Judge Rules Gas Company Paid Silence Illegal
Judge C E Peoples of Meigs County Common Pleas finds the Ohio Fuel Gas Company engaged in an immoral illegal contract to buy W M McMurray's influence to stop a referendum on a Pomeroy franchise. The court holds the contract unenforceable and dismisses the case for lack of valid legal action.
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C. E.ps
Meigs County Common Pleas Bench
W. M. McMurray
Pomeroyan
Ohie’Fuel Gas Company
McMurray
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Vilage
Common Pleas Court
Mormon
John Wise
Was
Peoples
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
A Gas Company
Your News Your Society and Locals Phone Contact
C A Hartley staff correspondent notes service details for The Messenger circulation and classifieds. Readers are urged to call John Sauvage at 453 L for circulation or classified advertising information.
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C. A. Hartley
Messenger
John Sauvage
Demurrer Sustained Dismissal of Plaintiff's Petition
The court sustains the demurrer and dismisses the plaintiff's petition at the plaintiff's cost.
Portland Road Project Under Review In Meigs County
Meigs County commissioners and Ohio highway officials weigh extending State Route 124 from Ravenswood to Portland and north toward Washington County. The plan would create direct routes for truckers to Charleston Parkersburg Wheeling and Eastern markets, with a proposed alignment near the Buffington Island Battle Monument and its impact on adjacent Portland river bottom farms. A Portland meeting will decide if the road can cross fields straight to avoid cutting land into uneven parcels.
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Washington County
Pomeroy
Ravenswood
Portland
Meigs County Commissioners
Ohio Highway
Meigs County
Charleston
Parkersburg
Wheeling
Buffington Island Battle Monument
Portland River
Pastors Change at Bethany M. E. Church
Rev Glenn L Tennell and family prepare to move to Piqua Ohio where he has been assigned by the Central German Methodist Episcopal Conference Rev John S Bartug will assume the pastorate at Bethany M E Church in Pomeroy Ohio after four years of Tennell's leadership friends recall his work Bartug succeeds Tennell in the local pulpit
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Glenn Tennell
Johns. Baring
Pomeroy
Glenn L. Tennell
Bethany M. E
Piqua
Ohio
Tennell
Central German Methodist Episcopal Conference
Columbus
John S. Bartug
Hay Field Accident Injures George Sisson
George Sisson of Bradbury was seriously injured in a hay field when he fell from a load of hay. He suffered fractures to both arms between the wrist and elbow.
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Middleport
George Sisson
Bradbury
Auxiliary of B. of R. T. hosts first fall meeting
Members of the B. of R. T. Auxiliary were entertained Wednesday afternoon by Mrs. J. C. Leonard on South Fifth Avenue and Hooker Street. It marked the first meeting of the organization this fall.
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Middleport
B. of R. T. Auxiliary
J. C. Leonard
South Fifth Avenue
Hooker Street
Cranston Still Active Bishop Aged 91 in Ohio
Bishop Earl Cranston, 91, the oldest bishop in his denomination, remains active in church work from Georgetown Ohio. He once helped chase raider John Morgan through Meigs County in 1863 and was closely linked with attorney Austin Vorhes. Born in Athens, he graduated from Ohio University.
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Cranston
Pomeroy
Earl Cranston
Georgetown
Ohio
John Morgan
Meigs County
Austin W. Vorhes
Athens
Ohio University
Opinion of Interest Here Pomeroy
Meigs County boards of education are advised by Attorney General Gilbert Bettman that Ohio boards lack authority to recognize and pay damages or medical bills for pupils injured in high school football games as a legal or moral obligation.
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Pomeroy
Meigs
Bond Payment of Pomeroy Announced
POMEROY, Sept. 10. At a council meeting Clerk R G Webster reported receipts including semi annual tax settlement 17985 91 fines licenses and brick sale 102 40 C and O Railroad 22 50 cemetery trustees 50. He announced paying 17713 15 for interest and bonds leaving town debt 146000 with potential annual interest savings of 3000. About 100000 of the debt is longstanding and being retired rapidly. Also noted no current expenses debt. A limb damage claim was denied as wind caused. Street payroll 338 firemen 61 75 Groceries for Henry Still 10 40 bond for 5000 village treasurer approved with four sureties.
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Council
Pomeroy
R. G. Webster
Hess
C. & O. Railroad
Dale Wippel
Russell
Prackhrauser
Schwegman & Roede
Henry Still
Charles Graber
Charles P. Gloeckner
Edward Graber
Charles Schorn
Middleport Missionary Society officers head to district meet
The Middleport Presbyterian Church missionary group sent officers Mrs. C. T. Shumaker Miss Vivian Middleton Mrs. E. G. Probst and Mrs. C. A. Poindexter to Gallipolis for a preparatory district meeting ahead of the Pomeroy Middleport and Gallipolis Churches event. The district gathering will be hosted in Gallipolis.
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Middleport
Campbell visits Meigs and Mason Counties from Flora Illinois
William M. Campbell, 81, of Flora Illinois, is visiting Meigs and Mason Counties. He recalls three residents he knew before moving West at age twenty, and he is brother of Mrs J Morris Chapman of Hartford, whose eight-year-old daughter is famed as a cook in the village.
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Pomeroy
William M. Campbell
Flora
Ill
Meigs
Mason
Campbell
Racine
Mr. Campbell
J. Morris Chapman
Hartford
Local residents and visitors wrap up holiday weekends
Middleport reports include the Harlow Russell family and relatives returning from holiday visits in Dayton. Dayton guests Clifford Wilkins and his daughters spend the weekend with the Swishers while Louise Pearse and Will of Nelsonville visit the Stephenson family. Belford Harburger and two sisters from Logan join the Stephenson guests before returning home. Mary Elizabeth Hartinger leaves for Ak ron to teach French at Central High after summer study. Ray McCullum is hospitalized at Holzer for observation and treatment.
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Harlow Russell
Dayton
Clifford Wilkins
Arthur Swisher
Louise Pearse
Will
Nelsonville
Robert Stephenson
South Third Avenue
Belford Harburger
Logan
Stephenson
Mary Elizabeth Hartinger
S. Third Avenue
Garfield Street
Akron
Central High
Ray McCullum
Holzer Hospital
Laurence Whitlatch
Hobson
Phillip Stace
Winona
W. Va
Peter Stace
Charles McMaster
Margaret Healy
Rathburn
Mittie Powell
Wellston
L. R. Crowell
Brownell Avenue
Lettie Fugate
Gallipolis
Max Lambert
Visiting relations return to Columbus after stay
Mrs Merrill Covert with sister Mrs John Russell returns to Columbus after a few days visit accompanied by niece Miss Elizabeth Russell who will stay a couple of weeks. Mr and Mrs A A Chappelle who spent Labor Day here with daughter Mrs J G Talbott have gone back to Columbus. M L French and A H Bradbury were business visitors in Huntington Tuesday.
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Merrill Covert
John Russell
Columbus
Elizabeth Russell
A. A. Chappelle
J. G. Talbott
M. L. French
A. H. Bradbury
Huntington
Home Economic Club elects officers for new year
In Middleport on the first day of school the Home Economic Club chose officers: Lucy Erlewine as president, Pauline Mills as vice president, Helen Owens as secretary, and Edith Ward as treasurer.
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Middleport
Home Economic Club
Lucy Erlewine
Pauline Mills
Helen Owens
Edith Ward
Arthur Covert undergoes surgery at Mt. Carmel Hospital
Middleport reports Arthur Covert, former patient at Mt. Carmel Hospital in Columbus, underwent a surgical operation Tuesday morning. His sister Mrs. K O Bright was told his condition today is satisfactory and he will remain in the hospital for several weeks. Covert has two sisters and a brother living in Columbus.
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Middleport
Arthur Covert
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Columbus
K. O. Bright
Covert
Mrs J V Smith Undergoes Operation At McMillan Hospital
Undergoes operation at McMillan Hospital in Charleston. Mrs J V Smith of South Second Avenue is reported to be in satisfactory condition following the procedure.
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Middleport
J. V. Smith
South Second Avenue
McMillan Hospital
Charleston
More Wire Is Taken From Red Bird Mine
At the Red Bird Mine near Hobson a ton and a half of wire was stolen. Pom eroy workers led by Tom Shay had leased the mine to extract coal when theft was discovered. Locks were cut and wire removed from doors deeper in the ravines. Bloodhounds from Huntington failed to track the thief and authorities could not recover the wire, fearing it was hidden nearby.
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Pomeroy
Red Bird
Hobson
Pomeroyans
Tom Shay
M. C. Hobart
Caldwell
Huntington
Tracy
Three Hundred Seek Municipal Posts in Meigs County
Meigs County board of elections reports about three hundred candidates in the field for municipal and township offices this fall. In Racine the slate includes mayors, clerks, treasurers, marshals, councils, and boards of education with multiple individuals named for each position.
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Pomeroy
Board of Elections
Middleport
Meigs County
Racine
Local Trustees and Candidates Named for School Board
Salisbury Township trustees list includes Worley H. Russell Gilbert Weeks Wm Seyfried Harry Smith and others with clerk Floyd Mees and Frank Johnston. Justice of the Peace Herman Mees and J W McCullough. Board of Education candidates Lou Diehl Earl Mason Ira Morris Geo McIntosh Fred White Hen B Howell Vern R Howell. Lee Pomeroy lists three candidates for school board two seats open. John Blaettar Dr C Shumane and Charles Keehne named.
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Salisbury Township
Worley H. Russell
Gilbert Weeks
Wm. Seyfried
Harry Smith
W. W. McElhinney
Griff Archer
Floyd F. Mees
Frank H. Johnston
Herman H. Mees
J. W. McCullough
Gertrude Stowe Goetz
Constable
Ross Evans
Bert Doddridge
Lord J. Hysell
Harry Hicks
Peter Godfrey
Fred White
H. P. Mayer
Dana R
Home Remedy Notice From Write Home Drug Co
An advertisement urges avoiding gallstone surgery by treating liver and gallbladder trouble at home. It promotes literature and a 28 year ratification claim, mentioning a prescription from a recognized specialist and promising a money-back guarantee. The ad provides a Minneapolis address and urges immediate purchase.
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Masonic Temple
Minneapolis
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Judge Scores Gas Company
Va Reco
Coca-Cola
Red Bird Mine
Glouster
Ohio River
W. V
To . Huntington
Hoovers
Southern Ohio Electric Co
United Light Property
C. 0. Miles
W. K. Smart
Fred Philson
Chester Simpson
L. E. Sayre
Marshal Earl Hart
James Simpson
H. W. Roush
Fred Bell
Martin Ritchmiller
Herman Wolfe
J. L. Wilcox
Dillon Cross
Howard Neigler
Board of Education
Francis Norris
Syracuse
Percy Williams
Joseph Hemsley
Will Matthewson
Richard Duckworth
John Duffy
Harry Potts
Harold R. Duckworth
Theo. Burris
John Guimther
Alpha Cottrill
J. W. Fields
T. W. Potts
Wm. Bath
Will Leifheit
J. C. Hallam
Harvey Holter
F. E. Holmes
W. F. Bartels
Dana Ables
Richard Rawlings
8. McBride
Henry Zeiher
J. J. Ables
C. A. Springer
C. H. Williams
Rutland
G. H. Prall
Ben H. Powell
Nora BE. McNaughton
H. A. Spires
Harvey. Johnson
A. H. Eblin
Earl King
W. C. Theobald
A. E. Barton
F. G. Mutchler
P. A. Jividen
Luckoff
Chauncey
Swanscon
Tod
Swanson Furniture Co
N. Court St
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