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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 25, 1880

Page

4

Athens in festive mood as holidays approach in 1880s

The Athens area anticipates a festive season with reports of a strong asylum annual report filed in Columbus, cold weather, and planned holiday events. Local improvements, social events, and religious activities frame a busy urban scene as residents prepare for Thanksgiving and winter.

Athens Asylum Columbus Cornell Warren House Athens County

Local Improvements and Notable Obituaries in Athens

Local architect Frank T. Towsley advances remodeling of C. R. Sheldon Grocery House for O. B. Sloan who plans to occupy by March and install new shelving a French glass display front frescoed by F. E. Keller with a rear addition and upper story remodelling. Also reports James Cunningham death in Washington from a fall linked to alcohol and a contagious poultry disease causing heart dropsy symptoms and black bills

Frank T. Towsley C. R. Sheldon O. B. Sloan F. E. Keller Towsley Sloan Washington Post James Cunningham Murphy Athens West Va

Union Services In Athens Today

Union religious services are planned in Athens with morning worship at the Presbyterian church and evening service at the M E Church in their usual hours.

New England Athens Presbyterian Church M. &. Church

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