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A lengthy Athens county column notes farmers crops, county officials, people moving, and plans for a Masonic Fair. It mentions Judge L Jewett in Columbus, Prof Jacob R Scott in Washington University, Rev H L Badger preaching, and local improvement projects including hospital grounds and the Masonic building. The Tennesseeans sing at the M E Church, the Athenian Guards reflect on rewards from state aid, and stock farming urged for county wealth.
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Henry Winston
Albany
Nelsonville
Judge L. Jewett
Columbus
Ogden Furnace
York Township
H.L. Badger
Portsmouth
Episcopal Hall
Presbyterian
M.E
Jnc. R. Scott
Washington University
St. Louis
Jones
8. A. Sterns
St. Mary’s
Auglaize County
Athens
Cephas Carpenter
Treland
Thomas Blackstone
Young
Grand
Our
Common Pleas
Athens County
Athens Amateur Dramatic Association
Masonic Building Fund
Ministerial Association
Marietta
M. E. Church
Zaleski
A. B. Frame
Athens Hospital For the Insane
George W. Baker
Frame
R. W. Irwin
Bay City
Michigan