Meigs Jail Records Show Sheriff Solves Notable Robberies
Meigs County Sheriff A. O. Tracy since January 1932 has seen no grand larceny robbery go unsolved. Jail records list numerous captures and prosecutions from murder to breaking and entering, with many suspects sent to Mansfield or Gallipolis. a few cases, including the Palmer Roller death, remain unsolved.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
A. O. Tracy
Palmer Roller
Middleport Hill
Home Remedy for Cough Using Sugar Syrup and Pinex
A dated home remedy advises mixing 2 cups sugar with 1 cup water to dissolve, then adding 1.5 ounces Pinex from a druggist to create a cough syrup. It promises quick relief, soothing inflamed membranes, loosening phlegm, clearing airways, and aiding sleep with a guaranteed money back offer.
Relief from Eczema with Zemo Ends Long Suffering
Texas resident G. O. G. reports ten years of itching eczema faded after using Zemo. The ad claims relief in five seconds due to rare ingredients unseen in other remedies. It also touts benefits for rash pimples ringworm and other irritations with a $1 price at all druggists.
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Texas
Edith Horden Dies At Columbus Home
Miss Edith Horden of Middleport dies in Columbus due to a stroke of paralysis. Born and raised in Middleport she taught piano in Columbus after graduating from Middleport High School in 1896. She is survived by sister Mrs. Alice Selby of Columbus and brother Will Horden of Chicago. funeral today at the local Presbyterian Church with burial in Hill Cemetery.
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Middleport
Edith Horden
Columbus
Miss Horden
William Horden
Middleport High School
Alice Selby
Will Horden
Chicago
Presbyterian Church
T. Boyd Gay
Horden
The
Hill Cemetery
Cecil Bolin
Parkersburg
Church of Christ Bibl
Baptist Church
Alice Louise Lama
R. H. Horden
Phyllis
Reedsville
Lewis Sisson
Brownell Avenue
G. D. Sauer
Hobson Road
C. M. Gregg
Mary Dennis
Don Ray
Charleston
A. A. Chappelle
Aged Salem Township Resident Julius Theiss Dies
Julius Theiss aged 88 a Salem Township resident died early Monday after a period of illness at his home He is survived by his wife and one son Norman
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Julius Theiss
Salem Township
Norman
Pomeroy Misses Cross Streets Draw Ripley Inquiry
Miss Ethel McGahey of Chicago sent a clipping from the Arkansas Gazette showing Ripley’s cartoon of Pomeroy and its alleged lack of cross streets. Letters from across the country question the cartoon’s veracity and how a town the size of Pomeroy can be without cross streets.
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Pomeroy
Ethel McGahey
Chicago
Virgie Hartley
Rose Hill
Arkansas Gazette
Ripley
Cherry tree display draws eye in Pomeroy shops
In POMEROY on February 21 stores showcase Washington birthday window themes. A Main Street grocery window features a cherry tree display using a new variety made from thorn branches. Candy rounds in red and green decorate each branch, set in earth filled pots to resemble fruit laden trees.
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Pomeroy
George Washington
Joveal
Pocery
Poultry Meet in Meigs County Hears Brooding Tips
Meigs County poultry men met at Rocksprings Church with County Agent George W Kreitler and OSU specialist C M Ferguson to discuss economical brooding feeding and growing of chicks. Flocks have declined over the past two years, prompting interest in spring rearing. Additional meetings are planned at Harrisonville Grange Hill Long Bottom K of P Hall and Salem Center Church with times listed.
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Meigs County
George W. Kreitler
C. M. Ferguson
Ohio State University
Rocksprings
Kreier
Harrisonville Grange Hill
Long Bottom
P. Hall
Salem Center
Hysell Family Hosts Birthday Dinner in Middleport
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hysell honored Almira Hysell with a turkey dinner at their Hysell Street home in Middleport for her seventy seventh birthday. Twelve relatives attended the Sunday gathering.
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Middleport
Homer Hysell
Hysell
Almira Hysell
Missing Chauncey youth prompts sheriff inquiry
Chauncey resident A. J. Whaley reported to Meigs County Sheriff that his son Dewald Whaley has been missing since Saturday. Whaley and Charles Kelley left Chauncey by Kelley’s car for Syracuse to visit Kelley’s brother William Kelly. they arrived in Syracuse but had not returned by Monday.
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Meigs County
Dewald Whaley
Pomeroy
A. J. Whaley
Chauncey
Whaley
Charles Kelley
Kelly
Syracuse
William Kelly
Mr. Whaley
Council in Session on Hose, Gas Franchise Discourse
Pomeroy village council met Monday night with Mayor C. J. Heas presiding for the first time in weeks. Street Commissioner A. H. Ebersbach to proceed with several small road jobs as a fire hose representative presented options and the hose purchase was referred to the fire committee. Gas franchise discussion followed before adjournment.
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Pomeroy
C. J. Heas
A. H. Ebersbach
Chester School Grades Stage Benefit Operetta
The fifth through eighth grades of Chester School will present an operetta Tuesday evening for the benefit of the school. Gale Wallace is ill with chickenpox. Community members including Mr. and Mrs. Glen Lambert of Middleport and others visited relatives over the weekend.
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Gale Wallace
Chester School
Glen Lambert
Middleport
B. W. Knight
Emma Betzing
Freda
Lenora
Marion Wood
Guy Morris
Kay Morris
McCormick
Rocksprings
Chester
Ada Besse Celebrates Tenth Birthday in Bradbury
Mrs. W. R. Sayre hosted a Monday dinner in Bradbury for daughter Ada Besse who marked her tenth birthday. Guests included Mrs. Frank Knopp and family. Ada Besse is a namesake of Mrs. Knopp.
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Middleport
W. R. Sayre
Bradbury
Ada Besse
Frank Knopp
Mra
Knopp
Two Covered Bridges Repaired in Dover Township
Two Dover Township covered bridges near Millfield, the Withee and the Chadwell, received repairs after repairs to roofing and structure. The Withee bridge, named for the local Withee family, spans Sunday Creek north of Millfield, while the Chadwell bridge honors the Chadwell family descendants. The article notes these are the area’s only covered bridges crossing Sunday Creek between Corning and Chauncey. The McCormick family member, Gordon Edward, suffered a severe barbed wire cut while playing on Sunday.
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Millfield
Dover Township
Withee
Chadwell
Corning
Chauncey
Withee College
Bradbury named Gallia County schools superintendent
H B Bradbury, nephew of A H Bradbury of Middleport, was appointed superintendent of Gallia County schools. The announcement appeared Monday in The Messenger Gallipolis news section and drew praise from local supporters amid family ties and regional connections.
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H. B. Bradbury
Gallipolis
the Messenger
Gallia County
A. H. Bradbury
Middleport
Community Visitors Spend Sunday in Chauncey and Nearby
Mr and Mrs Walter Burke and Leah Love of Cincinnati visited Chauncey Sunday to see Mr Lett who is seriously ill. Albany couples Keith Zimmerman and daughter Betty joined George Perry Fisher Walter Sayers Amesville visiting Bartholomew Johnson. Newark guest James Bartoe and daughter stayed in Millfield with Minnie Willie family. John Dean Millfield visited Nelsonville with Fielden Willie. The Brookins family Chauncey and The Plains guests visited Milton Brookins and John Shafer. Mary Meinhart Chauncey and Evan Morgan Jr The Plains were in Lancaster Saturday and Sunday others hosted Marie Morgan and Baddie Geriten.
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Leah Love
Cincinnati
Chauncey Sunday
Edward Ott
Clyde Lott
Lett
Keith Zimmerman
Betty
Albany
George Perry
Fisher
Walter Sayers
Amesville
Bar! Johnson
James Bartoe
Newark
Millfield
Minnie Willie
John Dean
Nelsonville
Fielden Willia
Guy Brookins
Thelma Jean
Chauncey
Milton Brookins
John Shafer
the Plains
Mary Meinhart
Evan Morgan, Jr
Lancaster
Marie Morgan
Baddie Geriten
36 Dresses sewn by Millfield Ladies Aid for Red Cross
Millfield Feb 21. Women of the Ladies Aid Society at Millfield Church of Christ completed sewing 36 dresses for the Red Cross. Much of the work occurred Friday at the home of Mrs. P. D. Mil.
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Millpfield
Ladies Aid Society
Milled
Church of Christ
Red Cross
P. D. Mil
Mines and health notes from Chauncey district report
Seven mines operated in Chauncey on Monday and eight reported work today. Chauncey Mine No 2 resumes after four idle days. Names like Lubug No 2 and Black Diamond appear in the mine list. A separate note records Charles Leffler Jr and Ruth Leffler undergoing adenoid removal in Athens. Millfield Bible study period led by Mrs William Sisson with next service by Mrs Herman Theisen Jr on February 26.
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Chauncey
Chauncey Mine
Norking
Poston
Lubug
Black Diamond
Carbondale
Millfield
William Sisson
Observers View Austria Moving Toward Alliance
Vienna reports diplomatic observers believe Austria may join a German Italian Hungarian alliance under pressure from Franco British protests over arms shipments. Rumors say Italy offered to return South Tyrol if Austrian borders open for Italian troops in a Yugoslavia clash scenario.
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Vienna
U.R
Austria
Germany
Italy
Hungary
South Tyrol
Jugoslavia
Traffic diverted on Route 30 due to construction work
Traffic over Route 30 South was diverted to Routes 31 and 30 North today because of construction between Coolville and the junction of Routes 30 South and 7. Highway engineers expect the road to permit continuation of traffic.
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Coolville
Browning Captures World Heavyweight Wrestling Title
Missouri farmer Jim Browning defeated Ed Strangler Lewis at Madison Square Garden in 57 minutes and 50 seconds. Browning used a leg scissors and turnover to pin Lewis, earning recognition as world champion in New York State. Some regions still recognize Jim Landos or Ed Don George as titleholders.
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New York
Jim Browning
Lewis
Madison Square Garden
Browning
New York State
Jack Denning
Jim Landos
Ed Don George
Canada
Mine Worker Injured at Millfield Mine No 119
Fred Russell, a mine worker at Mine No 119 in Millfield, sustained a slight left knee injury yesterday but returned to work the same day.
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Millfield
Fred Russell
Chapman couple announce birth in East Millfield
Mr and Mrs Jake Chapman formerly of Chauncey announce the birth of a seven pound son at their East Millfield home on Sunday February 19.
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Chauncey
Jake Chapman
East Millfield
Aiken Family Visitation in Hollister Community
Mrs. Carl Aiken formerly of Millfield and her daughter Beth of Chester W Va are visiting sister Mrs Thelma McCormick the commercial instructor at Hollister High School. Hollister Mr and Mrs Harold Sams hosted Sunday guests Mrs Carl Aiken
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Carl Aiken
Glennis Sams
Millfield
Beth
Chester
W. Va
Thelma McCormick
Hollister High School
Hollister
Harold Sams
Four men arraigned after Cleveland cock fight raid
Four men were arrested when Animal Protective League agents raided a barn cock fight in Olmsted Village. They will be arraigned Tuesday before Justice Joseph H. Czek of Newburgh Heights Village on charges of promoting the show.
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Cleveland
Animal Protective League
Olmated
Justice of the Peace
Joseph H. Chizek
Newburgh Heights
Council Maintains Inspector Pay Levels in Athens
Athens City Council kept the city share of the sanitary and milk inspector salary at current levels, approving the same sum as 1933 for the Health Department. The health board will fix salaries and operating expenses this year, with council to provide a lump sum for its use. The inspector position, held by R. L. Marlow, is funded by both city and county and previously reduced from 200 to 100 dollars monthly when federal aid lapsed.
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Athens
Athena City County
City Health Department
Health Board
City
Health Department
Athens City
Athens County
R. L. Marlow
C. W. Day
Council
County Health Board
City Board of Health
City Health Board
J. M. Higgins
Dudge Peay
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Meigs
Robert Worth
Pt. Pleasant
West Virginia
Emmett Haning
Robert Shumaker
Edgar Stanley
Tommy DeWeese
Middleport Ford
Oren Vince
Raymond Smith
Allie Grueser
Farber's Iron Company
Ebersbach
Stanley
DeWeese
Andy Spencer
Ed Vitatoe
Raymond Baldwin
Frank Parker
Parker
George Burns
Dexter
Mansfield Reformatory
Everett Shumaker
Donald Morris
Lancaster Industrial School
Morris
Mike Pynch
Andrew Pysch
Dayton
Charlie H
John Terris
Harry Laudemilt
Laudermilt
Mansfield
Ohio
Melvin Lee
Mysell Run
J. C. Ward
William Phillips
John Selby
Robert Selby
Phillips
Estes Rhodes
Elmer
William
David Haggy
John Wilt
J. A. Kerns
Richard King
Gerald Weston
Crows Brothers
Racine
Raymond Ord
Alden Capehart
Elmer Grim
Walter Roush
Samuel Runyon
William Runyon
Harold Neal
Thomas Fork
Neal
Meise County
Chillicothe
John Spires
Garfield Willie
Justice Court
Kenneth Reynolds
Malcolm Roller
C. D. Shafer CO
Atle Ak
Nia
Glouster
J. B. Swanson
N. Court St
Washington
Chester High School
Chauncey Boy
Chester News
Sue
Gladye Mperer
Lai
Chauncey and
Giennia Sams
Thelma
Walter Burke
Millfield Ladies’ Aid Society
Charles Leffier, Jr
Ruth Leffler
Charles Leffler
Millfield News
Athens City Health Board
Cinder Townsend
Acress Street
State City
Bhy X. Rauch
Bay Street
Rauch
Sam
People's
Baker’s Cafete
Isaac Wilse' Si
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