Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-08-10
NlEIGS
Mrs. Ethel Anderson Ralph Dies As
Result of Diphtheria

Samuel Ray lost his driving mare
last week. the l.. r. G. Howard
mare. Another horse kicked her
and broke her leg.
We have much to be thankful for,
among which is that the newspa-
pers will not be so full of political
slop. At this time we don't know
who the winners will be, but we will
watch with interest to see il they
carry out any of the things they
have promised.
One of the biggest hail storms
Rhit this neighborhood Thursday p.
m. The absence of wind kept the
damage down.
Clyde Moore, world war veteran,
was called to Columbus last week
| for examination.
Thomas Ray is suffering with a
sore foot The indications are that
it is gangrene.
Bristol township has only three
civil war soldiers left, W. T. Flan-
ders, j. w. McGonagle and J. B.
Merwin. The latter is the only one
born in the township Somewhere
around 12O went from this town
ship.
One nice thing Ray, if you must
with the donkey, you set the price
of the pasture.
In the first seven months of 1922
there have been six deaths in Bris-
tol-three men and three women,
average age 73 years.
Colonel Lindimore's team ran
| In ",
more was in the orchard on the hill
when they became frightened and
started down dug road They
soon tore loose from the sled and
apart One horse went over the
| high rocks and has been on the re-
tired lst, but seems to be getting
all right. The other escaped with
out injury.
! The many friends here of Henry
Farmhouse of Stockport will be sor-
ry to learn of his death. Mr. Barn
house lived in Bristol with his son
| J. W., and Daddy" was always a
welcome in any home or company.
1t is with sorrow we must chroni-
Gle the death of Mrs Loren Ralph,
(Ethel Anderson) daughter of L. C.
and Lizzie Huffman Anderson. Mrs
Ralph whose home was at Olive
Green had come to her parents
home near the Bristol store where
she was taken i'll with diphtheria
/ which caused her death Sunday,
Aug. 6, at p. m. Mrs. Ralph was
born in Bristol township Sept IS,
1855, being 81 years, 10 months
and "a days of age at the time of
her death. She was married to
Loren Ralph in 1908, who with the
following children: Carmen, Ivan,
Lena, Franklin Lura and Ray
imond, also two brothers Reverdy of
New York and Gleason of the home,
and one sister Mrs Joe Farmhouse
OF Blue Rock, survive The law re-
qulres that cases Of this kind must
be buried at once, which was com
piled with, interment being made in
the LabanOn cemetery Sunday night
She had spent her girlhood in that
locality and she attended church
and Sunday school, being a member
of the church at that place The
family has the sympathy of the COM
munity, all regretting that they
could not help in their great he
reavement. Several families in the
neighborhood are ouarantined
Mr.. and Mrs T. j. Osborn of
Bloom entertained Sunday in honor
of Mr. and Mrs Bernard Kenney
wilma Wallace) of Hammond,
Ind. Those present were Mrs. G. W.
Wallace, Mr.. and Mrs o. T. Master
son, Mr.. and Mrs. George Fox and
four children, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Daley and daughter, all of McCon-
nelsville; Grover Roberts and sons
Dwight and Dale. Blue Rock; Ken
meth Humphrey, Mr. and Mrs. T. j.
Osborn and daughter Gladys, and
the Meigs correspondent, who can
also WELD knife, fork and spoon.
We always like to make a show in
our undertaking, but in the case of
the dinner we couldn't see where we
had accomplished much. Mr.. and
Mrs. kenney who had been called
here by the death of the latter's
grandfather Geo. w. Wallace, re-
turned tn thafr hama Monde,