Pomeroy Boy Scout Unit Organized as National Movement Spreads
Local leaders form executive committee and multiple chairmen for the Pomeroy Bend Boy Scout organization. Named officers include George P. Daniels as chairman Ward Hartley as vice chairman Mrs Elmer Davis secretary Wyatt G Plantz treasurer. Members listed with various roles and a long roster of supporters.
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Boy Scout
George P. Daniels
Ward Hartley
Elmer Davis
Wyatt G. Plantz
A. P. Miller
George Crow
Thomas R. ‘Turnbull
Helen Russell
Cady Whaley Garen Stansbury
Tom F. Lewis
T. W. Jones
L. Z. Davis
B. H. Rawlings
W. C. Merritt
Canaanville News Highlights Weekend Visitors and Local School Events
Local residents welcomed guests including Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Selby and Mrs. A Cavanaugh. Private A E McConkey returns from overseas service after ten months. The eighth grade commencement and a ball game between Canaanville and Amesville drew community interest at Carpenter ball field.
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B. H. Border
Joseph Selby
A. Cavanaugh
Herman Haning
William
Helen
Athens
Greneada Border
Ethel Shirley
A. E. McConkey
Lutie McVicker
O. U
A. P. Linscott
Marie Cavanaugh
Carpenter Ball Field
Canaanville
Amesville
Fine Farm Sold in Dexter Area by Nelsons
Charles and Earl Nelson of Dexter buy the Eli Rife 136 acre farm two miles northwest of Dexter for 6000 dollars. Rife, on the farm 22 years, will move to Albany to take the Henry Fischer home.
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Charles
Earl Nelson
Dexter
Eli Rife
Salem Township
Mr. Rife
Albany
Henry Fischer
Memorial Day Services Set for Downington
Memorial Day services in Downington will be held as usual with attendees from Pomeroy Bend. Speakers include Prof. Bert M. Thompson of Athens and Col. E. P. Brooks of Harrisonville. The Downington drum corps will perform along with a special program of declamations drills and music.
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Downington
Pomeroy Bend
Bert M. Thompson
Athens
E. P. Brooks
Harrisonville
Mrs I H Dawson Dies at 80 in Middleport
Mrs I H Dawson aged 80 died yesterday at her Middleport home. A son Charles of Middleport and two daughters Mrs J L Mason and Mrs Frothingham of Detroit survive. Funeral services set for two this afternoon at the home. Pastor Meets Violent Death News comes from Los Angeles Cal of Rev George Burlinghame death in an automobile crash. Rev Burlinghame a well known Meigs county figure owned farmland at Plants and engaged in public matters including prohibition work. He went west about two years ago seeking health and variety. Details of the fatal accident are scant.
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I. H. Dawson
Middleport
Charles
J. L. Mason
Frothingham
Detroit
Los Angeles
Cal
George Burlinghame
Burlinghame
Meigs County
Mrs. C. B. Elberfeld to Undergo Operation Today
Mrs. C. B. Elberfeld will undergo an operation at Parkersburg hospital where she has been receiving treatment for removal of tumors on the intestines.
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C. B. Elberfeld
Parkersburg Hospital
Middleport Social Notes Mention Moves and Visits
Mr and Mrs Wm Dawson of Gay St prepare to move to Columbus to help their son Tom establish a home there Fred Radford visits from Columbus to see uncle Mr Gallagher visiting from California Harry Sayre arrives from Cincinnati to spend time with brother C E Sayre Mrs C C FE Smith hosts the Social Club of the G I A Will dies. B H Sanborn and Harley host Baptist Sunday school class Rev Tifft travels to Columbus for a funeral returns tomorrow
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Middleport
Wm. Dawson
Gay St
Columbus
Tom
Fred Radford
Mr. Gallagher
California
Harry Sayre
Cincinnati
C. E. Sayre
C. Sauvage
James McLane to attend Franklin IOOF centennial
James McLane a 105 year old former county resident residing in Franklin Ohio will take part in the IOOF order centennial celebration in Franklin tomorrow. He is a charter member of the Franklin lodge.
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James McLane
Franklin
Ohio
Franklin Lodge
Farewell Saloons in Pomeroy After Day of Closure
Tomorrow marks the final day for all Pomeroy saloons except Louis Seyfried who secured a $200 license to operate Monday. Some owners like Epple Bros and Peter Stark plan to retire while others pivot to lunch and soft drinks. Extra police will be on duty for a lively session as traffic in liquors subsides.
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Pomeroy
Louis Seyfried
Epple
Oder
Wife Seeks Divorce From Akron Lumber Dealer
Louisa Dietz sues Charles Dietz a wealthy Akron lumber dealer valued at about 275000 for divorce alleging he filched her dower rights by forcing her to sign a paper whose contents she was not told.
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Akron
Charles Dietz
Louisa Dietz
Bishops Call for Social Reform and Worker Equity
A pastoral letter from the Methodist Episcopal Board of Bishops urges a thoroughgoing emphasis on human freedom and equitable wages. It supports collective bargaining, profit sharing, and worker representation on boards, addressing 18,000 pastors and urging Christian principles in social reconstruction.
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Board of Bishops
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Episcopal Bishops
Congress Ready to Aid Own at Last
Washington May 22 A plan to help American business into a new prosperity area moves through Congress Representative Edmunds Pennsylvania introduces a bill to establish four direct steamship lines to South America Several measures aim to aid manufacturers with cheaper power and water power development bills To increase energy output coal and oil production public lands in the West and food production see renewed House attention
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Washington
Congress
Edmunds
Pennsylvania
South America
House
Freezone claims instant relief for corns with a cheap bottle
The ad touts Freezone as a painless remedy for all corns including between the toes. It promises immediate relief and easy removal without soreness, calling Freezone a Cincinnati genius’s sensational discovery.
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Cincinnati
Sitting by the River Poem by Charles Albert Chatfield
A poet recalls a tranquil riverside childhood, sharing simple pleasures of fishing with a pinhook, listening to birds, and basking in May sun. The narrator yearns for paradise away from town noise and daily troubles, savoring nature’s calm and perfumed flowers.
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Charles Albert Chatfield
Paradise
Abandonment Proposed for Wright Aviation Field at Dayton
War Department plans call for abandoning the Wright aviation field at Dayton Ohio. The department may use nearby unnamed fields for aviation after storage use ends and floods are cited as a factor. Balloon service could later use the field, but it remains on the list of former aviation fields.
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Washington
Wright Aviation Field
Dayton
War Department
Wright Field
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