Meigs County Sheriff and Deputy Set Travel Record
Sheriff J A dpk and Deputy Delbert Welk Jr. traveled about 400 miles in a day visiting Columbus Charleston and Pt Pleasant to secure requisition papers from Governor Cooper and Governor Conley for Floyd Gibbs the Mason City youth charged with wire theft. They returned with Gibbs to Pomeroy where the jailer received him. The Meigs County Jail prisoner total rose to 21 as the grand jury meets next week.
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Cooper
Pomeroy
Pt Pleasant
Ohio River
Floyd Gibbs
Mason City
W. Va
Max Farber
Ohio
Meigs County
William H. Hamilton dies in Middleport at 62
William H. Hamilton age 62 died at home of his brother in Middleport after a paralytic stroke. He served in Battery I, First Heavy Artillery, during the Spanish American War and lived in Century, West Virginia, for 17 years. He leaves a widow and three children in Cleveland, siblings in Middleport and Pomeroy, and two sisters. Funeral set for Friday at 2 p.m. with Spanish American War veterans as pallbearers. A. A. Mason of Pomeroy Board of Education ill at home.
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Middleport
William H. Hamilton
M. J. Hamilton
Lower Third Street
Mr. Hamilton
Spain
Century
W. Va
Pomeroy
Florida
Cleveland
Curtis Hamilton
James Moore
Cheshire
Samuel Murray
Bunker Hill
Hamilton
Industrial rumors stir Meigs County hopes of growth
Pomeroy area speculation centers on merging Hocking Valley and Chesapeake and Ohio rails to ship coal system wide. Reports say Pomeroy Bend coal yields strong steam power and deposits east of Syracuse may be developed. Expansion of Hobson shops and coal tonnage to north, shale gas ventures, housing demand for 600 families, and a Corrugated Steel outlet are noted amid broader Meigs County oil and gas activity.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Bend
Hocking Valley
Chesapeake and Ohio
Syracade
Middleport
Hobson
New York Central
Meirs
Mason Counties
Federal Gas Company
Hobson Station
Corrugated Steel Company
Wheeling
Mason City
No One Won POMEROY Lottery Plot Foiled
A Pomeroy woman rejected a Milwaukee man’s mail and wire plan to sell lottery tickets. Tickets were mailed to towns with a commission, money sent back, and a supposed prize for the seller. In Pomeroy the woman discarded the tickets and refused to pay the alleged prize fee.
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Pomeroy
Milwaukee
Ambulance Rushes Tate to Holzer Hospital After Appendicitis
Harry Tate, employed at the Chevrolet Garage, was taken by Ewing ambulance to Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis on Tuesday night for immediate appendicitis surgery. A new local anesthetic method was used and Tate reportedly conversed with surgeons during the operation.
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Ewing
Harry Tate
Chevrolet
Holzer
Gallipolis
Middleport Notes on Local Visits and Illnesses
Mrs C N Wagner is seriously ill. Mrs Oneida Hardesty and her Akron daughter visit farmer aunt Miss Etta Gaskill. Wallace Wright and son Dale apple growers near Langsville attend Farmers Week in Columbus. Mr Wright is father of Mrs Harry Laing of Middleport. Mr and Mrs George Schaaf Columbus visit parents Mr and Mrs R C Lansbury and in Pomeroy. Mrs Sara Carter returns home at Rutland after hospital stay. Mr and Mrs O R Stout spend Monday in Jackson with in laws. Mrs Frank Brumley and Mrs Will Reynolds with daughter Mary visit Columbus for eye specialist. child’s eyes improving. Mrs Brumley stays with relatives. Mrs Eleanor Stevens Parkersburg visits mother Agnes Wells and aunt Mrs A W McKay. She will also see ill relatives. Happy Nelson, Pomeroy taxi driver, accompanies wife to a Parkersburg hospital.
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Carl Evans
Middleport
Berthar Geary
Rutland
Pomeroy
F. W. Gilmore
W. S. Metcalf
Marietta
C. W. Metcalf
Frances Fray
John E. Fray
F. W. Crow
Meigs County
C. N. Wagner
Oneida Hardesty
Akron
Etta Gaskill
Wallace Wright
Dale
Langsville
Columbus
Wright
Harry Laing
George Schaaf
R. C. Lansbury
Sara Carter
Ed Jenkins
Misa Hannah
O. R. Stout
Jackson
Frank Brumley
Will Reynolds
Mary
Eleanor Stevens
Parkersburg
Agnes Wells
A. W. McKay
Nelson
Great Offer To All Who Suffer Stomach Agony
An old advertisement touts Dave's Mentha Pepsin as a quick relief for gas indigestion and stomach discomfort. It claims ten minutes to ease, heart pressure subsiding, and breathing returning to normal. The copy promotes regular use to overcome dyspepsia and mentions nationwide pharmacist guarantee.
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Dave
America
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W. S. Koester
Willock
WM. H. Hamilton
A. A. Mason
Edward Weeks
Holzer Hospital
George Maxwell
Fort Wayne, Ind
Ella Maxwell
Bernice Durst
Frank Donaldson
Church of Christ In
First Christian Church of
Charleston
Masonic Fraternity
Racine
J. M. Weldon
Frank Weaver
Jonas Ervin
Gold Brothers
L. J. But
Tercutter
Mason, W.va
Rote. McCollough
Simpson M. E
Poe Mffroy
E. State St
Pomeroy Mason Bridge
Lancaster
Logan
Nelsonville
Athens
Mason
Ripley
West Virginia
Empress
Axminster
Usuny
Kotex
Dan River
Anchor
Simmons
Ae Ny Re WU Asie
Mya
Shirley Ese
Shirley
Smith Brothers
F. Heller Smith Brothers
Wriple Action
SL Hae Brothers
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Ike
Toal
Lucy
American Tobacco Co
Mira
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