Pomeroy-Middleport Developers Reach Charge Agreement
At a Columbus conference with C and O rail, Ff W, local street railways, and Pomeroy Bend interests, an agreement ends extra switching charges over lines above Pomeroy. The move aims to unlock east Meigs coal development and river transport gains as industries expand near Racine and river ports. Wisconsin engineer Wi O Ewing heads to Cleveland to showcase his new engine.
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Columbus
Ff. W
Pomeroy Bend
Pomeroy
Racine
Meigs County
Brocalsa Chemical Co
Syracuse
East Meigs
South
Seaboard
Ohio
Ill Assorted Pair Begin Florida Auto Trip
Sunday from Middleport an eccentric duo, Dr. D. S. Hartinger and Rodney Downing, set off in an auto toward Florida. They plan a stop in North Carolina, a visit to Cuba, and seek sun and health. Hartinger is said to know where a fountain once missing by Pon ce Dea Leon.
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Middleport
Florida
D. S. Hartinger
Rodney Downing
North Carolina
Hartinger
Ponce Dea Leon
Downing
Cuba
Pierce Family Returns to Middleport from California
Clem Pierce and family, who moved to California a year ago this month, have arrived back in Middleport. They did not care for the Golden State and will remain in the old home town where it suits them better.
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God
Clem Pierce
California
Middleport
Must Pay Assessment On Middleport Gallipolis Highway
County surveyor ordered to certify the 10 percent assessment against abutting properties on the Middleport Gallipolis highway. Litigation may resume as owners challenged road specifications before final closure.
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Middleport-Gallipolis
New Pastor Coming to Pom eroy Presbyterian Church
Rev. Howard Carr from Utica Ohio will come to Pom eroy February 1 to take charge of the pulpit succeeding Rev. W. H. Hyde who left for missionary work in North Carolina several months ago.
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Howard Carr
Utica
Ohio
Pomeroy
Presbyterian Church
Rev. Carr
W. H. Hyde
North Carolina
Meigs County Road Meet Aims To Plan Long Term Improvements
Interest in good roads rises in Meigs county as a two day court house conference signals progress. A meeting is set for Tuesday Jan 23 at the court house with commissioners township trustees and township Good Roads Federation leaders to draft a county and township road program for three to five years. The effort seeks to overcome past jealousies and secure state aid through coordinated planning.
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Meigs County
Court House
Township Trustees
Township Good Roads Federation
Hayes-Sayre Tie the Knot in Racine Court House
Millard Hayes 21 and Esther Sayre 19, well known Racine youths, were married by Justice Barnes at the courthouse Tuesday. They plan to establish a home in Racine.
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Hayes-Sayre Millard FE. Hayes
Esther Sayre
Racine
Justice Barnes
Court House
Death of Mrs Dye in Harrisonville
Mrs John Dye aged about seven years died Tuesday at home in Harrisonville from infirmities of old age. She was daughter of Hi Chase and mother of Dell Dye of Harrisonville. Funeral held today at Harrisonville Presbyterian Church with burial in Shipman cemetery.
Downing Returns Home After Columbus Visit
J. B. Downing spent a few days in Columbus assisting in settling his brother M. R. Downing’s business affairs and is now back home. Mrs. I J Heiner, presiding officer of the Athens Presbytery Women’s Missionary Society, was in Columbus for a State Synodical meeting before returning.
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J. B. Downing
Columbus
M. R. Downing
L. J. Heiner
Women’s Missionary Society of the
Athens Presbytery
Hainer
McArthur Disaster Destroys Wellston Block
Fire swept through a Wellston business district near the Elks hall around 3 a m on January 17 destroying Bains hardware Hotchkiss furniture and the Elks hall with offices. Total losses estimated at 600000 with only partial insurance. Firefighters and locals prevented spread to nearby Art Leach’s undertaking and Lomax’s grocery. Cause undetermined though overheated furnace or faulty wiring is suspected.
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Elks’ Hall
Wellston
Bains Wellston Hardware
Hotchkiss’ Furniture
Art Leach
Lomax
Elks
Marriage License Issued For Foreman Morris Wedding
A marriage license was issued on Wednesday January 17 to Joseph C. Foreman and Miss Bessie Morris. The couple traveled to Logan for the ceremony. Foreman is the son of the late Ulysses Foreman and Mary Anderson Foreman of McArthur and has ties to the Anderson family lineage. Morris is a native of Meigs County and recently resided in the area. Also noted are visits and personal news including Anna Dunkle of Athens visiting Cincinnati, the death of Michael Hawk of Columbus once connected to Wilkesville, and several local civic meetings scheduled in the coming days including the American Legion auxiliary and Eastern Star events.
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Joseph C. Foreman
Bessie Morris
Logan
Foreman
Ulysses Foreman
Mary Anderson Foreman
McArthur
Sennett Anderson
Meigs County
Michael Hawk
Columbus
Chas Hawk
Hamden
Wilkesville
Institution
Mrs Louise Biggs Visits Columbus Before Returning Home
Mrs Louise Biggs of New York City visited her sister Mrs Rimmon and brothers fiary and Miles Ogan in Columbus and left Tuesday. She plans to stay a couple more days visiting friends before returning home. Carl Cotner of Cotner Car isle drug store, a former Athens resident, begins a six month post graduate course in pharmacy and will help run the store here after completion.
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Louise Biggs
New York City
Rimmon
Fiarry
Miles Ogan
Columbus
Carl Cotner
Cotner-Carisle Drug Store
Athens
Coure
In Memory Of Lydia Howard
A memorial note marks the two year anniversary of Lydia Howard's death on January 18. Daughters Mrs Lawrence Niggemeyer Mrs Addison Wilson and Mrs Clyde Jeffers express sorrow and faith that she rests in a better place with God.
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Lydia Howard
Lawrence Niggemeyer
Addison Wilson
Clyde Jeffers
Red Pepper Rub Promises Quick Rheumatic Pain Relief
An advertisement touts Bowles Red Pepper Rub as fast relief for rheumatic joint pain. It claims immediate tingling heat, three minute warming, and that soreness vanishes, urging readers to ask a druggist for the genuine Rowles product.
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Rowles
Actress Goes Free on Narcotics Charges
New York January 17 Miss Juanita Hansen motion picture and vaudeville actress had charges of use and possession of narcotics dismissed today by Magistrate McQuade.
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New York
Juanita Hansen
McQuade
Censor Defends Arbuckle Film Exhibition Move
Camden New Jersey January 17 Rev William Bagley city censor defended exhibiting Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle films He said he would risk heaven with Arbuckle rather than with ministers he has known and that one mistake should not ruin a man.
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Camden
N. J
William Bagley
Roscoe
Fatty
Arbuckle
Roscoe Arbuckle
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