Toys received for children at county home
Plenty of Christmas cheer is brewing for the County Children's home in Pomeroy. The Columbus Pomeroy Club has donated 5 dollars toward the fund, the American Legion post is preparing individual boxes for each child, and the community drive seeks used books toys and playthings in good condition. Fruits candies nuts and sweets are also needed to complete parcels. Parcels may be left at the Whaley Dental rooms on Court Street for transfer to the home.
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Pomeroy
Columbus “Pomeroy Club
American Legion Post of
Whaley Dental Rooms
Court Street
Autos Ditch and Stall on Icy Pomeroy Streets
Ice coated streets in Pomeroy Bend caused autos to skid and five cars to be ditched near the Children’s Home hill. Miss Sybil Ebersbach and her mother, bound for Columbus, slid twice near Athens before returning home. Street Commissioner Casto helped by spreading shavings on crossings.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Bend
Sybil Ebersbach
W. H. Ebersbach
Columbus
Athens
Casto
Arson Attempt Leads to Arrest Near Buckwheat Schoolhouse
POMEROY December 22 a quiet probe by Deputy State Fire Marshal J R Timberman and local authorities ends with the arrest of Robert Dixon 57 who lived nearby and is said to have confessed He is reported to be an escaped inmate of a Virginia insane hospital and may be returned there if action is not taken.
Truckload of Tobacco Slides Down Mill Street Hill
Middleport, Dec. 2. The machine of Lafe Bolin of Langsville on a route to Gallipolis slid over the Mill Street hill with a load of loose-leaf tobacco. The load overturned in Fugate’s yard causing minor damage. Bolin had to haul the cargo uphill to reload. Four other cars ditched along the same grade as the mishap occurred. A wrecker was summoned to assist their removal from the area.
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Middleport
Lafe Bolin
Langsville
Gallipolis
Mill Street
Fugate
Two Women Injured When Auto Overturns Near Pomeroy
In Pomeroy Ohio on December 22 Mrs Ralston Russell and her daughter Dorothy an Ohio Wesleyan student were hospitalized in Lancaster after a car went off the road between Hooker and Carroll and overturned. Dorothy suffered a broken collar bone and a lung injury. Mrs Russell had a leg gash and bruises. They planned to return home with Miss Helen Brown and Ohio State friends for Christmas. The two will remain hospitalized until safe to move.
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Pomeroy
Ralston Russell
Dorothy
Ohio Wesleyan
Lancaster
Columbus
Helen Brown
Ohio State
Hooker
Carrol
Flooded Chocolate Shoppe to Stay Closed Until May
Pomeroy reports two floods in one year force the Chocolate Shoppe on Main Street to abandon its mahogany fixtures and soda fountain. The stock has been moved to Ebersbach Pharmacy on Second Street, owned by the same interests, with plans to return next May.
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Pomeroy
Main Street
Ebersbach Pharmacy
Second Street
Community Club Plans New Year Banquet in Middleport
The Community club will host a large New Year banquet and celebration in Middleport, likely in the second week of January. Date and venue are not yet decided, with committees appointed to organize a rousing event.
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Middleport
New Tobacco Sales Schedule at Gallipolis Incoming Year
Middleport Dec 22 tobacco sales on the Gallipolis floor shift to a new schedule after January 1. Sales resume January 2 and will be held on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays. This week average 16.90 dollars per hundred with prices from two to 41 cents a pound. High quality tobacco brings very good prices.
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Middleport
Gallipolis
Car wreck linked to Bremen Ford agent insured vehicle
Officers report the wrecked car that struck Hobson bridge near Pomeroy was owned by the Bremen Ford agent, Ed. McGrew, Delaware. The vehicle was insured.
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Hobson
Bremen
Ford
Pomeroy
Hobson Bridge
Ed. McGrew
Delaware
Double Wedding Performed at Courthouse in Pomeroy
A double wedding took place at the courthouse with Justice French presiding. Donald Harris and Ruth Zarley of Pomeroy, both 21, wed first, followed by Glenn Turner 21 of Dyesville and Helen Caster 18, daughter of the late Clement Caster, in the same ceremony.
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Pomeroy
Justice French
Donald Harris
Sharpsburg
Ruth Zarley
Glenn Turner
Farmer
Dyesville
Helen Caster
Clement Caster
Sam
Holidays Bring Townfolk Home for the Season
Middleport notices list Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Howell traveling to Cleveland and Columbus for holidays with relatives. Mrs. J. W. Terry visits Delphos Indiana. others head to Toledo Cincinnati and Jenkins Kentucky. A funeral in Columbus draws McCracken family there. Pomeroy reports a slot machine found near Kerr's Run, likely stolen and seized by the sheriff.
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Ralph M. Howell
Cleveland
Mr. Howell
Columbus
J. W. Terry
Delphos
Ind
Cc. E. Willock
Toledo
New York Central Railway
Mann’s Business College
F. W. Schreiner
Edith
Mann
Robert McKay
Ohio State University
Clyde Battin
Jenkins
Frank Pendergrass
H. L. McCracken
Lester
Margaret Pfarr
R. C. Meadows
Hobson
Mont Howell
Huntington
J. T. Lewis
Cincinnati
Foster Egner
C. F. Reed
Charleston
Woman Survives Night in Coffin After Funeral Sermon
In Luray Virginia on December 22 a woman who had spent the night inside a coffin after attending a funeral was found alive. Medical staff said she recovered from the shock and remained under observation.
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Luray
Believed dead girl Revived in Coffin Scene
Miss Fannie Broyles survived after a tree limb struck her, causing locals to mourn. Her brother James noted a twitch in her eyelid, halting funeral rites as resuscitation began. She later recovered fully under a physician's care.
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Fannie Broyles
James Broyles
Former Luhrig miner killed in Illinois mine blast
William Jones about 35 years old son of Mr and Mrs Richard Jones of Union was killed in an explosion at the Stiritz Coal mine near Johnston City Illinois early yesterday. Seven men are believed killed. The body will be brought to Athens for funeral services at Union church. Jones left a widow and three children and other relatives live in Marion and Athens.
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Richard Jones
Union
Stiritz Coal Company
Johnston City
Ill
Athens
West Union Street
Luhrig
Marion
Jones
Flossie Young
Bessie
Margaret Gleason
John Gleason
Resting Better For Mrs Goodhue In Northampton
Mrs Lemira Goodhue mother of Mrs Calvin Coolidge aged 78 is resting more comfortably after a second relapse. Doctors at Dickinson hospital report a last night temperature of 100 with a pulse of 70 and respiration 20.
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Northampton
Mass
Lemira Goodhue
Calvin Coolidge
Inn Owner Shot in Chicago Beer War Spillover
Frank Noonan, 54, owner of the Subway Inn on the West Side, was shot to death late last night in what police fear is another outbreak in Chicago's beer war. The violence followed the earlier killing of James Loftus, a police character, found shot dead yesterday, with investigators suspecting he was lured or targeted in the same feud.
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Chicago
Frank Noonan
West Side
James Loftus
Loftus
Death Row Teen Hewitt Faces Ohio Electric Chair
Floyd Hewitt 17 from Conneaut awaits execution for the February murders of Mrs. Fred Brown and her son Fred Jr in Ashtabula County. He learns the Supreme Court refused review and Governor Donnavy could grant clemency, his last chance amid claims of innocence.
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Columbus
Floyd Hewitt
Ohio
Conneaut
Ohio Penitentiary
United Press
Supreme Court
Mttle
Fred Brown
Jefferson City
Morder
Anther
Hewitt
Donavey
Ashtabula
Fred Jr
Trusties Sought After Ohio Prison Break
Two inmates Edward Siemund and Lovey Woods escaped from the state penitentiary in Columbus last Tuesday. They fled in a state truck and police statewide are alerted to locate them.
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Columbus
U.P
Edward Siemund
Canton
Lovey Woods
Cleveland
Seven Miners Die in Illinois Coal Mine Blast
Seven miners are killed in a gas explosion at the Cosgrave Meehan coal mine near Stiritz Illinois close to Johnston City. An inquest is planned to determine the cause. The dead include Frederick Kagit David Anderson Almus Lavender George Grubbs G Garotto and Charles Wyatt all married except Garotto. Twenty three men escaped. the seven were found in a north enemy? section.
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Cosgrave Meehan
Stiritz
Frederick Kagit
Scotsboro
Loader
David Anderson
Almus Lavender
Merion
George Grubbs
White Ash
G. Garrotto
Charles Wyatt
Marion
Garotto
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