Local tidbits from Rush area notes and school terms
A Rush gleanings column records J. J. Grassey returning to work at Bellevue, visits between families in Stillwater and Uhrichsville, and school activity. Miss Tilla Barnes teaches the Sander’s school as a teachers institute convenes. Blizzard Ridge closes a successful term with a fine literary program.
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J. J. Grassey
Bellevue
A. BR. Kennedy
Out Johnson
Stillwater
Bertha Rankin
Uhrichsville
Sander’s
Tilla Barnes
Charles
Harry Gibbons
N. L. Kennedy
New Philadelphia
A. R. Kennedy
Peter Gibbons
Charles Sparks
Blizzard Ridge
Twin-Cities
One Hundred Years History of Uhrichsville High Waters
A lengthy local history recounts floods affecting Uhrichsville and surrounding Stillwater and Tuscarawas valleys from 1817 to 1919. It details the 1817 flood at Uhrichs Mills, bridge washouts, canal damage, mill losses, farm losses, notable rescues, and recurring high waters at Uhrichsville with various impacts on farms, roads, and mills, noting later floods through 1861 and 1919.
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Big A
Waterford
Cherichsville
Big Stillwater
Tuscarawas
Uhrichs Mills
Stilwaters
Tuscarawas River
Ohio
Tuscarawas County
Stillwater Creek
Uhrichsville
New Philadelphia
Wolf Run
Streats
Trenton
Uhrichsvile and
Trenna
Ohio Canal
State of Ohio
Walton Mills
Levy Bank
Uhrichs
Uhrich
Whrichsville
Demuth
Mary Haskins
Patrick
Samia
Uhre
Itamee
John Welch
New Philadelpia
Mareh Sds
Dan
Ulbrichsville
Teco
Diamond
Local notes from Tippecanoe and surrounding towns
D.R. Baker of the vicinity visited Cleveland with brother N. B. Baker while Jr. Petty and KR. Crabtree from Freeport were in town. Memorial services were held by the cornet band. J. Baker lumber dealer of Cadiz led a busy week. Stone Co. workers prepare to widen access to the ledge. Darlington Comedy Co. entertained at the schoolhouse, drawing a good crowd on two nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D.R. Baker
N. B. Baker
Cleveland
Jr. Petty
KR. Crabtree
Freeport
W. A. Boyd
Uhrichsville
Cornet
J. Baker
Cadiz
Harding Stone Co
Darlington Comedy Co
C. B. Myers
Parlor Magic Prerform with Tubato and Pacins
In a June Woman's Home Companion piece Adelaide Hermann describes a parlor magic feat using fourteen matches. The performer aligns matches and inserts a card or token to create a seeming impossible feat, with steps laid out for careful placement and execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thievnes
Yateh
Jay
Adlaide Hermann
Local Visitors and Small Town News Highlights
Gnadenhutten notes include Prof A Luethi and family visiting Nat, Alabama, and Rev John Beetham and wife from Somerton. Bishop Van Vleck spent Sunday with friends in Uhrichsville. Several residents travel for shopping, church events, and family visits, with multiple mentions of relatives in Dennison Terre Haute Pittsburg and Terre Haute. Memorial sermon at the Methodist church closes the list of local items.
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A. Luethi
Nat
Alabama
Luethi
John Beetham
Somerton
W. G. Webb
Bishop van Vleck
Uhrichsville
Bertha Rank
Dennison
Columbus
R. R. Bridge
Hattie Ramsey
Twin Cities
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Cadiz
Wm. Beidle
Pittsburg
Coypelt
John Wheeland
Georgie Whitcomb
Veeries
S. Stocker
Mayme
Nellie Mills
Bert Taylor
Terre Haute
Luccock
Cline
Taylor VanVileck
Chas. Sneider
Newcomerstown
Stuart
Cooding
Gilmore
Crites
Tuscarawas
James Irons
Rien
Methodist Church
Meese
Martin
Unconventional Horned Owl Captivates Night Forest
From early spring woods comes the hooting of a great horned owl described as a “tiger among birds” by Ernest Harold Baynes. The bird resumes nesting late February, occupying an old hawk or crow nest and laying two or three white eggs, while its unusual parenting style unsettles expectations.
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Ernest Harold Baynes
Correspondents Urged to Submit by Monday for midweek News
The message asks correspondents to send notes by Monday for a Wednesday issue to allow employees to attend the Dewey celebration in Columbus. It mentions the Dewey event and Columbus and requests timely submissions.
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Columbus
Low Rates for Sday Excursions to the Ohio River
The Cleveland Lorain and Wheeling Railway offers low fares for Sunday excursions to the Ohio River. Consult agents for details on schedules and pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Lorain & Wheeling Ry
Ohio River
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rush Gleanings
T. Lanning & Co
Grant Street
The
Bon Ton
Stil On
Third Street
Roper’s Gallery
Uhrichsville, Ohio
Ricks & Som
Dennison, Presse Tec
L. B. Haskins, SR
Tippecanoe
York
Salon Lita Hien
Ad Co
Gts
Ubi
Derpisen
Gnadenhutten
Chippens Lake
Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling
C. F. Brooks
Water Street
Drs
Cock Mouth
REW Idea Publishing CO
Baosaway Rew Toys
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