Pugilist Alfred Pickens in Jail After Shooting Incident
Alfred Pickens once a East Liverpool boxer, faced jail after firing shots through windows in Antiquity. He was fined 100 dollars on intoxication charges and bonded on a shooting charge, then jailed for failure to pay. Officers later pursued other peace disturbers, ending with a car crash near an old well.
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Pomeroy
Alfred Pickens
Meigs County
Pickens
East Liverpool
Gib Meier
D. W. Welker
Byron Bing
E. H. Titus
Antiquity
Racine
Pomerovan
Philson Corner
Christmas Vesper Service by Woman's Music Club
Sunday afternoon at 3 30 at Heath Methodist Church the Woman's Music Club presents a Christmas Vesper with piano and organ duet by Mrs Hecox and Mrs Hennessey. The club chorus will sing Slumber Songs of the Madonna with soloists Mrs Roscoe Fowler Mrs Glen Smith and Mrs Oscar Klein. Libretto read by Mrs D B Hartinger and organ postlude by Miss Sara Louise Scott. Public invited.
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Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
Woman's Music Club
Roscoe Fowler
Glen Smith
Oscar Klein
D. B. Hartinger
Sara Louise Scott
Reach of Ills and Travel Mark Middleport Week
Mrs. James Hundley improves after weeks of illness. John Kelly and family return to Akron after visiting here with Mrs. Emmet Cray. James Allen of Racine reports smallpox recovery for Will Ferguson. Lewis Moore shows improvement. Milton Hamilton travels to Huntington for several days on business. Herman Mourning and family from Akron stay through Christmas with relatives. I Willock in Charleston on New York Central Lines business. Hartinger noted not well. Frank Rice of Toledo visits with his mother. R A Miller and others attend Mrs. Fanny De Wolfe funeral in Syracuse.
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Middleport
James Hundley
John Kelly
Emmet Cray
Akron
Will Ferguson
James Allen
Racine
Lewis Moore
Milton Hamilton
Huntington
Herman Mourning
Robert Washington
I. Willock
Charleston
New York Central
Hartinger
Frank Rice
Toledo
R. A. Miller
A. We. McKay
H. O. Ewing
Syracuse
Fanny de Wolfe
Forest Run School Quarantined As Scarlet Fever Spreads
All around Meigs County reports the Forest Run School under quarantine for scarlet fever. Miss Kathleen Bailey is ill and quarantined. Also noted is the death of Mrs. Mary J L Homes, daughter of Rev M V B Evans, in Carroll Ohio. Car finances Christmas greenery in demand. whisky wreck on WV side leads to public auction and liquor destruction.
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Meigs County
Forest Run
Kathleen Bailey
Mary JL. Homes
M. V. B. Evans
Pomeroy
Carroll
Ohio
Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Florida trip for winter visit by Van Zants and Daniels
In Florida Middleport on December 12 Mr and Mrs Earl Van Zant depart by motor for Lake Wayan Florida to spend the winter at various points. Mrs Ella Daniels her daughter Miss Clarice and uncle A J Daniels also leave for Florida to join them. The trip aids Mrs Daniels who has been ill for months and the Daniels plan a winter stay if the climate suits her.
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Florida Middleport
Earl van Zant
McNtor
Lake Wayland
Florida
Ella Daniels
Miss Clarice
A. J T. Daniels
Pity-Me District Sees Reform In Lawless Village
Meigs County officers report no calls to the Pity-Me district for months. Once famed as one of the county’s most lawless areas known as The Village of Sin, some residents have reformed, an officer notes.
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Pomeroy
Meigs
Sin
Charles Reed Sued for Divorce and Custody Dispute
Olivia Reed files for divorce from Charles Foster Reed, seeking custody of four children and permanent alimony. She cites drinking and abuse, with prior probation and a two year separation at the manse. The case names the defendant and the railroad as parties, with a restraining order issued by Probate Judge Carleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Produce Supply and Tool Co
Marietta
W. H. Shipe
Olivia Reed
Middleport
Charles Foster Reed
A. C. V. Skinner
Presbyterian Church
Skinner
New York Central Railroad
F. W. Crow
Common Pleas
J. F E. Carleton
Citizens National Bank
Railroad
Peden to Speak in Middleport for Yellow Jackets
In Middleport the Community Club hosts Coach Don Peden of Ohio University and his championship Bobcats as the principal speaker at a banquet for Coach Charles Coffee and the Yellow Jackets. Dinner is at 6 30 served by Past Chiefs Association. ninth banquet planned for Southeastern Ohio champions.
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Middleport
Charles Coffee
Yellow Jackets
Knights of Pythias
Chiefs’ Association
Don Peden
Bobcats
Ohio University
Coach Coffee
Southeastern Ohio
Martha Chase 73 Dies. Rutland Resident
Mrs. Martha Chase aged 73 long time Rutland resident dies at Ed Moulden home after two year illness. Funeral from Rutland Baptist Church Saturday at 2 PM with burial in Miles Cemetery.
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Rutland
Martha Chase
Ed Moulden
Rutland Baptist Church
Miles Cemetery
Wrong bag mix up at Meigs County Jail
A Dr Byron Bing in Meigs County Jail had to fetch a medicine case item from his car across the street. A boy went to the wrong car and returned hauling a 50 pound drummer's grip, causing an amusing mix up after noon yesterday.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Byron Bing
Dorcas Society Plans Church Benefit Bazaar and Bake Sale
The Dorcas Society of the Baptist Church schedules a benefit bazaar and bake sale for Saturday December 13 at Cross Music store. All church women will assist.
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Plan Church
Middleport
Dorcas Society of the Baptist Church
the Cross Music Store
Missionary Convention Guests Return From Zanesville
Rev and Mrs Fred Gardner and Mr and Mrs George Russell attended an all day Christian Church missionary convention in Zanesville on Thursday Their hosts included Mrs Russell s brother Will Chaffin The party returned to Middleport today
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Middleport
Fred Gardner
George Russell
Zanesville
The
Christian Church
Russells
Russell
Will Chaffin
Reed drugstore opens on Court Street in Pomeroy
The new Reed drugstore on Court Street is now open with A. H. Drummond of Portsmouth as druggist and Miss Eva Fontana and Mrs. Carl Oblinger of Pomeroy employed. Mae and Beatrice Terrell will soon launch a restaurant in the Koehler Building in the Upper Business Square.
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Pomeroy
Reed
Court Street
A. H. Drummond
Portsmouth
Eva Fontana
Carl Oblinger
Mae
Beatrice Terrell
Koehler
Business Square
Dean Not Sure Change Is Good
Jacob Dean newly elected Democratic representative from Meigs County left Pomeroy for Columbus to join a party caucus. He recalled pioneer days and farm life, noting a kinder, more neighborly community then, yet doubts people are happier now. He joked about aging and travel pace as his car arrived.
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Pomeroy
Jacob Dean
Ohio
Meigs County
Orange Township
Columbus
Dean
Mr. Dean
Middleport Schools to Close for Mid-Year Vacation
Superintendent A. W. McKay announced that Middleport Public Schools will close Friday December 19 for a two week mid year vacation. Schools resume Monday January 5. Pomeroy Schools observe same length break while rural schools close December 24 and return January 5.
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Middleport
A. W. McKay
Pomeroy
Dog owner fined for unlicensed dog in Pomeroy case
Wa Nolan Shuster of Rutland township pleaded guilty in Justice E R Titus court at Pomeroy to violating the dog law. He was fined 10 dollars plus costs totaling 23 dollars for possessing a dog without a license tag.
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Rutland
Dec
Nolan Shuster
Court of Justice
E. R. Titus
Pomeroy
Many Drivers Seek Special License Tag Numbers
More than 15 000 requests for special license tag numbers have been filed with the Motor Vehicle Bureau. Most are for renewing last year’s numbers, but some match telephone or house numbers. several seek low numbers or sequential runs. Notable allocations include Mrs. J A House with 1 and David Davies with 1000 000, while 12 345 goes to Dr B R Bainter of Zanesville.
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Columbus
Motor Vehicle Bureau
Clarence J. Brown
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
Chalmers R. Wilson
Ee Anova
Walker Baker
Cleveland
D. Z. Norton
Cleveard
J. F. Kimmerling
Homer "Aney
Toledo
J. A. House of
David Davies
Thad Brown
Carrit Thompson
L. D. Hendley
Caldwell
L. J. Rutland
Nathan Cook
Walter Baker
A. C. Russi
Mabel Watts
East Cleveland
B. R. Bainter
Zanesville
Civil War Veteran Isaac Newton Keeps Busy with Travel and Knitting
Isaac Newton, 89, of Athens Route 9, a Civil War veteran who joined at 15, has knitted two bedspreads and completed a 2999 mile road trip with nephews Ira and Homer Henry, visiting relatives in Illinois Iowa Nebraska and Missouri. He later worked as shoemaker postmaster railroad ticket agent jeweler and farm resident before living with his daughter since 1929.
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Isaac Newton
Phil Briley
Athens
Route 9
Newton
Ira Henry
Homer Henry
Zanesville
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Johnson County
Ilinois
Jane Newton
Libb Scott
180Th Regiment
Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Alice Fisk
Longstreth
Jackville
Nursery Stock Now Being Well Watched
Ohio retains good standing in nursery stock inspections across all activities. Director Perry L. Green urges higher educational requirements and adequate funding for inspectors and seed labs to curb disease, protect elm stock, and safeguard producers from poor seed and low germination risk.
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Columbus
Ohio
Perry L. Green
Litttle
Air study for pilots urges meteorology knowledge
W. J. Humphreys of the U S Weather Bureau says pilots should study meteorology to judge weather conditions accurately in flight and to read weather maps prepared by forecasters of the U S Department of Agriculture.
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Washington
W. J. Humphreys
U. S. Weather Bureau
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Humphreys
Women urged to quit aping men smokers in Boston
Posters by Anti Smoking League for Women urge women to be feminine and stop imitating men by smoking. Fifty to sixty signs, 4.5 by 3 feet, are in Dorchester and Quincy with plans for store window displays, 200000 automobile stickers, and a statewide tour to establish city branches. Clergy pamphlets and church distributions accompany the campaign.
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Boston
Dee
U.R
Clearet
Dorchester
Quincy
Anti Smoking League For Women
League
Toy Shop Christmas Party at Majestic Theatre
Athens County hosts The Messenger Toy Shop Christmas Party at the Majestic Theatre for children under ten tomorrow at 11 am. Admission is a toy donated for needy youngsters, with Dorothy Larber and Dorothy Shupe leading a line of acts from Ohto University students plus comedian Billy Hebron and a Santa appearance.
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Santa Claue
Majestic Theater
Athens County
Dorothy Larber
Margaret
Dorothy Shupe
Elizabeth Lewis
Howard Pinky Blaine
Athens
Harry Langdon
Alice Marcella Collins
Ohto University
Billy Hebron
Toy Shop
Messenger Toy Shop
Bella
Dorothy Sarber
Miss Sarber
Santa Claus
Ascop’sa
Maurice Dross
The
Majestic
H. K. Osborne
Athens Peorls
Mother Gray’s Powders Benefit Mary IY Children
Improving health and relief reported for Mary IY children after using Mother Gray’s Powders. Prominent symptoms include headaches stomach discomfort and digestive issues seen as improved by tonic aid. Local readers urged to consult physicians for child ailments.
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Mother Gray
Mary
Aged Bartlett Man Dies Wednesday
James Bartlett age 88 died at his daughter Mrs Frank Arnolds home in Bartlett Wednesday afternoon at five o clock from age infirmities. He was born and raised in Washington County and lived in this region his whole life. A Civil War veteran he leaves two sons Carl Bartlett of Oklahoma and Ray Bartlett of Colorado and the daughter with whom he resided.
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Marietta
James Bartlett
Frank Arnold
Bartlett
Washington County
Carl Bartlett
Oklahoma
Ray Bartlett
Colorado
Van Loon Says Kaiser Is Just A Funny Old Man
Henrik Willem Van Loon, the American author living in Holland, arrived on the Belgenland with the remark that the former Kaiser of Germany is now "Just a funny old man." He says no one pays attention and Dutch people mockingly dismiss him as "that funny old man."
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New York
U.R
Henrik Willem van Loon
Holland
Belgemland
Germany
van Loon
Winter Bird Food Stations Set in Oneida County
Oneida County Conservation Club established food distribution stations across the county to aid winter bird feeding. The effort aims to support local birds during harsh weather with readily available sustenance.
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Rhinelander
Wis
Oneida County Conservation Club
Dental plate blamed in sudden death mystery at Taft
In Taft Oregon John B Scharpe dies after a dental plate allegedly breaks and penetrates his throat. His wife Millie survives while Susan Gotharpe had previously shot herself in the bathroom. A coroner and jury cite accidental death for Scharpe, with unresolved questions about the sequence and access.
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Taft, Ore
U.P
John B. Scharpe
Soluven
Scharpe
Millie
Tors Ward
Mra
Millie Scharpe
Millie Irpe
Cat Owners Club Plans Buckinghamshire Cat Home
Plan to establish a cat shelter in Slough Buckinghamshire by a club of cat owners with 865 members aims to provide a home for cats and a charitable facility benefiting the local animal community.
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Slough
Buckinghamshire
Cceat
Still Held Monacle Berlin
The body of Captain Waldertar Krah, a former prominent naval officer, was found with a bullet through the head and his monacle still in his eye.
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Berlin
Waldertar Krah
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Pomeroy Bend
A. Hartley
Messenger
Virgil Marsh
Woman’s Music Club
Charles Reed
Peden
Secretary of State
Away
Konjola
White
Lorigan
Houbigant
Cascara Quinine
Kateer
Banks Ice Cream Co
General Electric
Southern Ohio Electric Co
Nelsonville
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