Expert to Speak on Sheep at Four Meigs County Talks
L A Kauffman of Ohio State University will lead a free series for sheep breeders in Meigs County hosted by the Extension Service. The sessions cover feeding trends cross breeding and flock management with meetings set for March 4 and 5 at multiple local venues.
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L. A. Kauffman
Ohio State
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Ohio State University
The
State University
Kauffman
Cora Nelson Sues For Divorce from Marion Nelson
Cora Nel son files for divorce from Marion Nelson who was indicted for bigamy by the Meigs County Grand Jury. Nelson pled guilty February 13 with a deferred sentence and reports to the county sheriff at intervals. Married at Pt. Pleasant September 10, 1920, they have no children. she seeks restoration of her maiden name Cora Adkins.
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Pomeroy
Cora Nelson
Marion Nelson
Meigs County
Grand
Nelson
Pt. Pleasant
Cora Adkins
Cook Abbie Riley Dies Quietly at New Remington Hotel
Miss Abbie Riley a 45 year old colored cook at the New Remington Hotel dropped dead Monday morning as she arose from bed. She was sister to Mack Riley a hotel porter. The Riley family home is in Middleport. The body was taken to the Ewing morgue for burial preparations.
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Pomeroy
Abbie Riley
New Remington
Mack Riley
Middleport
Ewing Morgue
Local visits from Columbus and nearby towns
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hubbard and son Edward visited in Columbus Friday to Sunday with Mrs. Hubbard's sister Mrs. W J Spafford and returned Sunday night. Several families from Columbus and Huntington extended weekend visits to Middleport including Mrs Emma White and relatives. James Lewis and Gomer Lewis and families also stopped by Grant Street for a weekend visit.
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Middleport
Harold Hubbard
Edward
Columbus
Powers
Emma White
James White
Grant Street
James Lewis
Adenia
Gomer Lewis
Frank Leifheit
Elizabeth Brown
Kenova
Henrietta Ewing
Jean McKay
Jean McMaster
Huntington
Ralph Anderson
Edward Anderson
Cleveland
M. C. Hobart
Cedric Clark
Carla
Athens
Frank Simms
Edgar Ervin
Clara Vanuline
Mary Jane
O. H. Stewart
Margaret Isabel
Dorothy Nelle
BE. G. Probst
Gertrude Traugh
Robert
Mary Stagg
Jimer Davis
Local Notices From Meigs County News
Edward Croy, 22, is dead at Weston Michigan with relatives in Pomeroy. A family moved from the Vincent property on Lasley Street in Pomeroy to Owens property in the Fourth Ward. John Jiiden drove in dense fog and plunged over a 35 foot embankment at Ables Fill above Syracuse. he escaped with minor injuries. Joseph Hemsley of Syracuse sues Maggie Hemsley for divorce. they married April 22 1899 and have three children. extreme cruelty alleged.
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Meigs County
Edward Croy
Pomeroy
Weston
Michigan
H. B. Curd
Vincent
Lasley Street
Owens
Fourth Ward
John Jiiden
Syracuse
Joseph Hemsley
Maggie Hemsley
Lewis Jewell Dies At Rochester New York
Lewis E. Jewell aged 67 former Mariettans Harmar pioneer family member died suddenly in Rochester New York on a Saturday. Born in Harmar he lived there in youth and studied astronomy from boyhood onward earning recognition as a scientist in eastern universities. He worked for Eastman Kodak in Rochester and visited Athens and Marietta annually maintaining close ties with old friends. Cousins mentioned include Mrs. K T Rose and Mrs. Henry Hatch of Athens.
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Lewis E. Jewell
Athens
Marietta
K. T. Rose
Henry Hatch
Vewell
Landaker Sentenced for Shooting in Bedford Township
Joseph Warren Landaker, 64, was sentenced to Ohio Penitentiary from three to 20 years by Judge F W Crow after pleading guilty to shooting Denver Hull on September 10, 1929. The sentence followed testimony from Hulls family and neighbors and focused on Landaker's age and mental state. Hull, aided by crutches, received the bullet in the back. Landaker claimed he intended only to wound after learning of an alleged assault on his wife.
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Hull
Landaker
Russ Duckler
Isaac Moler
J. Knopp
Charles Diehl
Charles Cheney
Hulls
Miller
Denver Hull
Bedford Township
Pearl Street Students Stage Parent Teacher Program
Middleport February 25. James T. Lewis orchestra provided music for a Parent Teacher program at the Masonic Temple. Pupils from Pearl Street Schools presented plays, recitations, songs, and readings led by Mrs. Goodwin and featuring performances by Betty Hoeflick Wanda Kinniard and William Riley among others with Virginia Gregg as accompanist.
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Middleport
James T. Lewis
Masonic Temple
Pearl Street
Goodwin
Pomeroy
Eugene Martin
Betty Jane Nuckles
Isabel Hill
George Washington
William Riley
Sir Robert Morris
Elmer Connelly
Betsey Ross
Maxine Might
Sam Scott
Washington
Betty Hoeflick
Bob Hoeflick
Santa Lucia
Pearl Street Chorus
Eugene Cunningham
Helen Searles
Virginia Gregg
Texas Baker Confesses Eleventh Slayings in Prison
Texas Jim Baker, alias Baker lein, confessed his eleventh murder, a Detroit taxi driver named South, and claimed to have pawned the victim’s watch. He was ruled legally sane by doctors at the Tombs Prison after police linked his claim to Walter Aue, a railroad detective, and noted the pistol found with him.
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New York
U.P
Texas
Jim Baker
Warren
Baker
Bakerlein
Tombs Prison
Flats
Perry M. Lichtenstein
Tombs
Otto H. Schultze
Crain
Florence
South
Detroit
Walter Aue
Aue
County officers warn Chester boys over poolroom ban
In Pomeroy on February 25, Sheriff J. A. Willock Prosecutor D. H. Peoples and Deputy Welker found 11 Chester high school boys aged 15 to 18 in a poolhall during noon recess. All homes were taken and the youths were warned not to enter a poolroom until they reach 18.
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Pomeroy
Chester
J. A. Willock
D. H. Peoples
Delbert Welker
Dogs Raid Flocks in Pomeroy County Case Report
Warden Henry Seidenable reports dogs killing sheep are still at large in the county’s western section. Cora Morris of Rutland Township lost seven sheep with two injured and Frank Halliday in Scipio Township also suffered losses the same night. The warden links the outbreak to interbreeding among Airedales German police dogs collies and shepherd breeds, noting none of the killers are fox hounds.
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Pomeroy
Henry Seidenable
Cora Morris
Rutland Township
Frank Halliday
Scipio Township
Seidenable
New Arrivals in Middleport Birth Notices
In Middleport on Sunday February 25 a 12 13 pound son was born to Mr and Mrs Lewis Triblet, their fourth child joining three sisters. On the same day Mr and Mrs Harry Dorst welcomed a son, their eighth child.
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Middleport
Lewis Triblet
Harry Dorst
Westinghouse Salute radiocast to honor the newspaper
The Westinghouse Salute will be radiocast at 10 tonight as the first in a weekly series by the National Broadcasting Co. William Thomson of the American Publishers' Association will speak and present the newspaper industry story with briefs of major news. The chain includes WJZ New York KDKA Pittsburgh WHAS Louisville WSM Nashville WSB Atlanta and WHAM Rochester.
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Westinghouse
National Broadcasting Co
William Thomson
Bureau of Advertising
American Publishers’ Association
WJZ
New York
KDKA
Pittsburgh
WHAS
Louisville
WSM
Nashville
WSB
Atlanta
WHAM
Rochester
Pomeroy Bend Suffers First Severe Spring Storm
The Pomeroy Bend area experienced its first severe electric storm and rain of the year on Monday forenoon, with calm springlike weather returning in the afternoon. Thunder rumbled loudly and the old saying about spring thunder awakening snakes held some truth as snakes are said to be active now.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Bend
Largest still found in abandoned Meigs County mine
In Pomeroy on Feb 25 Sheriff J A Willock and deputies uncovered the largest and most complete still ever found in Meigs County. The operation was located behind the Vulcan Camp on Thomas Fork near Ott Gill’s property. Officers seized 18 barrels of mash a pressure tank four heaters two copper boilers and other equipment. Gill, previously fined for liquor possession, faces new charges after the discovery about 300 feet from the mine mouth.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Vulcan
Thomas Fork
J. A. Willock
Ott Gill
Tariff Bill Moves Toward March Completion
Washington report says the Senate, after a two week truce on prohibition, will finish the Tariff Bill by March 10. Republican leaders impose strict time limits while the Norris prohibition investigation is postponed. Wool schedule votes weaken the Democratic Western Republican coalition in the tariff debate.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Watson
Senate Judiciary Committee
Robbers Loot Quality Furniture Store Safes
In Zanesville on February 25 three safes at the Quality Furniture Company Store were drilled and opened after the robbers hammered the combinations. They took about $3,000 in cash and valuables.
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Zanesville
Quality Furniture Company
Dinner gathering at Mrs. Davis home in Middleport
Middleport on February 25 reports Mrs. T. H. Davis hosted a dinner at her North Third Street residence. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Ervin and daughter Clara Pauline of Columbus, Mrs. Jane Jones and Miss Sara Jones with nephew Robert Jones of Greenfield, and Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Probst, Mr. and Mrs. H. Stewart and daughter from Middleport.
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Middleport
T. H. Davis
North Third Street
Edgar Ervin
Clara Pauline
Columbus
Jane Jones
Cincinnati
Sara Jones
Robert Jones
Greenfield
E. G. Probst
H. Stewart
Sibley and Gallagher tied to Chicago oil role
H Ellis Sibley of Racine and son of Mr and Mrs W G Sibley is mentioned. Gallagher, former manager of the Chicago Journal of Commerce, has joined Pure Oil Company after marriage and serves as director of Sale and Promotion in Chicago’s building.
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Pomeroy
H. Ellis Sibley
Racine
W. G. Sibley
Gallipolis
Chicago Journal of Commerce
Pure Oil Company
Chicago
Author of Popular Songs Dies Saturday
William W. Delaney, 65, author and collector of ragtime songs, died Saturday night at his Brooklyn home. His best known work "Let Her Go Gallagher" became a popular byword.
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New York
Gallagher
William W. Delaney
Brooklyn
Man Wanted to Sell Tea Coffee Extracts and Spices
Athens County advertisement seeks a reliable man to sell a large line of tea coffee extracts spices and pure food products. The Lange Company offers a free gift plan and a door opening contract superior to rivals. Write Box 509 De Pere Wisconsin.
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Lange Company
de Pere
Wisconsin
Coolidge Heads to San Simeon Amid Threat Letter
Former president Calvin Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge left Los Angeles with a small guard for San Simeon to rest from speaking duties after receiving a letter threatening he would be killed by an eastern gunman. Police called the letter likely from a crank, but the guard was reinforced.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Calvin Coolidge
Tornado Hits Near Zanesville Monday
Four people were seriously injured and about $150,000 in damage occurred as a tornadic storm swept across southern Muskingum County nine miles south of Zanesville Monday afternoon. The Ransbottom pottery at Iron Spot was unroofed and walls collapsed.
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Zanesville
Muskingum County
Here
Ransbottom
Ironspot
Damaged Plants Render Hundreds of Workers Idle
The Hydraulic Pressed Brick Company plant and the Morgan Thorpe crate factory near Ironspot were demolished. About 300 workers are temporarily out of work due to factory damage. A wind cut a swath roughly 100 yards wide.
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Draulic Pressed Brick Company
Morgan Thorpe Crate
Ironspot
Raid Opium Den In Cleveland Seized By Federal Authorities
Four Chinese suspects were detained after a Cleveland raid on an opium den. Authorities destroyed several thousand dollars worth of the drug during the operation conducted today.
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Cleveland
Prisoner Hangs Self in Cincinnati Workhouse
Clarence Berry of Middletown a prisoner in solitary confinement at the Cincinnati workhouse hanged himself in his cell Sunday.
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Cincinnati
Clarence Berry
Middletown
Milk of Magnesia Seen as Fast Indigestion Aid
The passage states indigestion stems from excess stomach acid and endorses Phillips Milk of Magnesia as the safest, fastest remedy. It claims a tasteless spoonful in water neutralizes many times its volume, noting its long-standing physician endorsement over 50 years.
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U. S
Charles H. Phillips Chemical Company
Charles H. Phillips
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