Welcome for Hemsley in Pomeroy homecoming event
Sept 27 report notes Ralston Hemsley of the Pittsburgh Pirates is honored with a homecoming planned in Pomeroy. A committee and band will greet him at Mason on Wednesday and invite him to a reception and banquet at Knights of Pythias Hall the next night. Tickets are limited and sale ends Monday.
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Ralston Hemsley
Hemsley
Pittsburgh Pirates
Mason
Knights of Pythias
Pomeoy
Magnolia Temple Pythian Sisters
Boston
Pittsburgh
Pomeroy Bond
Cooper presses direct tax repeal in campaign talk
Cleveland dispatch reports Myers Y. Cooper Republican gubernatorial candidate promising to eliminate Ohio direct tax and repeal Pence Public Utility Law. He denounces the Peace Law as special privilege and pledges reforms to Workmen's Compensation to ensure injured workers receive funds promptly. He spoke at East Cleveland Women's Republican Club gathering at Windermere Church.
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U.rp
Ohio
Myers Y. Cooper
Cooper
East Cleveland
Public Utilities Commission
Riot on Adelaide waterfront injures twelve workers
In Adelaide on September 27, about two thousand union workers striking over working hours marched on the Free Labor Bureau. Volunteers waiting to take the place of the strikers were beaten as riotous unrest left twelve people injured, some seriously, on the waterfront.
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Adelaide
Australia
AUP
Free Labor Bureau
Plac
Midport ward ballot dispute prompts count advice
In Pomeroy on Sept 27, the Middleport Second Ward contest between Fred Shiflet and William Robson sees 26 challenged absentee ballots held back by the County Election Board awaiting Columbus guidance. Prosecutor Peoples cites Attorney General opinion urging ballots be counted per General Code Sec. 5090, with the board expected to meet soon to decide.
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Pomeroy
Central Committee
Middleport
Fred Shiflet
William Robson
County Election Board
Columbus
Shifler
Robson
Peoples
Board of Deputy State Supervisors of Elections
Missionary Society Reorganizes at Simpson M E Church
The Foreign Missionary Society of Simpson M E Church re organized for the coming year at church on Tuesday evening. Elected officers include Mrs. H. V. Carl president Mrs. Charles Ebersbach vice president Mrs. H. C. Pownall secretary Mrs. Oliver Hartley treasurer and Mrs. Jessie Bee state W C T U organizer who spoke on political campaign issues.
Car Crash Injures Clarence Brown's Son and Stops School
In Middleport on September 27, Clarence Brown’s youngest son suffered a broken collar bone when the family car overturned. He will be unable to attend school for an undetermined period. Other occupants sustained only minor injuries.
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Middleport
Clarence Brown
Clarence Rupe
Visiting relatives and locals travel notes in Athens
Miss Kathleen Thomas of Jacksonville Fla visits her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs O J Markham and has been in Athens since Sunday visiting Mr and Mrs Ed Barker. Will Brown of Kenova W Va has been here two days visiting his sister Mrs Frank Leifheit and daughter Elizabeth at school. Mrs C O Fisher and daughters go to Heights W Va to stay with relatives until her husband returns from the East. C I Root installs a heating furnace for Conductor J Leonard as he remodels his home with a light basement. Mrs H P Brown of Akron spends the week with her father W A Giles and Lenore Giles awaiting her husband to join for visit before returning to Akron.
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Athens
Ed Barker
Will Brown
Kenova
W. Va
Frank Leifheit
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C. O. Fisher
Sara Janae
Nan
Heights
C. I. Root
H. P. Brown
Akron
Iw. A. Giles
Oliver Family Guests Visit Martins Ferry then Charleston
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Oliver and Ellsworth Oliver of Martins Ferry stayed with sister Mrs. Lilly Hysell in Middleport. They left for Charleston to visit Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Lee, then proceed to Hansford West Virginia to see Mrs. James Francis, whom Mrs. Hysell has not seen in 35 years.
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Lawrence Oliver
Ellsworth Oliver
Martins Ferry
Lilly Hysell
Hysell
Charleston
Alfred Lee
Hansford
W. Va
James’ Francis
Beeson Returns Home After Hospital Stay
Middleport reports R. B. Beeson known as Uncle Bob is back home after a month at Holzer Hospital recovering from a major surgery. Mrs. George Beasley who stayed with her sister during his absence has returned to Athens.
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R. B. Beeson
Uncle Bob
Holzer Hospital
George Beasley
Mr. Beeson
Athens
Trough Moved From Site of New Post Office
Concrete watering trough on Second Street in front of the new Post Office Building was loaded and hauled to a new site yesterday. The move ends a long serving public utility once central to the town’s horse and wagon era.
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Pomeroy
Second Street
Barbara Jane Meinhart Birthday Party At Home
Mrs. George Meinhart hosted a Tuesday afternoon party for her daughter Barbara Jane turning two. Sixteen neighborhood children attended from 3:30 to 5 o’clock, each bringing gifts. Ice cream cake and toy balloon favors completed the celebration.
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Barbara Jane
New Grocery Store Opening In Lincoln Street Block
Middleport residents learn a new grocery store will open next Monday in the H. J. Russell store room on Lincoln Street. Mrs. R. C. Tuckerman will run the business with help from daughter Mrs. Sidney Russell, while Mr. Tuckerman remains with The Meigs Grocery Company as a traveling salesman.
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Middleport
Lincoln Street
R. C. Tuckerman
H. J. Russell
Reed Steinbauer resigns from Pomeroy National Bank
Reed Steinbauer resigns after years of service at Pomeroy National Bank to pursue a different line of work. Edison Hobstetter begins new duties as his successor today.
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Pomeroy
Reed Steinbauer
Pomeroy National Bank
Edison Hobstetter
New York Central Band to Play at Mason County Fair
The New York Central Band traveled to Point Pleasant to perform for the Mason County Fair this week. It will play in the afternoons and evenings, starting yesterday.
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Middleport
New York Central
Point Pleasant
Orchard Day program explains pruned trees turning profit
At the Southeastern Ohio Test Farm Carpenter Orchard Day preparations outline converting unmarketable fruit trees into valuable producers. S. C. Hartman notes a Rome Beauty seedling now bears Golden Delicious and Cortland apples. McIntosh flavor cited. Cortlands persisting, McIntosh fruit largely already harvested.
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Southeastern Ohio
Carpenter
Rome
OSU Freshmen Welcome Ceremony Draws 3000 in Stadium
Three thousand first year students from 200 Ohio communities and 27 states gathered in the stadium tonight for a welcome by President George Rightmire. Several freshmen traveled from foreign lands to attend this kickoff event.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Ohio
George Rightmire
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