Slay 10 Bandits Who Murdered Americans Slay 10 Bandits Who Murdered Americans
Ten members of the band of outlaws who kidnapped C. C. Aisthorpe and J. M. Underwood Americans were killed by federal troops. Col. Benificio Salinas of Guanajuato reported to the government last night. Aisthorpe and Underwood were engineers for the Guanajuato Mines and Reduction Company, a Columbus Ohio firm led by Charles Kurtz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
U.R
C. C. Aisthorpe
J. M. Underwood
Col. Beni+ficio Salinas
Guanajuato
Change in way coal is shipped at Pomeroy Bend
A March report notes the shift from river coal transportation to rail in the Pomeroy Bend area. In 1874 major firms moved coal and salt by river towboats from multiple tipples. today no river tipples operate and most coal and salt move by rail. Facilities at Kerrs Run and Hallwood feed packet boats and rail loaders.
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Pomeroy
Pittsburgh River
Mineyaville
Pomeroy Bend
West Columbia
West Virginia
Ohio
Pomeroy Coal Company
Syracuse Coal Fand Salt Company
Minersville
Hartford
New Haven
Mason
Clifton
Charteroak
Hood Company
Kerr's Run
Hallwood
Revival Attacks McArthur Led by Frank E. Roberts
Pearl Graves Clem Church and Fred I Gardner drove to McArthur for a revival at the Church of Christ led by Rev Frank E Roberts replacing former minister Rev B H Morris. More than 100 attended the service in McArthur.
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Middleport
Pearl Graves
Clem Church
Fred I. Gardner
McArthur
Church of Christ
B. H. ‘Morris
Frank E.berts
Meigs Oil Lease Deal Discussed by County Magnates
In Logan at a hotel yesterday several Meigs County oil and gas magnates gathered to finalize a Meigs oil leases deal. Attending were Clerk of Courts T. W. Benge Attorney Efledric Clark Dr. Byron Bing and Oliver Hartley.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Logan
Meigs
T. W. Benge
Efledric Clark
Byron Bing
Oliver Hartley
Sheriff Sued Over Mining Equipment Seizure
Pomeroy March 1 Sheriff J Willock is sued by L Meno of Columbus in replevin to reclaim mining machinery and equipment taken in attachment by the sheriff as property of the Big Coat Company near Hobson The plaintiff declares the property is his personal property and he filed a certified check for the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
J. “. Willock
L.meno
Columbus
Leno
Replevisn
Big Coat Company
Hobson
Oman’s Christian Temperance Union Hears Tobacco Talk
Middleport March 1 The Oman’s Christian Temperance meeting led by president Mrs J H Ysell discussed tobacco and cigarettes and planned routine business and future statewide and national actions.
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Middleport
Oman's Christian Temperance Met
Edwin Cook
North Second Ue
J. H.ysell
Kian Society to Meet In Allen Parlor Study French Revolution
Middleport notices say the Kian Society will meet this evening in the Allen parlors with Miss Priscilla Barnes presiding. Participants include Mrs Hartinger Mrs M C Ho Mrs C P Dutton Mrs Ed French and Miss Bessie San with study focused on the French Revolution.
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Middleport
Kian Society
Allen, Es
Priscilla Barnesing
Hartinger
M. C. Ho
C. P. Dutton
Mra
Ed French
Bessie San
Local Visitors Visit Relatives In Ohio Towns
Mrs. T. H. Lusher of Toledo is on a week's visit to relatives including Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel Birtch. Will Dawson, visiting his mother and sister, has returned to Columbus. J. O. Leonard and Mrs. Barnes spent Thursday with Doctor Senter and C. Besserer in Gallipolis to see his wife at Holzer's. Dr. John m Barnes of Racine accompanied them.
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T. H. Lusher
Toledo
Lemuel Birtch
Will Dawson
I. Dawson
Is Seyfried
Columbus
J. O. Leonard
Fh. B. Barn Barnes
Doctor Senter
C. Besserer
Local Family Hosts Birthday Gathering in Middleport
Mr and Mrs Lemuel Birtcher welcomed guests at their Liberty Ave home in Middleport on Thursday to honor their daughter Mrs T H Lus of Toledo. Attendees included Mr and Mrs J M Stew, Mr and Mrs G J Hamilton, Mrs Lee Rudisil, Mr and Mrs Fred Birtcher, and Mr and Mrs Lemuel Birtcher Jr of Gallipolis. A late three course luncheon followed.
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Middleport
Lemuel Birtcher
Liberty
T. H. Lus
Toledo
J. M. Stew
G. J. Hamilton
Lee Rudisil
Fred Birtcher
Uel Birtcher
Gallipolis
Timber trespass suit filed against coal company
James Ed Rutland sues Stal and Easex Coal Company in Pomeroy alleging timber and tie cutting on his lands without permission and use of the timber, seeking damages.
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Pomeroy
James Edef Rutland
Staland Easex Coal Company
Minor sues minor for divorce in Pomeroy case
In Pomeroy on March 1 a minor, Daca Robbins 19, suing minor Jesse Robbins for divorce by next friend Bertha Hinds. The couple married March 24, 1924 at Gallipolis. Allegations include extreme cruelty and a 1928 car theft incident prompting Buckley to seek Robbins’ arrest. The suit seeks divorce and alimony.
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Pomeroy
Daca Robbins
Bertha Hinds
Jesse Robbins
the Common Pleas Court
Gallipolis
William Buckley
West Virginia
Buckley
Robbins
Pomeroy Braced for Flood Crest Expected This Weekend
Pomeroy faces only a near miss as the crest of the flood is due Saturday. Water will flood cellars and hamper merchants moving stock yet storerooms are less at risk than earlier rumors. If rain stops and colder weather arrives on schedule, the danger may ease.
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Pomeroy
Mulholland Named Clerk at Pomeroy Postoffice
C V Mulholland fills the Pomeroy Postoffice vacancy caused by Jesse Brewster’s resignation and clerks’ reassignments. He previously served as Wilkesville postmaster and later worked as a bridge blueprint expert for Ebersbach Construction Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
C. V. Mulholland
Sharkey Stribling Fight Report Pleases Fans
Radio listeners in Pomeroy on March 1 praised a clear and distinct broadcast of the Sharkey Stribling fight report from Florida. The enthusiastic report captured the excitement of the bout and drew cheers from local fans.
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Pomeroy
Sharkey
Florida
Five In Jail in Pomeroy County Jail Report
Five inmates remain in the county jail the lowest figure this year. Tom Carroll released on bond after threats charges while Sam and Clint Cochran freed on liquor charges Thursday.
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Pomeroy
Tom Carroll
Sam
Clint Cochran
Sullivan couple enjoys warm Miami sunshine report
A letter from Mr. and Mrs. Dan J Sullivan describes their time in Miami Florida with warm sunshine. Mrs Sullivan notes it is warm there and both are reported to be feeling fine.
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Middleport
Dan J. Sullivan
Miami
Florida
College Musicians to Present Program Here Wednesday
Ohio University groups collaborate for an Alumni Memorial Auditorium concert led by Prof C Robinson. Girls Glee Club directed by Margaret Benedict, Men's Glee Club under Robinson, and Symphony Orchestra planned to perform Beethovens Leonore Overture No 3 and other numbers with vocal solos. Admission charged. program begins at 8 o'clock.
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Ohio University
Alumni Memorial Auditorium
C. (. Robinson
School of Music
Margaret A. Benedict
Symphony Orchestra
Anitra
Grieg
Carter
Stuart
Donald Dowd
Basso
Hawley
Gericke
Matthews
Leonore
Girls’ Glee Club
Deems Taylor
Purcell
Chiefs to Meet Past Association Heads March Session
The Past Chiefs Association will meet this evening with Mrs. R B Laughead heading at Fifth and Hooker Streets for its March meeting. Mrs. Laughead is assisted by Mrs. Pearl McKnight and Miss Lelia Hawkins. President Mrs. Patrick Gallaher will preside as the group meets on the first Friday each month with a social time and refreshments afterward.
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Middleport
Past Chiefs Association
R.B. Laughead
Fifth
Hooker Streets
Laughead
Pearl McKnight
Lelia Hawins
Patrick Gallaher
Church Revival Brings Singing Evangelist to Middleport
The Rev. Frank E. Roberts closes a revival at McArthur Church of Christ and moves to Middleport to lead singing during a new revival starting Sunday. Roberts is well known in the Athens district and is in his third meeting with McArthur, underscoring his strong work.
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Middleport
Frank E. Roberts
McArthur Church of Christ
Roberts
Athens
McArthur Church
Ebersbach Construction Sells 25 Mules in Pomeroy
The Ebersbach Construction Company sold 25 mules brought from Florida last spring for road building to cut winter feed costs. The herd was broken into smaller lots and sold to buyers across the county. the animals consume about three tons of hay per week plus other feeds.
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Pomeroy
Ebersbach Construction Company
Florida
Ohio University Debaters Face Cincinnati Opponents Tonight
The Ohio University affirmative team will debate abolition of trial by jury against Cincinnati’s negative side at 8 o'clock in Ewing Auditorium. Members include E L Casker Dale E Mansberger and Glenn A Cole. Cincinnati speakers are Stanley Molbus Fred Hotte and William Fetick. A second Ohio unit will debate in Cincinnati with Kenneth Coulter Leonard Henniger and Robert Wittier. Ohio has one win and one loss in this week’s debates with the Miami result 55 to 10 against the negative.
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Ohio University
Cincinnati
Ewing Auditorium
E. L. Casker
Dale E. Mansberger
Glenn A. Cole
Stanley Molbus
Fred Hotte
William Fetick
Kenneth C. Coulter
Leonard Henniger
Robert Wittier
Ohio
Slack
Carlisle
Foraker
Miami
College Corners
Oxford
Shimp
Brown
Steele
Cole
Ohio Wesleyan
U S Board Warned Market Over Speculation Loans
The Federal Reserve Board warns that excessive credit is used for speculation instead of commerce. A Cleveland Trust Company chart links brokers loans to wild stock market advances and shows the board aiming to curb speculative lending.
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Federal Reserve Board
Cleveland Trust Company
Beverly To Move POMEROY Ferry Wreck
The Middleport ferryboat Beverly sank below Mason landing and is believed to be carried away by the high river. A swift current is removing the wreck, expected to emerge in deeper water near Middleport when the river falls. No valuable cargo is anticipated beyond possible machinery.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
Beverly
Mason Landing
Burial of Ezra Bush Diminishes Civil War Vets in Syracuse
Ezra Bush a Civil War veteran of Syracuse dies alone in Pomeroy Ohio and is buried at Spiller Cemetery near Racine. His death leaves only two remaining Civil War veterans in Syracuse, with distant relatives in Chicago Charleston and Middleport noted among the mourners.
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Syracuse
Ezra Bush
Pomeroy
Spiller
Racine
Robert Griffith
N. C. Cook
Mr. Bush
E. E. Bush
Chicago
Charleston
W. Va
Gibbs
Middleport
Bush
Will Vancy
English Singers in Concert Delights Ohio University
Six English vocalists performed a 20 piece program of madrigals motets and ballets in Alumni Memorial Auditorium. Flora Mann Nellie Carson Lillian Ber Norman Stone Norman Notley and Cuthbert Kelly blended in precise polyphony with period costumes and smart explanations.
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Ohio University
Alumni Memorial Auditorium
Flora Mann
Nellie Carson
Lillian Ber
Norman Stone
Norman Notley
R Cuthbert Kelly
William Byrd
Henry Purcell
Cuthbert Kelly
Marine Lieut Dies from Hospital Burns in Fire
First Lieut. John G. Clausing of the U.S. Marine Corps died at the Marine Hospital from burns suffered in a Sunday fire that also claimed the life of his Russian wife.
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Torio
U.S
John G. Clausing
U. S. Marine Corps
Marine Hospital
Old Mine Fire Continues to Threaten New Straitsville
A 45 year old mine fire near New Straitsville, Perry County, reopened on March 1, sending lethal gas above ground and threatening six homes and the local school. Miners under Thomas Richards dynamited surrounding territory to halt the blaze as millions in coal were lost and the fire defied containment.
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New Straitsville
Perry County
Thomas Richards
State Highway appoints district engineers in Ohio
Columbus March 1. State Highway Director Robert N Ward announces M O Enterline of Kenton is division engineer for Highway District No 1 and Roy E Miller of Lebanon is appointed division engineer for District No 8.
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Columbus
Ammarch
Robert N. Ward
M. O. Enterline
Kenton
Roy E. Miller
Lebanon
Air minded Mary Fechet accompanies General Fechet in flight
In Best Air Mode a young air minded miss Mary Fechet daughter of General Fechet chief of the army air corps accompanies her father on many flights across the country. Here she is tagged in the latest aeronautical mode ready to stake off from Bolling Field Washington.
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Mary Fechet
General Fechet
Army Air Corps
Bolling Wield
Washington
Marriage License Issued In Athens County Probate Court
A license was granted Thursday in Athens County Probate Court to Arthur ad Ele, 23, miner of Nelsonville, and Elsie Rutter, 16, at home in Hamley Run. Parents consented for Miss Rutter. Rev Miller to officiate. In Common Pleas Court a judgment for 276.47 is sought by Edward J. Carpenter against Andrew J. Inventory and appraisement of Price.
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Athens County
Arthur Ad Ele
Miner
Nelsonville
Elsie Rutter
Hamley Run
Miss Rutter
Miller
Common Pleas
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Edward J. Carpenter
Andrew J
Carpenter
Estate actions in Athens courts detail sales and probate
The estate of Fred Wolf filed by F E Forsyth seeks sale of personal property at no less than appraised value. Davis estate inventory filed by D C Davis. Mary Anne Gross estate real estate ordered sold privately to pay debts to Orlin T McLaughlin as administrator. Probate hearing on Pearl Reed denied as not her will, Margery Reed Anderson liable for $16 costs.
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Fred Wolf
F. E. Forsyth
Bank of Athens, N. B. A
Mary Anne Gross
Orlin T. McLaughlin
Pearl Reed
Margery Reed Anderson
Estate Partition and Burial Debt Dispute
The filing asks partition of the John Van Sickle estate by Chester Van Sickle against William and Sadie Van Sickle. He seeks an undivided one fourth interest in the estate, claims all debts are paid, and requests partition in severalty. An amount of 376.47 is due with interest from June 25, 1926 for burial and related expenses.
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Poetitt
Ant
John van Sickle
Chester van Sickle
William van Sickle
Sadie van Sickle
West Riley
Explosion at Stone Mountain Kills Seven in Atlanta
An investigation began to determine responsibility after an explosion of a compressed air tank at Stone Mountain Atlanta left seven men dead and eight seriously injured. Three of the injured were not expected to recover.
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Atlanta
U.P
Stone Mountain
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Pittsburgh
Delphian Society
Middleport Briefs
Sues Coal Company
V. Mulholland
Pacomes
Frank Roberts
U. S
By Charles Etsinger
Marine
Isaac Wilson
Chauncey, Ohio
Court House
C. Edwin Davis
D. C. Davis
Business
Burroughs Adding Machine Company
Grimes Mfg. Co
12Th St
Claxton
Hocking Valley
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