Amesville Notes Highlight Local Visits and Projects
Bea achee news from Pomeroy Bend reports Professor Root of Stockport visiting Pulpit Rock and mentioning Thomas Ewing as Ohio University’s first graduate. The piece notes farm visits, a State Street cottage project by Carpenter and Glazier, cattle dealings by Lovell and Linscott, and presbytery attendance. Births and guest visits fill the week as high school practice builds toward Friday’s final test.
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Professor Root
Stockport
Pulpit Rock
Thomas Ewing
Ohio University
Ames
F. H. Gifford
G. O. Linscott
Clyde Gibson
Presbytery
Middleport
Elinor Gifford
Strode
Kings Daughters
Presbyterian Sunday School
Vwriday
Fondeau
Paducah
J’red Wilson
Arthur Jago
Carlos North
Great stacks wrecked by storm at Mason across from Pomeroy
Two old iron smoke stacks at the Ohio River Salt Company's Mason plant were partly blown down by a wind and rain storm. About ten feet of the top of one stack broke loose and lodged against the remaining structure, forming a cross. Rumor spread that West Virginia Ku Klux Klan members planned to illuminate the cross Sunday night.
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Pomeroy, O
Ohio River Salt Company
Mason
Pomeroy
Onas Light
West Virginia
Body of John Roberts Found After Drowning at Huntington
The body of John Roberts a former Pomeroy boy was found near empty barges at Huntington after a drowning on April 5. He had waved farewell to locals on the Homer Smith excursion boat and sank when his small boat capsized in the river.
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John Roberts
Collision injures two in Pomeroy street crash
Chauncey Shumaker backed his car from a curb when Dan Rizer driving a small coupe struck it from Main Street. Both automobiles sustained considerable damage after the Sunday evening collision in Pomeroy Ohio.
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Pomeroy
Chauncey Shumaker
Dan Rizer
Main Street
Shumaker
Class Play To Be Given Tuesday
Rutland Ohio April 20 The second important event in Rutland joint high school commencement week will be the class play Much Ado About Betty staged at the auditorium Tuesday evening for which great preparation has been made. The cast includes Leland Miller Sylvester King Arthur Steele Roy Snowden Richard Grueser Eulah Spires Russell Musser Paul Dye Delbert Bachward Smith Clarice Whitmer Artie Halliday Muriel Molden Ruby Kennedy Nellie Canaday Rachel Rees Helen Lasher Berbice Logan Florence Aller.
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Rutland
Betty
Leland Miller
Sylvester King
Arthur Steele
Roy Snowden
Richard Grueser
Eulah Spires
Russell Usser
Paul Dye
Delbert Bachoward Smith
Clarice Whitmer
Artle Halliday
Delegates Elected for State Federation Meeting
At the Pomeroy Shakespeare club annual meeting Mrs. Charles Ebersbach and Miss Rose Clifton were elected delegates and with Mrs. George Nye will attend the State Federation of Women's clubs to be held at Caliton Ohio May 11 to 15.
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Pomeroy
Ast
Pomeroyakespeare Club
Charles Ebersbach
Rose Clifton
George Nye
State Federation of Women's Clubs
Caliiton
Ohio
Sheriff grounds dog tag violations in county cleanup
Deputy Ira Morris, under Sheriff Harry Ie, started a dog tag license cleanup. More than 700 tags have been paid, and many more purchases are expected to clear the plate.
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Ira Morris
Ainder
Harry Ie
Meigs Hit by Sunday Wind Storm in Ohio
A Bull Run barn owned by Dan Tracy near Pomeroy was leveled by a Sunday wind storm during repairs. An automobile from Columbus reportedly lost its top in Racine, and a large hydrangea pot dropped from a porch, injuring no one. The storm hit Wilkesville hard and was very strong in the area.
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Pomeroy O
Bull Run
Dan Tracy
Columbus
Racine
L. H. R. Foulk
Wilkesville
Condition Critical Attorney Bradbury Remains Hospitalized
Condition of attorney Oliver Bradbury stays critical at his Mulberry avenue home as recovery hangs on treatment. A brief wart of illness or accident left him in fragile health, with neighborhood concern mounting for his welfare.
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Pomeroy, C
Oliver Bradbury
Mulberry Avenue
Local News Flash from Onton and Surrounds
Judge A F P Miller returned to Onton Monday where he is holding art and cleaning up a heavy accumulation of cases. Mrs Katherine Bramlege attended at O H E Gallipolis spent the weekend at her home. Ed Cooley foreman of the print department of the McBee Bind company Athens visited Pomeroy for the time in fifteen years. Herman Warner WW veteran recently hospitalized at Dayton expected home Wednesday improved. Biu Malone Columbus police officer wed here Sunday to spend his vacation with his parents. Bessie Fife employed by John Weer Lumber company visited Syracuse over Sunday.
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A. F P. Miller
Onton
Ironton
Katherine Bramlege
O. H. E. Gallipolis
Garen H. Stansbury
Middleport Literary Lab
Ed Cooley
McBee Bind Company
Athens
Pomeroy
Herman Warner
Dayton
Biu” Malone
Columbus
Huston
Bessie Fife
John Weer Lumber Company
Syracuse
Odd Fellows Anniversary Elevation at Penn I O O F Lodge
All Odd Fellows and families are urged to attend the anniversary elevation at the Penn I O O F Lodge Room Min Lodge 242 next Tuesday evening by order of the committee.
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Odd Fellows
Shakespeare Club Meeting Set at Mrs Lippincott’s Home
The Pomeroy Shakespeare club will meet at the hostess Mrs. E. K. Lippincott’s home. The program includes a song The Star Spangled Banner a roll call and a discussion The Negro in American Literature led by Mrs. R W Finsterwald and the topic What is Being Done to Educate the Foreigner led by Mrs Curt Weaver. Delegates’ instructions for the upcoming Federated Clubs meeting in Canton may be delivered.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Shakespeare Club
E. K. Lippincott
R. W. Finsterwald
Curt Weaver
Federated Clubs
Canton
Mailing papers costs rise in Pomeroy
A Pomeroy resident found postage for papers mailed to a daughter away from home had risen from two cents to more than double that amount. The sudden rate increase was felt when the usual batch of papers could no longer be sent at the former price.
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Pomeroy
Messenger Provides Early Sunday Paper Reach to Syracuse Racine
Pomeroy publishes a special Messenger edition that leaves at 5:30 AM and reaches Syracuse and Racine by two hours after printing. The service extends to 7:45 AM through car connections, delivering coffee and doughnuts with the paper. Vaccinations and vacations don't always take.
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Pomeroy
The
Messenger
Syracuse
Racine
Chauncey Odd Fellows to Celebrate 106th Anniversary
Chauncey I O F lodge plans a social event marking the 106th anniversary of Odd Fellowship next Saturday evening at the K P hall. A program of speaking singing and music by the lodge orchestra will be followed by a picnic supper with ice cream and cake. Family members of members are invited.
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Chauncey
Chauncey I. O. O. F. Lodge
Odd Fellowship
K. of P. Hall
Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
Chauncey I. O. 0. F
Wesley Trainier
George Wilson
Arthur Sapp
Andrew Jackson
Homer Johnson
Albert Jackson
Loyal Women's Bible Class Meets Wednesday Evening
The Loyal Women's Bible class of the First Christian church will hold a semi monthly meeting on Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Guy Brookins in West Converse street. Mrs. Nea Helsel will lead the program and a good attendance of the Sunday school class members is requested.
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Chauncey
Loyal Women’s Bible Class
First Christian Church
Guy Brookins
West Converse Street
Nea Helsel
Matheny Funeral Attended by Many at Plains Church
Relatives and friends filled Plains church Sunday afternoon in memory of Mrs. Arabelle Matheny a longtime resident. Rev Daniel McGurk of Athens spoke, the Chauncey Christian church trio sang with piano accompaniment by Mrs. Florence Pendergrass, and burial followed at The Plains Cemetery under Undertaker Stout. Church altar was heavy with floral displays.
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Chauncey
Plains Church
Arabelle Matheny
Daniel McGurk
Athens
Chauncey Christian Church
Christine Courtney
Muldred Sands
Charles Bradfield
Florence Pendergrass
Stout
Plains Cemetery
Chauncey Hosts Sunday Guests From Nearby Towns
Mr and Mrs A L Preston of Chauncey entertained as their Sunday guests at their home in Mound street Mr and Mrs J W Jonas and Mr and Mrs Wilbur Jonas of Maple Hill Mr and Mrs Vernal Hoisington of Athens and Delbert and Williard Lairson of Nelsonville.
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Chauncey
A. L. Preston
Mound Street
J. W. Jonas
Wilbur Jonas
Maple Hill
Vernal Hoisington
Athens
Delbert and
Williard Lairson
Nelsonville
The Plains Couple Visits Hooper Ridge Guests
Mr and Mrs Floyd Linscott and their son Charles of The Plains spent Sunday at Hooper Ridge as guests of family friends enjoying a day of fellowship and outdoor talk.
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A. M. Linscott
Asa Linton
Charles Osey
Nelsonville
the Plains
Ruel McClain
Floyd Linscott
Charles
Hooper Ridge
Why Skinny Folks Take Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets
An old advertisement touts McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets as a weight gaining remedy. It claims superior vitamin content, uses for rickets anemia tuberculosis and malnutrition, and promises a five pound gain in thirty days with a money back guarantee.
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McCoy
McCoy Laboratories
New York
Cline Pharmacy Co
McKee Drug Co
Chauncey Visitors Share Weekend Visits Across Nearby Towns
Mrs Margaret McLaughlin and grandson Ralph Hemison of Murray City visited Chauncey with the Wishart Potters in Mill street. Wyona Gardner of Chauncey and Alice Welling of Columbus spent the weekend in Athens with cousins Gladys and Cora Gardner. Mrs Ala Welling of Columbus visited Chauncey relatives M J Gardner. Katherine Schrappe of Chauncey spent today in Corning with Clifford Courtney. Earl Worden and daughter Elsie were Sunday guests of Ode Jackson. William Evener of Columbus visited sister Vilda Wor. Wesley Syx of Chauncey hosted Rudolph Bryan of Nelsonville and Dorothy Syx and daughter Mary Kathrine in their Mound street home. Mrs Kate Blackstone of Orbiton and daughter Josephine Blackstone of Columbus plan Monday in Chauncey with Gilbert Courtney family on High street.
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Margaret McLaughlin
Ralph Hemison
Murray City
Chauncey
Wishart Potter
Margaret
Mill Street
Wyona Gardner
Alice Welling
Columbus
Athens
Gladys
Cora Gardner
Ala Welling
M. J
Mound Street
Rudolph Bryan
Nelsonville
Dorothy Syx
Mary Kathrine
Kate Blackstone
Orbiston
Josephine Blackston
Gilbert KB
Courtney
High Street
Cross burned on Ohio University president's lawn
A gang of youths allegedly lit a small cross on the lawn of President E. B. Bryan of Ohio University around 11 pm Saturday. Neighbors extinguished the blaze without waking the Bryans and they learned of the incident Sunday morning.
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E. B. Bryan
Ohio University
Bryans
Foster Is Honored as Ohio Society Vice President
Former Congressman I M Foster was elected vice-president of the Ohio society of Washington where Chief Justice William Howard Taft serves as president. Senator Simeon D Fess and Judge Kathryn Sellers were chosen as vice presidents as well.
There is nothing more dangerous than a pirate husband.
A terse line sets a warning about a dangerous marriage dynamic. The phrase signals a satirical or cautionary note on marital risk associated with a rogue partner.
Snow Blankets Duluth Area with Four and a Half Inches
Duluth Minnesota and surrounding region were covered by four and a half inches of snow. Temperatures registered 22 degrees above early this morning.
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Duluth
Minn
Somber Observations on Sleep-Deprived Faces
A concise remark notes that some people's faces appear worn from sleep loss and fatigue, suggesting tired influence on appearance.
Paris fashion sparks uproar with men wearing evening wear
The latest Paris trend shows men in women’s evening clothes, a style that drew sharp criticism in both Europe and America.
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Paris
Europe
America
Seeker Louis Fr Kramer Begins 10 Year World Hike
Louis Fr. Kramer leaves New York with his lone companion Philo to search for truth across lands on a decade long trek around the world.
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Louis Fr. Kramer
New York
Philo
Man requests two month prison term after rock shatters window
In Manchester Enge a man accidentally threw a rock through a shop window. He appeared before a magistrate the next day and asked to be sent to prison for two months.
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Manchester
Enge
Tokio Rocked by Two Earthquakes Overnight
Tokio experienced two earthquakes, one at midnight and another at 6 a.m., with no damage reported. Local officials noted no injuries or structural harm despite the tremors.
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Tokio
Phillips Milk of Magnesia for cracked toes and foot odor
An early 20th century advertisement touts Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a remedy for cracked toes itching between the toes raw feet and foot weariness. It claims instant relief from soreness and odor and says to insist on the genuine product available in 25 cent bottles at drugstores.
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Magnesia
Athens Considers City Building and Auditorium Lease
The Athens City Council reviewed a plan showing bonded indebtedness of 247 451 70 with city payment 46 808 85 and rest covered by abutting property owners. A twenty year lease would yield 221 900 00 in rent, with total bond cost 251 925 00 and net 30 025 00 after 20 years, prompting a public vote on the proposal.
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Athens
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