Pomeroy Bend Bells Heard Across Rural District
Pomeroy on February 8 reports church bells heard clearly in Middleport Clifton and Mason City due to favorable air and river conditions. The Catholic Church bell travels farthest, followed by the Simpson Methodist bell from the old City of Wheeling, then Bethany M E Peace Presbyterian and St Paul Lutheran. Bells invite study of scriptures and worship, challenging notes on religious sentiment and generational shifts.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
Clifton
Mason City
Simpson Methodist Church
City of
Wheeling
Pomeroy Wharf
Bethany M. E. Church
Peace Church
The
Presbyterian
St. Paul Lutheran
Pomeroy to Meet Middleport Next
Pomeroy High School boys basketball beat Rome Township 22 to 11 at home, extending their win streak to sixteen. Next Saturday Pomeroy faces Middleport in Middleport with high expectations for a capacity crowd. Racine rallied past Cadmus 36 to 18, reflecting Racine’s strong season.
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Rome Township
Panthers
Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
Pomeroy Gym
Rome
Columbus
Middleport
Racine
Cadmus
Ill Son of Man Dies in California Hospital Message Reaches Kin
POMEROY Feb 8 A telegram to John Pence reports his son Jacob Pence is critically ill in a California veterans hospital. The father is listed as next of kin in army records, though he has been dead for months. Jacob Pence has other relatives in Pomeroy who were notified.
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Soldiers Hospital
West
Pomeroy
John Pence
Jacob Pence
Veterans’ Hospital
California
Being Held Here Henry Wears Is Said to Be Wanted on Forgery Charge
Henry Weare from Putnam County is wanted in West Virginia for issuing bad checks. He was arrested in Middleport and held in the Pomeroy jail for West Virginia officers. He is accused of passing bad checks in Huntington Beckley Nitro Charleston and other places.
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Henry Wears
Pomeroy
Henry Weare
West Virginia
Middleport
Putnam County
Huntington
Beckley
Nitro
Charleston
West LaFayette Visit and Local Moves Mentioned in MIddleport
Mrs Lee Pratt and daughter spent the weekend in West LaFayette with Mr and Mrs Herman. Rev Fred Gardner recovered enough to attend services. The Barsotti house on North Second Street is being prepared for J S Haggerty family who expect to move soon. Cheatham family called due to William Ferguson illness in Hysel Street. Andrew Stewart also came for Ferguson illness. Prof and Mrs R M Howell and Naomi from Columbus visited H B Cook. Frank Booth visited his daughter then returned to Bucyrus. Filickingers visited Charleston to see her mother and Albert Faehnle who had been in Florida.
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Middleport
Lee Pratt
West LaFayette
Herman
Fred Gardner
Barsotti
North Second Street
J. S. Haggerty
Haggertys
Oscar Cheatham
William Ferguson
Hysel
Andrew Stewart
Haliwood
W. Va
Ferguson
R. M. Howell
Naomi
Columbus
H. EB. Cook
Frank Booth
Lera Roush
Bucyrus
L. H. Filickinger
Charleston
Albert Faehnle
Florida
Art Pfarr
Dana
Art
Faehnies
F. A. Shiflet
St. Petersburg
Virgil Edwards
Roy Sayre
Cordelia Murphey
South Third Avenue
Helen Beeson
John Beeson
Marjorie Harris
Robert
Gordon
R. W. Harris
Dorothy Grossman
Cleveland
Ohio University
Athens
E. Ervin
Jessie Lansbury
Alice Petty
Fred Fultz
South
Pearl Street
Mauring
Baptist Church
F. C. Wreager
Gailia
Bladen
Local society notes and community updates from Mes senger
A Hartley staff correspondent compiles society items from Mes senger readers. Several residents, including Miss Mauring, are noted for recent events and illness. The funeral for Miss Mauring took place at the Baptist Church with burial in Gailia County near Bladen.
Aged Widow Mary Lyman Dies in Pomeroy
Mrs. Mary Lyman aged 80 widow of Civil War soldier James M. Lyman died Saturday night at 9 at her daughter Mrs. Charles Neselroad’s home in Lower Pomeroy. She had been ill since her husband’s death and leaves a son James who disappeared years ago. Funeral at 2 Tuesday from the residence with burial in Beech Grove Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Mary Lyman
James M. Lyman
Charles Neselroad
Lower Pomeroy
James
Beech Grove Cemetery
John Schaff IlL Councilman Taken to Gallipolis Hospital
POMEROY Feb 8 Councilman John Schaff and a son in law of Mayor Hess are in Gallipolis hospital in critical condition after a major operation was deemed too risky. He suffers high blood pressure kidney trouble and other complications and hopes are to with stand an operation. Schaff runs a filling station. Saturday Marguerite Rea employed at a local newspaper office was taken to the same hospital for an appendicitis operation she is the daughter of George Rea Minersville a steamboat engineer.
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Pomeroy
Gallipolis Hospital
John Schaff
Charles J. Hess
Gallipolis
Schaaf
Marguerete Rea
George Rea
Minersville
Plowing Advances in Western Meigs County Amid Slide At Cook's Gap
A Meigs County survey shows extensive plowing on Leading Creeks with most fields prepared for spring planting. Cook's Gap steady slipbacks continue, tied to a local legend about a curse on the road. Rutland's new bridge progresses, with a temporary span in place and a detour planned.
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Cook's Gap
Rutland Bridge
Pomeroy
West End
Meigs County
Rutland
Bradbury
Dead Man's Curve
Cook’s Gap
New Bridge Site Advances with Pier Foundations
Long piling is being placed on the ground to form the foundations for the new bridge. Workers prepare supports as engineers outline the structural work required to secure the spans and approach.
Middleport Woman Dies in Columbus Hospital
Mrs. Ethel Butcher Gender of Middleport died in White Cross Hospital Columbus after a brief illness. She was twice married her first husband Frank Carrier and is survived by a husband several children her mother Mrs Neimeter a sister Mrs Lee Dapher and brothers Arch and Harry Butcher of Middleport.
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Middleport
Ethel Butcher-Gender
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
Frank Carrier
Gender
Neimeter
Lee Dapher
Arch
Harry Butcher
Cane From Pemberton Tree Said to Lie in Rutland Attic
A Rutland Township attic houses a Civil War relic cane cut from the Pemberton Tree at Vicksburg. The Seventh Ohio Independent Battery, formed in Meigs County, included many noted men. only Marion Moore of Pomeroy and N C Cook of Syracuse survived after service.
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Rutland
Pomeroy
Rutland Township
Vicksburg
Mississippi
Pemberton
Ohio Independent Battery
Meigs County
Marion Moore
N. C. Cook
Syracuse
Royal Church
C. H. Church
Middleport
Anderson Price
Portland
Church of Price
Price
H. P. McNaughton
Only Confederate in Gallia Is Honored
Robert Saunders an 85 year old Gallia County resident and former Confederate fought with Lee and received the Southern Cross of Honor from the Daughters of the Confederacy of Columbus at his Pomeroy home. Two Union witnesses attended as the county’s sole ex Confederate, with no known Confederate veterans left in Meigs County and a nearby Rutland figure once connected to Stonewall Jackson.
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Robert Saunders
Pomeroy
Gallia County
Daughters of the Confederacy of Columbus
Saunders
Lee
T County
M. C. Boice
Cheshire
Lefayette Gaston
Gallipolia
Boice
Raymond Boice
Meigs County
Rutland
George W. Myer
Stonewall
Jackson
Rutland Patriot Jackson Remembered as Fine Citizen
The article recalls Jackson who worked as a traveling salesman and Rathburn Store clerk, later ran a Rutland grocery. Rutland housed many patriots and Union soldiers after the war, and Jackson was respected by Union veterans who felt environment misled him. He sent son Will to the Philippines during the insurgency. Jackson and his Rutland wife are deceased and their children moved away.
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Rathburn
Rutland
Jackson
Union
Funeral for Mrs. Margaret Headley Held at Baptist Church
The funeral service for Mrs. Margaret Headley occurred Monday at 2 PM at the Baptist Church with Rev. Frank C. Kreager officiating. Burial followed in Hill Cemetery.
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Middleport
Margaret Headley
Baptist Church
Frank C. Kreager
Hill Cemetery
Elizabeth Moore Birthday Party Observed in Middleport
Mrs Nan Moore hosted a Mill Street gathering from 3 to 6 PM honoring her daughter Elizabeth on her eighth birthday. Guests played games and received gifts. refreshments were served to Barbara Stout Virginia White Margaret Ingalls Marjorie Ingalls Patricia Sherman Nan Fisher Doris Bailey and Mary Jean Bailey.
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Middleport
Nan Moore
Mill Street
Elizabeth
Barbara Stout
Virginia White
Margaret
Marjorie Ingalls
Patricia Sherman
Nan Fisher
Doris
Mary Jean Bailey
Social News Notes From Chesterhill and Nearby Towns
Mrs Nellie Grigsby and daughter Lucile of Chesterhill visited her brother Charles Brawley and family. Several residents from Stewart New England and Glouster spent time with Constance Van Dyke and others in Athens and Chesterhill. Charles Brawley and Gail Nadine were in Chesterhill. Gail has returned to school. Rows of visits and illnesses include Rowena Fultz and Betty Louise Grandstarr ill with flu.
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Nellie Grigsby
Lucile
Chesterhill
Charles Brawley
Myrnie Congreve
Stewart
Glenna Steinmetz
New England
Constance van Dyke
Misa Betty Smith
Glouster
Samuel McClellan
Herrold Run
Athens
Francis van Dyke
Ada Steinmetz
Mary Copeland
Pauline van Dyke
Harvey Wood
Joan
Barbara
Arthur Copeland
Viola McClellan
Nadine Brawley
Columbus
R. R. Wagner
Clovis Delong
Gail
Nadine
Gail Brawley
Samuel McClellan, Jr
Bill van Dyke
Rowena Fultz
Romeland Fruit Farm
Betty Louise Grandstarr
Small Boy Dies Fighting Fire to Save Baby
Akron reports 5 year old Robert Brow died defending his 8 month old sister Ruth from a lamp fire. The oilcloth pulled from a table toppled an oil lamp onto the floor, flames rose under the high chair. Robert stamped out the blaze but his clothes ignited and he died as his mother tried to help.
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Akron
Robert Brow
Ruth
Robert
Walker Elected Clerk of City School Board
E. R. Walker was elected clerk of the Athens City Board of Education by unanimous vote, at a Saturday night meeting in the High School Building. He will assume March 1, succeeding L. J. Addicott, who served for years. The board authorized advertising for a depository for school funds and to borrow money in anticipation of tax payments.
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E. R. Walker
Athens City Board of Education
John J. Woolley
Walker
L. J. Addicott
One Cent a Day Pays Up to $100 a Month
The Postal Life and Casualty Insurance Co offers an accident policy paying up to 100 dollars monthly for disability for 24 months and 1000 dollars for deaths at about 83.50 per year. Open to men women and children 10 to 70. No money needed to start. send name address age beneficiary and relation for a 10 day free inspection policy. no exam required. Limited time offer.
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Postal Life & Casualty Insurance Co
Dlerks Building
Kansas City
Adv
Roosevelt To Test Strength With Al Smith
New York February 8 Alfred E Smith and Franklin D Roosevelt will clash for the Democratic presidential nomination in a pre convention test one month hence The New Hampshire primary on March 8 starts the battle with Massachusetts New York and Pennsylvania following Smith's refusal to launch a pre convention campaign while Roosevelt moves to gain delegates from key states. Smith may be signaling a tentative candidacy while Roosevelt forces view his statement as an announcement of opposition.
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New York
U.P
Alfred E. Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Smith
Roosevelt
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Newton D. Baker
Albert C. Ritchie
John Garner
Teachers Collect Pay After Adjourned Meeting
Teachers received their pay this morning after an adjourned meeting. A City Halls gathering Wednesday night adjourned to reconvene at the city high school Saturday night.
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City Halls
S.S.S. Tonic Promises Vital Blood Health And Savings
The ad urges readers to support red blood health by using S.S.S. tonic to boost strength and vitality. It links tiredness, pimples, boils and paleness to low blood, touting over a century of use and a larger size for price savings.
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S.S
S.S.S
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Washington
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R. D. Weyerbacher
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