Public utilities taxed at higher value in Meigs County
POMEROY March 20 Public utilities serving electric light and power gas communications and transportation face higher taxes this year in Meigs County while banks individuals and real estate see reduced valuations The Ohio Committee notes public service profits may be affected as utilities are taxed closer to true value The county total duplicat e drops 35560 with 1924 valuations and 1925 taxes shown and the average tax rate drops from 23 903 to 21793 per thousand
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Ohio Committee
Public Utility Information
State Tax Commission
Guest Day Observed by Middleport Missionary Society
In Middleport on March 20 more than 100 members attended the Missionary Society meeting at the Middleport Church of Christ. The program featured a play about evangelistic life in China, a dedication titled Beautiful Garden of Prayer for Miss Mary Kelly, and a piano duel by Mrs. Herbert Powell and Mary Wilmetta Farmer.
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Middleport
Missionary Society of Middleport Church of Christ
Diangs
Magis Ginger
China
Mary Kelly
Dave Farmer
Herbert Powell
Mary ‘Wilmetta Farmer
Edwards
Nh. B. Toughead
Herman Ohlinger
Perry Graves
R. H. Horden
Tom Longstaff
Stamps Gifted to Children by Uncle Jim in Pomeroy
POMEROY March 29. Uncle Jim Lyman war veteran and community organizer turned his long stamp collection over to the children of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gloeckner for use in a contest. The collection, from one cent to high denominations, totals over a half bushel and marks the start of a new collection by Uncle Jim.
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Pomeroy
Jim” Lyman
Pomeroy Democrat
Meigs County Fair
Jim
Charles Gloeckner
Auto Wrecked on Athens Road Near Pomeroy
A Ford touring car driven by Howard Grant and a companion from Minport was badly wrecked on Athens Road at Pomeroy. No injuries are stated and the report ends with the scene unfinished.
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Athens
Pomeroy
Howard Grant
Middleport
Car Overturns on Pomeroy-Athens Highway Thursday
A two vehicle collision left a car veering off the road near Pomeroy and Athens on Thursday. Both occupants escaped serious injury. vehicle severely damaged.
Circus Coming to Middleport May 22
Karl Kundron, general agent for the Sells Brothers and Fioto circus, visited Pomeroy to arrange billboard space and general supplies for the show set to come to Middleport on May 22, with Athens the following day.
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Pomeroy
Karl Kundron
Sells Brothers and
Fioto Circus
Middleport
Co. Athens
New Bus Franchise Sought for Gallipolis to Huntington Route
Ben J. Kiff of West Ohio Transit Co Huntington says the firm will begin direct service within sixty days using ten sedan coaches if the Public Utilities Commission approves their pending application in Columbus. The Blue Bus and Cannon Ball lines already operate in the region, linking Pomeroy Bend to Ironton upon approval.
Worker to Speak in Bend Sunday
Mrs. J. C. B. Stivers superintendent of the Cleveland Christian Home for Children will speak at the Middleport Church of Christ Sunday morning. In the evening she will present stereoptical pictures of the home and at 2 p.m. address the MR Bradford church about the 200000 dollar home in Cleveland for children. She also will attend the Pomeroy Church of Christ at 7 p.m. to show more pictures.
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Middleport
J. C. B. Stivers
Cleveland
Sportsmen to Meet Tonight in Meigs County
Secretary Clarence Hamm calls Meigs County Fish and Game Association meeting at the courthouse Friday at 7 30 PM. Important matters are to be discussed and every member is urged to attend.
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Pomeroy
Clarence Hamm
Meigs County Fish and Game Association
Court House
Local Notables Suffer Illness and Travel Updates
Ben H. Morris is seriously ill at his brother Edgar Morris’s home with flu. D. F. McNaughton, also ill at Wolfpen, was reported no better. Alvin Hogan, formerly of Syracuse, now in Nelsonville, visited and returned home. George Nye is improved at home. Mr. and Mrs. John Spires returned from Columbus after Mrs. Spires had teeth removed. Louise Stanbery returned from Cincinnati. Mrs. R. W. Vaughan hosted Presbyterian Missionary society with daughter Anna. Adolph Nuninns of the Second ward traveled to Cincinnati for surgery. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Zall and family head to Cleveland to make their home. Dr. O. L. Asher and family left for Evansville Indiana where he has a hospital position. Marion Roush is reported quite ill.
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Grover Swearington
Carpenter
County Lerk
T. W. Beagle
West Main Street
D. F. McNaughton
Wolfpen
Alvin Hogan
Syracuse
Nelsonville
George Nye
John Spires
Columbus
O. L. Asher
Evansville
Indiana
Marion Roush
Ill at his home in Minersville
A resident of Minersville is listed as ill at home while suffering from the after effects of a severe case of the flu.
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Minersville
Local Family Visits Highlight Midweek in Middleport
Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Fowler visit Mrs Beaver and her family. Pearl Childers returns to Charleston after a visit with Vesta Swisher and relatives. L. O. Moses of Columbus discusses New York Central lines. Pearl Badgely is ill. Herb Ewing visits Columbus with son Gilbert. Mr and Mrs Thomas Wilton return from Columbus visit with Kennedy and Mae Daniels. Rodney Downing visits relatives in Columbus. Ernest Agee and family travel to Columbus for medical treatment.
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Middleport
Roscoe Fowler
A. J. Beaver
Vesta Swisher
Miss Pearl Childers
Charleston
L. O. Moses
Columbus
New York Central
Miss Pearl Badgely
Herb Ewing
Gilbert
Thomas Wilton
Kennedy
Mae Daniels
Rodney Downing
Ernest Agee
Past Chiefs Bring Benefit Card Party to Middleport
In Middleport on March 20 the Past Chiefs association of the Pythian Sisters hosted a benefit card party at the Pythian parlors. Twenty two tables played bridge and 500 with trophies awarded for bridge and 500 scores to both men and women. Top gentlemen and ladies honors went to R. Schwegman and Mrs Walter Broner with several runners up and consolations across events. A refreshment course followed.
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Middleport
Mar
Chiefs’ Association
Pythian Sisters Lodge
Pythian
R. Schwegman
Homer Shank
W. G. Davis
Walter Broner
Notable Ohio River Pilot Ill At Home In Point Pleasant
Capt. George Williamson a well known Ohio and Kanawha river pilot lies seriously ill at his First street home in Point Pleasant. The report mentions visitors, local weather boasts, a Texas return letter incident, a railway inspection car visit to Pomeroy, and a Syracuse High School class play with a profitable outcome.
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Ohio
First Street
Point Pleasant
J. C. Knopp
Mason City
Pomeroy Bend
Saya
A. P. Ashworth
Texas
Valey Street
Pomeroy
Lone Star
Hocking Valley Railway
David Thomas
David
Columbus
Mary A. Hyson
Sarah Thomas
Murray City
David John Thomas
John
Edward
Louise Thomas
Straitsville
T. M. Cowie
Massillon
W. H. Cowie
Pittsburg
Marian Smith
Charles Smith
W. Va
Hudson Smith
Hartford
Hannah Taylor
Leir Thomas
Fairmont
Mary Ann Cowie
Syracuse
Syracuse High School
Change Residence Until Married Notice
Pomeroy report notes a March 14 item from the Point Pleasant Register stating Ralph O. Hayman, 23, born in Meigs County, now a
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Pomeroy
Point Pleasant Register
Ralph O. Hayman
Meigs County
Mason County Resident and Millicent D. Roush Wed
The Mason county resident and Miss Millicent Dale Roush, 21, born in Meigs county and now living in Mason county, are described as a couple. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Hays Roush, and the newlyweds plan to reside likely in Mineraville or another Meigs county location previously moved from to West Virginia.
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Mason County
Millicent Dale Roush
Meigs County
Hays Roush
Mineraville
West Virginia
Middleport Official Resigns From Dog-Tag Post
Middleport March 20 Jacob Young, recently named official dog-tag man, quit the position before starting real duties. Ira Morris of Bailey Run is appointed to replace him and will begin duties Monday.
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Middleport
Jacob Young
Ira Morris
Bailey Run
Death comes to aged woman at Ball Run home
Mrs. John Findling 70 died Wednesday after a long illness from a tumor at Ball Run. Survived by husband and six children in Iowa, West Virginia, and Ohio. Funeral Friday at 2 pm at the family home with burial by Finsterwald Co. at Middleport cemetery. Rev. William L. Moenkhaus preached.
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John Findling
Ball Run
Sarah Shie
Pomeroy
Bertha Brailey
Seville
Effie Surface
Charleston
W. Va
John
Edward
Iowa
Frank
Emma
Finsterwald Co
Middleport Cemetery
William L. Moenkhaus
Peace F Evangelical Church
New Ohio Trustee Refuses to Serve
L. L. Faris of Highland County, recently appointed by Governor Donahey to Ohio University’s board, declined the trustee position due to business obligations. He conveyed to the governor his regret at not joining the governing board of his alma mater.
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L. L. Faris
Highland County
Ohio University
Donahey
Aris
Methodist Quarterly Conference to Convene in Athens
The Athens County Quarterly Conference of the Methodist Episcopal churches will meet at the First Methodist Church in Athens Sunday at 2 p m Delegations from all charges in the county will report on evangelistic work Representatives will attend and the session ends with the Lord s Supper Dr H J Volcombe will lead the session
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Athens County
The
Methodist Episcopal Churches
First Methodist Church
Athens
H. J. Uolcombe
Remarkable Dictating Machine From Britain
A Britisher has invented a remarkable device that takes dictation and answers the telephone when the subscriber is absent. It reports the absence to callers and records a message to be repeated on the subscriber’s return. The unit resembles a phonograph and uses cylindrical records.
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London
King Tut Curse Still Busy in London Galleries
Illness halted the Dennistoun defense as Sir Edward Marshall Hall fell ill while Lord Carnarvon, the Tut discovery patron, died from a mysterious illness. The widow of Carnarvon then married Colonel Dennistoun after his divorce from Mrs Dorothy Dennistoun.
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London
King Tut
Dennistoun
Edward Marshall Hall
Ian Dennistoun
Lord Carnarvon
Colonel Dennistoun
Dorothy Dennistoun
Delay Hearing Delays Kirby Trial In Cleveland
In Cleveland on March 20 the Kirby trial pauses as defense counsel is absent. Prosecutors and witnesses prepared technical financial testimony about a false financial statement by Josiah Kirby, former head of Cleveland Discount Co, and Raymond L. Poland, its former treasurer. Crowds fill the court room and corridors hoping to glimpse the famed "super salesman" Kirby, delaying further testimony until Monday.
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Cleveland
Josiah Kirby
Cleveland Discount Co
Raymond L. Poland
Kirby
Athens Men Lead Wellston Schoolmasters Club Meeting
Two Ohio university faculty members are on the program of the Southeastern Ohio Schoolmasters club meeting at Wellston tonight. Russell Rupp Athens junior high principal is president. Dr F E Smith discusses social sciences in high schools and Prof Ray Latham covers school administration work. A large Athens crowd will travel to Wellston.
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Ohio University
Southeastern Ohio Schoolmasters’ Club
Wellston
Russell Rupp
Athens
FE. C. Smith
Ray Latham
Department of
Schoolmasters’ Club
Tornado Devastates Murphysboro with Massive Loss
In Murphysboro Illinois estimates put the financial loss from the twister at more than 5.909 million dollars. The disaster left about seven thousand five hundred homeless and more than 150 bodies recovered.
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Murphysboro
Ill
Chewing Gum Compared to Tobacco in Dystopian Thought
An imagined warning envisions chewing gum as a harsher habit than tobacco, illustrating a world gone off balance. The author contrasts everyday acts with consequences, underscoring a satirical take on public health and social norms.
Spring Wheat Plantings to Rise in U S This Year
Washington March 20 The Crop Reporting Board reports that intended spring wheat plantings for the current year total 113.9 percent of 1924 harvest acreage. If they are carried out, spring wheat acreage will rise about 14 percent or nearly 2.6 million acres.
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Washington
Crop Reporting Board
Department of Agriculture
United States
Attractive skit show planned at Ohio University
An honest to goodness circus is the aim of the women's skit show to be presented at Ohio university March 27 28. Sororities and the department of women's physical education plan a varied program with a must eel and a Japanese attraction among items announced.
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Ohio University
Department of Women’s Physical Education
Former Ohio University student dies at East Liverpool
Mrs. George T. Kidder formerly Miss Fula M. Caphcart attended Ohio University in 1918 19 died in East Liverpool City Hospital on March 6 She leaves her husband and two sons.
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George T. Kidder
Fula M. Caphcart
Ohio University
East Liverpool City Hospital
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Tritipp
Simmons
Battery & Electric Co
Athens 159
NEW Bus Concern
City of
Ironton
Bend
Ben H. Morris
Edgar Morris
David C. Slaughter
House of Quality and Service
N. Court St
Lash
Pomeroy Bend Briefs
George Williamson
NEW
Tut
S.S.S
Nature
S.S
Lagonda
Schubert Piano Co
Stevens
Brunswick
Victor Victrola
Bank of Athens
Liverpool
Globe
J. W. Higgins & Son
Richland Avenue
Sheffield
Tokyo
Japan
Buckeye
Buckeye State Building and Loan
Weet Gay St
Columbus, O
Sunday Messenger
Swanson Furniture Co
Atrus
Mann
Calumet
U. S
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