Leisure murder trial grips Noble county crowds
Caldwell Ohio March 12. The James Harvey Leisure murder trial opens with intense public interest. Judge Mackey arrives from Cambridge as jurors are impaneled amid sharp challenges from both sides. Prosecutor Smith and defense attorneys Kuntz and Harding preside over a case built on a 1905 shooting at the Carlisle Stock township home of William Leisure. The trial features heavy witness lists, a large venire, and a tense juror selection process as communities watch closely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Leisure
James Leisure
Noble County
Carlisle
Stock Township
Leisure
Sen
Issogurt
James Harvey Leisure
Carowell
Cambridge
Caldwell
Tein
Kuntz
Morris
Ohio House of Representatives
Yen. Benj. F. Spriggs
Sarahsville
Pleasant City Community Notices and Illness Report
Grandmother Young is seriously sick with pneumonia. Mr and Mrs B Heskett visit Byesville and Shortman Heskett family. R Shackley called on trends at Fairview. Miss Madge Heskett visited Norwosta Kackley. George Morris Howanth Kinnen families visited Chas Shimp. Death of Mr and Mrs Jess Huff's infant on Feb 28 buried March 1. Lola Rowan visiting parents Aaron and Mrs Stevens this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young
B. Heskett
Byesville
Charlotte Heskett
Hannah
Shortman Heskett's
R. Shackley
Fairview
Madge Heskett
Norwosta Kackley
George Morris
Howanth Kinnen
Chas
Shimp
Ang Jafapt
Operators Meet in Conference As Coal Strike Looms
The Cambridge District Coal Operators Association met at the National Hotel to elect officers and delegates for Indianapolis. They predicted a coal strike this summer but expected it to last only about sixty days, citing miners’ demands as likely to soften. An out-of-town attendee from Akron attended, and discussions covered strike prospects and plans for attendance at the Indianapolis joint meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge District Coalt Operators’ Association
National Hotel
Indianapolis
Ind
Association
Harry E. Loom Ts
Akron
Robinson
Pittsburg Coal Co
Congress
Steel Trust
Southern Railway telegraphers accept wage scale
Washington reports the union committee for telegraphers and station agents has approved the company’s wage scale. In Cleveland the National Malleable Casting Company plant saw four workers fatally burned today due to a metal explosion in the morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Southern Railway Telegraphers and
Cleveland
National
Salesville News Roundup of Local Life
John Law suffers sore eyes. A Saturday party at Alman Foraker’s. Renner and Watson of Senecaville in this section last week. Mrs Richard Johnson and two children visiting her parents. John Stewart fractured stomach from being kicked by a plow. Rev Rainsberger’s farewell sermon at Miller's church. Dalbert Law from King’s Mines visiting home. Mrs S S Brill sold twelve head of hogs last week. James Law visited his parents north of town. Edward Lott of Iowa returned home after his father’s death. Mrs Johnson and ten children staying with the Smith Wilisme family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alman Foraker
Renner and Watson
Senecaville
Dalbert Law
King Mines
S. S. Brill
James Law
Mt. Ephraim
David Law
Edward Lott
Iowa
Richard Johnson
St. Clairsville
Smith Wilisme
Mary Elizabeth Campbell Warnick 1869 1900 Obituary
Mary Elizabeth Campbell Warnick born February 8 1869 near Cambridge Ohio died March 1900 at 37. She joined Harmony ME church at twelve then M P church in Tappan and at death was a member of Cadiz ME. She married Joseph Parker Warnick of Milneraville Guernsey Co. They had daughter Mary Lenora age 7. Survived by husband daughter mother seven brothers two sisters and many friends. A devout Christian of prayer and faith, funeral services were led by Rev Dr Hamilton Cadiz and Rev G Miller Cambridge. Burial at Northwood, with floral tributes and elegiac verses about her loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Elizabeth Campbell Warnick
Cambridge
Harmon M. E. Church
M. P. Church
Tappan
Ohio
Cadiz
Marrage
Joseph Parker Warnick
Milneraville
Guernsey County
Mary Lenora
Dr. Hamilton
U. P
G. Miller
Northwood
Susan B. Anthony dies in Rochester at 12 40
Rochester New York March 13 The life of Susan B Anthony ends at 1240 this morning after long illness. She had been unconscious nearly a day and death expected since Sunday. Dr M S Ricker says heart failure due to double pneumonia and long valvular heart trouble led to demise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
Maroh
Susan B. Anthony
Miss Anthony
M.S. Ricker
Anthony
Surprise marriage in Columbus between McCarty daughter and Griest
Mrs Bessie McCarty Griest 20 and Milton Moore Griest 22 wed at Rev George Brewer's First Presbyterian church after a four to five year friendship. Parents opposed the age but now approve, bride to finish at Miss Phelps school in June. The couple planned a quiet ceremony and reception later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie McCarty Greist
East Broad Street
First Presbyterian Church
Miss Phelps’ School
Greist
A. P. Griest
Cambridge
Pennsylvania Lines
Pittsburg
McCarty
Ralph Peters
Pennsylvania
State Journal
Columbus
Spreading Rail Causes Wreck Near Briar Station
A heavy snowfall caused spreading rails on the Ohio River and Western railroad five miles east of here, derailing an eastbound passenger train at a curve near Briar station. Three men were injured: James Sinclair with a broken left arm, James Swain with injuries to left arm and chest, and Allen Bell sustaining head and back injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanaweil
Marek Isa Soir
Ohio River & Western Railroad
Here
Briar Station
James Sinclair
James Swain
Allen Bell
Court House News: Foreclosure suits and marriages listed
New cases in Common Pleas Court include the Cambridge Loan and Building Co. versus Daniel Whitmore et al for foreclosure with attorney T. R. Desselm. Martha J. Stanley versus James B. Stanley listed as reviver with attorney O. V. Wells. Marriage licenses issued to John Earley and Pearl Jackson of Cambridge James E. Daf of Cambridge and Brada R. Datcher of Koer township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas
Cambridge Loan and Building Co
Daniel Whitmore
T. R. Desselm
Martha J. Stanley
James B. Stanley
O. V. Wells
John Earley
Pearl Jackson
Cambridge
James E. Daf
Brada R. Datcher
Koor Township
Storing of Coal Stirs Railway Preparations for War
The report details a major coal storage push by railroad systems. United States Steel may keep some operators to contracts, but Ohio miners threaten peace. Pennsylvania and B&O railways stockpile vast quantities, with 1100 cars assigned around local shops and thousands of tons stored at Sandusky and Newark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Steel Company
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Marietta
Sandusky
Newark Yards
Cambridge
St. Clairsville
Wheeling
Aes
Supreme Court Rules in Pro ceedings Against Trusts
Washington reports the Supreme Court decides against witnesses in tobacco and paper trust cases. The justices hold witnesses must answer questions before federal grand juries in antitrust proceedings brought by the government. The rulings stress witnesses cannot refuse testimony in these trust prosecutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court So
Washington
Tobacco Trust
Supreme Court of the United States
McKenna
Murderess released on bond in tuberculosis case
Atlanta, March 13. Mrs Wille Standifir was freed on 5600 bond after a preliminary examination for killing her sister Miss Chappell Whisenant. The committing magistrate denied bond, but the case went to the superior court and was reversed due to Standish being a tuberculosis patient with a young child, requiring family health protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Wille | Standifir
Chappell Whisenant
Standifir
Standish
Chicago Grain Market Strengthens Wheat Leads Gains
Chicago March 12 firm cables and higher world shipments boosted the local wheat market. At the close May wheat was up 1 1/4 cents, corn gained, and oats fell. Wheat Mar 78 3/4, May 82 1/2. corn May 43 1/4. oats May 29 1/4.
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Chicago
Pittsburg Markets March 12 Commodities and Livestock Prices
Grain and feed prices show corn new crop mixed with a high of 471 and low around 437 while oats, rye and clover seed list varied figures. Livestock values include prime steer prices up to about 5.75 per hundredweight, fat cows around 40 to 50, veal and calves priced from 6.50 to 8.75, and hogs ranging 6.45 to 6.79 with weights noted in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ohio
Wisconsin
Wheat is King In 1905 Whole Wheat Gains Ground
The era's wheat surplus draws attention to nutrition and law as readings show a 720 million bushel U.S. crop in 1905 with Nebraska producing 41.7 million. Massachusetts and Connecticut note scarce local wheat and mills shift toward whole wheat foods. Japan sources more wheat for army rations while Port Huron and Battle Creek centers advance shredded and breakfast cereals. Public demand grows for pure food legislation to curb adulteration and protect nutritious whole grains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Nebraska
The
Board of Agriculture of
Massachusetts
State Board of Agrculture of
Connecticut
Milier
Japan
America
Argentina
Russia
Port Huron
Michigan
Niagara Falls
Battle Creek
Inig
Winterset area notes on school closing and local visits
Alice Wilson of near Clio visited with cousin Mary Ford for a few days. Various locals from Cambridge and Love City area visited relatives and attended the closing of a district school in Berwick. Mr. Robert McBride ended a term of school at Kneb with prizes for attendance. A district photo and musical program accompanied speeches, with fond hopes for next term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Wilson
Near
Clio
Mary Ford
Nettie Parker
Mary Jenkins
Love City
B. D
Messrs
Aulta Brower
John Stiles
Berwick
Rebecca Hope
Cambridge
Love City R. D. No. 3
Robert McBride
Kneb
Will Wiebart
Lee Yarnodd
McBride
Victoria
Lydia McCulley
Laura Macoeal
James Wishart
Otho Stile
Atuie
Geo. Propies
John Fordyce
Wandolla
Greenfield
Mama J
Bernert Belt
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Wugh Neuhart
Smith
Warding
Pleasant City
Salesville
John Law
John Stewart
Rainsberger
Miller’s Church
Bia
Ems
Marsvde
Moren S
Fong Crawford
Morgan
Rome
J. Pierpont Morgaz
BUSAN
Anthosy
Milton Griest
Sligo
Frank’ Ripley
Yo Aeueerty
F. H. Reid
Jtntichelle
Chas. Bair
Bridgeport
W. Va
Bradie Morrison
New Philadelphia
Albert Saunders
R. Longsworth
Oakdale
F. R. Barthalow
Court House
Chicago Grain Market
Winterset RF
Gee Yarnell
Mrs. Gibson
Eddie Wilson
Charlie Parker
Frank McCullo
Brown Kimble
Polly Jenkins
Mother
Alonz Lanning
Ed Cherrie
George Willis
Burris Moore
Jennings Parker
Scode Wilson
Isaac LaFollett
Maneel
Zanesville
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