Demand Increases For Grazing Land In Meigs County
At a meeting of 28 members of Pomeroy City Club on January 29 discussion focused on rising demand for grazing lands in Meigs County. A northern resident asked about buying 1000 acres for cash and another proposed exchanging Columbus property for 150 acres of well water grazing land. Officials linked the demand to growing dairy product demand in West Virginia and Kentucky and easy access to those markets from this region.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy City Club
Meigs County
Columbus
Meigs
West Virginia
Kentucky
Local Crime And Miscellany From Meigs County
Reports from Meigs County include Stanley Mulford of Cheshire arrested in Gallipolis for copper wire theft from Red Bird Mine at Pity. A Harrisonville-area family involved in a truck wreck near Vulcan Camp with injuries to a father and a son. Alvin Norris of Pomeroy mourns his grandmother's funeral in Zanesville. Deputies bring back two men from Marton and Columbus on non support charges. A death notice for Anna F. Carlton of Cleveland, formerly a Meigs County health nurse. A 1897 corner stone ceremony photo exhibit at the Courthouse, noted for women's hats and horse activity outside Sacred Heart Church in Pomeroy. Details on the Ohio Penitentiary Friday night executions, second such event, and obituary of Meigs County justice W. A. McDole of Reedsville.
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Meigs County
Stanley Mulford
Cheshire
Gallipolis
Red Bird
Pity
Alvin Norris
Helen, Pomeroy
Zanesville
Mr. Norris
Hank Young
Harvey French
Marton
Columbus
Anna FB. Carlton
Beliot
Kansas
Cleveland
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Pomeroy
Ohio
Landers held on cattle theft charge in Pomeroy jail
Ray Landers of Gallipolis is jailed in Pomeroy in default of 500 bail charged as part of a group that slaughtered a sheep on Burt Knight’s Chester farm and carried off the carcass weeks ago. Landers lived in Pomeroy’s upper end at the time and has a family in Gallipolis.
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Pomeroy
Ray Landers
Gallipolis
Burt Knight
Chester
Landers
Budget Decision Delayed a Week
Meigs County commissioners spent all day Tuesday in session seeking a budget within current receipts. Tax books close Friday, after which true funds and needed cuts will be known. Consideration centers on trimming the Meigs County Fair budget, potentially eliminating it. Gallia County's budget is $738,000 with cheaper operating costs.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Fair Board
R. G. Webster
Meigs
Gallia
Sollars Talks At Farm Bureau Here In Meigs County
W. E. Sollars of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation told the Meigs County Farm Bureau at its annual meeting that organized farmers voices are rising to national levels. Officers were elected, new directors named, and resolutions favored a state police system and extended state highway plans. The Letart Male Quartet and Rutland High School pupils provided performances as Carman praised the meeting's large turnout.
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Hamden
J. H. Thompson
Athens
George M. Thoma
L. V. Reuter
C. F. Holt
Andrew Dye
W. G. Nease
Earnest Bahr
W. A. Carman
Arthur Johnson
Hurley M. Nelson
H. D. Ashworth
Grace White
Everett Colwell
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Columbus
Wresolutions Committee
Farm Bureau
Ohio Cox
Letart
Rutland High School
A. Carman
Carman
Meigs County
Mrs Mary Jividen Hurting. Taken for Care in Gallipolis
Mrs Mary Jividen of Bowmans Run widow of J F Jividen has grown worse and is to be moved to Molter Hospital in Gallipolis for treatment. She is mother to Clark Jividen a Sutton Township farmer and stocker, another son John, and a daughter married to the editor of The Gallipolis Daily.
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Pomeroy
Mary Jividen
Bowman
Couple Married in Pomeroy by Justice Titus
Frank Ray aged 30 a miner and Louise McCann aged 31 a housekeeper were married in Pomeroy yesterday after obtaining a marriage license. The ceremony was performed by Justice RK Titus.
Youth Confesses Burglary Ring In Pomeroy Area
In Pomeroy on January 29 one teen and two young men confessed to a long running burglary and larceny ring. Lewis Laudermilk 17 Ted Laudermilk 19 and Arlie Gilmore 22 face grand jury with bonds set at 3000 each. Officers recovered items from old coal mines and a Rose Hill Schoolhouse theft.
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Pomeroy
Lewis Laudermilk
Ted Laudermilk
Arlie Gilmore
Upper Pomeroy
Chester
Edward Young
Wesley Davidson
Young Laudermilk
Rose Hill
Laudermilk
Justice Gilmore
Hank Young
Social visits span weekend across several households
Charles Haley and family joined his parents Mr and Mrs Elza Haley while Frank Utsinger stayed with Val Reuter in Pomeroy. Claude Clark of Athens visited Emory Ralph with his wife and gathered with friends. Marvel Huge of Dexter chatted with local classmates Tuesday. The funeral of Mrs Ralph Warner, who died Jan 20 1981, was held in Rutland with burial at Miles Cemetery. She was daughter of Crosby Paice and active with local colored community. The service was by a Columbus undertaker. She leaves a husband, a father, several sisters, a brother and many friends including Henry Zimmerman and Forrest Marples of Athens. Other Sunday visits included Howard Folden and daughter from near Dyesville with Cash Zimmerman, and Ernest Harrison’s family from Hysell Run visiting Clyde Harrison of Leading Creek.
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Charles Haley
Elza Haley
Frank Utsinger
Val Reuter
Pomeroy
Claude Clark
Athens
Emory Ralph
Marvel Huge
Dexter
Ralph Warner
Columbus
Rutland
Miles Cemetery
Crosby Paice
Henry Zimmerman
Forrest Marples
Howard Folden
Dyesville
Cash Zimmerman
Ernest Harrison
Hysell Run
Clyde Harrison
Leading Creek
Carter's Little Liver Pills Promised to Restore Vital Flow
An advertisement advises readers with malaise to avoid laxatives and rely on Carter's Little Liver Pills to stimulate bile flow. It claims the liver produces two streams of bile daily and that proper flow digests food, prevents gas and bad breath, and cures a general poisoned feeling. The ad emphasizes the red label and name accuracy.
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Carter
Two in Hospital Mr Hughes and Wife In Texas
Word from El Paso Texas reports Charles Hughes says his wife Celia Hughes formerly Miss Celia Huber is in a Texas hospital for a goitre operation. Her condition will improve before the operation. Mrs Hughes taught in local schools and is granddaughter of Mrs Hulbert and niece of Mrs Dillard. Mr Hughes also hospitalized and not yet fully recovered.
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Middleport
el Paso
Tex
Charles Hughes
Goitre
Hughes
Celia Huber
L. A. Hulbert
Pearl Street
J. F. Dillard
Funeral procession accident at Letart injures none
An auto crash during Mrs. Homer Varian funeral near Letart West Virginia involved five passengers in a two door coach that turned on its side. Doors jammed, top cut off to fight fire. No injuries reported. Varian's husband Capt Homer Varian is a river navigator and her sister Miss Margaret Hayman of Pt Pleasant also mentioned.
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Letart Falls
Homer Varian
Pt. Pleasant
Lester Nease
Centerbury
Local residents noted in travel and family updates
Mrs. A A Hugg leaves for Detroit to visit her son Arthur and attend granddaughter Virginia Hugg’s high school commencement. Rev C H Eichinger and Rev F C Krenger attended county ministerial work in Racine. Mrs FE M McCarty tours Huntington with her parents James and? Meadows as sister Dea Hayes joins in Columbus. Mrs Thomas Longstaff visits Columbus with daughter Bertha Hamilton. Mrs Agnes Soles returns from Vinton after aunt Harriet Lowe’s funeral. Water cress sold in Middletown signaling spring. Avery Henry Eichinger and Mrs E M Roberts visit Chillicothe on business. Mrs Mabel Calhoun improving in Grant Hospital after appendectomy. Downing Roush called to Bucyrus for New York Central Lines work. Mr and Mrs Harold Russell move to Bradbury with his parents. Mr Rudy has long worked at Kroger on Mill Street.
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A. A. Hugg
Detroit
Arthur
Virginia Hugg
C. H. Eichinger
F. Cc. Krenger
Racine
FE. M. McCarty
Huntington
James Meadows
Dea Hayes
Columbus
Thomas Longstaff
Bertha Hamilton
Agnes Soles
Vinton
Harriet Lowe
Hugh Fullerton
Middleport
Avery
Henry Eichinger
E. M. Roberts
Chillicothe
Mabel Calhoun
Grant Hospital
Celhoun
New York Central Lines
Downing Roush
Bucyrus
Harold Russell
Bradbury
Ru ®Dt
Kroger
Mill Street
Nelsons Welcome Son In Detroit Birth
Telegram from Detroit informs Middleport residents of the birth of a son to Dr. and Mrs. Henry Nelson. The mother is formerly Miss Elizabeth Jones of Middleport and a niece of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Davis of North Third Avenue.
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Middleport
Detroit
Henry Nelson
Elizabeth Jones
T. H. Davis
North Third Avenue
Calendar group plans event in new gymnasium
Mrs. A. W. McKay, representing the year in the calendar system, leads a group of twelve women meeting at Coal Street to map the next calendar program to be held in the new gymnasium.
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Middleport
A. W. McKay
Coal Street
Civil War veteran R C Middleswart marks 90th birthday
Portland scene recalls 90th birthday of R C Middleswart, lifelong resident and Civil War veteran. A dinner at his old home honored by niece Mrs Van McDade and family, with relatives W E McDade Raymond Nolan W G Middleswart FE Middleswart Essie Alexander Harlan Mills and Alexander Middleswart in attendance.
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Portland
R. C
Middleswart
van McDade
W. E. McDade
Kananga
Raymond Nolan
Raymond
Mrs Addie Stevens III Critical After Third Stroke
Word arrives from Niles that Mrs. Addie Stevens, formerly of Middleport, is critically ill after a third stroke. She resides with her nephew and niece, Mr and Mrs H H Williamson, who report no chance of recovery per her attending physician.
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Stevens
Middleport
Addie Stevens
Niles
H. H. Williamson
Williamson
Kreinbeihl to Attend Sixth Woman's Patriotic Conference
Mrs. Louise G Kreinbeihl of Pomeroy Ohio department national defense chairman will depart tonight for Washington D C to attend the Sixth Woman's Patriotic Conference for National Defense.
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Pomeroy
Louise G. Kreinbeihl
Department National Defense
Ohio
Woman's Patriotic Conference For National Defense
Washington, D. C
Mrs. Lois Thomas Heads to Florida for Winter
Mrs. Lois Thomas and her brother Otho Powell left Monday for St. Petersburg Florida to spend the rest of the winter. This marks Mrs. Thomas's usual winter retreat for the past many years to the Florida sun and warm climate.
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Florida Middleport
Lois Thomas
Otho Powell
St. Petersburg
Fla
Thomas
Captain Owen Dies in Baltimore After South America Trip
CAPTAIN WILLIAM OWEN, an Atlantic Ocean seaman and brother of Mrs. F W Crow, former Pomeroy resident, died at his Baltimore home after returning from a South American voyage. He contracted pneumonia and is survived by his wife, four children, a brother, and a sister.
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Owen
Pomeroy
William Owen
Atlantic Ocean
F. W. Crow
Richard Owen
Baltimore
South America
Senator Love Calls For Boxing Commission Reform
A figure identified as Senator Love suggests legislation to require boxing commissions to exercise common sense in oversight after prior laws regulating pugilism. The remark frames a push for practical reform in sport governance.
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Senator Love
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