Dark Hollow Mine Reopens With Local Investors
Twenty five local stockholders form the Dark Hollow Coal Company east of Pomeroy with 850 acres of territory and 527 acres of solid coal. The $59,000, 100 dollar share company plans to fully equip for economical operation, led by D L Wallace as general manager and backed by Middleport and Pomeroy businessmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
New Dark Hollow Coal Company
Pomeroy
Bari H. Rawlings
C. €. Rathburn
W. F. Reed
Hart Stanbery
A. H. Brad Bury
A. H. Bradbury
B. H. Rawlings
RR. W. Schwegman
George Wildermuth
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Mr. Corbett
Pittsburgh
Howard Lewis
Pomeroy Bend
D. L. Wallace
Nelsonville
Middleport and Pomeroy
Ebersbach
Great Lakes Coal Company
Bend
County Authorized to Borrow Money Meigs County Plan
The Meigs County committee reported to state authorities about using highway relief funds for roads and declared an emergency due to drought and disease threats. The plan allows local authorities to borrow up to about 50,000 dollars to hire workers and improve roads with state support totaling 24,000 dollars, with tax provisions to repay notes.
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Pomeroy
Columbus
Meigs County
Washington
Gallia
Vinton
Tax Commission
Tax Commission of
Ohio
Board of Health
State Tax Commission
Wright McCrohn
Cleveland Pilot Severely Injured In Fog Crash
Oct 10 pilot Gari Johnson of Cleveland was badly hurt when his plane went down in dense fog here. Officials reported the accident occurred during cruising operations and the aircraft sustained significant damage. Johnson was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Gari Johnson
Lake Michigan
Muskegon
Mich
Harry Smith
Lyman Nedeau
Coast Guards
Smith
Nedeau
Stranger Finds Rocking Chairs in Pomeroy Jury Box
A visitor to the Meigs County Courthouse in Pomeroy remarked that jurors sat in rocking chairs, a departure from the usual straight backed arity chairs or pew-like seats. The sight was noted as a first for him after travels across many states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy Court
Pomeroy
United States
Meigs County
Drought Committee Recommends Highway Crews
Up to 150 men will be employed to clean ditches clear rights of way widen curves cut off points lengthen bridges and culverts widen berms and perform other key road work on the state highways. Workers must be recommended by the Drought Committee from each township.
Hopkins explains pig dispute over Marietta fairgrounds find
M. J. Hopkins of Meigs County explained to The Messenger that a pig vanished from the Marietta Fairgrounds during the fair and later was found at his Orange Township home. He says he bought the pig for five dollars from a man who claimed ownership and was pressed to pay five dollars again plus officer travel costs or face trouble.
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Marietta
Hopkins
Local Briefs from Pomeroy and Surrounding Areas
Mrs Belle Simmons once a familiar Pomeroy street vendor is confined at home after heart leakage and a mild stroke. Relatives travel to Mrs T W Karr’s home to aid her amid critical health. Elizabeth Kerstein aged 89 dies in Cincinnati. Frank Shay injured in baseball in Columbus hospital. W W Tawney’s body to be buried in Clendenin W Va after death near Chester. Mrs Joseph Young injures both arms after stairs fall. Dale Bachner sues B E Vance and Joseph Young for 554.65 for labor and materials. Women’s Republican Club Meigs County meets at Knights of Pythias Building at 1 36 PM Saturday. refreshments served. Middleport fire loss adjusters on site. Funeral of Ehi Pfarr in Middleport Saturday at 2 PM.
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Belle Simmons
Pomeroy
T. W. Karr
O. P. Blake
St. Louis
Dora Plate
Chicago
Dwight Carson
Detroit
Clarence Naylor
Jeffersonville
Indiana
Elizabeth Kerstein
Cincinnati
Frank Shay
Columbus
W. W. Tawney
Chester
Clendenin
W. Va
Joseph Young
Five Points
Dale Bachner
Rutland
Women's Republican Club
Meigs County
Knights of Pythias
Middleport
Ehi Pfarr
Population swells at Meigs County Jail with new detainees
Meigs County Jail reported an increase in inmates as Rice Heilman and Edith Lucas of Clarksburg West Virginia were arrested after a man was found with them in a possibly stolen car at Millport. Also jailed were Emmett Haining Peter Glass Victor Neutzling and Frank Fry the latter charged with non support of his children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Rice Heilman
Edith Lucas
Clarksburg
W. Va
Middleport
Emmett Haining
Peter Glass
Victor Neutzling
Frank Fry
Veteran Syracuse Miner Dies After Hospital Stay
John Borham 70 former Syracuse miner dies at Athens State Hospital after eight months of treatment for a mental illness. Body sent to Ewing Funeral Home Pomeroy for burial. Survived by wife predeceased. children Harry Paul John and Mrs Belle Diddle. Burial in Carleton Cemetery near family graves. funeral time not announced.
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Syracuse
John Borham
Athens State Hospital
Ewing Funeral Home
Pomeroy
Borham
Harry Paul
John
Belle Diddle
Carleton Cemetery
Ruth
Ivor
Car recovered links theft to local gang in Steubenville area
The new Hupmobile stolen from John Blaetmar sales rooms was found abandoned in a field near Steubenville. Blaetmar notified the Insurance Company at Huntington and police say the discovery ties the theft to the Boggess Bowman gang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
John Blaetmar
Steubenville
House Destroyed in Racine Fire Owned by Everett Hartley Burns
A vacant one and a half story frame house in Racine owned by Everett Hartley Burns was destroyed by fire Thursday night. The Pomeroy Fire Department responded and prevented spread, with the owner noting the prior occupancy by Mr. McCloud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Hartley Burns
Racine
Everett Hartley
Pomeroy
McCloud
Mrs Celia Morris Dies in Middleport
Mrs Celia Morris 61 wife of Joseph Morris a Middleport barber died late Wednesday She also leaves one son Harry and a sister Edward Sutton of Pomeroy
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Morris
Middleport
Celia Morris
Joseph Morris
Harry
Edward Sutton
Pomeroy
Romine and Allen Wed in Pomeroy Rutland
Eugene Romine a Rutland cook and Goldie Allen a village clerk married by Justice R G Webster in Pomeroy yesterday. They plan to reside in Rutland.
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Pomeroy
Rutland
Eugene Romine
Goldie Allen
R. G. Webster
Funeral services for Mrs Sarah Frost in Alfred
Mrs Sarah Frost died suddenly at her home and funeral services are set for Saturday at 2 30 PM at the M E Church in Alfred. Burial will follow in the church cemetery adjacent to the building.
Divorce petition filed in Athens County court over willful absence
Emma Coon of 822 Second Street Portsmouth Ohio is notified that Gabriel E Coon has filed for divorce and equitable relief in Case No 14609 in the Common Pleas Court of Athens County Ohio. The hearing will be on or after November 17 1930. Wood and Williams attorneys for the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Coon
Second Street
Portsmouth
Ohio
Gabriel E. Coon
Common Pleas Court
Athens County
Wood & Williams
Notice of Application for Certificate of Convenience and Necessity
Public notice states Gifford filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio for a certificate to operate a milk property transportation company. Route described includes Amesville and surrounding townships with multiple farms and towns, one 146 ton truck, daily service, hearing information, and legal notice of sale terms to assignees.
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Gifford
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
F. H. Gifford
Savage
Amesville
Main Street
Corporation Line
Bert Kuhns
Charles Kuhns
Linscott Runpike
W. A. Closter
State Street
Morgan County
E. C. Glass Farm
Sand Hook County
Columbus
Ohio
Jones, Jones & Erskine
Assignee Sale Notice for Athens County Real Estate Auction
Assignee sale under an order of the rebate court of Athens County Ohio. Public auction on Monday October 27 1930 at 10 AM at the premises in Alexander Township Athens County to wit first tract beginning at the southwest corner of the original farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Company
Athens County
John P. Cof
John C. Blake
JONES
Jones & Erskine
Rebate Court
Ohio
Alexander Township
Foreclosure Petition Filed in Athens County Court
Will J. Barnhill and Hilah N. Barnhill file for foreclosure of a mortgage against William W. Walford and others in Athens County Court of Common Pleas under Cause 14660. The case targets real estate in Lodi Township Ohio with residence details of a Kentucky-based defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Common Pleas
Athens County
Ohio
Will J. Barnhill
Hilah N. Barnhill
Pete Walasky
Bittie Walasky
William W. Walford
Kentucky
William W
Property conveyance details for multiple tracts in Ohio Company lands
The document lists three tracts of land in Town 4 ranges 13 and 18, Ohio Company's Purchase. Tract one covers about 10.15 acres, with described boundaries in Section 6 and nearby sections. Tract two covers 0.06 acre and lies in Section 5, with specific corner bearings and distances. A third tract describes the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 12, totaling 40 acres, and notes conveyance to Willie J. Barnhill via Charles and Carrie McVicker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town 4
Range
Ohio Company
Willie J. Barnhill
Charles McVicker
Carrie McVicker
Foreclosure Notice in Ohio Company Purchase Claim
John Walker petitions against William Walker Lee for foreclosure of a mortgage on thirty acres in the Ohio Company Purchase. The tract lies in section 12 township 4 range 13 with 0 acres estimated. defendant must answer by November 3, 1930 or judgment will be entered. Attorney is J W Bolin for Will J Barnhill and Hilah N Barnhill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Walker
William Walker Lee
Lowing
Ohio Company
Will J. Barnhill Hilah N. Barnhill
J W. Bolin
Probate notices in Athens County Ohio accounts filed
The Athens County probate court lists suspended accounts and deadlines for estates and guardianships. Names include Samuel Burskine administrator of James Calvin Frost estate and Nettie Dowler administrator of Mildred Dowler estate with first and final accounts filed in 1930, plus guardianship and trustee actions for multiple individuals. Judge S. M. Johnson presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Ohio
Samuel Burskine
James Calvin Frost
Harley F Hambel
Nancy B. Coe
Nettie Dowler
Mildred Dowler
Fitza Akers
S. Edgar Akers
Estella H. Lash
Ann M. Hobson
Imo Woodgerd
Elizabeth Ee
George W. Rose
George J. Shust
Emma Jewell
James Jewell
Sallie Johnson
Pearl Romine
Bessie Davidson
Howard Jaciason
Bank of Athens N. B. A
Mary Hughes
Agnes M. Garrett
William Edward Cunningham
Carl Buck
Edward Smith
Athens National Bank
Elizabeth McClure Et al
M. Johnson
Parole Hearing Recommended for Joe Steele
Notice records parole consideration for inmate Joe Steele at Ohio State Reformatory. Superintendent and Chaplain recommend to the Ohio Board of Clemency for hearing on and after Oct 3 1930. Chief Clerk R O Simkins signs the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Steele
Ohio State Reformatory
Ohio Board of Clemency
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C. E. N. Johnson
Wilkesville
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Vet
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