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Newspaper
Marysville Republican
Location
Marysville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
3
John L. Loughrey attorney at law lists Stevenson and Kennedy as partners and real estate dealers on West Fifth Street. Office phone 70, residence 539, Bell phone 80. Also all kinds of bonds executed.
Mrs. Margaret Beightler will move to Columbus around January first. Chas Arthur's harness store in Marysville sells trunks suit cases and travel bags. A freight wreck on the T C C at Mortimer delayed traffic Thursday. Union county farmers plan more corn and oats this spring. Dr C D Mills spoke in Columbus before the General Practitioner Society on the Doctor and the Public. Walter Kennedy seeks to form a gun club but lacks enough members. William Dechert of Piqua closed a deal for the John Dull farm north of Marysville costing 6300 for 75 acres.
A battalion of United States soldiers rode a special train from New York via the Big Four to the southwest. The train paused in Marysville for about seven minutes. Miss Rachel Henderson departed Wednesday to Findlay Pennsylvania to stay the winter with her sister Mrs Braddock, sisters of R M Henderson, owner of the Oakland hotel.
Mrs. Maggie Nicely, long-time Dayton resident, has moved back to Union County and rented the F. T. Lemley farm two miles north of Marysville to live with her youngest son. William Galloway lost a pool match here Wednesday evening to Louis Beach by 205 to 198 after a seesaw duel that included ties at 150 and 195.
Hon J L Cameron attended a trustees meeting at Sandusky Soldiers Home Thursday and Friday. He was accompanied by J W Newhouse of Marysville who visited some of the veterans there.
Alexander Gilcrest of Wellsburg West Virginia returns home after visiting Captain Theodore Mullen. They attended the funeral of J. H Peabody of Cincinnati the orderly sergeant in the 61st Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Gilcrest also owns a Wellsburg coal mine.
Miss Edith Rank of Lakeview visited Lima State hospital trustee George Whitney met in Columbus. E F Southard traveled to Minneapolis for Wolf Bros. sales. Emil Wilds of John Wilds Evaporated Milk Plant visited Morrison Illinois. Ralph M Piper, Standard Stamping traveler, returns home for holidays. Mrs Anna Parthemer visited Kenton. daughter and two grandchildren to join soon. William Riddle, Logan County representative-elect, met Geo Wilber in Marysville on legislative matters. Captain Theodore Mullen and George Harris attended J H Peabody funeral in Cincinnati. Mrs Harris stayed with Mrs Mullen.
Two Marion infirmary directors and Union county board members met in Marysville to discuss a disputed bill of about 150 dollars for past indigent care. Union county official John R. Taylor refuses payment pending further inquiry and will refer the matter to C B Cheney. The visitors stayed at the infirmary overnight and toured local facilities including the milk plant.
Marysville defeats New Carlisle 24 to 12 in an Armory hall game. R. Smith scored a notable field goal for the visitors, while Black and H. Smith led scoring for Marysville. The New Carlisle team featured many related players, and the lineup included Beightler Porter Demorest Harris and Johnson among others. Referees were Morelock and G. Smith.
The council plans to grade Grove street from the Boulevard to Collins avenue early next spring. The project serves John Wilch Evaporated Milk Plant workers west of town by shortening their route. Volunteers donated land to widen the street, needing only grading and draining.
Rev Walter H Houston state superintendent of Home Missions spoke to Presbyterian church men Thursday on church finances and organizing church business. He has studied financial plans of more than six hundred churches this past year and shared many useful points with the group.
The next grand jury in Marysville will convene January 4 and handle several serious cases. If defendants are convicted they face prison terms, and the result will be watched closely by many Marysville and Union County residents.
Mrs Celinda L Coons returns to Wheeler Illinois after visiting her brother J J Brannon and family This is her first trip to Union County in forty six years She formerly lived on a farm near Pharisburg and notes many changes in the county during her long absence.
Deputy Revenue Collector J B Gallo of Marysville advised a Milford Center merchant that selling soft drinks with more than one and one half percent alcohol risks arrest and heavy fines, and may require payment of a government tax. He urged merchants to stay within the law to avoid trouble.
A store in Leytonstone England displayed a mammoth Christmas cake claimed to be the largest ever made. It stood seven feet high and weighed about 1660 pounds, with ingredients totaling 152 lb butter, 152 lb sugar, 325 lb flour, raisins, sultanas, currants, almonds, lemon and orange peels, almond paste, icing sugar, and lemon essence among others.
Thieves broke into a merchant’s car on the Erie road between Peoria and North Lewisburg one night last week. Deputy marshal investigated but could not identify suspects. Two men found hidden on a train were not involved. unverified report of robbers stopping a freight at Pottersburg to target passengers.
Editor A J Hazlett of the Findlay Morning Republican married Miss Sallie Locke of Tiffin Ohio last week. Locke is the daughter of postmaster O T Locke of Tiffin. Hazlett, also president of the Ohio Paint Company at Findlay, has promoted its trade in Union county and frequents Marysville for the business.
State Senator-elect RL Cameron and Representative elect Geo M Wilber received official notice of a special session to be held in Columbus on January 4. The notice is signed by Governor Harris and Secretary of State Carmi Thompson.
The young daughter of Mr and Mrs O L Spurrier came home from Columbus after an operation to remove adenoids and tonsils. She is reported much improved in health.
The late George B Nutt left an estate valued at 31000 dollars to benefit poor children in Pittsburg and Allegheny. The will directs the wife receive income for her life, then the principal to be shared equally among his children. If all children die before the mother, the estate is to be spent on gifts and playthings for poor children in institutions.
A legend from Germany explains the Christmas tree as a symbol of mankind's fall and redemption. Eve's bite shrivels leaves into needles, the tree turns evergreen, and at Christmas it shines with lights and gifts as the Christ Child brings blessing.
A German woman living in America crafts tiny beaded Christmas trees from green beads, wire, and wax ornaments. The trees are durable, portable, and historically linked to European royal courts, with branches formed from trefoil clusters and a wire trunk.
A German craftsman family created a dynami te gift in sand and wax, shown by the Hofgarten director in Munich to King Ludwig who ordered one for the court. The daughter sent a version to President Roosevelt who could not accept, joking he might expect dynamite.
Mr Erastus Pinkley asks if it is customary to hang one stocking on Christmas Eve and Miss Mi a wn replies that only one should be hung. The exchange suggests caution about leaving shoes or gifts if the mate is kept. Washington Star style voices capture a homely holiday superstition.
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