Strong Finish Hopes for Vic Victory Bonds Drive
In Pomer y Bend two days remain to secure gilt edge 4 3 4 percent Victory Bonds with Mineral Lodge 242 I O F contributing 2000 toward a full score. Individual subscriptions were also recorded at local banks as news arrived of Mrs Lara Walden aged 93 former Middleport resident passing in Newport News Virginia at her daughter Mrs S H Wertheimer’s home.
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Meigs
Mineral Lodge
Newport News
Lara Welden
S. H. Wertheimer
Middleport
Riley Nichols Adjudged Insane in Probate Court
Riley Nichols of Middleport was judged insane in Probate Court and ordered committed to Athens Hospital. Sheriff Hartenbach took him to the hospital the same day. Nichols, 44, had been discharged from the institution in 1916.
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Athens
Riley Nichols
Middleport
Athens Hospital
Hartenbach
Walnut Street Hotel Demolition Opens For Masonic Temple
Work begins to tear down the Walnut Street Hotel in Middleport once among the oldest buildings. Built about 75 years ago by Franklin Downing who crafted the brick, the site will house a new Masonic Temple after war-time delays.
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Walnut St
Middleport
Franklin Downing
Local Property Transfers Reported in Middleport Area
O W Boyd sold Lincoln Street property to Mrs Dora Boice and moved into the Bradford residence at Fifth and Main. The Wm Horden Front Street property was bought by Jap Lighter. Mr and Mrs James Kennan purchased the Mrs Freda Willock property on Syracuse Street.
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Middleport
O. W. Boyd
Lincoln St
Dora Boice
Bradford
Fifth and
Main Streets
Wm. Horden
Front St
Jap Lighter
Jas. Kennan
Freda Willock
Syracuse St
Church Nearing Completion at Rutland
The M. E. church at Rutland is nearing completion and ready for pews this week. Pew seats will be quarter-sawed oak and cost between eight and wire hundred dollars.
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M. E
Rutland
Griffiths Prepare Move from Middleport to Harrison Ark
John Griffith his wife and daughter of Middleport pack household goods this week and plan to depart in a week or ten days for Harrison Arkansas where their two sons live. The Griffiths have been long time residents of Middleport.
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John Griffith
Middleport
Harrison, Ark
Griffiths
Married couples named in Rutland Minersville Elyria list
Russell Gaffney 28 and Bertha Geary 31 both of Rutland. Stanley L. Jones 25 and Anna L. Phillips 23 both of Minersville. William W. Sauer Jr 24 of Elyria Ohio and Ellen Beckle 22 of Pomeroy.
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Russell Gaffney
Bertha Geary
Rutland
Stanley L. Jones
Anna L. Phillips
Minersville
William W. Sauer, Jr
Elyria
Ellen Beckle
Pomeroy
Frank Mitchell Will Names Ralston Mitchell Executor
By the will of Frank Mitchell late of Pomeroy Ralston Mitchell a son is named as executor. The estate remains in his hands for five years during which he collects rents pays expenses and divides the proceeds at year end among the children. After five years the real estate is to be divided equally among the children.
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Frank Mitchell
Pomeroy
Ralston Mitchell
Fire Losses Report From Pomeroy Fire
The Pomeroy fire in First Ward last Sunday caused losses for Pomeroy Chemical Co between eight thousand and ten thousand dollars with no insurance. C R E R & Co car was burned for about four thousand. Ceogiein loss about one thousand fully insured.
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Pomeroy First Ward
Pomeroy Chemical Co
Ceogiein
Electrician Glen Chase Opens Fixtures and Supply Store
Glen Chase, former navy electrician, opens an electrical fixtures and supply store in the Downie building on Second Street. The venture marks Chase’s return to civilian work and adds a local supplier for households and trades.
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Glen Chase
Navy
Downie
Second Street
Young Bride Dead After Cleveland Trip
Mrs Myrtle Hawk Janson died recently in Cleveland where she and her new husband went after their marriage. The couple's remains were sent to her old home at Flore via town here on Monday.
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Myrtle Hawk Janson
Cleveland
Flore
Royal Arch Masons Confer Degree in County Session
The Pomeroy Chapter of Royal Arch Masons conferred the Royal Arch degree on three candidates last evening as county commissioners met in regular session on Monday.
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Randall Squibs
Pomeroy
Royal Arch Masons
Royal Arch
Local notices and items from the region
Horace Noble Wright 47 a boiler maker of Portsmouth wed Ida M Johnson 48 a Racine widow yesterday. A daughter born to Frank Heilman and wife. Recorder W S White shows a new Ford. Deputy Sheriff George Beards returns after two weeks illness. Meigs county farm bureau bush organized at Rock Springs. Webb D Thona, serving on the battle front in Italy, has returned home.
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Horace Noble Wright
Porthsmouth
Ida M. Johnson
Racine
Frank Heilman
W. S. White
George Beards
Meigs County Farm Bureau
Rock Springs
Webb D. Thona
Batte
Italy
Red Cross Home Service Highlights for Soldiers Families
Manager Hughes outlines key Home Service points including insurance information for soldiers and families, bonus and travel pay assistance, readjustment aid, government compensation and reeducation, medical attention, legal and business advice, financial emergency support, and help with allowances and dependents. Also offers information on missing, sick, or wounded relatives and personal, courteous service.
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Home Service Section
Red Cross
Hughes
Local Social Notes Highlight Visits and Purchases
Sunday visitors at C S Moore home included BE W McVay Eva Helen Edgell of Albany and Corporal Theodore Wingett of Camp Sherman. Arlo Johnson bought a Ford touring car and Melvin Duckler an Overland. Ice cream social at Model School yielded 4.00 for a quilt and 12.50 net from the supper for the school.
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C. S. Moore
BE. W. McVay
Eva
Helen
Edgell
Albany
Theodore Wingett
Camp Sherman
Don
Mary Young
Union
Arlo Johnson
Melvin Duckler
Charles Tewksbury
PD. E. Blackburn
Columbus
Model School
Eldon Kenney
Mechanicsburg
Elsie Braley
Augusta Parker
Athens
G. FE. Tribe
Lowell
Margaret Louise
Frank Kenney
Pleasant Valley
Forrest Johnson
Mineral
Herbert Moore
Raymond
Burtingham
Amesville
Isomer Graves Jr
Nellie Graves
World Loan 10 Put Europe on Her Feet Again
Ralph Blumenfeld, editor of the London Daily Express, urges a rapid peace and a world loan of about 25 billion dollars. He argues a central fund under the League of Nations should finance reconstruction, revive industry, and provide work to Germany to avert Bolshevik danger and restore debt payments.
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United Press
New York
Europe
Ralph DL. Blumenfeld
Londan Daily Express
Blumenfeld
England
United States
France
Italy
Japan
Germany
League of Nations
Central Fund For
Enmity Deepens as Zeppelins and Gothas Terrorize London
The passage recalls how soldiers’ bitterness grew after poison gas use in the war and rose sharply with Zeppelins over England and Gotha bombing fleets that rained bombs on London. It notes the hatred fueled by these raids and its lasting memory for decades.
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England
London
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Pomery Bend
New Masonic Temple
the Fraternity
Arkansas
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Cline’s
Antee
the Department OF Public Speaking
College Play
the Star Mineral Water Works CO
Athens, Ohio
Jiffy
Reree
White Hall
Mere
Adolph Zukor
Balla Burke
Billie Burke
Paramount
Annabelle
Bryant Washburn
Venus
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THE
D. Zenner CO
Kathleen Clifford
Hearst News Reel
Grand Theatre Today
Metro
Edith Storey
William Farnum
RED Glove
Chicago, Ill
Chicago
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Morris Bloom
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