Changes stir Pomeroy business activity
Plans for moving the Remington Hotel to Second Street and reopening Ewing Grocery, Red Anchor and Ebersbach Pharmacy reshaped local commerce. New buildings from Finlan Construction and expanded Bargain House spark renewed trade, with several beauty parlors planned and subleasing discussions underway.
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Pomeroy
Mpomeroy
Second Street
Mainfreet
Ewing
Ebersbach Pharmacy
Red
Armacy
Meigs Savings d Loan Company
B. H. Ewing
Finlan Construction Company
Second and
Mechanic Street
Stanbery
Mulberry
Main
Court Streets
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Fast Relief
An old ad claims Pape's Cold Compound cures colds in three steps. It says the product reduces nasal inflammation and swelling, opens nasal passages, eases breathing, stops discharge, and clears the head. It also claims to induce perspiration and banish feverish weakness, kills germs, cleanses bowels, and removes cold waste from the system. Packages cost 35 cents at all drug stores.
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Pape
Pepe
New barber seeks site in Pomeroy
A report states a barber is negotiating for a new location in Pomeroy, aiming to establish a shop in the town. It notes the matter is in early discussions with property owners and local officials.
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Pomeroy
Council Sees 15 Cent Gas Offer To Pomroy City
Pomroy council met in special session to hear a proposal from local gas producers to furnish gas at 15 cents per thousand cubic feet. A committee was set to confer with the offerors while other topics like a municipal water plant and electrification were discussed with no firm conclusions. Townspeople expected fireworks but left disappointed as committees prepare reports for future meetings.
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Pomeroy
J. B. Downing
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Ninety-Two Students Honor Roll At Pomeroy High
Ninety-two Pomeroy Senior High School students earned Honor Roll status for the last semester with averages of 85 percent or higher. The list includes 64 girls and 28 boys across seniors, juniors, and sophomores with numerous named students across all grades.
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Pomeroy High
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Senior High School
Ruth Flanagan
Mary E. Chapman
Dorothy Ebersbach
Eleanor Karr
Edward Skinner
Lydia Thompson
Phyllis Duerr
Aileen Rea
Harold Davis
Grace Humphrey
Marcella Reibel
William Stevens
Olga Angeletti
Ida Casci
Kathryn Price
Mary Shirler
Bruno Pierotti
Marvin Roberts
Victor Stewart
Harlan Wehring
Bertha Jesse
Velma French
Grace Hawk
Evelyn Heilman
Virginia Smith
Harriett Ewing
Thomas Potts
Duane Davis
Lillian Gloeckner
Eleanor Jividen
Mary Russell
Edith Bowen
Beulah Hampp
Roy Miller
Marcella Compton
Emrogene Wilson
Ethel Smith
Hobart Young
Edith Fisher
Betty Campbell
Russell Hayes
Evelyn Smith
Anna Sattler
Wilhelmine Smith
Opal Will
Thora Eastman
Rachel Elberfeld
Agnes Moore
Louise Nelson
Eloise Boice
June Dilgard
Mary Hennessy
Kathryn Leifheit
Dollie Wright
Philip Cilitton
Betty Ebersbach
Carmene Elberfeld
Paul Casci
Victor
Fear This Game Pomeroy Panthers To Meet Athens Bulldogs
Local basketball fans fear bad luck as the Pomeroy Panthers face the Athens Bulldogs in their thirteenth contest of the season. The omen chatter centers on superstition around ladders and black cats ahead of tonight’s clash.
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Pomeroy Panthers
Athens Bulldogs
Pomeroy
Lodge and club meeting notices moved to An nouncement column
The Messenger announces that all routine lodge club and organization meeting notices will appear at the head of the Announcement column on the Classified Page Classification Number 9.
Pomeroy Boys Extend Win Streak Amid Superstition Fears
Fans caution against bringing bad luck to the gymnasium as the Pomeroy team rides a 12 game winning run and fear the ill luck of number 13 could end the streak. Spectators are urged to stay home if superstition cannot be observed.
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Pomeroy Boys
Interdenominational Youth Gathering At Meigs County
About 200 young people from Meigs County churches are to gather at the Presbyterian Church in Pomeroy for supper at six, a short recreation period, and a pageant Lest We Forget. Rev. Owen Lasley of Racine Baptist Church will deliver the main address. The group aims to foster friendship and reduce denominational barriers among youths.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Young People’s Organization
Presbyterian Church
Owen Lasley
Racine
Mrs. Clara Ross Dies At Home In Racine
Mrs. Clara Ross, 85, died Sunday at her Elm Street home after a long illness. Widow of J. C. Ross, she leaves nine children, six surviving: Mrs. A. G. Bixlar of Ashtabula, Mrs. D. O. Decker of New Matamoras, Ward Ross of Jackson, Miss Verne of Middleport, Frank, and Percie at home. Funeral by Rev. Hardin at Racine M. E. Church Wednesday afternoon. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery.
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Racine
Clara Ross
Elm Street
J. C. Ross
Ross
A. G. Bixlar
Ashtabula
D. O. Decker
New Matamoras
Ward
Jackson
Verne
Middleport
Frank
Miss Per
Memorial services held for Mrs Harley Cunningham
Charity Council No. 245 Daughters of America observed memorial services for Mrs Harley Cunningham in Middleport on Tuesday. The event was open to the public with guests in attendance. Two new members joined by transfer from Clifton Council, Mrs Ida Staats and her daughter Miss Agnes Staats.
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Daughters of America
Harley Cunningham
Middleport
Charity Council No
Clifton Council
Ida Staats
Agnes Staats
Child Recovering Marylin Middleton After Tombstone Injury
Marylin Middleton, injured May 26 when a tombstone toppled in Gravel Hill Cemetery, is almost fully recovered aside from one eye. Dr. and Mrs. D. C. Middleton and siblings visited relatives in Middleport before returning to Dayton.
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Marylin Middleton
Middleport
D. C. Middleton
Jennie Middleton
Dayton
Marylin
Gravel Hill
Parents announce birth of son in Parkersburg
Mr and Mrs Walter Franz announce the birth of a son born Sunday January 24. The child is a grandson of Mr and Mrs E J Franz of Mulberry Avenue Pomeroy Ohio.
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Pomeroy
Walter Franz
Parkersburg
W. Va
E. J. Franz
Mulberry Avenue
Blames New Taxation For Real Estate Slump
A Pomeroy student of political economy argues that higher real estate taxes drive down property values. He notes real estate is taxed at $1.50 per $100, while deposits are 20 cents and public utilities 30 cents per $100. He says real estate holds about 30 percent of Ohio wealth yet bears 70 percent of property taxes and forecasts tax reform as a key legislative issue.
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Pomeroy
Ohio
Rutland Announces Marriage of Holt and Drugan
Florence Eleanor Holt and Paul J. Drugan of Columbus were married December 26 in Cincinnati. The bride is a Rutland High School and Bliss Business College graduate who has worked in Columbus for three years. They will live with Mr and Mrs Drugan in Columbus for now.
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Rutland
Florence Eleanor Holt
Paul J. Drugan
Columbus
Charles Holt
Cincinnati
Drugan
Rutland High School
Bliss Business College
Local residents make weekend travels and visits
Mrs E H Priode returned from Parkersburg hospital after two weeks. Mr and Mrs John Baker attended a funeral in Dayton then planned to return tonight. Miss Kathryn Huber spent a week in Charleston with the Russells and came home Sunday. J L Smith and son Walter traveled to Columbus for hospital observation. Albert Massar of Aliquippa Pa visiting relatives. Chase family visited Charleston. Mrs Chase to stay there a week. Reid Steinbauer and East Palestine family toured here, ex Remington Hotel staff. Mrs Ed Hite went to Columbus to visit Homer Jacobs family. Jacobs now manages a Columbus gas station.
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E. H. Priode
Parkersburg
W. Va
John Baker
Columbus
Baker
Dayton
Kathryn Huber
Charleston
Harold Russell
J. Smith
Walter
Reid Steinbauer
East Palestine
Remington
Ed Hite
Homer Jacobs
Jacobs
J. W. Galbroner
Sara Jones
T. H. Davis
Greenfield
New York City
T. Jessie Jones
FE. F. Maag
H. E. Cooper
South Pearl
Locust Streets
C. H. Snider
Charles
Bob
John
Caro Louise Erwin
Lucille Dutton
Homer Cook
Carl Cook
Marietta
G. B. Cook
James Sauders
Phil Meier
Athens
Tom Watson
Mingo Junction
Herbert Chambers
Richard
Racine
Don Curtis
Amos Woltz
Wellston
W. R. Duiry
Glouster
Vesta
Nora McCoy
Frankie Gaylord
Jiiden
Harry Bailey
New Stratsville
Social rounds across Columbus and nearby towns
Sunday visits span Columbus Greenfield Marietta Athens Racine Racine and Wellston as friends and relatives travel for family events. Names include Dr Jessie Jones Miss Sara Jones Mr C H Snider Mrs H Cooper and Mr and Mrs Galbroner with many trips between Columbus Mingo Junction Hallwood and Hallwood West Virginia.
Wheeler Opens Battle Over 16 to 1 Silver Standard
Senator Burton K Wheeler of Montana invoked the 16 to 1 slogan in the Senate urging remonetization of silver to restore a bi metal standard. He argued reestablishing 16 to 1 with gold would lift global prices and aid American producers against foreign competition while blasting the administration as favoring bankers railroads and insurance companies.
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W. J. Bryan
Washington
U.6
Bryan
Senate
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
United States
Wheeler
Durant Motors Inc Enters Receivership
Central Trust Co. of Lansing appointed receiver for Durant Motors Inc in an equity action by City Auto Stamping Co of Toledo to preserve the firm as a going concern. Creditors claim $32,000 debt and a recent $41,161.96 Lucas County judgment. book value $3.7 million plus California property valued at $1.7 million. Judge Edward J. Moinet set the receiver’s bond at $20,000.
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Detroit
Mich
Central Trust Co
Lansing
Durant Motors, Inc
City Auto Stamping Co
Toledo
Lucas County
Ohio
Await Drastic Action in Shanghai as Martial Law Tightens
Chinese forces under martial law tighten defenses in Shanghai with barbed wire, sandbag barricades, and anti aircraft guns. Japanese naval units wait orders for possible immediate action after a threatened ultimatum. Murai accuses China of stalling.
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Shanghai
U.P
Murai
Foreign Office
Japan
Three Birthday Children Celebrate At Local Schools
No birthdays for three days, folks. Three birthday children arrive today: Thomas Hendricks in first grade at West Side School, James Williams in third grade at East Side School, and Jane Gladding in second grade at Rufus Putnam Training School.
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Thomas Hendricks
West Side
James Williams
East Side
Jane Gladding
Rufus Putnam
Colgate Son Samuel Dies in Colorado Amid Pneumonia
Samuel Colgate eighteen son of Russell Colgate from Orange New Jersey died in Colorado Springs on Monday of pneumonia. He had been attending Colorado College as a special student, with his parents present.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Samuel Colgate
Russell Colgate
Orange
N. J
Colorado College
Pastor Deported From Canada After Broadcast Ban
Reverend Herman H. Hahn of Buffalo New York was barred from entering Canada Sunday as a radical according to reports. He conferred Monday with members of Congress over Station WGR refusal to permit his broadcasts of ceremonies.
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Washington
Herman H. Hahn
Buffalo
N. Y
Canada
Congress
WGR
Military drills amid Japanese threat near harbor
authorities warn time is short to finish defences as 10 war ships loom offshore and 1,400 marines are ashore ready to resist the Japanese force.
Hope for Share in Will of Recluse Draws 2000 Attorneys
In New York on January 26, a large number of lawyers attended a probate hearing for Ella E. Wendel whose estate is estimated between 375 million and 100 million dollars. Rosa Lew Stansbury of Mississippi signed a waiver of citation as next of kin but later claimed the signing was by mistake over a small cash amount and a future promise of 25,000 upon settlement.
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New York
Cis
Ella
E. Wendel
Rosa Lew Stansbury
Vicksburg
Miss
Miss Stansbury
Kerens Sues Supreme Court Over $2 Million Trust
Vincent Kerens asks the Supreme Court to rule if he proved good behavior and sobriety for five years to inherit a $2,000,000 trust from his father Richard C. Kerens of St Louis. The elder Kerens, once ambassador to Austria Hungary, died in 1916. Kerens claimed he maintained sobriety from Jan 24 1923, for five years.
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Washington
Vincent Kerens
Supreme Court
Richard C. Kerens
St. Louis
Kerens
Austria-Hungary
Vincent
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