Raid Captures Large Meigs County Liquor Outfit
Pomeroy September 24. Sheriff’s officers seized a complete liquor manufacturing plant at the Phebe Lane farm near Tuppers Plains. Operator John Schultz and several items were arrested. The setup included three stills, a 150 gallon boiler, nine barrels of mash, and a house cellar operation. Schultz claimed he worked for wages and planned distribution from Parkersburg. He awaits a hearing in jail.
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Pomeroy
Meigs Country
Phebe Lane
Tuppers Plains
John Schultz
Schultz
Parkersburg
Pennsylvania
Council Discusses City Finances and Road Work
Middleport a Sept 24 A called meeting led by Mayor J E Harley with all council members present. Two appropriation ordinances passed. 9750 for paving No 7 Highway from Pomeroy line to Mill Street and 5000 for gravel and tar bound streets in the town's lower end. Other street matters were discussed.
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Middleport
J. E. Harley
B. F. Fultz, Jr
Corporation
Pomeroy
Mill Street
Local residents circulate with visiting friends and travels
Mrs H H Kent and daughter Kathleen returned from Columbus with Mr and Mrs W B Kent. A W B Covert after a week in Cincinnati came back. Miss Kathryn Petty left for Poughkeepsie to join a dramatic company. E C Willock went to Cleveland on a New York Central business trip. Mrs Errett Russell visits near Gallipolis. Bert Humphrey family and Charlies Mack visited Electa Hysell. Nan Weisman of Akron visited friends. Grand Lodge attendees from Fides Lodge include Dave Durst Roy Conway and F G Hunker with Conway as delegate and Hunker as state representative. Scott Willock returns to Bliss College in Columbus. C L Brooks and son Charles visited Guysville then returned with Foster Bean and Laura Barnett. G R McGhee and Marilyn were guests in Long Bottom. Harry Gaskill returns to work in Zanesville. Miss Clara Mae Hamilton and Bob Bowman attended a Baptist youth meeting in Gallipolis seeking interest for a local home society.
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Kathryn Petty
Alice Petty
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
E. C. Willock
Cleveland
New York Central Railroad
Errett Russell
Beard
Gallipolis
Bert Humphrey
Charlies Mack
Logan
Electa Hysell
Nan Weisman
Akron
Evelyn Lewis
H. Snider
Weisman
Dave Durst
Roy Conway
F. G. Hunker
Fides Lodge
No. 210
K. of P
Springfield
Grand Lodge
Conway
Hunker
Scott Willock
Bliss College
Columbus
Foster Bean
Laura Barnett
G. R. McGhee
Marilyn
Long Bottom
I. C. Matlack
Harry Gaskill
Zanesville
Paul Smart
Clara Mae Hamilton
Bob Bowman
Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
Emma Jean Smith Enters Columbus Beauty School
Miss Emma Jean Smith travels to Columbus to enter a beauty culture program. She will reside with Mrs. Phil Gibbs while studying, accompanied by her mother Mrs. J. K K. Smith who returned home Sunday.
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Middleport
Emma Jean Smith
Columbus
Evening Church Series Opens With Evangelism Topic
Wednesday evening meetings begin at the Church of Christ on the topic every Member Evangelism. Rev. Gardner, the pastor, plans a large turnout to start the study this evening. Gardner gives the lesson and Mrs. Eli Hartinger reads the devotional.
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Middleport
Church of Christ
Gardner
Eli Hartinger
Prisoner in Ohio Penitentiary Writes Flattering Letters
Timothy O'Brien, serving a life term for involvement in the murder and arson at Susan Rhoades's Willis Hill home four years ago, is described as a devoted reader of local papers. He subscribes to all and writes flattering letters to editors, later becoming one of the prison's teachers though he remains weak in spelling.
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Pomeroy
Timothy O'Brien
Ohio Penitentiary
Susan Rhoades
Wyllis Hill
Evangelist George L Ashton Leads Pomeroy Church Meetings
The Church of Christ in Pomeroy opens a series of evangelistic meetings led by George L Ashton of South Columbus with Win S Reed directing chorister work. Sermon topics include A Shrewd Tool and Power of Sin You Charm as crowds fill the new church auditorium.
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Pomeroy
Church of Christ
George L. Ashton
South Columbus
Fred I. Gardner
Miller duo attend army school sessions and conclave
Mr and Mrs David C Miller visited Dayton where he attended a two day contact army school. They then traveled to Cleveland to see Mr and Mrs D G Miller and attend a Knights Templar conclave. They will reach Columbus Friday for another two day contact army school as Young Miller pursues captain rank.
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Middleport
David C. Miller
Dayton
Contact Army School
Cleveland
D. G. Miller
Shaker Heights
Knights Templar
Odor on Ohio River at low pool noted in Meigs County
Farmers report dry ground and wells at low stage across Meigs County as rainfall fails to renew springs. In Pomeroy the Ohio River holds at pool stage and emits a strong odor along the riverfront at evening, likened to an open salt fish barrel when breeze shifts offshore.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Ohio
Bowman Brothers Robbed Two Stores in Separate States
The Bowman brothers allegedly held up a Newark Ohio store on Saturday, taking 40 dollars, and then robbed a Huntington West Virginia shop on Monday, escaping with 110 dollars.
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Pomeroy
Bowman Brothers
Newark
Ohio
Huntington
W. Va
Pom eroy High adds professor Flanegin to faculty
Local notes record Professor Flanegin joining the Pom eroy High School faculty amid other community updates. The column lists relocations, deaths, births, illnesses, and social visits across Pomeroy Meigs County and nearby areas with multiple named residents and institutions.
East Canaan Church Holds All Day Meeting
An all day meeting is planned next Sunday at East Canaan Church two miles east of Canaanville Rev B H Pugh will lead. Special music will be provided and a basket dinner will be served at noon.
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East Canaan Church
Canaanville
B. H. Pugh
West Virginia Democrats swam through Pom eroy restaurants
About 150 automobile loads of Western Virginia Democrats arrived in Pom eroy after a Parkersburg gathering. They swarmed the town at dusk and quickly cleaned out the local restaurants on Route No 7 as they headed home.
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Pomeroy
West Virginia
Parkersburg
Home on Rose Hill Destroyed by Fire
The Landers home on Rose Hill in Last Pomeroy was completely destroyed by a fire about 8 o'clock Tuesday night. Mr Landers was at work in Zanesville. Mrs Landers had left briefly to visit a neighbor. Only a chair on the porch was saved. a neighboring small house survived thanks to bucket brigade. Firefighters could not reach hydrants in the area. no insurance on the home and cause undetermined.
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Pomeroy
John Landers
Rose Hill
Baalmann's Gas Tablets Promoted for Stomach Gas Relief
An advertisement promises permanent relief from gas in the stomach and bowels with Baalmann's Gas Tablets. It claims to ease anxiety, heart palpitations, drowsiness after meals, and cold limbs by preventing gas pressure. The genuine yellow package is at Cline Pharmacy for a dollar.
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Baaimann
Baalmann
Cline Pharmacy
Seventeen Birthday Surprise For Myrtle Archer
Friends of Myrtle Archer held a surprise birthday party at her home in Middleport yesterday for her seventeenth birthday. Eighteen guests attended in her absence including Helen Owens Margaret Russell Evalyn Miller Geraldine Owens Maxine Harrah Geneva Duerr Martha Dorst Elmer Ely Delphia Wehrung Wesley Ely Carroll Pickens Harold Rust David Dorst James Russell Robert Peoples Charles Strauss and Charles Hess.
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Middleport
Myrtle Archer
Earl Archer
Helen Owens
Margaret Russell
Evalyn Miller
Geraldine Owens
Maxine Harrah
Geneva Duerr
Martha Dorst
Elmer Ely
Delphia Wehrung
Wesley Ely
Carroll Pickens
Harold Rust
David Dorst
James Russell
Robert Peoples
Charles Strauss
Charles Hess
Three Arrested for Intoxication in Bartels Grove
Syracuse Sept 24. Sheriff’s deputies arrested three men for drunken parties in Bartels Grove. The defendants David Mills Edward Mills and David Eyhon pleaded guilty before Justice F W Gilmore and were fined five dollars plus costs totaling 18 70 dollars each.
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Syracuse
Bartels’ Grove
the Grove
Pomeroy
F. W. Gilmore
David Mills
Edward Mills
David Eyhon
Health officer quarantines Rice family over diphtheria case
In Middleport on September 24 the health officer quarantined Homer Rice’s family after his 7-year-old son contracted diphtheria. The father says the illness is mild. The household includes three children.
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Middleport
Homer
Carnival Planned by Fee ney-Bennett Post at Pythian Park
Middleport reports Fee ney Bennett Post No 128 American Legion sponsoring a carnival at Pythian Park the week of October 6 with prizes and a ticket selling popularity contest for women.
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Middleport
Feeney-Bennett Post No. 128
American Legion
Pythian Park
New Years pardon granted to Ohio Penitentiary prisoner
Governor Myers Y. Cooper pardoned Charles Shoesky today on the Jewish New Year on the Board of Clemency recommendation.
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Columbus
Myers Y. Cooper
Charles Shoesky
Ohio Penitentiary
Board of Clemency
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