Off icers Raids Net Arrests in Pomeroy Saturday
Local officers report multiple raids in Pomeroy area on Saturday. A. O. Bostick from Middleport jailed on gambling law violation. Mrs. Hattie Barnes escaped after officers found home brew and brewing implements. Walter White and wife jailed from Thomas Fork for intoxication. Alva Stitt escaped while wife and contraband beer were seized at Vulcan camp on Thomas Fork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. O. Bostick
Middleport
Hattie Barnes
Alva Stitts
Vulcan Camp
Thomas Fork
Stitts
Pomeroy Designated Distance Point on Route 31
Pomeroy is named a key city on state highway maps for its location at the southern end of State Route 31 and the start of the West Virginia end of the Blue and Gray Trail. Distances from a central point are computed from Pomeroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
West Virginia
Meigs County To Receive State National Relief
An announcement from Columbus states Meigs County is the second county in the state to receive state and national employment relief due to drought troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Columbus
Meigs County
Drouth
Funeral of Ray Smith Draws Large Attendance in Pomeroy
The funeral in the Presbyterian Church of Ray Smith drew one of the largest crowds in years with attendees from far regions. The Rev. and Mrs. F O Weed led singing and delivered the sermon, the Masonic fraterni ty conducted ceremonies, and floral tributes filled the service notice prepared by a lodge brother.
Weekend Visits Spanning Indiana and Nearby States
Several families and individuals traveled, visiting relatives and friends across Indiana, Columbus, Charleston, Athens, Clifton, and Toledo. Notable trips include Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson returning from a two week motor tour, Miss Nella Kepler visiting from Columbus, and guests of Mary Buck and Peggy Stewart from Columbus over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. F. Ferguson
Indiana
Nella Kepler
Warren Kepler
Columbus
R. H. Horden
R. B. Laughead
Hordens
C. H. Horden
Mary Buck
Peggy Stewar
Beulah Porquer
Ofee
Colturmbus
J.V. Forauer
Max Lambert
Charleston
Jep Swisher
George Childers
Ariesion
Miss Fearn
James Murray
Jackson
Will Mar
Couple Married at Court House in Pomeroy
A Meigs County couple obtained a marriage license and were married by Justice R. G. Webster Saturday evening. Worley Mulford, 28, a Cheshire miner, wed Carrie Hysell, 21, of Middleport.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
R. G. Webster
Worley Mulford
Carrie Hysell
Middleport
Welding mishap narrowly misses Hobson Shops victim
A hot welding wire at Hobson Shops Saturday narrowly missed injuring Paul Ebershach as it sparked near an eye level area.
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Hobson Shops
Paul Ebershach
Pomeroy poet James Campbell remembered in town tribute
Pomeroy recalls James Edwin Campbell a Kerr's Run descendant and Chicago Inter Ocean poet who died of pneumonia after returning home in 1895. The piece highlights his hometown reading in the Pomeroy Baptist Church and features his poem Homesick with a longing for Kerr's Run and the old home place.
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Pomeroy
James Edwin Campbell
James Campbell
Kerr's Run
Chicago
Campbell
Kerr
Pomeroy Baptist Church
Weed Wholesale
Local notes and incidents from Pomeroy area
Miss Alice Morris enters Western College at Oberlin for a course. Miss Clara Feiger undergoes major surgery at Holzer Hospital. Ray Smith funeral draws visitors including Oliver Hartley and wife and the Mahel Race family from Baltimore. Burglars steal a radio from Lewis Stanley’s Kerrs Run garage Saturday night.
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Alice Morris
Edgar Morris
Pomeroy
Western College
Oberlin
Clara Feiger
Henry Feiger
Holzer Hospital
Ray Smith
Oliver Hartley
Columbus
Baltimore
Ohio
Lewis Stanley
Kerrs Run
Reception Honors New Pastor Rev Kreager in Middleport
The First Baptist Church in Middleport hosted a reception for Rev. and Mrs. F. Kreager, the new pastor and wife. Visitors from nearby churches attended while the orchestra led by Prof. Conrad Scholl opened the program. Guests enjoyed music, greetings, and a church dining room post reception.
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Middleport
First Baptist Church
F. Kreager
H. M. Cross
M. J. Hamilton
T. A. May
Scholl
Eichinger
Heath M. E. Church
Virgil Edwards
Cecil Root
A. R. Stark
The
Baptist Church
Pomeroy
Kreager
J. W. Byers
David Phillips
Minersville
J. O. Leonard
Local items and moves from Pomeroy and Columbus
Edward Graber of Pomeroy travels to Dayton to enter a university. Dr and Mrs FE W Downie of Columbus visit Pomeroy relatives. Virginia Geoglein, granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Tom Geoglein, remains in White Cross Hospital Columbus in serious condition after a Columbus wreck. Alice Smith, daughter of Mr and Mrs Guy Smith Rock Springs, had tonsil surgery Saturday.
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Edward Graber
Pomeroy
Dayton
Co. FE. W. Downie
Columbus
Virginia Geoglein
Tom Geoglein
C. D. Reed
White Cross Hospital
Alice Smith
Guy Smith
Funeral services for Louise Stanbery held at home
Hold Services Pomeroy reports funeral for Louise Stanbery at her residence at 4 pm. Afterward her ashes are buried beside her father Judge P B Stanbery and her sister Cecelia in Beech Grove Cemetery. Riding horses are given to Ithamer Weed near Five Points with a lifelong non sale condition, reflecting close Stanbery Weed family ties.
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Stanbery
Weed
Adlerika Helps Sleep Pure Art of Rest
An old ad promotes Adlerika as a remedy for stomach gas pressing on the heart, claiming a single dose relieves symptoms and aids sleep. It touts dual action on upper and lower bowel to remove poisons and says constipation eases in two hours. Available at Gibson's Athens, Hickman’s Nelsonville, Poling’s Coalville, and other area drugstores.
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Gibson's
Athens
Hickman's
Nelsonville
Poling
Murray City
Tavior’s
Coalville
Tortoise with D. D. Z. 1911 initials found on shell
I J Zuspan of Maggie W Va recalls finding a land tortoise on his Middleport farm. The shell bears D. D. Z. 1911 initials, likely for his nephew Donald Dean Zuspan of Marion. They planned to crate and send the animal, but could not locate it again. he hopes to recover it within about a dozen years.
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Middleport
I. J. Zuspan
Maggie
W. Va
Donald Dean Zuspan
Marion
Donald
E. J. Zuspan
New York Central shops to move to Cleveland
Mr and Mrs F B Powers return from Columbus and Bucyrus as New York Central shops are consolidated and moved at once to Cleveland. The Hobson shops partial move to Bucyrus occurred two years ago with many transfers, and the entire Bucyrus shops are also expected to move soon.
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Middleport
Powers
Columbus
Bucyrus
Hobson
New York Central
Cleveland
Local restaurant repairs include windows and porches
Co. W. Day at 25 Race Street completes alterations to the restaurant property. Two new windows are installed, a new front porch floor laid, and a rear porch added.
Fiend Murders Girl as She Sleeps in South Bend
Police probe a second teen slaying in three weeks after a man slipped into the Waltman home before dawn and slashed 17 year old Alice Waltman. The girl died in her mother's arms as crowds gathered nearby and detectives pursued leads including jealous suitors, but the case remained unresolved.
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South Bend
Ind
U.P
Marvine Appel
Henry Waltman
Waltman
Alice
Andrews Institute in Jeopardy Amid Political Rift
Charges that the Andrews Institute for Girls is controlled by politicians and that its future is at risk were voiced after a contentious board rump session in Gov. Cooper’s Columbus office on August 26. Carl R. Kimball, a Cooper ally and former House speaker, was named vice president and treasurer. The school, opened in 1910 as a girls vocational institution, faced controversy over funding.
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Willoughby
Andrews Institute For
Board of Trustees
Myers Y. Cooper
Columbus
Carl R. Kimball
Madison
Cooper
House of Representatives
Republican Executive Committee
Murder in Waitman home described by witnesses
Police guarded the Waitman house after a killing with rapid, silent entry by an unknown man. Neighbors saw a dark trousers wearer with sleeves rolled up enter the room where Alice and her young brother slept, leaving fingerprints and bloody marks as evidence. Eight other Waitman children remain in the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waitman
Alice
Richard
Henrietta
Evelyn
Pilot Bromley and Gatty Return to Japan After Ocean Route Test
American aviator Harold Bromley and co pilot Harold Gatty landed at Cape Shira Japan after an attempted nonstop flight from Aomori to Tacoma with 12 hours at sea. Fog and rain forced course changes but the orange Emsco monoplane was sighted near Jurles Islands and verified by radio intercepts.
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Tokio
U.P
Harold Bromley
Harold Gatty
Japan
Pacific Ocean
Aomori Prefecture
Tacoma
Wash
Cape Shira
Hiromley
Bromley
Pacific
Harold Fahy
Endowment Honors Margaret St Johns Andrews and Wallace Andrews
A 24 000 000 endowment is established by Margaret St Johns Andrews and her husband Wallace C Andrews in 1898 in a New York hotel. The gift marks a notable philanthropy linked to the Andrews name and late 19th century charitable efforts.
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Margaret St. Johns Andrews
Wallace C. Andrews
New York
Tammany Leader Indicted in 1927 Tax Case
Martin J. Healy a Tammany figure is indicted by a federal grand jury for failing to file a 1927 income tax return. The case follows allegations he received a $10,000 loan from Bertha Ewald shortly before her husband’s magistrate appointment in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Martin J. Healy
Healy
Bertha E. Ewald
George E. Ewald
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Mise Nannie Willock
Cheshire
Ebert Moore
Ya Moore
Wick
Jacks
Gilbert Hayes
Cust Street
Hayes
Chester Russell
John Svendson
Indianapolis
Harry Russell
Clifton
Frank Rice
Toledo
Effie Rice
H. Henne
John Wilson
Old John
Jim
Rev. Kreager
Fiend Olayeh
Girad
Willoughby Institution
Andrews Institute
Chesterfield
Liccerr & Myers Tospacco Co
of the Messenger
Tammany Leader
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