Scaffold Collapse Kills One Worker in Chester
In Chester on Eagle Ridge a scaffold broke at a new barn under construction by Walter McCullough. Jed Van Meter 40 died on scene. William Offutt 30 injured with a broken back and fractured leg. George Mred eriel escaped. Offutt, from Racine, was taken to Gallipolis Hospital with slim odds of recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Walter McCullough
Eagle Ridge
Jed van Meter
William Offutt
George Mrederiel
Ray McKay
van Meter
Offutt
Frederick
Pomeroy
John Philson
Racine
Gallipolis
Werling
Sand Ridge
Missionary speaks on Modern Trends in India at Middleport
Dr Alfred Moore a North India missionary on furlough spoke at the Middleport Presbyterian Church on Modern Trends and Christian Tendencies in India. He said he is acquainted with Gandhi and shared firsthand insights from years in North India. His Athens Presbytery invitation led to the talk and next Sunday's address at Athens Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Alfred Moore
North India
Middleport Presbyterian Church
India
Moore
Athens
Store Robbery Reported in Pomeroy at Union Avenue Bridge
Burglars broke into the Garfield Adams store near the Union Avenue Bridge in Pomeroy on Wednesday night and stole a large quantity of food items. The haul included 45 pounds of beans, 12 pounds of bacon, sugar, coffee, razor blades, bologna, soap, six 12 pound bags of flour, several cans of milk, and a 50 pound can of lard as county officers investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Garfield Adams
Union Avenue Bridge
Meier Weds Hysell in Pomeroy Ceremony
Joseph V. Meier 33 of Pomeroy and Myr tle M. Hysell 21 of Bradbury wed by Rev. P F Bright with a new home in Bradbury. Also reported are Floyd A. Spence and Elsie Roush’s secret Oct 25 marriage in Pomeroy and Joseph R. Fisher 87 and Mary Arthur 29’s marriage in Pomeroy R D No 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Joseph V. Meier
Philip Meier
Myrtle M. Hysell
Bradbury
Middleport
PF. A. Bright
Methodist Church
Floyd A. Spence
Pomeroy R. D
F. W. Gilmore
Real Estate Dealer Plans Florida Trip After Christmas
Fred A. Shiflet, a real estate dealer, is preparing his business and will depart after Christmas to spend two or three months touring Florida with Miami as his main target. He will visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel Shiflet, in St Pleasant before leaving.
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Florida Middleport
Fred A. Shiflet
Lemuel Shiflet
St. Pleasant
Florida
Miami
All Day Quilting Event at Middleport Church
An all day quilting session organized by the Middleport Christian Church Quilting Society hosted the Ladies Aid Society of Heath M. E. Church. A committee served dinner to guests and church members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport Christian Church
Ladies Aid Society of
Heath M. FE
Jury awards $93 in Meigs County electric case
In the first Meigs County Common Pleas jury trial since spring Judge Crow presided. The Southern Ohio Electric Company sought $435 from W D Bolin for an August 1 1928 accident alleging Bolin cut in and caused Langs car damage and loss of use. Jury returned a $93 verdict for the plaintiff after a lengthy session. A second auto damage suit by Ralph Spencer against W C Nichols was set for Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Belle Gibson
Ralph Hayman
Southern Ohio Electric Company
Middleport
W. D. Bolin
Langsville
Solin
Harry Lang
Electric Company
Bolin
Lang
Ralph Spencer
W. C. Nichols
Rose to Open Floral Store in Pomeroy Center
John E. Rose of Athens plans to relocate with his wife and daughter to Pomeroy to run a new floral shop in Bryant's Sweet Shop. A former Ohio University student, he has worked with Connett flower store in Athens and will operate with his brother W H Rose who joins temporarily. The store, in the center of the upper business square, features a modern refrigeration plant and is set to open formally on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
John E. Rose
Athens
Mr. Rose
Ohio University
Connett
Bryant’s
Rose
Middleport Social Roundup Highlights Bride Dinner and Travel
Mrs G H Stansbury and others attended a Bride Dinner in Pt Pleasant. Club members hosted a bridge gathering while funeral attendance noted for Mrs Elizabeth Chase. Family travel included trips to Columbus. Wade Walker's funeral took place in Delaware.
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Middleport
G. H. Stansbury
C. EF. Welch
D. A. Howell
W. G. Davis
Pt. Pleasant. W. Va
J. W. C. Heslop
RR. J. Downing
Bridge Club
South Third Avenue
Bertha Hamilton
Margaret Ellison
Stoneburner
Elizabeth Chase
Columbus
Iva E. Brown
Ferguson
McCullough
Greenlee
Tinklepaugh
Pennsylvania
Camminel
George Berg
Elizabeth Berg Chase
Akron
H. G. Mace
B. H. Sanborn Missionary Society
The
First Baptist Church
IE. Talbott
J. M. Mygatt
North Third
Walnut Streets
Wade Walker
George Walker
Delaware
Rawlings
Pomeroy Notes Highlight Local Plans and Incidents
In Meigs County reports, the Pomeroy license office had sold 35 licenses by noon December 4, about half of last year’s pace. Woodrow White, 18, near Bashan, was admitted to Athens Hospital for the Insane. The Pomeroy Masonic Order seeks a home site with Planty funds. a new house is planned and the old opera house may be acquired. Carl Bramlage, 4, injured an arm in a lumber pile. five stitches were needed. Unemployed locals begin cutting and shipping Christmas trees to Columbus and beyond.
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Meigs County
Pomeroy
Woodrow Wilson White
Bashan
Athens Hospital
K. of PP
Masons
Carl William Bramlage
Carl Bramlage
Lincoln Hill
Columbus
One-Pound Baby Barbara Jean Rowley Grows Strong
Barbara Jean Rowley, Utah's tiniest baby at birth weighing one pound, now 23 months old and healthy. Photo shows her with L. D. Rowley of Springville, Utah, the adoptive father, pictured holding the newborn decades ago as she was fed with a medicine dropper.
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Barbara Jean Rowley
Utah
Barbara Jean
L. D. Rowley
Springville
Meigs County to Ship 6000 Christmas Trees
The Meigs County group plans to cull and truck 6000 Christmas trees to destinations. Tom Lewis, ex Middleporter and president of the Meigs County organization in Columbus, will promote sales with other groups. A. W. Drummond of Portsmouth is connected with the new Reeds drug store on Court Street in Pomeroy as a druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giles Smith
Tom Leifheit
Meigs County
Tom Lewis
Columbus
A. W. Drummond
Portsmouth
New Reeds Drug Store
Court Street
Pomeroy
Thanksgiving Guests and Local Notices From Rutland
Local families in Rutland hosted and visited over Thanksgiving with extended kin from Pittsburgh Akron Columbus and Athens. Community members report illnesses hospitalizations and a series of church and school events including a soup sale and a high school reopening after smallpox and diphtheria closures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Lee
Pittsburgh
J. B. Conkle
Akron
J. W. Wallace
Road workers Lloyd Thomas and Karl Knapp go to Kentucky
Howard Lansbury of Columbus makes an extended visit here while Lloyd Thomas and Karl Knapp have gone to Kentucky for road work.
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Lloyd Thomas
Karl Knapp
Kentucky
Howard Lansbury
Columbus
Two Stoves Sought By Needy Families
Salvation Army relief appeal seeks two stoves for needy families. Adjutant Bernard Stone said one kitchen stove and one heating stove are required as the families cannot afford them. One kitchen stove has already been secured through a Messenger appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Bernard Stone
Adjutant Stone
Krilenko seeks death for eight in interventionist plot trial
Moscow prosecutors pressed for the death penalty for all eight counter-revolutionists on trial in the alleged interventionist plot case. State's attorney Nicholas Krilenko concluded the final chapter of the proceedings with the demand.
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Moscow
Nicholas Krilenko
Funeral for Edith Vansickle in Middleport ill be Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs. Edith Vansickle who died in an Athens hospital will be held Sunday at 2 O clock at the A M E Church. Burial will follow in Middleport Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Miller
Margaret Grapes
Margaretta Stout
W. T. Miller
Vinton
Amy Lowery
Theodore Kennedy
Dorothy
Robert Kennedy
John Braley
Mabel Tucker
Crush Church
Brush Cemetery
Rutland
Middleport
Edith Vansickle
Athens
Middleport Hill
Split Impending As Speakership Fight Bubbles Up
In Columbus on December 5, reports said a split among Republican representatives-elect is likely as Charles A. Jones of Jackson writes to the new caucus denouncing an alliance backing Arthur Hamilton of Warren for speaker. Jones accuses Hamilton of support from Edward D. Schorr Fred Schneller and a group of committee chairmen in the House outlining a factional divide before the opening caucus.
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Columbus
U.P
Charles A. Jones
Jackson
House
Combine
Arthur Hamilton
Warren
Fred Schneller
Hamilton County
Kenton Jurors Find Willis Guilty of First Degree Murder
In Common Pleas Court James Willis, 21, was found guilty of first degree murder in the death of George Ansley 49 the railroad shop foreman. The jury recommended mercy saving Willis from the electric chair and sentenced him to life imprisonment. Willis showed no emotion as he received the verdict. He killed Ansley Oct 6 by forcing entry to see Ansley's daughter Lucille whom he accused of breaking a date with him.
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Kenton
Common Pleas
James Willis
George Ansley
Willis
Ansley
Lucille
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Messenger
Virgil
Workman
Middleport Church
Joseph Meier
Hysell
Mennens
Dr. West
Woodbury
Phillips
Sir Vicks
Electric Concern
W. DD. Bolin
John FB. Rose
Syracuse
McBride
Gertrude
Rose Hammond
C. Y. Bridgman
Irving Karr
John Hodge
Patricia
P. Williams
Wek
Tom May
Maxine Lewis
Helen Grace Williams
Dc. Y. Bridgman
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Gomer Lewis
Belle Careton
Bar Nease
Marcia Karr
Karr Homestead
Fannie DeWolfe
Harry Dye
Scott Cannady
Asbury Chapel
Ladies’ Aid Society
Asbury Methodist Church
Dye
Brothers
Charley
Lester
Langsville News
Miller Bros. Wall Paper CO
Athens, Ohio
Ohio
General Electric
Venient
General Electric Refrigerator
Southern Ohio Electric Co
Nelsonville
Fouse
Chas, C. Millikan
Optometrist
Millikan’s Jewelry
Masonic Building
Rome
Stayman Winesap
Pomeroy Cross
Pomeroy Mason Bridge
Gold Packing House
Mason City, W. Va
Bennett
Pervision
Bennett Company
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