Mrs Mills Found Dead at Home in Middleport
Middleport January 23 Mrs vid Mills, 64, was found dead in bed at her residence at South Fourth and Williams Streets. Her husband, a night engine inspector at Hobson shops, discovered she had died in her sleep from heart disease after years of ill health. She was a Baptist Church member who came to Middleport in 1901 with five children and four sons and one daughter. Funeral Friday at 2 pm at the Baptist Church conducted by Rev L R Wilson with burial at Ches hire Gravel Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Vid Mills
South Fourth
Williams Street
Mills
Hobson Shops
Baptist Church
L. B. Johnson
Harry
Hirley Mills
Herbert
Columbus
Arlie
Ambridge
L. R. Wilson
Cheshire Gravel Hill
Nellie Mackin Hosts Sewing Party for Friends
Miss Nellie Mackin entertained one guest group at her South Second Street home on Wednesday evening. The gathering featured needle work and refreshments served by the host.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Nellie Mackin
South Second Street
Watkins to Speak at Pomeroy Hemlock Grove Meeting
The Rev. Damon D. Watkins and a delegation from the Pomeroy Church of Christ plan to attend a religious meeting in Grange Hall at Hemlock Grove Friday evening. Watkins will deliver an address and Mrs Kathrine Rousey will lead the music.
Community Club Elects Officers in Middleport
The Community Club held its annual meeting in Middleport on Tuesday evening and elected officers for the year. President Harry R. Barnes, vice president T A May, secretary David C Miller, and treasurer C Rathburn. Also chosen were nine directors including H K Cook J L B Downing J H Grate J J Harley I G Hunker W H Johning B H Rawlings C L Smith H N Swift. In Pomeroy eggs remain cheap with buyers paying 38?2 to 38? cents per dozen and heavy hens at 4 cents, springers 20 cents, light chickens 15 cents. Wednesday cream sold at 31 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Harry R. Barnes
T. A. May
David C. Miller
C. ¥. Rathburn
H. K. Cook
J. LB. Downing
J. H. Grate
J. J. Harley
I. G. Hunker
W. H. Johning
Bb. H. Rawlings
C. L. Smith
H. N. Swift
Pomeroy
Rutland merchant sues Barton couple for $350.49 debt
Frances Snowden, a Rutland merchant, filed suit in Pomeroy courts to recover 350.49 dollars claimed as due on a long standing store account from Burl and Shirley Barton, who also reside in Rutland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Frances Snowden
Pomeroy
Burl
Shirley Barton
Bartons
Orange Root Golden Nuggets Promise Rapid Health Rejuvenation
A pharmacy ad touts Orange Root Golden Nuggets as a cure for chronic constipation and liver sluggishness. It claims a triple action cleanse of the bowels, liver stimulation, and blood improvement with non habit forming laxatives. Customers are urged to buy at Lash's Drug Store and major drug outlets.
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Nagre
Lash
Review of Brocalla property sale in Syracuse held in Columbus
Two U S marshals served subpoenas to Theodore and Charles Ebersbach of Pomeroy ordering appearance in Columbus January 30 to testify in a bankruptcy court review of the Syracuse Brocalla sale. The case concerns bids and a later higher bid of 15 200 with disputed credits and unpaid balances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore
Charles Ebersbach
Pomeroy
United States
Bankruptcy Court
Columbus
Brocalsa
Syracuse
O. H. Stewart
United States Court
Theodore Ebersbach
Ebersbach
Sheep Loss Totals in Rutland and Scipio Townships
County Dog Warden Henry Selden reports that from January 1 to January 12 sheep valued at 4195 were killed by dogs in Rutland and Scipio Townships. Scipio lost 165 and Rutland 3830. Since then several dogs have been killed in the vicinity.
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Pomeroy
Henry Seldenable
Rutland
Scipio
Local notices and club updates from Meigs County
Vera Beegle resigns as Racine-Sutton School Board clerk citing lack of time. Pomeroy Shakespeare Club elects officers with Mrs George Parker as president and an executive committee listed. Illnesses include Mrs M Bing in Union Avenue and Mrs Homer Hysell in Breezy Heights. Many attend Charles McAllister’s funeral in Cheshire. he and family formerly lived here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs County
Vera Beegle
Racine Home Bank
Racine-Sutton
George H. Parker
Pomeroy Shakespeare Club
Harry Feiger
J. B. Elberfeld
Ann Ridgeway
Rose Clifton
Charles Ebersbach
Harry Smith
E. K. Lippincott
Helen Turnbull
Louis Reibel
M. Bing
Union Avenue
Pomeroy
Homer Hysell
Breezy Heights
Illnesses Loom Over Chester Village Residents
Mrs William Christy of Chester is seriously ill from heart leakage, with three sons Grover Donald and Carl returning home while Charles the telephone operator at Guysville visits frequently. I M Hutchinson 84 Civil War veteran also seriously ill though slightly improved as daughter Mrs Blanche Ballandingham of Cincinnati and a son came to aid then returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
William Christy
Grover
Donald
Carl
Charles
Guysville
I. M. Hutchinson
Blanche Ballandingham
Cincinnati
Two Gas Deaths Reported in Belpre Home
Silas Bennett of Pomeroy traveled to Belpre after the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Fairbanks from gas fumes. The couple were last seen Saturday evening and found dead Tuesday night, with high gas levels noted in the bedroom. Four canaries also died in their cage.
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Pomeroy
Silas Bennett
Belpre
Elliott Fairbanks
Child Saved When Mother Shuts Off Wringer
Jimmy Schmatll a two year old son of Mr and Mrs J J Schmatll was injured Tuesday after climbing on a chair and pushing his hand into an electric wringer The mother working nearby turned off the current immediately preventing serious mangling of the arm in Middleport Jan 23
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Jimmy
J. J. Schmatll
Surplus Bridge Money Divided After Dispute
In Pomeroy Meigs County and the village of Pomeroy split a surplus salvage sum from the Ohio river bridge project, after the bridge company refused further funding. The county receives 24 forty fourths and the village 20 forty fourths of the 5 480 surplus, with two affirmative votes and one abstention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Ohio
Meigs County
Bridge Company
Raid Farm Home for Third Time
Sheriff J A Willock and deputies report finding a still and more than seven gallons of liquor during a raid on Herbert Soulsbys farm home on the Blair bought property between Syracuse and Racine. The cellar was equipped for liquor manufacture and two barrels of mash were emptied. Soulsby was absent. This is the third raid on these premises under different owners and the finished product was in the kitchen bottled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
J. A. Willock
Welker and
Morris
Herbert Soulsby
George Cundiff
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
Racine
Soulsby
Mark Adams of Keno miller ill at home
Mark Adams veteran miller at this place is reported seriously ill at his home after two months of heart trouble. He is the son of the pioneer owner of the water mill and has been the Keno miller most of his adult life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keno
Mark Adams
Adams
Inheritance tax set for A H Wandell estate
The inheritance tax for the late A H Wandell of Middleport is $1 285 25 from an estate valued at $32 000. One half goes to Middleport and the other half to the State. A third bequeathed to sister Mrs Smith of Terre Haute Ind and the remainder split among ten distant heirs.
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Pomeroy
A. H. Wandell
Middleport
Smith
Bedford Township
Terre Haute
Ind
Frances Pickens Improves After Illness
Frances, adopted daughter of Mr and Mrs Sidney Pickens of South Third Street, who had been ill, is now reported improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances
Sidney Pickens
South Third Street
Driver Blamed in Berea Bus Train Crash
Cleveland January 23 Ten people died when a New York Central train struck a school bus in Berea Village. Coroner A J Pearse said driver negligence appeared evident and called for two-man bus crews statewide. Nine of the victims were children en route to school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.P
Berea Village
John Taylor
A. J. Pearse
Cuyahoga County
Pearse
New York Central
Reverend Watkins and Judge Peoples in Columbus for church matters
The Rev. Damon Watkins pastor of the Church of Christ at Pomeroy and Judge Co. E. Peoples, a leading lay member, are in Columbus this week to attend the Pastor's Convention and handle business for the new church building in Pomeroy.
Mrs Russell Accepts Post at Mary Jane Coffee Shoppe
Mrs Ernest Russell has accepted a position in the Mary Jane Coffee Shoppe. Mrs Elmer Wysong of Bucyrus is visiting friends for a few days.
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Ernest Russell
Mary Jane
Elmer Wysong
Bucyrus
An 1875 Doctor Improves Laxative With Herbal Mix
A physician early in his career abandoned common purges and devised a famous laxative prescription. The blend, praised for its pleasant taste and gentle action, is said to stimulate bowel movement without habit formation, benefitting children and the elderly alike.
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Pomeroy Bend
Midairport
Brocalla Property
Charles McAllister
Cheshire
Mr. McAllister
Mrs. Christy III
The
Messenger
Telephone
Pat Galligher
500 Club
Soulsby House
Ili
of AV
Frigidaire
the Automotive Battery & Electric Co
Athens, Ohio
Vicks
Gray
Lancaster
Logan
Nelsonville
Athens
Pomeroy Bend Bridge
Ripley
Charleston
Ohio Farm Bureau Corp
R. W., Darling
Tin
W. B. Caldwew
Doctors
Copyricht Kuppen
Elinee
In Burnett-Smith
Near
Berry
Elberfelds
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