman
Mr. Stone
Local notices from Mineral reflect travel visits and deaths
Mineral residents report trips and visits including Alva Tom returning from Indiana and Flossie Knowlton of Albany visiting Reba Snyder. The community mourns J F Beckler of Athens. Others host family, attend funerals, or aid road work as Parker Snyder grades roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva Tom
Indiana
Flossie Knowlton
Albany
Reba Snyder
Sixteenth annual Athens County Sunday School convention
The Athens County Sunday School Association's 16th annual convention was rescheduled from October to May 31 and June 1 at the Presbyterian church. The program includes Devotional services, papers by Dr. A E Lawrence and Rev. Joseph Clark, discussions on Sunday school problems, teachers Training, and officer elections. Local social notes follow with visits and gatherings in Columbus and other nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County Sunday School Association
Presbyterian Church
W. A. Guy
Athens
Ohio
Outlook
A. E. Lawrence
Coolville
Home Department
Joseph Clark
O. B. Pershing
Geo Washington
S. S
Timothy
Benediction
Memorial Address Noted at M B E Church
Rev Slutz of Athens delivered a memorial address at the M B E church Sunday at 2 30. Rev Wood remains on the sick list. Miss Hattie Chambers of Athens spent Sunday here. Bert Burson and John Douglass appear in local matters with horses. Protracted meeting at Pleasanton drew several residents. Athens is dry amid local wet conditions. Nora Kelley Surprise party at Aaron Brown home yielded about fourteen dollars in presents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slutz
Athens
M. BE
Wood
Hattie Chambers
H. T. Mulligan
Nelsonville
Bert Burson
John Douglass
Elmer Beal
Pleasanton
Leo Williams
Nora Kelley
Aaron Brown
Local Notes Highlight Visits and Socials Across Areas
Miss Stella Bobo and Bessie Cranmer of the O A spent Saturday and Sunday at home. Charles Oxley and family visit Mrs Oxley's father Mr Johnson at Amesville. Wilford Holland and Miss Hattie Sloan joined the Columbus excursion on Sunday. The many friends of Miss Nora Kel-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Bobo
Bessie Cranmer
O. A
Charles Oxley
Demonstration Ends in Rain Despite buildup
A planned wet demonstration failed as rain drenched the crowd and dampened interest. William Pierce appeared before Mayor Day on charges of interfering with Friday’s arrest of Tom Hall. Pierce posted $200 bond with Smith Gandee and John Druggan and was bound over to the grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Pierce
Pierce
van Horn
Tom Hall
Smith Gandee
John Druggan
Vandalism by School Children Run Rampant
Editor Messenger laments widespread flower theft by local school children over six weeks. Students allegedly pluck violets roses peonies and snow balls damaging yards on College street and retreat when confronted. The writer urges parents and teachers to discipline children to curb further destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messenger
College Street
Local residents and visitors noted in Monday city listings
Personal mentions show Mr Dallas Briggs returning from Guysville visit with the Meighen family. William Warrener of Amesville and J G Carey of Trimble were in the city on business. Judge S M Douglass of Mansfield visited for legal matters. Mrs Parker Rigg recovering from illness spent the week with sister Mrs A L Roach. Nellie Van Vorhes and Olive Brown visited Albany. W V Devitt and family returning from Coolville to Fairmont Ill where Devitt heads Casparas Stone Co., with guest Mrs John Lavelle of Coolville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Warrener
Amesville
S. M. Douglass
Mansfield
City
W. V. Devittt
A. A. Lavelle
Coolville
Fairmont
Ill
Devitt
Casparas Stone Company
Beeen
Columbus
John Lavelle
Local Social Notes Highlight Roster of Visits and Moves
Mrs Edward Kirby and family of Glouster visited Mr and Mrs Alex Nelson on Grosvenor street. Mrs John Finsterwald left for Circleville to inspect the Eastern Star chapter. Charles Armstrong of Hebbardsville leaves Friday for Ward West Virginia to join Kelley’s Creek Colliery. Capt John P Dana, recovering health after flood duties, visited town. Rev W J Warrener inspected the K of P lodge and plans to go to Nelsonville. Dr W W Scott, former local student now graduate of Grant Medical University, is calling on old friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Kirby
Glouster
Alex. Nelson
Grosvenor Street
John Finsterwald
Circleville
Eastern Star
Charles Armstrong
Hebbardsville
Ward, W. Va
Kelley’s Creek
John P. Dana
W. W. Scott
Grant Medical University
Chattanooga, Tenn
Railroads clash over car distribution cases
Legal maneuvers by the Hocking Valley involve both Sunday Creek and Kanawha and Michigan railroads. Sunday Creek won an injunction in Cincinnati claiming interstate cars fall under federal law, while Kanawha and Michigan asked the interstate commerce commission to dismiss coal mine complaints, contending car distribution is not interstate commerce. Local attorneys note the two positions are incompatible and one line must lose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking Valley
Sunday Creek Company
Kanawha and Michigan Railroad
Sunday Creek
United States
Cincinnati
State Railroad Commission
Columbus Coal
Kanawha
Michigan
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sundey Creek
Senator Dick Avoids Politics After McKinley Funeral
Canton Ohio May 29 Senator Dick who attended the McKinley funeral declined to express an opinion on the Republican executive committee action endorsing Secretary Taft or to discuss politics. He says he will likely stay in Akron for the rest of the summer with only short trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
McKinley
Republican Executive Committee
Taft
Akron
Murder Suspect Follows Visit to Elyria Woman
Robert Strong, 22, of Chicago, was found murdered in Collinwood near an interurban line. Police say his head was crushed and he appeared to have been killed recently during a visit to his mother, Mrs. N. A. Strong, a Christian Science practitioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Robert Strong
Chicago
Collinwood
Strong
N. A. Strong
Elyria
Ohio
Mrs Beckett Dies in Kitchen Fire Explosion Near Fair Haven
Mrs Bessie Holterman Beckett 40 wife of James Beckett, farmer near Fair Haven, burned to death while lighting a stove with coal oil. Live coals and oil exploded, clothing caught fire. She leaves a husband and five children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton, C
Bessie Holterman Beckett
James Beckett
Fair Haven
Tragic Shooting Fatalities In Washington D. H. Case
A boy playing with a loaded shotgun in Washington D H May 29 accidentally shot his sister Lena 13 daughter of Carey Stoltzenburg. The blast tore through a leg and lodged in the other while chopping off three fingers and lacerating an arm. The girl’s leg was amputated and she cannot live.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. H
James Stoltzenberg
Lena
Carey Stoltzenburg
Tax System Debated at Ohio Merchants Meeting
Ohio tax reform debate centers on a constitutional amendment to overhaul taxation. Delegates from Cleveland Zanesville Springfield and Youngstown urge changes to classify subjects fairly and avoid double taxation while stressing broader public education and a land value focus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tax Commission of
Ohio
Chas. A. Shryock
Zanesville Chamber of Commerce
Wm. O. Mathews
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Dayton Chamber of Commerce
C. W. Gilgen
F. A. Hardenstein
James B. Kennedy
Youngstown Chamber of Commerce
Peter Witt
Cleveland
Geo. T. Spahr
Columbus Board of Trade
Board of Trade
State Board of Commerce
Duck hunting trip and island life notes from Earl E Baker
Earl E Baker writes from Bonc P I March 10 1907 about a duck hunt with Carl near a river on an island coast. He describes mishaps with his gun and a returned shot, modest success, monkeys in a cocoanut grove, and locals who prize old papers and pictures from magazines sent to the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonc
P. I
Carl
Santa Cruz
New Hampshire Likely to Create Taxation Commission
New Hampshire moves toward establishing a taxation investigation commission. The idea, a Republican campaign plank, was highlighted in the governor Floyd bill that has been reported to the house of representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire
Floyd
House of Representatives
NHL
Card of Thanks for Beholden Beckler Family
The Beckler family expresses gratitude for the kindness and sympathy shown during illness and after the death of their husband and father J F Beckler. They cherish the many acts of kindness as a lasting memory from Mrs J F Beckler and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Beckler
Also Mentioned on This Page
Roy Dunfee
Xenia
Mr. Angell
Zanesville
Floyd Dunfee
Mrs
8. J. Dunfee
B. i R
Kee A E
Youba
Fanny Huggins
Evelyn
Logan
A. J. Griffin
Charley Hester
Middleport
Edward Danny
Madge
West Virginia
Mineral
Samuel Ring
Chillicothe
Susie Hoke
Carbondale
Chas. Hester
Marshfield
Deck Guel
Edyth Wharton
Daisy Hewitt
Miss Knowlton
William Gilmore
Luhrig
Nellie Addis
Iris
Marietta
Chloe Foster
John Clendenin
Oral
Parker Snyder
Athens County
J. A. Guehnie
H. B. Smith
Leroy Sargent
Will Ashbrook
Granville
A. W. Lynch
Maud
Lizzie Sands
St. John, Kansas
Mrs. J. N. Long
Pratt Street
H. F. Link
T. J. Wheatley
Earnest Gross
Clyde Edmundson
Helen Crippen
Zohenhiser
J. L. Gahm
Mabel
Marcella Harding
Jackson
Halder Gahm
T. J. Davis
James Brown
J. D. Brown
W. W. Brown
Memphis
Tenn
Mr. Brown
Grand Division of Ohio Railway
Edward M. Vorkes
C. B. Bowers
Amelia Bennett
W. Va
Fannie Barrows
Mildred Barrows
Joe Dana
Bell-Dana Company
Sarah E. Allen
Beatrice of
Lunda
J. B. Fulton
Pike Valley
Angels Ridge
Dallas Briggs
Hugh Meighen
Guysville
J. G. Carey
Trimble
Parker Rigg
W. B. Golden
A. L. Roach
Nellie van Vorhes
Olive Brown
Jasper Drake
Hebbardeville
Robert
Roland
Hazel Swisher
Chesire
Bessie Dean
Anna McLane
Newark
Will McLane
W. J. Warrener
Federal
K. of P. Lodge
E. M. Thresher
Dayton
General Assembly
E. B. Willard
Ironton Board of Trade
E. E. Baker
Phillippines
Earl E. Baker
Berth Dennison Ave
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