Rome Steins and Social at Samuel Fry's
The Social of the Utica M E Church met at Samuel Fry's on Saturday the 4th. Miss Jennie Sanderson began teaching at Beebe. Mr P D Patten travels to West Liberty Ohio. Mr J A Humphrey and wife visit Troy Rome townships. he is a Greenback auditor candidate. Mrs Susan Frost discourse at Universalist Church. First Quarterly Conference of Washington Universalists held at Frost. Rev McMaster preached five sermons. Prominent attendees included Mrs L W Cox Mrs Cyrus Ames and Mrs A W Brough. Rolla son of Mr and Mrs Hiram Burden ill with membranous croup. Tin Wedding Anniversary of W S Blackwood celebrated at Hocking Valley depot with gifts and feast.
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Utica M
Humphrey
J. W. McMaster
Susan Frost
Universalist Church
Washington Association of Universalists
Frost
McMaster
Marietta
L. W. Cox
Lowell
Cyrus Ames
A. W. Brough
Belpre
Washington County
Ohio
Rolla
Hiram Burden
I'sost
C.D
Wheat and fruit crops flourish as farmers tend fields
Rains favor wheat growth and good corn care continues. Crab-apple crop exceeds expectations. One month old Guy Calvert of Athens died at Clark's Chapel in Harmony Township. Eben Hunter moved from Harmony to Stroud's Run. Amos Townsends saw mill near Harmony produces fine lumber. Canaan farmers boast strong stock including new sheep hogs and herds.
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Guy
Harvey Calvert
Athens
Clark’s Chapel
Eben Hunter
Harmony
Stroud’s
Amos 'Townsend
Canaan
Merino breeders show rapid improvement in Athens County
In Athens County Ohio the county fair displayed about one hundred Merino sheep, with premiums dropping as breeders keep even pace. Breeders invest in sheep valued from one hundred to five hundred dollars, signaling a near future where pure registered American Merinos excel. Gyddings & Dally of Knox County exhibited two ram lambs and were praised for size and quality. Merino breeders across the county are striving to reach higher.
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Athens County
Cherbino
Giddings & Dally
Knox County
Guuysville
Athens Co
Pentecostal Visitation At Athens Revival
In Athens on November 7 1882 Reverend Miss Annie Auty a Yorkshire evangelist has conducted two weeks of revival at the A M E church drawing crowds from ten miles and more. The meetings continue this week with services at 11 am 3 pm and 7 pm on Sunday and 7 pm daily through the week.
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Athens
Borror Messenger
Annie Auty
Yorkshire
Eng
Athens A. M. E
Local farmer and stock note from Athens and Alexander townships
Rutland correspondent reports W W McVey of Athens who runs a large farm in Alexander Township Athens County well stocked with thoroughbred stock. A sale window featured Merino bucks priced from 2 20 to 50. Also says Samuel S shot and killed a pure white squirrel on Tuesday.
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Rutland
Pomeroy Telegraph
W. W. McVey
Athens
Alexander
Athens County
Samuel 5
William G. Russell
Pennsylvania Company
Insurance of
Upper Penn Township
Berks County
Alexander McClelland
Cumberland
Ohio
Evansport
Corning
Creighbaum
George Hupp
Squire Donelly
Green County
Pennsylvania
Hupp
Ira Jobes
Jeff Evans
Keen and Ripe Production and Oration at Athens Church
Rev Wm H Scott President of the University at Athens preached at the Presbyterian church last Sunday delivering a lucid and suggestive sermon on self government with emphasis on self possession self direction and self improvement. The Logan Republicn lauds its keenest and ripest production and notes the discourse as superior in analysis and presentation. A second item reports Howard Stephenson and Frank Powers of Vinton Station turning corn stalk juice into syrup yielding 28 gallons of juice for 3 3 4 gallons of syrup calling syrup better than sorghum in quality
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Wm. H. Scott
University At
Athens
Presbyterian Church
Logan Republican
Vinton County
Pioneer Association Special Meeting In Court House Basement
The Athens Pioneer Association will hold a special meeting Saturday morning at 10 oclock in the Court House basement. President D B Stewart will preside as they discuss important business.
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Pioneer Association
Athens Pioneer Association
Court House
D. B. Steewart
Summer Merury Register Urges Hunt Up Your Ulster
The Mari etta Register urges readers to prepare in the warm months, asking what for as the general mercury rises toward summer. The call blends fashion and practical suggestion for attire and readiness.
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Marietta
James Louthian Sells Farm Near Big Run to Marion Wetherell
James Louthian has sold his farm near Big Run to Marion Wetherell and plans to move to Missouri soon.
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James Louthian
Big Run
Marion
Wetherell
Missouri
Appeal for Paper Subscriptions Encourages Local Support
The Athens Messenger urges readers to subscribe, arguing any excuse to avoid payment hurts the manliness of a person. It extols the paper as essential to a family, comparing it to a window on the world and inviting nearby residents to join the growing list.
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Athens Messenger
Public mood pushes General Assembly to seek constitutional amendments
Citizens urge the General Assembly to submit to a popular vote amendments to the state Constitution on the manufacture sale and use of intoxicating liquors as called for by the Republican State Convention at Cleveland on June 8. The public demand follows a resolution advocating full voter control rather than legislative leave.
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General Assembly
Cleveland
Notable Fragments Showcase 19th Century Headlines
A garbled collage of news items from Concord to Pomeroy covers memorial flowers at Emerson’s grave, Sherman’s retirement pay, an evangelist in Kansas, a huge drop in national debt, a Maine tragedy, a kettle kept boiling for burglars, beaming concerts, and a string of local crimes, accidents, murders, and political tensions across towns like Shelbyville, Ashland, Marietta, and Columbus.
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Emerson
Concord
General Sherman
Lydia Sexton
Kansas
Fred Hutchinson
Easton
Maine
Milwaukee
Mme
Christine Nilson
Boston
Nevada
Shelbyville
Ind
Rhoda Reed
Utah
United States
Otto Heiland
Philadelphia
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Steubenville
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Butler County
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Portsmouth
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Delaware
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New Richmond
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Arthur Ross
Washington
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Broom
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Athens Asylum
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Long Run
Hannah McCormick
William Wilson
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Stewart Gordon
Round Bottom
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Nathaniel Bishop
Hart Street
W. F. McIntyre
Mr. McIntyre
New Lexington
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George Dresher
Straitsville Mining Company’s
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Jas. Roy
Thomas Pitt
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Selden Humphrey
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Jacob Somers
Monkey Run
Arthur Maddy
Hibernia
Florence Probst
J. C. Probst
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