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Newspaper
The Greenville Journal
Location
Greenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1908
Page
5
North Star resident J S Gower returns home as J P Meeker visits Madison and George Murphy comes back from Chicago. Charley Brawley buys Proctor drug store in Union City while Mrs H M Cole and Mrs Malinda Sebring recover from ailments. Local pastor notices new Methodist members and a double wedding near West Milton. A bankruptcy petition filed by contractor John W Davis. infirmary director Allen Fry to move to Greenville.
A. F. Hardy of East Wilton Maine extols Bucklen’s Arnica Salve claiming it cures sore ulcers boils and burns without doctor bills. The ad notes 25 cents at Wm Kipp’s Sons drug store and promotes special men’s suits and overcoats on sale with values up to ten dollars now three seventy five.
A solemn traveler and a clerical wit exchange lines about fighting, revealing the speaker is a whisky distiller. The remark frames a local, comic exchange in the Standard Times context.
Moses Miller named administrator of Edgar A. Besecker estate with $6000 bond. John M. Stover administrator for E. Ogden estate with $100. inventories filed for Minerva Adams and Jesse Ballenger. final accounts in H. C. Stump estate and Russell Brown guardianship. Sale bill for Wes ley A. Coppess. guardianship application for Samuel Fourman. sale of Elizabeth Beek personal property. petitions to sell real estate to pay debts in multiple estates. New cases include alimony suit Beryl Porter vs George Porter and several divorce, damages, and alimony actions. Common Pleas decisions list guilty plea, divorces granted, and various property settlements in multiple cases.
A list of small tract transfers in Washington and nearby townships shows J A Cox to A Beam for 521 acres and D K Overholeer to Lucy Cop for acres in Richland Township with prices ranging from 1350 to 2300 dollars. Community notes report local social visits and marriages, plus a summary of national political tensions over patronage and Taft candidacy, and a government push to clarify immigration and information functions.
CASTOR ra Baars presents price reduced coats for children aged 3 to 6 built for warmth and comfort now offered at 98 cents from prior ranges of 1.50 to 3 dollars as part of a special sale highlighted in The Progress.
Washington observers await Governor Hughes's presidential bid speech marked for January 31. Administration and Congress circles view him as a known factor in the race and expect specific policy principles rather than generalities. Few senators or representatives will comment before the promised address.
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