The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-04-28
HIGHLAND.
April 25, 1904.

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in the hospital for insane at Cleve-
land, Ohio, is spending few days
vacation with her father and sister
here.
Hugh Evans and wife rented and
moved into Mrs. Hammond's property
on Railroad street last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cohn, of Sa.
bina, were guests of his father and
family Friday
William Thornburg, who came to
attend his fathers funeral last Tues
day, returned to his home at Marion,
Ind, Thursday.
o. B. Savage, wife and daughter, of
Wilmington, spent Sunday at the
home of his mother and sister, Mrs.
f. B. Savage and Mrs. r. S. Judkins.
n. II. Mingus and son, Russell, who
were quite sick with an attack of la
grippe for several days, are able to be
out.
G. c. Wood is convalescing from an
attack of lagrippe followed by pneu-
monia. He was quite i'll the greater
part of last week.
Miss Mary Boatright was visiting
friends in Blanchester over Sunday.
The infant daughter of Jas. Swan
ger and wife died on Wednesday last.
Samuel Davis and wife, who have
made their home at Allen Ocker-
mans during the winter returned to
Leesburg last week.
Bessie Ballentine, of Greenfield,
was the guest of relatives here last
week.
.Orland Earl has purchased a new
Letfel water wheel and is having 1t
put in his mill.
The steam drill aud stone crusher
has been set on John Evans lot near
the creek south of town, where they
are getting out stone to repair the
pixies, which are in great need of it in
many places.
Mrs. c. B. Horseman came down |
from Columbus Sunday morning on
account of the illness of Mr. Hanley
at the home of her father, Joseph
Cohn.
A little daughter of MIR. and Mrs. |
John Gibler has been sick with mea.
sles for few days. One or two cases
are reported in the country.
There will be five graduates from
the High School this year: Ernest
.Woodmansee and Misses Elva Nor
rison, Lenna Grice, Edith Horseman
and May Moore. The school will close
Friday, May 8. Commencement ex-
ercises will be held Friday evening,
May l3. The Baccalaureate sermon
will be preached in the M. E. Church
Sunday evening, May 5, by Rev. c. c.
Peale, of Cincinnati.
The funeral service for Uncle Eddie
Thornburg was held in the afternoon
of Tuesday o. last week at the |
Friends Church, conducted by Rev.
Alfred Brown, of Wilmington Col
lege, assisted by Revs. Miner and
Scott, of Leesburg, and Lizzie Lar
kin, of Samantha. The body was then
taken to New Vienna for interment
in the family lot.
Rev. J. r. Hill left Monday morn
ing to attend the General Conference
of the M. +. Church, which will con-
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has made arrangements for his pull
pits to be supplied for the four Sun.
days he expects to be absent. Mrs.
Hill and daughter, Miss Grace, will
visit friends at Tippecanoe, Catawba
and other places until his return.
DR.. Hanley, of Chillicothe, was the
guest of his cousin, John Hanley, from
Saturday night until Monday.
Reuben Swanger, an aged and much
respected citizen of this place, was
found about noon Monday, lying dead,
where he had fallen on the foor of a
summer kitchen. He had been up
street in the morning, apparently as
we'll as usual and quite cheerful, and
shortly before had been talking to
Mrs. Elwood, who lived next door, and
who was first to find him stricken with
death. The doctors agreed in pro-
nouncing his death the result of heart
trouble, with which for years he had
been afflicted. He was born in Union
county, Pa, June 30, 1928, and died at
his home in Highland, April 25, 1904,
aged IS years, 8 months and 25 days.
He was married to Lucinda Roebuck
March 30, 1854. Her death occurred
October "a, 1893. To this union eight
children were born, all of whom are
. living. He was married to his pre-.
sent wife, Mrs. Lizzie Plummer, in
1898, who with the sons and daughters
! are left to mourn his death.
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