Halloween Fun and Local Moves Highlight County Mirror
The County Mirror reports social updates and local goings on. Wise has gone west while Mrs Sarah Hewett visits Nashville and Grandma Grim guests with Jack Hardy. Mike Ely returns near King's, Halloween observed with light mischief, new boarder arrives, and Prof John L Clark visits Downington. Community notes mention Kate Ferriter named postmaster at Mineral, Aaron McKee’s daughter born, and several residents moving or trading property including Emmett Addis and John Hewett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mat
Wise
Sarah Hewett
Neshville
Grandma Grim
Jack Hardy
Mike Ely
King’s. Hallow
Van
Clendennen
John L. Clark
Downington
Marshfield
Hallow
Mineral
Kate Ferriter
Mary Scott
Aaron McKee
Nuvber 3d
Marie Ross
Indianapolis
Neice
Celeste Phillips
Cleveland
Perden
Chillicothe
Sk. Vickers
Talmage de Hahn
Springfield
Dr. Coleman
Mr. Ward
Emish
P. B. Wilson
McCoy
Gallipolis
Emmett Addis
Robinett Ridge
Water Street
John Hewett
Local people visit and guests noted in Pleasanton area
F Finsterwald made a business trip to Pleasanton on Tuesday. Mrs. Ben Gillett recovers from a severe arm burn. John Baird and a friend from Canaanville visited here Sunday. Rev Casto preached last Sunday. Samuel Finsterwald and niece Ida Jordan spent Sunday in Athens. Michael Spaulding of Carbondale visits here. Joseph Jordan and family were guests of F Dowler's family. Martha Howard of Hixon visited Frank Dowler's family. Esquire D. D. Dowler attended funeral services for Ed Johnson of Hixon. D Jordan and wife with four children from near Albany stayed over Sunday. Mrs. Oliver Ballinger and daughter Gertie from Shade visited William Miller's family Saturday and Sunday. A group including teacher Miss Hill went to an oyster supper Saturday evening but arrived late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Finsterwald
Pleasanton
Ben. Gillett
John Baird
Canaanville
Casto
Samuel Finsterwald
Ida Jordan
Athens
Michael Spaulding
Carbondale
Joseph Jordan
F. Dowler
Martha Howard
Hixon
Frank Dowler
D. D
Dowler
Ed Johnson
D. Jordan
Albany
Oliver Ballinger
Gertie
Shade
William Miller
Miss Hill
Local social notes and church events update
Clara Levy visits Columbus guest of Ethel Vening. Rev Adkinson preaches at M E church Sunday at 2 30. WOC Faires of Corning visits relatives. Mrs Laura Wemmer recovering from illness. John Donally of Corning visits. Young folks hold social at Robert Dust's. Maggie Leary away in Murray City to see aunt ill. Halloween party at George Welling's. Mrs A C Wolfe of Columbus guests here. Misses Blackburn of Morgan County visit Kempton family. Effa Wiard closes school at Brooks. Rev E A Craig to preach at Y Valley church Sunday. Christain Endeavor society at x ley church thriving. Fewer patients convalescing. no new cases. Township teachers reading circle formed. H C Brooks president, Effie Woodyard secretary. List of winter term teachers with respective towns and pay rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Levy
Columbus
Ethel Vening
Rev. Adkinson
M. E
W. OC. Faires of
Corning
Laura Wemmer
John Donally
Robert Dust
Maggie Leary
Murray City
George Welling
A. C. Wolfe
Reading Circle
H. C. Brooks
Effie Woodyard
F. C. Brooks
Chase
J. Dinsmore
Pleasanton
Sidney Bennett
Hickory Grove
Brooks
Sherman Parker
Center Stake
Harry Bean
Golden
Dent Carr
Bassett
Oorge Risimermas Sharp
Edna Patterson
Wines
Isaac Castle
Jolly
M. le Fayor
Hibbardsville
H. ©. Brooks
M. LeFavor
Pleasant visits and family gatherings across towns
Mrs Ballinger and daughter Gertie visited relatives at Strand's Run. Bridget and Mary Walsh were guests of John Mulls family last Sunday. Mrs Minerva J Nice and son Henry visited relatives at Nelsonville and near Glen Ebon. Frank Anthony and Elza Gibson visited their uncle Frank at Amesville. An overall from this place at ten larterly meeting at Marshfield last Sun and Sunday near Mt Pleasant. Craig conducted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Ballinger
Gertie
Strand’s Run
Bridget
Mary Walsh
John Mulls
Minerva J. Nice
Henry
Nelsonville
Glen Ebon
Frank Anthony
Elza Gibson
Frank Me
Amesville
Marshfield
Mt. Pleasant
Craig
Coolville Gleanings And Local Notes From Ohio County
Coolville reports visits by E M Tidd to Bistersville West Virginia F 8 Monahan attended grand lodge F A M at Columbus The Troy Township Mariners Institute set for December 5 and 6 1894 Mrs E A Fuller visiting in Chillicothe Dr J C Callendar a Parkersburg veterinarian made a visit Otto Barth hosted E A Burnside and kin Rev D A Stoll spoke on temperance under I O G T at Coolville W B Hartnell W E Brown R P Frame and B R Evans medical and dental students from Columbus home to vote Ladies Missionary Society held a tea at the parsonage October 30 for Mrs M B Bartletts 94th birthday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Tidd
Bistersville
W. Va
Monahan
Grand Lodge F. & A. M
Columbus
Troy Township
Coolville
E. A. Fuller
Chillicothe
E. A. Brewster
J. C. Callendar
Parkersburg
E. A. Burnside
Henderson
Otto Barth
D. A. Stoll
Marietta
W. B. Hartnell
W. E. Brown
R. P. Frame
B. RK. Evans
Ladies’ Missionary Society of the Congregational Church
M. 3B. Bartlett
Births and Local Notes From the County
Births include a son to James Feathers ton on the 2d and a daughter to Perley Blair on the 18th. Terpsichore dancers enjoyed a late Saturday night at C P Totman's. Republicans met at Jordan school house with Dr Trickle and Joseph Smith as speakers. Residents spending Sunday away from home included Delmar Place and family, Wells Grubb and wife, Evan Walters, and S W Fry's household. Niece of J N Norris, Mrs George McMullen, nee Baldwin, died in Hartwell and will be interred at Haga cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Featherston
Perley Blair
C. P. Totman
Jordan School House
Trickle
Joseph Smith
Cutler
Washington County
Delmar Place
Bethany
Joseph Sherley
Wells Grubb
Frost
Squire John Featherston
Evan Walters
Bartlett
S. W. Fry
J. N. Norris
George McMullen
Baldwin
Hartwell
Hamilton County
Haga
Free medical offer from Dr Greene at 35 West 14th St NYC
An advertisement touts Dr Greene as a top cure for nervous and chronic diseases. It invites readers to write for a free, home based consultation via letter, promising detailed diagnosis and guidance plus his Dr Greens Nervara remedy. It notes many successes and appeals to those not in large cities. It then shifts to a social note about wedding usher and groomsman trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Greene
West 14Th St
New York City
Four remedies touted in local ads and a humorous funeral joke
Advertisers tout Dr King s New Discovery Electric Bitters Bucklen s Arica Salve and Hood s products as guaranteed cures. A minister recalls a child’s joke at a funeral. Dodge County Nebraska schools closed for corn husking. Raisin shipments and hog feed trade noted with prices and volumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Bucklen
W. H. McKee
Dodge County
Nebraska
Agricultural notes show crops below average this year
The government crop report predicts corn and sweet potato yields well under the 1893 average, hay shortages mainly in central shipping states, and Irish potato prices rising. Crimson clover experiments endorse its benefits where suited, while onion yields lag. The bulletin condemns fake butter yield nostrums like black pepsin and gilt edge compounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Wiley
Various Notices and Anecdotes From 1890s Newspapers
A collage of short items includes Dr. King's New Discovery promotional claims and free trials, a Montreal widow with 190 cats and cat-stoning arrests, a horse thief in Missouri circling back to origin, Celery Tea cure claims, a Mesop Rapid Bridge height fact, U.S. track mileage in 1894, census disbelief at triplets, restaurant chicken salad receipts, a blunt tax quip, tombstone citation on heaven, Grace Rosixson funding Shenandoah Valley academy, army feeding costs, Bavarian literacy among recruits in 1893.
German Cat Labor Powers Underground Wires
A historical note explains German wire stringers recruit cats to lay and inspect underground electrical lines. Cats are trained to crawl through narrow tubes, with wires attached to collars, enabling rapid stringing of long conduit routes. England uses badger dogs instead, though they cannot crawl as the cats do.
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England
Peck Nominated for Third Wisconsin Governorship Seat
Gov George W Peck long active in Wisconsin politics and journalism seeks a third term. Born 1840 in New York, he moved to Wisconsin in 1843 and built a career as printer, newspaper owner, mayor, and governor elected in 1890 and reelected in 1892. His GOP opponent is Maj U of Marshdell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democrats of
Wisconsin
George W. Peck
Henderson
Jefferson County
N. Y
Ripon
Wis
la Crosse
Wisconsin Assembly
New York
Milwaukee
Peck's Sun
Consin
Democracy
Gov. Peck
Maj
U of Marshdell
Holmes Notes On Autobiography And Memory
Dr Holmes says he dictating recollections and thoughts to his secretary forming a mass of notes. He believes some will interest family and intimates and possibly a wider public if used or left for others. He views this as a lifelong easy pleasure amid the writer's busy period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Hindoo Child-Maries and The Pressure To Marry Early
A discussion of the Hindu custom that a daughter must marry before puberty to maintain family caste and reputation. The text notes pressure on Brahmin fathers to arrange marriages, the dowry system, and the view that a daughter's marriage secures social standing and religious propriety, with emphasis on wealth influencing matches.
Eccentric English Oddities From Antiquities To Hospitals
In England London Jews plan to fund a fifty thousand dollar hospital in Jerusalem. A 1370 epitaph survives in Oxfordshire, its archaic language nearly unreadable. A man hanged in 1828 left tan remnants cited by a London exchange. An English lady funds station master seeds and cuttings to beautify rail stops. The British museum holds books on bricks and shells along with manuscripts on bark ivory parchment papyrus iron copper and wood.
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London
British Museum
Every Man Whose Watch Was Rung From the Bow
A fragmented note notes watch damage by a pickpocket and contrasts the old pull out bow with a new design, implying many have been harmed by the loss or injury from dropping watches. It reflects a wary tone about changes in watch bow mechanisms and common sense amid theft concerns.
Special examination for chronic diseases and tumors
Objective is to treat diseases deemed incurable with cure or relief. Lists numerous conditions across lungs stomach liver kidneys bladder and female ailments. Claims cancer and tumors removed without knife or pain. Examinations free, confidential correspondence available, home office offers full explanations. Office hours 9 AM to 9 PM.
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Home Office
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E. A. Craig
Y Valley
Christain Endeavor Society
X Ley Church
Hood
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Cannomwia
Ray County
Missouri
Warriur
Cline
Bolivia
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Grorace Rosixson
Louisville
Shenandoah Valley Academy
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Hawkins
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Feline Wikk
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GOV. George
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Hindoo
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Keyntone
Hsb Sas Corg
Sheriff’s Sale
First National Bank
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Order of Sale
Athens County Court of Common Pleas
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Court House
Cart
Ohio
Parker Dye
David Dunlavey
Winnela Russell
Diana Chambers
Lertas
D. H. Epwards
A.M. Lewis Puff
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Washington, D.C
Aederman & Biddle
Physicians and Surgeons
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Offic Hall
DR. Livingston
Riggston Medical Institute
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