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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1900
Page
8
Athens county notes list numerous visits and greetings among locals from J C Luedeker to W M Henry and many others. peaches sell 25 to 5 cents per basket. telegraph line plans. marriages of Maymee Dunbar and Lydia Henry with Beeman performing rites. a Rough Riders rally and rail news frame the week.
Mrs T W Jones visits her father near Smithfield in Jefferson county. Ben Clark of Prosperity visits daughter Ona Russell. C G Dye leaves for Center Belpre to become school superintendent. Mr and Mrs Dewitt Richardson and Mrs Cocklin of Frost visit C G Dre. Pierce Mickle Arthur Watson and Bertha Carville with friends in Marietta last week. John Dre returns from West Virginia after a few weeks with relatives. The Dyes and Lida Corry attend Albany Albany County Sunday school rally with praise for hospitality and white Tam o Shanter hats. Joseph Clark urges delegates to report on first Sunday in October. Rally Day set for Sunday, with large Sunday schools attendance expected.
Mrs Perry visited friends in Athens Friday. Sarah Edgar of Athens visits here. Mrs Dickey of Hamden called on friends Sunday. Carrie Yocum of Amenville spent Sunday at her father's home. Mrs C H Grosvenor of Athens visited John Grosvenor Tuesday. Will Perry of the O U spent weekend with his parents here.
Charles Paul of Chillicothe and many others were noted visiting friends and relatives in Logan Columbus Athens and Columbus again this week. Names include Frank Pos Chauncey Elsie McWee Lizzie Tucker Bertie Mulligan Bertie Mulligan and Misses Bertie and Flossie Mulligan among others.
Mr. Wm. Parrows visited friends at Cutler last week. Mrs. Ritenour and daughter Minnie moved to Athens one day last week. Miss Hattie Dean began fall term at Broadwell. Dr Fre Hocking visited friends. Harlow Colbert and wife of near Guysville were guests Sunday. Harvey Richardson remains ill with heart disease but is convalescing. Mrs. George Kilkenny of Hishopville visited Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Rowell recently. Hibbard and wife of Little were guests of others.
SEEREE reports Mrs Benjamin Taylor is dangerously ill while Mrs Kate Windsor slowly recovers from serious illness. William J. Dean visited friends at Spruce Run on Sunday and Mrs Mary Patten and Mrs Eliza Mineae visited friends in Washington county Sunday.
The catalog highlights handsome materials easy to sell with new styles dominating the ring. Fabrics include asphair, Serge, and Sate among others. Prices range from about 30 cents to 7 dollars, inviting buyers to select from a wide variety.
The F L Preston Co reports large public school turnout as the Basil community notes various visits and illness. A Mine No 10 injury fatality is reported near Derthick, and several local residents including Powell and Skinner are mentioned among obituaries and illnesses. The AO VTL reunion is planned for October 4 with addresses by A W Lynch and Major Fox.
Michael was visiting in Test while McKee returned from Columbus. Several families from Indiana, Nelsonville, Cheshire and Athens visited relatives here. Local clergy preached and attended conferences. multiple residents and guests from Harrisonville to St. Louis spent time with their kin this week.
Branch Riley of Athens was buried here Tuesday. The town opened last week with strong attendance and interest. Miss Stella Williams visited friends in Athens and Albany. Miss Della Lawrence traveled to Athens to stay with her sister Miss Frankie Ackley who has been in Nebraska. Guy Dalton, back from Michigan, is now severely ill with typhoid fever. Dr. T A Copeland and Rev. Matheny attended the Sunday school convention at Albany Friday. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day. No cure no pay. Price 25 cents.
Several whooping cough cases reported in Big Run. Mrs. C. A. McGill and two Vincent children visit relatives. John Mills and son of Lyda stay with I. E. Rathburn and wife. Mrs. John Lippencott and three children of Daleton visit her mother, Mrs. Phillipa. Louis Linscott of Buckingham guests of uncle John Rathburn for a day.
Public auction set for Saturday October 20 1900 at the Athens county court house to sell multiple tracts of real estate in Athens village including lots 148 and 138. extensive acreage in Athens township and surrounding areas. sale under the last will of Minerva A Gould deceased. Cash terms. Francis W Walker executor. Jewett & Wood attorneys.
The Board of Elections of Athens county Ohio invites sealed proposals at 11 o clock m Saturday October 1900 for furnishing ballots for the November 1900 election. Fifteen thousand ballots bound in book form of twenty eight volumes of different sizes to be printed on best No 2 oak paper. Each bid must include a bid bond in double the amount. Further information at the board office. J D Hopkins chief deputy E Ray Lass JB clerk. Sent 27 1900-12.
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