Redford Heirs Reported To Sell Land For High School
MIDPLEPORT July 27 It is reported that an agreement is reached between the board of education and the Radford heirs for the purchase of land for the Mary Watkins Memorial high school auditorium in conjunction with the high school The price is said to be about 8000 Jacob Scharf a former resident of Pomeroy and his wife a daughter of the Radford heirs came from Seattle to close the deal and visit old home folks Mr Scharf is in poor health and has gone to Holzer hospital for treatment also mentioned are Samuel Turner and Ines See 34 daughter of Robert See both at Middleport
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Midpleport
L Ucation
Radford Heirs
Mary Watkins
Jacob Scharf
Pomeroy
Radford
Seattle
Wash
Mr. Scharf
Holzer Hospital
Woman Active as Kingsland Drives Citizenship Push
Mrs Amy Whaley Kingsland of New York chairs the American Citizenship department for the Federation of Women's Clubs. She promotes a uniform flag salute with hand over heart and leads efforts to mobilize the women’s vote in New York while organizing a bureau to aid alien women toward naturalization.
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Pomeroy
Cincinnati Times-Star
Amy Whaley Kingsland
Amy Whaley
NEW Y
Department of American Citizenship
New York City
New York
Milton Davis Weds Mildred Baker in Pittsburgh
Telegram announces Milton Davis marrying Mildred Baker in Pittsburgh where the couple will live. Davis works as an electrician and the newlyweds plan to reside in the city. Vacation program notes from Middleport report Dr. Skinner leaving for vacation and planned church prayer meetings led by elders. A union service is set for July 31 at the Presbyterian church with Rev. Eichinger of the Methodist church delivering the sermon.
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Pomeroy
Leah Moore Davis
Milton Davis
Mildred Baker
Pittsburgh
Davis
Middleport
Skinner
Presbyterian Church
Mr. Eichinger
Methodist Church
Appreciation for Hocking Valley surgeons across lines
Mrs Besse Mutchmore of the Logan Hocking Valley offices praises the loyal corps of Hocking Valley surgeons from Toledo to Pomeroy in the August issue of the employees magazine. She provides brief bios of the group who respond to railroad calls along Logan River division and the Jackson branch.
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Pomeroy
Besse Mutchmore
Logan Hocking Valley
O. and
H. V. Employes
Hocking Valley
Toledo
Logan
River
Jackson
Local News Briefs On Recoveries And Visits
Robert McKay has recovered from his operation enough to come home. Mr and Mrs Gardner Russell visited here with their niece Mrs D S Farmer and family and have returned to Cleveland. Mrs Harry Mills was called to Columbus for the illness of Mrs Orla Mills and returned with the Mills children to keep them. Mrs Bishop mother of Philip Stace went to Holzer hospital for treatment and possible operation.
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Robert McKay
Gardner Russell
Cleveland
Harry Mills
Columbus
Orla Mills
Pomeroy Briefs Highlight Local Family Movements
Mr and Mrs Charles Reuter visit sister Mrs Clint Stahl in Akron for a few days. Mrs Henry Seyfried goes to Columbus to stay a week with son Max Seyfried. Rev Thomas Wilson of Trinity Lutheran leaves for Detroit for a month with family. Thelma and Marie Erlewine enroll at Rio Grande college for the rest of the summer term.
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Pomeroy
Charles Reuter
Clint Stahl
Akron
Henry Seyfried
Columbus
Max Seyfried
Thomas Wilson
Trinity Lutheran Church
Detroit
Thelma
Marie Erlewine
Rio Grande College
Marriage Licenses Granted in Meigs County
Gallias Smith 22 a carpenter of Gallipolis wed Golda Barnette 21 daughter of Allen Barnette of Syracuse. Ward Rex Evans 23 a mill worker of Niles weds Genevieve Orthella Spires 20 teleoperator daughter of C B Turner of Rutland. Turner 27 a brakeman is listed in the records.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Gallias Smith
Carpenter
Hollis Smith
Gallipolis
Golda Barnette
Allen Barnette
Syracuse
Ward Rex Evans
Niles
T. H. Evans
Genevieve Orthella Spires
Rutland
Turner
Miss Genevieve Wagner and Herbert Powell wed in June
Secret is out from Middleport noting Miss Genevieve Wagner of Letart Falls and Mr. Herbert Powell of this city were married in early June in Parkersburg and are now receiving belated congratulations from friends.
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Middleport
Genevieve Wagner
Letart Falls
Herbert Powell
Parkersburg
Railroader Hurt In Charleston Train Mishap
Roscoe Pullins, a railroader from Middleport, was badly injured when brakes were applied hard to stop at Charleston Sunday evening. He survived a fall in the caboose with several broken ribs and was treated at a Charleston hospital. He was expected to return home today.
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Roscoe Pullins
Charleston
Middleport
Woman Sues Over Hair Wave Burns in Beauty Parlor
May P. Harris of Athens sues Flora M. Miller and Z. L. White Co. for 15392 dollars in Common Pleas claiming a permanent wave caused burns to her scalp and right side of the face and impaired sight after treatment on August 2 of last year. she cites 392 dollars in expenses.
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Columbus
May P. Harris
Athens
Common Pleas Court
Flora M. Miller
King Avenue
Z. L. White Company
North High Street
Gasless Tuesday Protest Fails to Cut Wichita Gas Use
Wichita leaders claim growing turnout for the gasless Tuesday campaign as Mrs. John Maltbie of the Federation of Women's Clubs proposes using an electric iron as a stove for invalids. Gas officials counter that consumption stayed above normal with excess load tied to supplying Kansas Gas & Electric.
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Wichita
Kas
Wichita Housewives
John Maltbie
Wichita Federation of Women's Clubs
W. R. Phipps
Wichita Gas Company
Henry L. Doherty
Kansas Gas & Electric Company
Electric Light and Power
Replica of William Henry Harrison birthplace to be rebuilt
The replica of Harrison birthplace that served as Ohio’s building at the Philadelphia Sesquicentennial will be reconstructed on the Ohio State fair grounds in Columbus. The original structure stands at North Bend near Cincinnati.
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Columbus
William Henry Harrison
Ohio
North Bend
Cincinnati
Maine Legislator Gail Laughlin Praises National Party Delegation
Miss Gail Laughlin Republican member of the Maine legislature and Portland lawyer joined a National Woman's Party deputation that called on President Coolidge in the Black Hills recently. Laughlin formerly practiced law in San Francisco and remains well known in New England.
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Gail Laughlin
Maine
Portland
Woman's Party
President Coolidge
Black Hills
Miss Laughlin
San Francisco
New England
President to witness Custer Gold Discovery pageant
In Custer on July 27 1924 citizens rehearse Gold Discovery Days with a pageant reenacting General Custer and Sioux conflicts to mark the Black Hills gold rush and the town’s founding at French Creek with Hartie N. Ross portraying Custer.
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Paul R. Mallon
Custer
U.R
Oberammergau
French Creek
Ross
Black Hills
Heavy Mortality Of Broadcasting Stations Expected
Federal radio commission predicted heavy mortality among radio stations after August 15. Commissioners noted many stations lack proper wavelengths and will notify broadcasters August 1 of off wave status. if not corrected by August 15 licenses will not be renewed, risking $5000 fines and imprisonment for closure.
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Washington
Federal Radio Commission
Bellows
Farmer Killed During Attempted Arrest in Adams County
Rome July 27 U P Edward Haskins 55 a farmer in Adams County was killed by Constable Harry Cook who went to the Haskins home to arrest his son over tire thefts from an auto abandoned near the house. Cook said the son struck him with a rock and the elder Haskins was shot as the father reached for the constable's gun.
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Adams County
Rome
U.P
Edward Haskins
Harry Cook
Haskins
Here
Portsmouth
Cook
Ellin Buys Chicago Skyscraper for $6,000 Fraud Case
Henry T. Ellin, after selling his Indiana farm, traveled to Chicago and paid $6,000 to two swindlers who claimed to sell him a skyscraper. Barnum would have approved the scheme. Ellin seeks remedy amid the loss from the deal.
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Chicago
Barnum
Henry T. Ellin
Indiana
Jimmy the Alligator Laughs at Joke in Zoo Cell
A London zoo alligator named Jimmy joked with fellow inmate Al who cried crocodile tears after admitting he bit the zoo keeper who had a wooden leg. The exchange shows a light moment in their shared cell.
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Jim
Jimmy
Gasoline tax to raise 20 million yearly for state roads
Columbus July 27 The 3 cent gasoline tax at current collection will yield about 20 million dollars annually for state highways. So far it brings roughly 2 million monthly but that will drop after summer. Refund requests flood the tax commission from farmers and dry cleaners claiming exemptions. Elbert Black of Adams county was named chief of the gasoline tax department succeeding W J Schaffer.
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Columbus
Johns. Edwards
State Tax Commission
Edwards
Elbert Black
Adams County
General Assembly
The
Tax Commission
W. J. Schaffer
Riot at Woodland Hills pool prompts police probe
Cleveland July 27 Three people were injured after a riot at Woodland Hills Park pool. Police say over 300 men were involved over pool rules. Safety Director Edwin Barry ordered a rigid investigation into the incident, the third outbreak since the pool opened about ten days ago.
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Cleveland
U.P
Edwin Barry
Woodland Hills Park
Two New Wells Reported in Fisher Oil Fields
Fisher oil fields see two recent wells. Townsend Oil and Gas drilled and shot a 20 barrel oil well on the Emory Allen farm. Gross and Frebault Oil drilled a 2,000,000 foot gas well on the Irwin farm.
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Fisher
Townsend Oil and Gas Company
Emory Allen
Gross and Frebault Oil Company
Irwin
Edison Seeks Government Aid for Rubber from American Plants
Thomas Edison visited the Capitol to discuss possible government assistance for his project to produce rubber from plants suited to the American continent. He conferred with E G Holt, head of the rubber division for the commerce department.
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Washington
Thomas Edison
Capitol
E. G. Holt
Commerce Department
Fishing Industry Shows Small Uptick in Lorain
Lorain reports a mild rebound in fishing after a month of poorer catches. Herring and perch are the main varieties landing at local ports as activity edges upward.
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Lorain
Farm upgrade seen by state agriculture expert
Renick W. Dunlap acting secretary of agriculture stated at a bankers club luncheon that the U S agricultural situation is improving. He cited higher corn prices prospects for spring wheat and potatoes and predicted cattle prosperity while noting a price slump in poultry and overall hog and corn markets showing promise.
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New York
United States
Renick W. Dunlap
Ohio
Bankers’ Club
National Farm
Cleveland Ambassador Herrick Improves After Second Operation
Myron T. Herrick United States ambassador to France was reported in fair condition after a second operation at the Cleveland Clinic hospital. The update came from hospital officials today following yesterday's procedure.
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Cleveland
Myron T. Herrick
United States
France
Ambassador Herrick
Cleveland Clinic Hospital
Carriage Firm Sees Demand for 39 Year Old Surrey
In Seymour Indiana on July 27 a local carriage concern reports orders for horse drawn two seated surrey from Edsel Ford, suggesting a revival of similar models from 39 years ago as observers note ongoing interest in vintage carriages.
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Ford
Surrey Seymour
Ind
Ed Sel Ford
Child Finds Parents Slain on Belfast Farm
Eight year old Rona OLeary returns from school to a grisly murder scene on the farm. Police report a double homicide of her father and mother in Belfast.
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Belfast
Rona O'Leary
Community Notes on Local Visits and Gatherings
Clark's Chapel and Keirns visited by Clyde family from Columbus. Barberton relatives hosting Walter Lewis Patterson Jr. and others. Coolville camp attendees from the area include Oliver Walls Ella Dillinger Barbara Leggett Mabel Jennie Dillinger Oscar Charles Dillinger Homer Walls. Also guests of Sprague McClanahans Maxwell group Walls Davises Fagan Robinson Hill and Patterson interact with local families.
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Clyde. Keirns
Columbus
Lou Walls
Robert Patterson, Jr
Walter Lewis
Barberton
Oliver Walls
Ella Dillinger
Barbara Leggett
Mabel
Jennie Dillinger
Oscar
Charles Dillinger
Homer *Walls
P. L. Fagan
Charles Robinson
Virgil Hill
Robert Patterson
Ohio Industrial Accidents Rise in June to 19457
Ohio industrial commission reports 19 457 industrial accidents in June, up 500 from last year. Days lost and severity fell versus the prior year, with metal goods firms recording the most incidents and mining the most serious accidents.
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Columbus
U.R
Ohio
State Industrial Commission
Girl-Boy Robber to Face Police Court Arraignment
Alice Huth 22 of Cleveland was to be arraigned in police court on robbery charges after police found her dressed as a boy. She said she arrived from Chicago Monday after “riding the rods” and used a toy pistol to threaten taxi driver Fred Friedel, who was frightened and called police.
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Cleveland
U.P
Alice Huth
Chicago
Fred Friedel
Miss Huth
Friedel
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Robert See
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Cleveland Safety
U. S
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Clark’s Chapel
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