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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1891
Page
3
The column mentions trains eastbound at specific dawn and evening times, local job ad for a general worker at Central, and notices from Wissel about possible town name changes. It reports a Memorial Day grave decoration event by White Star Lodge K of P, a strawberry and ice cream festival at John Fork Church, and a popular lemonade stand profits of over thirteen dollars.
A lost heavy gold ring bearing the inscription January 18, 1881 is to be returned to the NEWS office with a reward offered. The message also mentions Ashton's Circus performing near Glen Haven Cemetery for three days, praising the show for ten cents. News notes seek readers to leave addresses for weekly delivery at $1.50 per year.
Rev Brown will host three sermons at the Christian Church starting Sunday the seventh on Orthodoxy Head Orthodoxy of the Heart and Orthodoxy of the Hands. Henry Lathner, recently in Cincinnati, was married yesterday to Miss Bertha Benita of 186 Baymiller Street. They plan to settle in the city, and well wishes are sent.
A lawn fete planned for Ipworth League was cancelled due to bad weather. Instead a basement festival at the M E Building drew a smaller but generous crowd. Strawberries and ice cream were served and proceeds benefited the League. The lawn fete is still expected on a future date.
Headquarter notes from the Republican State Central Committee outline the call for a convention to be held in Columbus on June 17 and 18 1891. Delegates will nominate a successor for State School Commissioner and other statewide offices. Louis W Kina serves as chairman.
Charles Reibel recovers from months of illness and a group of townsfolk plan moves and trips. Mary Powers visits Sullivan while Sefton welcomes guests. Mighells vacation at Warren's Corners New York, and Johanning sails to Europe. several residents return from travels, weddings occur, and encampment attendance signals lively community activity.
Letter from Harrison Ohio dated June 2 1891 testifies that Dr Charles H Herman of the Kickapoo Indian Co relieved a minister of a long affliction with a tapeworm using two doses of medicine. Brown expresses gratitude and commends the physician to others with similar issues.
The contract for building the Harrison Fruit and Packing Company's modern factory was let last Monday night to Peter Schneider, marking a key step in the project.
Mrs. W. H. Clark thanks kind friends and neighbors for assistance during her husband Wa. H. Clark’s recent death. She notes their kindness will never be forgotten and signs respectfully.
The Big Four freight wreck near Elizabethtown on a Saturday left engineer S A Bennett or Dad dead after a broken frog caused wheels to leave the track. Conductor Bob Gabel and Fireman James Hogan escaped with minor injuries, while brakemen James Clark and John Hayne suffered injuries. Bennett’s body was found under a lumber car and his death mourned by colleagues and his West Harrison family now awaiting interment in Cincinnati.
Lawrenceburg Indiana May 28 1891 Dr Chas Herman of Kickapoo Medicine Co No 3 reports a patient who swallowed two living snakes twenty years ago while drinking at a Missouri homestead. The man left Cincinnati May 19 sure he would die within ten days, but after a year and eleven months of treatment by top Cincinnati doctors including Dr G W Vanvlecke he claims recovery due to Dr Chas H Herman and Kickapoo Indian Remedies.
Dr Herman treats all the poor of Harrison without charge and will continue to do so while he remains in Pasqua Ontario Canada until an order signed by Mayor Graft is obtained. Witnessed by Dr John Hughes of Ontario and the state of Cincinnati Ohio.
Local note reports Jesse Crim of Bright recently purchased the town's high baby chairs. He claims this marks a first purchase in thirteen years, but offers no clear end date as the ice appears broken.
Tam offers Brookville Mineral Water and Club Soda at 55 cents per box delivered anywhere in town. Picnic goods of all kinds supplied on short notice. Trial requested. 26tf J. B. Cheetham. Age
Local customers rely on Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for years due to dependable, quick, safe relief. Dr R L John of Howland Missouri praises its consistent action and safety. Sold by Will Kiger.
Harrison Fruit and Packing Co seeks farmers to contract for tomatoes. Applications to the undersigned by Thomas Bowles Harrison Ohio May 21. Secretary. A blacksmith saves a girl in cholera morbus case using Chamberlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Minnie Carney near death but revived after treatment. Will Yeager sells the remedy.
An East India missionary brings a simple vegetable cure for consumption and other lung ailments. A retired physician offers to mail free of charge the full recipe in German French or English with directions, to those who request it. Mail requests to W A Noyes 820 Powers Block Rochester New York. 23 14 Hien peri
In Harrison, boosters tout spring beauty and swift growth while urging locals to upgrade footwear at Vischer's boot and shoe house. An ad mix promotes Pioneer Sarsaparilla and home remedies from Will Weaver and Will Yeager for bunions, corns, sprains, and rheumatism.
Buckien's Arnica Salve marketed as the best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers and general skin eruptions. The ad promises guaranteed satisfaction or money back and lists a price of 25 cents per box. Sold by Huber & Sefton. 0-22-40
The advertisement promotes Pioneer Sarsaparitta as a pure blood purifier offered at fifty cents a bottle and sold by Will Yeager, presenting it as economical and virtuous.
Mrs Ada E Hurd of Groton recounts a grave lung illness that doctors dismissed as fatal. She credits Dr Kings New Discovery for C on sumption Coughs and Colds, taking eight bottles to recover fully. Trial bottles offered free at Huber Sefton's Drug Store, with regular sizes priced at 50 cents and 1.00.
Rev M D Carroll D D led morning and evening services at the M E Church last Sunday with sermons titled A Finished Life and The Sound of a Gong. He emphasized the Epworth League and Christian service among young people, delivering an engaging message. Sharkey's on State Street advertised groceries at fair prices. Pioneer Sarsaparilla promotes sale by Will Yeager with a 50 cent bottle claim against rheumatism and blood issues.
Acting as agents for Henry Adams Brewery of Cincinnati we will deliver lager beer promptly to any requester. Special attention to parties and picnics. Ice also supplied at low figures. Frederick & Voss.
An advertisement touts Pioneer Sarsaparilla offered at fifty cents instead of a dollar. It claims thousands testify to its merits and notes Will Yeager as the seller.
Three Kentucky horses offered for the season at a Indiana stable by F B Fiepps and Wm Westlake. Prices listed: Young Signal $40, Kentucky Hambletonian $10, Black Cloud $8 to insure live colt. Farmers urged to view horses before breeding elsewhere. Will Yeager sells Chamberlain's Pain Balm 50 cent bottles in Avoca Neb.
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