Burglars Caught After Rathburn Store Breakin
Two men, Harry Bland and John Brown alias Opal Tudor, were caught after attempting to break into the Rathburn department store in Rutland Sunday night. A neighbor spotted the window cutting, armed residents surrounded the store, and the pair, later identified, were captured with Bland hiding in a barrel. They were bound over to court and housed at the Hotel de Reeves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rathburn
Rutland
Harry Bland
John Brown
Columbus
Opal Tudor
A. E. Barton
Lee
Rathburn Bank
Bland
Brown
West Virginia
Cabin Creek
Charleston
Var
Hobson
South St
Justice Barnes
Hotel de Reeves
Mrs Mees Sr. Celebrates 81st Birthday in Mason
Mrs Henry Mees Sr., a longtime Mason resident and mother of a large family, marked her 81st birthday last Wednesday. She and her late husband were respected citizens whose friends celebrate her long life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Mees &Sr
Pomeroy Bend
Carson and sister visit Fomeroy from Ripley West Virginia
WII Carson and his sister Mrs Elia O Connell of Ripley West Virginia were recent visitors to Fomeroy. They called on Glenroy Ewing on Lincoln Hill and are noted as former Racine residents with Mrs O Connell returning from Texas to settle in Ripley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wii Carson
Elia O'Connell
Ripley
W. Va
Fomeroy
Glenroy Ewing
Lincoln Hill
Carsons
Racine
O'Connell
Texas
Carson Builds Life In Ripley After Twenty Five Years
Brother Mr. Carson moved to Ripley twenty five years ago and has since made his home there while engaging in local business activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Carson
Ripley
Mrs Tucker Dead After Hospital Stay Near Alfred
Mrs William Tucker died last week at Holzer hospital after being taken from her home near Alfred. Her remains were returned to Alfred for burial and she leaves a family.
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Tucker
William Tucker
Alfred
Holzer Hospital
Judge Rules County Court Members Not Removable
Judge O'Brien in Point Pleasant delivers decision in impeachment proceedings. He finds county court members did not commit offenses merit removal. Vacancy from William Jidden’s resignation filled by B. H. Bragg, Pt. Pleasant attorney, until next regular election amid legal challenge.
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O’brien
Point Pleasant
William Jiiden
B. H. Bragg
Pt. Pleasant Bur
Supreme Court
Sunday School Drives Toward Five Hundred Goal at Pomeroy
Simpson M E Church Pomeroy reports rapid progress in a five hundred dollar goal. Last Sunday attendance totals 477 with 74 men 99 women 50 girls and 1 boy. Collections reach 32.84 while men lead by 211 percent points. Two Sundays remain.
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Simpson M. E
Pomeroy
Death of Rutland coal miner Thomas Donahue at age nearly 59
Thomas Donahue died yesterday in Rutland after six months of Brights disease. A coal miner by trade, he leaves a wife four sons and two daughters. The body will be taken to Minerton Ohio for burial tomorrow.
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Thomas Donahue
Rutland
Brights
Minerton
Ohio
Kiwanis Club Moves to Middleport for Meeting
The newly formed Kiwanis Club cannot find quarters in Pomeroy so plans a weekly gathering at 6 PM in the American Legion hall in Middleport.
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Kiwanis
Kiwanis Club
Pomeroy
Middleport
American Legion Hall
Dennison Pays Fines After Liquor Irregularities Case
William Dennison of Middleport paid fines and costs totaling about 345 dollars related to liquor irregularities and was freed from jail after officers guarded him at home for several days while he recovered enough to face the law.
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Dennison
William Dennison
Middleport
Death by own action at Akron linked to despondency
T L Shepard formerly connected with the Cadillac hotel and son of W F Shepard of Rutland, shot himself through the heart in the Oliver hotel at Akron last Friday. Despondency is named as the cause. He left two notes to his wife and to Thos Mooney of Akron. Funeral and burial occurred in Akron yesterday.
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Akron
Dayton
Thos. Mooney
Bold Robbery Foiled at Rathburn Store in Rutland
Late Sunday night a bold robbery at the Rathburn store was foiled before a getaway. One robber was arrested, and police continued to investigate the incident. Thomas Donahue of South Rutland died Sunday night. Mrs. E L Morrell and her daughter from Gallipolis visited Rutland. The letter decries funds sent abroad to rubber firms and wild cat schemes, urging local manufacturing to ease unemployment.
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Rathburn
Thomas Donahue
South Rutland
E. L. Morrell
Gallipolis
Rutland
Elephant Reaches Full Maturity at Forty Years
A zoological note states elephants do not attain full maturity until they are forty years old. The fact highlights their slow developmental timeline and implications for conservation and care strategies.
Logan Resident Welcomes New Daughter At Home
Logan Mowery family greets a fine daughter Friday evening. Eber Mowery, Gore School principal, and spouse celebrate. Court updates note January term closed and April term opened with petit jury to report next Monday. Trials planned for several prisoners. Road improvement contracts tackle Logan-Carbon Hill-Greendale and Sand Run-Carbon Hill routes with Green and Ward townships supplying labor and materials.
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Eber Mowery
Logan R. D
Stork
Mowery
Gore
Green and Ward
Hocking Valley Products Company
Commissioners and Board of Trustees
Green Township
Logan
Carbon Hill
Greendale
Prodlucts
Ward Township
Sand Run
Clean Up Campaign Aims to Beautify Logan Parks
A vigorous weekly clean up began Saturday with citizens urged to participate. On Monday crews under the service director cleared public parks near the courthouse, carting away winter rubbish and sowing grass seed to render them beauty spots for Logan.
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Logan
Local farm bureau officials visit Logan to inspect lime bin
Messrs McCullough McCandlish and Grafiis of Rush Creek Fair Field County visit Logan to view the newly erected lime bin. The bureau plans a Bremen bin to serve farmers in that area. The Logan bin will soon receive its first lime shipment as demand grows.
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Messrs
McCullough
McCandlish
Grafiis
Rush Creek Farm Bureau
Fairfield County
Logan
Bremen
Miner Ralph Dicken Stricken With Acute Appendicitis
Ralph Dicken a 21 year old miner from Coonville was brought to Cherrington hospital with acute appendicitis. He underwent immediate operation and is reported to stand a fair chance of recovery. He is the son of W C Dicken who accompanied him to the city.
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Ralph Dicken
Miner
Coonville
Cherrington Hospital
W. C. Dicken
Logan police report five traffic arrests on Sunday
Motor Cop Farbeam and Logan officers booked five arrests for traffic violations. Carl Pico of Glouster failed to observe speed rules and must report to mayor's court Wednesday at 7 30. H R Hildebrandt of Columbus was clocked at 88 mph and fined 13 70. Fred Beckler from Athens cited for 45 mph with 13 70 fine. Roy Stallsmith with 1921 license fined five dollars plus costs. Murphy of Carroll fined same for open exhaust.
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Farbeam
Logan
Carl Pico
Glouster
Farbear
H. R. Hildebrandt
Columbus
Columbus Auto Association
Fred Beckler
Athens
Roy Stallsmith
Murphy
Carroll
John Keller
Estate of Charles Brillman filed first and final account
J. O. Combs and D. F. Primmer as administrators presented the estate of Charles Brillman of Marion township with a total due of 978.01 dollars. A court hearing will be held when legally permitted by law.
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J. O. Combs
D. F. Primmer
Charles Brillman
Marion Township
Child Pneumonia Victim Carl Miller Dies at Year old
Carl Patrick Miller, year old son of Mr and Mrs George Miller of near Maxville Monday Creek township, died Sunday evening after pneumonia. Funeral services were at Ebenezer church at 10 30 Tuesday morning with burial by Harden Undertaking Co.
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Carl Patrick
George Miller
Maxville
Monday Creek Township
Ebenezer Church
Harden Undertaking Co
Jail Population and Crime Comparisons for 1921 and 1922
The county jail housed 32 prisoners in 1922 versus 27 in 1921 for a like period. Whiskey cases rose to 13 in 1922 from 5 in 1921. Non support cases grew to 7 from 4. Burglary and larceny doubled to 4 in 1922.
Burglary Trio Sentenced With Suspended Terms
Cliff Banfield James Hurd and Homer Huskiver pleaded guilty to burglary and larceny in common pleas court Judge Pettit imposed a one to fifteen year sentence at Mansfield Reformatory but suspended on three conditions. They must pay costs within sixty days secure jobs and report monthly with employer verification. The cases drew local citizen petitions for leniency.
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Cliff Banfield
James Hurd
Homer Huskiver
Eugene Wright
Banfield
Weatherburn
Murray City
Orbiston
Wright
Mary K. Davey
Mansfield Reformatory
Chillicothe
McArthur Notes Cast of Local Movements
Judge Coultrap traveled to Columbus on business for two days. Rev Rutherford from Wellston visited McArthur on Monday. Bertrand Harkins of Dundas, trained at Rayne Automobile school in Cincinnati, heads to New York City to seek work and visit his uncle. Don Steinbrook and family plan a move to Mt Pleasant after wintering in McArthur.
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Judge Coultrap
Columbus
Bertrand Harkins
Dundas
Rayne Automobile School
Cincinmati
New York City
Don Steinbrook
Mt. Pleasant
McArthur
Loyal Women's Class Plans Surprise Party for Mrs. Smith
The Christian church Ladies Aid served as host Monday evening for a surprise party honoring Mrs. Annie Smith. She departs Friday to join Mr. and Mrs. Smith in Columbus for the summer.
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Loyal Women’s Class
The
Christian Church
Annie Smith
Columbus
Mrs. Smith
Loyal Women hold monthly class social at church basement
The Loyal Women's class plans its regular monthly social in the basement of the Christian church on Tuesday evening.
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The
Christian Church
Robb suffers paralysis stroke after fall in town
Will Robb who lives north of McArthur had a stroke of paralysis while in town Monday. He had just left Darst's restaurant when he fell and struck his head. He was taken to the Will Hotel where Dr. James was summoned.
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Will Robb
McArthur
Robb
Darst’s
Will Hotel
James
Train Jumps Track After Arrival at Dundas
Passenger train No. 3 arrived Dundas at 1 08 PM Monday and jumped the track at Hope tearing up about 300 yards of rail. No injuries reported.
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Dundas
Hope
Will of Geo H Gillman Probate Admission and Real Estate Record
In the matter of the will of Geo H Gillman of Ramsey County Minnesota Attorney O E Vollen produced an authenticated copy of the will with probate order applying for admission to record in this county. Court finds the will includes real estate devised by the testator located in Vinton County and orders part of it recorded here.
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Geo. H. Gillman
Ramsey County
Minnesota
O. E. Vollenwelder
Vinton County
Transfers in Zaleski Real Estate Move
Chas Kavanaugh transfers to EB F McKibben a lot in Zaleski. KK Strong transfers to Phillip Hill a lot in Zaleski.
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Chas. Kavanaugh
EB. F. McKibben
Zaleski
KK. W. Strong
Phillip Hill
James Verigan Dead After West Virginia Operation
Word arrives of the death of James Verigan who died in West Virginia following an operation. He formerly lived at Prattsville and his remains were brought home to his mother in Prattsville. The funeral was held Tuesday with burial at Putman Chapel.
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James Verigan
West Virginia
Prattsville
Putman Chapel
Albany Parent-Teacher meeting urged for Wednesday night
Albany parents and guardians are urged to attend the PTA meeting at 7 o'clock Wednesday in the high school. T. J. Barlow traveled to New Albany Indiana on Saturday due to his aunt Mrs. Frances Durbin’s death. Miss Faye Cline, Mt. Vernon teacher, visited family here last week. Mrs. Dell Larch of Columbus came for her mother Mrs. Sarah Brooks’s illness. Mrs. Wilcox of Dexter bought Howard Stanley’s Clinton street property and will move.
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T. J. Barlow
New Albany
Ind
Frances Durbin
Faye Cline
Mt. Vernon
J. E. Cline
Hazel Cline
Dell Larch
Columbus
Sarah Brooks
Wilcox
Dexter
Howard Stanley
Clinton Street
Two Contracts Closed by County Commissioners
County commissioners closed two contracts on Saturday promising road improvements and related work. Officials cited project scope and funding sources while outlining timelines and potential nearby impacts for residents and motorists.
Bottling Telephone Messages by Automatic Repeater
A method to capture a caller’s message when the desired person is unavailable uses an instrument that records the message and can replay it later. The system preserves spoken content for later retrieval and playback.
Local Social Notes and Illness Roundup
Mr Stanley plans to build a new house soon. M F ladies announce an Easter sale of home made cats. Mr and Mrs J C Lewis visited Athens with Mr and Mrs Sherman McKnight. Mrs Flossie Gabriel of Athens visited her mother Mrs Gil Carsey. Eldon Dailey and A D Cline families enjoyed Sunday calls. Dale Zegafoos recovering from flu. Several residents including Mrs Nelson and Ka tie Carsey ill with flu. Athens visitors listed among local families. Irwin and Snowden report better after flu.
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Stanley
M. F
J. C. Lewis
Athens
Sherman McKnight
Flossie Gabriel
Gil Carsey
Eldon Dailey
A. D. Cline
Dale Zegafoos
Nelson
Merril Nelson
Katie Carsey
Wealthy Brickles
Pearl Wilson
Edward Lasch
Julia
T. P. Barlow
Gwendolyn
Ruth Bowers
W. W. Irwin
Guy Snowden
Parents Outdated Yet Bright Seniors Seek New Paths
A reflective piece notes that while parental influence remains, even the sharpest senior looks for independent ways forward and to balance guidance with personal autonomy.
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Isinci
Joe
Brin
Oliver Hartley
Pextra
Pixtra
Richelieu
D. Zenner Co
Clinton Webb
Rev. Rutherford
Wellston
Probate
Albany
Molly O
Mabel Normand
Opera House
Caldwell
DR. Caldwell
W. B. Caldwell
St. Washington St
Monticello
Ae Drak
Maxwell Brothers Novelty Store
S. Court St
Four Horsemen
Columbia
Thomas H. Ince
Jhos. H. Ince
Matinee
B. P
Ellis Presents
Athens Opera House
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