Mystery death of Fadifa remains unsolved in Wheeling
A stranger found hanged near Wheeling is feared to be Mike Fadifa of Bridgeport. Reports tie relatives in Byesville and Pleasant City, with authorities leaning toward murder. Coroner coordinates with Cambridge, Byesville and Pleasant City police to uncover the truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fadifa
Cambridge
Byesville
Wheeling
Rogers
Pittsburg Coal Co
Pittsburg
Mike Sadish
Mike Bockrick
Pleasant City
Obsequies Of Robt Agar Held In Barnesville
Funeral services for Robert Agar aged Civil War veteran and Barnesville resident were held Friday at 2 PM at the Barnesville home. Rev P A Hawkins led the service with a large G A R attendance. Interment followed at Greenmount cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Agar
John Agar
Barnesville
P. A. Hawkins
Main Street
Agar
Greenmount Cemetery
Pythian Sisters Install Officers in Local Lodge
The regular Pythian Sisters meeting at the K of P hall installed officers for the coming year after initiating a new member. Elected leaders include Mrs. A. J. Kistler as P C and Mrs. D. W. Nossett as M of C. A social hour followed with refreshments served by six committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pythian Sisters
K. of P. Hall
A. J. Kistler
P. C
D. W. Nossett
Lillie Simpson
Moorehead
Ben Hilderbrand
Farm expansion boosts Wills township holdings
David Touvell of Wills township closed a contract in town on Thursday adding another farm to his trio of Wills township properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Touvell
Wills Township
Mr. Touveil
Lack of Good Hitching Posts Plagues Cambridge
The Cambridge rural mail carriers led by Joseph Pyles seek city action to install hitching posts. With no posts in the post office alley and property owners forbidding tying to fences, drivers endanger life and property by leaving horses in the street. Farmers and travelers urge visible racks and posts to avoid tying to telegraph poles or doors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Joseph Pyles
Henry Glenn
Uncle Sam
Peron
East Liverpool Saloonkeepers Fined After Sunday Selling
Six East Liverpool saloon keepers were fined 50 and costs by the Mayor for Sunday selling. Spectators praised the decision while threats were made toward informers. The Ohio Anti-Saloon League denied employing detectives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne B. Wheeler
East Liverpool
Ohio Anti-Saloon Feague
Ohio Anti-Saloon League
Walker pacer wins in Dalesbury racing meet
Word from Dalesbury Kentucky reports that Dr Walker the pacer recently sold by Alex Blair to James Warne won the 2 30 pace at Dalesbury Thursday confirming the result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalesbury
Dr. Walker
Alex Blair
James Warne
Mrs Jane Willis Recovers From Long Illness
Mrs Jane Willis of the Glass Plant addition has been very ill for some time but is rapidly recovering now after a period of serious illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Willis
Glass Plant
Guernsey County Output Highlights 1906 Agriculture Report
Guernsey County shows strong manufacturing tied to farming with 1906 figures: wheat 11,929 acres planted producing 180,38 bushels. oats 6,311 acres yielding 146,758 bushels. corn 16,125 acres producing 662,665 bushels. potatoes 614 acres yielding 62,970 bushels. tobacco 179 acres at 219,965 pounds. milk sales 168,193 gallons. butter 450,487 pounds from home dairies. eggs 596,066 dozen. apples 196,616 bushels. pears 757 bushels. woodland 30,465 acres. pasture 132,877 acres. cultivated 74,773 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guernsey
West
Cool head saves lad from injury in alley collapse
Thursday evening a stairway collapse in the alley behind the National Hotel nearly injured a boy. Paul Singer, living with his parents, caught a loose step with a flying leap and pulled himself to safety, escaping serious harm. His sister Mrs. Hayes Buford resides in the Robert Brown building nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Singer
National Hotel
Hayes Buford
Robert Brown
Soldiers Reunion at McCandlass Grove Claysville
The annual soldiers reunion and picnic will be held in McCandlass grove near Claysville on Wednesday August 21. All old soldiers are invited and a cordial welcome given. A detailed program will be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCandlass Grove
Claysville
Milnersville and Area Family Visits Mentioned
Utica resident Mr. Howard Severns visits his parents in Milnersville. Mrs. Richard Allison and Cambridge family visit her father Jesse McKinney. Mrs. Leah Allison returns from time with Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Shipman. Mrs. Clara Devault leaves Detroit to her home. Miss Fan Rosamond visits Newark friends. Willie Brashear and Columbus kin visit Sara Brashear. Mrs. B. S. Cowden makes a summer kitchen in a coalhouse. Birmingham reports a wet spell in recent days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Severns
Utica
Richard Allison and
Cambridge
Jesse McKinney
Leah Allison
Mrs. W. B. Shipman
Clara Devault
S. B. Hazlett
Bso
Detroit
Michigan
Fan Rosamond
Newark
Ohio
Willie Brashear
Columbus
Sara Brashear
Farmers Telephone Co Incorporation in Quaker City
The Farmers' Telephone Co of Quaker City is incorporated with 3000 dollars capital stock by W W James Isaac Cline George Lyman J W Warehime J R Bates and W L Morris Judge J H McGinnis appoints H F McDonald to the Soldiers Relief Commission of Guernsey county to fill the vacancy created by E F Meeks resignation effective August 1st McDonald a Civil War veteran served as Sergeant of Co H 122nd O V I and his appointment pleases local veterans
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Telephone Co
Quaker City
W.W. James
Isaac Cline
George Lyman
J. W. Warehime
J. R. Bates
W. L. Morris
J. H. McGinnis
H. F. McDonald
East Steubenville Avenue
Soldiers’ Relief Commission
Guernsey County
E. F. Meeks
McDonald
Co. H
City recovers funds from Commercial Bank loss
The city reports recovery of over half the 19000 loss from the Commercial Bank. Asa H. Baxter lists 11868.28 from stockholders liability and 841.19 unpaid subscriptions dividend, plus 991.62 ven per cent from Orme and Okey and 1983.24 ten per cent. School funds show 1784.43 stockholders liability and 271.25 unpaid subscriptions, 322.14 five per cent from receivers and 644.28 ten per cent, with 6000 from bondsmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Bank
Asa H. Baxter
Orme and Okey
Baxter
Courthouse News Briefs from Ohio Courts and Real Estate
Marriage licenses issued to Clyde Sherrard and Edna Warehime. Perry Davis and Cora Gray. Melvin Nicholson and Mae Secrest. Probate filings include final account for Delilah Skinner and accounting by John G Williams estate. guardianship for Leroy Lawrence. Lenna McGill adjudged epileptic and hospitalized. Real estate transfers list multiple lots in Derwent, Washington, Hartford, Cumberland, and Byesville with sale prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Sherrard
Coshocton
Edna B. Warehime
Pleasant City
Perry W. Davis
Cora Gray
Cambridge
Melvin M. Nicholson
Mae Secrest
Byesville
John G. Williams
A. W. Nicholson
T. A. Bonnell
Guardian
Leroy G. Lawrence
Lenna McGill
Monroe Township
Gallipolis
Grant Rodgers
Mamie Sykes
J. Arthur Lykes
Jesse Rowland
Clara Rowland
Derwent
S. E. McLaughlin
Clara A. Rolands
Armintha Dugan
Sarah C. Temple
Washington
A. E. Wycoff
Wm. L. Secrest
Hartford
Owen Nelson
J. C. Young
Cumberland
J.F. Steele
John Ross
Carson
T. W. Long
Martha Shriver
Auto mobiles Crash Head On Near Coney Island
New York July 19 two joyride autos traveling at express speed collided on Ocean Parkway. One man Thomas F. Donovan of New York died when the machine he drove with no light was impaled on its own spokes. Chapman Ropes also injured as his car hit the other head on at about forty miles an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Coney Island
Ocean Parkway
Thomas F. Donovan
Donovan
Chapman Ropes
Missionary Thomson to Return to New York as Wife Ill
Relatives east of the city receive a letter from Rev. T. N. Thompson Presbyterian missionary in China stating he sailed June 30 and will reach Seattle around June 25 en route to New York where his wife is seriously ill in a hospital. Mrs Thompson, also a former missionary, returned home for health reasons and may accompany him to Cambridge and Guernsey county if her condition allows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. N. Thompson
China
Seattle
Wash
New York City
Rev. Thompson
Cambridge
Guernsey County
Miss Pierce Wins the Medal at Byesville Event
A large crowd greeted the Silver Medal contest at Hutton's Opera House Byesville Thursday evening. The program featured acts by Grace Bingham Hazel Slay Audre Conner Gale Long Ethel Pierce Ethel Barnes Beulah Burt and The Ride of Jennie McNeal. The medal presented by Miss Martha Lee went to Ethel Pierce with John A Bliss giving the speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutton
Byesville
Harry Green
John A. Buss
James Joyce
W. H. Gregg
Cambridge
Grace Bingham
Alaska
Hazel Slay
Audre Conner
Buzzard’s Point
Gale Long
Rodney
Ethel Pierce
Tim
Jennie McNeal
Martha Lee
John A. Bliss
County Sheep Damage and Dog Tax Report Summary
County Auditor Wallace reports 382 sheep killed by dogs and 243 wounded last year, totaling 645. Damages total 1907.25 with 3297.07 dog tax collected. Paid 2072.75 in claims to owners and injured persons, leaving 12243.2 net from dog tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Local News and Notices from Guernsey County
Birth announced for a son born to Mr and Mrs W A Heade north of the city on Tuesday July 16 editor W H Geary died at his mother’s home near Hiramsburg Friday July 12 aged 34 Surgeon and former Caldwell Press editor remembered as bright and capable Memorial for 122d Ohio Volunteer Infantry set for October 8 1907 in Zanesville Col William H Ball died in March aged 89 Political appointments to Guernsey County Board of Deputy Supervisors of Election to be made about August 1 with J W Creamer and James B Stewart named by party committees retiring members listed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Geary
Caldwell Press
Hiramsburg
122D
Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Zanesville
William H. Ball
Republican Executive Committee
J. W. Creamer
Monroe Township
Democratic Executive Committee
Jams B. Stewart
Cambridge Township
Guernsey County
Wm. Lowry
Jeperblican
W. R. Spraguever
Wm. E. Mo
Thomas
Susan Forshey
Forshey
M. H. Latchet
North 8Th Street
Cambridge
Everett
Anna Forshey
Roxie Latcher
Funeral of Geo W Feaster at Byesville home
The funeral of Geo. W. Feaster was held at his daughter Mrs. Geo. W. Dillon’s home Thursday afternoon. Rev. W. H. Wilson of Byesville Baptist church conducted the service. A large crowd of relatives friends and neighbors attended to pay tribute to the respected citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. W. Feaster
Geo. W. Dillon
W. H. Wilson
Byesville Baptist Church
West Lafayette Chickens Impress With Feats
Al Renner claimed his Plymouth Rock rooster swallowed an 18 inch garter snake after contact with his foot. The West Lafayette Indicator notes the chicken’s easy performance and adds that Yate Latham opened a hen’s spare ribs and found hay removed from her craw yet she laid eggs the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Renner
Plymouth Rock
West Lafayette
Yate Latham
Old Time Quilting Bee Held Thursday
The Missionary Society of the First United Presbyterian church hosted an all day quilting party. A quilt was started in the morning and finished by nine at night and a hearty lunch was served at noon. The finished quilt will accompany clothing sent to a southern mission school.
Miss Mary E. Clark Plans Cleveland Visit
Miss Mary E. Clark of North 10th street left Friday morning to visit her uncle Ross Pack and family in Cleveland. Stacy H. Taylor of Middlebourne, who had been visiting at Oldham's Station, was in town Thursday on his way home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Clark
North 10Th Street
Ross Pack and Family
Cleveland
Stacy H. Taylor
Middlebourne
Oldham
J. W. Wilcoxen
Letonia
Market Street Baptists Choose New Pastor
The Market Street Baptist Church of Zanesville has extended a call to Rev. Rolla E. Brown to become pastor, replacing Rev. T. B. Caldwell who resigned to take a post in Syracuse New York. The church runs a Sabbath School of about 1000 under Attorney H E Baker of Zanesville. Caldwell’s departure followed his role in building a new church and was mourned by the congregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptists
Market Street Church
Zanesville
Rolla E. Brown
T. B. Caldwell
Syracuse
New York
Ohio
H.,. E. Baker
Mr. Caldwell
FAKES UNDER G ROY BOYD SIGHS OVER GLASS PLANT DISPUTE
The Packers at the Crystal Glass Plant Martins Ferry reach an agreement with manager G Roy Boyd ending a labor dispute. Workers return to work immediately and the plant’s operation won’t be handicapped. Imperial Glass Plant Bellaire resumes after summer shutdown following a conference and scale agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martins Ferry
G. Roy Boyd
Cambridge Glass Co
Imperial Glass
Bellaire
Local Notices on Movers and Travel Plans
Wilson Cox of South 9th street accepts a traveling salesman post with the Cambridge Art Pottery Co. Mrs. J. W. Wilcoxen, on a short visit here, left Friday for Letonia Pennsylvania. A. Dean of North 5th street will soon depart for extended visits in Illinois and Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Cox
South 9Th Street
Cambridge Art Pottery Co
A. Dean
North 5Th Street
Illinois
Oklahoma
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Long
George Thompson
Mike Fadifa
Bridgeport
Joe Georgitsos
Old Country
America
Guernsey CO
Lad
B .S. Cowden
Birmingham
Courthouse News
Delilah Skinner
J. B. Ferguson
Admr
Common Pleas
Millikin National Bank
J. W. Campbell
Grifith
Imperial Mining Co
Sarah C. Be
Isaac J. B. Watson
O. V. Wells
Miss Pierce
W. A. Heade
Grim Reaper
Bertha Case
Charles Forney
O. J. Case
Coshoct
C. M. Eddy
the Baptist Church
Laura Worthing
James Mercer
High Hill School House
Lafayette
Market Street Baptists
Dandruff
Ayer
J.C. Ayer Co
Lowell
Mass
Shoop
Starrh
Europe
Dr. Shoop
Neille
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