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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1902
Page
2
An X marks time up on paper or wrapper signaling settled subscription arrears. Walter Hartpence notes this. The issue praises local merchants, Cincinnati Seating Company factory activity, and welcomes Clem Miner and family arriving from Sedalia Missouri with plans to visit Cleveland after Harrison meetings.
An evening concert under K P Lodge auspices aims to aid Burris Foster, an invalid. Leading singers donate performances to ensure an artistic program. Tickets cost 25 cents and local businesses sell them. proceeds support Foster and his family. City Hall is expected to host a large, sympathetic audience.
A heavy storm last Thursday evening caused severe damage to crops in the Whitewater Valley, shredding corn and vegetables after thirty minutes of torrent rain and hail. Many birds perished and farmers report disastrous losses north to New Trenton.
Muncie excursionists joined Spiritualists in Chesterfield for an annual grove seance. In an air tight room the medium claimed spirits from far away, but the party found it a prank and paid fifty cents each for the performance and snacks.
The thirty seventh annual Miami and Whitewater Valley Harvest Home and Pioneer Association reunion drew hundreds to Whitewater Park. Activities included speeches by D. D. Woodmansee and others, a constitution amendment, and memorials for Benjamin Harrison and John F. Follett. Hosts served a large picnic dinner, prizes were awarded for exhibits, and officers for the coming year were chosen.
The Muncie trip Sunday drew about 70 Harrison residents who traveled aboard three Knickerbocker coaches. Conductor Cramer praised the crowd as the most orderly yet, with Gus Zimmerman driving smoothly to Muncie for an 11 o’clock arrival. Harrison names appear among locals now living in Muncie, including Goebels and Douds, who are thriving as business owners and workers. The homeward trip ended a little after midnight.
Mr Mettler permits publication of line statements from him praising Underwoods views as realistic and recommends them to the public. The remarks present a strong endorsement of Underwoods’ perspectives.
Milby Cooper comes back to Harrison on Tuesday with his daughter Fannie to visit kinfolks and friends. Both appear in excellent health as they reconnect with old acquaintances and plan to visit Dr. W. C. Cooper and family before departing.
The marriage of Chas. Loos to Mies Cora Heap occurred last Sunday morning with Rev. M. L. Buckley officiating. The bride, a domestic at the Hartpence home, wed at the couple's request and immediate relatives attended. After the ceremony, the couple left by train for Muncie Indiana for a visit with kin and friends.
Frank Hurley of Bright died by his own hand after he entered a cistern at his home. He had been in the Indianapolis asylum for mental illness about a year ago and returned last fall. His health improved until last week when he grew sick. Hurley ran a truck garden and planned to sell produce in Addyston. A neighbor found him in the cistern at 3 am after a long search. the coroner ruled death by self-inflicted action. He leaves a wife and several children and was an old G A R man.
In all forms of kidney and bladder diseases the best physicians recommend Kid No Oids. They are compounded after the formula of a celebrated chemist and represent eighteen years of scientific study. Put up in tablet form height 50 in this ad from West Side Drug Store.
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