Mary Louise White Named Ohio’s Next First Lady
Mary Louise White eldest daughter of Governor-elect George White will be Ohio’s First Lady after inauguration on January 12. A Smith College graduate she will serve as official hostess at the Executive Mansion while her sister Charlotte pursues journalism studies.
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Columbus
O.R
Brunet
Ohio
George White
Mary Louise White
Miss White
Mary
Charlotte
Ohio State University
George White, Jr
Princeton
Robert
New York University
Democratic
Myers Y. Cooper
Vic Donahey
Cooper
Marietta
Smith College
New York City
Marietta College
Barlow Farmer Stricken on Sunday Dies at 68
Skipton, 68, long time Barlow area farmer and Hfelong resident of Washington County, died at his daughter Grace McMaina’s home in Barlow on Sunday morning. Born February 11, 1862 in Tunnel, he moved to Barlow after marrying Jennie Hayes in 1889. Survived by son Guy Skipton of Lawrenceburg Indiana and three daughters Clarence McMatra, Mrs Lewis Martin of Bartow, and Mrs James Kuhn of Newark.
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Skipton
Hfelong
Washington County
Barlow
Grace McMaina
Mr. Skipton
Samuel Skipton
Tunnel
Jennie Hayes
Barrow
Guy Skipton
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Clarence McMatra
Lewis Martin
Bartow
James Kuhn
Newark
Meigs County Wins Partial Tax Judgment in Ebersbach Case
Judge Davis Thomas in Marietta rules a judgment of $29,863.45 plus penalties against Ebersbach interests for delinquent taxes tied to a coal deal with Great Lakes Coal Co. The suit stems from a wartime sale of coal assets and disputed notes, with appeals possible and bonds set at $35,000 for plaintiffs and $300 for defendants.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Ebersbach
Davis Thomas
Marietta
Thomas
Great Lakes Coal Co
Eberschbachs
Sava
Ohio State Board of Taxation
Ebersbachs
Board of Revision
Thomason
Christmas Vesper Service By Middleport Women
The Women's Music Club of Middleport plans a Christmas vesper next Sunday at 8:30 PM. A large chorus will perform Slumber Songs of the Madonna by Noyes. Opening numbers include a piano organ duet by Mrs Norman Lewis Hecox and Mrs Clara Crary Hennessey. Sara Louise Scott will play the organ prelude.
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Middleport
Women's Music Club of
Noyes
Norman Lewis Hecox
Clara Crary Hennessey
Sara Louise Scott
Christmas Program At Presbyterian Church Planned
Mrs W P Ohlinger and Mrs A V Smith attend in Columbus Monday. Mrs Marcus Chambers Mrs J Fr Harley and Miss Betty Reed lead this year’s Christmas program at the Presbyterian Church. Children practicing a program is being prepared. One Woman’s Bible Class of the Worst Baptist Church meets tonight with Mrs Poss Peters. No refreshments. Mrs George Howder critically ill at Gravel Hill home. Welker Brothers sons of Deputy Sheriff Delbert Welker open shop in Stansbury room Mill Street selling auto accessories tires. Mr and Mrs G H Stansbury and daughter visited Columbus with their son William and sister Mrs C H Horden.
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W. P. Ohlinger
A. V. Smith
Columbus
Marcus Chambers
Harley
Betty Reed
The
Presbyterian Church
C. M. Matox
Baptist
Poss Peters
George Howder
Gravel Hill
Welker Brothers
Delbert Welker
Pomeroy
Stansbury
Mill Street
Moore Hospital
G. H. Stansbury
William
C. H. Horden
Harvey Family News Covers Marriages Illness and Visits
Mrs. George Harvey of Rutland notes her sister Miss Catherine Farley wed on Thanksgiving Day to Earl Luck of Parkersburg West Virginia. Mrs. William Hoover of Minersville is critically ill with smallpox. George Harvey opens a coal mine on C. E. Lasher’s farm and hosts guests including Fred King family of Pomeroy and Earl Locke of Parkersburg.
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George Harvey
Rutland
Catherine Farley
Earl Luck
Parkersburg
W. Va
C. E. Lasher
Helen
Lytle Hawkins
Ruth Harvey
Henry “Arley
Salem
William Hoover
Minersville
Fred King
Pomeroy
Earl Locke
J. R. Nelson
E. C. Harvey
Point Reck
Two Wear Them POMEROY Celluloid Collar Decline in Meigs County
A report from Pomeroy on December 9 notes only two men remain with celluloid collars in Meigs County one in Letart Township and one in Salem. Once common like bootjacks and lanterns these collars were easy to wash though they developed a yellowish cast and unpleasant odor over time.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Letart Township
Salem
Mistletoe Worth More This Holiday Season
Interior residents seek mistletoe from river elms along the Ohio Valley. In Meigs County trees have brought as much as five dollars per tree in past seasons. A Columbus man paid five dollars yearly for mistletoe on a single elm in a Syracuse area barnyard. A riverbank elm near Pomeroy High School holds a hay wagon load of prime mistletoe today.
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Pomeroy
Dec
Ohio Valley
Meigs County
Columbus
W. PD. Roush
Syracuse
Pomeroy High School
W. B. Horton
Flora Smith dies after fall in Middleport hospital
Flora Smith 67 widow of John T. Smith formerly of Rocksprings died in a Gallipolis hospital Sunday night after injuries from a fall. She leaves six children Flora Davis Lawrence Smith Jesse Smith Floyd Smith Howard Smith and Myrtle Smith with sisters Ellen Pullins Susan Pullins and Cynthia White. Funeral set at Enterprise Church Wednesday with burial Rocksprings Cemetery.
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Middleport
Flora Smith
John T. Smith
Rocksprings
Gallipolis
Pomeroy
Smith
Flora Davis
Lawrence Smith
Kerr’s Run
Jesse Smith
Zanesville
Floyd Smith
Indiana
Howard Smith
Cincinnati
Myrtle Smith
Stansbury
Ellen Pullins
Susan Pullins
Cynthia White
Enterprise
Oldest Meigs County voter Zachariah Dye dies at 96
Zachariah Dye 96 the oldest Meigs County voter in the recent election died at his son Andrew Dye’s home in Harrisonville. He cast an absent ballot as he could not travel to the polls. A brother of the late W H Dye, he was a Harrisonville merchant and pioneer resident. Funeral plans are incomplete.
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Pomeroy
Zachariah Dye
Meigs County
Andrew Dye
Harrisonville
Dye
W.H. Dye
Mine property rebuilt at Mine No 16 after recent fire
Reconstruction of the head house at Mine No 16 in Syracuse began Monday after a fire destroyed the mouth and tipple. A head carpenter and five assistants work on the head house while 26 total employees comb the wreckage and interior, with no decision yet on rebuilding the tipple. The adjacent No 17 Thomas mine is operating at full capacity and workers are reassigned as needed.
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Syracuse
Thomas
No. 17
Stalter-Essex Co
Meigs County Added to Tubercular Cattle List
George W. Kreitler informed by Perry Green that Meigs County is in the modified accredited list for tubercular cattle. The county spent about $900 to reach this status among tested counties. Surrounding counties except Gallia are free from infection. Gallia may begin cattle testing.
Farber Case Dismissed and Pythias Lodge Suit Filed
In Pomeroy on December 9 the court heard little activity. The indictment against Max Farber, junk dealer, for disposing of wire held as evidence was dismissed. George Mora won default judgment against the Shade Valley Knights of Pythias Lodge at Chester for 2414 to help rebuild the hall after a past fire. Fred P Harper and Mollie F Harper Wells of Pomeroy were sued by Ohio for a 1000 bond in a non-support case.
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Pomeroy
Max Farber
George Mora
Shade Valley Knights of Pythias Lodge
Chester
Fred P. Harper
Mollie F. Harper Wells
Ruth Pickens Birthday Party Honored by Mother
In Pomeroy on December 9 Mrs Speed Pickens hosted a party for her daughter Ruth who turned ten. Twenty two girls attended and presented gifts as games and refreshments followed the celebration.
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Pomeroy
Speed Pickens
Ruth
Pine Grove Church Oldest in German Settlement
In Pomeroy on December 9 the Pine Grove Church in the German settlement, scene of Jed Van Meter’s funeral where the floor settled, is noted as being erected in 1842 the same year the Pomeroy Court House was built creating its 88 year age. It ranks among the country’s oldest church buildings.
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Pomeroy
Pine Grove
Jed van Meter
White Gift Service Planned by Gardner Church
The Rev. Gardner and his congregation will hold a White Gift Service at their church on Sunday evening December 21, the Sunday before Christmas. The event invites participation from church members and community.
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Middleport
Gardner
Restaurateur Opens Shop on Mill Street
Middleport resident George Tewksbury Sr. launched a restaurant in his business room adjoining his home on Mill Street, marking a new local dining option.
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Middleport
George Tewksbury
Mill Street
Local News From Meigs County
Pearl Lanning of Rutland lost a valuable sheep due to dog depredations. Dempsy Martin, a incarcerated minister in the county jail, is reported ill under a physician care. A Racine garage owner reports 26 chickens stolen Sunday night. Mrs Clyde Andrews of Pomeroy injured by a hand caught in a clothes wringer. hand bones fractured. Hamilton Karr ill with typhoid fever at home on Willis Hill Pomeroy. Harry Sayre of Racine called to Pittsburgh by a relative's death.
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Meigs County
Pearl Lanning
Rutland
Dempsy Martin
A. H. Harris
Clyde Andrews
Pomeroy
Hamilton Karr
Wyllis Hill
Harry Sayre
Racine
Pittsburgh
Hunters bring deer from Pennsylvanian mountains
Dr. A. McCollough and C. C. Greenlee returned to Middleport after a ten day hunting trip in Pennsylvania mountains with a deer. Other Middleport men in the party were to arrive later this week.
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Middleport
Dee
A. McCollough
C. C. Greenlee
Pennsylvan
Aged widow Fannie DeWolf dies in Syracuse
Mrs. Fannie DeWolf 87 widow of Capt Calvin DeWolf veteran Ohio river man died at her Syracuse home Monday night. She leaves no immediate relatives. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
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Pomeroy
Fannie DeWolf
Calvin DeWolf
Syracuse
Franks Memorial Opens in Chicago for Jewish Boys
A new $80,000 clubhouse for Jewish boys, built in memory of Bobby Franks, opened in Chicago to serve 1,100 youths. Bobby Franks was killed six years ago by Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, who are serving life terms after a famed sensational trial.
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Chicago
Uri
Bobby Franks
Richard Loeb
Nathan Leopold
Leopold
Loeb
Whitlock disappearance prompts Cleveland search
Cleveland police and volunteers search for William G. Whitlock 50 of Cleveland who vanished Saturday with two auto mechanics. Whitlock is the brother of Brand Whitlock former U S ambassador to Belgium and Toledo mayor.
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Cleveland
William G. Whitlock
Brand Whitlock
United States
Belgium
Toledo
Kiwanis Christmas Tree To Light Up Glouster Depot Square
The Kiwanis Club in Glouster sponsors a community Christmas tree to provide treats for valley children with Santa Claus in person. A large tree was secured Monday and will be raised on Depot Square today with electric lights. Nightly illumination will continue through the holiday period and future notice will announce the treat distribution night.
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Glouster
Kiwanis Club
Santa Claus
Depot Square
Traveling salesman F C Arpin found dead in car
F C Arpin an 82 year old traveling salesman for J J Brauch Candy Co died of a heart attack while seated in his automobile in front of the Charles White store in Jacksonville. Coroner L F Jones and Dr C von Scheele conducted the examination. Funeral plans call for Huntington West Virginia. He is survived by his wife, a mother, and four brothers in Alabama and Utah.
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Jacksonville
F. C. Arpin
Athens
J. J. Brach Candy Co
Chicago
Charles White
Mr. White
Mr. Arpin
Arpin
L. F. Jones
C. von Scheele
Glouster
Bazaar Plans Boost Madison School Wiring Project
The Parent Teacher Association hosts a bazaar at Moose Hall starting with a jitney lunch at 11:80. Decorated booths open at noon, chicken supper runs 4:30 to 7, followed by a program of music dancing and readings. a dance ends the evening at midnight. Funds aim to wire the Madison School Building for electricity.
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Glouster
Dee
Parent-Teacher Association
Madison
Moose Hall
Gail Wallace
Bill Lawson
Mary Lou Troax
Blanche Clark
Roy Knight
Albert Richards
Dick Johnson
Hale Leach
Leonard Viney
Rev. F. B. Robertas
Basil Roberts
Vera Kinney
Jack Crawford
Betty Cunningham
Mary Taldie
Burness Candoo
Schmall Fined For Hunting Without A License
Julius Schmall of Middleport was arrested November 15 near Carpenter by Game Protector B. T. LeMeyer. He pleaded not guilty at first but later pleaded guilty and was fined 25 dollars plus costs. Other two arrestees’ cases were still pending.
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Jlouster
Julius Schmall
Middleport
B. T. LeMeyer
LeFever
Sehmall
Carpenter
Secretary of War Ridicules Soviet Info Testimony
Washington December 4 Secretary of War Marley rejected testimony before the MisH Communist Investigating Committee claiming Soviet Russia obtained valuable military information and aviation supplies here calling the assertion baseless and absurd.
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Washington
Urb
Martey
Soviet Russia
Home remedy for cough and chest cold
A home mixture uses Pinex, grenadine syrup, and strained honey in a pine bottle to soothe coughs and chest colds. It claims threefold action by thinning phlegm, reducing inflammation, and delivering medicine to the bronchial tubes with quick relief and guaranteed results.
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Barlow Farmer
Bersbach
Pomeroy Company
Women's Music Club
Rutland News
Kreitler
Ruth Pickens
Franks
Bigabos
Central Insurance
Central
Virgile Davis
Lostro Bldg
Athens, Ohio
Kiwanis
Treat
Huntington
Birmingham
Shrine
F.C. Arpin
Machine
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the Moose Hall
Schmall
Swansons
North Court St
Coca - Cola
Bottling Company
Wurnkert
Nelsonville
A&p
Atlantic & Pacific
Great Atlantic Pacific Tea Co
Wse
Mazda
Southern Ohio Electric Company
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