The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1906-08-23
RAINSBORO.
August 20, 1905
Secretary VIM. Fulton.

OOrO last week.
W. J. Redkey left this morning for
Columbus as a delegate to the Demo-
cratic State convention.
Miss Bessie Stevens, of Williams
burg, has been visiting Miss Ruth
Sentman, at the M. +. parsonage,
since Wednesday.
Glover Goff has gone to Delaware to
spend week with relatives.
Walter Auckerman and Miss Dora
Merrick, of Dayton, have been spend
ing few days with Mr.. and Mrs.
William Auckerman.
G. W. Badgley, wife and son, of
Mowrystown, are the guests of Mrs.
Rebecca Roads.
Mrs. Stella Emery and children, of
Greenfield, were visiting Mrs VIM.
Bashore the past week.
CISCO Clark and family, of Sabina,
we're guests of MIR. and Mrs j. A.
Beaver over Sunday.
Isma Roads attended the Farmers
Institute picnic near Lyndon last
Thursday.
Misses Anna and Irene Fee, of CALI
polls, are the guests of relatives here.
Mrs. Joseph Williams and two chill
dren and Miss Gladys Pemberton of
New Vienna, have been spending a
few days among friends here.
DR.. and Mrs. d. N. Mcbride, MIR.
and Mrs. Craig Mcbride spent last
Wednesday here the guests of DR.. and
Mrs. j. A. Mercer.
Homer Keefer, of Greenfield, spent
last week rusticating in this com.
munity.
Lorenzo Roads, who has been at
tending school at Lebanon, for a
year past, has returned home for a
vacation.
Harry Roberts, of Williamsburg, is
the guest of Tracy Browning.
William and Richard Barrett, of
Leesburg, accompanied by their sis
ter, Miss Helen, are visiting relatives
here.
Supt. s. L. Yochum and bride have
beeh spending a few days here
arranging to go to house keeping.
Jonn Edgington has sold his merry
go-round and has returned home. He
is now employed by the Bell telephone
company to take charge of the repair
work in this exchange.
Dan a. Taggart, of Delaware, is
here to spend few days at the home
of W. T. Hodge.
Owing to the bad condition of the
light plant at the M Z. Church there
was no service held there on Sunday
night.
Miss Mabel Cameron, of Bainbridge,
is the guest of Miss Esther Redkey.
The remains of Mrs. Britton Mason,
who died at the home of her son, near
Hillsboro, we're brought here last Fri.
day and inferred in the Hulitt grave
yard.
Ed. Roads had fine young heifer
killed by lightning during the storm
which visited this section on Friday
afternoon. A tree in the Reunion
ground was struck during the storm
also.
Geo. X. Roads attended the funeral
of his nephew, Chas. Brock, al Hills
boro, last Friday.
Virginia Saffel Mercer, the reader
who gave such an interesting enter
tainment last Saturday night for the
benefit of the school library. has con.
sented to give another reading at the
X. of P. hall tonight for the same
purpose, at reduced prices.
Miss Beatrice Davis, of New Vienna,
is spending her vacation week at the
home of her parents, Rev. and Mrs. ].
81. Davis.
81. M. Barrett is giving the Barrett
Mill complete renovating and will
soon be able to give his customers the
benefit of the new machinery he is
adding to his already we'll equipped
mill.
Mrs. John Spargur, who has been In
poor health for several months, has
been much worse the past week.
AS Boyd Barrett was driving to
town last Friday afternoon, accom-.
panied by his aunt, Mrs. Williamson,
and little child, of Dayton, who are
visitors here, his horse became fright
ened by them raising an umbrella an
ran away throwing the occupants out
of the buggy, but luckily no one was
seriously hurt although all suffered
from bruises and fright.
In spite of mud and rain and con-
tinued threatening skies a large
crowd gathered last Saturday for the
annual Spargur reunion. The usual
good order prevailed and the day was
fraught with pleasure to all who were
lucky enough to be there.
Careful tests have shown that
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