Widow and Son of Slain Man Held as Witnesses
The widow and son of Sam Selby, shot on Happy Hollow Road near Rutland, are jailed as witnesses. Selby’s body is to be buried Monday at 2 pm in Carleton Cemetery, as prosecutors question Eyseil and Searls who testified. William Fhillips faces first degree murder charges without bond.
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Pomeroy
Sam Selby
Happy Hollow
Rutland
John Selby
Rocksprings Fairgrounds
Carleton Cemetery
Kingsbury Creek
Bedford Township
Selby
James Searls
Charles Eyseil
Messenger
William Fhillips
Eva Burford
Operators Asked To Meet With Men In Pomeroy
Pearl Parker acting for miners of the Pomeroy Bend sent a letter to Syracuse Mining Company officers requesting a joint conference in Pomeroy at 2 PM on March 1 to discuss a new wage scale. If the operators refuse the miners warn a strike will be declared. Signed by Parker and local speakers from Pomeroy with men from Syracuse including A Barry Bahram and T T Turnbull.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Bend
Pearl Parker
Syracuse Mining Company
Hell In
Cmpany
Syracuse
Barry Bahram
T. T. Turnbull
Abraham Weaver Dies at 72 in Mason County Home
Abraham Weaver, a leading Mason County resident, died at his country home near New Haven, West Virginia, Sunday morning. He leaves a large family of grown children and was among the oldest residents of the area.
Time Alone Will Tell Pomeroy Matrimonial Propositions
Feb 29 marks a rare day when women allegedly control marriage offers and probate court records in the coming days will indicate if this barometer holds true for the town of Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
Republican Leaders Meet in Callipolis Galli Pol
At a gathering of party leaders in Callipolis on Friday the chairmen and secretaries from six counties in the Tenth Congressional district attended. Judge Albert D. Russell represented Meiga County at the meeting.
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Callipolis
Pomeroy
Gallipoli
Albert D. Russell
Meiga County
Beware the Cough Or Cold That Hangs On
An advertisement promotes Creomulsion a creosote based emulsion as a remedy for persistent coughs and colds. It claims soothing healing and germ suppression with guaranteed satisfaction and money back if relief is not achieved after following directions.
Messenger Society Notes and Classified Ads
Community news feature invites readers to send in society items and locals. John Sauvage handles circulation and classifieds at 453 L for the Messenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Hartley
Messenger
John Sauvage
Racine Boys Are County's Winners
The Racine two boys teams won the county tournament at Pearl Street Gymnasium. Racine Reserve beat Chester Reserves 37 to 19, while Racine first team defeated Chester 12 to 1. Harrisonville and Racine girls then played with Harrisonville winning 29 to 17.
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Middleport
Racine
Pearl Street Gymnasium
Chester
Chester Cagers
Middleport Yellow Jackets
Harrisonville
Trussell
Murphy
Yellow Jackets
Racine Tornadoes
Podiata
Salser
Beegle
Gallagher
Jackson
Ohio
Middleport Gees
Deputy Weds His Bride In Secret Court House Ceremony
POMEROY Meigs County deputy sheriff Otho Tracy and Louise Burford married at midnight in the county courthouse. Rev. Glenn L. Tennell performed the ring ceremony after license issued by Horton Brown. The couple, both well known in Middleport and Pomeroy, kept the wedding secret.
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Pomeroy
Otho Tracy
O. A. Tracy
Middleport
Tracy
Meigs County
Epidemic Influenza Spreads Through Town
An outbreak of a mild influenza form is widespread with many cases among children and adults. School attendance drops as illnesses develop into flu. Visitors include Mrs. Mabel Barnett and Rosa Parker, plus Albert Yost from East Liverpool and others from Parkersburg and Pomeroy. A road worker, Lute Barnhart, suffered a right toe fracture.
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T. H. Boring
M. McHenry
Parkersburg
Mabel Barnett
Rosa Parker
Albert Yost
East Liverpool
Lute Barnhart
Here
Ohio State seniors spend weekend in Gallipolis and Middleport
Thomas Ervin, William Guthrie, and David Griggs from Columbus visited Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Stewart yesterday. They are members of OSU's senior class and traveled from Columbus and Washington, D. C. for the getaway. Guthrie is C. C. Guthrie's son, Buckeye Building and Loan Company vp and former Cheshire resident, while Griggs hails from Washington, D. C. and is a grandson of the Griggs Dam builder in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Thomas Ervin
William Guthrie
David Griggs
Columbus
O. H. Stewart
Ohio State University
Gallipolis
Guthrie
C. C. Guthrie
Buckeye Building and Loan Company
Cheshire
Griggs
Washington, D. C
Local notes from Meigs County include moves and births
Miss Wilda Hunter of Athens leaves her Pomeroy secretary post after a year. Miss Mabel Croy of Athens succeeds her. A son is born to Mr. and Mrs. Elbert F. Robinson in a Gallipolis hospital. The Lovett infant dies in Spiller. Mrs. Elizabeth Frost of Alfred is buried at Silver Ridge after dying at home. William Wagner, amid family ties, attends the Bush funeral in Williamstown, while Clark Bush serves as Williamstown police chief.
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Meigs County
Wilda Hunter
Athens
Pomeroy
Arthur Hunter
Mabel Croy
Nathan Croy
Elbert F. Robinson
Gallipolis
Hower Lovett
Spiller
Racine
Elizabeth Frost
Alfred
Silver Ridge
William Wagner
Thomas Fork
John Bush
Williamstown
W. Va
James Donahue
Mr. Bush
Clark Bush
Local residents report visits and travels across Ohio towns
Mrs Sidney Pickens improves after illness. Fern Abbott and Jessie Mae Russell return from Logan with sister Mrs George Gilmore and family. Gordon Gardner’s family joins Jean here, then returns to Columbus with their daughter. Attorney Edgar Ervin and family visit, return to Columbus. Mrs Fannie Stevens comes from Bucyrus with Mr and Mrs Fred Powers. Phil Meinhart travels to Huntington WV on business. Bertha Hamilton and Marguerite Ball visit from Columbus to longtime family. E L Manuel with John Manuel of Akron visit, return home with brother staying in Plants. L H Flickinger from Fisher Street travels to Charleston for ten days amid serious illness.
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Sidney Pickens
Fern Abbott
Jessie Mae Russell
Logan
George Gilmore
Vance Stewart
Gordon Gardner
Jean
Edgar Ervin
Clara Pauline
Phil Meinhart
Huntington
W. Va
Bertha Hamilton
Marguerite Ball
Columbus
Thomas Longstaff
S. Sixth Avenue
E. L. Manuel
John
Akron
Isaac Lambert
L.H. Flickinger
Fisher Street
Charleston
Local Society Notes and Obituary Reminders
Word from Mrs. Fuckinger Friday night that her father died that evening. Funeral plans in Charleston after the funeral. Mrs. Clifford Erwin returns from Toledo after two weeks with her niece. Aunt Mrs. Addie Branch returns to Toledo. Mrs. A. W. Greuser of Belle Vernon Pa visits her niece Mrs. George Wittmer. Miss Maxine Smith travels to Cleveland to visit cousins E L Fessenmeyer. Evangelistic meeting opens at Church of Christ led by Rev Fred Gardner with Rev Brock assisting. Mrs. Louis Seyfried returns home from Mt Carmel Hospital. Funeral of William Ferguson held Sunday at his residence on Hysell Street with burial at Cheshire Gravel Hill Cemetery.
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Fuckinger
Flickinger
Charleston
Clifford Erwin
Toledo
Sara Taylor
Erwin
Addie Branch
A. W. Greuser
Belle Vernon
George Wittmer
N. Fourth Avenue
Walnut Street
Church of Christ
Fred Gardner
Brock of
Bethany
Gardner
Louis Seyfried
Mt. Carmel Hospital
William Ferguson
Hysell Street
Cheshire Gravel Hill Cemetery
Lancaster Youth Shot Self Seeks Recovery
Marvin Mattox, 20, of Lancaster, who allegedly shot himself in the forehead with a .22 while visiting in South Bloomingville, Hocking County, was slightly improved. An X-ray showed the bullet lodged in the brain’s lower part near the ear line. Deputy Sheriff Joe Farbearn of Logan investigated Friday.
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Lancaster
Marvin Mattox
East Locust Street
South Bloomingville
Hocking County
Joe Farbearn
Logan
Nelsonville Youths Arrested in Lancaster Shoplifting
Three Nelsonville youths aged 18 to 20 were held by Lancaster police as alleged shoplifters. John Shrides Oscar Allen and George Paulik were arrested by Police Officer Charles Keeley and Merchant Police Anderson after being found with flash lights believed stolen. Police also linked them to the theft of two sweaters from Dan's Store. A fourth boy was questioned and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Nelsonville
John Shrides
Oscar Allen
George Paulik
Charles Keeley
Anderson
Wallace
Dan
Community Commissary Planned at Chauncey
Chauncey Feb 29 plans are under way to open a Community Commissary at the Garfield Grimes store building in Chauncey this week. Mayors from Chauncey Nelsonville Jacksonville Murray City Trimble and others met Sunday at Chauncey High School to discuss relief work and solicit donations for the project. Committees on relief efforts will likely be organized during the week.
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Chauncey
Garfield Grimes
Chauncey High School
W. D. Hines
J. W. Hickman
Nelsonville
Joe Judson
Jacksonville
Fred Surgeon
Murray City
E. A. Johnson
Trimble
Astronomers Plan Hide And Seek With Eclipse
Cincinnati scientists aim to observe a total solar eclipse on August 31 from a prime vantage in the northeastern United States and eastern Canada. Under Dr. Everett I. Lowell, the University of Cincinnati group will deploy from Hudson Bay to Portland Maine and Portsmouth New Hampshire to photograph the event.
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Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati Observatory
Canada
Hudson Bay
Atlantic
Portland
Maine
Portsmouth
N. H
Everett I. Lowell
U. S. Naval Observatory
Chauncey Adventist group shifts meeting location
The Willing Workers Class of Chauncey Seventh Day Adventist Church will meet Tuesday night at Mrs. Clarence Mullins’s home on Ellis Avenue instead of the previously listed Mrs. LeMasters residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Chauncey Seventh Day Adventist Church
Clarence Mullins
Ellis Avenue
le Masters
Death notice of George Barnes at Groveport Odd Fellows Home
Chauncey, Feb. 29 Mrs Daniel Fulton Millfield received a message Saturday reporting the death of her half-brother George Barnes at the Odd Fellows Home in Groveport Pennsylvania. Barnes had resided there for several years and is survived by a son and two daughters. Funeral services were held today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Fulton
Chauncey
Millfield
George Barnes
Odd Fellows Home
Groveport
Barnes
Revival Begins at Pentecostal Church in Chauncey
Revival services start at 7 30 each evening at the Pentecostal Church Chauncey led by minister Rev T H Spears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev. Spears
Pentecostal Church
Chauncey
T. H. Spears
Miners to Discuss Commissary at Chauncey Meeting
Chauncey Local No. 358 will hold a 1:30 PM meeting Tuesday at the K of P building to discuss the commissary and other business. Elmer Allen of Chauncey will preside, with Floyd Karns as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Chauncey Local No. 358
K. of P
Elmer Allen
Floyd Karns
Young Cleveland Swain Takes Novel Roller Locomotion
A Cleveland youth on roller skates skated through the streets at 1 a m after visiting his girlfriend. A Cleveland Heights patrolman stopped him who explained he skated because of a low mood and lack of gasoline. The incident amused local readers.
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Cleveland Swain
Cleveland
Swain
Cleveland Lotharios
Cleveland Heights
Ex-Convict James Delk Announces Missouri Governor Bid
James Delk of Sulphur Springs Sul Han Missouri, a former convict turned evangelist, announces his candidacy for governor. He preaches in prison stripes, blending religion and politics in his campaign.
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James Delk
Sul- Han
Delk
Missouri
Lois Cunningham Recovers From Scarlet Fever Illness
Lois Waiva Cunningham eight year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Cecil Cunningham former Chauncey residents has recovered from scarlet fever at home in Los Angeles California. Her father also was ill and the family had recently endured shock and injuries from an automobile wreck several weeks earlier. Mr Cunningham is a son of Vint Cunningham Chauncey.
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Chauncey
Lois Waivaline
Cecil Cunningham
Los Angeles
Cal
Mr. Cunningham
Vint Cunningham
Birth Announcement for Chauncey Sycker Son
Mr and Mrs Earl Sycker announce the birth of a ten pound son born Sunday morning at their Sand Ridge home. They already have four sons and four daughters. Mr Sycker was born in Buchtal Hocking County and Mrs Sycker in Bechtel Athens County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Earl Sycker
Sand Ridge
Mr. Sycker
Buchtal
Hocking County
Mrs. Syckes
Bechtel
Athens County
Local Residents Visit Family and Friends Over Weekend
Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Theisen of Athens visited the latter’s mother Mrs. Clarence Brown in Millfield. Miss Lena Wilson Chauncey visited friends in Nelsonville. Mrs. Nile Dew of Chauncey returned from a short visit with her cousin Miss Lizzie Moody in Lancaster, accompanied by Miss Moody and Miss Louise Dew who spent Sunday there.
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Hugo Theisen
Athens
Millfield
Clarence Brown
Lena Wilson Chauncey
Nelsonville
Nile Dew
Chauncey
Lizzie Moody
Lancaster
Miss Moody
Louise Dew
Chauncey Choir to Hold Wednesday Practice
Mrs Ralph Brown director of music at the Church of Christ Chauncey invites community members to help with singing at choir practice Wednesday night at 7 30 o clock at the church.
Mrs Vint Cunningham Recovers From Influenza Illness
Mrs. Vint Cunningham of Chauncey is reported recovering at her Ellis Avenue home after a weeklong illness with influenza.
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Chauncey
Mother and son join Three Quarter Century Club together
Mrs. Adeline Hathaway, 95, and her son Warren, 75, become the first mother and son to join St. Petersburg Florida’s Three Quarter Century Club. Mrs. Hathaway winters in Florida, driving there each year, while maintaining her home here.
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Claridon
Adeline Hathaway
Warren
St. Petersburg
Fla
Chauncey Hosts Gardner Kilpatrick Guests in Athens
Mr. and Mrs. Guy H. Gardner and daughter Wyona entertained former Chauncey residents Mr. and Mrs. Matt Kilpatrick and daughters Mrs. Gladys Tuttle and Miss Mary Kilpatrick at their Athens home over the weekend.
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Chauncey
Guy H. Gardner
Wyona
Athens
Matt Kilpatrick
Gladys Tuttle
Mary Kilpatrick
Columbus
Loyal Temperance Legion Meet In Chauncey Tuesday
Junior Loyal Temperance Legion of Chauncey will meet Tuesday at 3 30 in the Lincoln Grade School Building with Miss Alice Johnson in charge, announced by Mrs. Christine Brown director of the Legion.
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Chauncey
Jefferson Parents Start Outlaw School in Canal Winchester
At Canal Winchester a vacant magnificent new school sits unused for 15 pupils who attend classes in an “outlawed” school run by Jefferson parents with one teacher. The Canal Winchester District School Board aims to place the children in Winchester buses, while Jefferson parents insist on keeping their own school.
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Lancaster
Canal Winchester
Jefferson
Winchester
Marietta Man Becomes Purser on Cordill Ohio River Packet
Fred M. Hoyt of 329 Franklin Street becomes purser on the Ohio River packet Senator Cordill. He boarded Friday afternoon for the upstream trip to Pittsburgh aboard one of the largest Cincinnati freighters. Capt. W. E. Dunaway commands. engineers are Sardis Kinnaird and Charles E. Page. Hoyt is a well known steamboat clerk who has managed offices for several Upper Ohio packets.
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Marietta
Fred M. Hoyt
Franklin Street
Senator Cordill
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Cincinnati
Queen City
W. E. Dunaway
Williamstown
Cordill
Sardis Kinnaird
Charles E. Page
Hoyt
Upper
Belpre Merchant Buried At Long Bottom Sunday
Earl H. Grim a Belpre Heights grocer died at his home after a brief illness. Funeral services were held at the U B Church Long Bottom with Masonic honors. Survived by widow and two sons. formerly of Long Bottom. member of Masonic Lodge Sistersville W Va.
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Marietta
Earl H. Grim
Belpre Heights
U. B. Church
Long Bottom
Masonic Lodge
Grim
Sistersville
W. Va
Baby Bonds Do Not Bear Baby Picture Says Treasury
Washington reports Treasury officials clarified that special Treasury Certificates called Baby Bonds have nothing to do with babies. They will bear no baby image and will not be red white and blue. The inquiry from an Iowa bank prompted a lighthearted Treasury response noting no child likeness on the bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Treasury
Iowa
Dempsey Appointed Four Star Colonel in Kentucky
Former heavyweight fighter Jack Dempsey received a four colonel appointment in Kentucky. Local officials cited his age and public service as factors in the honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Dempsey
Kentucky
Sir Malcolm Campbell’s lone escapes from accidents
The text notes Sir Malcolm Campbell repeatedly surviving crashes without a backseat helper or co driver, raising questions about his driving skill and risk tolerance during land speed record attempts.
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