22 May 1902
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Newspaper
Richwood Gazette
Location
Richwood, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1902
Page
1
A compact remark on free expression notes that expressing opinions is not harmful if one avoids voicing them directly. The piece emphasizes restraint in public discourse while acknowledging the value of discussion.
Recorder J. J. Andrews recovers from a six week illness as a dog suspected of rabies is shot. Chinch bugs are devouring crops around Marysville while a tulip dispute stirs local papers. Postmaster C. M. Ingman is confirmed for a second term. A church project gains momentum and a skate of incidents and deaths fills the week. Baseball opener between Marysville and Kenton fans interest. many marriages planned and thefts noted. Socials and lectures loom with Miss Ellen M. Stone’s Columbus talk. Various street accidents injure Mrs Henry Brooker and family. Garley Henderson returns to practice medicine.
Mr and Mrs John Glenn of this city received last week the news their daughter Mise Bessie Glenn a junior at Wilberforce College Xenia was chosen to deliver the annual oration Her subject The Origin of Music and the faculty called her oration a masterpiece Her parents note this honor comes after last year marking her popularity among several hundred students at the college She ranked ninth in a class of over one hundred while pursuing a two year course, a product of Marysville High School.
A meeting at the home of Misses Fannie and Kate Scott Thureday elected Walter Sawyer as president Amy Rosette as vice president Nellie Pearce as secretary and Harry Southard as treasurer The executive committee included Frank Galloway Bert Kirby and Merritt Lentz Alumni women protested claiming Mina Reed Mabel Newlove and Will Snodgrass should serve The dispute continues with unclear outcome.
Reports indicate early destruction or partial ruin of many county orchards by the cancer worm. Many groves are stripped of leaves and only immediate action can save others as the pest grows.
Miss Roxy Roberts spent Sunday with Anna Bhipley of this place. A J Harrie visited G W Harris and family of York. Miss Nellie Smith and Maud Cartmell spent last week with friends at Ada. Mrs Ella Fields of Marion visits her mother Mrs Martha Hill. Chas Johnson improves his property with a new yard fence. Alvah Simpeon fished at the reservoir for a few days, catching about twenty five pounds.
A representative number of Essex residents attended the Sunday school convention at Finley Chapel last Sunday. Jim Inekeep has been in bed for more than a week with aciatic rheumatism. He is some better at this writing.
A sequence of short visits and weekend stays tied to Delaware area families. A. Fryman spent Saturday in Delaware while Charles Fryman and his wife visited St Paris friends. Albert Robinson weekend with Geo Ayers and wife. Mrs Lizzie Fryman and daughter from Marion visited here. John Redmond and Johnathan Fryman traveled to Columbus Monday and Tuesday. Mrs McRoberts of Delaware guest at Nelson Fryman and wife Friday. Mrs Will Davis of Tawa spent a day last week with parents B Carpenter and wife. Wm Hanson and wife of Magnetic Springs spent Friday night with R C Charles and family.
Mr. Austin Cary recovers to work. Farmers in the area busy planting corn this week. Abijah Gandy shows improvement after a long illness. Irene and Ethel McClimans visited last week. Mrs. Elizabeth Adame of Marion Ohio visits her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Phipps. Hattie Phipps and Millie Cochren of Delaware county visit their parents. Mr. Albert Phipps has made a 3 inch
Word reached town Sunday morning of the death of Ray Thomas who drowned in Blues creek near Springdale church on Saturday evening. He and George Eakin had been in Marysville and later visited Thomas's mother before going to the creek to dynamite for fish. Though Eakin denied explosives, many fish were found dead in the stream. Thomas fell in and could not be rescued despite friends' efforts. a local gathering aided in recovering the body by midnight. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Mt Hermon.
Entertainment by the Physical Culture class at the Opera House Friday evening was a success, netting a small profit. W T Perkins of Columbus lectured on YMCA work with stereopticon views. E A King directed eighteen young men in a two hour program, with a Co E drill to close. audience pleased.
Mrs. C. M. Boord closed a term of school at Bluescreek with songs recitations marches and dialogues. About fifty attenders wished her continued success as they departed. Mrs. Henry Barkepile improved rapidly under Dr. John McCloud of Broadway Ohio after a week of illness. A well near N. W. Hill measures 43 feet deep and 11 feet in the rock with fine water.
Readable items show Decoration day preparations at Hopewell cemetery. Local visits include Mrs I F Guthrey and son Earl in Marion and Wyandot counties, Harry Clevenger with friends in Marion, and Vernon Moler from Van Wert with Guy and Ray Vanatta. Billy Dunn repaints his blacksmith shop, and Mrs Dr Bonner with daughters plan trips to Morrow Holmes counties. John Gaston family visits near Hopewell church. A Ladies Aid Society forms with officers Cora Hudson president, Gertie Freshwater vice president, Tella Moehn secretary, Emma Drumm treasurer, and executive committee including Hudson Eastman Philipps and Lydia Johnson. membership 18.
Miss Marion Price owns a new bicycle. E E Ledley’s children suffer whooping cough. Miss Blanche Patterson returned to Columbus last Friday. Bert White and Bert Mather visited in Gall last Thursday. Bert White and Miss Nettie McCurdy traveled to Marion last Sunday. Fred Furstenberger and family visited a Delaware county area last Sunday. Alvin Patterson of Marion visits family this week. M M Mather and family traveled from Pee to Maren. Nettie McCardy visited her brother Wm McCardy and others. A number of people attend See ee
Bellefontaine Daily Examiner notes Edith Evans plays piano in the Elijah performance to be rendered June 8. The Bellefontaine musicians praised the writers and marveled at the work, highlighting local talent and preparation.
Jas Midiam and wife visit his parents in Marion Rev Mart Hammond of Essex calls on friends here Monday Guy and Beckey Riley visit Marion over Sunday E E Thompson and family of Kenton spend Sunday with David Murphy and wife Elder W McBroom will preach at A C church next Saturday night and Sunday Mrs Nancy Butts and son Horton of Centerbury visit sister Mrs Jas Webb Hiram Woodruff and wife of Clinton county visit daughter Mrs Harriett Bush Mrs Dora Langetaff has pneumonia but improving Mrs Ethel Hamilton of Richwood visits her parents Albert Thompson and wife Bethlehem church Sunday school Children day exercises first Sunday evening in June Home Mission society meets at Mrs Ed Thompson Wednesday May 28 Mr Wesley Heimlic and Miss Millie Rodgers Cardington visit Henry Rodgers Memorial services at M P church next Sunday at 10 30 Sermon by Rev J F Wilkins
Local residents and visitors appearing in brief items: Jas Thackery remodeling his house. Mrs. H. M. Fisher of Creston visiting relatives. Dr. and Mrs. McCloud at West Mansfield. John Yarrington visiting relatives at West Mansfield. Ida Whitehead and Sarah Yearsley having homes painted. children's exercises at M. E. church Sunday evening. Mrs. Ped Willis and Maud of Kenton visiting Wm Willis. J. B. Warner buying N. C. Welch property and moving next spring. Mona Dickerson visiting cousin Grace Potts in Summerville. Minnie Ford at North Lewisburg commencement. Nellie Warner visiting uncle Henry Warner near Claibourne. Mary Mitchell suffering felon but improving. Lewis Willis and family visiting Wm Willis and Wm Collins families. Dr and Mrs McCloud entertaining Nellie McCloud Opal Buffington Carl Hoopes Myra Dean and C. W. Smith party.
Berlin May 21 A bill in the diet proposes boosting German settlement in West Prussia and Posen by raising state funds from 200 million to 350 million marks and adding 100 million marks for purchasing more estates for settlement in the two provinces.
A heavy wind and rain storm after midnight caused bridge washouts, several houses wrecked, and crops damaged. A waterspout three miles south of Guthrie demolished several houses. In Davenport, 800 miles east of Guthrie, six houses were wrecked and stock losses reported. No fatalities reported.
Mrs Letitia Eagle of Avalon near Pittsburg was arrested on a murder charge in the death of her 13 year old adopted child Wdita Warner. The girl died May 6 from a bullet wound in the heart, initially thought suicide, but the coroner jury ruled murder.
A lightning strike near Boonville Indiana killed Marvin Hart age 40 and his 17 year old son. The city of Chicago reported several heat prostrations. Cincinnati recorded six fatalities from the storm. A warehouse fire destroyed Mark Brothers warehouse in Philadelphia. Theobald Otten was renominated for Congress by Republicans in Milwaukee. John Vetter won a county contest with a large sum noted as 96000.
Ohio news reports a severe wind and rainstorm in Cincinnati and nearby areas on Tuesday. The tempest caused at least six deaths, widespread injuries, and over one million dollars in property damage. A waterspout struck Covington’s Lewisburg hills, flooding cellars and destroying outbuildings. Drowned victims include Mrs. Flachner and Willie Willin in Covington and several residents in Cincinnati. Heavy losses affected local merchants with individual hits up to 30,000 dollars.
Toledo officials and associates face indictments after a grand jury report. Plaintiffs include Moses R. Brailey city solicitor and Edgar H. Eckert claim agent, accused of bribery and obtaining money under false pretenses alongside several other city workers and contractors.
Dayton May 17 a digester at Friend paper mills West Carrollton exploded heating 16 cords of wood into pulpy mass. Laborer Jacob Skams age 35 died after being struck by boiling pulp. others burned. property damage reported. Also a Big Four wreck near Shelby injures three. Mill Creek drowning near Marysville involves Ray Thomas and companions.
May Adams, held on suspicion of hotel robbery, escaped Gallipolis city prison by digging loose bricks from a second floor cell window. She fashioned a rope from bedclothes and descended to ground safely. She is also wanted at Marietta.
Cleveland May 16 The Galion Ohio telephone plant a member of the Everett-Moore syndicate was sold for 36000 dollars. The plant would cost completed 50000 dollars. Final report by the expert accountants on the syndicate financial condition is expected next week.
Xenia Ohio May 16 senior Payne Theological Seminary Wilberforce Florida native Misa B. Curry from Jacksonville died by hanging amid fear of poor commencement showing. Also in Ohio reports Charles Dick renominated for Congress by Nineteenth district Republicans by acclamation. Mabel Hanna's daughter to wed Harry Parsons in Cleveland June 16 at Hanna home. Columbus fatal quarrel over women leaves John Artis dead. ex convict, involved in dispute between two white women.
In Canton Ohio on May 21 George Jacob a former guard and Charles Giganti wounded in a brutal escape attempt at the workhouse brush and broom shop Giganti seized a revolver firing striking guard Homer Stone who lies fatally wounded Stone and Jacob are named victims with Giganti badly wounded and other prisoners subdued by trustees and guards as police rush to the scene.
Edwin Lawr ence Godkin editor emeritus of The Evening Post died in Brixham South Devonshire England after a brain hemorrhage on May 17. He was nearly 71, had previously suffered a stroke, and spent last winter at Torquay before moving to Brixham May 2. Survived by second wife Catherine Sands of New York and a son Lawrence Godkin, a New York lawyer. first wife Foote of New Haven Conn. preceded him’s infant daughter.
An old advertisement touts Kilmer Swamp Root as a cure for kidney and urinary issues. It claims the product corrects inability to hold urine and burning pain, promising quick relief and easy use. A sample bottle and a free book offer are noted, with address to Dr Kilmer & Co.
A notice from the Board of Education Clerk N. S. Shoup announces sealed proposals for building repairs on a lot in Thompson Ohio Subdistrict Nc. Bids must separate labor and material costs. the lowest responsible bid will be accepted or bids rejected.
Sealed bids will be received at the designated office for the shipment project. The issuing authority reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive informalities as deemed in the public interest.
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