County Ordered to Improve Infirmary Meigs County
Meigs County faces a dangerous infirmary condition as the State Welfare Department demands changes within 30 days but funds are lacking. Commissioners plan to obtain cost estimates, seek state input in Columbus, and explore selling the current infirmary to buy a farm and build suitable facilities. Architect C. B. Dow will assess buildings and report at the May meeting.
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Omeroy
Meigi
State Welfare
Columbus
Meigs County
C. B. Dow
Freezing Damages Hit Letart Township Growers
Pomeroy reports from Letart Township say lome truck growers face losses near 850 000 due to a late cold spell. Over 100 acres of cabbage frozen with potatoes stunted and tomatoes killed, delaying replanting by two or three weeks and depressing market timing and prices.
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Pomeroy
Letart Township
Jonas Eirvin
Treatment for rabid dog bite victims in Pomeroy
In Pomeroy on April 24 ten people who handled animals bitten by a rabid dog are receiving Bio serum treatment under Health Officer Jane Nabors ford. A veterinarian team treats stock bitten by the dog. a nurse catches special risk from a blood contact. Nearby Meigs County reports include a freeze disaster for Darron Standolph’s tomato crop, a sparse jail population, and local veterans appointed to burial committees.
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Pomeroy
de Getion
Jane Naboril_ ford
Bingham
Mia
Clark Jiiden
Meigs County
Experiment Farm
Carpenter
Taylor
Rutland
Melga County
H. A. Dixon
C. F. Hult
Acipio Township
J. D. Kennard
Mt. Gilead
Linda Mauman
Juniors to Play Middleport Musicians Recital
The Women’s Music Club of Middleport presents the Junior Musicians in a reelind program at Heath M. E. Church on Tuesday evening April 29 at 8 o’clock. Fifty-five junior musicians participate. hostesses include Mrs. Helen Stegner Mrs. Gladys May Mrs. Prances Daniela Miss Julian Millar Mrs. Garnet Drury Director Augusta Wiley Mrs. Ruth Graham Mrs. Cecil in cold Mrs. Viola Fehple Mrs. Elsis Chambery Mrs. Florence Britton Mrs. Dorothy McCarty Mrs. Effie Wise and Mrs. Virginia Coot.
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Middleport
Heath M. EB
Helen Stegner
Gladys May
Prances Daniela
Julian Millar
Garnet Drury
Augusta Wiley
Ruth Graham
Cecil \incold
Viola Fehple
Elsis Chambery
Florence Britton
Wrs
Dorothy McCarty
Effie Wise
Virginia Coot
Pioneer merchant dies at 78 in Harrisonville
Mrs. Martha L. Dye widow of WwW. H. Dye longtime Harrisonville merchant died at 1 oclock Friday morning believed to be cancer of the stomach. Funeral was held Saturday afternoon at the Presbyterian Church with burial in Shipman Cemetery.
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Harrisonville
Martha L. Dye
H. Dye
Mason Leads West Virginia Villages in Population
Mason, W V April 24 Mason stands as the largest village on the West Virginia side of the Ohio River with 691 inhabitants. New Haven 562 and Hartford 423 follow as census figures reflect a general drop from 1926 amid an industrial downturn. Funeral for Mrs Dye conducted at Harrisonville by Rev Brown. marriages include Sponagle Willis and Larkin Parflit. Gideon Radcliff of Satin Township pleads not guilty to charges. Teving Kerr, president of the <incomplete text>
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W. Va
Pomeroy
West Virginia
Ohio River
New Haven
Hartford
Real Dentenay
Middleport
Floride Parflit
Gallipotis
Gideon Radcliff
Satem
Common Pleas
Teving Kerr
The
Chester High School Play Delights Chester Audience
Chester April 24. The Junior Class of Chester High School performed the play Taka Blg Advice to a large audience at the Chester High School. The four part play centers on a newspaper office with vivid characters. Cast included Bob Mannion Fred Smith Jimmy Samson Clair Spencer Jud Menton Clayton Bahr Peggy Acton Esther Christy Virgy Mannion Mrs Nelson Dodd Marcia Wareum Mildred Vinayard Newsboys Wilbur Brecker Harold Masear John L Balley Virgil Moblay and others.
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Junior Clase
Chester High School
Bob Mannion
Eureka News
Fred Smith
Jimmy Samson
Clair Spencer
Jud Menton
Eureka
Aptlfe Society
Baty Damewood
Marcia Wareum
John Wargrim
Mildred Vinayard
Newsboys
Wilbur Brecker
Harald Masear
John L Balley
Virgil Moblay
Bull Sold At Parkersburg Amid Wild Drive to Slaughter
RACINE April 26 Clark Jiden sold a Hereford bull weighing 2,160 pounds in Parkersburg yesterday. The animal bolted from a truck during transport to the slaughtering site and nearly wrecked the vehicle before being subdued. The truck cab was damaged with a fore foot through the roof on both sides, but the driver escaped injury.
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Racine
Clark Jiden
Parkersburg
Abrams
Happy Ray Revue Boosts Meigs County Fair Attractions
Pomroy April 2 Many attended Meigs County Fair Board meeting at Pom eroy city hall arranging attractions advertising racing details. Five nightly programs planned with a wedding a band and a 17‑character revue. A State Game Preserve display to be shown with Conservation Department permission. Oliver Hartley brokered the display with the Ohio Department of Agriculture. Barnes Brothers Chicago to stage The Happy Ray Revue with 17 performers. Budget includes $660 in cash and a list of rewards. Hap Rock and His Newssy Band from Portsmouth to provide music. band and amplifiers to spread sound across grounds.
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Pomeroy
Meigsi County
Pomeroy City Hall
Conservation Department
Ohio State Deepartment of Agriculture
Oliver Hartley
Meigs
Medbcraey
Barnes Grothers
Chicago
Hap Rock
Portsmouth
Poultry Fight Ends with Fatal Well Fall in Rutland
In Rutland on April 26 Jud Bradford a farmer and local fair board member witnessed a poultry skirmish between two roosters Brigham and Joseph. Brigham killed the rival by driving him toward an open well then fell in and drowned as Joseph crowed atop a fence. The tale closes with a pastor’s note about Sunday services in nearby Midpleport.
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Rutland
Jud Bradford
Polithes
Meige County
Brigham
Joseph
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