Pomeroy Council Moves to Halt Speeding on Streets
Pomeroy residents demand action after nine injuries in two weeks from auto crashes. Donald Ridenour held on $500 bond after collision with John Seines, who testified he slowed on Main Street to turn but was struck by the Ridenour car. Mayor Hess vows swift steps, motorcycle officer to enforce speed limits and fund city treasury with fines amid council pressure and witness accounts.
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Pomeroy
McKenzie
Liberty
Bond
Seines
Middleports
Sechild
Ernestine Pickens
Donald Ridenour
John Seines
Tesus
Main Tatreet
Suim
Butternut Avenue
Scines
Riden
John Sauvage
Wright McCroba
Ridenour
Nour
Manning Ridenour
Hess
Mn Hess
Dana Roush
Tuppers Plains
Middleport
DIES IN AKRON Otho Russell Formerly of Middleport
Otho Russell, 45, died in Akron Saturday. He was the son of Robert and Lena Russell and formerly lived in Middleport. The funeral was held in Akron Monday with Middleport relatives attending. He was a nephew of Mrs. Lewis Moore and Mrs. H. B. Russell and had many other relatives in the area.
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Middleport
Otho Russell
Robert
Lena Russell
Akron
Russell
Lewis Moore
H. B. Russell
Inmates at Meigs County Infirmary Aged Range 1 to 88
Meigs County Infirmary records show 41 inmates with ages from a babe with mother to 88. Four inmates are 85, three are 82, three are 81, three are 78, two are 77, two are 76, four are 75, and four are 73. Total ages sum to 2840 years for an average of about 70 years.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Infirmary
Attendance Record at Christian Church Bible School
Attendance at the Christian Church Bible School in Middleport on Sunday reached 272 with five additions to the church announced by Rev. Fred Gardner. Mid-week services last week drew 123 attendees.
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Middleport
Christian Church Bible School
Fred Gardner
Potato Experts to Speak at Four County Meetings
Four Meigs County meetings are planned this week for potato growers and culture enthusiasts. Speakers include J B Luss ing Ohio State University expert and M W Baker from the State Department of Agriculture. Also note funeral in Middleport for Elizabeth Dunn, 45, with service at grandson Neil Moore’s home and burial in Middleport Hill Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Reedsville
Letart
Great Bend
Portland
J. B. 'Lussing
Ohio State University
M. W. Baker
State Department of Agriculture
Racine Pair Secures Marriage License
Pomeroy February 24 Charles Mehi age 22 a Racine brick mason and Clara Belle Schwartzwalder age 21 daughter of W H Schwartzwalder, secured a license to wed yesterday. Bride born in West Virginia, parents formerly lived in Meigs County.
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Pomeroy
Charles Mehi
Racine
Clara Belle Schwartzwalder
Aacine
W. H. Schwartzwalder
West Virginia
Meigs County
Bottle prank with rattling snake shocks Pomeroy jail inmate
In Pomeroy on February 24 a jailed inmate received a counterfeit liquor bottle with a live green grass snake. As he prepared to drink, the snake emerged, startling him into near hysteria. The bottle, found on W H Bradshaw farm, was brought to the jail and shown as an exhibit. Also reported, Mrs. Nettle Coleman of Long Bottom died after two weeks illness at age 72, with funeral services held at the M E Church and burial at Sand Hill Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
W. H. Bradshaw
Thomas Fork
Herbert Bass
Long Bottom
Nettle Coleman
Colem
W. Bb. Coleman
Mont
Parkersburg
W. Va
Edgar
James
Sebring
Magnate
East Liverpool
Ellie Stethem
M. E. Chirren
Sand Hill Cemetery
Martha Lust
M. D. Hartinger
Gomer Martin
Adolph Faehmile
Albert Fachnie
Freda
Wapakoneta
Faehnile
Kenneth Guinther
Franklin
Wellston
Waltz
James Stevens
Lucy G. Boggess
Rutland
Addie Stevens
Niles
Stevens
A. H. Eblin
Reingerich
Pittsburgh
Niles Cemetery
Middleport Mementos and Visits Across Distances
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Grogan and daughter visited Parkersburg, staying with relatives. Many locals traveled to Athens, Columbus, Marietta, and Cincinnati area for family, work, or school. C. P. Williams returned to Syracuse. T. A. May stayed in Columbus for company business.
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Middleport
Frank Grogan
Parkersburg
Grogan
Howard Lewis
Sora
Betsy Lane
Marion Rife
Logan
W. Va
Edith Russell
Columbus
Akron
Millard Bennett
Herman Lolse
Athens
Betty
Charles Wharff
Crooksville
C. C. Wharff
Zanesville
Fred Gardner
Foster Bean
John Campbell
Guysville
Dwight Kim
C. L. Brooks
Charles
Long Botton
Brooks
Matlack
S. Farmer
W. E. Russell
George Swallow
C. P. Williams
T. A. May
Syracuse
Max Roller
Mary Martha
Huntington
Mark
Margaret and
Helena Clifford
Mary Whitlock
Pomeroy
Fred Whitlock
Marietta
Satur
Funeral Notices and Local Visit to The White House
Funeral details from multiple local families note services at 2 pm and 9 am at various churches with family attendance and expedients. A separate report covers a Saturday finger injury from a sliver and a funeral party returning from Wellston. A Washington delegation plans to press President Hoover to sign the Muscle Shoals Bill, fearing a veto or pocket veto.
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Hoover
Washington
White House
President Hoover
Muscle Shoals
Treat the cause in a sensible painness at home ad offers liver and gall bladder treatment
A dated classified style ad from Minneapolis urges readers to write Home Drug Co for a recognized specialist prescription for liver and gall bladder trouble. It promises literature and treatment with 28 years of gratifying results and a money back guarantee, ending with a demand to cut out the ad now.
Two Die Monday in Eastern Pomeroy Area
Two men died early Monday within half a mile in eastern Pomeroy. George Steffy, 37, a Rose Hill farmer, and James G. Collard, 55, a miner, who lived near the Greycliff plant, are the deceased.
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Pomeroy
George Steffy
Rose Hill
James G. Collard
Greycliff
Phillips Milk of MagnesiaHeadline from Digestive Ad
Digestive aid claim describes relief for headaches and indigestion caused by stomach acid. Promotes Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a quick neutralizer and gentle laxative, endorsed by physicians for 50 years, available in liquid form with the Phillips name for protection.
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Phillips
Magnesia
Bendorson
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