13 Dec 1906
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Newspaper
Richwood Gazette
Location
Richwood, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1906
Page
1
To the Public in General Every Nook and Corner in Northern Union County Has a Special Correspondent for the latest letters of interest and local notices collected from communities across the region.
J. J. McIntire and wife visited relatives in Marysville over Sunday. Mrs. Blair of Columbus visits sister Mrs. E. L. Kinney. C. W. Laird and wife spent Sunday with W. Laird in Delaware county. H. F. Moehn returns from two week visit near Toledo. Otto Manley of Jerome visited cousins Ethel and Grace Moore. Wm. Parrott attended the International Stock Show in Chicago. M. P. church meetings at Pharisburg are drawing many to join. Bill Bone the poet and humorist will headline the next lecture on Monday Dec 17 with a high priced attraction.
Reported sick folks improve. John Markley visits Marion area this week. Arthur Jolliff loses a horse last Saturday. John Smith’s yearling colt dies of colic Monday night. Jack Reed visits Wall in Wayne county. Blanche Kirk visits Mrs. E H Thompson near Richwood. Mrs. John Buchanan visits Marion from Sunday to Tuesday. M M Cameron visits Rev M C Dye at Mt Blanchard. F O Johnson has three colts weighing 4905 pounds total. Ladies Home Mission society to meet at Mrs W H Rollins home on Wednesday Dec 19. Elder W O Williams sick unable to fill A C church appointment last Sunday. will attend next Saturday evening and Sunday.
Mrs. Mattie Davis improves after illness as residents share health news. Miss Hazel Cox and Elmer Miller visit relatives in Columbus. Mr and Mrs Gib Haines shop and call on friends in town. A Christmas entertainment is planned at the Methodist church on Christmas Eve. Canterbury Boggs visits Marysville and Delaware County friends. John Lingrel returns from Missouri where he worked since last June. Mrs Wood returns from Agosta due to Mrs Frank Wood’s illness. Mrs Adam Stahl and Jessie of Bucyrus spend winter with relatives here. Miss Louisa Stahl attends Dr and Mrs Plotner Silver wedding anniversary. Mrs Caleb Haines Mrs Jocie Westlake and Mrs McGonigal of Marysville visit Delilah Miller and daughters.
Thomas Fryman and Mr. McClain visit from Delaware on business. Martin Coons of Marion visits Mr. and Mrs. Guy. Wm. Curry and wife of Richwood spend Sunday with relatives. Bruce Charles and family are guests at Pharisburg. Dave Williams and family visit Mrs. Jane Bonner. Ed Howison and Frank Welsh attend the Chicago livestock show. William Porterfield of Bellaire visits Squire F and kin. Mrs. Curry visits daughter Mrs. James Lee in Marysville. Mrs. Cordy Knachel and children visit relatives here. Chester Jones and family of Magnetic remains.
Springs and Richwood residents visited relatives with guests at Bonner and Fryman households. The Fulton Creek church Ladies Aid meets at Mrs. John Redmond’s home Thursday afternoon December 20, with all church members urged to attend.
G W Potts and wife visited Alva Harris and wife last Sunday. Perry and Ralph Phipps spent Sunday and Monday with relatives in Marion. Sam Ruby from near McGuffey arrived with onions and was hosted by sister Mrs Geo Hendrix. Edna and Oma Evans were guests of Effie and Grace Potts for horseback riding. Mr and Mrs James Davis hosted an oyster supper for their son Clinton’s nineteenth birthday with friends Orvill and Emmet Hull Edward Irwin Buell Wurtsbaugh Lem Hendrix Minnie Hull Oma Evans Edna Patrick Nellie Potts and Sterling McElroy wife and daughter Anna attending.
Special correspondence reports probate items marriage licenses real estate transfers and public transactions at the Marysville courthouse. General Marysville news covers local affairs and vicinity updates.
Major W P Anderson returns to Washington duties after a month with family in town. Several local events include basketball witnesses Joe Foley and George Sheridan at a London versus South High game in Columbus, and Mrs C S Ogden injured by a slip in Greenville. Isaac Staley opens a grocery and meat shop near Fourth and Fifth streets. Marysville sees bustling Christmas shopping with heavy merchant trade. Alton Packard lectures Vanity Fair in Luther Hall, drawing large crowds. Arthur Walke, 60, suffers a dislocated shoulder after a horse kick while hitching the animal in Union township.
J J Watts took a business trip to Galion last Monday. Wedding bells are rumored for Wednesday evening this week. Butler Jackson and family visited near York Center and Joseph Jackson’s household Sunday. John Collins returned home after visiting son Guy Collins at Radnor. Ferman Thackery started work in the Erie yards at Marion earlier this week. Mrs George Sanderson of Flat Branch stayed with daughter Marion Middleton and family. Charles Phelps and wife visited his brother Theodore Phelps and family at Claibourne Tuesday last week. Dot Donley returned to Ada Wednesday after visiting J L Donley and family.
Mrs. S A Stratton wife of Richwood barber S A Stratton died Friday December 7 1906 after a short illness She was about 51 years old and had lived in Richwood for years Survived by husband and daughter Mrs Claude Dennison Milwaukee Wis Funeral was held Sunday at the M P church Rev R E Griggs officiating with burial in Claiborne Cemetery The family expresses thanks to neighbors and friends for their support
The Muskogee steam whistle, used for fire alerts and curfews, also signals school times milk deliveries store hours theater curtain trains and more. Citizens wonder what the whistle will blow for next as it drives the city mad in this Kansas City Journal remark.
Robert Findley of Peoria sues the Erie Railroad Company and The German American Insurance Company for 1970 damages after a spark from a locomotive on September 13 1906 caused a fire that burned down his general store, the building being insured by the German American Company.
A New Year Eve charity ball in Delaware Springfield and Maryville will raise funds with $2 tickets. The Queen City Orchestra of Cincinnati will provide music. Net proceeds are expected to reach about $400 for relief of the poor and needy.
Park Rickard aged 14 son of John Rickard and Mrs Jerome township died Wednesday at his parents home from an acute Bright's disease attack. He lived with Mrs Emma Gordon and later with James E Robin and wife while attending High school. Funeral Sunday at 1 30 PM in Plain City Presbyterian church with Rev Harrington officiating. Burial followed at Plain City.
County Clerk Parrott and Sheriff Bolenbaugh named grand jury members for the January term to convene January 7. The petit jury will be selected when Judge Dow arrives to open court. Names from Paris Township to Jerome and Allen are listed.
The section men on the T and O C receive a wage increase from 1.35 to 1.50 per day. living costs in Marysville stay high due to multiple local trusts including ice gasoline butter milk coal and gas. Farmers fetch high prices for poultry eggs meat lard and provisions while wages hold steady. harvests have improved their returns in recent years.
County commissioners approved revised clerk hire sums for offices effective January 1. Auditor Edwards' request cut from 1500 to 1150, County Recorder Hatton 1000 to 800, County Clerk Parrott 362 to 350, Treasurer Scott 1040 to 900, with Probate Judge Thornton 600 and Sheriff Bolenbaugh 720 granted. Total annual county clerk hire funding set at 4520, no taxpayer savings from old fee system.
Frank Hamilton, a recent hire with the Ohio Central bridge gang, was arrested in Delaware on a charge of stealing a shotgun, revolver, and a suitcase from Clyde Spain of East Liberty township. He sold the items for $7, fled, returned and pled guilty, paying $13 costs, with his jail hold ended after friends posted bail. The suitcase was found at Charles Heck’s home where Hamilton had boarded.
Marysville Lodge No. 100, K of P conferred the Page rank on one candidate Friday evening and four candidates received the Esquire rank. The following officers were chosen for the coming six months: Arthur Staley chancellor commander, T. D. Beltz vice chancellor, E. H. Hamner prelate, Charles Orahood master of work, D. B. Edwards keeper of the record and seal, H. E. Conkright.
A $400,000 mortgage is filed in the recorder's office for the Columbus Magnetic Springs and Northern Electric Railway Company to Colonial Trust Company of Pittsburg. The funds will finance the Magnetic Springs to Richwood line and extend to LaRue Kenton and Lima, one of the county’s largest mortgages.
The master of exchequer L Church and other lodge officers including William Fawn and Malin Mathers are listed with trustees and representatives to the grand lodge. Seven candidates will receive the Knight rank Friday evening. Members will debut in new uniforms and all are invited.
Final distributions and second accounts filed in multiple estates including Solomon Schertzer Emily J Wiley and Wm Cassiday A adoption order grants Helen Lash to Frank B Lewis Inestate executors named George Moore R D Elliott and J P Norris appointed Freshwater will admitted to probate Petition filed to sell Mary Brobeck real estate by Katie E Ehret administratrix
Harry Baum 22 of Kenton and Lena Denman 20 of Marysville are named, along with Charles S Vought 21 of Bucyrus and Emma E Greenbaum 18 of Raymond. William Ebright 33 and Myria E Godfrey 26, both of Watkins, and John Elmer Bricker merchant of Green Camp with Mabel Ida Manley of Rush Creek are also listed.
Multiple cases listed include Parsons Band Cutter and Self Feeder Co vs Myers and others in foreclosure. Alberta Ford seeks divorce from W E Ford. Clara Minthorn seeks injunction against Charles Minthorn. Cassiday family members contesting will against Lewis Cassiday executor. Susan Cassiday and Daisy Nash contest will. Powell seeks divorce from George Powell on willful absence grounds. Scott and Woodrow vs Noon and Sheehan on appeal with $70.14 due plus interest from July 23, 1906.
Property deeds listed include Alexander Neel to John H Neel 67 acres in Leesburg township for 1 dollar. D J Harris and wife to A J Harris et al 15 acres in York township for 1 dollar. J J Turner and wife to Frank Turner a Marysville lot for 800 dollars. G T Arnold and wife to Frank Miller et al lot in Arnold for 35 dollars. Lucy McPherson to Mellissa Snider Marysville lot for 790 dollars. D M Rutan to Ben M Rutan 1324 acres in Paris township for 2937 50 dollars. Margaret Scott to Lotte J Henderson a Marysville lot for 900 dollars. Alexander Neel to Thomas P Neel et al 484 acres in Leesburg township for 1 dollar. Alvira A Hurbert to J E Macken a Milford Center lot for 750 dollars. Alvira Sullivan and husband to Lulu Hinderer a Arnold lot for 50 dollars. Chester Crontzinger to Ollie C Wenger 43 acres in Jerome township for 2200 dollars.
The Senior and Junior classes hosted a farewell in the K of P hall for John Edith and Eva Shisler bound for Florida. Twenty five attendees enjoyed songs games and refreshments as Professors Bryant Shrader and Olive presented two books and a spoon amid touching speeches.
Elmer Warner from Taylor township hauled the largest load, filling seven forty-five-gallon barrels totaling 315 gallons. Sheneman, living 14 miles west of Pharisburg, closed the season November 30 after operating from August 1 for 99 days, producing 2,212 gallons and filling 1,827 barrels, which if laid end to end would stretch 5,177 feet with six rods short of a mile.
P. F. Callahan and family are visiting at Marion Mingo. Mr Callahan, a telegrapher at the Erie depot, is temporarily replaced by Roy Talliman of Peoria.
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