Gun crime and politics mix with reform notes in local paper
The piece blends a murder trial of 24 year old Frey with a harsh critique of carrying revolvers and whiskey. It details costs to taxpayers and notes a life sentence in Ohio Penitentiary. It also reports a surge in Knights of Pythias lodges and lists Civil War chronology for veterans.
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Frey
Cooper
Ohio Penitentiary
Cincinnati
Milford
Frye
Thomas Frye
Knights Banquet Honors Local Order Leaders
The installation was followed by a sumptuous banquet at the Allen House with Grand Prelate Williams of Kentucky among honored guests. Attendees expressed delight with the event and extended wishes for long life and continued power to the Knights order.
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Order of the Knights of Pythias
Batavia
Bethel
Bethel Lodge
L. H. Williams
Ripley
Felicity
Cincinnati
Georgetown
Higginsport
Sardinia
Amelia
New Richmond
James Larch
J. D. Abbott
Strickland
F. M. Ellaberry
D. F. South
C. B. Manning
Ellaberry
Wm. Swing
J.G
Elmer Bly
C. G
M. A. Allen
W. H. Bannister
B. J. Fagley
G. W. Burke
Allen House
Williams
Kentucky
Order
Knights
Life in the Bottoms at Infirmary Farm under Mefford and Williams
A visit to the Infirmary Farm shows 98 inmates including 24 children, well cared for by W. P. Mefford and Harvey Williams. Crops include 22 acres of wheat 640 bushels, 38 acres of corn 75 bushels per acre, 7 acres of potatoes nearly 1000 bushels, and ample milk plus a truck patch and hogs for winter. Religious services alternate with Mrs. Emily Spofford Ware and Abram Hulick guiding, while grounds feature young trees and shrubs framing the neatly kept buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Mefford
Mefford
Emily Spofford Ware
Abram Hulick
Owensville
Messrs
Death Toll From East Fork Storm Hits Local Tenants Hard
A severe Friday rain hail storm devastates crops in the East Fork bottoms and Marathon area. Many tenants and renters lose tobacco corn and oats with estimated damages up to fifteen to twenty thousand dollars. Names include Dugin Cade Brown Miller McAfee girls West Glazier Nichols Shinkle Deem Bowers Brown Gamler West Mull Kane and others. Sergeant Henderson C Smith of the 59th Ohio Volunteers dies in Clinton Iowa leaving a large family and a long service record.
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East Fork
Dugin
Hiram Cade
James Brown
Olive Branch
Joe Lewis
Jim Brown
Fred Miller
Holter Place
McAffee
John West
Christopher Glazier
John Nichols
J. W. Shinkle
Dale
Captain James Deem
Adam Bowers
George Duckwall
Tom Daugherty
Joseph Marie
Peter Gamler
William West
Maresh Place
Benjamin Mull
Henry Kane
Marathon
Clinton
Iowa
Henderson C. Smith
Mr. Smith
Batavia
South
Walker
Julius Penn
Ohio Volunteers
Laura Allison
Perintown
Northern Pacific Railroad
M. E. Church
Smith
Companies
Company F
Camp Kenton, Ky
Boston Fair Preview Promises Double Beauty This Month
An advertisement touts Tux Bear Salve for various skin issues and promises refunds if not satisfied. The notice lists Forsal W. RR, Walker Batavia, and J. 8. Walker as representatives, hinting at a bright month with a double beauty in the Boston Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forsal W. RR
Walker Batavia
Walker
Ameburg
Loyal Writing Dog Passes After Long Service
The writer's dog, aging and ailing, declined swiftly last Tuesday after years of companionship. Once lively and eager to please, she became deaf and partly blind, fading while the family tended to her comfort and safety in their village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie
Talk with Talkers and Batavia Hospitality Calls
The column mixes gossip and local notes. Bill Dennison recalls a dry husky hymn in a Methodist camp meeting while Dimmitt pushes for Baptist hymns. Frey faces the penitentiary with noted bravado. Charles Bates praises Batavia's Clermont House hotel and envisions a larger resort drawing Cincinnati visitors. A writer extols telling the truth with tact, warning against scandal mongering and cruel disclosures.
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Bill Dennison
Lon. Dimmitt
Dimmitt
Charles Bates
Clermont House
Batavia
Bates
Cincinnati
Parted by the Riverside Chautauqua Ends at New Richmond
The Riverview Chautauqua closes after two days of programs at New Richmond. Prof Joseph Cook and Miss Smith headline lectures and concerts. Recognition Day includes diplomas for C. L. S. C. graduates and a campfire farewell with community urging future participation.
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Miss Smith
Calvary
Joseph Cook
D. D
Boston
Blakeslee
Shearer
John DeWitt Miller
Philadelphia
Nicholsville
Mise Smith
Mr. Shearer
Dr Dobbs
Clyde Warner
D. W. Parks
W. G. Warner
Kircher
Riverview Chautauqua Assembly
New Richmond
Rabid Dogs Alarm Warren Residents In Fresh Outbreak
In eastern Warren County residents fear a rabies outbreak as a shepherd dog tied to Abe Probasco appears to go mad. It bites Mrs Probasco and Sam Hoffman’s dog before Probasco is bitten on the arm and neighbors trap and kill the rabid animal. Probasco receives medical care and shows no symptoms yet, but experts fear illness.
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Warren County
Abe Probasco
Lebanon
Probasco
Sam Hoffman
Hoffman
Electric Bitters Praised By Doctors In Two States
W D Salt of Bippus Indiana testifies that Electric Bitters relieves rheumatic pain after six bottles. Abraham Hare of Bellville Ohio endorses it as the best selling medicine from his experience. Many others join in praising its cure for liver kidney and blood issues at fifty cents a bottle sold by J D Walker in Williamsburg and R Walker in Radavia.
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Milford
Frey
Georgetown
Dennison
Penitentiary
W. D. Salt
Bippus
Ind
Abraham Hare
Bellville
Ohio
Jd. B. Walker
Williamaburg
R. Walker
Deafness Cure Claim Promises Hundred Dollar Reward
An 19th century notice touts Hal s Catarrh Cure for deafness tied to Eustachian tube inflammation. The ad promises one hundred dollars for any cure not achieved by the product and invites readers to request free circulars from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. A second fragment thanks Boston patrons and notes office closure with upcoming travel and residence details.
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Hal
F. J. Cheney & O
Toledo
jySinal Eneneqeeie Sma
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