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From: "Jack & Linda Dietz" <>
Subject: Personal Mention Oct 1889
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 07:28:13 -0500

Lima Daily Times, Oct 25, 1889

Jackson township Sunday School Convention will be held at West Point church,
two and one half miles north of Lafayette, Sunday and Sunday evening, Nov
3rd. It is expected the excerises will be very interesting and hospitable.
Several good speakers will be present.

Mr. and Mrs. Enos BECHTOL, and Mr. and Mrs. N.A. CURTIS attended the funeral
services of Mrs. Matilda KERSCHEL.

D.S. YOUNKMAN has been very ill for several days from a complication of
diseases.

Alf GENSEL, of Payne was here shaking hands with his old friends.

Mr. and Mrs. Aaron FISHER, of Delphos, have been here several days visiting
relatives.

Mr. and Mrs. Simon FOSTER, of Middlepoint, are having a pleasant time here
visiting their old acquaintances.

Died, Oct 21st, at 3 o'clock p.m., Mrs. Matilda KERSCHEL, aged 56 years, 6
months and 4 days. Funeral services Oct 23. Interment at Rockport cemetery.

Rev. C.J. HANCE of the Christian church after two years of faithful
minsterial labor here, has been appointed by the late conference to continue
services here for the ensuing year.

Oct 23rd, Cliff URICH and Clara KING, Marshal JENNINGS and Mary BECHTOL,
Grant RUMBAUGH and Grace McELWAIN, Bert HAWK and Alice HALL, Arthur MAUS and
Vada BECHTOL, Norval HALL and Dora LEATHERMAN and others were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas JENNINGS. They were kindly received and hospitably
entertained.

Wm. GORE, bette known as "Billy", died a little after midnight this morning.
He had been bleeding from the nose quite freely for several days, but the
primary cause of death was Bright's disease of the kidneys. The funeral
services will be held at his residence, on South Main street, at 2 p.m.,
tomorrow.
Billy GORE was well known in Lima as a gentlemanly and obliging man. He came
here from the East when quite young, with his parents, and had lived heree
as a boy and a man for a quarter of a century. He married a daughter of
widow KOCH, who lives on Union street, and his death leaves his wife a widow
with one child, about two years old. His age was about 32 years.
He was a member of the Lima Turnverein, and the Turners will meet at 8
o'clock this evening to pass resolutions on his death and make arrangements
for attending the funeral.

Orrin DICKERSON, of Paulding is here visiting relatives.

Cartile BINKLEY has sold his farm and in November will move to Paulding Co.

Dick KNOBLE has gone to Paulding to work at the tinner trade. He will be
missed here.

FURNAS, the tailor, has a new cutter, L.A. McELROY, of Ada.

Miss Mary TAYLOR, of Brooklyn, N.Y., is visiting her sister, Mrs. H.W.
CHILDS, of west High street.

Mrs. Ellen STRANAHAN, of Hazelton, Kas., is visiting her daughter Mrs. E.D.
WILLIS, 125 Metcalf street.

Miss Cora YOUNG, of Canal Dover, O., is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
WATT.

John HELSER, of Lima, has moved back to his old home in Jackson township.

C.V. RUMBAUGH has moved into the house lately occupied by Harry BAKER.

Mr. and Mrs. R. KING and others who were visiting relatives here, were
suddenly called home on account of serious illness of a relative in Perry
county.

R. MEHAFFEY is in Knoxville, Tenn., visiting relatives and attending to
important business.

W.L. WILSON shipped two carloads of cows and calves to New Jersey.

Mr. N.A. CURTIS reports that his sister, Mrs. KITSCHED, who lives near the
county line, and who has been in poor health for several months is now in
critical condition, and has been advised by her physcian to arrange her
worldly affairs and prepare for death.

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