Painter Held On A Theft Charge In Middleport
Robert Shumaker a Middleport house painter faced robbery charges after Elza Jones claimed his small leather purse containing 21 dollars was taken from his hip pocket while they were honey tree work on Leading Creek. Shumaker pleaded not guilty and posted bond to await trial.
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Pomeroy
Robert Shumaker
Daistice Gilmore
Elza Jones
Bone Hollow
Middleport
Shumaker
Leading Creek
Mr. Jones
John Hawkins
C. E. Pepples
Telegram from Pomeroy jail sparks 11 word plea to mother
A telegram from Gerald Marpler, 17, jailed in Pomeroy on a motorcycle theft charge, reads Dear mother Am in init at Pomeroy Chico Come at once Gerald. It was sent to his mother in Youngstown and illustrates the tense moment in Meigs County news.
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Pomeroy
Chico
Gerald
Gerald Marpler
Arthur Thomas
Rutland
Morday
Enother
Younrstown
Konjola claims end to decade of pain for Ruth House
Ruth House of Cincinnati Ohio says ten years of indigestion nervousness and liver trouble ended after taking Konjola. She reports weight gain clearer skin and renewed strength and credits Konjola as a friend in her recovery. The medicine is sold at QW McKee Drug Store in Athens Ohio and by local druggists.
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RuthHouse
Rittenhouse Street
Cincinnati
Ohio
Konjola
Athens
Qwmickee Drug Store
Jail cleaned after Gypsies freed in Pomeroy raid
Fumigation and cleaning followed the overnight hold of eight nomadic travelers in the county jail. Deputies detained two families described as Gypsy fortune tellers after a suspected robbery of Mrs. William Guise of Crestline. No stolen items or babies were found. The group camped in the jail all night as residents moved through.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
William Guise
Crestline
Cheatham jailed on false pretenses in Middleport
Constable Lord Hysell brought George Cheatham to jail on a charge of obtaining 47 dollars of goods from Charles Winebrenner by false pretenses. The warrant cites that Cheatham claimed employment at No 5 Essex Mine but worked for Frank Whaley on a Rutland Township farm with a wife and three children. He was released on bond to return next Thursday.
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Pomeroy
Lord Hysell
Middleport
George Cheatham
Charles Winebrenner
Winebrenner
FW. Gilmore
Cheatham
Essex
Frank Whaley
Rutland Township
Mr. Whales
Charleston Week Hosts City Social Roundup
Mrs. Frank Simms and two children visit Charleston with her sister. Mrs. Herman Rayburn of Columbus and daughter stay with Aunt M C Hobart. Miss Violet Jouchis of Glouster visits Aunt Mrs. Fred L Gardner. Jap Russell, Civil War veteran, returns to Middleport. aged 82. Comrade James Salisbury is ill from heat. Various local residents travel to Columbus and return, with visitors and hosting duties noted.
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Frank Simms
Charleston
Herman Rayburn
Columbus
M. C. Hobart
Rayburn
Lois Adams
Violet Jouchis
Glouster
Fred L Gardner
Jap Russell
Pearl McKnight
Middleport
Russell
Emily Entsminger
David Entsminger
Lincoln Street
A. W. J. Covert
K. O. Bright
Charles Keesey
Merrell Covert
Fred Thomas
L. Brooks
Charles
G. A. Williamson
Margaret Gaskill
Springfield
Etta Gaskill
Zanesville
Jean and
Vivian Smith
Alice’ Sidenstricker
Sarah
Marietta
D. L. Lansbury
Nella Leonard
Pt. Pleasant
J. O. Leonard
James Salisbury
Ray Allis
W. A. Humphrey
C. F. Besserer
Humphrey
Lightning Kills 12 Year Old In London Storm
Pearl Henson, 12, died when lightning struck near a barn as he sheltered beneath the eaves during a summer storm. The bolt struck 806 feet from his position, local officials said.
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London
U.P
Pearl Henson
Here
Tax books close Friday as county treasurer’s office buzzes
Pomeroy reports a bustling scene as residents rush to pay taxes one day before closing time. The county treasurer’s office fills with people eager to settle their bills in a habit resembling a circus ticket wagon during a town visit by the big tops.
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Pomeroy
Policy Found After Young Man Dies in Middleport
A $1,000 life insurance policy payable to the deceased’s father was discovered in his trunk after John Wesley Johnson, a young Black man, died at his parents home in Middleport. He had worked at a Wheeling steel mill and died of typhoid fever. his parents, led by Rev. Matthew H. Johnson, planned to use the proceeds to meet pressing needs.
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Middleport
John Wesley Johnson
Matthew H. Johnson
Johnson
Wheeling
Pomeroy Bead Wins Major Coal Supply Contract
Gallipolis reports Horace Condee, a blind coal dealer, secured a year long contract to deliver 41 009 tons of Pomeroy Bend mined coal to Ohio Penitentiary and Ohio Hospital for the Epileptics in Columbus. The Department of Purchases and Printing awarded the bid after bidding, with a total value of 52289. The coal will be shipped as needed over the year.
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Pomeroy
Gallipolis
Horace Condee
Hod Condee
Meies County
Pomeroy Bend
Ohio Penitentiary
Ohio Hospital
Gaspolis
Department of Purchases and Printing
Church Grange Faced in Civil Suit Over Meeting House
Addison Baptist Church trustees sue the George Creek Grange and Mrs. George Rupe for unlawful occupation of the church building at Addison Gallia County. They seek five years and nine months rent at five dollars monthly plus fifteen dollars for a lighting system allegedly installed by the church and removed by the grange. Suit filed July 16 by trustees J R Swisher Walter Fife and George Oller and clerk Mrs J R Swisher.
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Pomeroy
Grange
Addison
Gallia County
Meigs
George Creek
J. R. Swisher
Walter Fife
George Oller
Care of two Pomeroy children to be transferred
On July 21 state and Meigs County Juvenile officers will remove three year old Carroll Burris to Melzys County Children's Home and four month old Myrna Burris to a State Welfare home. Louise Burris, the children’s mother, is in state custody and cared for locally.
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Meigs County
Ohio River
John
Nancy Ryan
William Jennings Bryan
Gallipolis Ferry
Mason County
W. Va
Ona
Cabell County
Earl Hickman Areack
Bustowstone Park
Westin Points
Pomeroy
Thomas Fork
State of
Louise Burris
Middleport Band Joins Gallipolis Concert in City Park
The Middleport school band with 100 members joined Gallipolis bands for a Wednesday evening concert in City Park. Sponsored by the Rotary Club, the procession included 20 machines and a truck. Prof. Vanover led the Middleport group, with many residents attending from Middleport.
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Middleport
Gallipolis
Rotary Club
Prof. Vanover
Howell Couple Leaving Columbus For Bexley High School Move
Mr and Mrs R M Howell of Columbus plan relocation to the Capital City where he will join Bexley High School faculty. They have rented a house near the school and will move next Tuesday or Wednesday using a Pomeroy van.
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R. M. Howell
Capital City
Middleport
Columbus
Bexley High School
Pomeroy
Missionary Doctor Osgood Speaks at Christian Church
Dr. Osgood, a medical missionary with 28 years in China, returned to the United States and gave a well received lecture at the Christian Church in Middleport on Wednesday afternoon. He works with churches across the country and drew a good audience. Mrs. B. Pedigo of Athens attended, and Dr. Osgood spoke at a Pomeroy church the previous evening.
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Middleport
Osgood
China
United States
Christian Church
Pedigo
Athens
Pomeroy
Mrs Drake Wins Right to Workmen's Insurance
Elizabeth Drake secured a jury verdict affirming her right to participate in Ohio workmen's compensation insurance. The case against the Industrial Commission of Ohio followed her husband William Drake's death from sewer gas at the Ohio University laundry. The jury viewed the laundry scene and heard commission minutes before delivering verdict for the plaintiff.
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Elizabeth Drake
Ohio
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Industrial Commission of Ohio
$25 000 Suit Heard In Court Here Today
Curtis Smathers Jr sues Charles C Sharp for 25000 damages from an auto crash March 31 on the Athens Nelsonville Road claiming permanent injury and wrecked car. Sharp contends he is not to blame in court at Athens County Common Pleas Court.
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Athens
Nelsonville
Curtis Smathers, Jr
Charles C. Sharp
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Smathers
Sharp
War Moves Reported By Travelers Today
Hardin Manchuria July 19 Heavy cannonading near Pogranitchaya on the central eastern border where Chinese forces recently destroyed tunnels of the Chinese Eastern Railway. Reports say Russian warships approaching San Fen Ho 20 miles south and Chinese mine laying in the channel.
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Hardin
Manchuria
U.P
Pogranitchaya
San-Fen-Ho
Sea of Japan
Christian Science Church Opens in Athens on South Congress
Athens prepares for Sunday dedication of a new Christian Science Church on South Congress Street funded by a $12 000 bequest after California court delays. The Spanish Mission style building features yellow stucco, red Spanish tile roof, weathered cypress doors, amber glass windows, and cathedral amber lighting.
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Athens
New Christian Science Church
Ohio
Congress Street
William N. Minear
Coolville
California
Minear
Christian Science Society
Jewett
South
Boston
Mass
Dusty Colorado Express Wreck Kills Nine at Sand Creek
At Sand Creek Colorado a Rock Island and Pacific Colorado Express derailed when a bridge failed under floodwater. Nine bodies recovered with 11 named victims reported. Morris Gest aboard and helped recount the disaster while rescuers aided submerged passengers amid debris and ongoing search.
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Stratton
Colo
Sand Creek
Wes Teday
Rock Island and
Pacific
Colorado Express
C. Kinnen
Colorado
FE. J. Perry
New Medford
Mass
Morris Gest
New York
W. R. Zimmerman
Eazte
Neb
Court Orders Transfer of Real Estate in Probate Court
An order directing transfer of real estate on the county tax duplicate was awarded to Effie Sanderson in Probate Court yesterday. The property, Lot 220 in Athens, was devised to Mrs. Sanderson in the will of Angeline Evans.
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Effie Sanderson
Athens
Athens Welcomes New Christian Science Church on South Congress
A new Christian Science church on South Congress Street in Athens invites the public to inspect the building and attend its first services this Sunday. The Spanish Mission style structure features original furnishings, a basement Sunday School, and a bright auditorium with old-time charm. dedication is anticipated as donations fund completion.
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Athens
Christian Science
Woil Gillows
Jim Wray
Ray-Cole
Condtpie
Congress Street
Absentee Ballots Availability Announced for Voters
Absentee ballots will be available for voters not in the county at the time of the primary. The election office will staff the basement of the courthouse on Monday August 14 to issue ballots and assist with the process.
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Anmusr
Dave Gokian
Johns
Holton Held Insane After Killing Son
Dayton July 19 Jam reports Holton who fatally shot his eight year old son weeks ago was found insane and likely to be committed to the State Hospital at Ifma.
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Dayton
U.P
Holton
Ifma
Street Closure on Washington Street for Drainage Work
Washington Street between Katt and Lancaster Streets closed today by Athens City Public Works due to repairs ordered by council. Traffic halted for at least five days while drainage system refurbishment requires lifting the old surface. G M Romme, Public Works Director, notes detours and redecking will follow as work progresses.
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Washington Street
Katt Street
Lancaster Street
Athens
Ice
G. M. Rommeming
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Parkersburg
F. W. Crow
Sarey
John W. Johnson
Church
Addison Church
George Creek Grange
Burris
Middeport School
Park Wednesday
DR. Osgood
Mrs. Drake
Athens County
Hoings
Athens’ New Christian Science Church Finished
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