Dog Rescued From Cistern After Night Howl
Yowling dog disturbed the peace in Pomeroy at 1 a m. A large yellow dog fell into a cistern behind the new Church of Christ on Main Street. Local residents called on attorney E W Peoples and others before teenager August Compton finally rescued the dog. The dog survived and was laid on carpet to rest with daylight.
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Pomeroy
Church of Christ
Main Street
Yellow Dog
Dog
W. A. Compton
E. W. Peoples
Peoples
Mr. Peoples
H. B. Curd
August
Konjola Endorsed by Columbus Woman After Illness
Mrs Cecelia Gathman of 1656 South Parsons Avenue Columbus Ohio recounts a car crash fallout including nerves digestion and pain loss and credits Konjola with restoring health after five bottles. She endorses the medicine and notes Athens McKee Drug Store distributes it and is sold by major druggists in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecelia Gathman
Parsons Avenue
Columbus
Ohio
Athens
Mc-Kee
Meeting of Baptists Convenes in Middleport
The twenty fifth annual Pomeroy Baptist Association meeting opened in Middleport at the First Baptist Church and will close tonight with devotional services and Young People's hour. Rev W H Holmes will speak on The Young People on the Front Line, followed by a discussion led by Rev George Sagen.
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Middleport
Pomeroy Baptist Association
First Baptist Church of
W. H. Holmes
George Sagen
C. H Stull
T. Chambers
Ohio Baptist Assembly
E. R. Pritchard
Ohio Baptist Association
M. H. Bridwell
H. P. Cochrane
B T. Krimbanzh
Man Found Dead Near Reedsville In Self Inflicted Shot
Michael Sheets, 72, was found shot dead about two miles below Reedsville near his home. He held a 12 gauge shotgun, the charge destroying the top of his head. Authorities termed it a self inflicted death. Survived by daughters Mrs. G. B. Anderson of Pickerington Ohio and Mrs. Maude Anderson of Hell ville.
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Reedsville
Michael Sheets
Sheetson
G. B. Anderson
Pickerington
Ohio
Maude
Anderson
Hellville
Death of Walter A Windsor Shocks Mason County Leader
Walter A Windsor 43 of Pt Pleasant died, a figure in Mason County and the region. He led Citizens National Bank Pt Pleasant and the Marietta Manufacturing Company builders of steamboats and sea going vessels. He served as a trustee of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and belonged to the Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Association. He was well known and respected locally.
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Mason, W. Va
Walter A. Windsor
Pt. Pleasant
Mason County
Windsor
Citizens National Bank
Marietta Manufacturing Company
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Association
Rathburns and relatives travel to Atlantic City and New York
Aug 22 East Middleport reports Mr and Mrs C F Rathburn with sister Mrs Robert Lee Hamilton Chesapeake leaving for Atlantic City for a few days then to New York City to purchase goods for the Middleport Rutland stores. Hamilton returned to Chesapeake with Bobby Flesher who will stay two weeks while the Rathburns are away.
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East Middleport
C. F. Rathburn
Robert Lee Hamilton
Chesapeake
Atlantic City
New York City
Rathburns
Middleport-Rutland
Hamiltons
Hamilton
Bobby Flesher
East
Pacific Coast
New York
Labor Day
Pomeroy
H. F. Leedham
Kearney
Neb
O. H. Myers
Mechanic Street
Dr. Leedham
Mason City
Reciprocal auto tag pact reached among Ohio Kentucky West Virginia
Agreement lets Ohio and West Virginia drivers enter Kentucky without state licenses once weekly for produce haulers. Regular Kentucky trips require Kentucky plates and itinerant trucks pay standard license fees. Applies to local drivers traveling into those states.
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Pomeroy
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Middlesport summer school work report due Friday
Middleport superintendent A W McKay calls all summer study pupils to report by Friday August 22 to review completed work for fall examinations at the high school Tuesday August 27 starting 8 50 AM.
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Middleport
A. W. McKay
Former Lawrence County Sheriff Named State Prohibition Officer
POMEROY Aug 22 Former Sheriff Matt C. Wilson of Lawrence County is appointed a State Prohibition officer for the territory including Pickaway Ross Highland Brown Adams Scioto Pike Fairfield Hocking Vinton Jackson Gallia Meigs Washington Athens and Perry Counties. He will supervise many deputies.
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Pomeroy
Matt C. Wilson
Lawrence County
Pickaway
Ross
Highland
Brown
State to remove white highway crosses over fatal accident sites
POMEROY Aug 22 The State Highway department will shortly remove white crosses along main roads where fatal crashes occurred. Meigs County has many crosses though nervous visitors from out of state dislike reminders of death at every turn.
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Pomeroy
State Highway Department
Meigs County
Pomeroy Church of Christ Parishioners Advance Building Plans
Pomeroy Aug 22 With rapid progress on the new church the front yard holds foundation brick and tiles for the super structure A Wicks organ will be installed by November 1 funded by the Loyal Women’s Class A county wide cooperation includes architects Dow and local church leaders anticipate use by early November with basement ready for services within weeks.
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Pomeroy
Street
Davids
Jonathans
A. P Miller
Common Pleas
C. E. Dow
Bradford
Punty
Republicans Plan Picnic at Gallipolis High School Campus
Aug 22 report: Republican Women of the Tenth District host a picnic on August 24 at Gallipolis High School Campus. Notables include Miss Cady Whaley, Mrs. M. E. Stathburn, Mrs. Simeon Bing, and Rep. W. H. Jenkins. Attendees travel from Meigs and nearby counties amid ongoing state fair events.
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TV. H. Jenkins
U I
Meigs County notes and social roundups unfold
Social news from Pomeroy and Meigs County highlights visits to Columbus Athens and Glouster. Locals attend fairs, tax talks, and jail counts rise, while teachers gather for an institute and an eighth grade commencement nears. Newborns and family visits pepper the narrative as residents plan travel to Atlantic City and the Pacific Coast.
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the Messenger
Meeting OF Baptists
Rutland
Walter Windsor
Mason
Sumer School
State
Athletic Union
Potty FC
Henryetta
Oklo
Deatripolis
Vina Bennett
Edith Russell
Huntington
Akron
Millard Bennett
H. E. Hoagland
Jean
Alice Louie Lama
Amelia Karr
Mark Jones
Otho
Hamilton Karr
Roedell
Ind
Otho Karr
Baby
Welch
Vesta
Nora McCoy
Logan
Clarence Murray
Harry Bailey
Zanesville
Mr. Murray
Fannie Lippi
A. Nordini
Rosamond
Kathryn Dillard
Ora Dillard
Walter Owens
Washington
Harry Weiss
Joe
Minneapolis
Minn
Ray Farmer
John Mayer
Richard Hyseil
Kansas City
Kansas
Farmer
W. E. Russell
South Fifth Street
George Stansbury
George
Greensboro
N.C
E. E. Stansbury
Pari
Stanso
THE
Stansbury Drug Company
Stanso Remedies
Middleport, Ohio
Whitco
Charmeuse
Summer’s Store
James Stansbury
Daliah Pauley
Marjorie Harris
Sybil McCoy
Fred McCoy
Margaret Noon
Glouster
O. C. Greenlee
Magnetic Springs
Lend-A Hand Society
Simpson M. E. Church
Anthony Wolf
Will Foss
QO. A. Tracy
Emma Foss
H. J. Blackmore
Lee Archer
Ebersbach
Harry
Clarence Pierce
Ida Call
Bessie Love
Mindieport
Memy Meigs Countians
John Edward Genheimer
Olin Genheimer
Forest Run
George Baer
John Heilman
T. & Bailey
John Bailey
Cincinnati
Windsor Stivers
Steubenville
Raney - Goodrich
South Court Strest
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