Hundreds of Red Men Gather in Pomeroy District Meeting
POMEROY Oct 20 Hundreds of Red Men from Athens Nelsonville Gigaste from across the district attended a Monday gathering in Pomeroy. The parade drew large crowds as townspeople paused from official duties to participate. A banquet followed at the Knights of Pything Temple with the Pythian Sisters and a school session was held in the Gold Fellows Hall.
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Pomeroy
Upr
Athens
Nelsonville
Gigaster
Ndm
Pything
Pupils Must Walk Across Bridge Now
Pupils from the Letart district must exit a bus at the Yellow Bush bridge and walk across due to the bridge being unsafe for heavy traffic. Fifty three pupils cross the bridge each school day. Meigs County Farm Bureau plans a 2700 dollar budget for the coming year with state aid noted. The board later toured roads in the county.
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Pomeroy
County Commissioners School
Hue
Letart
Racine
Injured in Accident Near The Plains
Wesley Ely of Lincoln Street employed by Covert Ice Company was hurt in an automobile wreck near The Plains in Athens County. He was taken to White Cross Hospital in Columbus. A message was sent to Mr. Covert at 3 o clock Monday morning. details are sparse and the mother traveled to Columbus to see her son.
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Middleport
Wesley Ely
Lincoln Street
Covert Ice Company
the Plains
Athens County
White Cross
Columbus
Covert
Oretock
Longstall
Stewart Ball
Huntington
Franklin Guinther
Schyler Barrison
W. C. Ramsey
Henry Kelso
Henry Kelso and Two Children and Mrs. Kelso's Sister, Bra, Ella Corbin
Portsmouth
Virgie Corbin
Elizabeth
Thompson
Malcolm Cottingham
Nancy
Jackson
Clayton EB
Starr
W. D. Colvin
Clyde French House
New York Central
Toledo
Irving Karr
Frevich
Agnes Sales
Youngstown
Ee Coolvilla
Ray L. Smith
Lon Grant Street
Jake Sherman
Atheny
R. M. Sherman
North Fourth
Walnut Streets
Thomas
Birthday celebration at John Sponagel home near Pomeroy
A large gathering joined Mr. and Mrs. John Sponagel at Peach Fork near Pomeroy to celebrate his birthday with dinner and visiting. Attendees included many local residents and relatives from nearby towns, sharing in the Sunday event and greetings.
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John Sponagel
Pomeroy
Iseharles
Kathryn Leger
Wiliam Hines
Jaysell
Albert Ile Fisher
Peter Hoff- Simon
Lawrence Lanning
Leah Mae
Oskey Hil
Paul
Eunies
Mary Ae
Carictina Hill
George Herman
See Jesse Carr
George
Ralph
scBilly
Flora Marie Carr
George Frecker
Martha
Andster Frecker
Lester Spon- Seeel
Victor Sponarel
Victor Junior
Ibert Heltzer
Vicor Cummings
David
Dared Gumings
E. J. Bailey
Wedirs
Gera Will
Herman Will
Walter Schreiber
Smite Mae Schreiber
Jatauis ‘Thompson
Billie
Gene #Stompson
Paul Moore
Bob Spencer
Jo Ann
George Hauck
E Werley
G. Hauck
Dale 2 Smith
June Opal
Denver Bolter
Harry
Dorothy Holter
Sophia Hoffman
Mary Bailey
George Sponagel
Christian Baer
B. F. Quisenberry
Joe
Roger Quisenberry
H. HL. Genheimer
Earl Genheimer
gucMicg
J. J. Will
Vic- Link
Genheimer
Lucille
John Sponegel
Calls Up Sheriff Asks for Cell
POMEROY Oct 20 Moses Qualls Middlepart says he phoned Sheriff Tracy Saturday night to report anger at his brother Richard. He feared his rage might harm him and asked for the sheriff to take him up. By Sunday his anger had subsided and he was released.
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Pomeroy
Moses Qualls
Richard
Sherif Tracy
Dana E Van Nest Dies Monday Noon
Dana E Van Nest age 45 died at his mother’s home in Flora Monday at noon from kidney trouble complicated by typhoid fever. He had just begun a five year star route mail contract between Pomeroy Hemlock Grove and Flora. He formerly owned a Jerseyville store and worked as a butcher and meat wagon driver. He leaves three children by his first wife and two brothers Gus and Denver in the same area.
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Derseyvilly
Pomeroy
Dana BE. van Nest
Bertha van Nest
Flora
Star
Hemlock Grove
Plara
van Nest
Jerseyville
Gus
Denver
Missionary to Spex Presbyterial Meeting Held Next Thursday
On Oct 22 the annual district Presbyterial Society meeting will convene at the Pomeroy Presbyterian Church. The all day event will feature Mrs W T Cook, a returned missionary from China, as the leading speaker and will include Calipetis Middleport and Pomeroy churches.
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Spex Presbyterial Society
Burnday
Middleport
Presbyterial Society
Pomeroy Presbyterian Church
W. T. Cook
China
Calipetis
Pomeroy
River Man Recalls Letart Falls Navigation Hard Times
POMEROY October 2 Captain Thomas Barton, a veteran Ohio river pilot now at Bellaire, recalls navigating Letart Falls before locks and dams. He describes river conditions, night illumination, and methods to free grounded boats, noting Letart Falls as a particularly dangerous stretch and detailing changes in river travel over 20 to 30 years.
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Thomas Barton
Pomeroy
Ohio
Bellaire
Letart Falls
Fhat
River boats once steady haul on Ohio stretch
The article recalls river navigation through Betlaire, with boats passing daily and tolls for river passage. Captain Barton, a long-time Betlaire resident born in Wood County in 1854, rose from cabin boy to mate before retirement, serving on ships like the Muttle, Roberts and the general Wood.
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Barton
Betlaire
Wood County
W. Va
Texas
Sarah B. Bass
Muttle, Roberts
Gallipolis
Parkersburg
Enaral Wood
Tyre
Ura
Meetings Grow in Interest at Church
POMEROY October 20 Evangelist Floyd W. Dick led a highly attended Sunday evening service at the Church of Christ in the new building. Delegations from Ravenswood Pt Pleasant and nearby churches attended while Wood of Gods Bible School provided special music. Upcoming week topics include Terms of Salvation Drama of Life 3 Acts The Mysterious Purpose and Blessings of Baptism Why Delay and Why the Communion with Graham W. Walker and Parkersburg Christian Church members expected to attend.
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Pomeroy
Church of Christ
Middleport
Evangelist Wood of God
Bible School
Cincinnati
WERC
Graham W. Walker
Parkersburg
Middleport Youth Rally Held Across Four Churches
A rally day gathering by young people's societies from the four Middleport churches was held at the Church of Christ Sunday night. Miss Frances Rows and Miss Margerite Hysell led the program with a promising lineup of speakers and activities.
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Mold Hally
Middleport
Church of Christ
Frances Rowsh
Margerite Hysell
Public Ledger copy noted in Meigs County report
Fred Ropenbaum shows a March 26 1836 issue of the Public Ledger Philadelphia in Pomeroy. The four page paper announced a new stage line Philadelphia to Wheeling and four daily routes between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Local items list social visits and transfers, with Meigs County figures Augustus H Dean dead at 75 in Columbus.
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Fred Ropenbaum
Pomeroy
Fred Rorenbaum
Public Ledger of Philadelphia
Bea
Philadelphia
Wheeling
Pacific Ocean
Pittsburgh
Sante
Anna
Texas
Mexico
Meigs County
Augustus H. Dean
Columbus
Waverly
Ohio
Jacob Dean
Meiga County
Local notices and incidents unreadable fragment summary
Fragmentary notice items report forgery case involving Lawrence Hall, an injury from a car crash near Springfield, a fire destroying a store and imminent business reopening, and travel to Dayton for a W C T U convention. Names include Anna Hecox, Frank ONeil, M S Daniels, Glenroy Ewing, B A Ewing, A Howell.
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Gisis
Quick
Ady
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