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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1899
Page
8
Betsy Rost reports neighbors visiting relatives in Broadwell and a steady stream of guests at local homes. Campfire gatherings, church events, and sermons fill Sundays as families from Coolville to Athens share news, storms, and school plans while residents eye new houses and possible oil prospects in the area.
The record lists community events and personal updates including a well attended Coolville fair, Clarence Kyle visiting relatives, Mrs. H. E. Stout illness, Guy Dean and sister Nin ne visiting, James Elliott selling stock and farming tools at a public sale, Elliott renting his farm to Grant Russell and moving to Guysville, and Mabel Kyle celebrating her fourteenth birthday with gifts and a gathering at her father’s home.
Re Sobn Bernhard and wife visited at Buchtel. D T Sands visited at Crooksville. Geo Duncan and John White in Mountsville. D H Fierce and wife visited Wa Spaulding's. Lydia Wells left to teach at Burr Oak. J M Rainey and family attended his mother's funeral at Pennsville. Arthur Waite and Nellie Fuller of Athens returned home after three weeks here. Zoa Bryson returned to Dixmont Pennsylvania to hospital work. Trimble public schools opened with W G Danford as superintendent and Edna Daugherty Jenna Mason etc. Mrs Fasher Crippen returned from West Virginia. George Norris started fall term. Frank Patten, Wm Beebe and Owen Beebe attended G A R encampment in Philadelphia. Mr and Mrs H A Cook to Waterloo for illness of son Frank with typhoid. Married August 30 at Helpre residence Raymond Cook and Annie Hawk. J R Carpenter officiating.
A local note from Ohio records the H. H. Haning agency completing an all risk insurance policy for a firm located in the town. The transaction highlights standard coverage and the broker's role in arranging the policy across three entities in the state.
Mond ae. Dye, teacher Mae Botkin started school at Harmony. Numerous visits and gatherings among residents from Frost to Coolville. Ice cream social planned at Baptist church. Notices of travel, school openings, typhoid reports, and a wedding in New England. Continuous village updates portray community life and movements.
Louise Spaulding is on the sick list while many locals attended the Union fair at Coolville. Mrs Louse Hill of Athens visited her mother Mrs Addie Bundy. Miss Nora Lewis from Marshfield visited her parents. Master John Dana of Athens stayed with grandparents Mr and Mrs Bundy. Charles Wells departs for Reading Pennsylvania. various relatives and guests from Parkersburg Mahan Texas Washington Missouri attend gatherings and visits.
A Cross Roads ice cream supper drew many youths Saturday night. Farmers rush wheat ground after rains as rill approaches. Benny Dixon returns from Perry county after selling fruit trees. Sheldon Parker and Bertha of Pleasanton pass through en route from Rutland visiting relatives. Frank Brooks, formerly with K M gravel train, is at home sick but expects to return Monday.
New Philadelphia lawyer Judge A W Patrick seconded Kilbourne’s nomination amid sharp clashes with McLean partisans. He denounced the McLean gang and warned he would not be gagged, declaring he remains a Democrat and Kilbourne will be the people’s nominee if chosen today.
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