Famine Fears Rise As San Francisco Rebuilds
San Francisco May 1 Th e city faces possible food shortages with 21 days of supplies left as rebuilding begins. Mayor and committees seek funds and aid while 30 large structures are planned and building laws await enactment. Recovery includes expanded street plans transit upgrades and relief for financially ruined physicians and dentists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Citizens Committee
Hchmits
Grace Church
Phelan
Committee of Finance
Taft
Congress
National Red Cross
Gen. Greely
Greely
Board of Supervisors
Francisco
United Bellwaye Company
Sea Francisco
School declares end of year with indefinite vacation
In 1968 the department of equcanon announced the school year ends and an indefinite vacation is declared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Equcanon
Washington Dress and Harvest Hats Brighten Saturday
Busy Washington day includes visitors J F St Clair family with parents in Salesville. Mrs M E Craig resigns as Wash postmistress. St Clair seeks post office. Warfield and Patterson visited Fairview. Cynthia Cunningham returns from Texas. Pierce family attends Morrow-McDonald fair. R S Frame sells buggies. Calico survey corps active. town to enforce stock-ramming laws. Miss Belle Forsythe visits. Sabbath gatherings at Presbyterian church led by Rev Morledge. Rev Woollett to serve one half summer term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. F. St. Clair
Salesville
M. E. Craig
C. W. Stockdale
James A. Bond
Antrim
Robert McCreary
Mehaffey
James A. Warfield
Grace Patterson
Mr. Wartfield
Fairview
Cynthia Cunningham
Texas
Geo. F. Pierce
Byesville
R. S. Frame
Presbyterian Ladies’ Missionary Society
Elizabeth Moore
Dewees
Jefferson Township
Hugh Dyer
Calico” Survey Corps
Key
Belle R. Forsythe
New Concord
L. Frame
Columbus
Roli Frame
Pittsburg
Rs. James McCreary
Charles Thompson
Local notes from Quaker City area and surrounding towns
Entries report school closures in Science Hill and No 1 district with named teachers Miss Ida Moore and Miss Elma Hall. Local fires cause fence damage at Levi Carter premises. Pocketbook loss found by Elmer Bona. Easter services at Fletcher M E church. Edits note storm damage and damaged structures. Barn damage and knocked telephone wire near Benjamin Galloway. Estimates say assessor Wm Johnson near completion. Mrs Dollie Shipley improving.
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Science Hill
Harry Berry
Senecaville
Lena Secrest
Levi Carter
Elmer Bona
Fairview
Brook Robinson
Caldwell
Fletcher M. E
Roscoe Robinson
Sof Muskingum College
Hannah Carter Thursby
Edith
Wm. Doudon
Wm. Johnson
Benjamin Galloway
Pultney Ridge
Berry
Dollie Shipley
Hogan couple head to North Carolina for health trip
Mr. and Mrs. T. Z. Hogan of Foater avenue departed Tuesday for New Concord to visit relatives before continuing to Asheville, North Carolina. Hogan has suffered long from lung trouble and the trip aims to improve his condition through a climate change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Z. Hogan
Foater Avenue
New Concord
Ashville
N. C
Hogan
Rev McCorkle to Lead Osaka Mission in Japan
Cambridge church mourns as Rev Rav A McCorkle announces departure after one year to join Foreign Christian Mission Board. He and Mrs McCorkle sail about September 1 for Osaka to establish a mission station. McCorkle praised for character, leadership, and growth of the church from 40 to 80 members.
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the Christian Church
Rav. A. McCorkle
Cambridge
McCorkle
Ray A. McCorkle
Ohio State University
Hiram
Foreign Mission Board
Mabel Spinell
Akron
Christian Church
Births and Departures In Local Notices
Born April 28, 1906 to Mr and Mrs L B Birney of Steubenville avenue a daughter. Miss Nannie Young of North 6th street leaves for a visit with brother Otto Young and wife in Grafton Pennsylvania. L G Haines of North 7th street leaves for Unawis Pennsylvania to take charge of a large general store owned by A W Cook Lumber Co. Mrs Haines to remain here before joining husband. Mr and Mrs Bert Morrow Mrs Sarah Satcher and Mrs Alex Blair and children leave Pennsylvania ines for North Platte Nebraska where the Morrows will make their future home. The others expect to remain there through the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B. Birney
Steubenville Avenue
Nannie Young
North 6Th Street
Otto Young
Grafton
L. G. Haines
North 7Th Street
Unawis
A. W. Cook Lumber Co
Haines
Bert Morrow
Sarah Satcher
Alex Blair
Pennsylvania
Mitchells arrival signals Scranton strike likely
Scranton May 1 report says John Mitchell will arrive to set up headquarters at the Hotel Schadt and the Thursday convention is expected to declare a strike unless surprises occur. Delegates cite solidarity with Mitchell while Shamokin and nearby towns deploy deputies and strikebreakers to coal mines as Pennsylvania polices move to police the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron company operations.
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Scranton
John Mitchell
Schadt
Mt. Carmel
Mitchell
Shamokin
Susquehanna River
Philadelphia
After Death Rev James Duncan memory recalled at social gathering
The late Rev James Duncan who died in Cedar Rapids Iowa in November and was buried in Lebano n Guernsey county is remembered by friends. He recently returned from a Guernsey county visit and spoke at a social event reciting the poem After Death by Ellen M. H. Gates. Also notes Mr and Mrs Charles Irvin Davis of Pittsburg visiting East Steubenville Avenue hosts D M Hawthorne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Duncan
Cedar Rapids
Lebanon
Guernsey County
Duncan
Ellen M. H. Gates
Charles Irvin Davis
Pittsburg
D. M. Hawthorne
East Steubenville Avenue
Pittsburg Markets April 23 1920s Grain Prices Livestock
Market report from Pittsburg outlines corn prices for new yellow shelled and dent varieties, No 2 white and No 3 grades, hay prices for timothy clover and mixed, eggs butter dairy cheese values, cattle and calves lists with price ranges, hogs and pigs values, and sheep and lamb quotes, reflecting a broad farm commodities snapshot with multiple grades and weight classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New
Ohio
Cambridge police receive telegram accusing Muenter in arsenic death
A telegram from Eugene H. Krembs in Chicago says he has evidence to convict Erich Muenter, a Bard College instructor, of administering arsenic to his sister Mrs. Muenter. Cambridge police received the message and Krembs demanded Muenter be arrested. Also noted is a separate report of a tidal island skirmish in Gamier with Palajanes, reporting a death and wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mans
Eugene H. Krembs
Chi‘qage
Erich Muenter
Barvard College
Fall from street car platform leaves farmer gravely hurt
George Anderson, a Washington township farmer, was likely fatally injured Friday night when he fell or stepped from a moving street car near the court house square. He remained unconscious at noon Saturday, with physicians doubting recovery. A son arrived Saturday, and the accident remains under judgment as to his fate.
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George Anderson
Washington Township
Court House Square
Anderson
Byesville
Charles Aduchell
Moterman J. McCulley
National Hotel
East 8Th Street
Fred Garber
Clarence Dugan
Albert Rose
Senate Progress on Railroad Rate Bill Amid Amendments
Washington May 1 The senate plans to take up the railroad rate bill for amendment under a 15 minute rule with a final vote not far distant Some factions favor a court review amendment while others doubt its strength Authors split over the preferred amendment and conservative leaders push one acceptable option Senators Dolliver and Long oppose broad review rules and question the senate’s desire for any change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Dolliver
Long
House
White House
Friends
Miners Stand Firm in Pennsylvania Subdistrict Meetings
Mass meetings in Punxsutawney Reynoldsville and Rossiter saw about 1400 miners adopt a resolution to refuse work until operators sign the acele from the Clearfield convention. The text notes support and a packed opera house audience. In Havana, the House of Representatives approved a 960,000 relief appropriation for coffers tied to Fras dave.
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Ponxsutawney
Punxsutawney
Reynoldsville
Rossiter
Clearfield
Cubs
Friscs
Havana
House of Representatives
Oil excitement as new well drilled near Belle Valley
A twenty five barrel well was drilled by Mr. Miller on the old McKee farm near Belle Valley, with 16 to be shot Tuesday. The new well lies within fifty feet of Chris McKee's well, between two McKee wells, as neighbors report further oil activity. A pipeline is being laid from Belle Valley through Senecaville to Chaseville amid local excitement.
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Miller
McKee
Belle Valley
Chris McKee
Mr. McKee
Chaseville
Senecaville
Court House News Injunction in Guernsey county case
Rebecca Ledile et al sue Isaac H. Gibson Liberty township road supervisor and township trustees along with Guernsey county commissioners and Kimbolton village. An injunction is sought in Common Pleas Court. John Murray sues the State of Ohio in an error case with Troette and Stockdale for the plaintiff and Scott and Sheppard for the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Ledile Et
Isaac H. Gibson
Liberty Township
Said Township
Guernsey County
Kimbolton
F. L. Rosemond
Common Pleas
John Murray
State of Ohio
Error
Troette and Stockdale
Scott and Sheppard
Court schedule notes and probate updates amid May 1906 sessions
Monday May 7 and following weeks outline oral motions and grand jury impaneling with case lists including Huhn versus Dickerson Stilions versus Stilions Ogier versus Ogier Delaney versus Delaney Aborn versus Barber et al May 9 Braniger versus Braniger Ruby versus McKim May 10 Oldham et al versus Beggs et al May 11 Byesville Artificial Stone Co. versus Burt et al May 13 hearing on motion and demurrer Ohio State versus McDonald Emerson versus Bay Hosfelt versus Hosfelt Evans versus Thomas State Bank versus Cambridge Rolling Mill Co. Floyd admr. versus Moser Colley versus Black J. S. Walker Lumber Co. versus Oliver Allender versus Meise Wagstaff versus Woodworth Bond versus Bond Pardee and Curtain Lumber Co. versus Oliver and Shawver Johnson et al versus Ables Nichols versus Nichols hearing on merits May 14 Spaid versus B and O Co May 16 Geese versus Wills Creek Coal Co May 19 Galloway versus Tignor Remarks: further assignments during week of May 7 1906 regular Monday bar meetings at 9 unless court closed. Decisions announced at meetings unless special date. Oral applications motions judgments upon default at regular meetings. Temporary injunctions heard by judge on application. Continuance motions per Rule 3. Divorce decisions reserved to day after trial. Counsel unable to attend Monday sessions should be represented. Remarks authorized by Judge Mackey. PROBATE COURT Margaret Cramblett insane taken to Central Hospital Columbus Ohio Guardianship James E. Sherrard Guardian appointment John M Allen guardian of Bernadine Allen MARRIAGE LICENSES C H Johnston Cleveland and Alice N Bratton Fairview
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Grand Jury
Huhn
Dickerson
Stilions
Ogier
Delaney
Aborn
Barber
Braniger
Ruby
McKim
Oldham
Beggs
Byesville Artificial Stone Co
Burt
The
M. R. Co
Manley
Ohio State
McDonald Et al
Emerson
Bay
Hosfelt
Evans
Thomas
State Bank
Dee Chair Co
Cambridge Rolling Mill Co. S
Blondeil Steel Co
Geese
Wills Creek Coal Co
Galloway
Tignor
Mackey
Probate Court
Pleasant Valley Residents Visit Relatives Near Birmingham
Mrs Craig Anderson and two daughters Lucile and Catherine visited her parents Mr and Mrs Westley Bair near Birmingham for a few days last Friday. Mr and Mrs Benjamin Gibson of Westland township were guests of J H Guthrie and wife over the weekend. S E Chambers owned a good work horse that died recently. Saltfork school closed Tuesday with exercises and a literary entertainment and debate at night. The district plans to close next week on Friday, May the…
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. E. Chambers
Saltfork
Police Save Corbett in Fifth Round at Ogden Fight
In Ogden Utah May 1 police intervened in the fifth round of a 20 round bout between Dick Hyland and Young Corbett saving Corbett from a knockout. Corbett rose but remained dazed, the crowd roared as officials halted the session.
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Ogden
Utah
Dick Hyland
Young Corbett
Corbett
Seventeen Pass Examination at Cambridge May 1906
The list of successful applicants at the pupils examination held in Cambridge Ohio on April 21 1906 includes Carrie Allison Brookfield Bertha Conner Spencer Blanche Dull Wheeling Elma Estep Knox Flora Howell Knox Edna Nicholson Valley Jennie M Smith Oxford Bessie Stewart Cambridge Lewis Berry Liberty Frank Campbell Cambridge Homer Griest Oxford John Miskimins Wheeling Alien Morris Richland Charles Reynolds Millwood Edwin B Thompson Center J F Watson Cambridge Howard LePage Spencer The next examination will be held at Cambridge Saturday May 12 1906 G E Bell Clerk.
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Boxwell
Cambridge
Carrie Allison
Brookfield
Bertha
Conner
Spencer
Blanche Dull
Wheeling
Elma Estep
Knox
Flora Howell
Edna Nicholson
Valley
Jennie M. Smith
Oxford
Bessie Stewart
Lewis Berry
Liberty
Frank Campbell
Homer Griest
John Miskimins
Alien Morris
Richland
Charles Reynolds
Millwood
Edwin B. Thompson
Center
J. F. Watson
Howard LePage
Baltimore & Ohio sells Consolidated Coal stake. leaders resign
The Interstate Commerce Commission’s probe yields a landmark move as Baltimore & Ohio disposes of 53 percent of Consolidated Coal stock. Oscar G. Murray, George F. Randolph, and Hugh L. Bond Jr resign from the Consolidated board. Van Lear Block Watton Milley and S. L. Watson elected to fill seats. A syndicate led by J. H. Wheelright and others acquires the stock, with holdings supporting control of several affiliated coal and railroad interests.
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Baltimore
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Consolidated Coal Company
Oscar G. Murray
George F. Randolph
Hugh L. Bond, Jr
Consolidated Company
van Lear Block
Watton Milley
8. L. Watson
Fairmont
W. Va
Fairmont Coal Company
Somerset Coal Company
Clarksburg Fuel Company
Pittsburg and Fairmont Fuel Company
Southern Coal and Transportation Company
Metropolitan Coal Company of
Boston
North-Western Fuel Company of
St. Paul
Cumberland & Pennsylvania Railroad Company
J. H. Wheelright
H. Crawford Black
C. W. Watson
van Lear Black
A. B. Fleming
S. L. Watson
Walton Miller
J. E. Watson
L. L. Ma Jone
Cleveland Bank Run Quelled by Auto Transfer of 240000
May 1 report from Cleveland describes a run on Dollar Savings Bank of Painesville halted when $240,000 was sent by First National Park of Cleveland. Bankers deem Dollar Savings solvent. A federal suit by William P Engel of Defiance seeks accounting against Dollar bank and a stock custodian connected to the late Leland V Prior. Engel alleges loans beyond legal limits.
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Cleveland
Dollar Savings Bank
Painesville
First National Park
United States
William P. Engel
Defiance
Dollar Bank
Engel
Leland V. Prior
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Lawrence's
Presbyterian Church
Dr. Morledge
Cumberland
F. I. Woollett
Quaker City R. D
Rev. McOrkle
Japan
Staine
Harrisburg
State Department
Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company
Meres
Palajanes
Manus
Lason
Izland
Gamer
Geo. Anderson
Court House News
Margaret Cramblett
Wheeling ‘Township
Central Hospital
Columbus, O
James E. Sherrard
Luccock
John M. Allen
Bernadine Allen
C. H. Johnston
Alice N. Bratton
Pleasant Valley
G. E. Bell
Gover
Painesville Bank
Polk
Gov. Pennypacker
John A. Wiley
Franklin
George F. Davenport
Meadville
Polk Institution
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