Nineteen True Bills From May Grand Jury Here
The May Grand Jury, led by foreman Jed Webster, met Monday through Wednesday and returned 19 true bills from 35 cases. Prosecution praised for preparation. three indictments are felonies, the rest minor offenses. Indictments include offenses such as burglary, larceny, assault and battery, and automobile violations within the area. The jury was released pending further calls during the term.
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Pomeroy
Jed Webster
Tve
Cedris W. Clark
Darrell Collins
John Jiiden
William Smith
Rare Civil War era coin found by railroad man in Charleston
Allen Hartley of MidWeport, a railroad man, carried a copper U S penny for 40 years. The coin dated 187 carries a margin with 18 links for the original colonies and the motto We are one. It shows Time Flies and Mind Your Business with rising sun alluding to a Latin inscription. A second penny owned by Mr Marley bears all legible words and symbols.
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Pomeroy
Allen Hartley
Charleston
W. Va
United States
Ripley
Mariley
Middleport man attempts suicide in Lower Middleport
William Hogue, 71, slashed his throat with a knife at his Lower Middleport home Wednesday morning. Found by his wife in an outbuilding, he is in serious condition but may recover, amid months of failing health. His father killed himself long ago by drowning in Leading Creek. He has a son in Black Betsy West Virginia and two brothers in Fomeroy and Rose Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Willliam Hogue
Lower Middleport
Hogue
Byron Bing
Pomeroy
Leading Creek
Mr. Hogue
Black Betsy
W. Va
Joe Hogue
Fomeroy
Frank
Rose Hill
Petersons Ointment Promises Clear Skin Fast
A promotional notice urges readers to try Petersons Ointment for pimples and blackheads claiming a single application clears eruptions in days. A Rankin Pennsylvania resident testifies to dramatic improvement and recommends the product to friends. All drug stores carry a 35 cent box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterson
Oniary Metinko
Rankin
Miners Move to Organize at Pomeroy Bend
Pomeroy Bend coal miners held a mass meeting on Thomas Fork to discuss unionizing. Speakers addressed a large crowd as organizers plan further meetings to reorganize mine workers following the example of the Hocking and Sunday Creek Valleys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Bend
Thomas Fork
Hocking
Sunday Creek
Snakes Fewer Reported In Local Area
Warren Wolf, a former farmer now an oil well worker, says he has not seen a snake during his field and woodland treks this year. Nearby, a farmer notes his chickens fed on locusts in the woods, returning heavy and unable to fly to the coop roosts. The story is not from Mr. Wolf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Warren Wolf
Mr. Wolf
Graves Marked to Honor Soldiers Buried in Middleport
Return Jonathan Meigs Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will unveil monuments at Lower Gravel Hill Cemetery Middleport to honor Colonel John Niawonger a Revolutionary War officer. Attending will Mrs Jane Dowd Dailey Albany state chairman and Mrs C F Rathburn district president. Afterward ceremonies move to Letert Falls cemetery for Sayre and Jones honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Jonathan Meigs
Daughters of the American Revolution
Lower Gravel Hill
John Niawonger
Jane Dowd Dailey
Albany
Mud Grever
C.F. Rathburn
Ohio
BD. A. Fh
Letert Falls
Devil Sayre
Seth Jones
Motor Trip to Mt Hermon and Washington Visits
On a motor trip from Middlefort on June 11 Mr and Mrs Frank White and Dr and Mrs C H Horden journey to Mt Hermon to attend the alumni banquet at Mt Hermon School for Boys and visit several days. They will then proceed to Washington to visit Mr Whites aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs William Bullix and later go to New York City as guests of Mrs Margaret Coz before returning home via Niagama Fonts and Will bat with Mrs Bullis.
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Tal Thieat
Middleport
Roy
F.C. Kreager
Granville
Dentyon Cotlege
Ances
Jacquelina Lamb
Corningle
Ait
Floyd Duffy
Jean
C.H. Duffy
Logan
Seyfried
Columbus
Frank Knopp
Armitage
Knopp
Fred Hoffman
Sow
Dunbar
W. Va
H. 8. McClure
Betty Jesu Marcum
A. A. Swan
L D. Swan
Dell Martin
Milton
McR. Swan
Tom Stiff
Grant Hospital
Stiff
Will Allensworth
Rosa
Columbia
Sure
Hudson Street
Middlefort
Frank White
C. H. Horden
Mt. Hermon
Mt. Hermon School
Washington, D.C
Vial
White
William Bullix
New York City
Cherries Stelen Entire Trea Ist Destroyed Russell Reports
POMEROY June 11. Mike Russell, owner of a farm at the foot of Cook's Gap on the Pomeroy Rutland Road, sought a warrant for the arrest of a man he caught stealing a bucketful of early May cherries. He drove the thief away but later the tree was knocked down and the cherries left on it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Mike Russell
Cook's Gap
Pomeroy-Rutlanay Road
More Teachers of Meigs Are Hired
Meigs County raises a large teacher roster for the coming year with Olive Orange High School and numerous grade assignments. The meeting hired upper and primary instructors across several communities. Also noted are civic notices and local obituaries including Catherine Siuvage and William Schmidt.
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Pomeroy
June
Meigs County
Olive-Orange—High School
James Davis
Myrtle Halliday
Nos Knight
Luelie McClain
Lacy Weaver
Lelart
Charles Hayman
Otis Crawford
Irene Norris
Apple Grove
Ray Hayman
Sayre
Preland Norris
Cort Bassert
Mt. Moriah
Paw Manuel
East Letart
Jail inmates face potential release with suspended sentences
Five months in county jail inmates expect freedom when court calls, while some Winter-held detainees were not indicted. In Middleport on June 11 a Presbyterian Woman’s Missionary Society meeting is planned for June 12 with Mrs. F C McBride leading on the West Indies and Philippine Islands topics. Danville hosts an all-day Nazarene Church gathering on June 14 with a children’s program at 2 pm. Pomeroy reports burglars stole automobile tires and paint from the Max Farber business, and local residents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Matthews visited Charlie for a few days.
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Meige County
Catherine Siuvage
Middlewort Mill
William Schmidt
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Pomeroy
Hawkkeye
Minneapolis
Minn
Hawkeye
Germany
York
Elmer Dieht
Columbus
Meirs County Republican
John Murphy
Rutland
Sherif Tracy
Harrisonville
Horner Hill
Middleport
Woman's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
F.C. McBride
West Indies
Philippine Islands
J. B. Hartey
Frank Vrooman
Peter Stace
A. A. Dillard
Walter Howell
Tr. Shumaker
C. 0. Fisher
Miss Swan
Danville
Church of the Nazarene
Hoover Having New Troubles Near His Camp
Washington reports President Hoover faces land disputes near Camp Rapidan in the Blue Ridge as a state seeks fair value from landowners while Hoover holds deeds for 163 acres and leases and a Marine guard camp tied to a cabin project. The park land row attracts lawyers, threats of timber removal, and a Madison Va intrusion claim by E. L. Rue as the Park Valuation Commission adjourns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.R
Hoover
Rapidan
Blue Ridge Mountain Territory
Rilned & Row
Hoover School
White House
Madison
MM. EL. Rue
The
Park Valuation Commission
Murrey City Purchases Property Near Ramseysburg
In Glouster on June 11 Murrey City acquired land near Ramseysburg on the Muskingum River from the late Af E Jewell and will take possession of the property this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Murrey City
Ramseysburg
Muskingum
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Richard Landers
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Frank Farley
Guess
Roy Strickland
Pomerey
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Strickland
Rare Coin Owned
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Oc Nairs
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Nelsonville
Ohio River
Lohuntington
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Ernest Gross
Haney Gross Co
Court St
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Sheriff's Office
Frank Matthews
Charlet
Trom
Tams
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Stazin
Ates
Nurito
Ayo Rik
Sree
Trey
Nate
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