Man recalls old war loan upon hometown visit
POMEROY Aug 15 Harl Down a veteran of the Spanish era in the local militia is visiting his mother and relatives in Midstateport. He recalls walking down memory lane and receiving a letter from a former comrade with a five dollar bill and a note about a two dollar loan taken during army days, which Downing had forgotten to repay.
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Pomeroy
Harl Down
Spain
Oregon
Meigs County
Perny
isBomeroy
Downing
Sisters Ida and Teresa Boley Seek Shelter During Rain
Two rain soaked sisters 28 and 19 from Denver Colorado rapped on a door near Kerrs Run in Pomeroy Ohio seeking shelter for the night. They were on a long hike to St Marys West Virginia and had camped and ridden for days amid torrid heat. Mr and Mrs Lewis provided lodging and food before the pair continued their journey.
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Lewis
Pomeroy
James
Kerrs Run
Ida
Teresa Boley
Denver
Colorado
St. Marys
W. Va
Mrs. Lewis
Old time horse traders meet on Mechanic Street
On Mechanic Street in Pomeroy two veteran horse traders gathered Friday with their teams. They studied teeth and hips for wear while exchanging heated gesturing and evaluative chatter, recalling bygone trading days.
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Pomeroy
Mechanic Street
Legion Delegates Attend State Convention in Cleveland
At Legion Convention Middleport Aug 15 Mayor J Harley Norman Wayland Char a Childs and Herman Bailey represent Feeney Bennett American Legion Post attending the state convention in Cleveland.
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Legion Convention
Middleport
J. . Harley
Norman Wayland
Chara Childs
Herman Bailey
Feeney Bennett
American Legion ‘Post
The
American Legion
Cleveland
Field Day at Carpenter Draws 500plus Attendees
More than 500 persons attended the Field Day at the Southeastern Ohio Test Farm in Carpenter on Friday. Experts spoke on cattle raising, alfalfa, sanitation, coop marketing, and soil building. Eight farm tours plus discussions by Kreier Hartman Willard Kennard Keuffman and others highlighted pasture and dairy topics.
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Southeastern Ohio
Carpenter
Maée
Athens
Meigs
Vinton
Morgan
Gallia
George W. Kreier
Meigs County
Ss. C. Hartman
P. Taylor
Farm Board
Ohio Valley
C. J. Willard
D. C. Kennard
Ohio Experiment Station
L. A. Keuffman
Temperate Man Turns Thumbing Ride Into Cautionary Tale
Aug 15 LETART A well known citizen attempted to thumb a ride to Pomeroy. A trucker offered a lift after questions about tobacco and whisky. The driver warned that the ride could be used to barter ore if the traveler indulged.
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Letart
Pomeroy
Third Degree Not Used in Meigs County
POMEROY Aug 15 Meigs County officials deny using third degree methods. They say confessions in burglary and larceny cases were obtained without threats, citing past sheriffs and prosecutors who used lawful tactics. A Chicago investigator once sought to extract confessions in the Wyllis Hill murder case, but authorities say brutality claims are now being used to defend those accused.
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Pomeroy
Wickersham Commission
Meigs County
Wyllis Hill
J. A. Willock
F. W. Crow
John Bryant
John Hedrick
Richard Roades
James McCumber
Chicago
Meigs
May End Whaley Dental Parlors At Pomeroy
Pomeroy August 15 Whaley Dental Parlors long an institution here will close Aug 29 ending local dental service. The notice confirms final day of operation and marks an end of an era in the town.
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Whaley Dental Parlors
Pomeroy
Whaley
Stolen Copper Wire Tied to Gallipolis Shop Case
Copper mine wire totaling 434 pounds, stolen from Dark Hollow Mine, is believed found at William Betz’s junk shop in Gallipolis. Betz bonded $600 for receiving stolen goods and says two young men who sold the wire will identify themselves to officers. Wire bears private marks confirming theft. Deputy Dana Tracy led the investigation. Dental Rooms to be discontinued after 72 years in service under the Whaley family. Mrs. Amy Whaley and daughter Caddy noted as long-time leaders. Whaley’s death in 1913 left Mrs. Whaley continuing the practice until recent changes.
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Gallipolis
Pomeroy
Dark Hollow
William Betz
Betz
Dana Tracy
D. C. Whaley
Amy Whaley
Miner Theo Custer Injured Cranking Ice Truck
Minersville August 15 Theo dore Custer suffered a fractured right wrist while cranking a truck for the Covert Ice Company in Middleport. He was home in Minersville at the time of the accident and was en route to work when it occurred.
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Minersville
Theodore Custer
Covert Ice Company
Middleport
Residents Visit Kin Across Multiple Ohio Cities
Mrs. H. B. Root travels to Columbus to visit daughter and family and her mother Mrs. Johnson. Mrs. Sarah Hartinger returns home after visits in Akron and Cleveland with relatives. Several other locals visit relatives in Parkersburg Racine Columbus Pittsburgh and Seattle while others host or travel with family.
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H. 8. Root
Columbus
Clarence Kunze
Johnson
Sarah Hartinger
Akron
Cleveland
R. C. McBride
Parkersburg
Owen Rust
Paul, Bucyrus
F. S. Powers
Pickens
Racine
Webb Smith
M. C. Hobart
Mr. Simmons
Pittsburgh
Farmer
Dan
Mary
George Swallow
W. E. Russell
Magnetic Springs
Marcus Chambers
Bridge Club
Cole Street
M. E. Welch
Missa Marion
Herrington
Kan
Clinton Welch
South Main Street
Georgia Harris
Marjorie Wright
Seattle
Wash
L. D. McMaster
Lincoln Street
Vance Stewart
Logan
Frank
Abbott
Dawn and the Long Gray Night of Phantoms
A reflective piece contrasts a long gray night with dawn breaking over a placid lake. The narrator, Winifred Black, laments loneliness and fading youth while soothed by birdsong signaling daybreak. Hope returns as the sun rises and beauty dispels prior gloom.
Quick Wits of Pomeroy Priest Prevent Holdup
Father Dunn, a Pomeroy priest, narrowly escaped an ambush while returning from New Lexington. A decoy man on the road appeared wounded with red cloth at the neck, followed by a parked car, leading the priest to flee and avoid robbery. No injuries reported.
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Pomeroy
Omeroy
Father Dunn
New Lexington
Marriage Announcement in Middleport
Miss Marian Jaehning daughter of Mrs. Alice Jaehning Marshall Minn wed Dr. Howard Porter Longstaff of Middleport Ohio in a July 25 ceremony at the Chamberlain home Marshall. Rev Ten Boeck officiated and the couple left for Duluth then plan autumn return to Minneapolis home.
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Middleport
C. H. Chamberlain
Marshall, Minn
Marian Jaehning
Alice Jaehning
Marshall
Howard Porter Longstaff
Ohio
L. El-lott
Ten Boeck
Redwood Falls
Jaehning
Chamberlain
Pomeroy School Board Seats Up For Election
EXPECT BOARD BATTLE POMEROY Aug 15. With eleven candidates for six council seats and two school board vacancies, a stiff contest is likely this fall. Expiring terms belong to Dr Co S S Shumaker president and Charles Keehne. Filing deadline is September 4.
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Pomeroy
Dr. Co. S&s. Shumaker
Charles Keehne
Sheriff Receives Levy Order On Steinbauer Property
POMEROY August 15 Sheriff A O Tracy received an order to levy on the property of Mrs Minnie D Steinbauer and Reid Steinbauer and wife to satisfy a 604.20 judgment in favor of the Mutual Savings Bank, with appraisals placing a Sugar Run property at 1100 and a Breezy Heights property at 900 for the house and 200 for the lot. The Breezy Heights property is jointly owned by Mrs Steinbauer and her son. The couple opened Lincoln Hotel in East Palestine last year and pledged Pomeroy properties to secure the loan.
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Breezy Heights
Steinbauer
Steinbauers
East Palestine
Lincoln Hotel
Pomeroy
Battle over McGuffey Readers in Pomeroy Schools
In Pomeroy Ohio a long fight over replacing McGuffey Readers with Swinton Readers played out in the late 1880s. A Cincinnati agent swayed the school board, triggering a courtroom packed for the so called War of the Red Backs and the Gray Backs. Judge Brewster and Judge Russell led protests as the contract stood and the Swinton texts won.
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Pomeroy
William Holmes McGuffey
Oxford
Ohio
McGuffey
Swinton
Cincinnati
Pomeroy School Board
R. H. Brewster
Daniel A. Russell
Red Bucks
McGuffeyites
Enters Divorce Plea in Pomeroy
Oma Hedrick sues Ross Hedrick in Pomeroy for divorce and child custody of Kathleen eight. They wed June 12, 1920 and had four children, three deceased. She says he was sent from Lincoln County West Virginia to Moundsville State Penitentiary on July 31, 1930 for two years on a larceny charge.
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Pomeroy
Oma Hendrick
Ross Hedrick
Kathleen
Boy Returns Home After Mastoid Operation
George Hayes age12 son of Mr and Mrs George Hayes of South Peal and Locust Streets was brought home to Middleport from McMillan Hospital Charleston where he had been for several weeks recovering from a mastoid operation. The lad is making a satisfactory recovery.
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Middleport
Mother Sent to Hospital for Insane in Athens
Rosa Kauff a 33 year old mother of seven was sent to the Athens Hospital for the Insane Friday from Pomeroy after undergoing ten major surgical operations.
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Pomeroy
Rosa Kauff
Athens Hospital
Chambers Aleshire Ceremony At Heath Church
A quiet Middleport wedding united Esther A. Chambers and Willis O. Aleshire in a Aug 15 ceremony at Heath M E Church. Pastor C H Eichinger officiated with Mrs M C Hennessey on organ. The couple, both Ohio Wesleyan graduates of 1928, will reside in Gallia County for the coming school year.
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Middleport
Heath M. E
C. H. Eichinger
Esther A. Chambers
Willis O. Aleshire
Ohio Wesleyan University
J. E. Aleshire
Dublin
Ohio
Columbus
Ohio State University
Aleshire
Phi Kappa Tau
Phi Mu Alpha
Gallia County
Gallipolis
Thomson Removal Unfavorable to Meigs County Reservoir Plan
Pomeroy August 15 The removal of J W Thompson as state head of the Conservation Division of the Agricultural Department by the council in charge is seen as unfavorable to the reservoir project in Meigs County. Thompson, appointed by Governor Cooper in 1929, was known locally and reportedly favorable to the plan.
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Pomeroy
J. W. Thompson
Agricultural Department
Meigs County
Thompson
Cooper
Miller Entsminger reunion held in Gallipolis
Middleport residents Elmer Miller and David Entsminger led a Miller family reunion at the Gallipolis Fairgrounds with 158 attendees. Rev. H Eichinger and wife attended as guests from the local area on Thursday.
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Middleport
Elmer Miller
Grant Street
David Entsminger
Lincoln Street
Gallipolis
Miller
Gallipolis Fairgrounds
H. Eichinger
Child of John and Mrs Baker Buried in Beech Grove
The body of the Baker child, reported dead in Columbus, was brought to Will Baker’s Union Avenue home and buried Saturday at 8 PM in Beech Grove Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
John Baker
Columbus
Will Baker
Union Avenue
Beech Grove Cemetery
Flavorful Vegetable Sauces and Simple Dressings
The article extols neutral bases for vegetables such as melted butter with salt and pepper as a background for natural flavor. It notes that families may seek change and suggests sauces that pair well with most vegetables and even make less popular ones edible.
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Epicure
Popping Up Vegetables Flavor Boosts
A guide lists chopped pickled onions walnuts capers mushrooms sauerkraut watercress chives dill and horseradish as strong accessories for plain sauces. Hollandaise with 2 egg yolks 4 tablespoons butter 4 tablespoons cream 1 teaspoon lemon juice salt paprika makes a versatile base for vegetables or fish.
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DD. R. Dodds
HM. Ballou
Winifred Black
Coe
Inga
Jaehning - Longstaff
Friends of McGuffey
Luhrig
Fred Landis
Stor & Store
Nelsonswille
Glouster
Chambers-Aleshire
Heath Methodist Episcopal Church
John Senkus
Pearl Hysell
Thomas Fork
R. W. Smith
Byron Bing
Smith
Co. W. Williams
Church of Christ
Williams
Oil Springs
Kentucky
Fred Bailey
Youngstown
Mr. Bailey
Rocksprings
Barkersburg
John Sauvage
Ana
Mr. Sauvage
Willis Aleshire
Esther Chambers
Abe A. Mansar
Common Pleas Court
Howard and Verne Cc. Hysell
Thomson
State Head of
Optometric Service
Athens, Ohio
Alice Lynn Barry
Cub
Coca-Cola Bottling
Erican
DRY Cleaners
Victor Radio
Parker Bros. Music Company
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