Pomeroy-Middleport News Roundup on School Taxes and River Tales
Oliver Hartley reports on upcoming votes in Salisbury, Salem, Olive, Scipio, Sutton, Rutland, and Bedford townships plus Rutland village and several special districts for a three mill school tax increase running multiple years. The piece also recalls River pilot W K Starcher of Syracuse and his alleged premonitions saving lives during river disasters, including the 1872 J N Roberts wreck and the 1877 Waverly sinking.
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Salisbury
Salem
Olive
Scipio
Sutton
Rutland
Bedford
Rutland Village
Morning Star
Long Botom
Dexter
Pleasant Views
Great Bend
Racine Village
Enginneer
W. K. Starcher
Syracuse
J. N. Roberts
Gallipolis
Marietta
Middleport
Pomeroy
R. A. Babbet
St. Louis
Starcher
St. Louisa
Babbett
Waverly
Tom Alexander
Letart
Guyandotte
Ile
Globe
Cincinnati
Fred Wilson
Pittsburg
Mr. Starcher
Wilson
Missionary Visitor Arrives for Haltimore Conference
Mrs H V Carl writes friends that Dr Mary Cutler has reached the country and attends the Halti more mission conference. She plans to visit Pomeroy later, noting she began missionary work years ago from this place.
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H. V. Carl
Haltimore
Mary Cutler
Pomeroy
Meeting of Meigs County Republicans Planned at Courthouse
A Meigs county Republican central committee meeting is set for tomorrow at the courthouse to discuss campaign closing matters. Percy Tetlow the Columbus labor leader will address voters in Pomeroy Rutland and Middleport in three meetings tomorrow and Wednesday. He is expected to draw strong labor support. Also noted is a government bid notice for mail routes between Alfred Pomeroy and Flora Pomeroy with bids due in January 1928 and contracts running July 1 1923 to June 30 1927.
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Meigs County
Republican Central Committee
Percy Tetlow
Columbus
Pomeroy
Rutland
Middleport
Sam
Alfred
Flora
Festive Square Club Event At Coe's Opera House
The Square Club of Middleport Masonic Lodge and Eastern Star hosted a Friday banquet at Coe's Opera House. Speakers included J. C. Fisher and Rey Wilson with vocal selections by Mrs Mildred Fowler and Jack Morgan. A piano duet by Mrs James Lewis and Mrs Lilian Lewis Steiff followed before dancing.
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Square Club
Middleport Masonic Lodge
Ladies of the Eastern Star
Coe
Opera House
J. C. Fisher
Rey
Wilson
Mildred Fowler
Jack Morgan
James Lewis
Lilian Lewis Steiff
Mrs Clara Thomas Ginn to study in France and sing in Paris
Friends report Mrs Clara Thomas Ginn formerly of Middleport will spend a year in France and Italy for study and to sing at the Opera Comique in Paris. Also planned is the annual Visitation of Heath M E Church Middlesport by the visiting committee on the first Sunday in November.
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Clara Thomas Ginn
Middleport
France
Italy
Opera Comique
Paris
Ginn
Heath M. E. Church
Meddleport
Carvassing Committee
Merchant warns to stock winter staples for savings
A Pomeroy merchant advised a relative to lay in winter potatoes apples and flour to save money. Take the tip for what it is worth.
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Pomeroy
McArthur Area Briefs Include Weddings and Local News
McARTHUR area notes a front page of local life with arrivals at Davis Webb Turner Holton homes and John Harper sending two large Old-Time pioneer apples to the Trwmocrat Enquirer staff. Puritan Brick directors meet in Hamden with local figures listed. Floyd A Brown wed Mildred Livingston in McArthur. Lindley Corbly, 81, dies in Poton Ohio with funeral in McArthur area. The Epworth League funds missionary effort and A A Turner plans Columbus trip. The piece also mentions a historic log house claim and various parish happenings.
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John Harper
Trwmocrat Enquirer
Mr. Harper
John Pilcher
Thomas Reisinger
Local notes from Vinton County and area
Vinton county students at Ohio State University are noted. Frank Reynolds and family from Canal Winchester visited Mrs Mary Magee in McArthur. David H. Moore, deputy clerk of courts, marked his 82nd birthday. he served in the Civil War and remains active. Vivian Cruise underwent appendectomy in Logan with a favorable recovery. Cassie Scott of Chillicothe died at 72 leaving four sons and three daughters. Bethany class held a social at the Christian church with a box supper and 25 youths attending. Weather forecast calls for showers in the Ohio Valley and Tennessee with above normal temperatures early then generally fair and normal later. The verse and Beecher quote close the item.
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David H. Moore
Mr. Moore
Cassie Scott
Abe Scott
Chillicothe
Francis Scott
Washington D. H
Charles
Radcliffsburg
Joseph and
Preston
Springfield
Anna Denowitz
Ada Thacker
Tabitha
Columbus
John Seitz
Jackson Township
Scott
Idols Cast Away In A Day Of Judgment
A prophetic verse foresees a day when men discard their silver and gold idols once made for them, signaling a drastic shift from wealth symbols to perhaps moral reckoning. The imagery emphasizes vanishing precious objects in a transformative moment.
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Offer Vital Detox Aid
A vintage health ad touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a safer calomel substitute. It claims improved skin tone and energy by stimulating liver and bowel function with a purely vegetable mix. Take one or two nightly. millions of boxes sold at 10¢ and 30¢.
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Dr. Edwards
Dr.Edwards
Obituary for Emma Theresa Bryson of Amesville
Emma Theresa Bryson born April 11 1845 in Ames township Athens County died October 10 1922 at Amesville. Married July 8 1870 to George W Bryson and mother to Oliver Otis Leslie and Jessie Inman. She was a long time Methodist and WCTU member with three generations left, praised as ever kind and faithful in God and Jesus Christ. CARD OF THANKS follows.
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Emma Theresa Bryson
Nicholas
Mary Border
Ames Township
Athens County
George W. Bryson
New England
Ohio
Oliver Otis
Guysville
Leslie
Millfield
Jessie Inman
Amesville
God
Jesus Christ
Woman in male attire condemned by preacher
Leonard Tucker denounces women wearing male garments as abomination, citing Bible verse Dew 22:5 and urging adherence to scripture in a 1922 Messenger editor note. He claims the Lord’s word is unchanging and calls for moral conformity among readers.
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Christ
Leonard Tucker
Youths Sentenced to Reform School in Mansfield
Ashland Ohio youth John F. Wensinger aged 21 and Quinn McAdoo aged 17 receive sentences ranging from five to thirty years at Mansfield reform school after court decision.
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Ashland
John F. Wensinger
Quinn McAdoo
Man Pleads Guilty in Home Invasion and Assault
A man pleaded guilty to entering the home of Melon Bruce and assaulting Bruce, 70, and his guest Frank D. Neff, 73, while attempting a robbery. The incident occurred in Denver Colp. and ended with a murderously severe confrontation.
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Tory
Melon
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