Athens Faces Public Closet Debate And Local Politics
A discussion in Athens centers on a proposed public closet and sanitary concerns, with public sentiment urging action and Zenner's ten thousand dollar improvement cited as beneficial. Local political notes mention Luhrig Waterloo as the only Democratic precinct, with a close Tuesday vote and an expectation of about one hundred votes in the next Republican primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zenner
Athens
Luhrig
Waterloo
Donglinots
Right of way plea for electric power progress
A fragment urges residents to accept a right of way for electric lines to bring benefits. It argues progress will enhance property values and quality of life, criticizing parsimony and urging people to remove obstacles to establish electricity through the valleys.
Republican Victory Signals Continued McKinley Policies Under Roosevelt
The article asserts a nationwide GOP triumph will sustain McKinley era policies under Roosevelt, ensuring a Republican Senate and House and advancing prosperity. It argues Democratic pessimism failed against Republican practical governance and contrasts Johnson’s single tax stance as repudiated by Ohio voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McKinley
Roosevelt
Senate
House of Representatives
Tom Johnson
Democracy of
Ohio
Henry George
Johnso Ma
Local notices and family visits fill Amesville page
Community updates list visits by Miss Tina Young and Mr. Curfman family. Several obituaries, travel notes, and local movements appear alongside church plans for the Amesville area. Quarterly meetings and evangelistic services are scheduled in coming days with expected attendance.
Athens Social Notes Highlight Local Visitors
Maude Coleman of Athens visits relatives in Guysville. Greg Plamley and Mrs. Laura McGirr of Little Hocking stay with Anna Winner. J E Lawrence and wife host H H Brown and wife at Coolville. Roy Bean of Athens visits D W Cornell. Nora and Nettie Light of Athens spend Sunday at home. Mrs. Wm Light and Blanche visit Athens and Hebbsardsville. Fredric and Verne Finsterwald of Hamden visit parents. Grandpa Wilson returns from six months west. Ethel Riley of Ohio University visits home. Mary Vore of New England visits Thos Vore family. Mrs. Mary Cooley and Mrs Samantha Bean visit Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Coleman
Athens
Greg Plamley
Laura McGirr
Little Hocking
Anna Winner
J. E. Lawrence
J. W. Pierce
H. H. Brown
Coolville
Roy Bean
D. W. Cornell
Nora
Nettie Light
Light
Blanche
Hebbsardsville
Fredric
Verne Finsterwald
Hamden
Wilson
Ethel Riley
O. U
Mary Vore
New England
Thos. Vore
Mary Cooley
Samantha Bean
Old Maid Convention Delights Jacksonville Readers
Effie and Elsie Howard were guests of friends over the weekend and helped make the Old Maid Convention a success with an evening of solid enjoyment. James Coe remains confined to his room following a severe operation on his left arm but shows some improvement. Henry Ley and Dayton Wolfe visited from Luring, and Dr Gordon of New Lexington came Monday to see his brother B A Gordon who has been safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mises
Effie
Elsie Howard
James Coe
Henry Ley
Dayton Wolfe
Dr. Gordon
New Lexington
B. A. Gordon
Surprise Birthday Gathering at Ernest Shirkey Home
About eight o clock Monday evening a group of twenty young people quietly entered the Sixth street home of Mr Shirkey to surprise Ernest Shirkey on his seventeenth birthday. He learned of the plan beforehand and the group spent a pleasant evening before departing with birthday wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Shirkey
Sixth Street
Ernest Shirkey
Ernest
Jacob Christman Finds Winter Work in Athens
Jacob Christman has moved to Athens to take winter employment and plans to bring his family there soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Christman
Athens
Local family notes and births in the community
Mrs Mary Schweiger and family have returned to Pittsburg after visiting Mrs Warner's parents Mr and Mrs Edward Warner. Miss Maggie Niggemeyer visits friends in New York state. Miss Christena Weisenbaugh returns home improved from St Francis hospital. A boy was born to both Mr and Mrs T N Chalfont and Mr and Mrs John Warner. George Hall, ill with white swelling, shows no improvement. Families at home of A Kelley and S C Baker hold gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Schweiger
Mary Neevilla
John Warner
George Lawrence
Grace of
Hall
Parkins
Laura
A. Kelley
Jesse Nickason
Jennie
Mary
C. Baker
George Hall
Pratt's Fork Social Notes Hit By Visits And Moves
Richard Henderson of Ath eny visits sister Mrs Walter Williams at Pratt's Fork. Lavina Colburn of Albany visits E Colburnt. About twenty youths attend Hallowe'en party at C M Conant's with games and music. Chas Anderson sells farm to Elsworth Winger and plans to move to Kansas. Miles Cains move into houses recently vacated by Mr Ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Henderson
Atheny
Walter Williams
Lavina Colburn
Albany
E Colburnt
Chas. Anderson
Elsworth Winger
Kansas
Miles Cain
Pratt's Fork
Mr. Ball
Local notices and visits from Graham Chapel area
LYSANDER residents report preaching at Graham Chapel over the weekend. Kenneth Sams visited friends in Canaanville. Lydia Roush returned from Virginia. C BE Love spent days with Hudson relatives. Walter Liggett and family stayed with the Rileys at Judson. The infant of Mr. and Mrs. Roush improves after illness. Harmon Fulton guests of the Fultons at Judson. Rural free delivery prospects excite locals. Ellen Riley of Glouster visited Osee Douglas’s daughter. G W Burson of Rock Springs attended to business. Farmers haul coal on good roads. Jackson Sams hosts David Fetch from Athens. Mrs. Lewis Carpenter of Athens visited her brother D E Love’s family. School at Rocky Point progresses with H F Hartley teaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham Chapel
Kenneth Sams
Canaanville
Lydia Roush
Virginia
C. BE. Love
Hudson
Walter Liggett
F.C. Riley
Judson Sanday
Wm. Roush
Harmon Fulton
Robert Fulton
Judson
Ellen Riley
Glouster
Osee Douglas
G. W. Burson
Rock Springs
Jackson Sams
David Fetch
Athens
Lewis Carpenter
D. E. Love
Local visitors and social gatherings noted in Torch
Mr Dixon of Tappers Plains was a guest of Mr and Mrs Rowels recently. John Hendrickson of Wheeling visited his parents here. Mrs Eliza Botkin returned Saturday from Rockland where she stayed with her daughter Mrs Gimp son. The Halloween party at Carl Dunfee’s drew about twenty children. Miss Mac Botkin hosted the young people that same evening with many attendees and a good time reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Dixon of
Tappers Plains
Mrs. Rowels
John Hendrickson
Wheeling
Eliza Botkin
Rockland
Mrs. Gimpson
Carl Dunfee
Mac ‘Botkin
Crossen and Brown Families Visit Columbus Weekend
Misses Maude and Vivian Crossen and Osee Brown spent Sunday in Columbus. James McCathran will move his family to the D. H. Moore farm this week. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Baker visited daughter Mrs. J. E. Cline of Albany Saturday. Fred Barker of the O U spent weekend at home. J. Sherman purchased the Geo Walker farm recently. Miss Faye Baker attended the Sunday school convention at Nelsonville last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tina Young
St. Lowis
A. Curfman
Cincinnati
W. H. Curfman
Curfman
Leaone Lupe
T. E. Clark
Lewis Wilcox
Murray City
Blanche
Elsworth Durfee
Chillicothe
Athens
Nell Adair
Lucile Lovell
Ona Linscott
Frank Gifford
L. H. Glazier
Lena
L. B. Glazier
David Beasley
Hebbardsville
James Crawford
G. L. Fleming
Yukton
South Dakota
Maude
Vivian Crossen
Osee Brown
Columbus
W. H. Baker
J. E. Cline
Albany
Fred Barker
O. U
J. Sherman
Geo. Walker
Faye Baker
Nelsonville
Typhoid Illness Lines South Canaan Residents
South Canaan reports Mr. Clarence Butts and Clifford Brown ill with typhoid fever. Rev. Ogg preached a very interesting sermon Sunday night. Several residents attended Miss Raby Kirkendall's Saturday birthday party. Rev. O'Neil to preach here next Sunday. Mrs. Abner Frost, who had been in the west for weeks, has returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Butts
Clifford Brown
Ogg
Local Tidbits From Garden And County
Charles Coen of the Garden calls on his brother Elijah Coen Sanday. Ogalyee of Denver visits Mr. and Mrs. Whitfield Bean. Uncle Dennis Timney prides himself on a new house phone. Whitfield Bean finds a 14 inch ear with 11 000 grains while husking corn. Rev. Mattingly of Athens conducts service at St John church. Miss Anna Mansfield improves from fever. Windell Shott to teach winter term in Kenny district. W Jones trips to county seat where a foundation for a fine building rises rapidly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Coen
Elijah Coen Sanday
Ogalyee
Denver
Col
Whitfield Bean
Dennis Timney
Mattingly
Athens
St. John Church
Anna Mansfield
Windell Shott
Kenny
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promised for Deafness Remedy
Cure claimed for deafness caused by catarrh through constitutional treatment. No local applications reach the inner ear. inflammation of the Eustachian tube causes hearing loss. The ad offers $100 for any case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and urges sending for free circulars from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
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Athens Messenged
Messenger and Herald Printing Company
Fred W. Busa
Telae
Marietta
Coury
Board of Trade
Committee On Public Utilities
Mr. Roosevelt
OUT OF Town News
Amesville
Will Horth
F. W. Gibson
Town
Lew. Pickering
A. C. Young
A. L. Roach
Will Golden
Bessie Bell
W. C. Wells
A. J. Mercer
The
Chesterhill Leader
H. CC. Owens
Grafton
W. Va
M. FE
Guysville
Jacksonville
Boss
the Keystone Watch Case CO
Philadelphia
Anthony
Pratt's
Hallowe'en
C. M. Conant
Lysander
Rocky Point
H. F. Hartley
Sam Summer
Monte Carlo Coats
Women and Children
Sam
W. H. Farrell
West Union Street
Pabst
Milwaukee
Farrell
UNION
James McCathran
D. H. Moore
South Canaan
HULL
W. ©. Jones
District Court of the United States
Southern District of Ohio
Albert C. Thompson
Bardin
D. Hopkins
HF. Farrell
Athens, Ohio
Effie Blake
William Oscar Blake
Court of Common Pleas
Athens County
A. D
E. T. Rose
Ladies’ Aid Society of the Methodist Church
Jackson Business College
Jackson
Sterliy Remedy CO
Chicago
New York
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