Dick Tice Fined After Raid On Home On River
In Pomeroy on May 19 Dick Tice of the eastern county living on a houseboat drew officers from Ravenswood during a midnight raid. He claimed illness but invited the officers inside and discarded a bottle into the river. A search found moonshine. Tice and his companion Mrs Dow were arraigned before Squire Sayre. Tice, second offense, held to answer to the grand jury for possessing intoxicating liquor. Dow paid a $10 fee.
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Pomeroy
Tice
Ravenswood
Funeral Held For A H Skidmore In Mide Street
The funeral was held at the Grant street home conducted by Rev. C. H. Elehinger of Heath M E Church. A funeral cortege went to Hobson then Charleston on train No 4 for a second service at Miss Grace Skidmore's home. Interment is in the Skidmore family lot. His widow Winifred Buxton and sister Grace are the immediate survivors. Floral offerings were abundant and a large group of railroad workers will accompany the body to Charleston.
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Winifred Buxton
Grace
B. of R. T
Charleston
Know Ohio Week Opens Today With Various Programs
A statewide selling campaign named Know Ohio Week begins Sunday in Ohio, with Governor Donahey’s proclamation. The Know Ohio league will direct hundreds of officers and workers to promote state pride using 790 theaters, 15 radio stations, and various media to showcase Ohio’s virtues for commerce and tourism.
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Columbus
Ohio
Know Ohio League
Donahey
Know! Ohio
James
League
Know
W. O. Thompson
Ohio State University
Ford
Campfire and roast planned by IJnark Watton league
The IJnark Watton league announces a campfire and roast on Tuesday night. Interested persons should meet in front of the City building at 4 o clock. outdoor session to occur at a proposed site for the chapter's fish pond, per secretary AL Rijs Kreage.
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Ijnark Watton League
AL Rijs Kreage
Dexter Farmer Injured In Hay Mow Fall
Orlando 8 Davis a Salem farmer aged 70 fell twelve feet from a hay mow and fractured a hip while bruising a shoulder. He is seriously hurt with possible internal injuries and remains active in farming despite the accident.
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Sando Davis
Salem Farmer
Dexter
Orlando
Davis
Salem
Boys Ordered to Stop Smoking and Attend Church
Probate Judge Roberts in Pomeroy instituted a morals course in her court for nine boys accused of breaking into Dark Hollow store. Fred Wheeler dismissed for lack of evidence. Edward Hedrick and Harry Sylvester must stop smoking, avoid bad company, and report biweekly. Lewis Lauder Smith on parole from Boys' Industrial School. others sentenced to Lancaster Reform School with suspended terms. Requirements include attending Sunday school and church, refraining from tobacco, and avoiding bad company. violations trigger immediate reformatory action.
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Pomeroy
Roberts
Dark Hollow
Fred Wheeler
Edward Hedrick
Harry Sylvester
Lewis Laudersmith
Boys’ Industrial School
Lancaster Reform School
Reformatory
Installation of Home Telephone Equipment Begins
Actual work started on installing automatic telephone equipment for Kens County Telephone Company last Thursday. A carload of heavy gear arrived and was moved to the new building on East Washington Street. Workers are erecting girders for about 090 wires to run. It will take at least three months to complete wiring. The automatic system change is planned for the night of August 18. The second floor apartments include living room, dining room, two bedrooms, kitchen and bath. Office upgrades include marble counters and marble wainscoting, with other antique features anticipated.
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Kens County Telephone Company
East Washington Street
G C. L. Jones
New Pastor Here Welcomes Gardner At Local Church
Middleport reports Fred I. Gardner named new pastor of the Christian church will begin June 1. He and his wife visited Glouster relatives and surveyed the parsonage before meeting parishioners. Parsonage preparation targeted for completion by June 10.
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Middleport
Fred I. Gardner
The
Christian Church
Glouster
Court of Appeals Upholds Decision in Ebersbach Interests Suit
Pomeroy May 19 The Court of Appeals sustains Judge Miller’s lower court ruling in the dispute over Great Lakes Coal Company. The panel finds the defendant held undisputed charge of the coal properties for years and could transfer to another company despite claims the title was not clear. The 22 page opinion notes the case may reach the Supreme Court.
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Ebersbach
Great Lakes Coal Company
Pomeroy
Miller
Supreme Court
Hillsdale Educator William Mauck Visited Huntington area
Educator William Mauck president emeritus of Hillsdale toured in the East then stopped in Huntington and Cheshire with relations Mrs Besserer Mrs Bennett and Miss Allie Mauck. The trip recalls Mauck and wife’s prior classroom prominence and his wife’s death in Egypt during an earlier educational journey. He then proceeded to Athens with relatives before returning home.
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Mildleport
William Mauck
Hillsdale
Huntington
Cheshire
Besserer
Bennett
Allie Mauck
Mauck
Europe
Athens
Will
Toolahs
Pythian Sisters Hold Annual Inspection in Pomeroy
Pomeroy Royal Temple Pythian Sisters held their annual inspection at the hall Thursday evening. Grand chief Ida Henry of Lorain and grand senior Grace Downing of Middleport attended along with 17 visiting sisters and several Knights from Pomeroy. Mrs. John Leitweiler presented gifts to the grand chief and grand justicer, Audry Maag received a cheese and cracker server.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Royal Temple
Ida Henry
Lorain
Grace Downing
Middleport
Mary Jane Coffee
Ion Hours
Meddleport
Henry
Downing
Afriidmore
Skidmore
Yale Berkeley fund awards oldest scholarship to Mitchell Levensohn
Mitchell Levensohn of Cincinnati received Yale University's Berkeley fund scholarship, the oldest Yale scholarship established in 1732, announced today in New Haven. Felix Deutsch, once German General Electric leader, dies in Berlin. Myron Logan charged with manslaughter in Cleveland for a fatal car crash that injured Elizabeth Novak. A $125,000 blaze damaged Progressive Laundry plant, with a vehicle incident and civilian injuries.
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Conn
Yale
Berkeley Fund
Mitchell Levensohn
Cincinnati
Berlin
Felix Deutsch
General Electric Company
Germany
Cleveland
Iurk
Agaj Nist
Myron Logan
jElizabeth Novak
Logan
Automobilis
Bank robbing bandit named in Toledo, Cleveland link
Three Cleveland bank tellers traveled to Toledo to identify a suspected bandit held there. The man is tentatively identified as a member of a gang linked to three robberies in Toledo.
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Cleveland
U.R
Toledo
Funds sought for countywide Vacation Bible School drive
A countywide drive in Meigs county will launch Monday to fund four weeks of Vacation Bible Schools. The program estimates 1200 pupils with a cost of $1 per pupil, the burden mainly on Pompey and Middleport.
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Meigs County
Fomeroy
Pomeroy
Amidleport
Still Likes Them
Mrs Harriet Thomas 84, visiting Middleport with sister Mrs Charlotte Burnell, left for Columbus Saturday. Frances King, 10, from Meigs County Children's home, will live with Mrs Thomas. Of eight King children, only one remains. four are with Heines, one family has two.
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Middleport
Harriet Thomas
Charlotte Burnell
Columbus
Old Mason City Pike Undergoing Repair in Mayonville Link
A work crew with trucks and graders repairs the old Mason City pike from Capchart place to Twelfth street Bi. The northern end will be widened to conform to state road standards and connect Route No 62 along the Ohio River from Huntington to Mason County. Traffic expected before cold weather next winter. Former Syracuse resident Mrs Rachel Braddish dies in Parkersburg. The body to be brought home for Sunday funeral. she was a writer for Judge I Ke Matthews of Huntington.
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Pomeroy
Mayon City Pike
Capchart Place
Twelfth Street
State Road Commission
Ohio River
Huntington
Mason County
Syracuse
Rachel Braddish
Parkersburg
Birs
Bradidish
Wreter
Judee
Ke. Matthews
Huntingstom
Burglar hunt hampered by crowd as dog trail fails
In Pomeroy May 19 a bloodhound was taken to Minersville to pursue a burglar who broke into the Greaser store and post office last night. The scene drew too many onlookers for the dog to follow a clear trail. The party then rushed to Buchtel for a tipple burning case after returning. Meanwhile Mrs J A Beaver of the place attended the Athens French play The Bluebeard where daughter Mildred Fowler starred and will give a recital May 23.
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Pomeroy
Art Tracy
Minersville
Greaser
Buchtel
J. A. Beaver
Athens
Mildred Fowler
Escaped convict captured in Meigs County
Fomero y May 10 Sheriff Wil lock and Deputy Edgar Morris cano tured Harry Arbaugh one of four prisoners who dug their way out of Perry county jail and he has been taken back to New Lexington. Arbaugh was found at the Garlinger home on Bailey Run and is held for robbery and breaking into a railroad station and stealing 11 dams. He had been jailed here weeks ago on a charge of insanity and was twice committed to Athens and Lima state hospitals. Middlepost May 1 Mrs Sophia Gatewood Gomer reported the death of her elder sister Mrs Elizabeth Whittaker of Charleston W Va. Funeral arrangements not announced.
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Fomeroy
Willock
Edgar Morris
Harry Arbaugh
Perry County
New Lexington
Arhaugh
Garlinger
Bailey Run
Athens
Lima
Powell Charged With Larceny In Athens County
Charles Powell of Nelsonville was arraigned before Major I J Eberle after being brought in by Sheriff William Powell on a larceny charge. Bound over to the October grand jury, Powell faces a district inquiry while a separate report notes a drill by Charles Fox on the Dean farm near Amesville.
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Charles Powell
Nelsonville
Athens County
William Powell
I. J. Eberle
Nelsonvill
Grand Dary
Ameslle
Charles Fox
Dean
Amesyili
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Juanita West
Alea Lee
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