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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1894
Page
8
The Marietta association plans an institute with Troy Baptist church near Frost starting Tuesday evening, 25th, continuing Thursday. Eminent ministers from within and abroad are expected. A grand time is anticipated with basket dinners on grounds Wednesday and Thursday. Rev. Gear and Rev. W. X., among others, will speak.
Travel offers list round trip excursion tickets to Shelbyville and Charleston NL at very low fares. Tickets valid October 2 leaving south of Columbus, return by November 21, 1904. Additional sales from Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo routes to Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota with seasonal dates and varying validity. Contact agents V. J. Bye or W. H. Fisher for details. Also notes court docket entries for various civil cases including divorces and ejectment.
The notice advertises a Buckeye Bowls excursion from September 25 to October 29 1894 to Colorado Territory Kansas Missouri or New Mexico with low fare. Tickets allow stops west of the Mississippi River and are valid twenty days from issue resev. Agents of HV and T Bry provide details and itineraries for the desired poles visit.
A list of marriage licenses shows several couples including Miller and Tatma Alesander Tyane. Ne Simnith and Sarah Ford appear among the names, followed by others such as John Swaunson and Mary Bertram Olds and Eva Grim. A separate post office notice lists letters remaining for pickup as of September 1, 1804, with names like Brown, A B Woan, Miss Ids i Sergent, Mrs. Mary Excor, Joho C. Yehorn and others.
Howie seekers excursions offered by Ohio Central Lines announce tickets for round trips to the Worthwest West and Southwest, with a $2.00 surcharge. Sept 18 and Nov 14 see sales to Michigan points at one fare round trip with 20 day return limit. Det 4 J Nov 6 and Dec 4 extend tickets to the South and Southeast including Virginia and Southern states south of the Ohio River, with 20 day return limit.
Travel offer advertises excursion tickets to Alabama Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee and Virginia on Oct 2 Nov 6 and Dec 4 1834 at the lowest class fare. Tickets valid ninety days with stopovers south of the Ohio River. Contact C H W or W A Fisher for details, Columbus Ohio.
Ky based Cephotin Coagrees reaches a service agreement on excursion rates with fees. The notice repeats the same lines, indicating a contractual arrangement and associated charges for planned trips. No additional details provided.
The piece notes rapid growth in the Hudson Addition near Athens intersecting the B&O SW line, with social visits from Mrs. Goores Hudson and Miss Jennis Chapwan, a first child born in the addition, and local businesses like the Hudson School Furniture Co. thriving. It calls citizens to organize committees for progress, and mentions Epworth League assuming the Athens Lecture Course with speakers to be announced.
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