Tragic double death mystery in Mihoning Township
John D Robinson of Mihoning town Ship committed death by his own hand Thursday morning at the Graham farm. He hanged himself in a hay loft after plans show a slow strangulation, driven by grief over the death of his son Calvin Roturson at the limestone works. Robinson, 53, was found with a halter around his neck beneath a blanket, and coroner Porter declined an inquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John *. Robinson
Mihoning
Robert Graham
Graham
Cal- Vin Roturson
Youtfg Wen
Johnson
Hillsville
Robinson
Graham Farm
Strange
John LD. Robinson
Samuel Robinson
Lawrence County
June Frosts of 1859 Recalled in Salem News Item
The Salem News recalls the June 5 1869 blighting frost that devastated crops and notes this morning's frost had less severe effects. It reports fruit corn wheat potatoes and garden crops damaged in places with fields replanted and a possible setback to tender vegetation, while comparing to 1859 and 1854 events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem (O
Alleged Mad Dog Report From West Middlesex
West Middlesex correspondent reports W A Rust of Wilmington township visited and shared a rabies dog sighting nearby. A dog near Calvin McConnell’s farm was bitten, and Ebenezer McFarland’s valuable shepherd dog was also bitten. One dog was knocked down but escaped. the other two were shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Middlesex
Sharon
W. A. Rust
Wilmington Township
McConnel
Calvin McConnell
Ebenezer McFarland
Man Paws Wife’s False Teeth for Drink
Chicago report says John Kajer pawned his wife’s false teeth to raise money for liquor. The impoverished family disclosed the incident, noting he hid the teeth while she slept to obtain funds for drink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John Kajer
Percheron Stallion Spose Offers Season at Washington Barn
Thorough grey Percheron stallion Spose will stand for the 1902 season at a barn in Washington township three miles east of Volant. Terms are eight solar to insure a living colt. certificates of service and care provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spose
Washington Township
Volant
Italian boy killed by train at Rosena furnace yard
Janes Hich an Italian boy about 18, living on Valentine street, was fatally injured Friday evening at the Rosena furnace yard. He slipped while crossing cars on the coke track and was crushed between car sides and timbers as the train pulled out. He died at Shenango Valley hospital after efforts to save him. He was not employed by the furnace company but worked at Pennsylvania Engineering works and was known among local Italian laborers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janes Hich
Rosena
Valentine Street
Lake Erie
Rich
Sutton
Shenango Valley Hospital
Pennsylvania Engineering Works
Frosts Kill Early Crops After Cold May Night
The May night brought 25 to 27 degree readings around the city and Pittsburg bureau. Farmers report losses to early corn tomatoes cucumbers and other vegetables with frost drying burdock and sprouted potatoes. Some deny damage while others fear higher prices and a heavier freeze tonight as County Commissioner William Gibson surveys eastern areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Weather Bureau
Pittsburg
William Gibson
Gas explosion destroys Hazel Dell home and business
E J Welsh of Hazel Dell says he will hold the gas company responsible after a Thursday fire that razed his building and household contents. He valued losses at about 600 dollars with 125 dollars cash, and praised neighbors who sheltered his children while he was away tending his late wife’s grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Welsh
Hazel Dell
Ellwood Advocate
Mr. Welsh
New Brighton
Uteal Estate Trust Promotes Mail Bank Services
An ad from the Uteal Estate Trust at 11 Fourth Avenue Pittsburg Pa promises to grow funds with guaranteed returns and urges readers to use mail banking. It highlights a capital and surplus figure of 3.7 million and promotes a booklet titled How to Bank by Mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uteal Estate Trust Company
Fourth Avenue
Pittsburg
June Term Court Argument List Details Eleven Cases
Clerk Ralph M. Campbell lists the June term cases including M. H. Henderson vs. W. L. Shoaff garnishee William Welsh, Crouch vs. Atlantic Iron & Steel garnishee, to quash writ and dissolve attachment, Edward Sanderson demurrer against Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Rebecca Vail vs Catherine Cunningham administratrix mort gage, Mone vs Valencia certiorari, Motheral opening judgment, Baker vs Reno opening and striking off, Mahoning Valley Lumber Co. lien to strike, City of New Castle re assessment of damages, Winter avenue opening and appeal strike, and an Orphans Court report concerning the deceased B J McKean with auditors and creditors involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph M. Campbell
M. H. Henderson
W. L. Shoaff
William Welsh
GC. HH
Frank A. Blackstone
J. DD. Brown
George M. Crouch
Atlantic Iron & Steel Company
P. Emery
A. W. Gardner
John McConahy
Dana & Long
Edward Sanderson
Brotherhood of Railroad
P. Janery
Rebecca Vail
Catherine Cunningham
Dewees Cunningham
J. Norman Martin
Leech A. Girove
Pasqualine Mone
Filomena Mone
A. Valencia
H. A. Wilkison
Db. F. Book
W. W. Motheral
George W. Henderson
Geo. T. Winegartner
A. L. Porter
Margaret J. Baker
Jacob Reno
Eleanor Reno
Mahoning Valley Lumber Co
Thomas J. Wright
Tra C. Bell
M. L
Istrike
Robert K. Aiken
Harvey E. Martin
City of New Castle
Etcc
Winter Avenue
James A. Gardner
Mary Winter
W. H. Falls
Jessie Cosel
Orphans’ Court
Crushed 14 year old boy dies at Sharon shaft
Milo Stillings of Plain Grove township was killed when tons of debris from a recently opened No. 1 shaft at Sharon Coal and Limestone caved in. Coroner Porter said an inquest was unnecessary. death was instantaneous and the accident appeared unforeseeable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo Stillings
Plain Grove Township
Sharon Coal & Limestone Company
Porter
Stillings
Sharpsville
Wampum
John McLaughlin
School Site Chosen at Ellwood City
The Ellwood City school board chose a 110 by 150 foot corner lot at Lawrence and 6th streets for the new high school. An option from Pittsburg Company was secured for 30,000 dollars for a handsome building to be erected there, with the board praising public purpose and strategy.
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Pittsburg Company
Lawrence and
6Th Streets
Ellwood City
Ellwood
Bonds Sold by School Board in Ellwood Advocate
The Ellwood Advocate reports the school board met Tuesday with all members present. W R Todd and Co Cincinnati submitted the highest bid of 30125 dollars for the new school bonds and were accepted. The board also secured an option on a site offered by Pittsburg Company at Lawrence Avenue and Sixth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Todd & Co
Cincinnati
Pittsburg Company
Lawrence Avenue
Sixth Street
Ellwood
Dedication plans for Odd Fellows Home in Grove City
A Pittsburgh area meeting of 900 Odd Fellows committee members finalized transportation for the July 17 dedication of the Wayside Inn Home for Aged and Infirm Members in Grove City. Multiple special trains will bring up to 25 000 attendees from Erie Crawford Venango Washington and other counties.
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Odd Fellows of
Western Pennsylvania
Wayside Inn
Grove City
Mendel's Hall
Allegheny
Pittsburg
Erie
Bessemer & Lake Srie Road
Crawford County
Odd Fellows
Meadville
Venango County
Ol City
Franklin
Sharon
Erie & Pittsburg
Washington County
Baltimore & Ohio
Fort Wayne Road
Enon Valley
West Penn Road
Pittsburg & Western Road
Grand Lodge
E. Bl. Ritter
Samuel A. Steele
L. K. White
Pennsylvania
Mendelhall
White
Claims for damages for sheep injured and killed by dogs
Claims for sheep injured and killed by dogs filed with county commissioners total $68.90 for Samuel P. Reno with five killed and nine wounded, $15 for John T. Newton, $29 for James Sanley, $39.25 for Henry Thompson, $35 for S J Chambers, $11.50 for R A McKee, $51 for Philo M Cunningham, and one killed $36 for James B Means. Hood's Sarsaparilla ad follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel P. Reno
John T. Newton
Hazel Dell
James Sanley
Henry Thompson
Mahoning Township
J. F. Sankey
Shenango Township
S. J. Chambers
R. A. McKee
Philo M. Cunningham
Wayne Township
James B. Means
Wilmington Township
Saved From Awful Fate in Cham bersburg Pa
Mrs A M Shields recalls near fatal illness from Hay Fever and Asthma. She credits Dr Wing s New Discovery for Consumption with her recovery after six months of sickness. The advertisement touts Wing s as safest cure for throat and lung diseases and lists guaranteed prices 50 cents and 1 00 with trial bottles free at Patsy s Pharmacy and John F Neely s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Shields
Chambersburg
Patsy
John F. Neely
Avenue
One-Armed Man Arrested for Assault on 12-Year-Old Girl
John Ramsey, about 45, held on a serious assault charge after a magistrate committed him to jail in default of 1000 bail. Police say he attacked Nervy Warner, the 12-year-old adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Warner, while the Warners were away. The case goes before the grand jury this week. The girl is severely affected both nervously and physically by the attack.
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John Ramsey
Lee McFate
W. H. van Gorder
Nervy
John Warner
North Beaver Township
Warners
Ramsey
Warner
Letter to C W Waddington about ready made goods
A New Castle letter argues buyers should prefer ready made items over hand crafted substitutes. It likens paints and horseshoes to industrial production and warns a painter who mixes linseed oil and white lead by hand is wasting time. The note ends with a signature from Devoe & Co and Lawrence County Lumber Company selling their paint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Devoe & CO
Lawrence County Lumber Company
Beaver Falls Party Rescues Drunken Man and Woman
A Beaver Falls group camping over Rock Point river took a man and woman in a skiff to cross. Both were intoxicated. The man jumped into the water and was rescued with effort by the boatman. Returning to the boat, the woman was in the water and was saved by grabbing her hair.
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Rock Point
Beaver Falls
Ellwood Advocate
That Beautiful Glass From Devoe Varnish Floor Paint
A varnish finish from Devoe’s Var nish Floor Paint yields a clear shine. Sold by Lawrence County Lumber Co. at a price five cents higher per quart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devoe
Lawrence
County Lumber Co
Engine Explodes On Immigrant Train Near New Castle Junction
A Baltimore Ohio immigrant train traveling west of New Castle Junction suffered a locomotive explosion about fifty miles west. The dome shot upward violently and buried itself in a field, but no injuries were reported. The engine resumed control, and the wrecked locomotive was moved to New Castle Junction for repair. Fireman J L Burrows and Engineer H I Stringer from Bennett led the head locomotive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle Junction
Baltimore & Ohio
Charlestown
J. L. Burrows
H. I. Stringer
Bennett
Hazel Dell Bakery Burns In Blaze
Quaker bakery in Hazel Dell owned by EB J Welgh was gutted by a Thursday fire started by a defective flue. The entire building was a sheet of flames within minutes and the loss runs about 1200 dollars, partly insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Dell
EB. J. Welgh
Who Erected the Biddle Monument
A monument to Ed and Jack Biddle was secretly placed near the battle site in Franklin township on the New Castle road. Two strangers from Mt Chestnut planted the cross marked stone, uprooted a sapling cherry tree, and left honeysuckles, then drove away without identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Jack Biddle
Butler
Pittsburg
Franklin Township
New Castle Road
Hutter County
Butler Times
The
Mm. B
J. B
Mt. Chestnut
Stephenson
Ellwood City's New Gas Engine Plant
Carl Dallenbach traveled to Braddock to finalize a deal on his patent gas engine. A new Dallenbach Gas Engine company will be formed and located at Ellwood, absorbing the Ellwood Gas Engine works and expanding with a casting house. The engine uses compression ignition and reportedly consumes about half the fuel of older designs. Local Pittsburg and Braddock capitalists back the project, calling it a potential gold mine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Dallenbach
Braddock
Pittsburg
Dallenbach Gas Engine Company
Ellwood
Ellwood Gas Engine Company
Dallenbach
Ellwood Eagle
Lowellville Visit Plans to Erect Crusher at Moore Quarry
A Lowellville correspondent reports J. C. Butler, C. Crooks and other members of the Bessemer Limestone company visited the Moore quarry to survey ground for a new crusher project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowellville
J. C. Butler
C. Crooks
Bessemer Limestone Company
Moore Quarry
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Frost
Eureka
Standard Oil CO
B. J. McKean
Charles H. Young
Albert G. McKean
George T. Weingartner
W. E. Kelley
Hood
StritmaterStore
Stritmater's Millinery
Stritmater Store
Ress Goods
C. W. Waddington
New Castle, Pa
Hazel Dell Bakery
Vici Oxford
Vici
Uae
Ebb Xis Anvers
CIA
Biddle Monument
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