Shamrock Texas Mob Threatens Negro Quarter
In Shamrock Texas on July 14 1930 Sheriff W K McLemore faced a mob of about 300 vowing to burn the Negro quarter after a Black man killed a white woman near the border. He refused to yield, saying he would stay to prevent bloodshed as rumors of renewed violence spread.
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Shamrock
Tex
U.P
W. K. McLemore
Oklahoma
Jesse Lee
Henry Vaughan
State Line
Melemore
Granite
Kla
Revene
McLemore
6 Per Cent Idle
Washington reports Census Bureau findings showing about 6 percent of the working population unemployed. The official measure excludes children the aged students and many home makers from the employed totals, resulting in an estimated 2 percent of the total population being unemployed.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Suster Family Visits from Wei Virginia
Mrs. G. QO. Suster and her son and daughter arrived from Wei Virginia to visit due to the illness of the former's father W. R. Haptonstall.
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G. QO. Suster
Wei, Va
No. 7 Highway East Will Be Improved
The State Highway Department plans extensive improvements on No. 7 Highway just outside Pomeroy's eastern limits. Two large fills totaling 7,700 cubic yards will be built this fall to allow settlement before a concrete surface. A 390 foot pipe line will carry Shenan Springs water to a concrete basin by the highway for tourists.
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Pomeroy
State Highway Department
Carleton Hollow
Shenan Springs
Marietta
Meigs County
Jones
Ballots Ready as Meigs County Plans Absentee Voting
Meigs County election officials prepare for absentee voters for the primary. W. L. Stivers, assistant clerk, oversees the process. Fifty extra ballots per precinct are printed and not bound in regular packages to reduce tearing from voter supplies.
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Pomeroy
Middleport Social Roundup Sees Many Local Visits
Residents and visitors travel among Merietta Col umbus Parkersburg and Huntington with many weekend calls. Mr and Mrs T N Curtis visit sister Mrs Herbert Chambers in Merietta and go to Pt Pleasant in the evening. Richard Chambers visits his sister Esther in Columbus and stays with Aunt Mrs J W Major.
Burial for Richard R Tillis in Rocksprings Cemetery
The body of Richard Ross Tillis 386 was brought from New Cumberland West Virginia for burial in Rocksprings Cemetery. Death was due to heart trouble and dropsy. Tillis leaves his wife seven children ages from ten months to seventeen years and his parents. The family formerly lived in Minersville.
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Pomeroy
Richard Ross Tillis
New Cumberland
W. Va
Rocksprings
Tillis
Minersville
Silas Carleton Dies After Illness Near Rocksprings
Silas Carleton aged 85 died Sunday morning at the old Carleton homestead near Rocksprings after a 24 hour illness. His wife, stricken last March, is seriously ill. The Carletons are an old regional family with ties to Syracuse and Five Points. Surviving children include Charles B. Carleton in Denver, Homer and Emerson in Cincinnati, C. G. Carleton in New Orleans, Mrs. O. D. Standley in Denver, and Guy Carleton at home. Funeral plans pending arrival of children.
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Pomeroy
Silas Carleton
Carleton
Rocksprings
J. E. Carleton
Syracuse
Charles B. Carleton
Denver
Colo
Homer and
Emerson
Cincinnati
C. G. Carleton
New Orleans
O. D. Standley
Guy Carleton
Novice Pilot Dies in Port Columbus Home-Made Plane Crash
J A Wean a 30 year old novice pilot is killed near Port Columbus after his self constructed plane stalls and spins from 700 feet. He had fewer than five hours of solo flight before this attempt. The craft crashes in a field and motor stalls during the second flight.
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Columbus
J. A. Wean
Port Columbus
Wean
Waller Named Overseer of Boulder Dam Project
Raymond F. Waller, chief engineer of the U S Reclamation Bureau, is named general overseer of the Boulder Dam project worth 165 million dollars. He will be stationed in Denver and lead what is described as Uncle Sam’s greatest undertaking since the Panama Canal.
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Raymond F. Waller
U. S. Reclamation Bureau
Boulder Dam
Uncle Sam
Denver
Pine needles cure asthma claim reported in Pomeroy
A 12-year-old boy in Pomeroy reportedly found relief from a chronic asthma condition after sleeping on a pillow stuffed with pine needles from discarded Christmas trees. The pillow was replaced after wear, and the child remained free of symptoms following a second needle-filled pillow. Also, Mrs. Patrick Gallagher hosted a Five Hundred Club event in Middleport with three tables and prizes for Mrs. H. S. Root and Mrs. John Russell.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
Patrick Gallagher
South Pearl Street
H. S. Root
John Russell
Population decline hits Meigs County since 1920
Complete figures show Meigs County population at 23 961 down from 26 189 in 1920 a net loss of 2 228. Pearl Smith employed by the telephone crew in Pomeroy was seriously injured after a fall from a truck load of sand. Funeral held for Howard Wise 11 son of Floyd Wise in Rutland with burial at Miles Cemetery. Lieut and Mrs Albert Miller of Baltimore are visiting Gallipolis with Judge Miller and Mrs Miller's parents. Kenneth Donahue from Pittsburgh spent the day with his parents James and Mrs Donahue in Pomeroy. Judge Miller recovering at Magnetic Springs returned with David Geyer to visit Michigan relatives.
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Meigs County
Pearl Smith
Pomeroy
Howard Wise
Floyd Wise
Zanesville
Rutland
Miles Cemetery
Albert Miller
Baltimore
Judge Miller
The
Springs
Michigan
Three youths depart for Canada fishing trip
July 14 report from Middleport says Oscar Bauer Bob Rawlings and Kenneth Guinther left in the Rawlings car for Basel Canada to fish. They aim to reach Buffalo New York by night and continue via Niagara Falls into Canada for a two week trip covering about 900 miles with a camp 200 miles north of Toronto.
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Middleport
Oscar Bauer
Bob Rawlings
Kenneth Guinther
Rawlings
Basel
Canada
Buffalo
N. Y
Niagara Falls
Toronto
Racine Beauty Operator Survives Car Wreck Near Town
Miss Mae Stitts of Racine, operator of a Racine beauty parlor, is recovering from serious injuries after the car she was driving went down a steep embankment one mile north of Racine Sunday night. Ben Spicer, the other occupant, escaped serious injuries.
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Pomeroy
Mae Stitts
Racine
Ben Spicer
Spencer
Clergy Preach at Logan and Heath M E Churches
The Rev. C. H. Eichinger of Heath M E Church preached at Logan M E Church Sunday morning and evening. The Rever end Thomas of Minersville filled the Eichinger pulpit here.
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Middleport
C. H. Eichinger
Heath M. E
Logan M. E
Thomas
Minersville
Eichinger
Olivia Reed Showing Improvement After Appendectomy
Word from Mrs. C. F. Reed of Charleston says Olivia Reed, operated on for appendicitis last Tuesday at McMillan Hospital, is recovering nicely and improved markedly by Saturday.
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Middleport
C. F. Reed
Charleston
Olivia
McMillan Hospital
Fishing trip to Black Lake leaves four men
Middleport reports that Herman Keffer Walter Hayes Oscar Scholl and Kenneth Greuser departed Saturday night for a two week fishing trip to Black Lake Michigan Neils Powell will deliver the mall on the route during Keffer's absence.
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Middleport
Herman Keffer
Walter Hayes
Oscar Scholl
Kenneth Greuser
Black Lake
Mich
Mr. Keffer
Neils Powell
Prevent Hay Fever Now from Indianapolis Authorities
Indianapolis leaders urge immediate action against hay fever and asthma and offer a free booklet on the cause. Request the information by mail from The Fugate Co Department 6160 126 S Meridian St Indianapolis Indiana with no cost or obligation.
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Indianapolis
Fugate Co
S. Meridian St
Dianapolis
Indiana
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Pt. Pleasant
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Akron
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J. C. Fisher
Mont Howell
Clarence Murray
Harry Bailey
Lucille Mayer
Ironton
Portsmouth
Eleanor Hyatt
Parkersburg
Frances Dillard
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Tuppers Plains
H. O. Kent
Kathleen
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Hysell
Howard Taylor
Miami
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Fifth
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J. W. Reese
Floyd
Middleport High School
Edward Hueler
Gentiéren
R. A. Hecox
Columbus A
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Newport News
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Kelly Grogan
Nora
Vesta
Richard Tillis
Byrd
Patrick Hurley
Ashley C. McKinley
South Pole
Dean Smith
Benjamin Roth
J. Beasley Milling & Grocery Co. Distributors
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