Pomeroy K of P Hall to be sold by sealed bids
At a meeting of Pomeroy Lodge 596 K of P Friday evening the decision was made to sell the lodge hall in the old Armory Building to the highest satisfactory bidder Sealed bids are to be received by the lodge trustees until next Friday evening when they will be opened in the lodge room and the best offer accepted The lodge plans to erect a more suitable lodge room once sold
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Lodge
F P
Coolville Camp Meeting Opens Forty-Ninth Session
Pomeroy attendees prepare for a season of spiritual refreshment as Coolville Camp Meeting begins July 8 and runs through August 4. J. Maker of Little Hocking presides over the association, promising an excellent program. Reverend Larry Dye of Waterford and Reverend Thompson of Coolville oversee services.
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Pomeroy
Eady
Coolville
J. As Amaker
Little Hocking
Larry Dye
Waterford
Aml
Thompson
Cattle Club Organized in Pomeroy Jersey Group Formed
A Meigs County Jersey Cattle Club was organized at the Courthouse Friday evening led by H. Dennison of East Lansing Michigan field agent for the American Jersey Cattle Club. Thirteen members joined. five were named directors to elect officers and plan a further meeting next Friday.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
H. &. Dennison
East Lansing
Michigan
American Jersey Cultlc Club
J. H. Stobart
Racine
R. F
Ward Gurmore
Miners
Fred Longlotz
The
Daughters of Veterans
Department
Marian
George Neem
Wayne Garret
Four Injured When County Truck Plunges On Eagle Ridge Road
A county truck with four workers from the Lone section plunged into a roadside tree on Eagle Ridge Road in Chester Township. Thomas Eynon of Syracuse, wed a week earlier, suffered a major arm wound needing ten stitches. Joe Baer, Carl Baer, and John Genheimer were also injured with cuts, sprains, and bruises. Genheimer was trapped between the tree and the truck.
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Pomeroy
Eagle Ridge
Thomas Eynon
Syracuse
York
Enrmite
Eynon
Muffy
Point Pleasant
Fire alarms draw crowd to blaze on Butternut Avenue
A gas stove pipe broke and ignited a bathroom fire at a house on Butternut Avenue owned by Emmett Weaples and occupied by Harry Tate and family. Neighbors smothered flames with rags before firefighters arrived. The incident prompted a large response and disrupted the area in Meigs County.
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Coane Pomeroy
Butternut Avenue
Emmett Weaples
Harry Tate
R. G. Hwebster
Webster
Sixteen Initiated Into Athens County Pomona Grange
In Coolville Grange Hall Friday night sixteen candidates were initiated into the Athens County Pomona Grange by the degree team. Fourteen new members were from Coolville Grange and three from Athens Grange. A Pomona visit to Lodi Grange Jerseyville was announced. A special meeting for degree practice and plans for the county Grange Picnic on August 1 will be held July 20 in Athens. Over 560 people are expected to attend the Minera State Forest Reserve picnic, with county grange members and others invited.
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Coolville
Athens County
Pomona Grange
Grange
Dale Gibbs
W.R. Clark
Ella Clark
Edgar Dixon
Myrtle Dixon
Cediville Grange
George Snider
Athens Grange
Lodi Grange
Jerseyville
County Grange
Chamber of Commerce
Athens
Minera
Vinton
Meigs
Hacking
T. H. Johnson
Albany
Sunbeam Circle Sewing Club
Wharsday
Hoyage
Tom Spark
Neva Radekin
Wally Allen
Hazel Turner
Ma Averill
Mela Radloliffe
Lark Marie Sumner
Waneda Woodrum
Calvin McCay
Roberta Carpenter
Mildred Steward
Blossom McCay
Waneita Morrison
Harry Booth
Anna Elizabeth Opiten
Smudge
Martha Carpenter
Marguerite Crahtres
Kitten Blake
Mary Sisson
Roger] Gall
Nella Woodrum
Mona Spark
Marjorie Knowlton
Dick Ismith
Mary Virginia Starkey
Pictures Planned Of The Plains Road Improvements
Athens County Commissioners will photograph The Plains road before and after improvements starting Monday. Chairman John Grosvenor said the board, including members who visited The Plains Saturday, aims to document conditions as residents protest dust and decay impacting homes and windows.
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Plains
Athens County Commissioners
John Grosvenor
Board of Commissioners
The
Grosvenor
Mother Arrested in Shawnee for Contributing to Delinquency
Mrs. Nore Faught of Shawnee was arrested by Sheriff Clifford Wilson in Perry County for contributing to the delinquency of her daughter Lula May and sons John and Charles. The case awaits disposition.
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Lexington
Lula May
John
Charles
Nore Faught
Shawnee
Clifford Wilson
Perry County
Moneymaking contrivance shown at Main Street shop
At Pomeroy Ed Franz displays a device resembling a small clothes wringer that allegedly prints bills of various denominations from blank paper. The article notes the deception involved and describes a continuous dark cloth roll feeding through rollers as the “paper money” emerges, warning it misleads the public.
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Pomeroy
Ed Franz
Main Street
Oman
Desrel
Post Office Seeks Bids for Mail Carriers Between Pomeroy Minersville and Middleport
The post office department announces bids for carrying mail from Pomeroy to Minersville and return and to Middleport and return. The Minersville route uses a special messenger due to streetcar removal. Schedules and routes are unsettled and will be assigned to the lowest bidder.
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Pomeroy
Postoffice Department
Pomeroy Post Office
Minersville
Middleport
Flora Besserer Dies After Long Illness In Middleport
Flora Besserer wife of Cr Besserer died at home after a long illness. She was a Cheshire native formerly Flora Manek and lived in Middleport for almost fifty years. Her husband operated a Mill Street meat market and served as county commissioner. She was active in the Presbyterian Church and the Order of the Eastern Star. Funeral Sunday at 3 pm with Rev Skinner. burial Gravel Hill Cemetery Cheshire. Also Rutland aims to host the County Teachers Institute August 18 with Dr M P Shankey and WB Bliss as speakers.
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Middleport
Flora Besserer
Cr. Besserer
Wilk
Institute
Alls Manek
Totio Benmett
von Humphrey
B. H. Mack
Skinner
Gravel Hill
Cheshire
Rutland
Teachers’ Institute
Pameray
Seraion
M P Shankey
Marshall College
Huntington
WB. Bliss
Columbus
Education
Ohio
Rathburn
Helwig
Fern Abbott
Evelyn Stewart
Kathryn Jubling
WV. C. King
Jones
Mass Alvira
South Fifth
Lincolnels Ell Pfarr
Cleveland
Youngstawn
Farmer
Peter Fisher
Tom Collins
Toledo
Wall
A. A. Breyer and Son
Dayton
A. W. Giles
Lenore Giles
Charles McDaniels
Earl Titus
Lettie Besserer
Charleston
Everning
F. Besserer
John Bachman
F. W. Rose
L. H. Pratt
Zanesie
James le Fever
Washington
DD. C
Collins
Homer Russell
Drivis
EF. Bobin
Russel and
Paul
Akron
HH. J Russell
John Brown
Wna
Daed Professor Survives Gas Poisoning During 17 Mile Drive
Konrad Scholl a 21 year old music teacher from Middleport drove 17 miles in a hazy, dazed state while gas fumes likely from his car poisoned him. He stopped at Mrs. Albert Lee’s home in Pomeroy where friends aided him until Ohio Power Company workers and Dr. Junke treated him. Authorities believe car exhaust released toxic gas during the trip, saving his life after more than two hours of rescue efforts.
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Konrad Scholl
Middleport
Sehol
Satem
Clyde Jones
Jones
Tuscar
Fomeroy
Salem Center
Middlepost
Albert Lee
Mechanic Street
Pome
Pomeroy
Lee
PD. M Ffennessey
Ohin Power Company
Iup
Jaquad
Converse Peake
Joe Hohre
Charles Sayre
Sebolk
Salem
Ter
Schall
Ohio Power
Mr. Scholl
Fam
Auch Unusnat Etreunistane
Beetham To Speak To White Ribboners
Beetham will address White Ribboners at the annual Lancaster County event in Lancaster Camp grounds on July 27. Delegations from Perry and Fairfield counties attend as state and local officials plan the program.
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Beetham
New Lexington
Perry
Fairfield
Countie
WLC
Lancaster Camp Grounds
Lancaster
Vieletta
Romans
R- R. Beetham
Ghw
School official to address Athens Kiwanis on progress
V. Nelson, superintendent of Bellaire City Schools and lieutenant governor of Kigami District, will speak to the Athens Kiwanis Club Monday at Hart Berry Hall about progress and district initiatives.
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V. Nelson
Bellaire
Kigami
Athens Kiwamis Club
Hart , Berry
Reappointed Prohibition Agent H A Sines Back in Territory
Announcement from Nelsonville notes H A Sines, long affiliated with prohibition enforcement, has been re appointed to a prohibition agent post. He will return to duty in the territory after several months away. Mr and Mrs FE Tompkins and son Robby depart for Meadville Pa to visit their daughter and family for a week.
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Pomeroy
H A Sines
Nelsonville
Improvements and Social Notes from July Across Regions
Road work near Great Bend will extend along the Ohio river with $4900 allocated and $2 subscriptions for gravel. In Middleport, a bridge club hosted by Mrs W H Dubing awarded prizes to M C Welchall and Lucy Goggess. Also in Middleport, Frances Roush hosted the Royal Sons and Daughters event at the Christian Church. In Pomeroy, Attorney Emmett Peoples plans a long trip 1900 miles north with his wife departed tomorrow.
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Great Bend
Mirginilang
Ohio River
Bn Grave
Cedar Run
Parkersburg
Middleport
W. OH. Dubing
Oridge Club
South Third Street
McE Welchall
Lucy Goggess
Prinrs
RM Chambers
Captain Randolph Pressed by Offers to Return to River Pilot Life
In Reedsville on July 19 reports say Captain Dayton Randolph, famed steamboat pilot, is the target of tempting offers to abandon farming and resume river work. Once retired, he faced renewed demand as Queen City and other river traffic return.
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Reedsville
Dayton Randolph
Randolph
Queen City
Wirmma
Keystone State
Ghire
Cinemrath
Pittsburgh
Raiders Active Pomeroy and Club News
Prohibition state officers investigated several complaints after arriving from headquarters. A rat near Racine caused two deaths. Roth pleaded guilty in Galemore court and paid Salser 159 dollars and Jackson 169 dollars and costs. Albany club meeting reports Sunbeam Circle plans for a play titled He's My Fat with a long cast list. Middleport mentions summer clearance clerks added and local visits. Hospital plans include Mrs Dea G Hayes entering Medhiling Hospital for observations and treatment.
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Pomeroy
Prohibition
Sre
Racine
John Saiser
Joe Jackson
Roth
Tustier Galemore
Salser
Coats Ami Jackson
Rollins Killed Jumping from Burlington Express
July 9 incident near Ellsbury Lincolnty County Ma ends in death of D R Rollins a former Reedsvllty resident 45. Reports say he leaped from the train between St Louis and Denver after smashing a window at Coolville Ohio while en route from Saint Louis to Denver. Authorities in Missouri and Ohio seek relatives as details come in and a bank draft and cash are found on his person.
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Louisans
Butcher Dies in Syracuse After Long Illness
Thomas Butcher died at his home near the United Brethren Church after a long illness. He leaves several grown children and an aged wife. Funeral Sunday conducted by the Finstern firm of undertakers. Lewis Walker of Forest Run reported to Walter Hospital Saturday afternoon for a broken leg.
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Syracuse
Thomas Butcher
United Brethren Church
Finstern
Toll Lewis Walker
Forest Run
Walter Hospital
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Everal
Coolville Camp
Ameeting
Cattle Club
Jersey Cattle Club
TE. E Carl
Tacob Greuser
Victor Wippel
Pomeroy R. F
Vernon Nease
Theo. Greuser
Guy Larkin
Ney Carpenter
Carpenter
Everett Colwell
Everett Tracy
Eagle Ridge Road
Emmett
KR. G. Webster
Vocational’ S Agricultural Department
Chester Township High School
Pratr
Tipton
Iowa
Henry Kautz
Pine Grove
Chester Township
Mary Lrchary
Lincoln
Johns Bopkins Hospital
Baltimore
L. G. Gribble
Holzer Hospital
States Forest
Pomona
Postattive
Mrs. Besserer
Miles
Knvantans
Amy L. Whaley
Pomeroy, Ohio
HA. Sues
West Virginia
Betarvelent
Entertains Club
Frances Roush
Royal Sons
Christian Church
Emmett Peoples
Wire
Cas
Farrley
Ethel
Amous
Raiders
Dea G. Hayes
James Meadows
Frost
Medhlign Hospital
Carrahi Meadows
Reed
Ford
Sions
Fred R. Beasley
D. Rollins
Evis
Butcher
Swanson Furniture Co
Atkens
Papen
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