Pomeroy Bead Pomeroy Bend Briefs
Local notices from Pomeroy and surrounding towns report births visits and travel. A stork delivered a grandchild to the Bryan and Enterprise families. new baby girls and visits to Rutland Mid d Leport Canton Columbus Athens Gallipolis Logan Oak Hill and Minerton are noted.
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Pomeroy Bend
Norman Bryan
Albert Bryan
Enterprise
John Lewis
Middleport
Clarence Chase
Rutland
Alma
Ethel
Glen
Max Sayre
Jackson
Michigan
Toledo
H. A. Sayre
Sarah Brooks
Minerton
A. C. Hannum
Canton
Henry
Columbus
Pema
Frank Murray
Receiving Announcements Of Recent Wedding
A short notice informs readers of a recent wedding reception with couple and family names, date, and venue. It notes congratulations from friends and neighbors and mentions future plans or avenues for gifts.
Marriage Announcement for Wilson W. Follrod and Nellie Coleman
Wilson W. Follrod and Nellie Blanche Coleman married in Huntington West Virginia on Thursday of last week. The groom, a former prominent Alfred resident, recently received his discharge from military service.
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Pomeroy Bend
Wilson W. Follrod
Nellie Blanche Coleman
Huntington
West Virginia
Alfred
Meigs County to gain more roads under 1920 plan
A 1919 letter from Ohio State Highway Commissioner A. R. Taylor to Senator Tom W. Jones explains Meigs county will receive more miles of roads in 1920. The plan shifts from one road at a time to multiple highways including Langsville Harrisonville Chester and other routes from the county seat.
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State Highway Department
Columbus
Tom W. Jones
Middleport
Ohio
Meigs County
State Highway Commission
Langsville
Harrisonville
Chester
Varany Escape From Death By Asphyxiation
Hoyt Haning narrowly escaped death by engine exhaust fumes in a closed cement dairy building. The Cray and Haning firm had installed new lighting but no exhaust vent. His brother Glenn found him unconscious about twenty minutes later. Hoyt recovered but suffered intense head and body pains.
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Hoyt Haning
Glenn
Cray and Haning
Mr. Haning
Haning
Visiting Mrs Hysell at Gallipolis Holzer Hospital
Mrs Joseph Moore and Mrs Hazel Russell visited Mrs Margaret Hysell who is receiving treatment at Holzer hospital in Gallipolis on Wednesday to offer good cheer.
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Gallipolis
Joseph Moore
Hazel Russell
Margaret Hysell
Holzer Hospital
Funeral of Mrs Bowen in Middleport
Funeral services for Mrs John Bowen of Dock street Middleport were held at the family home Wednesday afternoon after a long tuberculosis illness. She was 57 and survived by her husband and several children with interment at Beech Grove cemetery.
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Bowen
John Bowen
Dock Street
Middleport
Beech Grove
Arm broken when boy collides with wagon on Mulberry hill
Seven year old Melvin Devol of Butternut Avenue was badly hurt while coasting down Mulberry Avenue near the Sugar Run flour mill. His sled struck a wagon on a sharp turn, breaking his arm and causing multiple injuries with the bone almost protruding.
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Melvin
Lorie Devol
Butternut Avenue
Mulberry Avenue
Sugar Run
Downies Take Weeks Visit to Shreveport Magnolia Show
Mr and Mrs Will G Downie of Second Street Pomeroy depart Wednesday for a several weeks visit among the Magnolia blossoms at Shreveport Louisiana.
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Southland
Will G. Downie
Second Street
Pomeroy
Shrevesport
Louisiana
P. M. Phone Co Seeks Franchise in Middleport
The Pomeroy and Middleport Telephone Company applied to Middleport council for a franchise, noting no recent franchise in town. A first reading of the ordinance occurred at the last Monday night meeting amid questions about rate increases and state utility scrutiny.
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Pomeroy
State Public Utilities Commission
Council Able
Bell die at 74 in Cheshire from complications
J. H. Bell aged 74 died at his Cheshire home Friday from a complication of diseases. He is survived by one son and two daughters. his wife died two years ago. The remains were taken to his North Benton home Monday afternoon for burial.
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North Benton
J. H. Bell
Cheshire
Mr. Bell
Republican praise for Wilson tariff shift criticized by Bourne
A Washington statement from the Republican Publicity Association led by Jonathan Bourne Jr. argues President Wilson finally endorses Republican tariff arguments. It claims Wilson's tariff-for-revenue stance ignored prewar trade data and five major outflows, noting declines in the U.S. favorable balance of trade from 1913 onward and accusing him of misrepresenting economic history.
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Washington
Republican Publicity Association
Jonathan Bourne, Jr
Wilson
Congress
America
Europe
Asia
Five Men Arrested in Barrel Whiskey Heist
New York police detain five men after a theft ring steals the kick from five whiskey barrels. Buyer Sam Katzenberg paid $6500 for five barrels only to find water when opening them as sellers are taken into custody.
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New York
Sam Katzenberg
Yale Elects New Football Committee Members
Yale elected a new football committee last night. Walter Camp and Joseph Swan were dropped while Captain Callahan approved a new slate: Brink Thorne as chairman with Stoddard Lilley Kilpatrick and Lucius Bigelow named to the committee.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
Walter Camp
Joseph Swan
Vance McCormick
Callahw
Board of
Contre
Brink Thorne
Stoddard
Theodore Lilley
Jen Kilpatrick
Lucius Bigelow
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Charleston
Thomas Donaldson
F. M. Bates
Joan Mayers
Harry Cromley
Athens
Bend
Charles Hennessy
Mildred Fowler
H. A. Rowan and Son
J. Marcum
Oak Hill
Margaret Riley
Logan
Nora Ewing
Cornelius Borham
Columbia
Peggy May
Baby Bernhardt
Hearst News
Corinne Giffith
Uy Red Cross Scale
Eugene O'Brien
Selznich
Eugene O’brian
Pathe News
Nazimova
Meigs
A. R. Taytaor
Jerseyville
That Place
Varanw
Opera House
Cooper - Hastings
BIG City Stock Company
Marietta
Parkersburg
Portamouth
McKee’s
P. & M. Phone Co
PETS
Appaqual
Yee
Eve Scrmitt
Chicago
McKee Drug Co
H. W. Cotner
Messenger
Suriety Brn
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