The Finest House America Opens to Public in March
The Biltmore Estate near Asheville will open its doors to the public on March 16 after 49 years since George W. Vanderbilt commissioned the Vollkner designed chateau. Tourists may tour the mansion and estate once reserved for celebrities, viewing art treasures and gardens created by Olmstead with materials from around the world.
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Asheville
WN. C
George W. Vanderbilt
America
Appalachians
Biltmore House
John Francis Amherst Cecil
Scotland
Young Vanderbilt
North Carolina
Cave
Billgore
Pigeons Seen Here as Late as 1875
Meigs County reports from Pomeroy confirm passenger pigeons lingering past 1869 with vivid recollections of flocks seen over Sutton Township in 1873. A spring sky darkened by thousands of birds is described as roosting in Camden Woods now Bowman's Run. Local men and boys harvested them with torches and clubs.
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Pomeroy
Ohio Press
Meigs County
Sutton Township
Ohio River
Camden Woods
Jiden
Bowman's Run
Pomeroy Notes Ailing Patriarch and Local Deaths Mark Week
Jacob Huber 68 the remaining survivor of a long standing Pomeroy family lies seriously ill at home on Butternut Avenue. Edward Huber his brother died weeks ago. Mrs A C Hawlett and son Delbert from Athens visited Pomeroy with Mrs Fred White. Harry Merscher of Pomeroy called to Cincinnati for a brother in law's funeral. Mrs Henrietta Thorn Wheeler sister of Thomas J Thorn of Saxon died in Long Beach California spent most of life in Meigs County. Bellefontaine Construction crew back to finish street paving in Middleport and Pomeroy with sidewalks and unfinished work from last fall. March weather forecast looks poor for April May. A son was born Sunday to Mr and Mrs Charles Burton of Pomeroy.
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Jacob Huber
Pomeroy
Butternut Avenue
Edward
A. C. Hawlett
Delbert
Athens
Fred White
Harry Merscher
Cincinnati
Henrietta Thorn Wheeler
Thomas J. Thorn
Saxon
Long Beach
California
Meigs County
Bellefontaine Construction Company
Middleport
Charles Burton
New Dress Pattern for Fuller Figures Promises Perfect Fit
A 1850 pattern designed for larger women features soft flared revers, vestee length, pleated skirt, puffed sleeves, and new cuff detail. Available in sizes 38 to 48, yardage listed, requires no dressmaking experience, with clear instructions and a money order offer from The Athens Messenger patterns desk.
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Athens
Pat
West 17Th
York City
New School Bus Rules Issued in Meigs County
Meigs County boards of education receive a state backed set of bus rules governing driver certification, vehicle signaling, speed limits, crossing procedures, supervision, and passenger limits. The plan, affecting 30 drivers, requires certificates, licenses, vehicle lighting, mirrors, fire extinguishers, and designated flagmen at crossings.
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Pomeroy
Boards of Education
Meigs County
County Board of Education
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
Board of Education
Middleport Youth Transported to Mansfield Reformatory
Lewis Bass, a Meigs County Jail inmate from Middleport, began a sentence for stealing a chicken and breaking in to secure it. At breakfast he laughed and quipped about his chicken laying an egg for him, illustrating his joking departure.
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Pomeroy
Lewis Bass
Middleport
Meigs County
Mansfield Reformatory
Courthouse Bustle Amid Icy Roads in Pomeroy
Courthouse activity flowed despite slick rural streets as the County Commissioners and Soldiers Relief Commission sat in session. Preparations were under way to try indicted individuals who refused to plead guilty while routine jail clerk and probate offices reported heavy workloads.
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Pomeroy
Soldiers’ Relief Commission
No Petting Parties Warned at Beech Grove Cemetery
Officers warn that strict law enforcement targets petting parties in Beech Grove Cemetery. Young people risk arrest and fines for visiting except for proper purposes.
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Pomeroy
Beech Grove Cemetery
Hens Cause Egg Market Laugh in Meigs County
Meigs County farmers report hens flooding market with a double egg production and steamboat roosters growing thin from carrying extra crates. They expect prices to rise again as the animals taper off the joke and markets adjust.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Presbyterian Pastor Heads to Indianapolis Visit Family
Middleport dispatch reports Dr. Skinner, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, traveling Monday to Indianapolis to visit his daughter Mrs. Edwin Hurd and family. He plans to return in time for next Sunday's services.
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Middleport
Skinner
The
Presbyterian Church
Indianapolis
Edwin Hurd
Grocery Store Closure in Middleport Shifts to Filling Station
Middleport residents report L. L. Carney, longtime Fourth Ward grocer, closed his shop Saturday night. He sold the grocery stock to C. O. Tisher and will devote his efforts to a nearby filling station. The store room connected to the residence will be redecorated and used as part of the home.
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Middleport
L. L. Carney
C. O. Tisher
Olive Town man brought to Pomeroy Jail on non-support charge
Howard Borham was brought to Pomeroy Jail Saturday evening to face a non-support charge.
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Howard Borham
Olive Township
Pomeroy
Bound To Go Sore Foot Fails Sunday School Plan
A Pomeroy woman tried seven pairs of shoes to ease a sore toe so she could attend Sunday School on Sunday morning. Unable to find a suitable shoe, she compromised with goloshes and wore none on one foot.
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Sore Foot
Pomeroy Woman
Pomeroy
Funeral for Charles Olden Held at Dexter Church
The funeral for Charles Olden was conducted Saturday at 2 pm in the Church of Christ, Dexter, with Rev. A Y Wilcox officiating. A vocal trio and accompanist performed as attendees from Akron Columbus Gallipolis Mansfield and Athens paid respects. Interment followed at McCaskey Cemetery near Olden's longtime home. pallbearers were nephews Finley Folden Cecil McLeod Emerson Marchington James Whittington Charley Jordan and Fiarl Jordan.
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Tart Snowden
Akron
D. J. Folden
Emerson Marchington
Columbus
William Jordan and Sons
Charley and
Earl
Mansfield
Loyal Folden
Gallipolis
G. C. Holdren
Cecil McLeod
Ralph Pinkerton
J. C. Norris
Agnes
Aged Widow Laura McName Dies at Bashan Home
Mrs Laura McName 82 widow of Eli McName dies at her Bashan area home at midnight Saturday She leaves eight living children all in Northern Ohio and Pennsylvania except daughter Maggie who lives with her mother For funeral Tuesday at Mt Carmel Church near the home with burial adjacent cemetery
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Ortha
Estie
Spencer
W. Va
Mt. Carmel
Dayton Lecturer to Speak to Middleport Masons Tuesday
Dr. D. H. Munson of Dayton will present an educational Masonic lecture to Master Masons in Middleport Tuesday night March 4 after the weekly lodge meeting. The session opens at 6 30 with stereopticon slides, expected to attract Master Masons and other local lodges.
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Dayton
Middleport
D. H. Munson
Middleport Weekend Social Notices Quietly Lit by Visitors
Mr and Mrs Billy Horden of Charleston W Va were home over the week end and Mr Horden holds a good position in Charleston Mrs A A Hugg and Mrs Lucy Boggess recently returned from St Vetersburg Ila after visiting Florida sights especially the Bird Sanctuary built by Edward Box Rt A Miller once critically ill is now about his home Mr and Mrs He McCormick visited with their parents and returned to Columbus The Needle and Thimble Club met with Mrs Will Steiff Clarence Boyles who was at Lancaster Industrial School for 13 months arrived home Saturday aged 18 19 reared by Mrs Pheba Manley Mr and Mrs A A Chappelle of Columbus spent week end here with their daughter Mrs J G Talbott and family Miss Eleanor Hyatt of Parkersburg W Va visited over the week end with Miss Louise Talbot Hyatt former Middleport resident and class member The two Miss Hydes and Miss Louise Sargent and Elizabeth Ward students at Ohio University were here over Sunday The former with her mother Mrs Martha Sargent and the latter with Dr and Mrs Hi J Ward Miss Helen ? after a week end returned to Columbus completing her course at Bliss College
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Middleport
Billy Horden
Charleston
W. Va
Horden
A. A. Hugg
Lucy Boggess
St. Vetersburg
Ila
Florida
Edward Box
Rt. A. Miller
He. He. McCormick
J. H. Grate
Columbus
Needle and Thimble Club
Will Steiff
South Second Street
Clarence Boyles
Lancaster Industrial School
Pheba Manley
A. A. Chappelle
Wek
J. G. Talbott
Eleanor Hyatt
Parkersburg
Louise Talbott
Miss Talbott
Middleport High School
Louise Sargent
Elizabeth Ward
Ohio University
Martha Sargent
Helen
Bliss [College
Hughes Becomes Chief Justice at Washington Swearing-in
Diplomat and former Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes arrives at the Capitol to be sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. The appointment follows the resignation of William Howard Taft amid Unnoces controversy.
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Charles Evans Hughes
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Tie
William Howard Yatt
Bucker and Bass Sentenced in Meigs County Court
Charles Bucker and Lewis Bass were transferred to state prison Monday by Meigs County officers to serve sentences handed down by Judge I W Crow in the Meigs County Common Pleas Court.
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Charles Bucker
Lewis Bass
Meigs County
I. W. Crow
Meizs County
Snow storm ends early spring in Pomeroy
March 3 report notes a heavy Sunday snowstorm in Pomeroy delaying gardening and frog awakening while fishermen put away tackle for winter, awaiting further spring signals.
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Pomeroy
Red Cross Aids Veterans With Wide Range Of Requests
In 1929 the local Red Cross assisted veterans and dependents with burial and burial expense claims, pension adjustments, civilian relief, and discharge investigations. Mrs. Dwight Rutherford reported 51 burial expense claims, 22 bonus adjustments, 25 disability cases, and 16 inquiries about out of town persons among efforts last six months of 1929.
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Red Cross
Witty
Dwight Rutherford
Coolville Woman To Be Buried Tuesday
Amelia Meredith died after a brief illness at Camden-Clark Hospital in Parkersburg West Virginia. Funeral arrangements set for Tuesday. She leaves husband J K and three sons I C of Chester H H of Pomeroy W E of Detroit a daughter Mrs G R Walden Coolville and a brother Judge.
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Coolville
Amelia Meredith
Camden-Clark Hospital
Parkersburg
W. Va
Meredith death notice from Coolville area widow of long-time resident
Mrs. Meredith, wife of Meredith, and mother of Sadie Brown and nine grandchildren, died at Rock Street residence. Funeral 2:30 pm Tuesday at home with Rev. C. S. Thompson and Rev. H. A. Say. burial Coolville Cemetery. She was born in Summerton and longtime resident of Long Bottom Cogsville area. Friends may call until noon today.
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P. T. Hobbs
Antioch
Sirs
Sadie Brown
Chanute
Kas
Meredith
Sistersville
W. Va
Long Bottom
Cogsville
Summerton
Rock Street
Thompson
Coolville
H. A. Say
Nelsonville
Burnalte
Cemete
Meredy
Methodist Church
German cabinet signals compromise to save government
Berlin March 8 Wilhelm Mueller's cabinet indicated it will concede to the Folks Party on unemployment insurance to avert an immediate government fall. The move aims to stabilize the coalition and delay the crisis.
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Berlin
Chanceillor Hermann Mueller
Folks Party
Orange Brand Tonic Promised Aid For Kidney and Back Pain
Mr. Loyd Lowman of Wheeling West Virginia endorses Orange Brand Tonic saying it cured his kidney trouble and nightly bladder disruption. He reports improved sleep energy and strength after use and recommends the tincture available at Lash's Drug Store and other outlets. The product contains Bearberry Leaves and is marketed by H and J Laboratories via Marketsburg West Virginia.
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Loyd Lowman
Wheeling
W. Va
Lash
H. & J. Laboratories
iMarketsburg
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Cook County
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