Athens County News In Briefs And Notices
In Athens there are seventeen prisoners in the county jail. Numerous locals report on visitors, court days, and travel including Gen Grosvenor, Dr John A Frame, Maj L M Jewett, and others. Local events include dances, hospital trustees meetings, school district debate, pension applications, and a large church reception for Rev Murdoch and wife. News notes cover railroad mileage valued at over $1 million, forthcoming Republican rallies, divorces and marriages counts, strikes and labor concerns, and various visits by residents to cities such as Cincinnati Columbus and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. E. Hedges
Marietta
John Ely
Chillicothe
Athens
James M. Wilson
Buechiel
J. C. Headley
Trimble
L. ¥. Cook
Athens County
Clara Benedict
Rutland
J. O. Woodyard
Ullom Hall
Athens State Hospital
Athens County Common Pleas Court
J. A. Holmes
Magnetic Springs
Union County
H. S. Hamilton
McArthur
Athens Friends
W. E. Peters
Maagnetic Springs
H. G. Stalder
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Ann Arbor University Law School
Lenna Smith
Columbus
Sam Sommer
Mattie Woodruff
Boden
New Vienna
Ohio
H. L. Sibley
Gallipolis
I. M. Leslie
Nelsonville
Jackson
M. E. Church
George W. Earhart
Bethel
D. Y. Murdoch
Helen
M. FE
Esther Gabriel
Prospect
Gabriel
O. E Davis
Charles D. Smith
M. E
Murdoch
College
O. U
S. N. Hobson
South Vine Street
Emmett Cullims
Wilson
Zanesville
Marshal Dean
Emmett
A. Boutelle
Maine
Congress
Boutelle
County Board of Examiners
Isaac Lafollett
Federal, Co. A
U.L
Increase
Culbert M. Pierce
Pleasanton
Co. D
O. V
Gov. Chase
C. H. V. & T. Railroad
Sheriff Riley
Grafton
West Virginia
Henry Stewart
J. J. Brooks
Stewart
Durance Vile
Annual Meeting of Women’s Fores Missionary Society Held in Athens
The twenty second annual session of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Marietta District M E Church met in Athens on Wednesday and Thursday last week. Delegates attended despite poor weather. Officers elected for the coming term include Frances Socie as President and S L Poston as recording secretary with Poston as delegate to the Springfield branch meeting in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Fores Missionary Society
Marietta
M. E. Church
Athens
Ramsey
Helens. Burns
D. B. Stewart
Burns
D. Y. Murdoch
Frances Socie
Nelsonville
Leon H. Brown
Amanda Yontz
H. S. Burns
B. R. Cowen
Cincinnati
Thoburn
Catherine Findley
J. F. Grimes
Belpre
Kate J. Hickman
R. C. Leslie
8. L. Poston
C. W. Lawrence
Rev. Leslie
Springfield
Ohio
October Weather in Ohio Record Shows Warmth and Rain
Observations from October over eleven years in Ohio detail mean and extreme temperatures with a 52 degree normal, noting 1884 as warmest and 1888-89 coldest. Precipitation averages 2.62 inches, with 9 cloudless count and 9 cloudy days, SW winds prevailing, plus a history of record rainfall in 1883 and 1890.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
National Weather Bureau
Cincinnati
Springboro
Greenville
Wooster
Divorce Suit Seeks Alimony Amid Adultery Allegations
A common pleas court filing by Elizabeth Whitmore seeks divorce from Nehemiah O. Whitmore with alimony. She alleges marriage in 1858 near Nelsonville, adultery with Charlotte Welch in 1893, cohabitation since 1892 at Whitmore’s Mason City Hill home, cruelty in 1890, and lack of means. She states Whitmore owns substantial property in York township and owes royalty funds to the Columbus & Hocking Coal & Iron Company. Custody sought for two minor children, Charles and Ida, along with pendente lite support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas Court
L. M. Jewett
Elizabeth Whitmore
Nehemiah O. Whitmore
Mrs. Whitmore
Nelsonville
Mason City Hill
York Township
Lottie Welch
Columbus & Hocking Coal & Iron Company
Whitmore
John R. Buectel
Buectel
Charles
Ida
Buentel
Football Returns to University With Organized Team
University moves to form a regular football team as steps are taken to organize a squad for forthcoming seasons. Aiming to revive gridiron status, campus officials convene committees and seek players, coaches, and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University
Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder and Health Claims
An old advertisement notes Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder contains no ammonia or alum and promotes health via good food and sunshine. It also mentions Syrup of Figs as a laxative and previews new postage stamps appearing around October with a triangular corner mark. It adds that typhoid fever in Athens is abating as cooler weather arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Deafness cured only by constitutional remedies
An advertisement claims deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian tube lining and can be cured only by constitutional remedies. It offers one hundred dollars for any case of catarrh deafness cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, with circulars from F J Curney, Toledo, and lists sales at Miss L V Cook with reduced millinery and hosiery prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Curney & Co
Toledo
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Fred
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A. C. Christopher
T. L. Lehrantz
Pomeroy
Royal Arc Electric Company
T. B. White
Prof. Hatfield
Indianola
Iowa
de. Carpenter
George Falloon
Jessie
Adrian
Missouri
Falloon
Denver
L. N. Matson
Mary Vorkes
Jasper Drake
Henry W. Coultrap
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society
E. J. Jones
New York
Albert
D. ¥. Murdoch
L. A. Koons
E. Sayre
New Floodwood
Euch
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Will
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Albany
Geo. D. Stone
Carthage
G. A. BR
Pittsburg
Hockingport
William Cone
Pennsboro
West Va
Mrs. C. Dye
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John F. Davis
Hiram Armitage
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Mall Streets
Joseph Morris
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The
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Main Street
Berry
Marie Rice
Fred Blodgett
Amesville
Warren W. McKinney
New Concord
Muskingum County
F. M. Root
Royal Arch Masons
Grand Chapter
Athens Post Office
City Hall
Glouster Republican
Glouster Gazette
J. M. Allen
Cutsehall
Gazette
Seth Weldy
Logan
Thomas Silvers
Ida Johnson
Covlville
Charles B. Morse
Citizens’ Bank
Arlington
Louis Bean
Cannanville
Bean
McKinley
Wheaton
Peter Kern
Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters
Hutsinpiller
State Board of Health
Beatrice Graham
Salina
Gallipoli
Hattie
Eva Tedrow
Odd Fellows of Lancaster
G. 8. Pilcher of
Canaanville
Mrs. F
Grones
W.F. IM
Frank Jones
St Perkins
Charles Flemming
U. S. Gov’t
Mars
Earth
Trimble Township
J. S. Morton
Harlow, N.C
Bradfield Regulator CO
Atlanta
Ohio River
Steamboat Scioto
Sheriff’s Sale
D. M. Osborne & Co
Esaias Dailey
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of Sale
Athens County Court Common Pleas
Court of Common Pleas
Court House
Lee
State of
Ohio Company
Sarah EB
Albany Road
Sarah E Dally
Dan Curran
Esaias
Ayeat
Curran
D. N. Rowande
M. Amdb
Pitt
L. V. Cook
Dr. Price
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