Pomeroy Bend Victim Buried After Pistol Affray
Herman Robinson age 86 was shot by J H Hinkle in Olcomb West Virginia Friday and died Monday. Robinson and Hinkle had a feud and fought before the shooting. Robinson’s body arrived in Pomeroy for burial with Odd Fellows pallbearers from Newark Lodge. Funeral services were held at the Kestern home then Beach Grove Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Herman Robinson
John Kesterson
Kerrisun
J. H. Hinkle
Olcomb
Nicholas County
W. Va
Hinkle
Robinson
R. D. Chapman
J. W. Ndy
Fewick Lodge
Holmb
Beach Grove
Middleport Notes watchful visitors and social gatherings
Miss Marcelline Woodrum of Clif m West Virginia visited friends Tuesday. Mrs Horace Roush hosted a bridge party at her Second street home. L J Kimes of Columbus was a business visitor in town Tuesday. William O Neil returned to Athens after a short visit with his parents. Mrs H H King returned from Charleston where she visited relatives. James R Graves of Charleston was a visitor here Tuesday. Ithian Sister lodge met Tuesday evening and enjoyed a program and refreshments. Mr and Mrs M E Rathburn of Utland are visiting Hot Springs. George Johnson and son Edward and Mrs L B Blount of Point Pleasant were recent visitors.
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Middleport
Marcelline Woodrum
Clifm
W. Va
Horace Roush
Second Street
L. J. Kimes
Columbus
Wiliam O'Neil
Athens
J. W. Neil
H. H. King
Yestern
Charleston
I¢ James RN. Graves
Ay. Va
M. E. Rathburn
Utland
Hot Springs
George Johnson
Edward
L. B. Blount
Pointsant
Visihere
Jails Congestion Eased After Prisoner Transfers
Pomeroy reports five prisoners moved to state penal institutions on Wednesday easing crowding in the county jail. Petit jurors for February 18 were excused before leaving home by Judge Mitler, who deemed their services unnecessary at this time.
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Pomeroy
Mitler
Pomeroy Personal News Highlights Local Moves
Judge A P Miller and Dr L G Gribble drove to Columbus on Wednesday. W E Engler visits Mr and Mrs W A Brown on Fourth street. Mrs Adolph Ebersback leaves for Charleston to visit her mother. Dora Reuter hosts Five Hundred club at Naylor's Run. Mrs Doctor Schaefers stays with her sister in Spring Valley. Captain Charles Jiiden of Champion No 3 ill with influenza in Mason City. Mrs Carrie Nye visits Cincinnati. Mr and Mrs Walter Bramilage of Louisville visit relatives here. Hart Stanberry returns from East trip. County commissioners grant Mrs Ollie Stowe a $5 pension per month.
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Pomeroy
A. P. Miller
L. G Gribble
Columbus
W. E. Engler
W. A. Brown
Fourth Street
Adolph Ebersback
Charleston
Dora Reuter
Naylor
Doctor Schaefers
Spring Valley
Charles Jiiden
Mason City
Carrie Nye
Cincinnati
Walter Bramilage
Louisville
Hart Stanberry
Ollie Stowe
Personal notices from Pomeroy area report moves and illnesses
D. W. Hennessy, superintendent of the Pomeroy and Middleport Filectric company, returned Tuesday from an inter company conference in Newark. A. V. Wadsworth, former Parkersburg Rig and Reel manager, left Wednesday for Seneca Falls via Pittsburgh for business. Gene and Pauline Clark, children of Mr and Mrs Floyd Clark, are ill with chicken pox. Margaret Clifford, ill recently, has resumed work at the electric street car office. J. Laube of Ohio Power, Logan, visited Pomeroy in interest of his company.
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D. W. Hennessy
Pomeroy and Middleport Filectric Company
Newark
A. V. Wadsworth
Parkersburg Rig and Reel Company
Senca Falls
New York
Pittsburg
Gene
Pauline
Mia
Floyd Clark
Spring Avenue
Second Ward
Margaret Clifford
Illneas
Electric Street
J. Laube
Onio
Logan
Pomeroy Jeaduy
Courthouse Quiet as New Case Emerges in Meigs County
Meigs county courthouse was quiet on Wednesday with no new cases or marriage licenses. A pending case entered on Monday involves R A and Martha Rice suing Bartlett Rice for partition of realty in Chester township claiming a half interest through heirship.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
R. A
Martha Rice
Bartlett Rice
Chester Township
Young prisoners regret their acts after highway robbery
Sheriff Harry Rice and deputies moved five prisoners to state penal institutions in Ohio. Floyd Qualls and Albert Hart received prison sentences for theft and arson, while Paul and Willis Dagon and Gabriel Veach were sent to Mansfield for ten to twenty five years. The youths voiced remorse and vowed to change paths. The group departed in Curt Weaver’s car.
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Pomeroy
Harry Rice
Varian McCullough
Curt Weaver
Floyd Qualls
Albert Hart
Columbus
Paul
Willis Dagon
Gabriel Veach
Mansfield
Messenger Bureau
Himself
Burson Denies Rumor Of Building Sale
Burson, head of Burson Supply Store, denied rumors that he sold his building and business to the Ebersbach interests when questioned.
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Ebersbach
Burson
Burson Supply Store
Miss Marcelline Woodrum Opens Studio in Cincinnati
Miss Marcelline Woodrum late of the Conservatory of Music Cincinnati and pupil of Don Beddoe will open a studio at the home of Mrs. Herman Mees on Second Street. The announcement notes her professional study and new teaching location.
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Marcelline Woodrum
Conservatory of Music
Cincinnati
Don Beddoe
Herman Mees
Second Street
Aged couple die of pneumonia in Pomeroy
W 5 Torrence died Wednesday afternoon after a few days with pneumonia. His wife Eliza Peoples Torrence died the prior week after two weeks of illness. They had stayed with J E Torrence’s family. He was 73, she 68, married 50 years. Funeral at Christian Church with Knights of Pythias. burial at Sand Hill.
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Pomeroy
Torrence
Eliza Peoples Torrence
J. E. Torrence
Mr. Torrence
Wilson ‘Torrence
Barham
Bertha Baum
Philo
Margaret Baremore
Mattie Torrence
Walter
Ernest Torrence
East Liverpool
Th Christian Church
Knights of Pythias
Tuppers Plains
Sand Hill
Chapman Brought Home After Hospital Treatment
R. D. Chapman who injured his leg in four places between ankle and knee was transported from Holzer hospital Gallipolis to his Zion home on the Pomeroy Harrisonville road. The broken bones require a plaster cast for several weeks as they knit.
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Pomeroy
R. D. Chapman
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Ewing
Zion
Pomeroy- Harrisonville Road
Chapman
Shower for Minister's Bride in Pomeroy
The Mary Martha league of Peace Evangelical church held a pound shower Wednesday at president Mrs. Lucy Langholtz home for Mrs Hertha Moenkhaus bride of Rev W N Moenkhaus newly chosen pastor. Sixty eight attended and enough packages filled for a store. The church will host a surprise general shower for the couple in the church basement Thursday evening. The couple wed in Chicago on February 11 and reside at the church parsonage on Second street.
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Pomeroy
Mary- Martha League of Peace Evangelical Church
Lucy Langholtz
Hertha Moenkhaus
W. N. Moenkhaus
Peace Evangelical Church
Chicago
Second Street
Geologic Survey Reports Thrills in Arctic Oil and Grand Canyon Expeditions
The Geological Survey details ventures across Arctic Alaska seeking oil for the Navy and a perilous expedition to chart the Colorado River canyon. Three parties traverse Endicott range, mapping 253 miles of canyons and evaluating 22 dam sites as 3,700 square miles of Alaska remain high potential oil land. More than 21,000 miles of topographic surveys span 44 states plus Alaska and Hawaii. Air route maps exceed 100,000 square miles for the Army Air Service.
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Washington, D. C
Geological Survey
Secretary of the Interior
Arctic
Alaska
Endicott Range
Secretary of the Navy
Naval Petroleum Reserve
Navy
Colorado River
Grand Canyon
Kremmling
Colorado
United States
Yukon
Texas
Hawaii
Army Air Service
Gas on Stomach Relieved by Adierika Remedy
For years Mrs. Cook suffered gas on the stomach accompanying nervousness and breathlessness. After taking Adierika she found substantial relief. Advert appears to claim Adierika treats gas unless linked to deep seated causes and notes it acts as an excellent intestinal evacuant and remedy for constipation. Sold in Murray by Pol- Gibson's candy Pharmacy.
Goitre Removed In Six Weeks by Newark Lady
Miss Zoa Westbrook of Newark Ohio reports relief from goitre after using Sorbol Quadruple. She says headaches and extreme nervousness disappeared within days and there is no sign of goitre now. She offers to discuss her experience by writing to the Sorbol Company Mechanicshure Obfe.
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Newark
Zoa Westbrook
R. R. No
Ohio
Mechanicshure
Obfe
Red Pepper Rub Delivers Quick Pain Relief Heat
An ad touts Red Pepper Rub as a modern remedy for rheumatic pains and soreness. It promises immediate tingling heat and rapid deep penetration, claiming circulation improves and pain eases within minutes.
Pythian Sisters Meet And Mine Plans Discussed
After the Pythian Sisters regular meeting the lodge was entertained with a varied program and refreshments. R T West of Essex Coal Co left for Van Wert to join engineers about plans for railroads and a new mine opening mid March.
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Pythian Sisters Lodge
R. T. West
Essex Coal Co
van. W. Va
Tipples
P. H
Edward Ebersbach
Lincoln Hill
Byron Bing
Glenroy Ewing
Presbyterian Church
Bing
Butternut Avenue
Ewing
Mineral
Eiselstein
Record low railway passengers at Pomeroy noon arrival
Traffic is light as the Hocking Valley railway train reaches Pomeroy at noon. Exactly two passengers alight, a likely town record for light rail traffic into this community on Wednesday February 19.
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Pomeroy
Hocking Valley
Germany shifts to low power planes as war plan claims
Germany, deprived by the peace treaty of high powered war planes, focuses on small planes and gliders with large rewards for successful flights. A Junkers low power plane is shown intruding over Mt. Zupitz, Germany’s highest peak, in the photo.
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Germany
Junker
Mt. Zuppitz
What is a dog worth at a London show
In London a Pekingese named Tai Yang won best in show but the judged value of the dog was nearly $5000. The high price reflected the dog’s prize performance and prestige in the event.
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London
Tai Yang
Clay experts to visit the valley in Ohio tour
Delegates from the American Ceramic society begin inspection tours to Zanesville Newark Middletown Cambridge Logan and Nelsonville as part of their annual convention in Columbus. Local art glass shops and glass plants are being inspected and the U S Bureau of Mines showcases equipment and laboratory work.
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Columbus
Ohio
American Ceramic Society
Zanesville
Newark
Middletown
Cambridge
Logan
Nelsonville
United States Bureau of Mines
Senate approves league measure in Ohio
Columbus February 19 by a 25 to 0 vote the Senate passed the Bender bill for removal of Common Pleas judges by the governor and of justices of the peace by Common Pleas judges after a misconduct conviction. The measure, sponsored by the Ohio Anti Sa loon league, moves to the House.
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Columbus
Senate
Common Pleas
Ohio Anti-Saloon League
Fiery Eczema Healed Fast with Mentho Sulphur Remedy
A noted skin specialist says Mentho-Sulphur quickly overcomes fiery itching eczema. The germ destroying sulphur soothes irritation, heal s the skin and prevents disfigurement. Sufferers should obtain Rowles Mentho-Sulphur from a druggist and use it like cold cream.
Courthouse Oings Grants Temporary Alimony Pending Divorce
Mandy Sorrell, suing Hershell Sorrell in Common Pleas court, is awarded alimony pendente lite of $50.
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Mandy Sorrell
Hershell Sorrell
Common Pleas
W.s
Custody Granted Over Harold Boling in Boling Custody Case
John and Rosa Lopez were awarded custody of Harold Boling, the child of Waller and Eth Boling, following a dispute over matrimonial troubles and guardianship in the local court.
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John
Rosa Lopez
Harold Boling
Waller
Eth Boling
Court records show child support agreement reached
In Mon Pleas court Walter Boling agreed to pay the Lopers $15 monthly toward the child's support, implementing a formal support arrangement.
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Mon Pleas Court
Walter Boling
Solon's creditors rush in Tokyo diet salary day
In Tokyo the Japanese Diet members receive salaries this year. Long lines of creditors form outside the Diet building on paydays demanding payment of bills. On the last payday the rush caused several Diet members to lose parts of their clothing.
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Tokyo
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Pomeroy Bend
Herman A. Robinson
State
Olive Township
Goitre
Fred Pepper
Monesseuing Wici
Solon
Bayer
Davenport
Hobart M
China
Swanson’'s Warehouse
Swanson Furniture Co
Morris
Hoosier
Kares
Oak
Manette
Swanson
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