Wagner Notified Of School Aid For Meigs County
County Superintendent C N Wagner was informed of state aid totals for Meigs County schools covering debt up to February 1. listed districts and amounts include Bedford Rural 1300, Chester Rural 2600, Columbus Rural 1200, Great River Rural 300, Harrisonville Consolidated 1500, Lebanon Rural 900, Letart Consolidated 1700, Long Bottom Rural 500, Minersville Special 300, Olive Orange 100, Racine Sutton 1100, Rutland Consolidated 1500, Salem Rural 800, Salisbury Rural 3200, Syracuse Rural 1300.
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Pomeroy
C. N. Wagner
Meigs County
Bedford Rural
Chester Rural
Columbus Rural
Great River Rural
Harrisonville Consolidated
Lebanon Rural
Letart Consolidated
Long Bottom Rural
Minersville Special
Olive-Orange
Racine-Sutton
Rutland Consolidated
Salem Rural
Salisbury Rural
Syracuse Rural
Gosney Arrested in Pomeroy on Liquor Manufacture Charges
Henry Gosney of Middleport was arrested Tuesday on charges of possessing materials for unlawful liquor production. Police say he had two mash barrels a whisky keg 150 pounds of sugar and 100 pounds of cracked corn. He pleaded not guilty and a hearing was set for today before Justice Gilmore.
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Pomeroy
Henry Gosney
Middleport
Gilmore
Fire damages attic in J. M. Stevens residence
A fire alarm at 8 o clock Tuesday morning spotted flames in the attic of J. M. Stevens residence in Middleport. The smoke traced to a defective tile flue and only minor damage resulted.
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Middleport
J. M. Stevens
Feiger Promoted To Full Clerkship In Post Office
Philip Feiger has been promoted to a full clerkship after many years at the Pomeroy Post Office. Rev. Charles A. Pierce of Hiram will open a two week revival at the Church of Christ in Pomeroy Sunday night. A Women’s Missionary Society meeting was held at the home of Mr and Mrs James Chisholme Nye Street East Pomeroy with 26 in attendance. H L Carson is foreman of the grand jury now in session at the courthouse forty two witnesses were examined. The chicken themes of Pomeroy are sending hundreds of baby chicks through the mails. Clarence McCarles A A has been under physician’s care for several weeks while held in the county jail on a non support charge was severely ill again Tuesday night. Marion Nelson, held in the county jail for several weeks, was placed on trial before Judge F W Crow Tuesday and pleaded guilty. The court withheld sentence to allow further investigation. Complications from whooping cough caused Maxine ten year old daughter of Mrs Dora Rice Lower Pomeroy to be removed to Holzer Hospital Tuesday. Dr Parker Rutland Township reported fifteen of his sheep were killed this week by dogs resulting in a loss of one hundred fifty dollars. Two sheep were killed and one injured in the flock of Dell Bolin in the same area. loss twenty five dollars. A vacant house at Graham Station W Va owned by George Clark Racine was destroyed by fire Monday evening. Joe Greenler East Liverpool is visiting his brother Charles Greenler Wolf Pen Creek.
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Philip Feiger
Pomeroy
Charles A. Pierce
Hiram
Church of Christ In
Women’s Missionary Society
Pomeroy Church of Christ
James Chisholme
Nye Street
East Pomeroy
H. L. Carson
Mary
Clarence McCarles
Theounty
Marion Nelson
F. W. Crow
Maxine
Dora Rice
Lower Pomeroy
Holzer Hospital
Parker
Rutland Township
Dell Bolin
Graham Station
W. Va
George Clark
Racine
Joe Greenler
East Liverpool
Charles Greenler
Wolf Pen Creek
Mrs Swisher Heads to Columbus After Visit
Mrs Arthur Swisher left Tuesday morning for Columbus where she will spend the remainder of the week with her cousin Mrs Ira Beott.
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Arthur Swisher
Columbus
Ira Beott
Flood anniversary recalls 1884 Ohio River disaster in Pomeroy
Pomeroy observes the 46th flood anniversary of the 1884 Ohio River disaster that damaged coal mines and salt factories and contributed to the Pomeroy Coal Company collapse. Residents note lasting indifference to floods as they relocate during high water and return afterward.
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Pomeroy
Ohio River
Pomeroy Bend
Pomeroy Coal Company
Valentine B. Horton
Creger Couple Wed In Knoxville Then Return Home
E. A. Creger and his bride were married January 10 in Knoxville. They arrived back at Gravel Hill today with Mr. Creger, a retired New York Central engineer, and his wife who joined him on the trip from their boyhood home.
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Middleport
E. A. Creger
Knoxville
Tenn
Creger
New York Central
Gravel Hill
Mills Woman Undergoes Immediate Operation In Charleston
Shirley Mills rushed to Charleston after a message said his wife’s condition worsened and surgery was needed at once. Mrs Mills had shown improvement Sunday while her husband visited the hospital. Mrs Emmet Blackburn, Mrs Mills sister, joined Mr Mills in Charleston Monday. The operation occurred Tuesday morning.
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Middleport
Shirley Mills
Charleston
Mills
Emmet Blackburn
Lillian Carleton Dies After Illness in Syracuse
Syracuse February report says Lilian Carleton 68 a longtime music teacher died after four days of pneumonia. Her sister Belle Carleton a postal official had been ill but recovered. A brother Columbus Carleton lives in Hartford West Virginia. Relatives live in Kingsbury Bedford Township. Probate Judge J E Carleton of Meigs County is a relative. Funeral arrangements not announced.
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Syracuse
Lillian Carleton
Belle Carleton
Columbus Carleton
Hartford
W. Va
Kingsbury
Bedford Township
J. E. Carleton
Meigs County
Carleton
Literary Club Meets on Architecture Topics
The Literary Club met at Mrs. BD. C. Miller’s Grant Street home in Middleport on February 12 to study Architecture. Mrs. M. L. French spoke on Colonial Architecture, followed by Mrs. E. G. Probst on American Cathedrals and Mrs. T. A. May on Commercial Architecture, with Miss Weed serving as critic.
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Middleport
BD. C. Miller
Grant Street
Lincoln
M. L. French
E. G. Probst
T. A. May
Miss Weed
County Ministers Meet in Pomeroy for Law Enforcement Talk
County ministers gathered at the Stark home in Pomeroy on Monday for a ministerial meeting and pot luck meal. Mrs. Morgan of Syracuse U B Church delivered the afternoon address on law enforcement, with remarks by Rev. Moenckhaus, Rev. Bright, and Rev. Cochran. A motion urged preaching on February 23 about law enforcement and prohibition. next gathering set for Middleport in March.
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Middleport
Eichinger
Gardner
Skinner
A. R. Stark
Pomeroy
Morgan
U. B
Syracuse
William Moenckhaus
P. A. Bright
Cochran
Racine M. E
Thomas A. Edison
Fred Gardner
Mrs Margaret Ohlinger Dies in West Virginia
Margaret Ohlinger 84 widow of Civil War veteran Conrad Ohlinger formerly lived on Lincoln Hill Pomeroy died at Winona West Virginia Monday evening. She went to join a child over the holidays became ill. Survived by grown children largely in West Virginia coal regions. Body brought home last night and to be buried from St Paul Lutheran at 3 o ello interment Beech Grove Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Margaret Ohlinger
Conrad Ohlinger
Lincoln Hill
Winona
W. Va
Ohlinger
West Virginia
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Beech Grove Cemetery
Missing Boy Believed In Parkersburg
Lyle Brown, 16, son of Raymond C. Brown of 84 Lancaster Street, left home January 30 and rode a bus to Parkersburg or Jaysville. The father, in touch through The Athens Messenger, seeks to learn his son’s whereabouts and well being. The youth has little money and may be seeking work near Parkersburg.
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Lyle Brown
Raymond C. Brown
Lancaster Street
Parkersburg
Jaysville
Athens
Sidwell Dies in Georgetown Car Crash
Leon Sidwell aged 24 of Ripley was killed when his car skidded and overturned in a ditch near Georgetown. His neck was broken in the fatal crash reported February 11.
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Georgetown
U.P
Leon Sidwell
Ripley
Lincoln assassination clock sign in Court Street still marked
On Lincoln's birthday in Pomeroy the lone jeweler’s clock sign marking the hour and minute of the assassination remains in front of the old Goessler store on Court Street. Signs of that type were once common but have vanished over time, with this one in place for 50 years.
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Pomeroy
Lincoln
Goessler
Court Street
Heath area notices and hospital updates
Mrs F Rathburn was at Holzer Hospital for treatment Monday and Tuesday. Pauline Wolf has been ill and absent from school. Mrs David Durst is improved after a week of illness. Mrs E R Tompkins hosted her 500 Club Tuesday afternoon. Mrs C P Dutton has been ill for several days at home on Lincoln Street. The Heath M E Church Guild met Monday evening with Mrs Jack Terry. Billy Root, seriously ill with threat and car trouble, is improving. Mr and Mrs Dave McClellan left for Montgomery to reside. Henry Etchinger named new manager of Pomeroy Dry Clothing. Mrs Elizabeth H Hartinger and Miss Mary E Hartinger returned from Akron. J D Miller and family from Athens visited. Elmer Miller and son observed birthday anniversaries. Mrs Merrill Covert and son returned to Columbus after a weekend with Arthur Covert. Rev C H Eschinger and wife drove to Nelsonville for a Missionary Conference. Mrs Eschinger was a Foreign Missionary Society delegate.
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F. Rathburn
Holzer Hospital
Pauline Wolf
David Durst
E. R. Tompkins
C. P. Dutton
Lincoln Street
Guild Society of the Heath
M. E. Church
Jack Terry
Billy Root
Dave McClellan
Montgomery
McClellan
Pomeroy Dry Clothing
Henry Etchinger
Elizabeth H. Hartinger
Akron
Mary E. Hartinger
J. D. Miller
Athens
Elmer Miller
Grant Street
Miller
Merrill Covert
Arthur Covert
Columbus
C. H. Escchinger
Nelsonville
Senate backs Barkley amendment restoring 1922 window glass duties
Washington February 12 Senate action restores 1922 tariff rates on window glass after adopting Senator Barkley's amendment to overturn higher duties set by a prior presidential proclamation. The vote wipes out the post proclamation increases.
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Washington
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Newspaper convention opens in Columbus with governor's welcome
Journalists attending the Associated Ohio Dailies Convention in Columbus heard Governor Cooper welcome the delegates. Reports from convention officers followed as sessions began.
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Columbus
U.P
Associated Ohio Dailies
Cooper
Cascarets Candy Card Promises Quick Digestive Relief
A dated advertisement touts Cascarets as a bedtime remedy to stimulate appetite, cleanse bowels, and relieve biliousness, gas, and headaches. It claims stronger bowel muscles and urges frequent use, noting a dime price in drug stores.
Veterans urged to file claims for aid in Athens County
One hundred twelve World War veterans in Athens County who suffered disabilities have not filed claims for financial and medical aid from the Veterans Bureau. Claims and evidence must be filed before April 6. The notice lists many veterans by name across towns including Athens Buchtel Glouster Nelsonville Albany Amesville Canaanville Carbondale Chauncey Frost Hockingport Hollister Jacksonville Lathrop Millfield and more.
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Athens County
United States Veterans’ Bureau
C. O. Gibson
K. T. Crossen Post
American Legion
Legion
Adjutant General’s Department
Washington, D. C
Veterans’ Bureau
Congress
Gibson
Veterans Listed by Athens County Worthy of Note
A roster enumerates deceased veterans by town in Athens County including Albany Kossuth Crossen Denver Lewellen Amesville Harley Ball Athens Hoyt Ashton Bolin Conrath Cornell Craig Hoisinger Jordan Kelly Knight McLain O’Brien Sharp Beebe France Chauncey Ward Wendells Watkins Coolville Chutes Chutes Frame Russell Deanville Courtney Glouster Atlas Cox Dew Heffken Lewis Guysville Bail Bean Stanton Hockingport Harris Schoonover Jacksonville McCann Williams Millfield Knight Knight Nelsonville Bowers Cage Cook Cunningham Culp Dugan Hale Hall Hoodlett Howell McKee Stratton Wend Wolfe New Marshfield Pidcock Poston Andryciewicz Shade Watson Evans Sharpsburg L Davis Reinders Stewart Weiss Sugar Creek Fin zer Lawyer Schrock Weiss Yoder Trimble Heckman.
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Arch B. Wallace
John W. Werner
Ray F. Wend
Mineral
George Hibbard
Harmon M. Jones
New Marshfield
Clarence E. Wolfe
Poston
William F. Douglas
Pratts Fork
Fred S. Cullums
Sharpsburg
Joe Estep
Warren S. Kenney
John N. Thompson
Walter R. White
Stewart
Charles R. Grubb
Emory B. Montgomery
the Plains
Paul Coley
Homer L. Warner
Trimble
Harley Bisnaug
William O’brien
Granville Sharp
Carl Stribling
Beebe
Howard L. France
Chauncey
John H. Ward
Wendells Watkins
Coolville
Andrew Chutes
James Chutes
Howard M. Frame
Everett D. Russell
Deanville
Carl C. Courtney
Glouster
Walter R. Atlas
James Cox
Todd Dew
William Heffken
John C. Lewis
Guysville
John H
Woman Credits Konjola For Health Revival After Years Of Ills
Mrs. W. Wright of Columbus says she endured gas bloating heart strain liver sluggishness high blood pressure and headaches after meals. She reports rapid improvement within a week and full recovery in four weeks after using Konjola sold by Me Kee Drug Co in Athens and other druggists in the region.
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Konjola
Athens
Kee Drug Co
Great Screen Lover Knocked Out in Scrape
Hollywood reports Jim Tully the hobo author advanced to the film colony's semi finals of a boxing tournament by defeating Jack Gilbert the noted screen lover with a solid right to the jaw. The bout occurred before a small crowd at a local restaurant.
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Hollywood
Calif
U.P
Jim Tully
Film Colony
Jack Gilbert
Tully
Tom Mix
Myron Selznick
Jackie la Verne
Gilbert
Farm loan bill aids seeds purchase for flood drought states
The House Agriculture Committee favorably reported a bill to authorize a $7,000,000 appropriation to loan farmers for seed purchases. Eligible farmers include those in Ohio and 12 other states affected by floods and droughts.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Ohio
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Zella Lighter
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Mary Conway
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Millard O. Bryan
William E. Chappell
Sherman F. Collins
David L. Davis
Rodney Downing
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Charles Curtis Goddard
John F. Gleason
Virrel M. Hart
Dan Hawk
Harry D. Henry
Charles Hudnall
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Rollo Johnson
Glenn Jones
Allen B. Kresge
Milford Lasure
Earl F. Mace
Ray D. McGrath
Ralph McKibben
Alfred H. Carpenter
John R. Chappelear
Earl Coffman
Arthur H. Conroe
Pearl R. Orndorf
Jesse A. Roberts
Laurence Raymond Rogers
Mike Lestock
Arthur E. Smith
James W. Snyder
Ira Stansberry
James H. Stiers
Peter Vollmer
William Vollmer
Charles Dewight Wells
John M. Cooley
Lewis Ellis
Martin Maraski
John L. Meade
Carbondale
Carl E. Frank
John R. Lowry
Charles H. Tickett
Frost
Noah W. Conant
Elmer Murphy
Earl Nice
Hockingport
Herbert C. Hall
Hollister
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Byers
Harry Cooper
William L. Lohimier
Isaac Vaughn
Jacksonville
David Evans
Lathrop
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Millfield
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ONIO
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Cornwell
Athens Jewelers
Sellers
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