Council Hearings on Utilities Mark Busy Village Meeting
The Pomeroy council and Middleport board met Monday due to Labor Day, critiquing the Pomeroy and Middleport Telephone Co and the electric street car line. Officials pressed for improved service, with a new vehicle ordinance and street upgrades discussed, while presidents Oppenheimer and Morgan faced sharp questions about funding and delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy and
Middleport
Oppenheimer
Mr. Morgan
Pomeroy and Middleport
William Miller
Water Co
Sings
Public Service Corporation
Pomeroy
Main Street
H. W. Ry
Water Company
Union Avenue
Miller
Morgan
Pomeroy and Middleport Telephone Co
William Muller
J. H. Williams
J. B. Lindsey
Openheimer
Telephone Company
Williams
State Utilities Commission
Council
Uncle Sam
Burleson
J. B. Downing
Aged Lady Injured In Fall At Home
Mrs Katherine Reinhart about 70 fell on stone steps behind her home yesterday forenoon suffering a fractured rib and other bruises. She was resting as comfortably as possible under the circumstances at last report.
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Katherine Reinhart
Funeral rites for F A Roush held at home
Funeral services for F A Roush who died Sunday were conducted at the family residence with Rev I J Medford presiding. Interment followed at Beach Grove cemetery. The Meigs county draft board prepared for the large registration class next Thursday with an estimated 2400 to 2600 registrants.
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F. A. Roush
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Death notices for Marguerite Will and Edith Grant
Mrs Marguerite Will aged 75 died Monday at her Sutton township home. Funeral service was held Wednesday at 2 30 pm and Mizpath cemetery interment. Miss Edith Grant, long ill, died Monday in Middleport. She leaves parents Mr and Mrs Ed Grant four sisters Mary Pearl Bertha Norma and one brother Edward. Funeral service was held this afternoon at 2 o'clock.
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Marguerite Will
Sutton Township
Mizpath
Edith Grant
Middleport
Mia
Ed Grant
Mary
Pearl
Bertha
Norma
Edward Grant
Local Mix of War News and Community Notes
In Italy fighting is mentioned as Mrs. Ella Wise reports a letter from son Arthur on the bare front. Wm Zahl returns from an eight day furlough to Great Lakes Naval training camp hospital department. Local families host visits and travel between Pomeroy, Pittsburgh, Columbus, and Middleport with notes on employment prospects and relatives.
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Italy
Ella Wise
Arthur
Wm. Zahl
Pomeroy
Great Lakes Naval Training Camp
Local Notes on Residents Traveling for Jobs and Visits
Miss Helen Hood left for Cleveland to work after a visit with her parents in Minersville. Susan Park is home in Middleport after a two week Columbus visit. Hannah Owens and Hanna Jenkins are Youngstown visitors. Bu na Morrison returned to Cincinnati after visiting Pomeroy Bend friends. Mrs. G D Marvin and daughter returned to Cincinnati after Syracuse relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Geyer, now in Indianapolis, visited Bend friends before returning home. Dallas Browning went to Delaware to attend school. Harve Elberts family returned to New Straitsville after Bend relatives visit. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Oram returned to Jacksonville after visiting Pomeroy kin. Matty Graber returned to Columbus employment after a week with home folks. Kathaleen Bearda left for Columbus to visit sister Mrs Homer Bradfield. Jack Dean of Rutland moved to McArthur for work. Frank Race of Evansville, Ind., visiting his father in Lincoln Hill. Frank Schwartzwalder on a week’s vacation. Mr. and Mrs. J M Faris and Randolph, and Mrs. William Eiselstein returned to Youngstown by car after a visit with John Genheimer’s home and were taken as far as Athens by Alfred Genheimer. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Pratt and children home from West Lafayette, Ohio. Laverne Hench, who visited the Ebersbachs, returned to Youngstown. Helen Laughead of Middleport will leave for Lexington to enter Hamilton College accompanied by her sister Mary for a short visit before returning to O S A Columbus. Grace Pauley of Charleston is a guest of her sister Mrs J W Kineald in Middleport.
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J. M. Faris
Randolph
William Eiselstein
Youngstown
John Genheimer
Athens
Alfred Genheimer
Helen Laughead
Middleport
Lexington
Hamilton College
Mary
Columbus
Methodist Church
W. H. Arthur
Amanda Sayers
Amesville
Wooley
A. C. Law
Ruth Law
Opal Six
Lavaliere
Amazon Bros
Christian Endeavor Society
Chauncey Church of Christ
Loyal Rivers
Mill Street
Kittle of
Glouster
T. R. Hamilton
Chauncey
Frost
Russell
Forest Lewis
Milo Forest
Leone Six
B. F. Timmons
Church of God
Gail Figgins
Nelsonville
Guy Brookins
Millfield
High Street
Chauncey Public Schools Open With Large Enrollment
Chauncey public schools opened Monday morning to a very large enrollment with pupils still arriving. The district will announce the total enrollment in a forthcoming update. High school teachers include Prin D O Chap pen, Miss Katzenback, and Miss Her old. other staff are Miss Bradfield, Miss Watkins, Miss Tucker, Miss Fouty, Miss Merry, and the seventh grade teacher to be supplied this week. Prof C R Cline serves as superintendent again. Abraham Wilson spent recent days visiting friends in Pittsburg.
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Chauncey Public Schools
Prin. D. O. Chappen
Katzenback
Herold
Miss Bradfield
Watkins
Tucker
Fouty
Merry
C. R. Cline
Lawn fete at pastor's home in Chauncey Tuesday
The Methodist church plans a lawn fete at Pastor Rev. W. H. Arthur's home Tuesday evening with ice cream and homemade cake for attendees. The public is invited.
Woman Credits Tanlac With Restored Appetite and Health
Mrs John McBride of Cincinnati says Tanlac cured prior stomach distress dizziness and headaches enabling her to eat freely without discomfort She reports rapid improvement after taking a full bottle and recommends Tanlac from Cline's Pharmacy for others seeking relief.
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Taniac
John McBride
Hopkins Steel
Cincinnati
Tanlac
Cline’s
Rally Day Program at Troy Grange September 14
Coolville Sept 10 The Troy Grange rally day program lists speeches by Frank Arnold Herbert Dut ton Rev Harry Such and Mrs Earl Clark plus demonstrations on war bread and cake by Anna Warren Sarah Shields Nana Safreed and a quartet recitation The event urges full attendance and Grange school cooperation with a call to members to attend and participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolville
Troy Grange
America
Messrs
Frank Arnold
Herbert Dutton
Harry Such
Grange
Earl Clark
Edgar Dixon
Ray Clark
Laura Gunder
Anna Warren
Sarah Shields
Nana Safreed
Farmers Ideal Wife
Ben Davis
Dent couple celebrated thirtieth wedding anniversary in Hebbardsville
About sixty friends gathered at the Dent country home for a supper and social hour in honor of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Dent. Guests included William McLain Isaiah Johnson James Johnson ill Johnson Will Hoisington Clare Vorkes Clarence Johnson and others. The gathering ended with ice cream and cake as they hoped for many more anniversaries together.
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Ill Johnson
Will Hoisington
Laura
Clare Vorkes
Clarence Johnson
Clarence Mathews
Faye
Sherman Parker
Dorothy
George Wakefield
Waldron
Harley
Tinker
Vera
Ada Parker
Glen
Marion
Myron
Herbert Moore
Allen
Charles Moore
W. T. Sprague
T. L. Henry
Frank
Eleanor
William Austin
Evelyn
Marion Johnson
Donald
Carl Vanderwort
Dena
Lenna
Mary
Laura Gift
John Gift
Dent
A. E. Dent
Clara
Mrs. Dent
Neutrone Prescription 99 Promises Rheumatism Relief
An ad claims Rheumatism affects facial expression and nerves and touts Neutrone Prescription 99 as a universal remedy. It asserts joint and muscle relaxation, relief from pain, and urges readers to buy a 50 cent or one dollar bottle from McKee Drug Co. and other druggists.
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McKee Drug Co
Unclaimed wills advertised for Sept 24 1918 filing
Sept 10 1918 list names Barnes Bennett Butler Coata Fleck Glass Hart Lee McDaniel McDowell Martin Marks Thompson Versons call for all to respond that they were advertised. Unclaimed wills to be sent to The Dead Office Sept 24 1918.
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Barnes
Ben R. Bennett
Emma Butler
Burt B. Case
J. G. Coata
Rosa. Fleck
Ney Glass
F. J. Hart
Edward Lee
R.L. McDaniel
Art McDowell
FE. M. Martin
Elizabeth
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Messenger
Second Street
Postoffice
L. H. A. Foulk
Mre
L. H. R. Foulk
Lindsay
The
Williams Roiler Works
Mr. Miller
S. S
Edgar Ervin
County War Savings Committee
War Savings
J. E. Haymen
Clarence Casto
Pittsburgh
Kathleen Haymen
Pittsburg
Margaret Davis
Mrs. W. G. Davis
Jess Farber
Mrs
Max Farber
George Wygatt
Alberta
J. M. Wygatt
O. L. Bradford
Mrs. Ben Powell
Rutland
Helen Hood
Cleveland
Ohio
James Hood
Minersville
Susan Park
Hannah Owens
Hanna Jenkins
G. D. Marvin
Syracuse
Samuel Geyer
Indianapolis
Ind
Bend
Dallas Browning
Delaware
Harve Elberts
New Straitaville
Walter Oram
Jacksonville
Matty Graber
Kathaleen Bearda
Homer Bradfield
Jack Dean
McArthur
Frank Race
Evansville, Indiana
W. A. Race
Lincoln Hill
Frank Schwartzwalder
Lee Pratt
West Lafayette
Laverne Hench
George Ebersbach
Grace Pauley
Charleston
J. W. Kineald
Abraham Wilson
California
D. Zenner CO
Opera
Revue Ameusement Co
Ned Ford
Broadway
McKee’s
Eis
PharmacyCo
William Fox
William Farnum
Lassiter, the Avenger
Zane Grey
Riders OF the Purple Sage
Great Southwest
Constance Talmadge
Olumbia
Theatr
Paraita
Louise Glaum
Harry Morey
F. J. Beasley
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