Willowbrook school closes term at Oak Grove and social notes
Willowbrook closes spring term at Oak Grove with a party at White Woman's Rock attended by Howard Shaw Benson Wright R Norris Clayton Norris Grace Williams Alpha Davis Abbie Dan Pearl Norris Vente Weigle Otto Norris Bessie Guilliams Grover Aigle Byron McCoy Scott Fortune Jandie Fortune Nora Dawson Frank Fortune Miss Ethel McFide Coshocton Mrs Kalle ith Warsaw Laura Weeks ends term with ice cream and cake. about forty present. John McCutcheon resigns Chicago Record Herald to join Chicago Tribune at $20000 yearly. Stereopticon lectures by Rev J A Eby draw praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willowbrook Ward
Lawrence
West Wafayette
Jo Slaughter
Laura Weeks
J. W. Richcreek
Seph Slaughter
Wright
John McCann
Coshocton
John .Corder
Davis Es
Mary Ann
The Dunkers of Ohio and their Lord's Supper Foot Washing
A portrait of Dunker rites in Little Bear Ohio describes the spring foot washing ceremony and May Lord's Supper. It outlines Dunker origins from 1708, migration from Germany to America, evolving worship, and the role of bishops deacons and deaconesses in a ritual highlighting Christ's life with communal meals and foot cleansing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Bear
New Lebanon
Ohio
Middle West
Baptist Church
Shakers
Alexander Mack
Schwartzenau
Dunkerdom
Mack
Germany
Holland
Pennsylvania
Delftshaven
Plymouth
Germantown
New England
Maryland
Virginia
Indiana
Christ
Family Tragedy as Boy Shot Kills Brother in Woods
A ten year old boy is dead and his nineteen year old brother seriously injured after a accidental gun discharge by their fourteen year old sibling. The trio were chopping wood when a loaded shotgun fired during a dispute over a pocket knife. The older brother is blind and hospitalized under a Newcomerstown physician. Their father J Wesley Smith is a wealthy Adams township farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Wesley Smith
Adams Township
Newcomerstown
Mr. Smith
Evansburg
Modern Dunkers in the United States
The passage notes the growing number of Modern Dunkers in the United States. It cites the 1890 census listing about 8,000 Dunkers and discusses cultural dress changes such as hats and buttons during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
First Call Troops Meet in Coshocton Reunion Plans
The First Call Troops of Ohio announce their annual reunion in Coshocton August 18 and 19. Local officers lead the prominent Civil War veterans group with Judge Voorhees as president and W. H. Cue as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Call
First Call Troops
Ohio
Coshocton
Judge Voorhees
W. H. Cue
100 Years Since Emmet Death to Be Commemorated in Dublin
The 1803 execution of Robert Emmet at Kilmainham Jail is recalled as Ireland’s bravest patriot. The Chicago Inter-Ocean notes a planned Auditorium gathering with Irish national figures and prominent Irish American speakers. Sarah Curran, Emmet's fiancée, is highlighted alongside John Philpot Curran’s legacy. Curran’s daughter endured conflict with her father, later married Captain Sturgeon and died in Malta, with her ashes later returning to Ireland for burial at Newmarket.
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Lord Norbury
Ireland
Robert Emmet
Kilmainham
Dublin
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Emmet
Chicago
Sarah Curran
John Philpot Curran
Curran
Emmett
Miss Curran
Privy Council
Cork
Penrose
Sturgeon
Royal Staff Corps
Malta
Italy
Newmarket
Mallow
Story Alphabet Aims to Spell Any Tongue Correctly
Chicago Inter Ocean outlines Charles A Story’s new Story Alphabet a phonetic system claimed to simplify spelling across languages. The inventor says it names each sound with a single letter and removes silent letters to speed learning, with internationalen universal aims and use in education and publishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Story
Vernon Avenue
Webster
Worcester
Story
Chicago
Mr. Story
Accifent
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Local Folks Seen In Town Over Weekend
Shanesville superintendent Prof Johnson Harmond, Wooster College alum, visited Wooster on Sunday. Piatt Williamson of Shannon traveled through town Friday en route to Logan and Licking counties. Numerous residents including Miss Marie Sauvery, Miss Mabel Hamilton, and Miss Georgia McFarland gathered near Trinway. Visitors from Baltic and New Moscow noted. a Karnesville group toured, and many others passed through Coshocton for family, social, and church events.
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Johnson Harmond
Shanesville
Wooster College
Piatt Williamson
Shannon
Visi
Logan
Licking
Charles Buch
Hebron
Hag
Marie Sauvery
Misa Mabel Hamilton
Georgia McFarland
Trinway
Mr. Gibson
Australia
William G. Hay
South Lawn Avenue
Smith Bostwick
William ‘Benson
Warsaw
Charles Madden
Charles
Wheeling
Madden
Chestnut Street
E. A. McCusky
West Lafayette College
Jease Bassett
Plainfield
Newark
Ella Smith
Roscoe
Cincinnati
A. L. Smith
West Bedford
J. C. Wright
New Cumberland
Nellie West
Albert Milter
Chill
Newcomerstown
George Bigler
Morgan Run
Canton
M. E. Kemp
Avondale
Fred Sipp
Bellefontaine
Baltic
Abner Cooksy
New Moscow
Carnegie
Phoebe Coudy
Beach City
Coshoct
E. H. Eckert
South Fourth Street
Belle Beers
Nellie Beal
M. E. Douglasa
Howard ‘McCain
Col. Pren Metham
E. ©. Rhodehayer
Nellie
Unmarked Grave of Sarah Curran Mentioned in Fragment
A fragment notes that after long neglect the remains of Sarah Curran lie in an unmarked grave. The text hints at broken arrangements and unclear timelines surrounding her burial.
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Sarah Curran
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J. M. Barrett
N. W. Gman
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C. O. F. Lodge
M. K. Hosfelt
Nellie Chapel
Tunnel Hill
D. W. Johnson
Jorge Warfel
Iten
John T. McCutcheon
Chicago Record- Herald
Chicago Tribune
Court House Square
J. A. Eby
London
Ky. Echo
St. Petersburg
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Coahocton
Alice A. Holmes
J. Rodgers
Thomas Brown
Mr. Beeler
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Frank Davis
Donald C. Gardner
E. N. Harris
Steve Longstreth
H. M. Overholt
CG. B. McCoy
H. M
New Baby
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O. E. Bolin
Columbus
A. J. Lennon
Opos
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Robert Emmett
R. K. Merrian
Gaysport
David Welch
Denver
Col
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Orange Street
Welch
New York
Boston
T. W. Cornell
Conesville
Thomas McConnell
Near Keene
Joseph Karr
Vandegrift
Bethlehem Township
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