Conditions Better in Meigs County Says Official Report
An official Meigs County canvass sent to the State department reports brighter conditions than last year. Unemployment stands at 1,400 with expected declines as mines resume and highway work advances. Money in banks is up, Red Cross aid covers essentials, and a shift toward self sufficiency is noted as normalcy returns.
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Meigs County
Pomeroy
State Department
The
Red Cross
Pastor Honored by Letart Community Before Departure
The Ladies Aid Society and Sunday School members gathered at Mrs. H. M. Alexander’s home in Letart Falls on Monday evening to honor Rev. O Connor and his wife as they depart for Reedaville. The event featured xãfood, gifts including a gold watch for the minister and silverware for his wife, highlighting the community’s appreciation for their four years of service.
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Letart Falls
Ladies Aid Society
Mondey
Ming
H. M. Alexander
A. B. Alexander
Birth Announced for Daughter Virginia Hamilton
Middleport September 26 Professor and Mrs S A Fadely announce the birth of a daughter Virginia Hamilton born September 20.
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Middleport
Mre. S A. Fadely
Virginia Hamilton
Messenger Society Notices and Local Ads Highlighted
Local correspondent A Hartley promotes reader submissions for society news and locals. Telephone messaging lines and classified advertising services are advertised for The Messenger, with contact details for circulation and noted advertiser Sauvage at phone 453-L.
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A. Hartley
STAPF
Cali Dorm Sauvage
School Fight On Court Hears Motion in Williams Syracuse Affair
POMBROY Sept 26 The fight to block consolidation of Syracuse and Williams School districts moves forward as Prosecuting Attorney Clark asks to strike allegations from the petition. Judge Peoples sets next Monday for filing papers and a ruling. A temporary injunction blocks Williams students from attending Syracuse and shields Williams funds from the merged district plans.
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Pombroy
Struggie
Syracuse
Williams
Clark
Peoples
Williams District
All Around Meigs County Briefs
Lucinda Arnold sues Pearl Parker Bertha Parker and Nancy Walker Dill for 118.30 in promissory note and interest. Ohio Fuel Gas reports a Berea Grit well on George Davidson farm at Zion yielding 300000 cubic feet daily. A Pomeroy dam flow test shows about gallons per minute. Charlie Burton grows a 36 pound sugar pumpkin. A R Curry has 12 foot high corn stalks. Charles Jones, Wilkesville, charged with arson after the Chapman fire. Hess Nichols moves from Pomeroy to Syracuse. A stolen Athens car found abandoned near Forest Run Church. Meigs County officers investigated.
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Mengqs County
Lucinda Arnold
Pearl Parker
Bertha Parker
Nancy Walker Dill
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Berea
George Davidson
Zion
Pomeroy Gun Club
Charlies Burton
Pomeroy
A. R. Curry
Dyesville
Charles Jones
Wilkesville
Chapman
Hess Nichols
Wallace
Syracuse
Athens
Forest Run
Meigs County
Nelsonville Greyhounds Practice Under Lights in Middleport
Nelsonville Greyhounds coached by Hannah with about 21 players practiced Wednesday night under floodlights at Middleport Stadium. The Greyhounds will play the Middleport Yellow Jackets Friday night at Middleport Stadium.
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Middleport
Nelsonville Greyhounds
Hannah
Middleport Stadium
Middleport Yellow Jackets
Greyhounds
Meigs County Plans 62000 Ballots for Next Election
After working through Wednesday night the Meigs County Board of Elections determined more than 62000 ballots are needed to supply voters at the next election with 8000 for justice of the peace. The printing contract will be awarded next Monday.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Woman Pleads for Help Over Food Waste in Meigs County
A Meigs County mother of seven writes Governor George White claiming surplus fruit and vegetables at her farm will go to waste. She cannot obtain money to buy cans and her store credit is poor. She asks for 400 cans to store for winter. The letter is referred to local officials for action.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
George White
John Pence Dies in Pomeroy Funeral Set
John Pence aged 61 died at the Johnson home in Pomeroy second ward at midnight Wednesday. He is survived by wife and three children Sirson Mc Ginnis Marion Ghie Ela Gibbs Wellsburg W Va and son James Pence whose residence is unknown. Funeral from Finsterwald Funeral Home Saturday at 10 am with burial in Beech Grove.
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Pombdroy
John Pence
Johnson
Pomeroy
Sirson McGinnis
Marion
Ghie
Ela Gibbs
Wellsburg
W. Va
James Pence
Finsterwald
Beech Grove
Funeral visitors attend W H Burton service
Sept 25 relatives gathered in Middleport for the W H Burton funeral. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Roy Burton, Mr and Mrs Will Burton and their children, Mr and Mrs Price Carter and two children, Mr Will Scroges and three children, Mrs Lelia Burton and sons John and Par Ed Devis, Mr and Mrs Clarence Kent, W E B and Ed Kent, Daiphe and Doris Jones, and Mr and Mrs Charlies Kent, all of Columbus.
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Middleport
W. H. Burton
Roy Burton
Will Burton
Price Carter
Will Scroges
Lelia Burton
John
Par Ed Devis
Clarence Kent
W. EB
Ed Kent
Daiphe
Doris Jones
Charlies Kent
Columbue
Last of 14 Children Dies After Porch Fall in Hobson
Sept 25. Mrs. John Fry known as Aunt Rhoda dies after falling from a second story porch at her Hobson home. She was the last of 14 children, daughter of William and __Higsell__. Her husband and three stepsons survive. Skull crushed, right arm fractured.
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Middleport
John Fry
Rhoda
Hobson
William Higsell
Wallace Reed jailed in Pomeroy for liquor law violation
Wallace Reed born in 1874 was brought to jail in Pomeroy from Five Points on a liquor law violation charge. He is the twenty fourth prisoner there. manufacturing equipment said to belong to Reed was also brought in, except a cell that officers could not locate.
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Pomeroy
Wallace Reed
Reed
Remarkable Court Records in Athens Hospital Commitments
Probate records in Pomeroy show a string of notable hospital commitments in Athens. On April two patients with consecutive numbers were admitted the same day. one discharged April 18, the other remained. In May two more consecutive entries were admitted, one died August 18, the other survives. September 18 saw admissions 10,670 and 10,671, the first dying September 21, the second expected to live only briefly.
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Pomeroy
Athens
Middleport Notes on Local Residents and Activities
Lawrence Curtis of Middleport returns home from the West and will enroll as a freshman at Ohio State University on September 28, pursuing civil engineering with his sisters in Columbus. Tom Amos, 87, arrived in Baltimore safely on a trip.朗 Edger Tuckerman and bride arrive from Wadena Minnesota to visit relatives. J Wilson, Civil War veteran on Hooker Street, ill at home with daughter. Church of Christ midweek service draws 61. church attendance remains high summer.
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Middleport
Lawrence Curtis
South Third Avenue
Middleport High School
American Telephone Company
West
Columbus
Ohio State University
Speed Pickens
Will Amos
Baltimore
Tom Amos
Edgar Tuckerman
Wadena
Minn
Rue Tuckerman
Ralph Parson
Bernard Siebert
Gadson
Ale
J. Wilson
Hooker Street
Ed Persone
Church of Christ
Local Notes On College Move In And Travel
Neal graduates from Middleton High in 1928 leaves for Rio Grande College to join football team. Ohio area families visit relatives, missives note deaths and health updates including Mrs Frye’s family in Columbus and Mr Washington’s illness and surgery near Sprigg West Virginia.
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Rev Neal
Middleport High School
Rio Grande
Rio Grande College
Ray
George Frye
Lawrence
Columbus
Neaase
Hyde to probe beer production impact on farming
Secretary Arthur M. Hyde announced a personal inquiry into the economic effects of resuming pre prohibition beer production. The investigation will assess how many farmers might gain employment in hops and barley cultivation if the Prohibition Act is amended.
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Washington
Arthur M. Hyde
Hyde
Twins Die in Train Crash Near Norwalk Greenwich
The bodies of 21 year old twins Niles and Nelson Snyder were identified by Warren Snyder of Louisville as his sons. The brothers were killed when a Big Four passenger train struck their motor truck at Greenwich near Norwalk on Thursday morning.
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Norwalk
Warren Snyder
Louisville
Niles
Nelson
Greenwich
Here
Dial Dial Tone Crusade Against Dial Telephone
New York reports Shaemas O Shiel offered to lead a crusade against the dial telephone after service was cut for nonpayment. At the Public Service Commission he recounted complaints about dial operator procedures and profanity he allegedly used in disputes over dialing.
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New York
Shaemas O'Shiel
New York Telephone Company
O'shiel
Public Service Commission
Mysterious Remedy Promises Rapid Relief for Baby Cold
Reported to treat a baby’s cold with 666 Salve and unnamed preparations. Claims include headache and neuralgia relief within 80 minutes and a three day follow up, with early checks on the first day and Munisha noted on the third day.
Court transcript notes emotional tension in recess confrontation
A witness recounts shouting during a dispute about a company. During a recess, Shaemas left to call his wife and returned pale. He says he intended to call his wife but ended up addressing an operator, reflecting a charged courtroom moment.
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Shaemas
Widow Freed on Charge of Murdering Husband
Mrs Louise F Marshell was acquitted of murdering her husband Thomas K Marshall and released to return to Tucson to run the Louise F Marshall Foundation aiding hospitals students and the poor. The jury found she was temporarily unbalanced when she shot him as he slept.
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Nogales
Ariz
U.P
Louise F. Marshell
Tucson
Widow of Civil War Voter in Conneaut
Mrs. Phoebe Titterington age 68 of Conneaut is the widow of three Civil War veterans. She married Peterman who died from war injuries, Leck who died in 1897, and a third soldier, with her later widowhood lasting decades. She has five children, grandchildren and 42 great grandchildren and collects a government pension as the widow of her first husband.
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Conneaut
Phoebe Titterington
Neaut
Peterman
Adam Leck
Leck
Titterington
Titerington
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