Local Officials Listed for Ohio County Races
Governor NYRON T. HERRICK and Lieutenant Governor WARREN G. HARDING head a slate with Attorney General WADE H. ELLIS and Auditor WALTER TN SCILBORE named. Noble Board member GRORGH H. WATKINS and Sheriff candidate ANDREW MURPHY round out the tentative line up with Recorder ELMER GOLDEN and Commissioner SB HILL also mentioned as race contenders. Coroner position appears incomplete in the record.
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Warren G. Harding
Maron
Wade H. Ellis
Hamilton
Andrew Murphy
Elmer Golden
Commisssionce SB
Gormley Sails On Draft for State Senate Nomination
A Democratic convention in the thir d district discusses Mayor Hugh Gormley of Gloucester as a possible state senator candidate. The piece satirizes his free trade stance and creditors, noting his reluctance to pay debts and his mock advocacy of tax concepts.
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Hugh Gormley
Glouster
Hugh
Grover Cleveland
Gormsey
Gormley
Tax Plan Promoted to Tax Only Land in Ohio
The speaker derides proposed reforms by Ames and Johnson claiming they would tax land at high rates while undervaluing improved property. He argues such changes would exempt those with no land and burden real estate owners, urging voters to oppose the Johnson plan in Ohio governor elections.
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Ames Tts Cinel
Johnson
Ohio
XENIA'S COSTLY LIGHT PLANT DEAL
Xenia Ohio spent 30000 on an electric light plant that operated fourteen years before selling for 2500. Costs rose to 112 lamps at 103 each yearly, plus 6500 yearly contracted lighting, inflating municipal costs by 62720 over the period and a total loss of 90220 when accounting for sale. Public Policy notes taxpayers would have been better off by nearly 90000 without municipal ownership experiences.
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Xenia
Ohio
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Logan
Kenya
Doctor of Divinity Bestowed on Athens Minister
Townsman Rev. James R. Conner receives the Doctor of Divinity from Nashville college Tennessee, a leading southern institution. The honor recognizes him as a top theologian and biblical scholar in Athens while noting the college’s varied departments and extensive law correspondence students.
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James R. Conner
Nashville College
Tennessee
South
Athens
Banks scramble over Secretary Shaw’s funds
Banks speculate on slicing Secretary Shaw's $49,000,060 appropriation and worry about how the rest will be allotted. Some worry about limits and the treasury secretary's role in allocating the rest.
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Shaw
Nomination Mounts for State Senator in Marietta GOP Democrats
The Ninth Fourth Senatorial district Democrats nominated Major Hugh Gormley of Glouster for state senator at a Marietta convention. The vote was unanimous after brief nominations by E S Lawrence. The convention also named the senatorial committee and left Fairfield and Monroe counties unrepresented.
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Hugh Gormler
Glouster
Marietta
C. P. Hyde
Curtis V. Harris
Athens Journal
Gormley
E. S. Lawrence
Suarshal If Giouster
Congress
Lawrence
Senatorial Committee
Dr. E. RB. Lash
Athens County
J. A. Ivers
Morgan County
Frank Panhorst
Washington County
Athens residents complete vehicle license payments
About 120 vehicle licenses have been issued in Athens, totaling 351 dollars. A dozen to fifteen private vehicles remain unlicensed but owners are expected to finalize soon. Warren Bros and Bower Bros initially resisted the tax but plan to pay without issue.
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Athens
Thera
Warren Bros
Bower Bros
Athens Township To Organize At High School Saturday
The Athens township 0. T. R. C. will meet at the high school building at 1 20 p m on Saturday September 26 to organize and set regulations for the year. The group urges the largest attendance possible at its first meeting. M Matheny Tp Sec y
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Athens Township
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure for Disease
Reader notice touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. Internal medicine targets blood and mucous surfaces claiming to destroy the disease’s foundation and strengthen the body. A $100 reward is offered for any failure to cure with testimonials available. Sold by druggists at 75 cents. Hall's Family Pills also recommended.
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Hall
Cheney &Co
Toledo
Drageists
Ohio Canal Association Convention Seeks Canal Rehab in 1903
Notices invite Ohio residents to a September 28 1903 convention in Zanesville to push a Erie to Ohio River canal project. The plan asks the Board of Public Works to prepare estimates for restoring the Cleveland to Dresden segment with a five foot depth and thirty foot width, linking to the Muskingum river at Dresden for future legislative cost assessment.
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Lake Erie
Ohio River
Zanesville
Ohio
Board of Public Works
Cleveland
Dresden
Muskingum
Coalville Fair Sees Record Attendance and Baseball Result
Coalville fair continued strong on the second day with a record attendance. A baseball game featured Hockingport beating Tuppers Plains 26 to 19. Tomorrow is expected to draw more visitors with a $110 purse for trot or pace and steady entries in farm products and household departments.
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Coalville
Coalvilla Fair
Hockingport
Tuppers Plains
Hockinggort
Marriage License Notices From Athens and Surrounding Areas
Marriage license records list EB Lahs Jr and R Estella Hobson both of Athens. Hoyt E McAffee and Myrtle Carsey both of Hebbardsville. Charles Richards of Nelsonville and Miss Jennie Lagsdon of Amesville. Walter A Curtis and Bess Worden both of Buchtel. Samuel Frost of Judson and Blanche Holland Lysander Perley McDonald and Mrs Mincie McDonald both of Hamley Run.
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EB. R. Lahs, Jr
R. Estella Hobson
Athens
Hoyt E. McAffee
Myrtle Carsey
Hebbardsville
Charles Richards
Nelsonville
Jennie Lagsdon
Amesville
Walter A. Curtis
Bess Worden
Buchtel
Samuel Frost
Judson
Blanche Holland
Lysander
Perley McDonald
Mincie McDonald
Hamley Run
Castorta Bursts The Kind You Rave About
Fragmentary note mentions Castorta and a burst event amid rave references. Unable to confirm full names or places due to illegible OCR. Summary relies on incomplete fragments to present a minimal record of the incident and involved party.
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Athens Messenger and Berald Mqsover
Ad Herald Printing Company
Fred W. Bush
Gadyarce Mannes
Gurtide
Nyron T. Herrick
Cuyahoga
of State
Walter TN Scilbore Noble
Tressurer
W. S. McKinnon
Ashtabula
N. Summers
Clark
E. A. Jones
Stark
Grorgh H. Watkins
Pisp
David H. Moore
AWE
Grawford
Woodworth
J J. Lane
R 5. Dent
Tom Johnson
Xenia’s Costly Light Plant
Newsom
R. C. i. Hastings
Athens, Ohio
Igormley
M. Matheny
F. L. Preston Co
Prince Albert
Preston's
Children’s
Firsi National Bank
Coalville Fair
Tee Oca
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