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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 11, 1922

Page

10

Undefeated Pomeroy Grays Triumph 13 12 In Local Ball Game

Pomeroy Grays beat Middleport 13 to 12 at Monkey Run diamond on Sunday. Other scores include Monkey Run over Laurel Cliff 6 to 1 and Ohio Valley defeating Hocking Valley In 7 to 4 at Syracuse park. Elmer J Coates, Civil War veteran from Pomeroy, died recently. surviving sons Howard and Low Coates. Funeral plans to be announced. remains moved from court house to home.

Pomeroy Grays Middleport Monkey Run Laurel Cliff Ohio Valley Hocking Valley Syracuse Park Elmer J Howard Prof Coates Pomeroy Low Coates Turtle Creek Court House

Death of Pomeroy educator Prof. C. T. Coates

Prof. C. T. Coates dean of Meigs education and longtime Pomeroy schools leader died suddenly yesterday afternoon in the county superintendent’s office after a lengthy career. He was 78 and survived by his wife, with his son Thomas also noted for his own school leadership.

Court House C. N. Wagner C. T. Coates Pomeroy Coates Meigs Thomas C. Coates Pomeroy High School

Mr Welker Stricken

William Welker a stonemason of Lincoln Hill suffered a stroke Sunday and was reported in a precarious condition for a day or more though he later showed some improvement.

Letart Township Divided Into Two Precincts

At a county board of elections meeting yesterday afternoon a hearing on dividing Letart township into two voting precincts was approved. The new precincts are named Letart and East Letart, with a future plan to create a third. The county now has 40 precincts.

County Board of Elections Letart Township Letart East Letart

Union miners meet with non union workers at Cheshire

A large group of union miners from Pomeroy Rust Junction and Thomas Fork traveled to Cheshire to confer with non union miners who had resumed work under sheriff deputized protection. Reports claim firearms were shown and threats made while the unionists say they were unarmed. The party had not returned by press time.

Pomeroy Rustjland Thomas Fork Cheshire Swanson Gallia County

Telephone Company Imposes New Connection Charge

The P. and M. Telephone Company began a new order Monday at 8 o clock. Non-subscribers must pay five cents for the privilege. Subscribers must guarantee the nickel before connection.

P. & M. Telephone Company

Lyons Still Manager Amid Phone Removal Order

Lyons, the manager, faces an order that will likely lead to several phones being removed as a result.

Lyons

Community cleanup at the Masonic grounds near the courthouse

A group of men began cleaning the Masonic grounds behind the courthouse this Monday. They will clear brush, terrace the slope to the bluff, and sow grass to beautify the area.

Court House

Mrs Mariah Curtis Dies After Leg Injury at Letart

Mrs Mariah Curtis aged sixty wife of James Curtis longtime fireman at Letart flour mills died at home on Friday July 7 from gangrene of the right leg caused by an injury. Daughter of Ed Sutton a Pomeroy carpenter the Curtis family were the area’s only permanent Black residents. Funeral held Sunday July 10.

Mariah Curtis James Curtis Letart Ohio Ed Sutton Pomeroy Curtis

Murder at Letart WV. 83-year-old Roush killed

Joseph M. Roush, Civil War veteran and local fiddler, was found slain at his Letart home. Mason Shields, arrested near Parkersburg on suspicion of the murder, was found with about $900 in cash. authorities say Roush kept a thousand dollars and Liberty bonds at home.

Letart W. Va Pomeroy Joseph M. Roush Gus Blessing Mason County Jackson County Roush Mason Shields Petroleum Parkersburg Shields Sheilds Pt. Pileasant

Week in city guest of Miss Ferne Shaw amid chautauqua

A Logan delegation followed their ball team to Chauncey Sunday while Miss Ferne Shaw hosts a stay. Colum­bus visits by Mr and Mrs Anthony Toerner and John Humphrey couple. Oberle brothers plan indefinite Carroll stay. Police raid Mrs Kelly Kay Riverside flat seizing several gallons of various liquor. warrants issued but suspects fled. Conditions described as deplorable and liquor vile.

Elwood Bailey R Bailey Logan Lyceum Miss Blackburn George W. Mead Ferne Shaw Logan Fars Chauncey Anthony Toerner Columbus John Humphrey John Philip Oberle Fred Oberle Carroll Paul Eberst Joe Farbearn Kelly Kay Riverside Flat

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