Dissolution and receivership refused in Pomeroy & Middleport case
Meigs County Common Pleas Judge Will P. Stephenson heard weeks of testimony on the Pomeroy and Middleport Telephone Company dispute. Authority over Cray stock is settled, Lyons keeps some stock, salary cut to 100 dollars, Curtis Hamilton payments to be covered, with a further decision pending upon filing of required papers and exemptions. Bond set at 300 dollars.
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Pomeroy & Middleport Telephone Company
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Will P. Stephenson
West Union
Adams County
John E. Lyons
Lyons
Cray
Curtis Hamilton
Roads Plan Big Bonded Drive for Mason County
Mason County advances a major river road project linking Glenwood to Letart through Pt. Pleasant and Mason City. The state road commission designated routes for Mason Jackson and Putnam counties under a fifty million dollar bond issue, described as one of the era’s largest road building undertakings.
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Mason County
Mason
Jackson
Putnam Counties
State Road Commission
Glenwood
Pt. Pleasant
Mason City
Letart
Murder Mystery Strikes Mason County Over Missing Night Watchman
Officials across the river hunt a murder mystery in Mason County after George Cragg, night watchman at dam 26, vanishes and is feared murdered and robbed. The case mirrors the Ira Koush killing with his hat coat and dinner bucket found along the river, but the body remains missing.
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Mason County
George Cragg
Dam
Ira Koush
Fine Drive Up the Ohio Promised For Meigs County Route
The Meigs County road from Carlton to Middleport will give a fine drive up the Ohio for Gallipolis residents, covering seventeen miles and highlighting the rough brick paving from Pomeroy to Kerr's Run. The current condition is a plagued job in Pomeroy.
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Ohio
Meigs County
Carlton
Middleport
Gallipolis
Pomeroy
Kerr’s Run
Rutland Briefs Highlight Local Moves and Miscellany
Dr. Byron Bingham buys half interest in Dr. Niday’s garage in Gallipolis and plans joint practice. Bingham rents Rutland home to George Chapman of Charleston, assistant electrician at mine No. 4. Frnly Johnson, a respected local Black man, dies at nearly 74, leaving seven children. Carl Webster fined for speeding. Community events include a World Around the World trip for MBE Sunday school and local construction, street improvements, and a Bradbury reunion visit. Reverend Watts hosts returning veteran Bryan Higley.
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Rutland
Byron Bingham
Gallipolis
Niday
Bingham
George Chapman
Charleston
Frnly Johnson
Salem Township
Gomer Tract
Graham
Georgia
Carl Webster
Pomeroy
Justice Watson
Merry Maids
M. BE
Grimes
Harry Snowden
Tom Smit
K. of P.’s
Castle Hall
Mr. Underwood
McConnellsville
Rev. Ashton
Loren Williamson
Salem Street
Harber Jackson
Superintendent Hal McVey to Lead Sterling Schools
Hal McVey travels to Sterling Nebraska to assume the role of school superintendent after five years in Youngstown. He is currently visiting relatives at New Marsh field. Sterling, a city of about 3000, welcomes him as W G Thomas also takes residence near New Marshfield in the Duffee home.
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Hal McVey
Sterling
Nebraska
Youngstown
New Marshfield
W. G. Thomas
McArthur
George Duffee
Hartenbach Takes New Role as Garage Manager
Ex Sheriff Jake Hartenbach, known as Meigs county’s crime chaser for four years, appears in public in a new role this week. He now manages the Ford garage branch opened here by the Middleport firm, which controls county output.
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Hartenbach
Jake Hartenbach
Meigs County
Ford
Middleport
Three Deaths Reported Within Hours Tuesday
Three deaths were announced within hours on Tuesday. Mrs Catherine Roos eighty five a pioneer resident and wife of Wendell Roos mother of telegraph operator George Roos died after a long illness. Ellen Grove seventy five who lived with the Benedict family near Mari etta died suddenly and will be buried in Syracuse where her mother rests. Joe Christy of Silver Ridge Orange township lost his five months old daughter.
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Catherine Roos
Wendell Roos
George Roos
Marietta
Ellen Grove
Benedict
Miss Grove
Pomeroy
Syracuse
Joe Christy
Silver Ridge
Orange Township
Mrs J C Fisher to Akron to meet new grandson
Mrs J C Fisher will leave Thursday to visit Akron where her daughter Mrs Harry Williamson welcomes her and she will meet a new grandson in the family.
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Middleport
J. C. Fisher
Akron
Harry Williamson
Local Moving and Visits Highlight Busy Middleport Week
Mrs L Z Davis and son Morris shipped household goods to Delaware Ohio and plan to join Mr Davis there to reside. Miss Nora McCoy returns from vacation in Dayton and Cincinnati to her Rathbun store position. Frank and Mrs Williams visit Buffalo and Niagara Falls to see Mason and family. Mr Fisk and family with guest Mrs Mackey return from a northern motor trip. Mrs John Coates dies in Steubenville. she was a former Middleport girl with many relatives here. Lawrence Powell family arrives from the south to stay with Ed Powell. Vallert O Brien travels to New York City for several days with Donald Coe. Frances Hunker visits Athens.
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Mason
Niagara Falls
M l. Fisk
Mackey
Boone, In
Cambridge
Cleveland
Steubenville
John Coates
Notable 19th Century Clergy and Public Health Events
A list notes John Porter Brown orientalist born in Chillicothe who died in Constantinople in 1892, Gregory Thurston Bedell, third Episcopal bishop of Ohio born in Hudson, N Y who died in 1892, Cincinnati's 1878 yellow fever quarantine, and the 1892 Peoples Party nominating convention opening in Massillon.
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John Porter Brown
Chillicothe
Constantinople
Gregory Thurston, Bedell
Ohio
Hudson
N. Y
Cincinnati
The
People’s Party
Massillon
Adopted Gil Finds Family in Toledo
Ruth McDonald an 18 year old adoptee in Toledo writes her first letter to a mother she barely remembers. She had been raised by a Toledo family since infancy and longed for her biological mother Grace McDonald. The mother and grandmother are later located.
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Toledo
Ruth McDonald
Ruth
Grace McDonald
Golf Star Slam in Southern City
Atlanta police renewed their search for the killer of golf star J. Douglas Edgar after Lama Poole chief of detectives said murder is more likely than accidental auto strike. No automobile clue has been found and Poole declined to comment on active theories.
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Atlanta
J. Douglas Edgar
Lama Poole
Poole
Construction near New Marshfield road expands neighborhood
EB. R. Jacoby builds a residence near his father Miles Jacoby as development spreads along the New Marshfield road. The new house rises close to the stream at the road’s end, signaling growing construction activity in the area.
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Jules Eckert Goodman
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Betty Blythe J. Barney Sherry
Monty Banks
Justine Johnstone
Bert Higley
Rutland Ward
Sam Rathburn
John Lyle
Earl Snyder
A. H. Eblin
Portsmouth
Bradbury
Kyger
Rev
Watts
Bryan
Poiret
Tricotine
Ramona
D. Zenner Co. “‘Ladies Style Center
Columbia
Laemmle
We Slaten
Amel Myers
Jack Conway
Universal Picture
New York
Bessie Barriscale
Africa
Sir Philip Chetwode
London
Victoria Embankment
Philip Chetwode
By the
Way
Gil
Perfection
Back, Timken, Hyatt and
New Departure Bearings
Richmond
Gage Auto Co
Logan, O. Ferd Hack, Pres’t. & Gen. Mgr
Fidelity Building Loan and Savings Co
Columbus, C
Sam M. Johnson
Athens
Opera House
Lasses White
Lasses
Lasses and
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Athens Opera House
McKee’s
Ane
D. Zenner CO
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