Entertainment Night by Middleport PTA at Masonic Temple
The Middleport Parent Teacher Association hosts a December program at the Masonic Temple featuring instrumental and vocal music readings and duets. Mrs Otto Schmall leads with assistance from Mrs Oscar Massman Mrs Esta Heines Mrs Starling McCullough and Mrs H E Cooper. Proceeds support local schools.
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Middleport
Parent-Teacher Association
A. W. McKay
Otto Schmall
Masonic Temple
Wife of Civil War veteran dies in Syracuse
Mrs. Mis souri Griffith aged 78, wife of Civil War veteran Robert Griffith, died Sunday morning at home in the town's lower end. She is survived by her husband and two daughters Miss Jessie Griffith at home and Daisy of Chicago. Daisy arrived Sunday evening. Funeral arrangements have not been announced.
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Robert Griffith
Syracuse
Missouri Griffith
Jessie Griffith
Daisy
Chicago
Meigs County Social Notes and Local News
Thomas Elder of Belle Center, OHU senior, visits Athens with Miss Louise Sargent. Jap Russell says his grandson died in Arizona and funeral will be in Columbus. Mary B. Laughead leaves for New York City after Athens farewell. Needle and Thimble Club and gatherings across Meigs County noted. Marriages and travels include Everet W. Graham and Louise Collins's marriage in Pt. Pleasant W Va. Court upholds $6500 Shippers Packet death verdict. Local visits and illnesses reported from Pomeroy and surrounding areas.
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Thomas Elder
Belle Center
Ohio University
Louise Sargent
Jap Russell
Arizona
Columbus
Mary B. Laughead
R. B. Laughead
Alfred Elberfeld
New York City
Athens
Needle and Thimble Club
Fred Thomas
Phil Smith
Ed Maschel
Pittsburgh
Mary Wolf
Ed Smith
Mary Martha
Pomeroy
A. V. Smith
South Second Avenue
B. F. Fultz
Dorothy
Chicago
Paul Hoffman
Nuckles
Russell Rice
Huntington
G. F. Ohlinger
Norfolk
Meigs County
Everett W. Graham
Athens County
Louise M. Collins
Cabell County
W. Va
Pt. Pleasant
Orien H. Carder
U. B. Church
Supreme Court of Ohio
Shippers Packet Company
Ray Roe
John Phillips
Off The Chicken House Mystery In New Lexington
County officers search for a supposed dead man after Wilfred Yauger fired at his chicken house door on Somerset Road. No body, no missing chickens found. hen house door was open and investigators suspect a mistaken firing and nerves rather than a murder.
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New Lexington
Wilfred Yauger
Somerset Road
Yauger
Clifford Wilson
Convict Bandits Sought With Warning Reaches Pomeroy
Meigs County officers hunted for three escaped West Virginia convicts said to head for Pomeroy to rob the town. Huntington police alerted Pt Pleasant and Columbus to watch for the three white men, believed to have stolen a Kentucky-licensed car. Officers checked the riverfront bridge, but the trio eluded capture.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
West Virginia
Huntington
Pt- Pleasant
Moundsville
Kentucky
Pt. Pleasant
Pomeroy River
J. A. Willock
Delbert Welker
Walter Roush
Ohio
Columbus
Pomeroy Family Keeps Steady Sunday School Pace
Ora May Burton seven, marks two years of perfect Sunday attendance with her siblings and parents guiding them. Edgar, an Athens Messenger carrier, often helps rush to church while Virgie and the younger sister maintain strong shows of commitment. Mrs Burson leads the family to Sunday School rain or shine.
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Pomeroy
Ora May Burton
Methodist Sunday School
Charles Burton
Dgar
Athens
Virgie
January term of Common Pleas Court expected light
Will be light at Pomeroy as the January term of Common Pleas Court begins the first week of the year. No major cases are pending and the grand jury may not be called until later in winter or early spring. Judge F W Crow has kept the docket clear in criminal and civil actions.
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Pomeroy
Common Pleas Court
Grand
F. W. Crow
Butler and Stevenson seek restraining order in bankruptcy case
Edward Butler and Leland C. Stevenson filed an injunction in Common Pleas Court at Pomeroy asking for a temporary restraining order to prevent appointing no trustee in bankruptcy in the Southern Ohio Gas case. Judge I W Crow issued the order after bond of 2000 dollars was posted.
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Pomeroy
Common Pleas Court
Edward Butler
Leland C. Stevenson
KR. A. Tyree
B. M. Tyree
Southern Ohio Gas
I. W. Crow
Yeggs Crack Safe at Mid-State Finance Office
Yeggmen drilled into the Mid-State Finance Company office in Columbus on Sunday, opened a safe and escaped with 1000 dollars in cash and 500 dollars in jewelry. Police described the intruders as thoroughly experienced and found no fingerprints or other clues to identify them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Mid-State Finance Company
Boy Cured By Brain Operation Dies After Snowball Blow
Arthur Emery a 16 year old New Philadelphia boy once hailed for a brain operation that cured his criminal impulses died at Union Hospital Dover from a ruptured brain abscess. A snowball strike on Christmas by an unknown youth may have contributed to his death.
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Arthur Emery
New Philadelphia
Union Hospital
Dover
Weather Stripping Ad Boosts Sales for Backus Lumber
A Weather stripping ad in The Messenger proved effective for the W Backus Lumber Company drawing customers. The ad showcased two close fitting products and led many readers to place orders promptly for the weather sealing goods.
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Co. W. Backus Lumber Company
FLOATERS LAND IN MEIGS COURT RECORDS
POMEROY Dee 30 The Meigs County court records show 25 inmates sent to penal institutions from the county in the year just closed. Of these 24 pleaded guilty and one was convicted by a jury. Only 10 were native Meigs Countians. 15 were from other states, mainly West Virginia. Three jailed now include one Meigs native, one from Michigan, one from Charleston West Virginia. Officials note the coal boom era drifted in a troublesome element, now returning to West Virginia and Kentucky mines. More than half of convictions in 12 years came from outsiders. Native Meigs Countians are generally law abiding.
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Pomeroy
Dee
Meigs County
West Virginia
Michigan
Charleston
W. Va
Kentucky
James to Leave Middleport Pastorate for Oberlin
The Rev. W. G. James resigns after five years at the Baptist Church in Middleport and will move with his family to Oberlin by midweek. He will assume a Baptist church pastorate there on January 5. A moving van from Oberlin will transport the furniture. Mrs. Hattie Bennett of Middleport is improving at Holzer Hospital and can sit up 20 minutes daily, receiving 112 Christmas cards.
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Middleport
W. G. James
James
Oberlin
Orange Root touted to cure stomach ills in Charleston reader ad
A testimonial from Earle McGee of Charleston West Virginia claims Orange Root and Golden Nuggets cured 15 years of stomach problems. He describes relief from sour stomach constipation headaches and fatigue after six bottles and several Golden Nuggets. The ad promotes Orange Root containing Gentian Yellow Root Nux Vomica Celery Seeds and iron sold at Lash's Drug Store and others.
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Lash
Sleighs Gone Heavy Snow Fails to Bring Sleds
POMEROY December 30 Weather forecasters spared the district a heavy snowfall yet no sleighs appeared. The old time scene of prancing horses and jingling sleigh bells is missing as automobiles have replaced sleds and wagons for holiday travel.
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Pomeroy
Wedding of William H. Vanderbilt and Anne Colby in West Orange
The wedding of William H. Vanderbilt and Anne Gordon Colby drew only 30 guests in West Orange New Jersey. Vanderbilt, a multi millionaire descendant of pioneer capitalists, and Colby daughter of Everett Colby, a prominent political figure, emphasized simplicity.
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Tion
William H. Vanderbilt
Anne Gordon Colby
Everett Colby
West Orange
N. J
Auto License Sales in Meigs County Jump Over Last Year
Officials report Meigs County license offices issued 1 620 licenses by Saturday, up 120 from a year ago as motorists avoid two office crowds in Pomeroy and prepare for a weekend rush in Middleport with Raymond Ebersbach and R G Webster overseeing operations.
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Middleport
Raymond Ebersbach
Pomeroy
India Nationalist Congress backs Gandhi plan for independence
The Declaration of Independence by the India Nationalist Congress appears certain after the Committee on Resolutions and Subjects approved Gandhi's resolution and plan. The vote followed a civil boycott of Great Britain, 134 to 77.
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Tion
India
Congress
Committee On Resolutions
Mahatma K. Gandhi
Great Britain
Loyal Women Elect Officers for Next Year at Church
The Loyal Women's Class of the Church of Christ in Middleport elected officers for the coming year. President Mrs Pearl Graves, vice president Mrs R H Horden, secretary Mrs Charles Cooper, assistant secretary Mrs George Russell, treasurer Mrs R B Laughhead, flower fund director Mrs Val Reynolds. The Philathean women to meet next Friday in the church lecture room.
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Middleport
Church of Christ
Pearl Graves
R. H. Horden
Charles Cooper
George Russell
R. B. Laughhead
Val Reynolds
Philathean
Ex-service men urged to file bonuses by January first
Pomeroy reports ex service personnel should submit bonus applications by January 1. Those with overseas service of 60 days or longer qualify for 1.25 dollars per day for overseas service and 1 dollar per day for domestic service. In case of death, dependents may receive the compensation.
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Pomeroy
Body found in Toledo wood-shed investigated
Police sought to identify a badly beaten man whose body was found in a wood-shed behind the Hugh Scarles home. Scarles discovered the body when he went to the shed for kindling.
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Toledo
U.P
Hugh Scarles
Scarles
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