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Newspaper
The Greenville Journal
Location
Greenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1908
Page
5
The Masonic order selected St John the Baptist and St John the Evangel as models for lodge aims and tenets, observing the latter’s holy day. Local society notes include visitors, family travel for holidays, a move to form an agricultural society, and memorial services for fallen comrades.
Gov Magoffin urges Congress to address the nation’s distracted state. Pennsylvania lawmakers expected to back a strong Union, pledging funds to sustain the Union with many troops. Advertisements note a Greenville inn refurbishment and cheap sugar and coffee. Cabinet resignations linked to Fort Sumter tension and Charleston’s stance. Holt may act as War Secretary pro tempore with Scott discussed. A Baton Rouge note claims guns for Mississippi at a discounted price, with mass shipments anticipated.
The obituary details the life of a prominent Ohio lawyer and politician who served as Judge Advocate General, Brigadier General during the Cincinnati riots, and a World’s Fair commissioner. He chaired the Ohio building entertainment committee, helped manage National Soldier Homes, and led the Darke County Bar Association. Funeral services are at First Presbyterian Church Greenville with interment in Greenville cemetery.
A fragmentary OCR style excerpt centers on a character named Miriam Whens, noted for sighing over beaux and engaging in playful chatter with companions. The text reflects a diaristic or stage tone, highlighting affectionate mischief and social bustle.
A stubborn poet recants his restless night near a lady's window, claiming three alarm clocks stopped ticking as time itself seemed to falter. The anecdote captures a restless mood and urban whimsy voiced in a St. Louis Post-Dispatch fragment.
The committee audited the Darke County Ohio Commissioners annual report, found most items correct with minor errors corrected, and flagged issues in contracting and bidding. It notes extensive contractor activity, unpaid vouchers, and cases where sewer pipe materials were not purchased by open competitive bids, urging honest competition and accountability.
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