Contract lets Whitley build street railway line
Frank Whitley of Springfield secures the street railway contract at the last Tuesday session. He vows completion in under three months, with a power house rail laying and trolley wire setup to follow. The project will extend from Second street to New Boston, hiring men as soon as material arrives, and will expand city lines later.
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Frank Whitley
Springfield
Whitley
Second Street
Chillicothe
Jefferson
Alo
Ofluere 2Nd Tenth
Whitier
New Boston
Frank Ruby
Iroston
CU FP Draper
Beste Marlton
Ironton
Wes Taub Praehrd
West Sith Street
Menorg T Bannon
Redding
Jesse McConnell Boles
Last Second Street
Chicago
Richard Cascut
Jackeon
Et Yeler
Ninth Street
John & Deebley
Mass Mag-gie
Wooster
Cita Draper
Washington Street
Will Reed
JM Hiestind
Zhilsboro
TL Sanford Ws
Columbia Fleury
Sanford
Ded Alger
Johy Jones
East Second
Canton
Puisbug Pa
George Gilliland
Washington, DC
Buskirk
Nellie Dungan
Jackson
Pann
West Sixth Street
Michael Bjan
Af Springs
Sallie Reed
Dela
Kathleen McDlroy
Portsmouth High School Class of 93 Commencement
The Portsmouth high school class of 1893 held their commencement at the Grand Opera House with fourteen graduates, ten girls and four boys. Dr Vickers lauded their achievements, and the program featured speeches orations and musical selections amid a formal procession and stage decor.
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Portsmouth High School
Vickers
Super-1
Miss Daily Ball
Lucy Tall
J. P. Souci
Stebbins
Johnoson
Sixth Street
M. Ti
William Clausing
Brestold Carne
Bisman
Gladys Vans Victures
Addeh L Greene
Clara A
Rantman
Setuet
Louisa
Larsy Pursel
Alps
Lou Warnich
Emma
Heghen Dietine Fon
Bis
Gaided Acre
Carrie Lieman
Clara Kaufman
Clarajl White
Kauffman
I Waghest
Eetariion
Clas
John- IX
Home for Aged Women seeks funds for larger building
Help the Home for Aged Women reach ten years of service with five current inmates. A fund of 23,000 is sought to erect space for more residents. Donations of fruits furniture and dishes are welcomed and ice cream or refreshments would be fitting this season. The board hopes to cover expenses via membership fees totaling about 800 members at one dollar each.
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Clay B. Newman
John T Wilson
West Union
Portsmouth
Charles Stewart
O ' McCall
Sue Reed
Fannie Flelfenstein
Mary Angle
Jos Reed
Mary R Johnson
Irene Jordan
Cocke
John K. Duke
Dudley Hutchins
Wary Damarin
Ramsey
Maggie Firmstone
Thyrza Spry
Little Locals of a Busy Week in Town
A collection of brief local items reports a new opera house foundation, an annual reunion by Company G of the 1st Ohio, a Masonic incident with a goat, the death of Prof Ira C Wood in Hopington Virginia, and other small notes. It notes a rash of misadventures, a suicide by Miss Ancie Allison near Winchester, a fire at Minersville Meigs, and various social visits, arrests, and civic proceedings from Pike and surrounding counties.
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Ep, Gray
Po & VW
Fast. Road
Ira C Wood
Icicto County
Hopington
Pike County
Sanity
Ganty politics and the county race tainted by the gang
The piece discusses unsettled dates for Democratic primaries, growing sentiment for honest politics, and local figures like Joe Swander and Wesley Ridenour amid factional strife. It notes a rising influence of the Blade paper and a critic’s defense of verse, framing a tense November outlook between factions.
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Fair Pomanes
Union
Times
Old Republicas
Bloom
Wesley Ridenour
Tug
Primanes
Wesley
Iis
Court House
Social Notes From A Busy Ohio Town
The column catalogs visits and departures of residents and guests in the area. Lena Kinews visits grandparents in Greenfeld while Miss Tanore Maken comes from Macitonville. Frank Corsumis and others travel to Ann Arbor and Chicago for family and business. Several locals attend commencements at Wooster and plan visits to Canton and Columbus. A large social gathering hosts a Kindergarten banquet, and a reception for about two hundred guests features formal decor and assorted entertainments.
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Frank Corsumis
Ann Arbor
Lena Kinews
Greenfeld
Muse Yottman
Tanore Maken
Macitonville
Aston Engers
West
Hugh D Stewart Dies After Long Illness at Buena Vista
Hugh D Stewart a well known figure in this section died at his Buena Vista area home Wednesday night at 30 o'clock after a year of declining health. He was about 55, served in the Union army, ran a stone mill, then developed quarries near Buena Vista and at Rarden. He leaves grown children by first marriage and a widow, the former wife of Gile McMasters. Funeral was held yesterday at his home with local attendance. Carpenters Union 437 secured a nine hours work day with ten hours pay for one year from June 12.
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Emmeells
Washington Street
Bell
Lindergarten
Portsmieuch
UL Ther
Harlotte Bannon
Prances Smith
Ida Mercer Affnere Tope
James Murice
Wiss Bell
Hugh D. Stewart
Buena Vista
Simon
Bardea
Stewart
Stewart’s Landing
Gile McMasters
Hugh Stewart
Buens Vista
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Contractors’ Association
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