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OUR
NEIGHBORS.
SPECIAL NOTICE -
All correspondents are requested to send their letters in time for them
to reach this office by Tuesday morning, and in no event later than
Wednesday morning. In case of news of extraordinary importance
correspondents may telephone the news to this office as late as 8 a. m.
Thursday.
Lexington
Maxwell’s store
was again entered by knights of the jimmy Sunday night. They gained
entrance by wrenching the lock off the front door and the swag obtained
was a lot of shirts, stockings, neckwear, overalls, hats and pants. The
perpetrators are believed to be tramps.
Ran Smurr, of Los
Angeles, Cal., arrived June 8 and is the guest of his mother, Mrs. J.
Smurr, and Mrs. B. Sowers, his sister.
Irvin Street
arrived June 8 from Princeton, N. J., and is the guest of the Rev. Mr.
Street and wife, his parents.
Prof. Tucker is
visiting in Wyandotte county and Perrysville.
Mrs. Hershiser,
of Mansfield, is at Mrs. C. King’s.
Mrs. C. D. Culp,
Mrs. Frank Bailey, Mrs. H. Delamaker, Mrs. C. B. Doudna, Mrs. Frank
Thuma, Mrs. G. M. Galbraith, Mrs. Lou Ayres and Mrs. C. Englehart
visited Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Markward in Galion, June 4.
’Squire John
Ward, of near Pavonia, recently visited George Miller, a friend of his
youthful days.
Mrs. C. King has
experienced a severe ordeal of suffering from a fracture of a hip bone,
sustained by a fall at her home June 1.
Harry McClure and
wife are in rapture over the advent of a bouncing boy at their home.
The nuptials of
James H. Palm, of near Lexington, and Miss M. E. McBride, of Bellville,
were celebrated June 4.
The Rev. Mr.
Davies was in Cleveland last week.
Barney Beverstock
and E. Baughman were in Shelby Saturday.
The 35 guests who
were entertained by Mrs. Sadie Miller and Miss Dillee Miller, June 5,
are very exuberant over the brilliancy of the affair.
W. Reininger and
wife were in Bellville Sunday.
William George,
Jr., went last week to Garrett, Ind., to stay all summer.
A. Young has
exchanged his stock of groceries for a farm in a southern state and has
moved there.
W. Stober, of
Weller township, was the guest of Dr. Stober, his son, last week.
Mrs. Lizzie
Smith, of Mansfield, is the guest of Mrs. H. McClurg.
The cheese and
butter factory was put in operation last week and the products are of a
superior quality.
Mrs. Mason, of
Ashland county, was the guest of Mrs. J. Smurr last week.
Budd Moore was in
Newville and Independence several days on business last week.
A very felicitous
event was the reception under the auspices of the Clover Literary Club
at Miss Helen Brown’s, Friday night. There were 32 present and the
costumes of the young ladies were designed for the occasion. Ice cream
and tropical luxuries were liberally dispensed. The programme was as
follows: Piano solo, Floy Smurr; select reading (poetry), Mamie Cook;
vocal solo, Grace Street; select reading (prose), Belle Doty; vocal
duet, Nellie Holler and Jessie Smurr; piano duet, Grace Miller and
Jennie Sowers; recitation, Grace Street; vocal solo, Floy Smurr; piano
solo, Floy Smurr. Those present desire to avail themselves of the NEWS
to thank Colonel Brown’s family for their zeal to promote the success of
the affair.
Samuel Stough was
extremely prostrated Sunday with a chronic kidney malady.
Mifflin
The funeral of Dr. and Mrs. Markel, June 3, was exceedingly large. As
the cortege was on its way to Ashland it was overtaken by the terrible
hailstorm which passed over Ashland county and created quite a panic.
Several teams ran away and one carriage was demolished. The carriage of
the Honorable J. D. Beaird was run into and overturned and its occupant
thrown into a ditch filled with water. Pinned down by his carriage he
would have drowned had not assistance arrived in time. He was not
seriously hurt. Happily no one was seriously hurt while many had
bruises caused by the pelting of the heavy chunks of ice.
Doctors L. B. Ash, J. W. Irwin, D. S. Sampsel, Jr., Frank Cowan, William
Mason and Ed Loucks were present at the funeral and acted as pall
bearers for Dr. Markel. C. L. Myers, William Selby, J. W. Lemon, W. A.
Bachelder, Levi Zehner and J. C. Robinson acted in the same capacity for
Mrs. Markel.
A panic was
created in the school house of district No. 4. The hail broke nearly
every window pane and caused intense fright among the children who were
all huddled together in one corner of the house, crying piteously. Miss
Winters, the teacher, picked up a piece of ice that measured five inches
long and two inches wide. It was nearly pear shaped.
Mr. Whisler
estimates his loss at $100 mainly in growing crops and slate roofing.
Over 100 window
panes are reported to have been destroyed on the premises of Frank
Hiller.
Mr. and Mrs.
Boone, of Birmingham, Ia., are visiting their daughter, Mrs. Wilson, who
is confined to her couch with a broken limb.
Mr. and Mrs. A.
F. Engle, of Adario, were in town over Sabbath, the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. C. F. Engle.
Dr. John Cowan,
of Ashland, and Dr. Baughman, of Mansfield, were in town last week
looking up a location.
Dr. Ed Loucks, of
Ashland, has located here for the practice of medicine.
Ontario
Mrs. Rebecca
Rank, relict of John Rank, died June 6, aged 72 years, 6 months and16
days. The funeral took place on Monday afternoon conducted by the Rev.
J. G. Hill, of Crestline. The interment was made at the U. P.
cemetery. About 70 vehicles followed her remains to their last resting
place.
Quarterly meeting
was held at the U. P. church last Saturday and Sunday. The Rev. James
Huston, of Utica, assisted the pastor, the Rev. R. C. Criswell.
Mrs. H. S. Garver
had a paralytic stroke last Thursday affecting principally her mind.
The Rev. J. O.
Wright and wife, of North Manchester, Ind., visited a few days with her
sister, Mrs. I. J. Cassel, on their return from the annual meeting of
the church, held at Hagerstown, Maryland.
Children’s Day
will be observed at the M. E. church next Sunday evening.
Mrs. John Eply
fell a few days ago severely wrenching her knee.
Mrs. Jolly has
returned from Michigan.
Mrs. Ramsey sold
a part of her household goods last week. She has gone to live with her
sister, Mrs. Fritz, at Lucas.
Mr. Wood has
opened a second hand dish store in the Work building.
The G. A. R.
post will give a strawberry social on the evening of June 19.
Mrs. W. H.
Coats, of Mansfield, is visiting her parents, Captain and Mrs. Au.
Lucas
Mrs. J. A. Wilson, of Mansfield, is visiting her mother here this week.
Harry Smart, of
Galion, is in town this week looking quite well.
The Rev. C. W.
Gruppe returned from Ashtabula Monday evening, where he had been looking
about for a change, and we understand he was successful, as he is
preparing to move there soon.
The lecture that
was to have been given at the Lutheran church Saturday evening by C. E.
McBride, Esq., had to be postponed on account of rain. It will be given
next Saturday evening, June 13.
The Rev. J.
Shaffer, of North Robinson, held services at the Lutheran church last
Sunday and those who attended were deeply interested.
B. Bowman, of
Columbiana, O., has been assisting Walter Fletcher in his binder and
twine trade and reports business brisk.
H. J. Gorman, who
represents a Springfield house, met with the school board a few evenings
ago and sold them a set of heaters for the school building. There were
but six members of the board present, however.
Pavonia
The report of the
Pavonia auxiliary of the W. H. M. S., of the north Ohio conference, read
by its delegate, Mrs. C. W. Palmer, of Mansfield, compared favorably
with any society, according to its membership.
Beside the
delegate Mesdames Hattie Hale, Sarah Hagerman, Calista Osbun, Olive
Koogle and Miss Mary Charles attended all the meetings Wednesday and
Thursday, last week, and enjoyed every exercise. The Mansfield ladies
were very hospitable with their guests.
One of Windsor’s
young men, Elmer Broach, brought a bride home last week, Miss Alice
Arnt, of Ashland county.
Miss Josie Hughes
has been paying a visit to her sister, Mrs. E. T. Hagerman, at Salem.
Andy Sunkle, an
employe on the Erie, has been making a visit with his parents at
Windsor.
Washington
School closed at
White Hall on last Friday until after harvest.
C. A. Marks and
family are about well again.
We understand
that the Rev. J. H. Grupe will not preach here more than once or twice
more.
R. B. Ray will
return home from the university at Lexington, Ky., this week.
The school board
met last Friday.
Wilbert Schlosser
and wife, of Mansfield, are visiting the former’s mother.
The following
pupils of the village school have not been absent during the last
month: Ollie Norrick, Daisy McPhern, Clara Strater, Nettie Bowman,
Florence McPhern, Herman Strater, George McPhern, John Heichel, David
Hamilton and Mary Pearce.
Olivesburg
Work is plenty
but hands are scarce.
Last Wednesday,
May West, of Savannah, an 11-year-old daughter of Sally West, was buried
here.
James T. Huston
returned from a 12 days’ stay in Detroit, Mich.
Huff Wharton, of
Crawford county, and Frank Wharton, of Shenandoah, were here on
business.
Mrs. Jacob Mohn,
of Ashland, visited her parents here.
Our school will
close next Saturday with an entertainment and a festival.
The Woman’s
Missionary Society will give a festival on the evening of June 13, known
as the red, white and blue. A flag will be erected on the school house
Everybody is cordially invited.
Quite a number of
our young folks were at Paradise Hill church to attend children’s
services.
Epworth
Married, at the
residence of the bride’s father, by the Rev. J. H. Barron, Charles
Morton, of Crawford county, to Miss Jennie Osbun, of this place.
Owing to the rain
the dedication of the new Baptist church in Franklin township did not
take place last Sabbath but was postponed until June 21.
The W. F. M. S.
will give a strawberry festival on the evening of June 20, at the home
of Williams Robinson, on the Big Hill.
The stars and
stripes now wave from the Franklin schoolhouse. Patriotism, school
houses and churches, make this land of the free and the home of the
brave.
Jackson Township
Last Wednesday
the lightning struck the Bunker Hill school house, No. 1, but it
happened to be a cold stroke and we are glad to report no serious damage
to the pupils or teacher.
We are glad to
hear of the nomination of Samuel Ickes, of Sharon township, for
commissioner He is an excellent man.
As George Arnold
was going home last Wednesday the heavy clap of lightning when near G.
U. Kuhn’s home, brought the horse to its front knees and affected Mr.
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