Upward Tread of Taxes and Local News in Meigs County
UPWARD TREAD OF TAXES reports Meigs county tax rates rising sharply with 173.3 percent more taxes for 1922 than 1960 and 90.9 percent more than 1915. It cites $485,804.99 assessed in 1922 versus $254,449.45 in 1915. Also notes a basketball banquet at Rutland M E church with public admission, letters to be awarded, and next year’s captain to be chosen. Helen Bowles, musical instructor from Memphis, visited Dexter before returning to Memphis to finish her work.
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State Tax Commission
Meigs County
Rutland
M. E. Church
Helen Bowles
Memphis
Tenn
Old Meigs
Dexter
Winter Days and Baseball Holdouts
The snippet notes a winter period and baseball holdouts, with mention of a white collar fit as a likely fashion or uniform reference. No clear names, dates, or events are identified in the readable text.
Middleport Investment Co. Sold to John Lyons for 18000
John Lyons of Middleport completes purchase of the Middleport Investment Company holdings for 18000, including substantial real estate. The Gehreiner land tract between Gravel Hill and Leading Creek, comprising about 30 to 35 acres, is part of the deal.
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John Lyons
Middleport
Middleport Investment Company
Gravel Hill
Leading Creek
Families Move to Indiana Mines Following John Fisher
The families of John Fisher and Albert Bruch of Monkey Run are moving to Jasonville Indiana to work in the mines with the J Berry family planning to join them later.
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John Fisher
Albert Bruch
Monkey Run
Jasonville
Indiana
J. Berry
Miner Rescued from River Jordan After Crisis
A miner named Fortney, newly moved from West Virginia, attempted to drown in the river but was saved by a neighborhood Baptist minister who led a rescue party. The man had recent spells of irresponsibility and believed he was jumping into the River Jordan. Will Russell, son of Mike Russell, returned home after spending four years at Ohio University in Athens.
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Fortney
West Virginia
Jordan
Will Russell
Mike Russell
Ohio University At Athens
Stratford Seeks Local Hospital Amid Growth and Mining
Stratford, a village of about 500, has sent seven patients to Holzer hospital since July. Pomeroy Bend has sent many patients to Gallipolis Charleston Parkersburg and Columbus hospitals. With mining expanding, a local hospital is seen as essential and plans include a hospital on the old Sugar Run cemetery lots and converting extra land into a public park with church consent.
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Startford
Holzer Hospital
Pomeroy Bend
Gallipolis
Charleston
Parkersburg
Columbus
Sugar Run
V. B. Horton
Cigarette tax receipts and distribution in Meigs county
Treasurer Warner reports 1922 cigarette taxes totaling 2025.83 dollars. Disbursements include 281.73 to Sacheeths Infirmary Fund, 131.63 to Middleport, 63.57 to Rutland, 12.25 to Racine, 71 to Auditor's fee Fund, and 21 to Treasurer's fee Fund. The note suggests the tax and dealer costs yield a large coffin nails investment for the past year.
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Warner
State
Sacheeths Infirmary
Middleport
Rutland
Racine
Auditor’s
Treasurer's Fee
Meigs County
Pomeroy Waterworks Erects New Smoke Stacks
The Pomeroy waterworks is having new smoke stacks erected by Williams Boiler Works of Middletown.
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Pomeroy
Williams Boiler Works
Middleport
Hurley Chase Seeks Annapolis Naval Academy
Hurley W. Chase of Columbus, son of Mr and Mrs Marl Chase, is among alternates nominated for the Annapolis Naval Academy by the district congressman. He possesses a strong physique and the mental qualifications, while the regular nominee reportedly lacks the same physical readiness.
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Annapolis
Hurley W. Chase
Marl Chase
Columbus
Pomeroy
Annapolis Naval Academy
Kingsbury couple separated over alleged mistreatment and adultery
On September 18 1922 Albert and Rena King of Bedford township hereby listed as married since December 7 1892 and parents of nine children face a divorce suit filed by Mrs King alleging long term abuse and infidelity She seeks divorce alimony and support for her minor children while remaining on 41 acres from Peach York to Kingsbury Creek where the family resides with a married daughter and son in law and the younger children.
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Albert
Rena King
David
Della
Florence
Fred
Helena
Harold
Emmett
Everett
Gladys
Man Jumped Into River at Boatyard on Saturday
Lee Fortney, tenant of the John Lyons house at the Edwin Horton property, leaped into the river Saturday forenoon with alleged suicidal intent as onlookers watched the splash and danger.
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Lee Fortney
John Lyons
Edwin Horton
State recovers auto license funds for Meigs County
Meigs County receives 5991.46 from automobile license revenue redirected to the county road repair fund with village allocations Pomeroy 72.14 Middleport 807.61 and Rutland 272.00. Inheritance tax totaled 168.33 suggesting low collections or tax avoidance through gifting before death.
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Meigs County
Pomeroy
Middleport
Eds
Rutland
Rutland High Goes 4 8 in Away-Heavy 12-Game Season
Rutland High completed a season with nine away games and seven opponents from larger schools. The squad finished even in wins and losses with a 32 17 record against teams including Wilkesville Gallipolis Hamden Ravenswood Pomeroy Nelsonville Middleport and Buckskin.
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Rutland High
Thhan
Thailand
Rutland
Wilkesville
Rutland & Gallipolis
Hamden
Ravenswood
Pomeroy
Nelsonville
Middleport
S&s. Webster
Buckskin
Ath’s
N, Straits
Local visitors and high school action report
McArthur visitors McArthur Mdear T Harper and Chauncey Gibson of Laurelville were in town Saturday. Miss Escalene Clark has the muni ps. Two basketball games were played here Friday night the Nelsonville girls team visiting and winning here. The McArthur Old Guards beat the high school team. Mrs Tmogense Ward has returned from Wellston. John Smathers Dundas visited Saturday. Gordon Woolum of Wellston visits cousins Alan and Paul Ward. Henry Paffenbarger near Elk Fork died Saturday afternoon of dropsical trouble.
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Chauncey Gibson
Laurelville
Escalene Clark
Muni Ps
Nelsonville
McArthur Old Guards
Tmogense Ward
Guy Woolum
Wellston
John Smathers
Dundas
Gordon Woolum
Alan
Paul Ward
Henry Paffenbarger
Elk Tork
Prohibition Chief Haynes to Visit Toledo on Smuggling Halts
Drastic action to halt booze smuggling from Canada was expected to result from the visit of Prohibition Commissioner Roy A. Haynes of Toledo on Monday.
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Toledo
Canada
Roy A. Haynes
Germany Doubts Ruhr Withdrawal Before Talks
SSSEN Mar 16 Germany has given up hope that Ruhr settlement talks will begin without the withdrawal of the French army of occupation, a canvass of public opinion shows.
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Sssen
Germany
Ruhr
Real American Chop Suey House Opens in Shanghai
Shanghai reports the first real American chop suey restaurant in China opened by Eddie, a former Chinese cook in the US Navy. Tourists craving Americanized Chinese dishes crowd a lavish venue patterned after San Francisco chop suey palaces, with the sign promising authentic American chop suey.
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Shanghai
China
Eddie
United States Navy
Fair Cathay
San Trancisco
San Francisco
Daring rope ladder stunt ends as wind foils leap attempt
In Georgia near Palmetto a daredevil atop the New York New Orleans Limited fails to leap to a following plane. Two trains run parallel as aircraft circle low with Miss Mable Cody aboard. three attempts to reach the rope ladder prove futile due to a tail wind.
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Atlanta
Palmetto
Bonnie Rowe
Lieut A. RR. McMullen
Doug” Davis
Mable Cody
Rowe
Swedish Girl to Be Honored for Nobel Prize Nomination
Miss Ilsie Brandstrom known as the Angel of Siberia arrives in New York and learns she is recommended for the 1923 Nobel Prize. She came to lecture and raise funds for German and Austrian veteran relief and a widow and orphans home. Her relief work began in 1914 in Russia with prisoners, then typhus and privations. She traveled from Omsk to Vladivostok, subsisting on dog and horse meat at times.
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New York
Ilsie Brandstrom
Siberia
Brandstrom
Stockholm
Russia
Omsk
Vladivostok
Peg Lee Disrupts Domestic Serenity in Divorce Court
In London a divorce suit reveals Mrs. Woof accuses Frederick Woof of cruelty citing jokes about her missing leg. She testifies he mocked her with doggerel and risked her safety by urging her to ride his motorcycle, leading to an accident and her leg amputation. Woof counters with a cross petition for misconduct.
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London
Frederick Woof
Woof
Hagerty Urges End to Public Punishments at OSU
Dean James K. Hagerty of Ohio State University argues against public hangings and life imprisonment with no pardon. He says executions demoralize society, while life sentences rarely exceed ten years, urging a system with certain detection and punishment to deter crime.
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Columbus
James K. Hagerty
College of Commercce and Journalism
Ohio State University
Dean Hagerty
Have You a Little Allergen in You
London doctors discuss allergen as a personal dread or sensitive condition. The term refers to a mysterious trigger causing fears and ailments such as hay fever asthma and reactions to foods like oysters and shellfish. Experiments suggest symptoms can be produced artificially by specific allergens.
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London
Allergens Specific to Individual Sensitivities
The text explains that horsehair triggers asthma in horse sensitive individuals and cat hair triggers symptoms in cat sensitive individuals. Each allergen affects only those with corresponding sensitivity. horses hair does not affect cat sensitive people and cats’ hair does not affect horse sensitive individuals.
Turkish peace note expected from Angora on Near East terms
London dispatch reports a second Turkish peace note due by Wednesday detailing Angora assembly stance on the Near East peace terms.
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London
Mar
Angora
Indians Build Great Civilization Then Abandon It
Recent discoveries suggest the Indians developed a rich civilization but later chose to abandon it as impractical. The findings indicate advanced urban planning and cultural achievements prior to theirdecline.
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