Pageant of Apple Blossoms Planned in West Virginia
Mason County agents and community leaders plan a two day Apple Blossom Festival in Point Pleasant with the parade pageant and orchard tours. Mason County Agent A G Middleton was reelected to lead for another year as committees work on by laws incorporation and event staging with Marshall College invited to stage the pageant.
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Mason
W. Va
Apple Blossom Association
Mason County
A. G. Middleton
Pt. Pleasant
Mason City
Country Club
Point Pleasant
Marshall College
Gorby
Association
Dogs raid flocks in Meigs County two jailed after clash
County Dog Warden Henry Seidenable reports-two days of dog raids kill multiple sheep across Salem and Rutland Townships with losses totaling at least 75 dollars. Neighbors report further killings. Seidenable leads armed deputies into the area. Two Meigs County men, F. O. Cobb and Edward Lemley, are jailed after altercations with the officer.
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Pomeroy
Henry Seidenable
Delno Nelson
Salem Township
Wayne King
Rutland Township
Milton Colwell
Gallia County
Mr. Seidenable
Meigs County
F. O. Cobb
Seidenable
Edward Lemley
Leading Creek
Pomeroy Man Held on Liquor Charge
Ott Gill of Hocking Valley is jailed in Pomeroy on a liquor charge after officers stopped him on Thomas Fork and confiscated three pints of liquor yesterday.
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Pomeroy
Ott Gill
Hocking Valley
Thomas Fork
Locals Busy With Visits and Travel Across Columbus
Mrs W J Forquer and cousin Mrs Charles Radford visit Columbus for weekend with Miss Beulah and Mrs H L McCracken. Mrs Eva Klein returns home after a Columbus visit with daughter Mrs W S Kaser. Mr and Mrs G F Reynolds and children visit J W DeVinney in Cuyahoga Falls.
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W. J. Forquer
Charles Radford
Helene
Columbus
Middleport
Elmer Wysong
Tifft
St. Petersburg
Fla
Cuba
R. A. Miller
The
Baptist Bible School
Ross Wiley
Lincoln Street
Lawrence Bing
Edwin Cook
Marjorie Harris
W. J. O’brien
N. Y. Co. Railroad
R. W. Harris
South Second Street
Heath M. E. Church class party in Middleport
Brs. H. H. Kent entertained the Primary Class of Heath M E Church Sunday School at her South Third Street home from 3 30 to 4 30 in the afternoon. Decorations and favors honored Washington birthday. Twelve attended.
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Middleport
H. H. Kent
Heath M. E. Church
South Third Street
Washington
Landaker to Face Sentence in Hull Shooting Case
Pomeroy Ohio February 21. In Meigs County Common Pleas Court Judge Crow heard arraignments for many indicted by the grand jury. Landaker the Bedford Township farmer indicted for shooting Denver Hull on September 17 last year pleaded guilty and awaits sentence. Hull crippled for life. Several other defendants pled not guilty or guilty to charges including arson non support larceny and jail breaking with bonds set. Court to hear Hull family version Monday and allow Landaker neighbors to testify on his character.
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Pomeroy
F. W. Crow
Meigs County
Joseph Warren Landaker
Bedford Township
Denver Hull
Landaker
Hull
Crow
D. H. Peoples
Denver Hall
Max Farber
Hugh Tompson
W. W. Thompson
Elmer Nelson
Kelly Gilmore
Rose
Leonard Roush
Pearl Elliott
Graham Station
W. Va
William Sailes
Charleston
J. Sherman Lilly
Charles Buckner
M. C. Hobart
Charles Fridley
Middleport
Oliver Moore
Joe Hedrick
Paul Gibbs
Guil
Bud McClain
Ed Taylor
James B. King
Lloyd Woodgerd
Richard Wise
George Buckner
Hobson
Charles Lathey
Lather
William Garlow
Lewis Bass
Alba Castle
Otto Gill
Aged Woman Lina Dever Dies After Fall Injuries
Lina Dever 73 dies at 8 am ten days after a fall at home in Pomeroy. She leaves husband David, son Ernest, daughters Mrs Ray Clifton and Mrs Otto Kreinbeihl. Parents were late E I Sayre and wife belong to Letart Falls family. Funeral arrangements not yet set. Golden wedding anniversary noted two years earlier.
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Pomeroy
Lina Deyer
Dever
Letart Falls
E. I. Sayre
David
Ernest
Ray Clifton
Otto Kreinbeihl
Concert Planned for Middleport
The Department of Instrumental Music of Middleport schools will stage a concert at the Masonic Temple on Thursday February 27 at 8 oclock. The program features the Middleport School Band, the Middleport High School Orchestra and solo numbers by members of both groups. Proceeds fund summer instruction for the band. County officers and Pomeroy banks will observe Washington birthday by closing Saturday. Albert Mees has bought Pomeroy Rosenbaum grocery, to be renamed Mees Grocery Company. Meigs County Fish and Game Association officers elected: Roedel president Hoachim vice president Kloes secretary Stanbery treasurer Brooks Kuehne Wippel members Brown chairman banquet. Fish fry planned for May 26.
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Middleport
Masonic Temple
Middleport High School
Pomeroy
George Washington
Farm Bureau
Albert Mees
Rosenbaum
Mees
Hart Stanbery
C. 8. Brooks
C. H. Kuehne
Dale Wippel
Val Brown
Hour Set for Prayer by Middleport W C T U
The Middleport Woman's Christian Temperance Union designates 10 o'clock each morning for private prayer for prohibition. President Ella Boole of the National W C T U asks all locals to pray for the President, Congress, and the Law Enforcement Commission to advance the prohibition cause. O J Moses of Columbus visited on Hobson shop business.
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Middleport
Middleport Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Ella Boole
Congress
Law Enforcement Commission
Famous Names Pomeroy Marriage and Car accident Shock Town
Woodrow Wilson named 19 year old Woodrow Wilson Jr. marries Elsie Haning in Meigs County courthouse. Justice F W Gilmore officiates. In Kanaugh Warren G Harding, also 19, is injured in an automobile strike. The eight year old son of Mr and Mrs Ross Harding is struck after leaving a school bus and rushed to Holzer Hospital Gallipolis.
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Ross Harding
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Queen City to Make Mardi Gras Trip South from Pittsburgh
The Queen City will depart Pittsburgh Saturday for a Mardi Gras voyage to New Orleans with a $25,000 craft preparation. Capt William R Haptonstall of Middleport will pilot, noted river pilot with a history on Anchor Line packets and southern towboats. Clyde Packard is purser, Billy Sampson steward, Colburn Pratt mate, Charles Deitz chief engineer, and Capt Ed Dunaway serves as master.
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Pomeroy
Queen City
Pittsburgh
New Orleans
William R. Haptonstall
Middleport
Haptonstall
St. Louis
Anchor Line
Valley Line
Joe B. Williams
Clyde Packard
Quen City
Billy Sampson
Colburn Pratt
Charles Deitz
Deitz
Cincinnati
Ed Dunaway
Liberal Party Proposed to Oppose Prohibition
Dr Samuel Harden Church president of the Carnegie Institute urged the creation of a Liberal Party to oppose prohibition and repeal the Eighteenth Amendment. He told the House Judiciary Committee that Republicans and Democrats have merged into a prohibition party, and the new party would uphold economic humane principles while ending prohibition and church influence on government.
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Washington
U.P
Samuel Harden Church
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Institute
House Judiciary Committee
Church
New York
St. Louis
Chicago
Cleveland
Liberal Party
Pensions Proposed for Those Over 65
Hearings before the House Labor Committee examined bills to provide pensions for dependents over 65. The measure, first public congressional hearing on the plan, aims to aid nearly 2,000,000 Americans, reflecting widespread European adoption.
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Washington
U.R
House Labor Committee
Old Mines Raided In Hunt for Stills
State officers led by John D. Hayes of St Clairsville and deputies conducted raids on old mines at New Straitsville. They recovered four stills and 25 gallons of whisky with no arrests. Officials say warmer weather brings orders to curb illicit distilling in Perry County hills.
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New Lexington
John D. Hayes
St. Clairsville
Davis and Teal
New Straitsville
State Department
Perry County
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Prosecutor
Letart Falls Home
O. J. Moses
Hobson Shops
Woodrow Wilson
Warren G. Harding
Mohair
Tone Jacquard
Axminster
Aio
Swanson Furniture Co
Athens
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