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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1886
Page
2
The Harrison News announces advertising rates and notice offers published each Thursday. Includes local notices and classified ads with multiple duration options and pricing, structured for cent per insertion and prepaid format.
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A rare treat for music lovers as vocal and instrumental performances come to Dearborn Hall for a Wilberforce concert that is expected to attract a large audience.
Citizens are urged to settle newspaper bills before Christmas or New Year to start the new year with a clear record. The notice emphasizes ending the year in good standing with both readers and editors.
William Clements, visiting friends near New Trenton Indiana after a hunting day, discharged a double loaded barrel by mistake. The blast tore his left hand and forced amputation of the arm above the wrist. He is recovering in hospital.
Bert Roudebush, son of Hammon Roudebush, was injured when he slipped stepping onto a moving eastbound train near Valley Junction while returning home from Cleves. Dragged along the platform, he was knocked unconscious and later treated at home three miles south. doctors say he is in critical condition but expected to recover.
The local writer denounces a Cincinnati barnstormer minstrel troupe that appeared last Saturday. He calls the acts stale, the songs old, and the humor weak, noting a shrinking audience and hostile reaction with calls of rats and take him out. He warns future acts of similar quality will face egg baths.
Rev William Carson preached on dancing last Sunday evening at the Presbyterian Church. He contrasted its social benefits with abuses and warned youths to heed dangers. The discourse argued dancing depends on conduct and motive, and the sermon was read in full in this issue of the News.
Last Thursday evening at City Hall and Dearborn Hall a G A R bean bake and lecture by Gen Tom Bennett drew a large crowd. Bennet lectured with army life stories and vivid war scenes, then attendees enjoyed beans crackers coffee and a post lecture address on prison life. Mrs W H H Willette donated a cake presented to Bennett who thanked the donors. total proceeds around fifteen dollars.
The death of Samuel O Connor father of Mrs O R Williams, occurred at 3 o clock last Thursday morning at his home in Shelbyville Indiana after a decline since his wife’s death and a recent typhoid attack. He was a prominent Shelby county businessman and a liberal church member. funeral was held last Saturday at St Joseph s Church with many relatives and friends offering sympathy to the bereaved children.
Frank Davison the German character actor, famed here for entertaining at the M E Church, is one of the funniest traveling men and will receive a warm welcome in City Hall tomorrow evening.
A large Atlantic audience enjoyed the Wilberforce Concert Company at the Opera House. Stars filled the program with Astope’s bass, Mrs Waters’ tenor, Mrs Dougan’s soprano solos, Hallie Q Brown’s dramatic elocution, and Pickett’s violin encore. The Telegraph calls it one of Atlantic’s finest entertainments and notes tonight’s reprise to draw another large crowd.
Last Tuesday near eleven, neighbors gathered at Mr. and Mrs. Geo A Biddinger to surprise Mrs. Biddinger on her forty eighth birthday. Host Mr Biddinger left, telling her to stay with relatives until noon, returning to a house full of guests. A fine dinner followed and a grand afternoon, with a crowd of young folks arriving in the evening to keep festivities going until midnight.
The council met Friday with Mayor Davison presiding and Williams absent. The ex-treasurer bill was rejected, ordinances for real estate to widen Mill and Dock streets were approved for drafting, and six months interest on $240 bond indebtedness plus a $500 bond were ordered paid. A slaughter house nuisance was referred to the Marshal and Streets Committee, with bills paid to various vendors and officials for lighting, labor, gravel, and goods.
A Sunday sermon by Rev. Wm. Carson of Harrison's Presbyterian Church argues dancing spans ancient to modern times and evokes both praise and peril. The preacher warns against excess and hypocrisy, contrasts sacred use with profane excess, and discusses dancing from biblical to secular contexts before promising conclusion next week.
A lamp post will be put at the alley opposite Richard Bowles' office, a great benefit to people traveling to and from the depot. A copy of MW Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual should be consulted by anyone seeking information on American publications, especially for business advertising insights.
News from New Haven Ohio dated December 7 1886 notes local efforts to establish a new town hall with a U B Church event next Sunday. Local youth discuss an entertainment while merchants report strong fur trade. The temperance society held its first meeting adding members. Delays in mail service and small population movements are mentioned along with school plans for Will Campbell and Peter Gates relocation to Georgetown.
The 63 year old surgeon of the 83d C V I was honored at a Presbyterian ceremony in Cleves. Revs Pryse and Chidiaw led services. he was interred at Miami Cemetery. A Cornet Band festival improved its finances amid community support. Rev Chidlaw and Miss Chidlaw attended Mt. Auburn’s Sunday School Institute. Chidlaw to visit Plainfield’s Indiana House of Refuge with 517 boys.
In Mount Carmel Indiana December 6 1886 Rev Black preached at Scipio and Rev Olmstead began a series of meetings at Harmony. Mr Davis ill with lung fever. Mrs John Stewart visiting her parents. New electric lamp added to Universalist Church. Samuel Ntall iy Oo neuralgia. John Bishop from Brookville visited his mother. K of H 20th anniversary celebrated. Donations to Mr and Mrs Sydney Pyle successful. Sydney shows little improvement. Supper in Odd Fellows Hall by M E Church ladies a success. Mr and Mrs Samuel Dunn move from Mancie to town. Funeral for Mrs Frank Hutchinson held Presbyterian Church with Rev Olmstead. Mrs Agnes Craig died Friday December 3 at age 93 years 5 months 7 days. Funeral Monday at 11 A M conducted by Rev Olmstead.
Tom Hewitt of California visits Miamitown as Barnabas Gaureh conducts MoE services for two weeks. Reports of high taxes stir the town while four new lamps adorn the M E Church. Local residents battle illness, including Jos Greinger Jr John Metzger Bent Nose and John McIntyre with measles. A theft attempt at John Reese’s stable fails behind an inner iron bar. Two men seen at a vault door with a dark lantern scare off. Perry Mann and Nancy Ingersoll wed by Rev Columma. bride 38 groom 22. Columma officiated.
Local happenings include E. R. Lake losing a horse, visits by Frank Pottenger and Peter Gobel, and Albert Roudebush injured by cars. Francis Wynn killed a large white owl. Plans for Hunt's Grove Dramatic Co. entertainment are announced. Various travels and small town stories follow, plus notices on newspaper delivery and a pending baseball contract in Cambridge City.
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