Red Cross aids ex service men in Meigs County
Pomeroy Red Cross secretary Miss McCoy locates jobs for ex service men and arranges medical care and vocational training. Frank X. Grueser and Edward Reuter receive a month of sanatorium treatment near Cincinnati. Harry Kauff starts at $100 monthly in a Middleport garage for up to five years. Ray Nutch completes a year as linotype operator at The Leader Middleport but resigns to visit family.
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Miss McCoy
Red Cross Organization
Meigs County
Ton
Pomeroy
Frank X. Grueser
Edward Reuter
Cincinnati
Federal Board For
Harry Kauff
Middleport
Ray Nutch
Syracuse Notes Visit From Dayton Group
Mrs Ralph Johnson and daughter and Mrs Ira McKelvey of Dayton are visiting their parents Mr and Mrs James James. Mr and Mrs George Potts Sr have gone to McAllister Oklahoma.
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Syracuse
Ralph Johnson
Ira McKelvey
Dayton
James James
George Potts
McAllister
Okla
New Books Arrive at Middleport Public Library
The Middleport Public Library reports a large influx of new titles across fiction philosophy mechanics religion and juvenile sections. Titles include The Fourth Watch The Iron Woman If Any Man Sin Prudence of the Parsonage and The Yukon Trail with more to follow as public use rises.
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Middleport Public Library
the Fourth Watch
Prudence of the Parsonage
Ridgeway of
Montana
Guild Girls Entertained at Middleport Church Social
The Guild Girls of the Methodist Episcopal church in Middleport met for a social gathering at the church. Details of program and attendees not fully readable.
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Middleport M. FE
Social gathering with Mrs Skidmore on Grant street
A Monday evening session with president Mrs A H Skidmore on Grant street, described as a rarely enjoyable occasion. The text notes a recent Akron birth and mentions dainty refreshments.
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A. H. Skidmore
Grant Street
Akron
Thomas Richard Berg dorf born to Berg dorf family
In Akron a son named Thomas Richard Berg dorf was born to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Berg dorf. He will call Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Owens of Middleport grandpa and grandma.
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Tom Owens
Early Strawberries Report From Rutland Ripen Earliest Yet
Rutland reports ripe strawberries picked by April 30 to May 1 marking the earliest on record for the area. George Musser, Representative R. B. Carson, and Ash McGhee are among those who gathered the fruit. An unprecedented blackberry crop spans the county.
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Rutland
George Musser
R. B. Carson
Ash McGhee
Legion post banquet backs women’s auxiliary drive
Drew Webster Post American Legion ended its regular meeting with a sumptuous banquet. A petition signed by many eligibles seeks the formation of a women’s auxiliary linked to the local post, and officials expect the new organization to be formed soon.
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Drew Webster Post
American Legion
Post
Wadsworth Family Plans Saturday Wedding
W Lysle Wadsworth and a family head to Findlay for the wedding of W C Wadsworth, son of Mr. and Mrs A V Wadsworth, to a Findlay bride. The couple will settle in Pomeroy after the ceremony. Findlay loses a son, Pomeroy gains a home and happiness.
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Lysle Wadsworth
A. V. Wadsworth
W. C. Wadsworth
Findlay
Wadsworth
Mr. Wadsworth
John M. Crawford
Pomeroy
Opening Guns Fired by Meigs General Committee
Monday evening this week the general committee of the Meigs fired the opening gun in a ceremonial event signaling the start of activities.
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The
Meigs
County Chautauqua Association Plans Eight Day Event
The County Chautauqua Association met at Odenbaugh's tailor shop in Middleport to begin preliminary work for the eight day Chautauqua from July 1 to August 7. The talent costs 2250 dollars with total costs around 3000 dollars. The big tent will likely be on the Central school grounds, same site as last year. A follow up committee meeting is set at the same place in two weeks.
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County Chautauqua Association
Odenbaugh
Middleport
Odd Local Tales Mix Lively Gossip and Small Events
A Pomeroy resident runs a paid movie account with a theatre and others remind auto owners a state license is needed to carry passengers for pay. Councilman Curtis Gilmore hosted friends on a country trip to a funeral. an inspector from Columbus collected a 10 license fee. A car mishap near the fence prompts anxious banter as local bosses boast about energy in town. John Race reports selling lard at 12 12 cents per pound near Baltimore, C. Old timers recall land marks along Kerrs Run Monkey Run and Sugar Run as corn and oats stretches fade. The piece ends with a statistical aside on U S population density.
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Pomeroy
Curtis Gilmore
Columbus
Gilmore
Morg
Butternut Street
John Race
Meigs County
Baltimore
Kerrs Run
Monkey Run
Sugar Run
United States
Housing Strain As Pomeroy Faces Acute Living Quarter Demand
A terse line notes that at 35.5 a square mile, every resident of Pomeroy appears to be seeking living quarters, signaling a housing squeeze and widespread search for shelter among locals.
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Pomeroy
Aged West Columbus Citizen Dies at 71
Richard Johnson aged 71, a well known resident of West Columbus and Mason County, has died. He will be laid to rest in the family burial plot on his farm.
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Richard Johnson
West Columbus
Mason County
Solons Agree With Harding
President Harding has won the consent of the house leader to delay action on disarmament proposals in Congress. Hearings on the Rogers resolution for an international disarmament conference will be called off as the President and sponsors agree not to press it until he signals readiness.
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Raymond Clapper
United Press
Washington
Harding
House
Congress
Printers Strike Wanes as 44 Hour Week Granted
In Indianapolis on May 4, about 4,000 workers across the country are returning to work after a printers strike. John McPartland, president of the International Typographical Union, says the 44 hour week concession is granted and the labor action is diminishing.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John McPartland
International Typographical Union
Akron Traction Men Vote to Strike With City Protection
Akron officials cooperate with police to ensure protection as traction workers vote by secret ballot on a planned Thursday walkout. Union officials say Tuesday's ballot approved the strike action amid mounting labor tensions in Akron.
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Akron
Ohio cities urged to fix sewage menace after Salem typhoid surge
Dr. R M Schwartz of Salem warned at the Ohio State Medical convention in Columbus that Salem’s typhoid outbreak shows the danger of sewage problems. He urged immediate corrective action to protect other cities.
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Columbus
Salem
Ohio
R M. Schwartz
Gold Strike Near Ottawa Triggers Rush on Farm Land
May 4 Ottawa reports gold found on a farm 45 miles north of the city. The discovery sparked a rush as about 3000 acres were immediately staked by would be prospectors in the first gold rush of this region.
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Ottawa
Canada
Willie Dalton Freed After Jury Disagreement
The jury in the Willie Dalton case reports a disagreement and the 17 year old Northern Trust employee who walked out with 772000 in Liberty bonds is discharged.
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Willie
Chicago
Willie Dalton
Northern Trust Company
Liberty Bonds
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