Remembering Pomeroy Bend Flood of 1913
POMEROY Ohio April 1 Midday March 30 marked the twelfth anniversary of the peak of the 1913 flood when the Ohio River reached sixty eight feet nine inches. Residents recall how Fourth street areas and hillsides flooded forcing businesses to move goods to upper floors and to shelter in safer structures as streets waters rose rapidly. The disaster damaged streetcars and telephone lines, but no drownings occurred. Martial law was declared to protect life and property as citizens observed the devastation from hilltops and prepared for recovery.
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L. H. BR. Foulk Messenger
Pomeroy
Ohio
Pomeroy Bend
Vorkes
Baptist
Episcopal Church
Hocking Valley
Butternut Avenue
Council Chamber
Knights of Pythias
Mulberry Avenue
B. R. Remington
Main Street
Street Railway Company
Racine
Gravel Hill
The
Telephone Company
Water Company
Ward Hartley
Seventh Regiment National Guard
Ar Wry
Frasier's Sick Stomach and Headaches Almost Cost Job
Woodhaven New York resident K M Collins reports relief from headaches and sour stomach after using Carter's Little Liver Pills. The pills claim to cleanse the liver and bowels with a mild laxative action and have nationwide drugstore availability.
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Frasier
K. M. Collins
Woodhaven
N. Y
Carter
Minor Eye Injury Spurs Medical Visit in Columbus
Pomeroy Ohio April 1. Reese West sought medical advice in Columbus after an accident at home when a small book fell from an overhead shelf striking his eye about ten days ago. The eye became inflamed causing him annoyance and worry about possible future effects.
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Pomeroy
Reese West
Columbus
Carpenter Fracas Ends With Slashed Man In Fight
Report from Carpenter between this place and Athens describes a Friday altercation by a group of roughnecks who drank corn juice and terrorized locals. One youth was slashed from the left shoulder to the waist, a wound viewed as serious enough to prompt court action.
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Pomeroy
Carpenter
Athens
Music Club Holds Tuesday Meeting in Middleport
The Middleport Music club met at the Methodist church on Tuesday evening with an evening program focused on Robert Schumann. Biographical sketch of Schumann, choruses, piano solos by Mrs. Talbott and Mrs. Cross, and vocal solos by Miss Williams highlighted the event. Hostesses listed include Mrs. Jess Johnson and others.
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Middleport
Middleport Music Club
Methodist Church
Robert Schumann
America the Beautiful
Miss Weed
Talbott
Cross
Miss Williams
Miss Talbott
Voral
Miss Wilson
Miss Lyons
Hecox
Miss Skinner
Savre Infant Dies After Heart Condition
The ten day old infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Savre died Monday evening in Middlewort from a heart condition.
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Savre
Ralph Savre
And the Lion Became a Lamb and the Lambs March In
In Pomeroy April 1, March arrives with a roar, then a calm spell. The day records a 70 degree sunlit scene as townsfolk note the shift, while Mrs Belle Guthrie Daniels visits Mrs John Daniels in Gallipolis and Middleport.
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Belle Guthrie Daniels
Middleport
John Daniels
Gallipolis
Gillespie Oil Co. Finds Dry Hole in Ours Place Territory
In Pomeroy Ohio on April 1 the Gillespie Oil Co. of Pittsburgh drilled to the limit on the Herbert Ours place near Bowman's Run field and Dorcas in wild-cat territory and found a dry hole. Mrs. John Schaaf, daughter of Mayor C. J. Hess, is seriously ill at her West Main Street home in the Third ward.
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Pomeroy
Gillespie Oil Co
Pittsburgh
Herbert Ours Place
Henry Arnet
Bowman’s Run
Dorcas
John Schaaf
C. J. Hess
West Main Street
Third Ward
East and West Will Not Mingle Kiwanis Talk
Reverend H C Whiting M D spoke at the Pomeroy Middleport Kiwanis on race relations with Asia in 1903 viewpoints from his Asia trip. He blamed propaganda for misunderstandings and warned against mixed marriages while noting fear of territorial annexation by America and racial pride on both sides.
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Pomeroy, O
H. C. Whiting
Pomeroy- Middleport
Whiting
Korea
China
America
Philippines
Alaska
Orient
Miss Sue Lehew Visits Cleveland Spring Millinery Displays
Miss Sue Lehew of the Red Anchor Department Store millinery department is in Cleveland this week visiting the spring displays and purchasing for the store. Mr and Mrs J F Lehew of Ardsville and their daughter Miss Dorothy are guests at the home of the former's sister.
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Sue Lehew
Red Anchor Department Store Company Millinery
Cleveland
J. F. Lehew
Ardsville
Miss Dorothy
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Roy
Messenger Bureau
Washington
Streck
St. Louis
Eliong
Music Club
Mary
J. S. Hartenbach
Raymond Harbre
J. M. Cra ‘Company
Avenue
Philip Perty
Econd Street
J. L. Maubé
L. D. Peoples
Famf
Mulberry
Jones
Con Sommers
Fifth Ave
New
VENUS
Velvet
BAMBY
Aery
Pomeroy and Vicinity
Rauch’s Bakery
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