Pomeroy and Middleport Battle to Scoreless Tie on Thanksgiving
A throng of 3000 watched Pomeroy and Middleport play to a 0 0 tie at Middleport Field on Thanksgiving Day. Key moments included a last‑seconds incomplete pass into the end zone and a Riley interception that halted Middleport’s final threat. Pomeroy recorded nine first downs to Middleport’s three as both teams pressed for scoring chances.
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Pomeroy
Middleport High Hbat
Middleport Field
Lye
Crow
Middleport
Dye
Pierotti
Panthers
Neaway
Puft
Riley
Yellow Jacktts
Mleport
Pomeroy Po Middleport
Gardner
Cascl
Kerns
Tarnold
R. Pickens McBcott
Lewis Keiser
L. Cascl
B. Pickens
Ward YO Cnn
Eeene Q Penne
Riley Inebrenner
Neal Jerotti
Hstep Rueser
Eens
Beaver
Morgan
Snauffer
Christ miNavy
First Hunting Death in Meigs County This Season
POMEROY Ohio November 27 Meigs County reports its first hunting fatality of the season Edward Jesse 24, chancellor commander of the Pomeroy Knights of Pythias and radio department foreman at Elberfeld Department Store. Jesse died after a gun discharged when it struck his back while walking with his brother‑in‑law in Harry Roush woods. He was rushed to Holzer Hospital Gallipolis where he died about 3 PM. He leaves a wife Lucile Brown and a young child.
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Edward Jesse
Pomeroy
Meigs Com
Iuty
Pomeroy Opythian Lodge
Radio
Elberfeld Department
Dick Brown
Harry Roush
Jesse
Holzer
Gallipolis
van Brown
Fairgrounds Road
Eberfeld
Lucile Brown
Mr. Jesse
Pomeroy Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Meigs County Schools Asked to Observe Christmas Health Seal Day
Pomeroy reports a plea to Meigs County schools to dedicate time on December 11 for aHealth Seal Day activities. Dr. B Q Skinner urges teachers to read about the Christmas seal and health work, noting educational value and child contributions possible through small gifts despite discouragement of seal sales. The 1931 sale runs November 27 to December 24.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
B. Q. Skinner
State Department of Education
Ohio
Ohio Public Health Association
Skinner
Plan Activities At Meigs County P HS PTA Meeting
Pomeroy High School PTA met with president Mrs. H P Roush presiding. Mrs Compton discussed speech defects and correction methods. The group agreed to equip a rest room in each school building. Committees were named to seek retention of Harvey French as Meigs County juvenile officer and to plan student social activities.
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YP. H. S
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Pomeroy High School
4-H Club Congress Talk At Senior High Assembly
Altona Bailey delivered an engaging talk at the recent 4-H Club Congress during a Senior High School assembly. Magdalena Fick described a trip by the Social club, sharing observations from the outing.
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Pomeroy
Altona Bailey
Magdalena Fick
Glee Club Furnishes Music for Wednesday Meeting
The Glee Club performed at the Athens group meeting under the direction of Miss Ohlinger, the supervisor of music, providing songs for the session.
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Ogy
Athens
Glee Club
Miss Ohlinger
Aged Woman Dies After Fall In Pomeroy
Amelia Pittner 84 mother in law of Rev H L Henthorne pastor of Pomeroy Methodist Church died at the parsonage from a fall several weeks earlier. She moved from Junction City to the rectory of the Episcopal Church and fell while in a strange house. She was treated at Gallipolis hospital then returned home as health declined. Funeral held Thanksgiving evening at Ewing Funeral Home and burial planned in Bellaire Ohio with services at South M E Church.
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M. E. Church
Bellaire
Pomeroy
Amelia Pittner
H.L. Henthorne
Pomeroy Methodist Church
Junction City
Episcopal Church
Gallipolis
Ewing Funeral Home
Ohio
South
M. EB
Football Debt of Teams Wiped Out
Pomeroy and Middleport played to a Thanksgiving day crowd of about 3000 at Middleport Athletic Grounds. Admission fifty cents cleared deficits for both squads while Pomeroy showed edge but failed to convert a late goal on a technicality.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
Turkey
Wildcat Is Taken By Meigs Trapper
Pomeroy November 27 Ross Pierce set a steel trap on the Steiner place on Hysell Run in Rutland Township. He captured a large gray tom wildcat in the trap the first in Meigs County for many years. The pelt measured 37 inches from nose to tail and Pierce plans to trap the cat's mate.
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Pomeroy
Ross Pierce
Steiner Place
Hysell Run
Rutland Township
Meigs County
Mr. Pierce
Local High School Football Scores From Hamilton District
Pomeroy P H 8 0 and Marietta 0 lead a string of scorelines. Pomeroy P H S 14 Jackson 6. Pomeroy H S 26 Cheshire 0. P H S 8 0 Gallipolis 7. P H S 8 5 Nelsonville 0. P H S 64 Wellston 0. P H S 30 Logan 0. P H S 0 Middleport 0.
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Middleport
H. S
Rutland
Nelsonville
Gallipolis
Ironton
Oak Hill
Athens
Logan
Pt. Pleasant
Pomeroy
P. H
Marietta
P H. S
Jackson
Cheshire
Wellston
Aged Welsh Widow Mary Hughes Dies in Minersville
Mrs Mary Hughes 81 widow of Robert Hughes a longtime stock buyer and butcher of the Pomeroy Bend died at her Minersville home at 11 oclock Wednesday night She was a pioneer Welsh resident and mother of five children Robert and William Hughes of Athens Mrs Tom Hood Racine Mrs Earl Moore Huntington and Mrs Ann Blumenour who lived with her
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Minersville
Mary Hughes
Robert Hughes
Pomeroy Bend
William Thomas
Pomeroy
Hugheseaves
Robert
William Hughes
Athens
Tom Hood
Racine
Earl Moore
Huntington
Ann Blumenour
Store Burglary at Kerrs Run Stolen Goods and Safes
The Schweg man and Roefel Store at Kerra Run was burglarized the night before Thanksgiving. Several coats and other articles were stolen. Dials on two safes were knocked off but the burglars failed to open the doors. Authorities believe the crime was the work of amateurs.
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Pomeroy
Schwegman & Roefel
Kerra Run
Two Firms Involved in Sugar Run Flour Mill Work
Note mentions work on the Sugar Run Flour Mill and the Pomeroy Cement Block Company two nights before, signaling activity or an event tied to these establishments and a recent nearby date.
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Sugar Run Flour Mille
Pomeroy Cement Block Company
Funeral group travels from Syracuse to Delaware for relative
POMEROY November 27. Will Krider George Krider Mrs Will Vigar and Mrs Dana Moore left Wednesday and Mrs Sam Sellers Mr and Mrs John Sellers Mr and Mrs John Duffy Mrs Thomas Duffy and Ernest Duffy left Thursday morning from Syracuse to attend the funeral of Jacob Krider in Delaware. The deceased was 21 and a victim of a Missouri railroad wreck early Monday. He was the son of Charles and (unnamed) Krider, former Meigs County residents. All going are relatives.
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Delaware
Pomeroy
Will Krider
George Krider
Will Vigar
Dana Moore
Sam Sellers
John Sellers
John Duffy
Thomas Duffy
Ernest Duffy
Syracuse
Jacob Krider
Missouri
Charles Krider
Meigs County
Students home for Thanksgiving from Ohio universities
Middleport noted several students home for Thanksgiving including Gordon Harris George McCullough Lucile Mayer Dale Warner Nancy Reed Margaret Ella Hysell Frances Willock and Walter Priode from Ohio State University and Ohio University Most returned for the Middleport Pomeroy football clash on Thursday afternoon.
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Middleport
Gordon Harris
George McCullough
Lucile Mayer
Dale Warner
Ohio State University
Nancy Reed
Margaret Ella Hysell
Frances Willock
Walter Priode
Ohio University
Middleport-Pomeray
Auto Collision Injures Pomeroy Residents
In Pomeroy on Wednesday evening Dr. M. B. Daniels and Himer Beegle were hurt in a motor vehicle crash on the town’s lower end. Daniels, recently released from a Gallipolis hospital after arm injuries in a prior wreck, sustained facial cuts. Beegle and his passenger escaped with minor injuries, as did their car.
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Pomeroy
Daniels
Himer Beegle
Gallipolis
Beegie
Thanksgiving Visit Reunites Families in Columbus
Mr and Mrs Thomas Longstaff and their daughter returned home Wednesday after a ten day stay in Columbus for Thanksgiving. They were joined by Margarite Ball, their niece, who visited with relatives for the holiday. Also in Columbus for Thanksgiving were Mr and Mrs Clarence White from Huntington visiting their uncle and aunt the Longstocks.
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Thomas Longstaff
Columbus
Bertha Hamilton
Margarite Ball
Clarence White
Huntington
Son
Canton
J. Hamer
Pittsburgh
Thanksgiving Guests From Nearby Towns Visit Pomeroy
Mrs. Margaret Sullivan leaves for Charleston with her sister as wintering plans unfold. Circleville's Evelyn Eichinger visits. Juhling and McCormicks travel to Columbus for Thanksgiving. Kincaid, Patterson, Forquer, Roush, Sansbury, Tompkins families join locals for holiday week in Pomeroy and surrounding areas.
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Margaret Sullivan
Charleston
W. Va
John Schaeffer
H. H. McCormick
Columbus
J. H. Grate
J. H. Kincaid
New Lexington
Ray Smith
Grant Street
Smith
Coolville
Smith Farm
Jep Swisher
Ohio State University At
Max Lambert
Middleport-Pomeroy
Elizabeth Patterson
Jamestown
W. B. Patterson
South Third Avenue
W. J. Forquer
Beulah
Pomeroy
O. L. Roush
Lincoln Street
Sansbury
Alice Sidenstricker
Rutland
Scott Canaday
E. R. Tompkins
Newspaper Adverts Prove Quick Sell Power
A brisk pitch extols daily newspapers as the fastest, most economical way to test ads and attract customers. It urges vendors to use timely ad space to refine appeals before they miss key buyers.
Thanksgiving visits and family travel across towns
A string of relatives and guests travel for Thanksgiving season. Mrs. Hamer joins family in Canton before returning to Pittsburgh. Buffalo sees death of Charles T. Ohlinger. Etchingers attend Middleport versus Pome game. McCarty group in Akron. Emma Richards visits from Columbus. Lucille Shumaker visits from Columbus. Marjorie Harris and relatives in South Second Avenue share Thanksgiving with Mr and Mrs Harris. Ruth Thomas from Ohio Wesleyan to spend Thanksgiving in Cleveland.
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A. V. Smith
Pp. Ohlinger
Buffalo
N. Y
Charles T. Ohlinger
Avery
Henry Etchinger
Circleville
Middleport
Pomeroy
Emma Richards
Columbus
Iva Brown
Lucille Shumaker
Marjorie Harris
R. W. Harris
South Second Avenue
Harris Home
Ruth Thomas
Ohio Wesleyan University
Cleveland
Councilman-Elect Ebersbach Dalton Hunts Rabbits Before Thanksgiving
Councilman elect Edgar Ebersbach of Pomeroy said he went rabbit hunting on the eve of Thanksgiving, fired 35 shots, and brought down five rabbits, returning home content. He reportedly maintains an ammunition stockpile. Bryant White, 16, without home or relatives in Meigs County, was sent to Lancaster Reformatory from Pomeroy Juvenile Court on Wednesday. Hubert Taylor, 31, and Florence Saxton, 28, both of Middleport, obtained a marriage license in Pomeroy Wednesday and were married by Justice E R Tutus.
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Edgar Ebersbach
Pomeroy
Bryant White
Meigs Count
Lancaster Reformatory
Hubert Taylor
Middleport
Carpenter
Florence Saxton
Justice E. R. Tutus
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John Sauvage
Phone
C. H. Jesse
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Yhone
Meigs
Relie
Tole
Nurito
Kerrs Run
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Marietta Paint & Color CO
W. State
C. D. Shafer CO
Storcks
BYU
Hamburg
West State St
Purina
F. J. Beasley Company
Amesville
Ce Ee Athens
el Renae
Glouster
Ing
E. M. McCarty
Akron
Sallie Jordan
Edith
Foot
John Smith
Fred Powers
Bucyrus
Fannie Stevens
South Sixth Avenue
Wirst
Jacksonville
Florida
Bamby
Littler Bakery
Bakers of Quality Producta
Tedman
Stedman
the Stedman Company
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