Paving Progress on Albany Pike Praised by Commissioner
Hon. James C Wonders, state highway commissioner, inspected the Albany pike paving in Athens. The county and state aid project shows about 600 yards of brick laid and equal concrete curbing built. Weather may allow a mile of brick paving ready for travel by December 1.
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Albany Pike
James CC. Wonders
Hellefontaine
Athens
Wonders
Snd County
Hibbard
New York
Ohio
Meccabees Meet This Evening on Special Work
The Meccabees announce a ball meeting this evening at seven o clock urging all members to attend for special work to be undertaken.
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Meccabees
Great Projects in View for Athens and Marietta
Capitalists weigh large plans for Athens and Marietta with national election outcomes shaping feasibility. The electric liner proposal links Pittsburgh to Cincinnati lines, eyeing a river bridge from Bisterville to Parkersburg and beyond to Pomeroy and Huntington areas, but War Department concerns block progress.
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Marietta
Athens
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Bistersville
Parkersburg
Pomeroy
Camden Syndicate
Huntington
Ohio
War Department
Plan to Build Electric Line From Sistersville to Cincinnati
The company revises its route ideas to run from Sistersville to Williamstown then cross Marietta via the bridge company. If M C and C can be bought at a fair price, the plan includes converting it to an electric line toward Athens and Pomeroy then into Cincinnati, or parallel the line and extend to Athens. Decisions hinge on next month’s finances and bond funding prospects.
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Parkersburg
Sistersville
Williamstown
Marietta
M. C
Palos
Thore
Athens
Pomeroy
Huntington
Cincinnati
Wedding Delayed Over License Rules in Nelsonville
A planned Nelsonville wedding was postponed after Ralph Bateman failed to secure a license for his son Frank Bateman to marry Anna Koetz. The bride resided in Columbus and had only arrived in Nelsonville the day before, preventing issuance of the license.
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Nelsonville
Ralph Bateman
Athens
Frank Bateman
Anna Koetz
Columbus
Beare the Signature Beare the Signature OR TOrt Tha Kind You hae-Bart lez ALVIE LZ
Hundreds of voters attended a Bryan Taft political program with speeches by General Hamilton of Columbus and Democratic speakers. The event featured phonographic records and entertainment, with refreshments served and a largely packed hall. Ed M. Gillette and M A Daugherty spoke, chaired by L L Bears of Chillicothe.
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Bartlez Alvie
Parier
Tait Cine
General Hamilton
Columbus
Judee Aali
L L. A. Bears
Chillicothe
Frank Phillips
Brysu Club
Ed M. Gillette
M. A. Daugherty
Lancaster
Dana Webster Named Sheriff Candidate in Independent Ticket
Dana B Webster will appear as sheriff candidate on the Independent ticket this fall. Petitions are being circulated and nearly enough signatures secured. He was appointed sheriff in January after a ruling prevented his late brother from running again. Webster lives in Canganville and has long ties to Callizatowfield.
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Dana B
Canganville
Callizatowfield
Seth Low Captures Athens Crowd With Taft Taft Talk
In Athens a large Friday night audience filled the Opera House to hear Seth Low speak against Bryan and for Taft. The event featured remarks by Albert Douglas and a brief musical interlude by a Republican quartet. Low attacked Bryan’s policies, defended protection, and argued the bank guaranty issue and labor relations with detailed comparisons among states, praising Taft’s record and opposing democracy’s platform.
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Seth Low
Opera House
J.M. Poster
Albert Douglas
Taft
Mc.Kinley
Foster
Douglas
Low
Leon
Andy Harris
Ohio
Judge Taft
Democracy
Bryan
Aefe
Eilher
Bryen
New York
Bank Guaranty
Oklahoma
Hhis
Hke
Wright Brothers
Miss A'cie Zimmerman Sickness and local farming update
Rome Center notes Miss A'icie Zimmerman on the sick list for a week. Farmers are busy sowing wheat and grass seed since the late rain. The apple crop was harvested but small and inferior in quality. Scan Brewer plans to erect a dwelling for Mrs. Clara Hull, improving East End of Guysville.
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Icie Zimmerman
Clara Hull
Guysville
Pallas Club Meeting Set for Saturday Afternoon
The Pallas Club will meet Saturday afternoon in regular session at the home of Mrs. A B E Price in Bhnwood Place.
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Pallas Club
A. BE. Price
Bhnwood Place
The Royal Month and the Royal Disease
Suchden notes weather shifts and October changes, while promoting Hood's Sarsaparilla as a radical cure for the skin eruptions and bodily swelling linked to screfuia. The ad claims widespread use and eradication of scrofula and mentions consumption as a related condition.
State Library Organizer Visits Local Carnegie Library
Miss Mary Downey of Columbus recently visited the local Carnegie Library Friday morning. The newly appointed state library organizer for Ohio plans to work in Gallipolis Pomeroy and Ironton after returning to Athens. Downey, selected as principal of the Library Summer School at Chautauqua N Y, is described as an enthusiastic and inspiring library worker.
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Vicitor
Chautauqua Library
Mary Downey
Columbus
Ole
Carnegie Library
Colubus
Middleport
Emall
Gallipolis
Pomeroy
Irenton
Mise Downey
Generly
Chautauqua
Whrattana
Athens
Wbrary
Harmony Hill Social Notes Retell Local Visits
Misses Cory and Nora Pitin of La Trobe visit cousin Susie Lingcott. Mrs. Butte of New England and sister Mrs. Sarah Williams of Kansas visit daughter Mrs. Clarence Jones. Numerous neighbors and relatives travel and drop by homes in the Harmony Hill area this week.
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Cory
Nora Fpitin
Latrobe
Susie Lingcott
Butte
New England
Sarah Williams
Kansas
Clarence Jones
Grace Hanmilin
Bucklen's Arnica Balm Praised By Florida Farmer
A Florida farmer on Rural Route 2 Empire cites Bucklen's Arnica Balm for curing two severe sores on his hand and teeth. He says the balm is worth more than its weight in gold and would not be without it, even to mine the farm. McKee's Drug Store is mentioned as a source.
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Mr. Bryan
Matt
Low
Whenia
Intégstate
France
America
Empire
Fla
W.A. Floyd
Bucklen
MckKee
Albany Social Roundup Sees Local Visits and School Fundraiser
Local residents report visits from Webb Boho Murphy and family with Jaunts to Columbus Albany and Rutland. Emma Higley returns from Rutland Pomeroy while Plowards visit Jolley in Gallipolis. Everett Cline travels to Cincinnati for fall winter goods. Blanche Gillogly hosts a school box supper raising 53.35 for painting the Union schoolhouse. Rev David Reese visits from Bournville as Howard Cline visits Columbus and Elx Gillogly runs the drug store in his absence.
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Bb Webb
Columbus
John Boho
Frank Murphy
Atipens
Albany
Emma Higley
Rutland and
Pomeroy
O. L. Ploward
Gallpolis
J. & Jolley
Everett Cline
Cincinnati
Blanche Gillogly
Union School
Jane Snyder
Hattie Siket
St. Louis
William Lindley
David Reese
Bourn
Morris W. Downing Dies After Surgical Operation
Morris Walter Downing aged about 63 of McConnellsville died in a Zanesville hospital Friday morning after a surgical procedure. He had been ill for two years believing he had an internal malignant growth, which the operation disproved. Interment is set for Sunday in Parkersburg West Virginia. Downing spent most of his life in the oil business and did work in developing oil and gas territory in the county.
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Morris Walter Downing
McConnellaville
Zanesville
Parkersburg
W. Va
Down
Gms
Cost of Fires Study Seeks City Water Fire Protection Data
Washington dispatch reports the Geological Survey asks city officials for data on the extra cost of water supplies for fire protection beyond domestic use. The goal is to estimate fire loss and funding needs to inform President Roosevelt’s commission on conserving life and property.
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Roosevelt
Clty
Adwire a man's teeth and hairless reminder
A fragment notes applying a dental or dental-like action to a man and mentions someone reminding that he has no hair, implying a jibe or insult in a brief, captured line. The evidence is sparse and reads as a clipped OCR fragment.
United States Leads World Coal Output in 1907
A US Geological Survey report notes world coal production at about 1.200 billion short tons in 1907, with the United States supplying roughly 39.7 percent. It highlights that US output rose over Britain and more than double Germany, and shows US dominance since 1899 as the top coal producer.
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United States Geological Survey
United States
E. W. Parker
France
Belgium
Russia
Finland
Great Britain
Germany
Austria-Huongary
New South Wales
Esheess
Victoria
Cape Colony
Tasmania
Mexico
Queensland
Holland
Hialy
Abs
Sweden
Seaks
Teel
Parker
Harmon to Speak in Nelsonville Open Air Meeting
Nelsonville dispatch reports Judge Judson Harmon Democratic candidate for governor will address an open air meeting at Public Square on Wednesday at 2 PM. He will then travel to Athens for an evening address. John Monahan, Democratic executive committeeman, returned from Columbus with the news.
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Nelsonville
John Monahan
Columbus
Monahan
Diudge
Judson Harmon
Democrs Ic
Jud Harmon
Athens
Nelsonville Hosts Bell Guests at 15 President Street
Dr and Mrs E B Bell of Nelsonville are the guests of Mrs Alma Bell at 15 President Street. The brief notice notes a family visit and the residences involved without additional details.
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E. B. Bell
Nelsonville
Alma Bell
President Street
Taxation Amendment Praised by Ohio Grange Officials
Officials of the Deputy Master’s Association the most powerful auxiliary of the Ohio State Grange advocate the taxation amendment. President H. Kakiwin devotes time to it. Dr. F. P. Amen lecturer and county Pomona Grange deputy praises it. T. B. Tierman Medina County secretary-treasurer, long-time organizer, supports it. They warn against indifference and prejudice at the polls and predict a handsome majority.
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Ohio State Grange
Kakiwin
F. P. Amen
Waxhinate
Pomona
T. B. Tierman
Medina County
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New York Society For the Prevention of
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John Smith
Carnegie
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Rome Center
Hood
Harmony Hill
Addie Linscott
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Harve Wires
Eva Burke
Stewart
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Ireland
Paul Buckman
McFarland
W Va
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T. J. Foster
William Cornes
Sam Marghell
P. Paver Ie
Saran Yate
Suvte Guerel
Michiew
N.S. Patton
Thie Place
Merry Yates
Rennie Chark
Little Hoeking
Morris W. Downing
Zanesville Hospital
National Conseration Commission
Washington, D. C
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