Indictments Return Red by Meigs County Grand Jury
Meigs County grand jury returned four indictments against Harry Dye and his wife Gertrude for passing checks on deposited funds. Harry Dye faced a fifth count of abandoning nine children. Throckmorton and Hazel Throckmorton were indicted for assault and other charges related to beating and confinement. Starkey was indicted for failing to provide for his children. Jurors recommended funding a new jail kitchen stove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fonday
Harry Dye
Gertrude Dye
Throckmorton
Hazel Throckyn
Sted Throckmorton
I. Starkey
Meeting of Meigs Ministerial Association at Rev Beuscher home
The Meigs Ministerial Association met Monday Feb 3 at the Mulberry home of Rev Frank Beuscher. Officers were reelected with Mrs Frank Beuscher as vice chair and Rev Cecil C Bailey, Rev Frank Beuscher, and I Gardner noted in leadership roles for institutional work and the gram committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs Ministerial Association
Frank Beuscher
Mulberry
Co. Kreager
Cecil C. Bailey
Ed I. Gardner
Gram
M. E. Church
Man Wanted in Auto Theft Case Recovered in Indiana
George Bendell known as renter was brought to Lake County Indiana by county officers from Indiana police yesterday. He is wanted on an auto theft charge in Lake County and was located by officers in transit to that county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy
George Bendell
Renter
Army County
of Indiana Police
Reto Lake County
Ind
Local students return from holiday visits and trips
Mr and Mrs C B spent Sunday with Mrs Edna Craig in Delaware Roberts principal of Shawgh School returned to Shaw after visits. Charles Crow came home from Michigan with parents Mr and Mrs R D Jividen and Imma Jividen visited relatives in Downington. Russell Lee and Easterday returned to Ohio State University. Other students Ben Philson at Western Reserve and Bonnie Miles and Bentz at Ohio University also came home after the break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B
Edna Craig
Dleport
Ohio State University
Sus
Ben Philson
Western Reserve
Ind
Bonnie Miles
Bentz
Ohio Uni
Athens
Hemlock Grange Reinstates Officers With Asa Hoskins Leader
Hemlock Grange elected and installed officers led by Asa Hoskins as head officer. Other roles include Leo Story overseer W. Will lecturer Alta Nelson chaplain Nellie Smith and many more named keepers and committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eroy
Hemlock Grange
Asa Hoskins
Leo Story
W. Will
Alta Nelson
Porter Midkiff
Tubbs
Avery Nelpor
George Hauck
Chester Rice
Dolores Tubbs
Lucile Story
Her Beards
Ceres
Nellie Smith
Eula Rice
Flora
Betty
R. H. Home
Crusader Plane Aims At Sub-Strato Conquest
In Miami a novel aircraft named the Crusader, designed by Thomas M. Shelton, is shown ready for a trans continental test. The fuselage free craft uses two outrigger cylinders from each motor to the rear rudder rack and is claimed to fly safely on a single motor. Minor alterations required for sub stratosphere capability are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas M. Shelton
Courthouse Bell Replaces Faulty Fire Alarm in Pomeroy
Pomeroy shifts from a $5,000 fog horn alarm to the old courthouse bell after years of malfunction and high costs. Fire chief issues that the apparatus now cannot be operated, requiring only telephone or word of mouth summons during fires. Citizens recall the 1927 blaze as frustration grows over the failing system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Middleport
Racine
Mason City
Hartford
W. Va
Tuppers Plains
Pomeroy Council
Barnum
Middleport Literary Club Holds Annual Officers Elect
Mrs Elizabeth Hartinger hosted the Middleport Literary Club at Third Avenue and Garfield Street this afternoon. President Mrs R W Harris led a well attended meeting with roll call New Year's resolutions. Mrs A W McKay read a paper on An Experiment in Autobiography. The next church meeting will be with Mrs C M Hennessy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Elizabeth Hartinger
Third Ave
Garfield St
R. W. Harris
A. W. McKay
C. M. Hennesy
Philathea Women to Meet on Thursday in Middleport
The Philathea Women of the Church of Christ meet Thursday evening to finalize plans for a three act comedy play There is a Man in the House sponsored by the PTA. The play will be staged at Middleport High School Gym on Pearl Street during the first week of February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Philathea Women
The
Church of Christ
Parent-Teacher Association
Middleport High School
Pearl St
Judge Gillen Visits Pomeroy Ahead Of Appeal Candidacy
Roy J. Gillen, Jackson County common pleas judge, visited Pomeroy on Tuesday. Blind yet prolific, he plans to run for the court of appeals in this district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Roy J. Gillen
Jackson County
Lawrence Taylor of Second Ave. in hospital
Lawrence Taylor, of Second Ave., is in the Veterans Hospital at Huntington for observation and treatment. Since entering the hospital he has contracted grippe and has been quite ill, it is reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Lawrence Taylor
S. Second Ave
Veterans Hospital At
Huntington
Taylor
Horse skeleton counts bones at ninety one
A body of a horse is described as having 91 bones in total. The note outlines the typical skeletal count for the animal, highlighting the vertebral and appendicular structures contributing to the total.
Nye Bingham Dies At Home in Toledo
Nye S. Bingham former Middleport resident died Friday at his Toledo home. Funeral services were held in Toledo on Monday. He ran the Binghan Coal and Cartage Company and left Middleport about fifty years ago. He was about eighty, born on Leading Creek, once ran the largest livery stable in Middleport and was a cousin of Elmer L. Bingham of Rutland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Nye S. Bingham
Toledo
Meigs County
Bingham
Binghan Coal and Cartage Company
Leading Creek
Mr. Bingham
Elmer L. Bingham
Rutland
World Wide Guild Meets at Mrs Lambert Home
Middleport reports the World Wide Guild junior missionary society of the Baptist Church met Monday evening at Mrs Max Lambert home on Palmer Street. Councilor Mrs F C Kreager and 17 members attended. Miss Eilen Jane Mygatt taught the fifth chapter of the Flying Boat. The gathering ended with light refreshments served by Mrs Lambert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
World Wide Guild
Junior Missionary Society of the Baptist Church
Max Lambert
Palmer St
F. C. Kreager
Eilen Jane Mygatt
Lambert
Middleport Social Personal Mention
Clarence Tucker was transferred from Hobson to Toledo by the New York Central Railroad and moved his family to Toledo Saturday. Mrs. G O Reynolds and mother Mrs Minerva Childers and L D Hartinger, from Akron for the mid year vacation, came home Saturday. Betty Dempskey and several other children are out of school due to whooping cough. The Ladies Auxiliary to the B of R T met this afternoon with Mrs H B Bush on Gravel Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Clarence Tucker
Hobson
Toledo
New York Central Railroad
G. O. Reynolds
Minerva Childers
L. D. Hartinger
Akron
Betty
Edwin Dempskey
B. of R. T
H. B
Gravel Hill
Local Births and Weekend Visits Parade in Grass Run Area
Community notices list births and family visits across Grass Run and nearby towns. Names include Jasper and Mrs. Robinson, Haning, Saxton, Dulaney, Plummer, Nicholson, Will, Molden, Ogden, Bachner, and others with travel to Chicago and Memphis stories. A photo captions a custody case reunion in Memphis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grass Run
Side Hill
Jasper Robinson
Charles Haning
Lancaster
Salem Center Local 12 Meeting and Organizing Drive
The Salem Center chapter of the Ohio Unemployed League will meet every Friday at 7 PM at Ben Jacks home near Salem Center. John Camp, Meigs County organizer, received a state permit to form league chapters and will organize at Morgan Center in Gallia County Thursday at 7:30 PM with Ben Jacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem Center
Salem
Ohio
Unemployed League
Ben Jacks
John Camp
Meigs County
Morgan Center
Gallia County
Saslem No. 12
Pomeroy Man Jailed on Intoxication Charge
Pomeroy Del Farmer of Middleport was jailed Tuesday on an intoxication charge by Middleport Police Chief William Robeson. Harold Estep, arrested Tuesday for non support, was released the same day after arranging payment to satisfy the obligation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy del Farmer
Middleport
William Robeson
Harold Estep
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Offer Youthful Wellbeing
An advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a safe substitute for calomel to cleanse the system and relieve stomach troubles pimples listlessness and headaches. It claims 20 years of use by men and women and promotes the olive colored vegetable tablets priced 30c and 60c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Edwards
Ito
Jook
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Arry Dye
Ters of
Meigs
Aken
Indiana
Cers
Y Darst
Lnter
Lass
Oleport
Baptist Church
F. C. Fr
y-Bennett
Post
Legion
Adda Philp
Willem R. Phillips
Amesville
William WN. Alder
Athens County
5. M. Johnson
Said County
Mary
James Bakins
Athens Ohio
M. Johnson
Nye Bingham
Mrs. Lambert
Ning
Galen Will
Ernest Molden
Dorothy
John Price
Dyesville
Race Davis
O. S. Davis
Parker Run
Rock Springs
Alcia Albrado
Memphis
Emma Linscomb
Alecia
Paces Court
G. D. Gorham
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