Slipping Hillside Mine Suit Brings $10,000 Charge
Pomeroy case filed in Common Pleas Court seeks $10,000 damages for hillside subsidence blamed on mining operations beneath the Hennessy property on Mulberrie Avenue between the Sugar Greenhouse and Beach Grove. Plaintiff Mrs. Jean B. Hennessy alleges surface rights only and cites cracked foundations and a sliding house due to mining by Co. A. BARTLEY reports. An related appeal by Essie Congreve against Charlies Hutton is noted.
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Theodore H. Lassey
Chattanooga
Tenn
Essie Congreve
Charlies Hutton
Wesss Campbell Sisters Survive California Auto Crash
In a letter from Mrs. Dorothy Wes sa Campbell in California she and her sisters Hortense and May Jean and their mother Mrs. Wessa describe a recent automobile wreck. Their car was demolished but all escaped serious injury though bruised and cut. Mrs Campbell works in Hollywood and rides 16 miles daily. Mrs Grimm plans a summer visit to Middleport to see her father J. J. Lyons.
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Middleport
Dorothy Wesss Campbell
California
Ed Wessa
Hortense
May Jean
Wessa
Four Pomeroy Bend Deaths Reported
Four deaths announced in Pomeroy include John R. Ackley 71 of Mulberry Avenue Lucille Kesterson 12 of Wallis Hill Winfield S Zerkle 78 longtime New Haven West Virginia resident and Nellie Dalton 64 of Syracuse. Funeral plans for Ackley and Kesterson are noted with burial in Catholic Cemetery and Rocksprings Cemetery respectively.
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John BR. Ackley
Lucille Kesterson
Winifield Zerkle
Nellie Dalton
Pomeroy
John R. Ackley
Winfield Scott Gerkle
John Ackley
Mulberry Avenue
Ackley
Hobson
George Ackley
Chattanooga Tenn
Will Daniels
Chester Road
William Kesterson
Wallis Hill
Rocksprings
Winfield S. Zerkle
New Haven
W. Va
Zerkle
Neal Zerkle
Restful Sleep for Fussful Feverish Child
Wartime style ad copy promising Castoria for restless sleep in feverish children. Claims Castoria eases bowels gently without harsh drugs, promising prompt relief and peaceful rest for both child and parent with the product name and promise of genuineness.
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Castorio
Whatsoever Class to Present Washington Birthday Program
Middleport reports Group No 4 of the Whatsoever Class will host a tea and Washington Bicentennial program in the Presbyterian Church lecture room Thursday evening. Members will portray George and Martha Washington and other era notables in costume. Program starts at 7:38.
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Middleport
Washington
Presbyterian Church
George
Martha Washington
Pomeroy Baseball Action Highlights Championship Push
Pomeroy prepares for a Southeastern Ohio League title bid as two decisive high school wins and a postponement due to elections shape the countdown. The Panthers face Gallipolis in a doubleheader this afternoon while town league results tilt toward a regional crown.
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Pomeroy
American Legion
Clerks
Simpson Methodist
Odd Fellows
Panthers
Pomeroy High School
Gallipolis Blue Devils
Syracuse
Weekend visitors and travels around Dunbar and vicinity
Mrs. Fred Hoffman and children of Dunbar West Virginia visited S. H. McClure over the weekend. E E Betz returned home to Columbus after a week end with friends. Don Allen and daughter Hilah spent Mother’s Day with Mrs. A H Bradbury’s family. Dr. Skinner former pastor of the local church departed San Diego May 9 headed to Middleport with stopovers in Indianapolis to see relatives. H E B Thomas F E M Harrah and families visited Ft Pleasant and Derby travelers returned from Louisville. Mrs. Buchanan and sons Jimmy and George and George Sauer Sr visited the Rocky Glenn Sanitorium near McConnelsville to see a improving husband. Mrs. Walter Owens went to Columbus for Mother’s Day. Katie Roush joined by Hollis Gardner and Harveys Gardner visited Rutland for Mother’s Day. W T Moore of Chesapeake visited the brother-in-law and Rathburn family. Homer Russell and Sammy Fultz left for Toledo.
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Fred Hoffman
Dunbar
W. Va
S. H. McClure
E. E. Betz
Columbus
Don Allen
Hilah
San Deigo
Calif
Middleport
Indianapolis
Edwin Hurd
H. EB. Thomas
FE. M. Harrah
Ft. Pleasant
B. F. Gibbs
Thomas
Harran
Katie Roush
Carmel
Hollis Gardner
Cincinnati
Rutland
Harvey Gardner
W. T. Moore
Chesapeake
Charles F. Rathburn Homer Russell
Sammy Fultz
Toledo
Candidates Lark in Very Dark Corners
Pomeroy reports candidates withdrawing to hidden spots after voting for themselves. Witnesses claim one candidate fled midday due to campaign pressure on funds, another hid in a nearby building, and a third spent hours alone at home avoiding visitors.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Alumni Banquet plans announced by Horton Brown
POMEROY May 10 Local members of the Pomeroy High school Alumni Association have begun plans for the annual banquet to be held Friday May 27. Horton Brown president of the association announced committee appointments including Program Floyd Mees R G Webster Frank Wills Robert Coates Willard Ashworth. Banquet Glenroy Ewing Mrs Scott Ridgeway Helen Dorst Gertrude Smith. Necrology Margaret Clifford Mrs Ed Nye. Decorations Mrs Margaret Stark Allen Chase. Nominating Ralston Russell. Further workers will be chosen by committee chairs Brown stated.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School Alumni Association
Horton Brown
Floyd Mees
R. G. Webster
Frank Wills
Robert Coates
Willard Ashworth
Glenroy Ewing
Scott Ridgeway
Helen Dorst
Gertrude Smith
Margaret Clifford
Ed Nye
Margaret Stark
Allen Chase
Ralston Russell
Marriage License Issued to Manley and Goble in Cheshire
POMEROY May 10 A marriage license was issued in Probate Court Monday to William Manley 21 and Garnet Goble 20 both of Cheshire Hoa.
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Pomeroy
William Manley
Garnet Goble
Cheshire Hoa
Local Notes From Parkersburg Area May 2
Parkersburg residents hosted visitors including Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Brown and J M Frank Ridenour. Several illness reports appear with diphtheria and influenza, and updates include gas station reopening, a baccalaureate sermon, and a Chester football score of 22 to 1.
Syracuse Woman Dies of Flu at 63
Mrs. John Dalton aged 63 died at her Syracuse Home Sunday morning from influenza and its complications. She is survived by her husband and one daughter Mary who is in nurses training at White Cross Hospital in Columbus. Other items note a skull injury case, family visits on Mother's Day, and a brief social mention of Tillie Bentz.
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Gallipolis
Edith Gebhart
Columbus
Charles Ebersbach
Anna Sauvage
St. Louis
Will Sauvage
Bertha Goeglein
Mitchell, If
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F. EB. Waelchli
Bryn Athyn
C. E. Hart
E. Fontana
Ashland
Syracuse News
John Dalton
Syracuse
Mary
White Cross Hospital
Louis Flanagan
Holzer Hospital
Elwood Engie
Frank Zeiher
Examinations End for County Schools Seniors list many eighth graders
Examinations are finished and results checked as county pupils close the school year. The eighth grade boys who passed and may enter high school next fall are listed by Supt. C. N. Wagner. Names span numerous students. girls’ names to be announced tomorrow. Some pupils missed the exam due to measles. a special later exam will help those ill.
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Ivan Roush
Howard Thomias
Ford Allen
Gratton Stout
Kenneth Story
Rank Powell
Gerald Nease
Charles Nichols
Denver Nelson
Carl Dailey
Sam Marrs, Jr
George M. Jenkins
John Beaver
Frank Fischer
Norman Weyesmiller
Orval Blake
Arthur Hagg
Howard Taylor
Raymond Lynch
Marion Hitzer
Charles R. Hysell
Charles Hayes
Hersil Mettinney
Donald Wee
Francis van Meter
Donald W. Lisle
Raymond Wilson
George Hood
William Howard
William Dye Ball
Meryil G. Babel
Laurence Bowen
Sherwood Meredith
Aylmer Bailey
Richard Brown
William Singer
Truman Russell
Willie White
Jason Adams
Delbert Johnson
Leonard Cassaday
Carl 38
Blackwood
Cecil L. Gaul
Howard Christy
Raymond Diehl
Clyde Baxter
Johnny Stobart
Edward Wells
Milton Little
Harold Capehart
Marvin Swan
Winifred Wyant
Arnold Riggs
Ernest Nelson
Milton Will
Samuel Davis
John Hall
Lawrence Deem
Sidney Leitheit
Marsden Santee
Ralph Bradford
Arnold Hughes
Homer A. Cole
Floyd Rummel
Harry Stoner
Sibble Cowdery
Charles Pierce
Raymond Hayes
Bernard Baker
Tom Pickens
Edson Parker
David Vince
Norman Frederick
Robert Bailey
Charles Proffitt
Burrell McLaughlin
Harley Swisher
John Swisher
Howard L. Matlack
Edward White
Supt. Wagner
Rome Board Rehires All School Teachers
The Rome Board of Education reemployed all district teachers for the next year at a meeting last Saturday. High school faculty includes Principal Copeland and staff members Hugus Lockman Harrison Glanier Harredt, and Bernice Hugus. Grade school teachers listed include Stewart Seamon Daugherty Day Hart Norris Scott Koehler Kilvert Pence and others.
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Rome
Board of Education
Copeland
KR. B. Hugus
George Lockman
Ellen Harrison
C. R R. Glanier
Ruth Harredt
Bernice Hugus
Stewart
Iesta Seamon
Sylvia Daugherty
Ruby Day
Agatha Hart
Guysville
Eva Norris
Mildred Scott
New England
F. G. Koehler
Kilvert
Lillian Pence
Ninth Grade Boys Trade Treats At Methodist Farm Party
The ninth grade boys Sunday School class and eighth grade class from the Methodist Church held a party Friday at E. R. Walker’s farm. Led by A. A. Nellis and M. A. Grubb, the contest winner treated the loser with indoor baseball, a fire building competition, and a track meet with small prizes. The guest list includes Lloyd Kelley Parker Walker Harold Kelley Paul Lewis Paul Jones Russell Bolinger Leslie Fultz Julian Bing Maynard Aldrich Tom Quidor Woodrow Wilson William Whaley Charles Wenders Charlies Dalton Eugene Coe Junior Ward Byron Weis Leonard Smith Carl Beasley Franklin Calvin Charles Smith Richard Imes Robert Wheaton Roger Jones.
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Methodist Church
E. R. Walker
A. A. Nellis
M. A. Grubb
Lloyd Kelley
Parker Walker
Harold Kelley
Paul Lewis
Paul Jones
Russell Bolinger
Leslie Fultz
Julian Bing
Maynard Aldrich
Tom Quidor
Woodrow Wilson
William Whaley
Charles Wenders
Charlies Dalton
Eugene Coe
Junior Ward
Byron Weis
Leonard Smith
Carl Beasley
Franklin Calvin
Charles Smith
Richard Imes
Robert Wheaton
Roger Jones
Twenty six charged in Proctorville liquor operation
Proctorville on May 10 reports twenty six individuals charged with conspiring with Orville Carson the marshal and Melvin Neff the deputy marshal in running a liquor dispensing operation.
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Proctorville
Orville Carson
Melvin Neff
Civil War veteran recalls jokes and marches in Athens County
The article features Dr. A J Learned of Millfield recounting humorous episodes from his service in Company C of the 18th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He details incidents with the company clown Lewis Tinkham, an Irishman nicknamed Mike, and long mentions of Nashville defenses, Stone River, and Chickamauga.
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Athens County
Frances Willock
A. J. Learned
Millfield
Dr. Learned
18Th O.W.L
Tullahoma
W. P. Johnson
Ambulance Corps
Wellston Postmaster Held on Votes Charge
On eve of the primary elections in Wellston, postmaster W. E. Thomas, a Republican leader, was arrested on orders from Mayor Thomas E. Webb. Friends secured his release on bond. He had been charged last November with illegally securing absent voters ballots, was exonerated in common pleas court, and Webb moved to arrest him before Webb himself was removed and later restored to office.
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Wellston
U.R
W. E. Thomas
Thomas E. Webb
Friends
Thomas
Common Pleas
Webb
Foot Is Straightened in Sample Operation
Akron May 10. The convention here of the Ohio Society of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons heard a report on a foot straightening operation. The meeting discussed methods and potential benefits for patients with deformities.
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Akron
U.P
The
Ohio Society of Osteopathic Physicians and Sur
Boy Overcomes Handicapping Childhood Paralysis
The article details Bobby Miller’s crippled left foot from infantile paralysis and his parents’ inability to fund treatment. Dr. M. F. Hulett of Columbus chose Bobby’s case for a demonstration of a delicate foot operation at a convention, with physicians promising a straightened foot.
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Geons
Bobby Miller
Lester J. Miller
M. F. Hulett
Columbus
Bobby
Notice to Taxpayers of Athens County Mills Levy 1931
Notice to taxpayers lists the 1931 mills levied on real state public utility and personal property in Athens County Ohio. State total 2.85 mills includes 2.65 for school and 0.20 for World War Compensation Fund. County total 6.45 mills covers General County Fund road and bridge Bond Retirement and other funds. Local levies shown in a following table.
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G. D. Gorham
Athens County
Ohio
General County Fund
County Home Fund
Children Home Fund
Blind Relief
Mothers Pension Fund
Judicial Fund
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