Two Held at Pomeroy Jail After Whisky Laden Auto Is Wrecked
Ira Cross and Neal Blagg were jailed in Pomeroy on charges of transporting liquor after a wreck on a road near Middleport. The car, crashed into a telegraph pole, spilled liquor as a loaded rifle was found inside and a man escaped with a sack. Cross claimed ownership of the vehicle and said he did not know about the liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omeroy
Ira Cross
sEetart
W. Va
Neal Blagg
Arefeld
Lquor
Middleport
Jul
Crosa
Huntington
Pt. Pisagant Bridge
Divorce suit names Nellie Wilson as plaintiff
Nellie Wilson sues for divorce from F Wilson of Dexter born from a marriage on Aug. 5 1824 when she was 14. She seeks alimony and custody of their child and states he attempted to kill her with a pocket knife on Oct. 20 at a neighbor’s home. She lists property values and asks the probate court to restrain him from disposing of assets until the case is settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Neff
Wittan
Sait
F. ©. Wilson
Dexter
New York Central Railroad Company
Entertains for Sister Sonephine Morality Celebration
Middleport, Oct 24 Miss Ma Morarity entertained Thursday evening honoring sister Josephine on her 11th birthday anniversary. Guests listed include Junior Welch Alice Lama Marguerite Souder Edith Bingham Anna B Welthh Ernestine Parsons and many others. The hostesses arranged games and gifts followed by light refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Ma- Me Morarity
Josephine
Junior Welch
Alice Lama
Marguerite Souders
Edith Bingham
Anna B. Welthh
Ernestine Parsons
Maury Frackett
Algeria Fadety
Geraldine ‘_Persons
Rose Hackett
Ruth Pick“ank
Barbara Hackett
Rosella Donahk
Elendra Bingham
Maxine Wilch
Mary Sanders
Helen Owens
Katheryn Powell
Hettie Welch
Edith Ward
Many Are Delinquent Real Estate Taxes In County
Delinquent taxes due to the county total 287 £ 08.06 on the WEI duplicate with real estate and personal property delinquencies listed by township and village. The report shows unpaid past years and assessments, totaling 27,400.08 on the 1931 duplicates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apomeroy
Eatate Fey
Upenford
Chester Township
Columbo Township
Lebanon Township
Letart Township
Olive Township
Orange Township
Rutland Township
Satam Township
Saliebury
Scipio
Sutton Township
Middleport
Pomeroy Village
Rutland Village
Racine Village
iTotal
Délinquant
Formar
Local Society News and Classified Ads Service Note
A Messenger society column notice thanks readers for support and advertises circulation and classified ad services. It invites tips as pertaining to circulation or classifieds and provides contact details for John Sauvage. The brief item emphasizes community service and local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messenger
John Sauvage
Phone
Kreitler elected president of Ohio County Extension Agents
George W. Kreitler county agricultural agent was chosen president of the Ohio County Extension Agents Association at its annual Columbus meeting. He has served as director for two years and will attend the National County Agents Association meeting in Chicago in December. The Ohio association includes home demonstration and 4-H club agents along with county agricultural agents, totaling 106 workers in the state. Meigs County has a single agent, Kreitler, handling all three extension duties since 1923.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schouse
Fomeroy
George W. Kreitler
Ohio County Extension Agents Association
Columbus
Kreitler
National
County Agents’ Association
Chicago
Ohio Association
Ohio
Aagriculture
Meigs County
Kreltler
Cliggen
Lawrence Grogan Dies in Gallia County Mine Injury Case
Lawrence Grogan 37, long an invalid from a 1919 mine injury, died Friday after paralysis struck him Wednesday. He had been in a Gallipolis hospital and was recently in Pomeroy Meigs Common Pleas Court over a compensation contest. He leaves a half sister and three half brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Oct
Hae
Parencey Grogan
Gallipolis
Grogan
Pomeroy Meigs
Manslaughter Trial Involving Run Down Child at Lisbon
POMBERGY Oct 24 Walter Kounty 30 faces manslaughter charges for the July 6 death of Iris Coleman 11 in Long Bottom East Liverpool. In Lisbon Columbiana County prosecutors and defense examined 25 witnesses 16 for the state 9 for the defense as the case drew wide county interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleman Gitt
Pombergy
Walter Kounty
Iris Coleman
Long Bottom
East Liverpool
Lisbon
Columbiana
Mrs Halsey Sentenced Former Meigs County Woman
POMEROY October 2 Press dispatches report Mrs Blanche B Halsey 68 a former Meigs County woman who owns a 120 acre farm in Rutland Township was tried at Bowling Green Ohio on the charge of shooting and killing her brother Fred Bonham while asleep and has been sentenced to imprisonment for life in the Marysville Reformatory Her attorney plans to carry the case to the court of appeals
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs County
Pomeroy
Blanche B. Halsey
Rutland Township
Bowling Green
Ohio
Fred Bonham
Marysville Reformatory
Court of Appeals
En Route to Florida Bedford Township Couple an Annual Pilgrimage
POMEROY Oct 4 Mr and Mrs Willam Dilcher Snowville Bedford Township left Friday in their wagon on wheels for their ninth annual trip to Florida. In eight trips they have never had an accident. They travel back and forth at a leisurely pace with windows doors and a porch for observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford Township
Pomeroy
Willam Dilcher
Snowville
Florida
Honor Old Comrade Tomeroy Firemen Escort Coffin to Funeral Home
POMEROY Oct 24 Delegation of Pomeroy firemen in uniform met the body of Edward Joseph as it arrived from Columbus and escorted him to Ewing funeral home where he was buried. Joseph, longtime Pomeroy fireman and engineer of the old pumper, had been away from the town for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomeroy
Pomeroy
Edward Joseph
Columbus
Ewing Funeral Home
Joseph
Pomeroy Lodge Guests Visit Dexter for Meeting Program
Pauline He beckiah Lodge hosted thirty visitors from Pomeroy at its regnar meeting in Dexter on Thursday evening. A lively program featured a play on Why I Joined the Rebekahs, songs by Reverend Williams, instrumental music, and recitations. It ends with a social of bean soup pie and coffee, and notes a Columbus prison guard arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dexter
Pauline Hebekkiah Lodge
Pomeroy
Charles Greuser
Peter Stace
Charles Neu
Howder
J. W. Byers
Byers
Chester Andrews
le Harris
Lena Bartels
Jacob Roiler
Clyde Andrews
Bits
Charles Nease
Nellie Smith
Cora Warner
Peter Smee
Emma Fe
Elizabeth Durst
Reuben
Watson
McCullough
Jacob Mens
Lester Hurt
O. W. Williams
Arrest of Mason City Man Follows 16 Year Escape
POMEROY Oct 24 Charles Cundiff 40 escaped from the Ohio Prison Farm 16 years ago and has been about Mason City and Pomeroy. Friends claim he was wrongly convicted of an assault in Gallia County and shielded a relative. Cundiff has relatives in Mason City and supported elderly neighbors. Reports state he worked for a Mason City woman who knew of his prison record and wrote to Ohio prison officials. George Ingles said he was ordered to arrest Cundiff and hold him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Cundiff
Pomeroy
Onio
City
Pomeroy Head
Ohio
Gallia County
Cundiff
Mason City
Som Vancy
Mason
I.e
Columbus
George Ingles
Club Organizes and Officers Elected in Pomeroy
Daughters of America and Junior Order of American Mechanics held a joint meeting at Odd Fellows Hall in Pomeroy on Friday night to organize a club. Elizabeth Darst presided with Elizabeth Campbell arranging the program. Officers elected for the coming year include Elizabeth Darst as president, Bert Martin as vice-president, and Helton Sayre as recorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of America and
Diiitor Order
Odd Fellow's
Pomeroy
Daughters of America
Order of American Mechanics
Odd Fellows Hall
Elizabeth Darst
Elizabeth Campbell
Bert Martin
Helton Sayre
Meigs County News Highlights Socials and Local Moves
Meigs County notes include a November meeting in Gallipolis of the Gal va Council with officers Frances Gilillen treasurer and a social hour afterward. 185 attended. Harry Roush family moved to Forest Run from Pomeroy. Halloween event planned for Rutland. A baby girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Shields of Pomeroy. Mrs. A V Howell returns to Pomeroy after Dayton meeting. Gilbert Weeks and wife visit Columbus from Pomeroy. Marriage license issued in Pomeroy for Berty B. Romine and Ellen May Midkiff, both Hemlock Grove. Meigs County schools paid rehabilitation funds for several painting and plastering projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meige County
Harry Roush
Forest Run
Roush
Pomeroy
Rutland i
Air
Carl Shields
A. V. Howell
Meigs County
Dayton
Gilbert Weeks
Columnus
Berty SB. Romine
Ellen May Midkiff
Hemlock Grove
Porter Mid Yeite
Oris Maag
George Green
John Maag
Barberton
Oalo
Mineray
Finian Contracting Company
Minersville
W. F. Saura
Lotert
H. H. Starkey
Columbia Rural Schools
Weekend travels mix Columbus and Ashville social visits
Miss Emma Jean Smith traveled to Columbus and Ashville over the weekend and stayed with Mrs P M Sellers in Ashville. Miss Maxine Smith joined Miss Frances Worman and Harry Wheeler from Gut Hopkis to Columbus for the Ohio State and Northwestern football game. Mrs Fred Fussell left for Toledo to visit her husband. Mrs Herb Chambers hosted dinner for several guests, and bridge club at Mrs Roscoe Fowler’s South Fourth Avenue home. George Boice from Columbus spent weekend with his mother. Atty Edgar Ervin of Columbus was in town Thursday and Friday for business. Mr and Mrs Milton Osborn and Mrs Johnson attended events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Jean Smith
Columbus
Ashville
P. M. Sellers
Maxine Smith
South Second Avenue
Frances Worman
Harry Wheeler
Gut Hpokis
Ohio State
Northwestern
Herb Chambers
Wiliam Stivers
Peter Gurus
Z. G. Disner
Middleport
Roscoe Fowler
Bridge Club
South Fourth Avenue
Palmer Streets
Otto Stanley
C. E. Smith
K. D. McMaster
George Boice
Mina Boice
Lcois Sshretaer
South Third Avenue
Atty
Edgar Ervin
Wis
Milton Osborn
Mra. Johnson
Louisville
D. B. Hartinger
Urbana
Ohio Federated Club
Frank Murphey
Athens
Na Boies
Fannie Stevens
John Boatman
Hyger
Boatmansa
Gey
McConnelsville
Cook
Manchuria
Margaret Gaskill
Gallpolis
Holzer Hospital
Levi Searls
Taylor
Marion
Mr. Searls
Misa Etta Gaskn
Notable journeys through South Branch Valley country
A travel sketch describes pleasant mountain settlements along West Virginia’s South Branch valley. It recalls old homes, Civil War remnants, and hospitable locals during autumn visits to towns such as Petersburg and Gallpolis. The writer notes family stories, church events, and new rail district prospects while contrasting isolation with growing all year travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
South Branch
Old Dominion
Petersburg
Far North plants and Hardy County cattle drew explorers
A fragmentary description mentions plants flourishing only in the Far North near Raven Hay and Ice Mountain, with places like Lost River near Wardenville and Cacapon River, plus Hardy County cattle famed in the United States. It recalls Moorfield and the Bra dock era when West Virginia borders opened to raiders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arr County
Athens County
Fee Mountain
Fee
Ice Mouney
Greenland
Wal Tee Lick
Lost River
Bluewater Canyon
Blackwater
Hardy County
Wardenville
Cacapon
Moorfield
Bradock
West Virgin
Ineerz
Absentee Ballot Voters Drawn From Athens County List
Fragmentary report shows Athens County officials handling absent ballot requests. Names Kim Glouster and Kathryn Lee Nelsonville appear, with ballot destinations including Starkey and Wood in Cleveland and Athens respectively. By date, 12 applications have been processed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
David Johnson
Ole
Athens County Board
H. E. Kim Glouster
Kathryn Lee
Nelsoville
W. Starkey
Xxsonville
U. S
Marylin
San Pedro
Cal
Thomas Wood
Athens
Cleveland
Johnson
Sentence for Anne Keller in Ypsilanti torchmurder case
Anne Keller, convicted as an accessory in the Ypsilanti torch murder that claimed four young lives, is sentenced in Ann Arbor to four to five years in the Detroit House of Correction. The case centers on the deadly arson at Ypsilanti.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Ann Arbor, Mich
Kate Keller
Ypsilanti
T Detroit House of Correction
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Pomeroy Jail
Sherri Pracy
Robson
Cross
Eaghet
Nellie Wilson
A. Hartley
George Kreitler
Lawrence Grogan
Bethany Frogram
Milton Elberfeld
Ben
Wm. Elberfeld
Pittsburgh
Wala Fe
St George's Church
Thomas Lipton
Glasgow
Isaiah Cundiff
Middle West
Biedel-Mead_ Oil &Co
Club
Swansons Athens
Wheaton
Majestic
Brentwood
Lowboy
Majestic Oper
G. We Hopkins
Radio and Electric Shop
Hotel
Berry Bldg
Ing
Frances Gilillen
Galva Counell
Helen Sayre
Marie Beach
Edna Reibel
Carrie Ebernbach
Mabel Wolf Servying
Chio
Hampshire County
Teomn
G. H. Caldwell Somoroy
Elberfelds
Glouster
Mar
Ivelous New
Southern Ohio Electric. Co
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