Seven Property Transfers Move to Benefit Large Firms
A series of seven property transfers near Parkersburg and Middleport aim to expand industrial capacity. The Paley rig and reel company moves its alley and buys land for a new west-end addition, with Geoglein consent, altering the rear alley outlet. Construction overseen by W H Beineider and C C Berry, adding 600 square feet. A Radcliffe Chautauqua trio-day session is planned for Middleport August 13 to 16 at Central School with lectures music and drama.
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Pom
Geoghin
Geoglein
Geogle “Deii
Rig: ‘and Reel Company
O. K.j 1B
W. H.beineider
Parkersburg
C. C. Berry
Austin
Beardsley Imd Piper
Chagtalquia Middleport
Radcliffe Chautauqua
Central School
Steel Stack Felled and Sold to Excelsior Salt Company
In Pomeroy July 24 a sheet steel stack at the Ohio River Electric Railway and Power Company car barn was felled and sold to Excelsior Salt Company. The 15 foot high stack, once used to generate electricity, is now redundant as the power is bought from Ohio Power. The operation employed 173 workers and supported local industry, with payroll around $6,080 per shift.
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Bor
Middlefort
Hestor
Dayton
Anss
Ae Allenane
Miami Valley Hospital
Pday
Felie Pie Parkersburg Nigton
Batherf Cinigange
Merry Mildred Gowey
Middleham
Ohio River
Electric
DOT
Ratway and Power Company
Walter Branch
Pomeroy
Ohio River Electric Railway and Power Company
Excelsior Salt Company
Lince
Ohio ‘Power Company
Parke, Ig and Tieel Company Synedt
Varia
Burg
Alex Fish
Fueture
Boy Sightseer Picked Up After Runaway Trip
Two 2nd year old boys ran away from Parkersburg and traveled to Pomeroy with a man’s help. Officers pursued but the youths slipped away from arrest, while the incident prompted local vigilance and a report of the attempted homeward escape.
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Pomeroy
William Ranshaw
Darkersburg
Parkersburg
Try
Tuppers Plains
Loral
Ranshaw
No. Six Class Meeting Report From Middleport
Noon class of Baptist Sunday school at Middleport held a meeting on the home North edothe, with Emm ber of this class serving. The fragment notes a local gathering and participants but lacks full details of proceedings.
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Middleport
the Baptist
Hamoe
Emm
Funeral of Brother Called in Middleport
Middleport residents Mrs M Cottingh Jackson and Mrs Willian left Friday for a funeral service in NobPomeroy after a death from a fracture during a prior incident. The body was brought to the hospital in Pomeroy for services.
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Middleport
Cottingh Jackson
Willian
Friie
Ind
Local visitors travel plans show friends and family
A fragmentary notice lists residents and relatives visiting or visiting from distant places. Names include Don Edwards Mrs Marion Hodge and children J no O P Ringman Ray Mort and others with Friday or Saturday departures and a Spring Dine business visit noted.
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Dlenort
Don Edwards
Marion Hodge
J. No O
Athens
Tay Sharman
Heroo
Arthur
Inger
John Schar Cnton
O. P. Ringman
Ray Mort
Parkers
Frank Lettet
Brown
Friends
Local Folks Start Weekend Travel and Visits
Mr. and Mrs. John Eppie, leaving Saturday, visit coun nass while Mrs. John Strickland tours Kanangini and Charleston with Mrs. Sydney Boat. J A Parkinson and daughter Winifred travel to Jackson after directing music at a Baptist convention.
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Pomeroy Benderlefs
John Eppie
Coun Nass
John Strickland
Kanangini
Sydney Boat
San Diego
Calif
Ridgway
Missey Clara
Stella Bean
St. Louis
Arch Bean
Colorado
Patrick Lochary
Ed. Entsininger
Tilinéts
Herman ¥Oftner
Buckeye
Electric Railway Loses Day After Lightning Hit Transformer
A lightning strike at the Rutland sub-station damaged a transformer and caused a fire that halted Ohio River Electric Railway service from 3:15 a.m. to 5:58 p.m. Friday. Oil ignition damaged a spare transformer and delayed restoration. The damaged unit valued at 27,500 dollars will be rebuilt. GE engineers inspect the scene to determine the failure.
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Rutland
Storm Casts Body of Girl Ashore at New Jersey Beach
Reports say Harriet Letts of Long Branch whose body washed ashore after a rubber ball game, as a storm swept the New Jersey coast. Joe Clayton, a carpenter, drowned attempting to save her at the shore.
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Deat
New Jersey
Harriet Letts
Long Branch
Jo E. Clayton
Death Comes to Former Athens Resident Mrs Frame
News from Athens reports the death of Mrs. A B Frame, a former Athens resident, in Piqua. Death occurred suddenly at the family home. She was the daughter of Charles Morris of West On Street and connected to Athens pioneer families. Her husband Jeff was a native of Coolville and they had a daughter Mrs. Rennie in Detroit.
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Athens
Piqua
A. B. Frame
Frame
Charles Morris
West
Jefl
Coolvile
Irs. Renne
Detroit
Welsh Miners Endure Long Strike Yet Remain Calm
Special Cable reports Welsh miners in Lerdy Rhondda and nearby towns staying orderly though bored by a long strike. Communist fear and propaganda subside as unions shut shops and beer runs rise while workers endure hardship and a slow harvest under wartime pressures.
Girls Mothers Are Club Guests at East Me 4-H Meeting
Members of the East Me 4-H club entertained their mothers and friends Saturday afternoon with games and a bountiful supper. The event featured a planned ice cream social to cover camp expenses next month.
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East Me
Thel
Hina Walker
Bus tumbles 36-foot embankment in Somersault crash
In Thetford England a motor bus plunged over a 36 foot embankment and rolled end over end. Two passengers and the driver escaped with a few bruises.
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Thetford
Eng
BeST BABY SHOW Mothers: is at the log show attacked the winners
Mrs Henry Masters of Birmingham seeks her son John last heard in Pennsylvania twenty years ago. The fragmentary text mentions a hunt for a missing son and a jumble of unrelated advertisements and names.
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Hunt
U. 8
Tirmingham
Eng
Henry Masters
Tohn
Pennsylvania
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Chicago
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Way
Ohio Power Company
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Germain Food Control
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