The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-09-03
RAINSBORO.
August 81, 1908.

Mrs. George Free has been spending
a few days at Sulphur Lick Springs
for the benefit of her health.
Burch Hixson and wife and Frank
Blaser and wife drove through to
Washington @. Ii. last Thursday to
attend the fair.
John L. Gossett and wife and Miss
Annie Turner will return today from
a few daysI visit with the formers
daughter, Mrs. Emma Storer, near
Belfast.
Mrs. Ida beaverton, of Greenfield,
has purchased the property at Or es-
ent occupied by Chas. Shipton and
expects to move here soon.
VIM. Kendall, of Woodland, Iowa,
arrived last Thursday to join his wife,
who has been visiting at the home of
Elisha Beaver the past week.
Charles B. Upp, of Greenfield, has
been spending few days at Geo.
Frees, on the banks Of the new reser-
voir.
James George has been the guest of
his daughter at Hillsboro the past
week.
j. A. Storer and family leave to-
morrow morning for Columbus to be
the guests of his sister, Mrs. W. s.
Freshwater, during the State Fair
Rev. Sewers, pastor of Rocky Fork
Chapel, preached his farewell sermon
on Sunday and will retire from active
ministerial work. He leaves today
for Rushville, where he has accepted
position as cashier of bank.
Misses Mae and Beatrice Davis, of
Cincinnati, have been spending a few
days vacation with their parents
here.
81. s. Foraker visited friends near
Washington @. II. last week and at
tended the fair.
Richard Vinegar was married to
Miss Ruth Shrivers, of New Peters
burg, on Wednesday night of last
week. The cermony was performed
at Greenfield by Rev. 8. d. Crothers.
Scott and Robert Free are the guests
of friends at Greenfield this week.
When AL Evans went to his clover
huller last Monday morning to begin
work he accidently discovered that
some one had placed couple of sticks
of dynamite in the machinery nd his
timely discovery prevented an awful
catastrophe.
DR.. o. A. Tudor, of Greenfield, was
professional visitor here last Tues
day.
Mrs. j. B. Davis and son, James,
visited friends at Good Hope the lat
ter part of the week. Master James
remained for longer visit, bit his
mother returned home Saturday even
ing.
There will be an ice cream supper
at Rocky Fork Chapel on Saturday
night of this week for the benefit of
the church.
N. B. Upp and son, Edwin, Dempsey
Beaver, Vernon Holmes, J. H. Upp,
w. s. Ferguson and daughter, Grace,
John Waddell and wife and Miss
Grace Glenn were among those from
this place who attended the Washing
ton @. Il. fair last week.
George EShanks visited friends In
Adams county part of last week.
Quite "a number of persons from
here wentto Leesburg Saturday after
noon to see the ball game between
Leesburg and the Indians.
Miss Lucille Spargur is the guest of
her sister, Mrs. Chas. Clark, at George
town,
A team of horses belonging to L. s.
Taggart ran away last Friday and
collided with gate post at the fair
ground, badly injuring one of the
horses and tearing things up gener-
ally.
Anthony Yankie and family visited
friends at PEBBLES from Friday until
Sunday.
]. q. Upp and Dempsey Beaver are
making tour of neighboring towns
south of here today putting up bills
advertising our far, which will be
held October 7, 8, o and 10. The man
ayers have been making numerous
improvements on the fair grounds and
everything is pointing to successful
fair.
While we are enthusiastic over
planning for our own fair let us not
forget that our neighboring city of
Hillsboro will have fair on Septem-
ber II and 18 that every lover of good
horses should attend. Horse shows
each morning and good racing each
afternoon will certain be an attrac-
tion.