Pomeroy Begins Cleanup After Severe Flooding
Pomeroy starts flood cleanup as ice forms over shelves in New York Clothing and Whddell hardware stores. Main Street traffic resumes and schools plan Monday reopenings as creeks backwater relent and roads clear.
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Pomerot
New York
Whddell Hardware
Middleport
Pomeroy
Y. C
Hobson
Co. N. Weener
Racine High Scehool
Racne
Bradbury
Antiquity
J L Jewell Dies After Seven Week Illness
Middleport January 28 E L Jewell 61 Harrisonville dies at home after seven weeks with typhoid fever. A prominent Harrisonville merchant he ran a store and was in charge of the post office. Funeral services set for Sunday at the M E church with burial at Wells cemetery.
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Middleport
E. L. Jewell
Harrisonville
Presbyterian church announces services in Middleport
In Middleport on January 28 the Presbyterian church schedules a morning sermon by Rev. Skinner on The Infinite Superiority Sacrifice and an evening message titled The Cross Out lined in the abternacie. Sunday school meets at 9 15 with a study Temptation and How To Overcome It. The Christian Endeavor gathers at 6 o clock for How May We Show Our Loyalty To Our Church. Midweek meeting topic follows.
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Presbyterian Church
Skinner
Christian Endiver
Bayer Aspirin Gargle Directions for Sore Throat Relief
Instructions describe dissolving two Bayer Aspirin tablets in four tablespoonfuls of water to gargle the throat. Repeat every two hours if needed. Use genuine Bayer Aspirin with the Bayer Cross, sold in tin boxes of twelve for a few cents.
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Harmtess
The Practice of the Christian Stewardship
A fragment discusses Christian stewardship, likely outlining duties of believers toward church resources and tithes. The text hints at moral obligations and disciplined giving within a faith community.
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Ing
Funeral services held for Elsie Koenig in Middleport
Funeral services for Elsie Koenig were conducted Thursday at the home of Samuel Tinklepaugh. The body arrived Thursday from Cleveland where Miss Koenig died. Burial occurred at Middleport Hill Cemetery.
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Koenig
Middleport
Jani
Elsie Koenig
Samuel Tinklepaugh
Cleveland
Substitute Teacher Pomeroy
Jan 28 report from Pomeroy states Mrs Homer Ashworth acts as substitute teacher at Long Hollow school for regular teacher Britta Weeks who stays with her mother in a Columbus hospital.
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Pomeroy
Homer Ashworth
Long Hollow School
Britta Weeks
Columbus
Pomeroy High Selects Editor for Annual Saga
Preparations underway for The Saga, the Pomeroy high school annual. Francis McKee chosen as editor-in-chief by the current senior class.
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Pomeroy
The
Pomeroy High School
Francis McKee
Webster Suffering From Inward Goiter In Hospital
Rob R. Webster of Pomeroy is hospitalized in Columbus for observation and diagnosed with an inward goiter by specialists.
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Pomeroy
Rob R. Webster
Columbus
Infant Helen Perkins Dies in Middleport
Helen Perkins infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Perkins died at their Middleport home. Funeral services were held at Bradford church and burial is planned at Bradford cemetery.
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Middleport
Helen Perkins
Avid
Edward Perkins
Bradford
Social Notes Pomeroy Bend 500 Club Gathering
Mrs Hollis Scott of Middleport entertained members of the 500 club at her Front Street home on Wednesday evening.
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Hollis Scott
Middleport
500 Club
Front Street
Entertains at Dinner by Mrs Ben Fultz in Middleport
Mrs Ben Fultz of Middleport entertained guests at a dinner at the Mary residence, hosting friends and neighbors in an informal social gathering.
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Ben Fultz
Middleport
Mary
Birthday Ring Noted At Jane Coffee Shop Event
Thursday bridge party followed dinner at Mrs. Fultz home in honor of Audrey Fultz birthday. Attendees included Roger State Margaret Horden Virginia Karr Edith Schreiner Esther Sayre Grace French Mary Meinhart Virginia Fisher Dahlia Pauley Elizabeth Fisher Frances Klein Edith Harris Hulda Klein Eva Hamm and Helen Coast. Audrey Fultz wore a ring.
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Jane Coffee Shoppe
Edith Schreiner Hosts Sewing Club Evening
Edith Schreiner of Middleport will host a sewing club gathering at her home Friday evening with club members in attendance.
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Edith Schreiner
Middleport
Baptist Members to Entertain at Middleport Dinner
Members of the Baptist church in Middleport will entertain with a dinner Friday evening at the church building.
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The
Baptist Church
Middleport
Mrs Vrooman Hosts 500 Club Night At Walnut Street Home
Mrs. Frank Vrooman of Middleport entertained members of her 500 club at her Walnut street residence Thursday evening.
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Vrooman
Frank Vrooman
Middleport
500 Club
Walnut Street
Local notices reflect illness travel and visits
Mrs. Leo Russell stays home on Third street while Mrs. Edith Winegar is ill with influenza on Fourth street. Several residents travel to Charleston for meetings or to visit relatives in Gallipolis and Huntington. Numerous names appear visiting, recovering, or awaiting news at homes across the area.
Recalled 1884 Ohio River Flood Reaches Pomeroy
Captain J. B. Allen, a longtime Athens county resident, recalls a February to March 1884 flood on the Ohio River greater than recent events. A relief drive in Athens sent $5,000 in bedding and supplies to Pomeroy, with E. J. Jones protecting the party. The journey over knee deep mud required a four m ule team and a boat ride to reach the second floor of Pomeroy’s Reed building, where relief officials met.
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Pomeroy
J. B. Allen
Athens County
Ohio River
Captain Allen
Athens
George Falloon
Kerr's Run
Hysell
Dren
Relief Committee
R. H. Wallace
Phil Stanberry
Bradberry
Dan Russell
Heisel
Curtis ‘Reed
Reed
Etreet
Allen
Front Street
Gallipolis
Captain Allery
Columbus Residents Attend Funeral and Visits
Columbus residents recently attended the funeral of Frank Neutsling Co. I. Burr and visited friends. Fred Gilmore suffers influenza at home. H. E. Vernin made a business visit here Thursday. Floyd Koehler returned from New Lexington after a week with relatives. Mrs. Leonard Tipton improves from influenza. Clarence Rupe shows improvement after a two month accident. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Sacross moved into the Fisher property on Third street.
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Columbus
Frank Neutsling Co
I. Burr
Fred Gilmore
H. E. Vernin
Floyd Koehler
New Lexington
Leonard Tipton
Mill Street
Clarence Rupe
Leo Sacross
Fisher
Third Street
Chaplin Moves Studio to New York for The Circus Completion
Charles Chaplin, advised by counsel, says the divorce suit of Liza Grey Chaplin will not go to trial for at least six months. He plans to relocate his movie company from Hollywood to New York to finish The Circus, which is about three quarters completed.
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New York
Liza Grey Chaplin
Charles Chaplin
Hollywood
Circus
Health Bulletin Promotes Father John’s Medicine for Strength
Health bulletin urges readers to avoid crowds and stay in open air while boosting immunity with Father John’s Medicine a pure food body builder claimed to prevent pneumonia and strengthen the weak. It touts over seventy years of success for colds and body building and notes the remedy is free from alcohol and harmful drugs.
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Father John
Machine slams into flood water near Lincoln Hill
S. 0. S. Pomeroy Jan 28. FEa Ebersbach and two others on a machine failed brakes while descending Lincoln Hill. Water three feet deep at the foot of the hill. They reached shore by boat. machine suffered little damage.
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Pomeroy
Fea Ebersbach
Lincoln Hill
Ebersbach Henson Thomas
C. K. Roberta
Shade School Reopens Delayed to January 31
Shade School in Chester township postponed from last Monday due to scarlet fever isolations and high waters. Regular teacher Grady Roush is ill but improving, substitute Edna Molden was to lead the class, and the school will reopen next Monday with Roush expected to be absent for several weeks.
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Shade School
Chester Township
Grady Roush
Edna Molden
Miss Roush
Condition Improves For Mrs Mills In Charleston Hospital
January 28 report from Middleport states Mrs. Shirley Mills is improved after recent illness at McMillan Hospital in Charleston where she underwent a surgical operation.
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Middleport
Shirley Mills
McMillan Hospital
Charleston
VINCO Herb Tablets Promised Gentle Permanent Relief
An advertisement touts VINCO as a real herb medicine for chronic bowel issues. It claims salts and harsh laxatives fail, promises day or night effectiveness, and urges readers to buy a 25 cent box and tell others.
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J. L. Jewell
Warrisonville
Jack
Lewis & Son
Pomeroy Bend
Sewing Club
Leo Russell
H. S. McClure
Edith Winegar
Fourth Street
Ray McCullum
Virginia Stanley
Herman Ohlinger
Marvin Webb
William Robson
Ben Ervin
Dea Hayes
William McCarty
Tke Meadows
Carroll
Huntington
Carl Winters
Seventh Street
R. S. Turner
Byesville
R. B. Millikan
Lancaster
the Cline Ice Cream Co
Athens, O
Razor
the » Pharmacy CO
Charlie
Excelsior Salt Works
Pomeroy, O
C. D. Shafer CO
Ohio
NIN
Stedman
F. C. Stedman Co
California
Kirk's
Sunkist
Health Bulletin
Ed Ebersbach
E Auston
Cash Grocery
Union St
White House Coffee
West Shade School
Oleo
H. G. Householder
Murphy's
Murphy’s Bakery
Littler’s Bakery
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