Week End at Pomeroy marks odd fruit and carcass theft tale
In Pomeroy on October 5 Arthur Scott reports a beef carcass stolen from his pasture after a car was seen nearby. Constables search Goose Island and uncover beef hindquarters in an ice box with Everett and Robert Shoemaker, who claim they bought the meat from a man with a lame horse. In Gallia County another case follows involving 200 cans of Mrs. King’s fruit missing from the French farm. one can later found, no tracks located.
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Pomeroy
Arthur Scott
Scott
Dose Island
Gib Meter
Hysell
Goose Island
Everett
Robert Shoemaker
Omeroy
Swanson
Gallipolis
Shoemaker Brothers
Gallia County
Any
Poplar Ridge
Cheshire
Tracy
Hank Young
Harvey French
Harrisonville
Charles King
Make This Model at Home Pajamas Ensemble
Blouse and trousers form a practical lounging outfit. The revers are in one with the blouse, and faced with a bit of con-
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Blanne Adams
Local Messenger ads and circulation contacts listed
The Messenger staff notes are provided with contact details for circulation and classified advertising. Readers are directed to call John Sauvage at 453-1 for any circulation or ad related needs.
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Messenger
John Sauvage
Cigaret Sales Fall Sharply in September
A Pomeroy dealer reports September cigaret sales down 50 percent with women buyers falling even more. Men increasingly roll their own or buy bootleg cigarets. Demand for rolling tobacco and supplies surged, selling two gross of tobacco for making cigarettes and equipment to yield 8 640 cigarets, costing 8.64 in extra stamp revenue.
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Pomeroy
Used Soap Ends Whistling Car Nuisance in Pomeroy
POMEROY Oct 5 Sunday a local auto driver admitted placing soap chips in his radiator to stop a persistent whistling noise. He explained a faulty small rod needed lubrication with greasy soap suds, which halted the irritating sound after previous failed repairs.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Audo
Aged Woman Falls in Parsonage Injury in Pomeroy
Mrs. Pittner an 84 year old mother of Mrs. H L Henthorne wife of the Pomeroy Methodist pastor fell on stairs at home Saturday night fracturing her thigh. She was moved to a Gallipolis hospital for treatment after the family recently moved to the Grace Episcopal Church Parsonage from Junction City and she had not yet become acquainted with the new building.
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Pomeroy
Pittner
H. L. Henthorne
Pomeroy Methodist Church
Grace Epicncopal Church
Junction City
Gallipolis Hospital
Bill Poster Morgan Johnson Dies at 67 in Pomeroy
Morgan Johnson 67 a longtime bill poster and river and land show promoter died Saturday after a brief illness in his Second Ward home. He leaves no near relatives. A niece Anna Tittle and aunt Mrs. Thomas Pence were in the family. nephew William Tittle lives in Akron. Funeral was at Ewing Funeral Home with burial in Hill Cemetery Middleport.
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Pomeroy
Morgan Johnson
Middleport
Johnson
Anna Tittle
Thomas Pence
William Tittle
Akron
Ewing
Hill Cemetery
Linemen Arrive to Build Local High Tension Lines
A nine man crew from Portsmouth arrived Saturday night to work two months on the high tension electric lines in Pomeroy. The workers will reside in town during the project.
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Pomeroy
Portsmouth
Rutland Area News Briefs and Local Health Updates
Mrs Lou France returns from Murray City to care for ill brother George Kennedy. Ed Molden moves Howard Wilson family to Zanesville. Harley Garvin called to ill mother typhoid at Albert Garvin home. Several locals convalescing from fever. Walter France injured by blister turning to blood poison. Miss Marcia Zimmerman celebrated birthday. guests hosted by Cash Zimmerman. Rutland prepares for Oct 8 9 10 homecoming. Church groups hold meetings. Ted Pollock returns to Zanesville after two weeks with relatives.
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Murray City
Charles Kennedy
George Kennedy
Ed. Molden
Howard Wilson
Zanesville
Harley Garvin
Garvin
Albert Garvin
Salem Center
Juanita Lindy
Joe
William Schoonover
Ruby
Margaret Tyree
Norman Price
Jack Pierce
Walter France
Clint Gilkey
Harrisonville
Cash Zimmerman
Marcia Zimmerman
June Dunfee
Myrtle Folden
Clyde King
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Rutland High School
Earl King
Lathrop
Amesville High School
Lizzie Braley
Worthy Braley
Beaver Falls
Everet Payton
Lown Bailey
Harry Dye
Marietta
Millard Graham
Rockbridge
Ohio
Albert Graham
Columbus
Ellen Hysell
Rutland
Ladies Aid Society
M. E. Church
Harve Gardner
Don Anderson
Ladies Aid Society of the
Church of Christ
Lee Brown
Ted Pollock
Alex Steele
Teachers Marry Lettie Evans and Charles E Young in County
In Pomeroy on Saturday a gathering of school teachers occurred at the Courthouse. Charles E Young, 28, a Pomeroy teacher, obtained a marriage license and was to marry Lettie M Evans of Middleport who teaches in Silver Run District schools. Lettie is the daughter of Warner Evans.
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Charles E. Young
Lettie M. Evans
Middleport
Silver Run
Warner Evans
Local residents host guests and travel notes
Mrs Libbie T Reeves entertained Thursday evening with C F Tewksbury and sons Paul and Merrill from New Marshfield and Aiden E Tewksbury visiting from Cleveland where he works as traffic manager for four years. E W McVay of Albany and O C McVay of Athens visited C H Jewell family Wednesday. D A Martindill of McArthur shipped cattle to Springfield and Cincinnati. Eva Wood visits Mrs S S Howery who returned from Columbus hospital. W E Harman family July spent in Huntington West Virginia. M S Ellis county health commissioner Pomeroy vaccinated several grade pupils Friday. Andrew Jewell visited Athens Friday.
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D. A. Martindill
McArthur
Springfield
Cincinnati
Ellis
Pomeroy
Andrew Jewell
Athens
Faithful Attendance Marked at Pomeroy Sunday School
Oct 5 report from Pomeroy Methodist Church notes long time attendances with Nettie Louise Sinclair age four, Olin and Tracy Goodwin five years each, Richard and Leo Vaughan over five years, Charles Burton family, Virgil Marsh eight years, and many others with one to five years of perfect Sundays.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Methodist Church
Meigs County
Nettie Louise Sinclair
Olin Goodwin
Tracy Goodwin
Richard
Leo Vaughan
Charles Burton
Virgil Marsh
Visitors and Local Notes From Pomeroy and Nearby
Mrs C C Washington of Sprigz W Va visits her parents the Joneses and Robert Washington. Mrs Clayton Welch ill with lumbago. Del Martin Sue Swan and Lawrence Reed travel to Liverpool WV to see Eva Milhoan who was badly injured in an auto wreck. Frank Guinther visits Haydenville then returns home. Ralph Hall and O J Osborn of Huntington in town with friends. Mrs Emily Entsminger from Albuquerque NM visits cousin Dave Entsminger’s family and cares for property. daughter and son Elsie and Arthur well. Entsminger hosts dinner with J M Burchett. Jennings Keffer of Gauley Bridge visits family and witnesses a football loss. first Yellow Jackets defeat in three years. Rally Day at Presbyterian Bible School set for Oct 18 at 10 80. A H Bradbury return from Zanesville. E M Harrah and daughters meet Julia Harrah in Charleston for visit. Naomi Owens, county health nurse, starts duties today in Pomeroy office. located in Pomeroy but calls home. W G Colvin, ex NY Central detective, transferred from Charleston to Creger property Gravel Hill. George Swallow and family visit. return to Columbus. Joe Hendricks, juvenile offender, charged with stealing $18 from Ray Smalley. held. Clark De Wolf, aged river veteran, returns as first mate on Packet Liberty. Eight-month-old child of Felix Lee Hysell Run Rutland Township dies. funeral at Bradford Church. Philip Meier of Columbus with family for birthday. Alfred Huber, former Pomeroy resident, sold Montana ranch stock to winter here.
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C. C. Washington
Sprigz
W. Va
P. C. Jones
Robert Washington
Clayton Welch
del Martin
Sue Swan
Lawrence Reed
Liverpool
Emily Entsminger
Albuquerque
N. M
Dave Entsminger
Lincoln Street
Entsminger
Elsie
Arthur
J. M. Burchett
Jennings Keffer
Gauley Bridge
Herman
Yellow Jackets
Presbyterian Bible School
A. H. Bradbury
Zanesville
Don Allen
E. M. Harrah
Charleston
Julia Harrah
Middlport
Harrah
Joe Hendricks
Ray Smalley
Clark de Wolf
Salvation Army
Liberty
Felix Lee
Hysell Run
Rutland Township
Bradford
Philip Meier
Columbus
Pomeroy
Alfred Huber
Albion
Montana
Ohio River road work pushes forward with new gravel route
Ravenswood dispatch notes Ohio State Highway Department crews grading a 60 foot wide gravel road from Ravenswood Ferry to Middleport near Lock 21. The project replaces curvy sections and shortens travel to Portland from Ravenswood from about 16 miles to near four. Additional gaps along the river road will be built as funds allow, linking the shore to a continuous state route. Local residents Elizabeth Huber Norman Bohram visit, and W N Peters of Gallipolis is reassigned to the Athens District to run the Pomeroy office. B H Ewing departs for the National Embalmers Association convention in Detroit.
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Letart
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Lock 21
Long Bottom
Reedsville
Hockingport
State of Ohio
Ohio River
Portland
Elizabeth Huber
Norman Bohram
Columbus
Pomeroy
W. N. Peters
Western and Southern Insurance Company
Gallipolis
Athens
Middleport
B. H. Ewing
National Embalmers’ Association
Detroit
Diggers of Forest Rare in This Area
POMEROY Oct. 5 A few dollars are earned in Meigs County each autumn by diggers of roots and herbs such as yellow root May Apple and ginseng. The once thriving woods products grow scarcer. some ginseng still appears in rich caves but few recognize this plant now. Families camp in the woods for weeks, foraging with hoes and small bags as they travel like wagon spokes to and from camps. A pound of gins and room dug in a day is considered good pay.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
China
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Pomeroy High School Beats Jackson 14 to 6
Pomeroy High School football team returned from Jackson elated after defeating Jackson by a 14 6 score Saturday night.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy High School
Jackson
New Face Powder Promises Smooth Latin Look
Advertises MELLO-GLO urest powder with a French process that lasts longer. Claims government approved coloring blends with any complexion and prevents pores and shine. Promotes a natural bloom of youth without an airy or pasty appearance.
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United States
D. Zinner Co.Adv
Advertising should be continuous says Babson
Roger W Babson asserts persistence is essential in advertising and notes the market gains 6000 new customers daily. He argues a daily fresh audience means even old messages reach new people and advertisers should maintain ongoing campaigns.
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Roger W. Babson
Farmer injured by bull in Pomeroy
William Zehm, Chester farmer, was leading a bull by a rope when the animal bolted. The rope lacerated two fingers of Zehm's hand as he tried to keep control.
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Pomeroy
William Zehm
Chester
Zehm
Drury Drugs to Meet New Straitsville Independents Sunday
Drury Drugs Independent football team from this city will host New Straitsville Independents at the American Legion grounds Sunday afternoon with kickoff set for 2 30 o clock. New Straitsville brings a fast Perry County lineup and many fans are expected to attend.
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Glouster
Drury Drugs
New Straitsville Independents
American Legion
New Straitsvle
Perry County
Fasteeth Improves Dental Fit And Breath Freshness
Fasteeth powder keeps dental plates from dropping and provides a gummy feel that freshens breath. It offers comfort all day and is praised by people and dentists alike. Available at Quick's Cut Rate or your druggist.
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Hazel Ross Hailey Writes Crime Assignments For Papers
Hazel Ross Hailey, author of Gems of Peril, is noted for covering crime stories for newspapers. Her work highlights investigative detail and narrative flair in each assignment.
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Hazel Ross Hailey
Gems of Peril serial author Hazel Hailey rose from local to New York papers
Hazel Ross Hailey drew on decades as a reporter in Des Moines New, Des Moines Tribune, United Feature Syndicate, and New York papers to craft Gems of Peril. The first serial follows journalist George Bowen in a mystery adventure romance beginning October 14 in T. Messenger.
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Hazel Ross Hailey
New York City
Middle West
George Bowen
T. Messenger
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