Property Value Climbs in Meigs County as Population Decreases
In Meigs County the population fell from 28,620 in 1900 to 23,961 in 1930, yet the tax base rose from 6,346,838 to 22,058,010 dollars. County totals show tax collections climbing from 177,768.85 in 1900 to 556,541.58 in 1930, with 1920 and 1930 figures highlighting shifts in Salisbury Township and Middleport village.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Salisbury ‘Township
Middleport Village
Greige
License plate series map shows county origins in Ohio
POMEROY Jan 29 Due to Ohio license plate distribution the home county of a passenger car can be determined by its number. Webster deputy license commissioner says series assigned to Meigs Athens Gallia counties identify vehicles for law enforcement. Details list Meigs Athens Gallia plate ranges and local coordinators in Pom eroy Albany Glouster Coolville Gallipolis.
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Pomeroy
Ohio
R. G. Webster
Meigs County
Webster Bureau
R. V. Ebersbach
Middleport
Athens County
David Johnson
Athens
Ed .C. Evans
J. Howard Cline
Albany
L. E. Munden
Glouster
F. B. Tidd
Coolville
Gallia County
Doris Wheeler
Gallipolis
Pomeroy Nelsonville Tilt Headlines League Title Clash
In Pomeroy tonight Nelsonville visits for a Southeastern Ohio League showdown that could decide the title. Both unbeaten in league play, the teams meet in what locals call a lengthy season with Pomeroy holding a long winning streak.
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Pomeroy-Nelsonville E Tilt
Pomeroy
Nelsonville
Panthers
Mid Week Prayer Numbers Reported at Middleport Church
At the Church of Christ in Middleport 123 people attended mid week services. Members said 140 calls were made and 823 Bible chapters read during the week.
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Middleport
Church of Christ
Hemroid offers internal cure for piles claims
An advertisement argues piles stem from poor lower bowel circulation and cannot be fixed by salves or surgery. It promotes Dr. J.S. Leonhardt's Hemroid as an internal cure that improves circulation and heals affected tissue, with a money back guarantee at Quick's Cut Rate.
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J.S. Leonhardt
Messenger Society Notes and Local Ads Help Wanted
A brief Mes senger society notice lists contact for circulation and classified ads. John Sauvage is the point of contact at 453-L for ad and circulation inquiries.
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Messenger
John Sauvage
Phone
Work Progressing On Rutland Bridge
Rutland reports work on the new bridge has begun and will continue as weather allows. A detour and a temporary bridge are underway to handle traffic during construction. A concrete road through the town is planned to start March 1 if the state highway department lets the contract on February 16. Traffic will remain open as concrete is laid in two sections.
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Rutland
State Highway Department
Plan Mine Safety Program at Pomeroy
POMEROY January 29. On Tuesday February 2 Syracuse Mining Company plans a safety program and dinner at the Remington Hotel at 6 30 p m. Mr. Lewis of the state safety department Mr Essex secretary treasurer of the mining company and others from Columbus will address 50 or more employes. This is a matter of vital interest to miners of Pomeroy Bend.
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Pomeroy
Syracuse Mining Company
New Remington Hotel
Lewis
State Department of Safety
Essex
Columbus
Pomeroy Bend
Middleport Girl in Democratic Dispute Draws Spotlight
Mrs. William H. Wiley, Franklin County Democratic state committeewoman and former Middleport girl Miss Percy Allen, wrote to state chairman Henry C. Brunner objecting to interference in delegate selection for the Democratic National Convention. Her letter signals dissatisfaction with the Brunner Heer harmony plan in several districts and highlights her Middleport roots and rise in state politics.
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Middleport
William H. Wiley
Democratic State Central
Franklin County
Sea of Democracy
Columbus
Henry C. Brunner
Wiley
Percy Allen
L. O. Cooper
Allen
Body believed to be drowning victim found in Ohio River
A body recovered from the Ohio River at Crown City is believed to be Arthur Riffle who drowned in the Little Kanawha three weeks earlier when a boat with two companions capsized. The two others were rescued and a relative travels to Crown City to view the body.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Ohio River
Crown City
Arthur Riffle
Little Kanawha
Riffle
Biffle
Middleport Church Ladies Host Reunion Tea
Mrs. George Schaaf on South Second Ave assisted by Mrs. Starling McCullough and Miss Kathryn Hawkins entertained Thursday evening at her home honoring Mrs. Boyd Bruce. All four were Middleport High School graduates from 1927 now living in town except Mrs. Hoffman. About 30 guests attended and enjoyed a pleasant social time.
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Middleport
George Schaaf
South Second Ave
Starling McCullough
Kathryn Hawkins
Boyd Bruce
Middleport High School
Hoffman
Pomeroy Notes Include Visit Return and Family Gatherings
Cora D Webb returned to Pomeroy from Marietta after visiting her son W H Webb and family. Richard Vaughn's funeral was held at Ewing Funeral Home with burial in Beech Grove Cemetery. Bobbie Hysell’s sixth birthday dinner honored by Homer Hysell and family on Breezy Heights with grandparents and relatives attending. Rev Ashton formerly of Rutland Christian Church reportedly in serious health in Columbus.
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Cora D. Webb
Pomeroy
Marietta
W. H. Webb
Richard Vaughn
Ewing
Beech Grove
Bobbie
Homer Hysell
Breezy Heights
Ellis Hysell
Niece H C Russell Returns Home From Hospital
Mrs Dora Boice of Lincoln Street reports her niece Mrs H C Russell of Toledo has left hospital and returned home after weeks of treatment for a broken leg and knee injury. Russell, formerly Edith Densmore of Mill Street Road, spent time in Toledo after her husband Mr Russell moved from Hobson.
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Middleport
Dora Boice
Lincoln Street
H. C. Russell
Toledo
Russells
Russell
Hobson
Edith Densmore
Mill Street Road
Son Takes Store Allen Hartley Will Operate Shoe Business
POMEROY Jan 29. Allen Hartley, son of the senior partner Capt Harry H Bennett, has purchased and taken charge of the Hartley and Bennett shoe business started 19 years ago. His mother and Mrs Cora Bennett retain ownership of the building. Hartley assumed management over a year ago due to Bennett’s ill health and has just moved into a new home with his wife and two young sons.
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Bennett
Hartley
Pomeroy
Ben H. Ewing Purchases Key Pomeroy Lot
In Pomeroy on January 29 Ben H. Ewing bought the Stanbery lot adjoining his property to settle a fine dispute. He will continue the planned new building but may delay on the extra lot. The purchase gives Ewing control of a square bounded by Second Street Mechanic Street and Mulberry Avenue in the town center.
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Ben Ewing
Pomeroy
Ben H. Ewing
Stanbery
Ewing
Second Street
Mechanic Street
Mulberry Avenue
Local families visit relatives and pursue schooling
Mrs. J. O. Leonard and Mrs. Paul Leonard traveled to Charleston West Virginia to visit relatives. Mrs. Paul Leonard will then go to Glenville to enter Granville Normal School to finish training. Mrs. E A Reed, recovering in Gallipolis Hospital, is improving after surgery. The Presbyterian Church service next Sunday will be led by the Christian Endeavor Society. Ed Fugate, employed in Huntington, spent the week at home.
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J. O. Leonard
Paul Leonard
Charleston
W. Va
Glenville
Granville Normal School
E. A. Reed
Gallipolis
Christian Endeavor Society
Presbyterian Church
Ed Fugate
Huntington
Thad Lasley Keeps Abreast of Times
POMEROY Ohio January 29 Down at Cheshire Thad Lasley a jolly 200 pound farmer and cattle buyer finds time to read daily newspapers including The Athens Messenger He stores his mind with the work of the masters Shakespeare Burns and Ingersoll His current read is Julius Caesar He graduated from Ohio Northern University with United States Senator Simeon D Fess and was reared among prominent local families.
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Pomeroy
Cheshire
Thad Lasley
Athens Messenger
Shakespeare
Burns
Ingersoll
Ohio Northern University
United States
Simeon D. Fess
Sunday trip to Huntington frames winter plans
Sunday he and his wife will go to Huntington where they will spend the remainder of the winter. Miss Sara Jones arrived from Greenfield on Wednesday and will stay a week with her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs T H Davis before heading to New York City. Mr and Mrs Will Ferguson George Sauer Fred Gilmore Mrs Roscoe Fowler and Charles Wise, son of Mr and Mrs Wise, are all reported ill.
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Huntington
Sara Jones
Greenfield
Inlaw
T. H. Davis
New York City
Will Ferguson
George Sauer
Fred Gilmore
Roscoe Fowler
Charles Wise
H. Wise
Ohio Supreme Court Refuses Case in Folmer Beegle Dispute
The Ohio Supreme Court declines to hear Conrad Folmer's appeal against Mary J. Beegle. Folmer, a Meigs County resident from Upper Pomeroy, won in lower courts over a $5,000 loan to Harry J. Simpson for a coal venture. It is alleged Simpson moved the Simp son Apartments to his wife then to Beegle to block collection.
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Pomeroy
Supreme Court of Ohio
Conrad Folmer
Meigs County
Mary J. Beegle
Folmer
Court of Common Pleas
Upper Pomeroy
Harry J. Simpson
Simpson
Mayme
Fulmer
Bakers Battle Homebread Loss Across Ohio River Towns
In Pomeroy Ohio on January 29 readers note a migration from home bakers to commercial bread wagons. Bakers from Pomeroy Middleport Gallipolis and nearby towns chase trade into Athens Parkersburg Marietta and Huntington while residents lament the decline of brick oven bread pies and buns once baked at home.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
Athens
Parkersburg
Marietta
Gallipolis
Huntington
Chillicothe
Charleston
Athena County Agricultural Society Ends Year With Surplus
The 1931 report by secretary Frank Biddle shows debt cleared by selling land to West Union Street Cemetery for 10 876 dollars and a balance of 506 67 dollars after 21 283 19 dollars in receipts and 20 716 52 dollars in expenditures. The fair drew 15 000 attendees over four days with 700 exhibitors and 1 820 entries, paying 4 549 10 dollars in gate receipts and 5 563 60 dollars in total premiums.
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Frank Biddle
Athens County Agricultural Society
Fair Board
I. 8. Guthery
Biddle
Athena County Society
West Union Street
Agricultural Society
Parmint Tonic Promises Relief From Catarrhal Deafness
Advertising notice touts Parmint Double Strength as a home treatment for catarrh and related ear and head symptoms. It claims the tonic expels catarrhal poison, relieves head noises and dull thinking, and may restore hearing, urging sufferers to obtain one ounce and mix with hot water and sugar for four daily doses.
Birthday Celebrants In Local Schools
Four birthday celebrators are listed. Thora Cheatham, third grade at Rufus Putnam Training School. Maxine Smith, fourth grade at East Side School. Julia Coe, second grade at East Side. and Maynard Coates, sixth grade at Central School.
Mayor Coxey Bans Arrests for Drunken Citizens
Massillon Ohio mayor issues order directing police not to arrest intoxicated persons on streets unless they cause a disturbance. The measure aims to reduce confrontations and guide enforcement discretion in public intoxication cases.
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Massillon
Jacob
Coxey
Lancaster youth sentenced for patricide on hunting trip
Sesco Carper, 18, who killed his father during a hunting trip months earlier, was sentenced on Thursday to a prison term of one to twenty years at the Mansfield Reformatory.
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Lancaster, CO
Sesco Carper
Mansfield Reformatory
State Help in Present Crisis Urged at Meet
Four proposals for Ohio unemployment relief were urged on Governor White by city and community leaders seeking a special General Assembly session. Delegates said the state needs about 21 million dollars beyond available resources and urged county relief powers, emergency school aid, tax-based welfare funding, and local borrowing authority.
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Columbus
O.R
Ohio
White
General Assembly
Governor Seeks Consolidated View of Urban Problems
Governor White said officials and charity heads from cities should come to Columbus for a consolidated view of urban problems. He stressed the gravity of the issue and that authority to solve it lies with the legislature. He plans to cut his cabinet and confer with members on the presented situation.
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Columbus
White
Pen payroll cut ordered at Ohio Penitentiary
Columbus Jan 29 A $16.54 annual payroll reduction for the Ohio Penitentiary was ordered Thursday by Wil. Ham J. Kennedy assistant state auditor director to meet reduced appropriations.
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Columbus
Ohio
Wl. Ham J. Kennedy
Stateare
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