Middleport Literary Club Meets to Discuss Paintings
The Middleport Literary Club held a postponed meeting with Mrs. Edward French presiding. The program covered Paintings with papers on Marine and Landscape paintings by Mrs. Oscar Klein and Mrs. Ralph Windsor. Reports on federation conventions and club work were given, music by two members, and a May meeting planned with Mrs. Cc. M. Hennessey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport Literary Club
Edward French
Oscar Klein
Ralph Windsor
F. A. Bean
Ohio Federation
Miss Barnes
Cc. M. Hennessey
Class To Dig Into Mounds Near This City
Edward Sharp and the Then To Now Club plan systematic digs in Athens County mounds in Strouds Run and The Plains districts. Seven skeletons were once removed from a mound. students will supervise digging, surveying, graphing, and photography led by Sharp and club members.
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Athens County
Edward Sharp
Athens Junior High
Ohio
Sharp
H. C. Sherrone
Columbus
Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society
Strouds Run
Edward Smith
Plains
Coon
Crumley Farm
Athens
William Leaders
Roderick Eddy
James Daggett
Richard Snow
Joe Bardin
Richard Rutkoskie
Ferol Betz
Harold Wilson
Pittsburgh
Mr. Sharp
Relic mound finds to be shown at Ath ens Junior High
Authorities urge local residents to report Indian relic mounds and pits. Investigator Sharp says property will be protected during the probe. Relics uncovered in Athens County mounds will be displayed at the Junior High School Thursday and Friday this week.
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Sharp
Athens County
Eclipse Viewed Crowds Out Everywhere and Old Timer Tells of Better One
POMEROY April 29 Weather ideal yesterday for a partial sun eclipse drawing crowds with smoked glass and transit tools. An old timer recalled a total eclipse in September 1868 near Syracuse when chickens hid their heads and then resumed their day once the event ended.
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Pomeroy
Syracuse
Farm Hand Sustain Severe Burns From Burning Fodder Mishap
J Zerkel of Mason City West Virginia employed by the Gold Brothers as a farm hand was severely burned while plowing near the Ohio River Bridge at Pomeroy. A shock of old corn fodder he kindled burst into flame catching his overalls. He kicked it to loosen it and both his clothing and a fellow worker were burned before help arrived.
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Pomeroy
Local residents return from visits and travels
Charley Rice and family from Pittsburgh return home to Columbus after a visit with Mrs. Herb Chambers and relatives in Mason. A. Calderwood and daughter Nella spent a week in Akron visiting relatives. Winegar men visit Logan for work. Carl Francis family return to Zanesville after weekend with Gilliland relatives. Mrs. Wallace Wright returns to Langsville from visit with Mrs. Harry Laing. Lewis Triplet attends funeral of Orin Hill in Columbus, notes military funeral and Union Cemetery burial. Measles illness in Richard Small. Mrs. Will Reynolds travels to Columbus for cousin’s funeral. Laura Gleekner departs for Detroit for illness in niece. Lyons family trips to Columbus and Cincinnati. three grandchildren stay with Lyons. Mildred Feenay drives to Huntington to retrieve sisters Elsie and spouse. I W Schreiner party returns from Columbus. Ross and Gilbert Winegar visit Akron, and Helen Davis, McKillen, and Elmer Hugh Davis visit from Ohio State. Frances Daniels and Miss Daugh spent weekend in Charleston. Joe Wilson and Charleston family return home.
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Charley Rice
Pittsburgh
W. C. Major
Jack
Herb Chambers
Mason
Major
Farley
Columbus
A. Calderwood
Miss Nella
Akron
H. B. Hobart
Theodore Reed
A. J. Winegar
Walter Winegar
Logan
Carl Francis
John Gilliland
Zanesville
Wallace Wright
Langsville
Harry Laing
Lewis Triplet
Orin Hill
Mr. Hill
Union Cemetery
Richard Small
Kelley Grogan
Will Reynolds
Laura Gleeckner
Detroit
Clara Hobbs
Middleport
J. E. Lyons
Leroy
Captain Lyons
Cincinnati
Hills‘boro
L. L. ‘Lyons
Mr. Lyons
Mildred Feenay
Huntington
Elsie
I. W. Schreiner
Edith
Ryn Hawkins
Ross
Gilbert Winegar
Helen Davis
McKillen
Cleveland
Elmer Hugh Davis
Ohio State University
E. F. Davis
D. H. Daniels
Daugh
Frances
Charleston
Joe Wilson
Neighbors Honor Gaston Family Before Move to Long Run
A 36 neighbor gathering at the Gaston home honored Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gaston and family Wednesday evening before their departure for Long Run. Attendees included Rex Mitz and many neighbors and relatives.
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Nda
Arthur Gaston
Fami
Rex Mtz
Mra
George Berand
Arnold
Ernest
Herman
Jack
Bobbie
Ernest Swindel
Roberta
George Hawk
Leo Warner
Paul
Anthony Nigner
Mattie
Celia
Albert
Miss Steinitz
Foit
Child Welfare Conference Set for Meigs County May 22
Extensive preparations precede a May 22 Child Welfare Conference at the Pomeroy Presbyterian Church hosting Meigs and five neighboring counties Athens Washington Gallia Jackson and Vinton The daylong program includes a 9 a.m. start luncheon at noon and an afternoon session at 2 p.m. with state and national speakers and topics on family distress unemployment juvenile delinquency mothers pensions and social service challenges.
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Pomeroy
Presbyterian Church
Meigs County
Athens
Washington
Gallia
Jackson
Vinton
J. E. Carleton
Ralston Russell
M. D. Hartinger
O. R. Faris
Wright McCroba
Elizabeth Jennings
Bessie Hartinger
Raymond Zether
C. Y. Bridgeman
Ben Powell
R. G. Webster
Eugene Dunn
C. H. Eichinger
P. A. Jividen
Raymond Har
Women of Party to Have Luncheon in Pomeroy
The Women's Republican Club of Meigs County will hold a 12 o'clock luncheon at Elmhurst Tavern to close their membership drive. Delegates to the Ohio Council meeting in Columbus May 8 and 9 will be elected. Speakers include Mrs. Charles L Halter on the tax amendment and Mrs Kathryn Anneshanley on safeguarding the home and women's political influence. The club's glee club will provide music.
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Pomeroy
Women's Republican Club
Meigs County
Elmhurst Tavern
Ohio Council of Republican Women
Columbus
Charles L. Halter
Fremont
Halter
Halter Is A Member of the Governor’s Taxation Committee
Kathryn Anneshansley
Glee Club
Republican Woman
Republican Woman’s Council
Mrs Turner Taken To White Cross Hospital
Mrs Jacob Turner of Walnut Street Middleport was bedfast four months with pneumonia and was transported by Ewing Ambulance to White Cross Hospital in Columbus on Sunday with her husband, a railroad man, accompanying her.
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Middleport
Jacob Turner
Walnut Street
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
Ewing
Turner
Still unconscious Middleport carman hurt in Hobson shop crash
Rus sell Rice a 44 year old Middleport carman remained unconscious after a Saturday accident at Hobson shops. He suffered three skull fractures and a jaw injury. Rice, with a wife and three children, was treated at McMillan Hospital in Charleston.
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Middleport
Russell Rice
Hobson Shops
McMillan Hospital
Charleston
Rice
Four Pairs in This Full House
Mother's Day is highlighted in the Savannah home of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Kessler. Mrs. Kessler has ten children, eight of them twins, including Dennis and Dennis nine months old, Clyde and Carl twelve, Erwin and Everett six, and Mildred and Myrtle three. The other two children, Clarence ten and Winifred, are not pictured.
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A. C. Kessler
Savannah
Mrs Lucy Scoville Ill With Smallpox in Missouri
Friends learn Mrs Lucy Scott Scoville is ill with smallpox at her home in King's City Missouri. She was formerly Mrs W J Scott of Pomeroy and Portland and later married the Rev Scoville and moved west two years ago.
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Pomeroy
Lucy Scott Scoville
Portland
King's City
Scoville
W. J. Scott
Missionary Luther McVay Letters Attract Kin In Albany
In Pomeroy Ohio on April 29 the Rev Luther McVay who went to Iowa in the forties as a missionary is noted to have relatives in Albany. E W McVay the nephew writes from Albany about letters addressed to his mother and published in The Messenger. The original letters have been sent to the Albany relative as a family keepsake.
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Pomeroy
Luther McVay
Iowa
Albany
Athens County
Messenger
E. W. McVay
Isaiah McVay
Elizabeth McVay
Dogs Raid Flock in Chester Killing and Wounding Sheep
April 29 report from Chester says dogs Sunday night attacked Bert Knight’s flock, killing three sheep and wounding 26, with six still missing. County Dog Warden Henry Seidenable killed one dog in the area. Knight’s loss estimated at 172 dollars.
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Chester
Bert Knight
Henry Seidenable
Knight
Gandhi influence seen in Indian troops riots report
An India Office communique hinted Gandhi's passive resistance influence spread to British native troops. It said an entire battalion of the Royal Garwal Rifles was ordered to Abbottabad for investigation into two platoons after the Peshawar riots described as unsatisfactory.
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London
U.P
Mahatma Gandhi
India Office
Royal Gahrwal Rifles
Abbottabad
Peshawar
Meigs County Leases Rutland Gravel Site For Road Work
Meigs County Commissioners have leased the entire Rutland gravel unloading site owned by the New York Central Railroad to unload gravel for road improvements in the county's western area. The Capital City Chapel Choir delivered a notable performance at Pomeroy Junior High School Sunday night. Eli Wippel, formerly of Pomeroy, died in a Columbus hospital after being struck by a car. Rev Gearhart of the Mason and Clifton WV Methodist churches is reported seriously ill at his Clifton home.
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Meigs County
Rutland
New York Central Railroad
Capital City Chapel
Pomeroy
Eli Wippel
Columbus
Gearhart
Mason and Clifton
W. Va
Clifton
Federal Reserve System explained at Athens Kiwanis meeting
C O Hanson of Ohio University outlined the Federal Reserve System history and structure at Hotel Berry. The talk covered 12 districts, bank membership, governance by the Federal Reserve Board district boards and an Advisory Council, plus non profit status and uniform rates.
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Federal Reserve System
C. O. Hanson
Commerce Department
Ohio University
Athens Kiwanis Club
Hotel Berry
Hanson
Sys
United States
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Board
Advisory Council
Woman Credits Pinkham Vegetable Compound For Renewal
Mrs H C Henry of St Paul Minnesota says the Lydia E Pinkham vegetable compound restored her energy and eased fainting spells and palpitations. She now feels like a young woman and recommends it to other women.
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St. Paul
Minn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Cleaning Rugs For Spring Use Vacuum On Both Sides
To clean rugs for spring, vacuum thoroughly on both sides, spread them out, wash with soap and water, then rinse with cloths in clear water.
Glazed Pastry Sugar Glaze Method
A recipe note explains glazing a pastry with a brown sugar and milk mixture. Boil one tablespoon sugar in two tablespoons milk while stirring, then brush the pastry with the warm glaze before baking for a glossy finish.
Sprouse Family to Ship Goods from Bucyrus This Week
Charles Sprouse will arrive this week from Bucyrus and ship the Sprouse household goods back to Bucyrus. The Sprouse family has lived in Bucyrus since last fall.
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Middleport
Charles Sprouse
Bucyrus
Sprouse
Parents Day Observed at Pearl Street School
Parents Day was observed last Friday afternoon at the Pearl Street School in Middleport. A number of persons visited the school rooms and expressed pleasure with the program. The children were gathered in the school yard for part of the program.
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Middleport
Pearl Street
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W. S. Koester
By. Zerkel
George Parker
Harry Roush
A. R. Clifton
W. A. Compton
George Daniels
A. W. McKay
James Harley
Garen Stansbury
Jane Nye Gilliford
Otto Strauss
Theo. Ebersbach
Herbert Spencer
Schuler
I. J. Heiner
George W. Kreitler
Don Jenkins
Lowell Wingett
C. A. Hartley
Charles Ebersbach
Raymond Zieher
Clara Hennessey
Patrick Lochary
Missionary
Indias
Federal Bank OF Reserve
Kiwanis Club
Perfection
Kerr Hardware Co
U. S
Charles H. Phillips Chemical Company
Charles H. Phillips
Mera
Eastman
Kodak
Eastman Kodak Company
the Lamborn Studio
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