Christmas Business Boom Is On in Pomeroy Merchants
Holiday buying strengthens as workers receive higher wages and more goods move. Merchants note increased purchasing power versus last year, with wages topping sixteen thousand dollars and rising toward twenty thousand this week. A shift from cautious buying to restocking signals brighter sales ahead. Juxtaposed reports from Messenger indicate improved customer response and broader market activity. The Carpenter U group plans a program Sunday evening featuring Wilda Mae Starkey.
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Gumber
Merchants Express Messenger
Allen
Bladder Irritation Addressed by Juniper and Buchu Remedy
Advertisement claims a 25 cent box relieves bladder irritation from impurities and acids. It promises relief within four days and suggests returning for a refill if leg pains from bladder persist, urging readers to visit their pharmacy.
Pomeroy Personal Notes Reflect Community Visits
Members of the Foreign Missionary Society of Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church were hosted by Mrs. George Ebersbach with Miss Lydia Ebersbach assisting. Eda Gebhart of Columbus winters with Charles and Ebersbach on Lincoln Hill. Lend-a-Hand meets at the church. Mrs. John Chase visits Charleston to see her ill daughter Phyllis Russell. Edgar Gebhart returns from Chicago to stay with his mother and grandfather. Mrs. Josephine Brown is seriously ill at East Main Street home. Mrs. Allen Osborn of California visits Jennie Osborn after visiting Ft. Wayne relatives.
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Foreign Missionary Society
Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church
George Ebersbach
Lydia Ebersbach
Eda Gebhart
Columbus
Charles Ebersbach
Lincoln Hill
Florida
Lend-a-Hand
John Chase
Union Avenue
Charleston
Phyllis Russell
Hugh Lindsey
Ralston Russell
Edgar Gebhart
Chicago
Eba Gebhart
Josephine Brown
East Main Street
Allen Osborn
California
Jennie Osborn
Pomeroy
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Veterans meeting set by Gerber Camp No 88
Middleport announces a Sunday meeting of Gerber Camp No 88 Spanish American War Veterans at 2 pm in the Middleport Village Hall. S. M. Russell adjutant says all Spanish War soldiers are welcome regardless of Gerber Camp membership.
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Middleport
S. M. Russell
Local Residents Attend Various Trips and Illness Updates
Middleport residents report travel in Athens for Thursday and Friday with husbands in Ohio University, returning Friday night. Others visit Cheshire, Columbus, Zanesville, and Jacksonville for property, business, or family reasons while several members suffer illnesses and school absences are noted. The Dorcas Society plans a Christmas bazaar and bake sale at H. M. Cross Music Store next Saturday.
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Charles Bing
Athens
Ohio University
Clara Swisher
Cheshire
Thomas Pearson
Stella Byers
Grant Street
C. P. Bradbury
Charles Wise, Jr
P. T. Leonard
Columbus
Bradbury
Rosener Zeiher
Meigs County
D. J. Sullivan
Charleston
Dorcas Society of the Baptist Church
H. M. Cross
N. H. Skiles
Wheeling
C. E. Erwin
South Third Avenue
A. H. Bradbury
James Arnold
Zanesville
Don Allen
F. E. Koehler
Connie Lee
Jacksonville
Frank Ley
Edward Mankin
Bobby Tewksbury
Jimmy Roller
Max Roller
Bank Burglary Alarm Sets Officers in Pomeroy
County officers armed with rifles shotguns and pistols rushed to the Pomeroy National Bank on an alarm afternoon. Bank officials said the alarm was triggered by accident and no bandits were in sight.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy National Bank
Baber Funeral Set for Sunday in Pomeroy
Funeral plans for F. W. Baber, who died Wednesday, changed to Sunday at 2 PM to await daughter Mrs. Charles Graber arriving from Los Angeles. Services at Ewing Funeral Home officiated by Dr. A. R. Stark of the Pomeroy Baptist Church.
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Pomeroy
F. W. Baber
Union Avenue
Charles Graber
Los Angeles
Calif
Ewing
Birth of Barbara Ann Reibel in Pomeroy
Mr and Mrs Frederick Reibel of Columbus announce the birth of a daughter Barbara Ann born Sunday December 10. The mother is Miss Alouise Jones of Thomas Fork. Barbara Ann is granddaughter of Mr and Mrs William Reibel of Pomeroy and Mr and Mrs Harve Jones of Columbus.
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Pomeroy
Frederick Reibel
Columbus
Barbara Ann
Alouise Jones
Thomas Fork
Willam Reibel
Harve Jones
Co. B. Kincade
Rutland
Belle Keller
Vance Millhone
C. G. Millhone
Kate Norman
Ida Atherton
Alfred
C. F. Keiler
Athens
Keller
Staneart
Funeral for Emmett Frost Held Here
Funeral services for Emmett Frost, who died in Baltimore Maryland, were conducted at the U B Church in Tuppers Plains. The service was led by Rev D Vause Snyder on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o clock. Mr Frost was a local resident.
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Tuppers Plains
Emmett Frost
Baltimore
U. B. Church
D. Vause Snyder
Frost
Mass meeting of Meigs County Unemployed League
Meigs County Unemployed League plans a mass meeting in Pom eroy City Hall on Tuesday evening December 19 at 7 30. Officials say the gathering will discuss CWA questions and state president William Truax will speak.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Unemployed League
CWA
William Truax
Ohio Unemployed League
Local Union to Elect Delegates at Greens Run Schoolhouse
Local Union No. 648 UMWA will hold a 1 o clock Saturday meeting at Greens Run Schoolhouse to elect delegates to the Indianapolis convention. Officers urge all members to attend.
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Glouster
Greens Run
Indianapolis
Bible Class Elects Officers at Middleport Baptist Church
In Middleport the Women s Bible Class of the Baptist Church elected officers for 1934 with Mrs James Faulkner as president and Mrs Florence Bush as vice president. Frances Smith becomes secretary and Frances Smith is treasurer. teacher is Mrs Frank Guinther. assistants are Mrs Irvin Davis and Mrs Vannie Badgley. flower chairman is Mrs Dana Hamilton. In Pomeroy the Rebekah Lodge held an all day quilting with a potluck noon meal.
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Middleport
Pomeroy
Rebekah
Fighting Jim Reed Weds Kansas Widow After Sensational Past
Senator James A. Reed 72 marries 43-year-old widow and former kidnapping figure Nelly Donnelly in Kansas City. Reed and Donnelly had a long professional association with Reed once serving as counsel. they had been married 26 years and the kidnapping case had stunned the nation with a $75,000 ransom.
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Kansas City
U.P
James A. Reed
Senate
Neil Quinlan Donnelly
Jim
United States
Nelly Don
Donnelly
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Meeting Held in Syracuse
The Women's Foreign Missionary Society was entertained at Frieda Fields' home with Mrs Grace Jidden assisting. A program and business session preceded refreshments served to attendees in Syracuse.
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Syracuse
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Frieda Fields
Grace Jiiden
Reverend D Vause Snyder Plans December Sermons
Rev D Vause Snyder will fill regular appointments next Sunday at Lottridge New Asbury and TupPers Plains churches. Morning service at Lottridge, o'clock. New Asbury, 2:30 p m. TupPers Plains, 7:30 p m. Sermon title No Room in the Inn.
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Tuppers Plains
D. Vause Snyder
Lottridge
New Asbury
Don Hamilton Held in Manslaughter Charge
Columbus reports Donald M. Hamilton, 46, of Bexley, re-arrested on a manslaughter charge after a traffic death of 75 year old Miss Margaret Kelley. He is to be arraigned in police court while free on $300 bond. The crash occurred at Ohio Avenue and Broad Street.
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Columbus
Margaret Kelley
Madison Avenue
Donald M. Hamilton
Cassingham
Bexley
Liberty
Hamilton
James Creedon
Composer of Hearts and Flowers Dies at 78
Theodore Moses Tobani, composer of Heats and Flowers, died yesterday at his Queens home at age 78. The kindly, contented man had a white mustache and enjoyed humming music and playing billiards. his songs were heard around the world.
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New York
Theodore Moses Tobani
Tobani
Queens Hore
Middleport BOBCAT players earn Varsity O awards
Two Middleport boys from the Bobcat football team at Ohio University received Varsity O awards. Arthur Lewis and Walter Priode, both sons of local residents, were among the 18 honored on Wednesday evening.
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Middleport
Bobcat
Ohio University
Arthur Lewis
George Lewis
Walter Priode
Will Priode
Funeral of Enos Badgley Held in Middleport
Funeral services for Enos Badgley, who died Tuesday at his residence near Middleport, were held this afternoon at the family home. He is survived by his wife and seven children, including son Vannie Badgley of Gravel Hill.
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Middleport
Enos Badgley
Vannie Badgley
Gravel Hill
Glouster Schedule Features Crooksville and Hollister
Glouster High travels to Crooksville Friday for a game with Crooksville High School. Saturday night Hollister High basketball team visits Glouster for a Tomcats contest.
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Crooksville, Hollister
Glouster
Glouster High
Crooksville
Crooksville High School
Hollister High Baasketeers
Tomcats
Thanksgiving Dinner Menu From Fort Bragg Soldiers
Mr and Mrs Henry Williams report a letter from their son Max at Fort Bragg California. He enclosed a menu for the Co C soldiers Thanksgiving feast listing turkey mashed potatoes giblet gravy dressing sweet potatoes creamed peas olives sweet pickles cranberry sauce pumpkin pie mince pie ice cream oranges cake chocolate and coffee. Max notes Ohio boys raced to wash hands in the Pacific Ocean with Max winning by a narrow margin.
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Glouster
Henry Williams
Max
Fort Bragg
Calif
Fort
Ohio
Pacific Ocean
Lucky Thirteen Club Formed at Glouster High
The public speaking class at Glouster High School organized The Lucky Thirteen Club under Miss Merle Danford. Officers include Edward Wolf president Mary E Cunningham vice president Caryl Hoffman secretary treasurer Thurman Boyer sergeant at arms Elma Craig critic and Elma Jonas reporter.
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Glouster
Glouster High School
Merle Danford
Lucky Thirteen Club
Edward Wolf
Mary E. Cunnigham
Caryl Hoffman
Thurman Boyer
Elma Craig
Eelma Jonas
Glouster Women to Sew Under County CWA Plan
Athens County relief workers plan includes a sewing class in Glouster starting Monday at the city building under Miss Helen Murray supervision. Eligible women may join to make garments for needy families, contacting the Athens CWA office. Also notes Mr and Mrs H F Barker returned to Mason Street Glouster after six years away due to a home fire near Charlottesville Va.
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County Cwa
Glouster
Athens County
CWA
Athens
Helen Murray
Trimble
H. F. Barker
Mason Street
Charlottesville
Jacksonville Comedy On Campus Tonight At J T Auditorium
Lis ten In On the Campus, a three act comedy, is set for 7 30 pm at the J T Auditorium in Jacksonville. The cast includes Louise Dunlevy Theresa Heck Rosemary Forsbach Ada Frances Darling Stella Edzikowsk Mary Kuhne Faye Walton Phyllis Matyskella Adra McCall Edna Hollins Mary Stevens Gerald Skinner Frank Kearns Clarence Davin Nathan Brewer Ralph Meeks Ehijah Smith Charles Frazee Thomas Smaath ers Thomas Bycofski Leto Carter and Betty Johnson.
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Jacksonville
J.-T
Louise Dunlevy
Theresa Heck
Rosemary Forsbach
Ada Frances Darling
Stella Edzikowsk
Mary Kuhne
Faye Walton
Phyllis Matyskella
Adra McCall
Edna Hollines
Mary Stevens
Gerald Skinner
Frank Kearns
Clarence Davin
Nathan Brewer
Ralph Meeks
Dutch Zimmer Orchestra to serenade football banquet
Glouster officials announced that Dutch Zimmer's orchestra will play for the football banquet and dance at the high school auditorium tonight replacing Patsy Winters' Athens group as previously listed.
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Glouster
Zimmer
Patsy Winters
Athens
Inez Eddy Honored At Glouster Birthday Party
A birthday party was held Tuesday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Eddy in Glouster in honor of their daughter Inez marking her eleventh birthday. Guests included Barbara Jean Beal Jo Lavon Farres Jacquelyn Marie Ley Alice Thomas Marguerite Waldeck Frances Eleanor Marshall Mary Louise Mead Alice Jean Keith and Ann Keith.
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Inez Eddy
Glouster
Mrs. Carroll Eddy
Inez
Barbara Jean Beal
Jo Lavon Farres
Jacquelyn Marie Ley
Alice Thomas
Marguerite Waldeck
Frances Eleanor Marshall
Mary Louise Mead
Alice Jean Kieth
Ann Kieth
Dyesville Post Office To Be Discontinued
Washington announces the discontinuance of the Dyesville Ohio post office in Meigs County and the abandonment of the Peoli Tuscarawas County office. Cy Young, famed pitcher of earlier years, served as postmaster at Peoli.
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Dyesville
Washington
Meigs County
Post Office Department
Peoli
Tuscarawas County
Cy Young
Peolt
Presbyterian Sunday School Orchestra Performs at PTA Program
In Middleport on December 14 the Presbyterian Sunday School orchestra directed by Prof. James T. Lewis participated in a Mason City PTA program Tuesday night.
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Middleport
Presbyterian Sunday School
Parent-Teacher Association
Mason City
James T. Lewis
Ladies Auxiliary Christmas Party Moves to Monday
The Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion will hold the Christmas Party at the American Legion hall next Monday night instead of Thursday. Ten cent gifts will be exchanged and all Auxiliary members are urged to attend the meeting.
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Glouster
Ladies Auxiliary of the
American Legion
American Legion Hall
Mrs Rachel McElroy Celebrates 97th Birthday
Racine reports Mrs. Rachel McElroy marked her 97th birthday on Wednesday at her daughter Mrs. Kate Bell Wolf's home. Despite advanced years she remained active and mentally alert.
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Racine
Rachael McElroy
Kate Bell Wolf
McElroy
Marietta okays 35000 bond for new municipal stadium
The Marietta city council approved a 35000 bond issue to buy materials for a municipal stadium. It seeks 175000 in CWA funds for labor. Land was deeded by Marietta College. the stadium would be used by the college, Marietta High School and other groups.
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Marietta
U.P
CWA
Marietta College
Marietta High School
Temple To Meet Glouster Temple Sisters
All members of Glouster Temple No. 560 Pythian Sisters are requested to attend an important meeting tonight.
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Glouster
Glouster Temple
McLeish P T A Plans December School Meeting
The McLeish Parent Teacher Association will meet at the school house Wednesday night in December. After the business session students will present a program and candy will be sold during the evening.
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McLeish P. T. A
McLeis
McLeish Parent-Teacher Association
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