Athens State Hospital chief outlines modern mental care
Dr. John H. Berry of Athens State Hospital told Athens Rotary Club that care of the mentally ill has progressed from witchcraft and confinement to modern treatment. He cited state wards, aging patients, and new therapies including mataria treatment, stressing need for updated facilities and Pay Patient Law funding.
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John H. Berry
Athens State Hospital
Athens Rotary Club
Hotel Berry
Berry
Athens Hospital
United States
Ohio
Bing Law to be explained at Athens League meeting
Athens County attendance officer Carl H. Porter will explain the Bing Law and its operation at a 7 30 PM Athens League of Women Voters meeting in the Chamber of Commerce rooms. The program highlights changes considered by national and state leagues. Mrs H R McVay notes the Education Committee asked Porter to present.
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Carl H. Porter
Athens County
Athens League of Women Voters
Chamber of Commerce
League
H. R. McVay
Porter
E. G. Pedigo
D. C. Snow
McVay
Short skirts survive in Paris fashion clash
Paris feb 5 an American victory in the skirt debate ends French insistence on stricter limits. Compromise preserves daytime shows with legs exposed while evening dresses must cover to the instep. Morning and afternoon gowns hover 13 to 15 inches from floor, signaling a fashion pivot yet restraint for evening wear.
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Paris
America
London
Council Meeting in Middleport Sets Fence for Chickens
Mayor J F Harley presided over the February meeting in Middleport with councilmen A B Bingham Ed Grant A A Dillard C L Brooks and Oscar Mossman present Plum mer Beeson absent Village solicitor O H Stewart and clerk B F Fultz also attended Regular business was approved with all bills ordered paid Street paving was discussed but no conclusions reached An ordinance to control chickens at large was reviewed and enforcement to be strict going forward.
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Middleport
J. FE. Harley
A. B. Bingham
Ed. Grant
A. A. Dillard
C. L. Brooks
Oscar Mossman
Plummer Beeson
O. H. Stewart
B. F. Fultz
Sheep Attacks Reported in Rutland Township
Sheep-killing dogs continue to attack flocks in Rutland Township. Mrs. Hattie Gardner lost one sheep. Langsville dogs were killed by Dog Warden Seidenable, who also found four starving dogs confined in a cabin on Dewitts Run. A Hartford man says a German police dog attacked him in Syracuse last Saturday.
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Pomeroy
Rutland Township
Hattie Gardner
Langsville
Seidenable
Dewitts Run
Hartford
W. Va
Syracuse
Three Negro Train Riders Add to Pomeroy Jail Population
Three Negro train riders were placed in Pomeroy jail on Tuesday. Earl Snyder, once employed at Bucyrus, has returned home to Middleport after completing work there. Meigs Countians secured marriage licenses in Gallipolis. Hallet Talbott of Portland weds Zella Arnott of Antiquity, Hollis Harvey weds Clara Monahan of Vinton. C. T. Gorman, held a week in Pomeroy County Jail, was moved to Pt. Pleasant to face bad check charges. Co. E. Rice, Mason, West Virginia, rumored seriously ill.
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Pomeroy
Earl Snyder
Bucyrus
Middleport
Meigs
Gallipolis
Hallet Talbott
Portland
Zella Arnott
Antiquity
Hollis Harvey
Clara Monahan
Vinton
C. T. Gorman
Pomeroy County
Pt. Pleasant
Co. E. Rice
Mason
W. Va
Two Marriage Licenses Issued in Pomeroy Area
Elmer G. Goodwin, 38, a Pomeroy florist, wed Lida Seidenable, 33, a Pomeroy house keeper, both previously married. Webster Reed, 21, and Elsie Swain, 17, of Reedsville, also secured licenses with Cecil Swain giving consent.
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Pomeroy
Elmer G. Goodwin
Pomeroy Florist
Lida Seidenable
Webster Reed
Reedsville
Elsie Swain
Cecil Swain
Junk dealer buys own wire from boys
Floyd Gibbs a Mason City youth is jailed in Pt Pleasant awaiting extradition to Meigs County for alleged break in at Farber junk house in Pomeroy. Paul Gibbs is held in Pomeroy jail. They allegedly entered by removing a foundation block and used a johnboat to move aluminum wire across the river to sell back to Farber.
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Pomeroy
Floyd Gibbs
Mason City
Pt. Pleasant
Meigs County
Farber
Paul Gibbs
Ohio
Grand
Woman Struck Down In Middleport Cerebral Hemorrhage
Mrs Nina Wagner wife of Charles N Wagner county superintendent of schools suffered a probable cerebral hemorrhage at their Middleport home Tuesday. She was unconscious then recovered briefly and later slipped into a coma. The mother of two children she is described as a comparatively young woman with serious condition.
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Pomeroy
Nina Wagner
Charles N. Wagner
Middleport
Park Street P T A Minstrels Set at Park Street School
The Park Street Parent-Teacher minstrels will be staged at the Park Street School auditorium on Thursday and Friday evenings February 6 and 7 starting at 7 o'clock. The Buckeye Ramblers broadcasting from Station WOBU in Charleston West Virginia will perform on the program.
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Middleport
Park Street
Buckeye Ramblers
WOBU
Charleston
W. Va
CLASS TO MEET AT Presbyterian Church Friday Evening
Whatsoever Class will meet next Friday in the lecture room of the Presbyterian Church. All members are asked to attend to hear the Lincoln Washington responses. Mrs J F Dillard is social chairman. The meeting opens at 7 30.
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Middleport
The
Presbyterian Church
J. F. Dillard
Bridge Luncheon Planned at Elmhurst Tavern
A bridge luncheon will be hosted Friday at the Elmhurst Tavern in Pomeroy by Mrs. G. H. Stansbury Mrs. W. G. Davis Mrs. D. A. Howell and Mrs. JC EB Welch. The event is set for February in Middleport.
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Middleport
Elmhurst Tavern
Pomeroy
G. H. Stansbury
W. G. Davis
D. A. Howell
JC. EB. Welch
Suit filed over oil lease on Rutland 80‑acre farm
A. T. Barton of Rutland operating as the Ohio and Kanawha Fuel and Light Company filed in Common Pleas Court for a restraining order against G. M. Linkous John E. Koehler D. A. Armstrong and Melvina Armstrong. Barton says he leased the Armstrongs 80 acre Rutland Township farm for drilling oil and gas and was due payment by February 24 1930. He says the Armstrongs leased the same farm to Linkous and Koehler on January 8 1930 for oil and gas and seeks to bar them from entering the premises and interfering with his rights.
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Armstrongs
Linkous and Koehler
Fire on Lasley coal vein at Monkey Run fault in Pomeroy
Fire at a coal vein on Lasley heirs lands at Monkey Run slip No 7 Highway is being investigated by O H Stewart for the Lasleys of Chattanooga. Herman V Carl, Lasleys’ resident engineer, was sent to study stopping the blaze. A second fire on the edge of the cliff nearby is considered harmless loose coal not near the vein.
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Pomeroy
Monkey Run
No. 7
Lasley
Chattanooga
Tennessee
O. H. Stewart
Lasleys
Herman V. Carl
Homes Doomed by Slide on Hillside
In Pomeroy Ohio and Middleport the hillside slide accelerated after heavy rain. Joe Boyd’s frame house and John Hugginbottom’s home lean toward collapse while Earl Bryan’s house, with a Spanish American War veteran resident, moves toward the river. Crews work day and night to stabilize tracks, water lines, and the highway for traffic.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
Joe Boyd
Jackson
John Hugginbottom
Earl Bryan
Bryan
Hocking Valley Railroad
Middleport Notes Highlight Local Visits and Events
Charles Howard shows improvement after illness as Grogan family visits brother Joe Rayburn who was severely burned at his mill. Board of Education met with J C Fisher presiding, bills paid. Loyal Woman’s Class to host a church supper February 14. Pauline Tuckerman’s club gathering at South Sixth Street. Elizabeth Thompson recovering from a recent fall. Legion auxiliary plans a benefit show March 21 22.
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Middleport
Charles Howard
Kelly Grogan
Steubenville
Maxine Smith Hortense Wessa
Evelyn Eichinger
Louise ‘Talbott
Talkies Reach Glouster and Corning Theaters
In Glouster both theaters now show talking pictures with the opera house equipped for sound. In Corning one theater is installing a talkie setup this week and will open Saturday night. The old road-show model is nearly obsolete as talkies dominate small-town entertainment.
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Glouster
Opera
Corning
Funeral for Freda Agnes Lucas
Funeral services were held for five year old Freda Agnes Lucas at the Methodist Church in Glouster. The ceremony was led by Minister N Mr. Kimmey of Athens. Burial followed in Holi cemetery. She died Monday after an illness dating to last September and is survived by her parents Fremont and Mrs Lucas, two sisters, and a brother.
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Glouster
Freda Agnes
Fremont Lucas
Mra
Kimmey
Athens
Holi
Glouster Defeats Le Team by 380 Pins in Burns Alleys Meet
Glouster ers defeated a team from Le on the Burns alleys by 380 pins. Home team totals 2 591 to visitors 2 561 as Glouster overturns a first half deficit in the third game. Individual scores show solid contributions from C, Everett, and others in a high total, with final marks near 845 and 876.
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Glouster
Glousterers
Leon
Burns Alleys
Ake Eereeeccerentes
A. Eeevesnevecen
Ohn
Eevereteeeseees
ovsTanham
Patrick Dyer Jr Dies in Charleston
Patrick Dyer Jr 30 of Glouster died in General Hospital Charleston WV after a brief illness. Relatives learned of his condition by telegrams from Charleston and arrangements were set to bring the body to Glouster for funeral services. He leaves his father five sisters and two brothers with his mother deceased.
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Glouster
Patrick Dyer, Jr
General Hospital
Charleston
W. Va
Patrick Dyer
Fast Noble Grands Club Meets at J. O. O. F. Hall
The Fast Noble Grands' Club will meet at the J. O. O. F. Hall Thursday night at 7 o'clock. All members have been requested to be present.
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Glouster
Fast Noble Grands’ Club
J. O. O. F. Hall
Rock blamed for sinking of Ringling yacht Zalophus
An uncharted submerged rock in New Pass about a mile off Lido Beach Florida was blamed today for the sinking of the palatial $200000 yacht Zalophus belonging to John Ringling circus magnate.
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Sarasota
Fla
U.R
New Pass
Lido Beach
Here
John Ringling
Moxahala Woman Cherry Dunfee Dies at 59
Mrs. Cherry Dunfee of Moxahala, 59, prominent local resident, died after a stroke of paralysis in New Lexington on February 5. Services and arrangements pending according to family.
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New Lexington
Cherry Dunfee
Moxahala
Orange Root tonic praised for nerves and health
Mrs. Mathew Phillips of Steubenville testifies Orange Root Iron and Celery Compound steadies nerves, increases strength, and relieves indigestion and dizziness. She credits 1 2 6 bottles with improving weight and wellbeing and recommends the remedy from Lash's Drug Store or H. & J. Laboratories Parkersburg West Virginia.
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Mathew Phillips
Short St
Steubenville
Lash
H. & J. Laboratorien
Parkersburg
W. Va
Sixty Miles an Hour play cast in selection process
The play Sixty Miles an Hour is in casting. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Young and children, just arrived from Columbus Georgia, stay with Mrs. Young's mother Mrs. Effie Wise in town. Mr. Young works at Pure Oil. Mrs. W J Forquer returns from visits in Columbus and Delaware. Fred Wilbur comes to help care for his mother Mrs. Delia Wilbur, 85, who recently suffered a stroke and may face foot amputation. Philathea Women to meet Friday at the Christian Church Assembly room. president Mrs. Alice Sidenstricker asks full attendance.
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Edgar Young
Columbus
Delia Wilbur
Alice Sidenstricker
Baptist Church Benefit Bake Sale Planned in Albany
The Baptist Church ladies host a bake sale Saturday at T. W. Coe’s store in Albany to aid community needs. Marion Bobo has sold his Albany milk route after four years and will deliver dairy service in Huntington, selling to Leonard Woodgerd.
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Plan Church
Albany
Ladies of the Baptist Church
T. W. Coe
Marion Bobo
Leonard Woodgerd
Opposition to Lake Erie to Ohio River Canal Plan
E J Kulas president of Otis Steel and Rivers and Harbors chair says the proposed canal’s cost would exceed benefits. He cites strong Pittsburgh district to Detroit rail service and argues taxation burden on the public is unfair if few would gain.
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Cleveland
U.P
Lake Erie
Ohio River
E. J. Kulas
Otis Steel Company
Chamber of Commerce
United States
Minister Velasco May Return as Rector of St John’s Dayton
It is reported without confirmation that Rev Julius Arnold Velasco will be reinstated as rector of St John’s Episcopal Church Dayton Ky after suspension for marrying a Catholic girl. Parishioners stand by him and only the House of Bishops could remove him if vestry does not demand his resignation.
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Lexington
U.P
Julius Arnold Velasco
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Dayton
H. P. Almon Abbott
Velasco
House of Bishops
McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Tablets Promote Vitamin Health
Improved health claims for McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Tablets emphasize pure Norwegian cod liver oil vitamins A and D. The ad urges taking one and a half tablets per day as a vitamin dose, pricing 60 tablets at 60 cents, from McC. L. Inc. in 1929.
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McC. L. Inc
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