Prisoner Visits Wife and New Baby Then Escapes
Willie Gar field, self confessed poultry thief, was sentenced to the Ohio Penitentiary on burglary and larceny charges. His companion John Spires, who confessed too, fled from custody while visiting his wife and newborn near the Vinton County line with Deputy Sheriff Dana Tracy. A $25 reward was posted for Spires' capture.
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Pomeroy
Garfield Willie
Ohio
John Spires
Albany
Willie
Spires
Vinton
Dana Tracy
Tracy
fFpires
Hpires
Reverend Kreager Speaks on Preparedness at Rio Grande College
Rev. F. Kreager of the Baptist Church spoke to Rio Grande College students on Preparedness this morning. He traveled from Middleport for the invitation and addressed the student body.
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Middleport
F. ©. Kreager
The
Baptist Church
Rio Grande
Rio Grande College
Meigs County Commissioners Begin Western Road Tour
Meigs County commissioners A B Bing ham W A Compton and Arthur Hreegie started an inspection tour of roads in Western Meigs County. Plans from Tuesday’s meeting call for surveying roads across the entire county as soon as possible.
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Pomeroy
B. Bingham
W. A. Compton
Arthur Hreegie
Meigs County
B Baptist Society Holds March Meeting in Middleport
The B J Missionary Society of First Baptist Church met on Tuesday afternoon in Middleport. Mrs. J Leonard of South Fifth Avenue led devotional time, and Mrs. L D Wiles presented a lesson on the third chapter of the Textbook on China as the group continues study.
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Middleport
B. J. Missionary Society of the First B Baptist Church
Mra. J.©. Leonard
South Fifth Avenue
Jeooker Street
Frank Kreager
Mra. L. D. Wiles
China
White Rose auxiliary meets in regular session
In Middleport on March 8 the White Rose No. 21 auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen held its regular monthly meeting led by Mrs. L. Dr. Diles. After business a social period followed with refreshments served by the hostess.
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Middleport
White Rose
Rotherhood
L. Dr. Diles
Long Session Held by County Board Here
Meigs County commissioners met Tuesday at the Courthouse in a lengthy session that ran past 4 pm with multiple resolutions approved. They authorized a $10 monthly blind pension for Mr. Humphrey, $469.97 for Letart Township road gravel, $0 for Frank Pickens surgical operation, and 2000 feet of bridge lumber from W T Bahr. Total county funds on hand amount to $199,721.74 as shown in the monthly board statement. funds are deposited but restricted by bank rules.
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Pomeroy
March
Meigs County
Humphrey
Letart Township
Frank Pickens
W. T. Bahr
Radio Talk To Be Given By Mrs Hartinger Friday
Mrs Elizabeth Hartinger of South Third Avenue travels to Cleveland to deliver an address on The American Home at 2 PM Friday over WGAR radio. She chairs the American Home Department of the Southeast District of the Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs and will visit Akron relatives, with sister Mrs Frank R Murphey and brother Frank Carpenter in Akron before joining daughter Miss Mary E Hartinger at Akron Central High School.
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Middleport Club
Cleveland
Middleport
Elizabeth Hartinger
South Third Avenue
WGAR
Hartinger
American Home Department
Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs
Pythian Sisters Meigs Temple Hold Social Afternoon
Meigs Temple No 153 Pythian Sisters held a social afternoon at Fides Hall in Middleport. The event opened at 3 pm with a potluck dinner served at 6 pm for members, followed by the regular lodge meeting at 7 pm.
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Middleport
Meigs Temple
Pythian Sisters
Fides Hall
Meigs County Potato Growers Gather For Week of Meetings
Meigs County potato growers schedule a series of meetings this week in Portland Reedsville Great Bend and Letart, led by county agent George W Kreitler and OSU potato specialist Earl Tussing. fruit growers join March 15 in Pomeroy to hear F H Beach on fertilization spraying and fruit growing.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Portland
Reedsville
Great Bend
Letart
George W. Kreitler
Earl Tussing
Ohio State University
F. H. Beach
Beach
Kreitler
Shops Are Closed Former Middleport Men Out of Work
Bucyrus railroad shops shut until at least April 1 causing temporary layoffs for former Middleport workers transferred from Hobson. Elmer Wyson and his wife, longtime Middleport residents, now move toward Huntington with their son in law Henry Crowder as the Bucyrus site suspension proceeds.
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Middleport
Bucyrus
Hobson
Mra
Elmer Wyson
Huntington
Henry Crowder
Mrs. Stewart Succumbs After Four Years of Illness
Mrs H P Stewart 61 longtime Middleport resident died Tuesday at 1 pm at her North Second Avenue home after a long illness from complications. Survived by husband four sisters and one brother in Middleport Dayton Columbus. Funeral Friday at 1 pm from home with Dr T Boyd Gay Presbyterian Church officiating and Hill Cemetery burial. Friends asked to send flowers.
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Middleport
Maroh
H. P. Stewart
North Second Avenue
Stewart
Griff Michael
Presbyterian Church
Harry Probst
Dayton
Griff M. Lewis
Columbus
Inez Gilmore
Gilmore
Ruth Anne Gardner
Hollis Gardner
Harvey Gardner
M. E. Church
Alex Steele
Amanda Snyder
Frank Graham
Rutherford Cemetery
Rutland and Fremont News Briefs Highlight Local Events
Fremont reports Miss Jean Forrest made Miami University honor list. Rutland scenes include illness twins birth and Studiable social events. Rutland M E Church Ladies Aid and Foreign Missionary Society meet. Rutland P T A and Dramatic Club host events. several family visits and travels noted.
Evangelist Draws Large Crowds at Syracuse Church
Syracuse ev ange list Mary Holcomb Eakin drew large crowds at United Brethren Church for three weeks of nightly meetings ending with an all day Individual Decision. The congregation joined Asbury Methodist Church for a vesper service with Rev Gaylord Bogardus. Ernest Holcomb and other locals attended weekend services and funeral attendees from Syracuse included C L Arnold and family and several Karrs.
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Mary Holcomb Eakin
United Brethren Church
Asbury Methodist Church
Gaylord Bogardus
Ernest Holcomb
Perry County
Thomas Edwards
Syracuse
Mac Arnold
Enterprise
C. L. Arnold
Belle Carleton
J. E. Carleton
Mary Karr
Marcie Karr
Will Soulsby
Smales
Delbert Lee
Alpha Cotterill
van Johnson
Ethel Moore
Syracuse Public School
College Road
Lillian Keehne
Vera Leibrand
Methodist Church
Carl Weese
William McBride
Joseph Wood
Rio Grande
C. H. Bichinger
Circleville
Fred
Pomeroy
Dana Hyseil
Local Visitors Pay Social Call on Mr Martha Bailey
Bashan Mre Mae Pearson and Mrs Eva Bailey visited Mr Martha Bailey on Wednesday. Charlies Bissel and his wife are spending a few days with his parents.
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Mae Pearson
Eva Bailey
Martha Bailey
Charlies Bissel
Hiss
Local Residents Attend Events and Visits Across Town
Numerous social visits and travel opportunities are noted. Mrs Vergie Oliver traveled to Pomeroy for a business trip while Dr McCullough treated Herman Carson and his wife. Several visits occur across Reedsville and Morning Seir with family and friends including the McKay, Bailey, Orr, and Rairdon households. District clergy and hospital news appear with surgeries for Mrs Buckley and illness of L A Sisson as well as inaugurations in Washington.
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H. E. Bissell
Vergie Oliver
Pomeroy
McCullough
Herman Carson
Jacob Rairdon
Samuel Rairdon
J.C. McKay
Middleport
Thomas Bailey
Hampton Carson
McKay
Ray McKay
Tom Bailey
Russell Johnson
Alice Watson
Silversville
Alice Rairdon
Ruth Orr
Clint Orr
Pauline Morehead
Paul Orr
J. C. McKay
Harlow Ervin
Carmel
B. B. Orr
Cal
Bob McKay
Gallipolis
Robert Bailey
Dale Warner
Emery Nease
Seir
EB. FE. Hayman
John Taylor
John Landon
Radnor
Ernest Barton
Fred Peters
Floyd Barringer
Fari
Landon
J. B. Torrence
Rev. Bowman
M. BE
Bert O'Conner
Ida Kibble
Mary
A. C. Stewart
Washington, D. C
E. L. Miller
Barberton
F. D. Shaffer
Lawrence Buckley
City Hospital
Parkersburg
BE. F. Maag
L. A. Sisson
Jerusha Stalnaker
Long Bottom
A. H. Brown
Keno
E. L. Newell
T. H. Boring
Alice
Scott Barber
E. Wilson
Betty Lou
Letart Fails
Forrest Shaffer
Ruth
Marietta
Cheshire Meeting and Revival Services Announced
Cheshire North Gallia Community Association schedules a Monday night meeting March 13 at the High School Auditorium with a Cheshire High School debate on war debt abolition. Rev A B Davison opens revival meetings at the M E Church at 7 30 pm nightly except Friday 7 pm. W W V U of the M E Church to meet at Miss Thelma Roush home Friday night March 19.
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North Gallia Community Association
Cheshire High School
Davison
M. E. Church
W. W. VU
Local greetings fill weekend with visitors from surrounding towns
Addison residents hosted guests from Kananga Columbus Gallipolis Caldwell Youngstown Marietta Kyger and nearby areas. Visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Adams and two children Mr. and Mrs. Swisher Elizabeth Mrs. Weekley Ralph McKee and son Ernest Russell Rev A 8 Davison Maude Nelson Will Van Gilder and families.
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T. T. Adams
Kananga
Clarence 14Uford
P. O. Swisher
Columbus
Elizabeth
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Mary Stone
Marie Wainright
Gallipolis
Ralph McKee
Caldwell
Weekley
Ernest Russell
Youngstown
Louisa McAllister
George
Davison
Maude Nelson
Addison
Will van Gilder
Marietta
Raymond Grover
Portland Social: Funeral for Angeline Pickens and Local Visits
Portland residents attended Angeline Pickens funeral at Morse Chapel Thursday afternoon. Numerous locals made calls in Portland and surrounding towns including Alfred, Parkersburg, Vienna, and Letart. A school play titled School Daze is planned for March 9 at the Portland school house to benefit the baseball team.
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Portland
Angeline Pickens
Morse Chapel
P. E. Browning
Apple Grove
Dana Browning
Warren Bentz
Alfred
Dave Anderson
Vienna
W. Va
L. A. Lambert
Parkersburg
Mrs. Burke
Abner Price Place
Local Folks News From Parkersburg and Surrounding Areas
Garden Frank Weisenbach and son John visited Parkersburg on Tuesday. Columbus guests included Mr. and Mrs Cratty and daughter and Mrs Charles Goldsberry and daughter Maxine. Revival services drew attendees from here at Fairview Saturday and Sunday. Several social visits to Marietta Athens Columbus and Athens occur among local families. A boy suffered a fractured arm from a fall, and multiple visits and family gatherings are noted among Goldsberry Weatherby Meighen and related households.
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Carmel McGhee
Rutland
Luther Harris
Claude Clark
Athens
Emory Ralph
Freda Woods
Bloomfield
Jess Woods
Chapman
Elizabeth Anne
McArthur
Frank Weisenbach
John
Parkersburg
Frank Goldsberry
Craty
Columbus
Charles Goldsberry
Maxine
Fairview
H. C. Buck
Hershel Hudson
Marietta
Shellie Wathson
Jacksonville
H. R. Loar
Dwight Meighen
C. A. Meighen
Aldine Barnhill
Dana
Allen Weatherby
David Goldsberry
Sheltering Arms Hospital
H. R. Lear
Ed Boyd
Forrest Meighen
Canaonville
Hubert Weatherby
James Smith
Eugene Goldsberry
Phillip
R. E. Goldsberry
Joe King
Williams child undergoes major surgery at Sheltering Arms
Shade reports a major surgical operation on Paul Williams, son of Mr and Mrs Leo Williams, at The Sheltering Arms Hospital with a pronouncement of success. Visits include Mrs Vienna Kelley to Walter Tucker and family of Athens and Mrs Geneva Mansfield visiting Addison Creamer of Shade. A young Williams child injured after falling from a horse while the Cooleys relocate near Pleasanton. Benson Cowan recovers from a sprained ankle sustained during basketball. Jay Hamer relocates from Ralph Palmer's residence to Libby Burson’s home with Floyd Jeffers employed at Athens State.
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Paul Williams
Leo Williams
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Vienna Kelley
Walter Tucker
Athens
Geneva Mansfield
Addison Creamer
Shade
Richard Williams
Alfred Cooley
Pt. Pleasant
Unclear details on Dr Edwards Oli and health claims
Fragmentary text mentions a Dr Edwards Oli described as gentle and active in their sective work. It references buoyancy, tone, and clearing the system with olive 60ce Ady, but lacks coherent facts or context.
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Edwards Oli
Dr. Edwards Oli
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Athens National Bank
Commercial Banking ‘Trust Department
J. B. Swanson
N. Court St
Meigs Potato Growers
Mrs. Stewart
Mabel Wilson
Josephine Emish
Miss Wilson
T. H. Davis
Greenfield
Robert Jones
Merrill Covert
John Russell
Russell
T. A. May
Cincinnati
Dee Ward
Contract Bridge Club
Roy Voss
Edwin Cook
Scott Cottage
Coal Street
Cook
Mid- Meport
San Diego
Calif
Arthur Stuart
Charleston
Charles Wise, Jr
South Second Avenue
Bruce Lloyd
Bridge Club
Dorothy Fultz
Racine
Earl Carott
Umbus
Oward Miles
Helen
Bonnie Miles
W. J. Krider
George Krider
Morning Star
Delaware
Charlie Krider
Parent Teacher Association
Loyal Workers Class
Racine M. E
FR. C. Hardin
Fremont
Miami University
Oxford
Jean Forrest
Forrest
C. B. Forrest
Ross High School
Miami
Miss Forrest
Caroline Forrest
Cleuth Warner
Harrisonville
Harley Amos
Maxine Amos
Eldon Lanning
Ladies Aid Society
Foreign Missionary Society
Frank Bean
Isbel
William
Charles Graham
Anson Jackson
Anson Jr
Cliff Hysell
Herman Stoltz
Watt Hysell
William George
Earl George
South Rutland
Margaret Wells
Lima
Helen Lambert
McMillan Hospital
Williams
Bogardus
Christian Church
Harrison Bentley
Prall
Salem Street
Blackstone
Mrs
Bart George
South
Parent-Teacher Association
Dramatic Club
Cc. O. Chapman
Grace White
Bashan
Roosevelt
Stephen T. Early
White House
Presiert Roosevelt
Early
Washingtonewspaper
Cheshire
Ed Rothgeb
Katrine Rowsey
Marjorie Price
Mattie Powell
Spiller
James Cross
Belleville
W. E. McDade
William Barringer
Donald Price
Gerald
Pomney
Dorothy
Rita Price
Frank Ramsdell
Hamburg
N. Y
Wylie Henderson
Herman Koelsch
Charlies Newman
Pittsburgh
van McDade
Charles F
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Chesapeake
Hamilton
Thal Railroad
Charles Cow
Sam Burson Emmett Guthrie
Mar
Sam Jeffers
Cutler
Cannon Meeks
Guysville
George Brady
Cowan
George Grim H
Frank Carsey
Anne
George Douglas Judson
Herb Penrod
Creamer
Jack Konkos
Penrod
Carseytown
Perry Smith
Cladius Chappel
Emerson Burson
Kate Chappel
Chappel
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