Will Test Truck Shipping Facility
A 24 truck convoy will test shipping farm produce by motor from Cleveland to rural towns this week. Sixty workers will operate the trucks on a rotating route through Elyria Lorain North Amherst Vermillion Huron Sandusky Castalia Bellevue Monroeville Pontiac Willard Norwalk Helena Fitchville Greenville Delft New Haven Shelby Mansfield Ashland Polk Sullivan Wadsworth Barberton and Akron before returning to Cleveland. Major A C Fraser and others will speak to promote fair pricing rather than surplus. The test is by the Cleveland Commercial Car Dealers Association.
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Cleveland
Elyria
Lorain
North Amherst
Vermillion
Huron
Sandusky
Castalia
Bellevue
Monroeville
Pontiac
Willard
Norwalk
Helena
Fitchville
Greenville
Delft
New Haven
Shelby
Mansfield
Potato Acreage to Drop Five Percent in Washington
Farmers plan five percent less potato acreage this year after the Department of Agriculture report. High seed potato prices and labor shortages cited as the main reasons for the reduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Dining room girl wanted at Remington Hotel Pomeroy
Priscilla Landers obtained her father’s consent after initially failing to secure a license at Probate court and married Dewey Lyons of Letart, West Virginia, in a ceremony performed by Justice Martin at the Probate Court rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Remington Hotel
Pomeroy
Priscilla Landers
Dewey Lyons
Letart
W. Va
Justice Martin
Angel Horse Thief Bound Over To Grand Jury
Roy Angel a 21 year old horse thief captured at Portsmouth appeared before Justice of the Peace Stephen Martin Saturday morning. On a guilty plea he was bound over to the grand jury in $1,000 bond. failure to post bond sent him to jail.
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AN Angel
Roy Angel
Portsmouth
Justice of the Peace
Stephen Martin
Fined for Obscene Language in Middleport Court
Roy Williams, a young colored man, was fined $3 and $6.85 costs after pleading guilty to using obscene language and name calling toward Mrs. Effie Siders in Justice Martins court. Chas Terrell pled guilty to breach of the peace in a separate charge and was fined $5 plus costs by Mayor Dan Diehl after swearing at Hazel Cummey.
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Roy Williams
Middleport
Justice Martins Court
Effie Siders
Chas
Terrell
Dan Diehl
Hazel Cummey
Sheriff heads to Pittsburgh for prisoner Brownell
Sheriff Jake Hartenbach departed Saturday midnight for Pittsburgh to secure W. Be. Brownell who is held there and wanted in Pomeroy to answer to a charge for which he was indicted at the last grand jury session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Jake Hartenbach
W. BE. Brownell
Pomeroy
Free Lecture Tuesday Evening by Dr Walter Hubbard
A free lecture on Christian service by Dr Walter Hubbard of Spokane Washington will be given at the Pomeroy Opera House Tuesday evening under the auspices of the Christian Service Society of Middleport.
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Walter Hubbard
Spokane
Washington
Pomeroy Opera House
Christian Service Society of
Middleport
Couple Rewed in Probate Court In Bend
W. A. Tone and Laura A. Wells, colored, both of Kerri Run, were married in probate court on Saturday morning. The groom works as a stationary engineer at the Meigs Water Company plant and is well known in Bend. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wells, is described as accomplished. The pair had been married before and divorced, then separated, but they have reconciled and remarried. Friends extend best wishes.
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Happy W. A. Tone
Laura A. Wells
Kerri Run
Meigs Water Company
Bend
Henry Wells
Meigs County Election Supervisors Organize for Busy Year
The Meigs county board of deputy State supervisors of election met at the courthouse Saturday fore noon to organize. Members include Tracy chief deputy Charles H. Mullen G. M. Thoma and Edgar Wright, new member succeeding A H Brown. W L Stivers was re elected secretary. The board faces two primaries a presidential year and several referendums.
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Meigs County
Mr and Mrs McCroba Feted Before Departure
Mr and Mrs D Eb France hosted a Friday evening gathering in honor of Mr and Mrs Wright McCroba who were soon to leave the city. Music cards and refreshments enlivened a beautifully decorated dining room with guests including Mr and Mrs R Cooper Mr and Mrs Dana Lloyd and Mr and Mrs Ruel.
Escaped an Operation in Cairo Woman Praises Medicine
In Cairo Illinois Mrs J Br Jarrsons describes severe female trouble with displacement and pain, fainting, and inability to work. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with improving her condition, allowing full recovery and household duties. The letter notes doctors often favor operation but claims medicine suffices.
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Cairo
Lydia F. Pinkham
J. BR. Jarrsons
Sycamore Street
Mansfield Event Honors Local Guests
Finsterwald, Miss Mary Arnold, Mr KE L Lippincott, Mr Ek O Stander of Mansfield and the honor guests attended a noted ceremony. The gathering drew various local figures to the event.
Young horse thief captured at Portsmouth after hard chase
Roy Angle aged 21 of Gallipolis was arrested in Portsmouth on a charge of stealing a horse and buggy from Leading Creek near Middleport last Saturday evening. Deputy Beards traced the rig to Portsmouth after a long chase, the horse was found poorly fed, Angle sold the horse for fifteen dollars then was arrested at his brother’s home. a sister and child accompanied part of the journey.
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Roy Angle
Gallipolis
Portsmouth
Ernest Clack
Leading Creek
Middleport
Big Three
Hartenbach
Pomeroy
Diack
George Beards
Ironton
Angel
Luhrig and Waterloo School Boards Set 9 Month Year Plans
Athens and Waterloo district boards met to hire teachers, endorse Pearley Gaskill as district superintendent, and adopt a nine month school year. Several new teachers were appointed, with pay scales revised under a statewide schedule, and funds discussed for special relief. A local memory piece follows on reading habits and early library access.
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Athens
Board of Education of
Luhrig
Jones, Crippen
Rhorick
Davis
Rhodes
Gaskill
Lulu Steed
Ida M. Devore
Prin. Wesley Walburn
Pearley Gaskill
Athens Township
Boards of Education
Ohio
Athens County
Supt. Gaskill
the Plains
Prin. J. A. Hines
D. M. Bryson
Edith Brohard
Fern Syx
Ivalue Beekman
Ulla V. Shannon
Ethel Ball
Ethel Anderson
Alice M. Shannon
Gladys Rhodes
Ruby Gabriel
Pittsburg No. 10
A. Ray Moore
Ralph Oxley
Union
Fred Kern
Children’s
Flora Boyles
Childrens
Mack Braley
White Hall
Elsie Braley
Tick Ridge
Mary I. Phillips
K. Fri
Clara L. Blume
Nellie Watson
Mechanicsboro
K. Mardis
County Board of Education
Salem
Waterloo Township
Plains
John T. Hope Jr
Joseph Evans
Athens-Waterloo
Davidson Cunningham Tie The Knot In Probate Court
Henry Cunningham 23 and Cora Davidson 18 wed Thursday afternoon in probate courtrooms by Justice Martin. Cunningham, a miner, is son of Louis Cunningham of Hartford. Davidson is daughter of James and Mrs. Davidson of Pomeroy.
Juniors Minstrel Show a Big Hit at Pom eroy High
Pom eroy high school juniors staged a Friday evening minstrel show that delighted a large audience from start to finish. The performance elicited continuous laughter and strong audience enjoyment throughout.
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Pomeroy High School
Columbus boosters tour stops in Meigs county
Members of the Columbus chamber of commerce Manufacturers and Jobbers Association will visit Meigs county on Tuesday May 18. They will stay in Pomeroy from 9 30 to 10 30 a m then proceed to Gallipolis for a one hour stop.
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Columbus Boosters
Manufacturers and Jobbers’ Association
Evidence Stolen in Government Liquor Haul Heist
Chicago, May 17. Thousands of gallons of liquor valued at 600 000 dollars seized by the government in enforcing prohibition were stolen from the government warehouse. Internal Revenue Collector H W Mager announced the loss today. The disappearance jeopardizes more than a hundred cases against alleged bootleggers.
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Chicago
Internal Revenue
H. W. Mager
Serra to box Sturm in ten round Cincinnati show
Cincinnati May 17 Joe Serra Columbus welterweight will meet Frankie Sturm in a ten round bout tonight. Serra has signed to box Hope Mullen in Columbus Wednesday night and will meet Billy Voss here Friday night.
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Cincinnati
Joe Serra
Columbus
Frankie Sturm
Serra
Hope Mullen
Carpentier
Billy Voss
Local Residents Named In Postal District Notices
Edward B. Matthews Jr electrical engineer Glouster and Mildred Duncan Glouster Paul James Burdess miner of Jacksonville and Lena Exenkamper clerk Jackson A C Pell conductor Garret Ind and Pearl Hayhurst nurse of Coolville listed in community notices.George
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Edward B. Matthews Jr
Glouster
Mildred Duncan
Paul James Burdess
Jacksonville
Lena Exenkamper
Jackson
A. C. Pell
Garret
Ind
Pearl Hayhurst
Coolville
Sold the Pups of a Local Official
Former County Commissioner and treasurer John P. Coe sold six collie pups through the Messenger classified column. He notes the litter sold quickly and jokes about starting a dog farm as the paper offers quick buyers for goods.
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John P. Coe
Albany
Messenger
Classified Department
Mr. Man
Public Forum letter on children's books and reader growth
An editor's May 7 issue prompt argues books for children should be read for meaning not sales and asks if adults forget how to read like children. The writer recalls changing tastes from Pilgrim's Progress at twelve to Robinson Crusoe at forty while noting a child reader comment from a parent.
Warren Has Big Gasoline Supply
Warren reports ample gasoline stocks with only Freedom Oil Works nearing depletion this week. Standard Oil holds an 80,000 gallon reserve while 90 percent of motorists have large surplus supplies amid wider shortages in Canton Akron and Massillon.
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Warren
Canton
Akron
Massillon
Freedom Oil Works
Standard Oil Company
Pardon Requested for Eugene V Debs by Socialist Leader
Seymour Stedman led a five person delegation to Attorney General Palmer to seek pardon for Eugene V Debs and other political prisoners. Debs is serving a sentence in Atlanta Federal Penitentiary for espionage law violations.
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Washington
Seymour Stedman
Palmer
Eugene V. Debs
Debs
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Americanization Debated at Ohio University Meeting
Ohio University President Alston Ellis said Americanization work would not be pursued by OU professors. He cited a Columbus conference of college presidents and noted six week normal school credits, late registrants losing credit, and that Americanization efforts are better handled where foreign populations are larger. He urged foreigners to learn English and adopt American customs or face removal.
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Paradise Lost
Bailey's Run
Matthew Gillspie
Zanesville
Hooper Ridge
Bailey Run
Law
Mass
John J. Abbott
Alston Ellis
Akron
Robins Set Long Game Records in Major League Play
Brooklyn Robins led by Uncle Wilbert Robinson become marathon masters setting a 26 inning distance with the Braves and a 67 inning four day mark. Extra inning games total 43 across the majors with Brooklyn playing six such games this season for 90 innings.
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Henry L. Farrell
United Press
New York
Wilbert Robinson
Baltimore
Brooklyn Baseballers
Robins
Braves
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Cubs
White Sox
Pirates
Red Sox
Athletics
Tigers
Reds
Phils
Washington
Yanks
Cleveland
Giants
Browns
Senators
Bill
George Gibson
Dodgers
High Sugar Prices Boost Sorghum Planting in Ohio
Ohio Experiment Station in Wooster reports higher sugar prices push farmers to sorghum. Early Amber suits northern Ohio and Early Orange suits southern Ohio. sorghum is raised like corn, with 100 gallons per acre typical. An armless inventor has created self feeding and writing apparatus for independent use.
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Ohio Experiment Station
Wooster
Ohio
Cuba
Hawaii
Philippines
Murder Case Confusion Stirs Right Wing Debate
Fragmented OCR reads as a report on a murder related to a right side group or company with police involvement and claims of coercion. Mentions Berlin era terms and a committee context with unclear details about five entities or actions. Names and places are obscured, but the piece alludes to a political dispute.
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Mallory
The
D. Zenner Co
General Electrical Repairing
E. State
Omeroy Bead News
Lydia E. Pinkham
Charles E. Hires
Philadelphia, Pa
Waterloo Board of Education
New Marshfield
May &Th
Johnson
Carman
Boden
Shanks
Forest Johnson
BE. G. Gibson
Arch Knowlton
Round House
Waterloo
STURM
Pardon
Security Savings Bank
Athens, O
Junod Milling Company
Cash Shoe
Gline Pharmacy CO
Athens, Ohio
Odd Fellows Hall
First Christian Church
Estella Allen
Antonio Moreno
Tom
Richard Harding Davis
Soldiers of Fortune
Majestic Concert Orchestra
Har Sen
Eri
N Usior
Bilas
Georg
HOBC
Cence
Derer
Schlag
Berlin
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