Fire destroys F A Millers store and outbuildings at Langsville
Langsville April 24 A fire consumed F A Millers store barn sheds and all outbuildings. The home suffered heavy fire and water damage with estimated losses around 10 000. Insurance covered 6 000 on merchandise 1 000 on barn 400 on the cellar 300 on other items. Post Office equipment and rural route mail largely burned. Postmaster Mabel L Miller moved the post office to J T Lecife residence pending relocation. The two story store and one story wareroom were frame structures. Barn nearby held mill feed.
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Langsville
F. A. Miller
Mabel L. Miller
J. T. Lecife
I. A. Miller
Delco
Postoffice
Mabel Miller
Miller
Rutland
Pomeroy
Meigs County Updates Include Elections Ice and Gas News
The report covers Ra cine mayoral resignation Virgil Manley and Meigs County figures including Evan Owens death in Ohio. It notes thin ice on local vessels fruit damage in drought and a car dealer trading knives for momentum. Gas mains to Racine nearly complete and a fox farm population rise plus retirements and political candidacy are listed with community notices and a social dinner for departing pastors.
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Virgil Manley
Racine
Evan Owens
Meigs County
Cuyahoga Falls
Ohio
James E. Harley
Middleport
Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
Scott Mumaw
Syracuse
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Bowman's Run
J. E. Graham
Dam 24
Hiram French
Laurel Cliff
Allen Hartley
Rose Hill
Peoples
Vale Street
Pomeroy
Will Carman
Meigs County Farm Bureau
Tom W. Jones
Odd Fellows
Fires Sweep Langsville and Racine in Meigs County Blaze
Meigs County reports two villages Langsville and Racine hit by large fires. Langsville suffered extensive loss including the I A Miller store and warehouse with stock valued high. fire spread to the Miller residence. Racine saw a two story home destroyed and the Cross Store roof ignited but contained. Fire departments aided from Rutland and Pomeroy. Insurance carried on Langsville property totaled 8100.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Langsville
Racine
Miller
Middleport
Rutland
Syracuse
Marion Pickens
Racine-Graham
Capt
George Smith
Middleport Student Fell Ill After Tooth Extraction
Edward Tewksbury, a Middleport High School junior, was absent all week after a tooth extraction Sunday night caused gum hemorrhage. Doctors and the dentist in consultation Tuesday halted the bleeding.
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Middleport
Edward Tewksbury
Middleport High School
Miss Beeson Granted Life Certificate in Columbus
Middleport note Miss Helen A Beeson a Franklin High School Columbus physical education teacher has been granted a life certificate. She was here with home folks over the weekend.
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Middleport
Helen A. Beeson
Franklin High School
Columbus
Meigs County Prison Population Shows Robbery Motives
A courthouse canvass finds roughly 50 residents serving state prison terms in Meigs County with only one on a liquor charge. About 40 percent were sentenced for robbery and roughly that share are non residents of the county.
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Pomsboy
Meigs County
Honored at Party for Miss Evelyn Eichinger
In Middleport on April 24 Mrs. Dc H Eichinger hosted ten couples to celebrate her daughter Evelyn’s sixteenth birthday. Evelyn will graduate from Middleport High School this spring as one of the youngest in the 1930 class. Guests enjoyed light refreshments at the close. Mrs S J Hamer and her Meadville, Pa., daughter are visiting the Tompkins family for a few weeks.
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Middleport
C. H. Eichinger
W. I. Moenckhaus
Scranton, Pa
Glenn Tennell
Bethany M. E. Church
Dc. H. Eichinger
Miss Evelyn
Evelyn
Middleport High School
S. J. Hamer
Meadville, Pa
E. R. Tompkins
Five to Graduate at Letart High on Monday
Four girls and one boy will graduate from Letart High School on Monday evening April 28 at the Letart M E Church. The graduates are Grace Crow Gladys Crow Dorothy Hayman Mary Thomas and Garen Roush. Judge Florence Allen of Cleveland will deliver the graduating address.
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Letart Falls
Letart High School
Letart M. E
Grace Crow
Gladys Crow
Dorothy Hayman
Mary Thomas
Garen Roush
Florence Allen
Cleveland
Boosters of Bend Organize for Regional Development
Pom eroy April 24 In line with Ralph B Wilson speech here a permanent organization has been formed to promote the advantages of this region. Officers are C H Holzer Gal llipolis president C O Wisenberger Pt Pleasant vice president Hart Stanbery Pomeroy treasurer H H Barnes Middleport secretary. Directors include Henry Koehler Pomeroy J H Grat Middleport Ben Powell Rutland Henry Cherrington Gallipolis A B Woodrum Clifton Walter Krodel Pt Pleasant Dr John Philson Racine William Matthewson Syracuse H C Turner Mason and J M Hemsley Hartford.
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Pomeroy
Ralph B. Wilson
Pomeroy Bend
C. H. Holzer
Gallipolis
C. O. Wisenberger
Pt. Pleasant
Hart Stanbery
H. H. Barnes
Middleport
Henry Koehler
J. H. Grat
Ben Powell
Rutland
Henry Cherrington
A B. Woodrum
Clifton
Walter Krodel
John Philson
Racine
William Matthewson
Syracuse
H. C. Turner
Mason
J. M. Hemsley
Hartford
Gorsuch Returns Home From California Health Trip
Wilmer A Gorsuch former Meigs County surveyor is back in Pomeroy R D No 1 after a stay in Long Beach California since last November. He was joined by Mrs Gorsuch who spent winter in Portsmouth with daughter Ruth a high school teacher. His health much improved by the trip.
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Pomeroy
Local Social News and Club Bridge Events
Lelia Hawkins hosted her bridge group at Cozy Corner Tea Room then played three tables of bridge at her South Fourth Avenue home with guest of honor Mrs. S. J. Hamer of Meadville. Mrs. Charles McMaster held a Garfield Street bridge gathering with two tables. A Syracuse High School address was to be given by a church figure with music by Mrs. R A Hecox pianist Mrs. Rosco Fowler soprano and Conrad Scholl violinist. Capt. W R Haptonstall departed for Cincinnati on business as an elder Mississippi Ohio pilot. Capt Tom W Jones traveled to Columbus for a stay through most of the week.
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Middleport
Lelia Hawkins
South Fourth Avenue
S. J. Hamer
Meadville
Charles McMaster
Garfield Street
Syracuse
Syracuse High School
Skinner
R. A. Hecox
Rosco Fowler
Conrad Scholl
W. R. Haptonstall
Cincinnati
Mississippi-Ohio Pilots
Tom W. Jones
Columbus
To Address Graduates Middleport Dr Skinner Presbyterian
Dr Skinner of the Presbyterian church will address graduates in Middleport on April 24. The event aims to inspire graduates as they enter the next life stage.
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Middleport
Dr. Skinner
The
Presbyterian
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