Fire Forces Guests From Local Hotel in Morning
Smoke filled the Remington Hotel in Pomeroy at 4 a.m. The Bee started in the furnace room. Night Watchman John Phillips raised the alarm. Firefighters failed to lay water early, but flames were stopped. damage stayed under a few hundred dollars. The three story brick hotel on Malin Street to Second-ARtiret is leased by Charles Schorn and to be vacated June 1.
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Pomeroy
Remington Hotel
AtUe Yegard
John Phillips
Ebert Robinson
Charles Schorn
Malin Street
Pom eroy rain and chilly forecast hit school field meet
In Pom eroy on May 27 a traditional moonlight excursion and the Pomeroy schools field meet both forecast rain. Meigs County Agricultural Association directors meet Friday to decide if a fair will be held at Rocksprings, date, and public inducements.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County Agricultural Association
Seeking Partition Elie Carl Brings Action To Clear Up Bedford Estate
Elmer Carl files suit in Medford Township to partition or sell a 40.25 acre Bedford Township farm left by Mary B. Carl who died intestate in 1926. Defendants include John Carl Lydia Cool and Fred Cool Ellen Carl and others tied to Izetta Stiles Noel Story and Raymond Story.
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Elie Carl
Bedford
Pomeroy
Medford Township
Elmer Carl
John Carl
Lydia
Gertrude Cool
Fred Cool
Ellen Carl
Mary B. Carl
Bedford Township
Nathan Carl
Izetta Stiles
Noel Story
Raymond Story
Meigs County 4-H Leaders Plan For Coming Season
At the Meigs County Courthouse a meeting of 4-H club leaders outlined plans for the next season. Currently 12 girls clubs and five boys clubs serve around 31 percent of youth, with 20 girls clubs and about four hundred members after organizing three more girls clubs. Leaders say girls focus on domestic work while boys pursue farming activities.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Snyder in Hospital After Auto Wreck Near Cincinnati
A Cincinnati report says Charles W. Snyder remains unconscious at Bethesda Hospital after an auto wreck near Cincinnati Monday. His parents and T. A. May reached the hospital from Middleport, while his wife and children stayed in Dayton with relatives. Several local residents were noted in Columbus and Portland visits, with community updates from Middleport.
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Wes
Cincinnati
Middleport
Charles W. Snyder
Bethesda Hospital
C.H. Shyder
T. A. May
Dayton
David Miller
Otto Schmall
Columbus
Robert McKay
Portland
Mise Lattra McKay
Robert
A. W. McKay
Old Farm
Kirmet Wiseman
May
Singer
Mulford
Charles Shumaker
Halter
Huntington
Mra. Walker
Mra. J. H. Swisher
Alumni To Meet Graduates In Saturday Program
Middleport May 2 Alumni Association of Middleport High School will hold a meeting Saturday May 30 at 8 o clock in the auditorium on Pearl Street. A program will follow with dancing and refreshments served by the Parent-Teacher Association. Gene Grate serves as alumni president.
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Middleport
Alumni Association
Middleport High School
Symnasium
Pearl Street
Gene Grate
Bedford and Chester Clash in Pest Hunt Finale
The Bedford Forty Hunters edged Chester Gallant Forty in a pest destruction contest running March 10 to May 23. Bedford scored 494 390 points with rats and crows among top totals. Chester totaled 409 080. A banquet funded by losers will honor the victors, with captains Dorsey Smith and John Frank and scorers Frank Clark and Herbert Warner.
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Chester
Bedford
Batford
Dorse! Smith
Frank Clark
John Frank
Herbert Warner
Chester Township
Burial Attendance and Social Notices from Local News
Attendees at W E B Hosom burial included Mr and Mrs Graham Mr and Mrs D M Davidson of Xenia Dr E B Hosom of Detroit who died May 18 after a long illness The Congressional Ladies Aid Society meets May 28 at the Wolfe home A Flower Show visit in Marietta included Dianttia Frame Flourine Frame W T Gardner and Elia Humphrey of Belpre Other local visits noted among residents and friends with several trips to Charleston Parkersburg Pomeroy and Markhamburg.
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W. EB. Hosom
Graham
D. M. Davidson
Xenia
E. B. Hosom
Detroit
Hosom
Congressional Ladies Aid Society
R. J. Wolfe
Dianttia Frame
Flourine Frame
W. T. Gardner
Elia Humphrey
Belpre
Marietta
K. M. Barth
Marisetta
Hoobler
Barth
Charleston
W. Va
John Staten
Parkersburg
F. G. Runion
Pomeroy
Louis Person
Run Jon
Will Watson
R. Brewster
Columbus
John McLaughlin
Chice Mille
Réedaville
A. O. Mille
Bertha Ward
Bethel Widge
Markaburg
W. Ve. Riva
Ralph Gillian
Eve
Frank Reed
Sunday Gatherings and Visits Across Town
Residents and visitors shared a weekend of social visits across Fish er Station Tuppera Pisins Rock Street and Athens. Highlights include Mrs Ralph Chevalier hosting and family guests, J O U A M lodge families attending, a concert program led by Congressman Jenking and local performers, plus travels between Parkersburg Brilliant and Kananga with several relatives and friends in attendance.
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Ralph Chevalier
Max
Harry Holsington
Fisher Station
Good Fellowship
Tuppera
Congressman Jenking
Misa Margaret McCans
Max Swind
Harold McBrite
Athens
Hobart Swarts
Alfred
Davis
Alfred Parrish
William Moore
Parkersburg
C. F. Larson
Everet Wigal
Erest Wigal
Ernest
A. B. Saunders
Cc. H. Verwohrt
Brilliant
C. J. Lawrence
Mr. Lawrence
Carthage
Graduates Named From Athens County Eighth Grade
A list of students set to graduate includes Kinney Ralph Kincaid and Karmit Haning from Pleasanton, Ruth Eileen Gill and Anna Belle Pierpoint from Goose Run, Gilbert Snyder from Children's Home, and many others across Sharpsburg Mechanicsburg and Normandy in the 8th grade class of this year. Names include Lowie Budforth Pauline Burton Dearl Burton Victor Winner Josephine Gertude Bella Dorothy Belle Brooks Inez Burgeit Emory Elmont Coen Pauline Crow Cansie Belva Ervin James Durward Ervisi Jane Fury Gerald Mason Glover Francis Lavalle Subbach George Bartl Lite Arleg Lillie Charles Al-.
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Athens County
Kinney
Ralph Kincaid
Pleasanton
Karmit Haning
Maxine Lowry
Samuel Lowry
Mary Pugh
John Wester
Glen Ebon
Theda Thomas
Ralph Whited
Goose Run
Ruth Eileen Gill
Anna Belle Pierpoint
Loretta Shaffer
William Johnston
Gilbert Snyder
Sharpsburg
Lowie Budforth
Pauline Burton
Dearl Burton
Victor Winner
Mechanicsburg
Josephine Gertrude Bella
Dorothy
Engineer Dies as Passengers Escape in Wreck
A trainside crash narrative lists numerous survivors and fatalities including Moore Parker Tom Stansbury Sutton Hooper and many others across towns East Clayton Carbondale Plantsville Oak Grove and Flor ee Ridge. The report names dozens of individuals and local residents with no clear cause or final tally.
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Lan Moore
Richard Parker
Janis Oriena Tom
Robert Lee Stansbury
Clarya Helen Sutton
Virginia Marvine Hooper
East Clayton
Frank Boling
Joseph Conner
Mabel Simonton
John Speelman
Carbondale
Ruth Stenley
June Stanley
Thomas Mile
Kenneth Esser
Divight Mace
Howard McClain
Gene Arnold
Fredasee Howard Barber
Paul Beverage
Kenneth Stump
Clyde Beverage
Wilbur Bray
Ahlan Doolittle
Plantsville
June Armatrong
Annawis
Memorial Day in Athens County 1921 Highlights Community Tributes
Memorial Day observances in Athens County noted active political parties with residents from York Coolville Cannanville and nearby towns. Key names include Ronald Jacobs Anita Campbell Edward Campbell Mabel Calaway and many others alongside veterans groups and local officials. Ohio University commencement set to begin Sunday June 12 with graduation Thursday morning. The Messenger expanded its press capacity adding a new typesetting machine operator extra pages and three new comic strips boosting sports coverage.
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York
Ronald Jacobs
Lawrence Kitioebbe
Coolville
Anita Campbell
Edward Campbell
Mabel Calaway
Eileen Daugherty
Robert Dixon
Lucy Gibbs
Jewell Harvey
Clarence Humphrey
Harold Richards
Franklin Thompson
Ernest Travin
Torch
Amos Tilton
Thelma Chute
Cannanville
Kathryn Baker
Suzina Dunfee
Doris Durfee
Donald Eslocker
Wilfred Hill
Ralph Hoskinson
Arthur McMullen
Earnest Norris
Murle Norris
Lois Windsor
the Messenger
Pardon tea at White House attended by Congressman Fos ter
congressman and Mrs M Foster with daughters Frances and Ruth attend a pardon tea at the White House hosted by President and Mrs Warren Harding. Twenty years ago two new passenger trains added to the K and M railroad let shoppers spend almost a full day in Athens. Athens vs Nelsonville baseball canceled due to no ball grounds, then Athens defeated Nelsonville in a later game. Robert J Studer, Ohio College of Dental Surgery, Cincinnati, won three silver medals for the commencement and for prosthodontics and crown and bridge work. Drs W M Alderman Frony Lowry Charles Dey and Frank Sheldon drove to Indianapolis for the American Automobile Association grand prize meet.
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Frances
Ruth
White House
Warren Harding
K, And.m
Athens
Robert J. Studer
Ohio College of Dental Surgery
Cinnati
Wom
W. MN. Alderman
Frony Lowry
Charles Dey
Frank Sheldon
Indianapolis
American Automobile Assoviation
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