Fog Halts Rail Run After Wreck at Mavorhill Station
Dense fog delayed two Union and Western Railway trains near Mavorhill on Thursday morning. Nos. 655 and 080 moved slowly within station limits until No. 920 crashed into the rear of the leading train, overturning the caboose and causing a fire that destroyed it. A car of gravel and ties was derailed, scattering loads as fire alarms blocked traffic for hours. No injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tivo
Mavorhill
Chureday
Injured Ina Wreck At Vione Station In Ohio
Piqua Ohio December 17 Conductor Mack and Braheman Tyrite received probably fatal injuries in a freight wreck at Vione Station this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piqua
Mack
Braheman Tiytte
Vione
Thomann Daughter Qualifies as Executor in Probate
Eve Thomann, daughter, qualifies as executor of the Mary A. Thomann estate. Estate shows a personal value of 150 dollars and a real value of 2500 dollars. Heirs listed include two daughters a son and two grandchildren. Lehman’s new building showcases shoe bargains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eve Thomann
Mary A. Thomann
Lehman’s
Turkey free from bondage as parliament opens
Constantinople December 17. With the kneeling of the Ottoman parliament Turkey formally breaks from despotism. Sultan Abdul Hamid leads a grand procession through the streets to open the first session. Public reception is orderly and celebratory with no disorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Abdul Hamid
Burton Opens Campaign for United States Senate Seat
Columbus, Dec 17 Burton arrived to launch his campaign for the United States Senate and may remain until the legislature ends. Suawlon’s friends say he will enter into no deal with Foraker or any unless to secure the senatorial seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Dee
License vote tally sparks recount in city race
Rostow district votes on license favored yes by 8089 to 10000 against, with a recount likely. Nearby reports note a close statewide result and insist the final figures may shift. Other items include a family dispute and a purchase on East Eleventh Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatin
Rostow
Ntty
Death strikes Conductor Henry D Jones on way home
Tragic death of Conductor Henry D. Jones on a westbound freight near Ironton after leaving Huntington funeral of friend Conductor Clyde Prichard. Heart trouble caused sudden collapse. he died before hospital arrival. Jones, a 33? 81 year old. long service with N and W. survived by parents siblings and a New York nurse sister. The incident mirrors the death of Conductor Prichard within days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry D. Jones
Strick
Ironton
Clyde Prichard
Huntington
Jones
Henry
ab-Tropton
Portsmouth
Beckleham
J. W. Jordan
Eleventh
Chutchins Streets
N. & W. Railway
Richard Jones
Scranton
Tamstun
Williamson
Uspan
William Keckleham
Catlettsburg
New York City
Railroad New
Warren merchants plan fund to back dry Mahoning option
In Youngstown on December 17, merchants of Warren announced a plan to raise money to influence the county vote on Mahoning county becoming dry. They claim local shopping is falling as Tremblull county remains dry, and fear losing patrons who travel to nearby towns for booze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown, O
Warren
Mahoning County
Trumbull
Mahoning
Street Car Union elects new officers at annual meeting
Alon meeting of members of the Street Car Union held in the Central Tabor fall Wednesday night elected officers for the year. President Virgil Cornute vice president J A O Connor financial secretary I E H Nourse treasurer A T Ramey conductor Clem E Fannin warden Hebar Shonkwiler sentinel WW T Eli correspondent Joseph Turner executive board Virgil Cornutte Pete O Connor M Wamsley S A Bowser Joueah Turner Ei BP Price delegates to Tabor Council Tolan Sommers L E Nourse I 2 Maull Henry Sildebrile trustees H Beckett West Elliott I M Mrs McDole of Grant street will spend Christmas tide with her son in Wheeling W Va where he is employed in a rolling mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alon
Tabor
Virgil Cornute
J. A. O'Connor
Financial
I. EH. Nourse
A. Tr.’ Ramey
Clem E. Fannin
Hebar Shonkwiler
Santinel
Www
T. Eli
Joseph Turner
Virgil Cornutte
Pete O'Connor
M. Wamsley
S. A. Bowser
Joueah Turner
Price
Tabor Conneil
Tolan Sommers
L. E. Nourse
Maull
Henry Sildebridle
H. Beckett
West. Elliott
Lynch mob hangs suspect in Kentucky murder case
In Monticello Kentucky Elmer Hill accused of murdering Mamie Womack an 18 year old girl was seized by a mob of about twenty five men from Wayne county last night carried four miles to Creasy Creek and hanged from a tree. The body was found this morning and authorities say Hill killed the girl after assaulting her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Elmer Hill
Mamie Womack
Adair County
Monticello
Wayne County
Creasy Creek
Monicello
Adair
Russell Counties
Hill
Roosevelt's Victim Joseph Pulitzer Pillar of Press
Joseph Pulitzer, 61, proprietor of the New York World and St. Louis Post-Dispatch, born 1847 in Hungary. He came to the U S in 1864, served in the war, later owned both papers, entered politics in Missouri and Congress, endowed Columbia journalism with 1 million, now nearly blind and rarely leaves home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Pulitzer
New York World
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Himgary
United States Army
St. Louis
Post and Dispatch
New York
the World
Missouri
Congress
Columbia
Forced Welcome Visit Of The Stork
Police on two hurry calls at midnight forced Interstate worker Al McGraw to his wife’s Mill Street bedside where she gave birth to a healthy baby boy. His estranged wife was reconciled briefly, while the stepson John Harvey was found roaming the streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al McGraw
Mill Street
McGraw
John Fflarvey
McGrathis
Ast Frant Street
Ead
Haitian leader chosen president after coup
Port au Prince reports General Antoine Simon, long allied with the Tast revolution, is proclaimed president of the republic by the Flaytien press amid unanimous backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Au Prince
Antoine, Simon
Tast
Tiaiti
Cleetel
Flaytien Compress
Governor's Home Bill Sparks Legislature Debate
Columbus December 1 There will be another attempt at enacting a law for an appropriation to build a governor's home. Governor elect Harmon's two trips to Columbus seeking a residence prompted lawmakers to act. A bill will be introduced after the session opens to fund the project and form a commission to select a location and develop plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Harmon
Plana. Aoe
Aha Santa Gathers First Donation on Ward Christmas Tree
The B. and C. S. W. ward crew’s Christmas tree received its first donation Thursday. A written warning from Scroto ville authorities against speeding was placed prominently on the tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. & C. S. W. Ward Crew
Scrotoville
Offer Horses Galore To Harmon In Inaugural Parade
Numerous horses have been offered free of charge for Governor Harmon to ride in the Columbus inaugural parade on December 17. Some animals are trick horses while others are pure thoroughbreds, well broke and easily managed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmon
Columbus
Govearner
Timmon
Weybrecht
Fred Revare Buried by Brother Elks In Portsmouth
The Elks of Phoenix arranged the transport for Fred Revare remains arriving Wednesday afternoon for funeral in Portsmouth attended by relatives including his mother and sister Mrs Kate Carwell of New York. Pallbearers were Lucien M Doty John Jones Guy Williams Harry Revare and Clarence S Nodler Revare taught mandolin and guitar in Denver before joining the Denver College of Music. He belonged to Elk Lodge Number 1 of New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Elks Lodge
Phoenix
Arizona
Revare
Clarence I. Nodier
Portsmouth
Eiky
Lucien ‘M. Doty
John Jones
Guy V. Williams
Harry ‘Williams
Harry Re Jvare
Clarenen
Nodler
Elk
New York City
Peeped Through Wall Hole Sparks Divorce Suit
Francis Moore, a farmer from Angelis, Indiana, watched through a wall hole at 91 All Street as his wife visited Lucas of Adams County. Moore, who had moved four years ago, confronted the couple when police arrived after he alarmed headquarters. His wife admitted intimacy with Lucas but offered no denial of the alleged mistreatment claims. Moore intends divorce proceedings. the couple had previously separated multiple times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Moore
Moore
All Street
Thornton Lucas
Adams
Adams County
Ile
Amm Street
Hitugele
Shers
Stamens
Moora
Snufferer
Snuffersr
Lucas
Ars
Front Street
Mr. Moore
D. J. Moore
Waller Street
Jaicus
Licensed to Marry in Two Counties
Edward Clinson 21 farmer and Fidella McRoberts 19 of New Heston marry. Rev James Walker officiates. Also listed are Harry Jitlon 25 laborer of Rosnoke VA and Str Leona Thompson 22 of city with Rev J I McCoomber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Clinson
Farmer
Fidella McRoberts
New Heston
James Walker
Harry Jitlon
Rosnoke
Str
Leona, Thompson
J. IL McCoomber
Hunters Long Overdue from Portsmouth Brewery Men
George Zeisler and Harry Burk hart are twenty four hours overdue after hunting in forbidden Kentucky territory. Friends fear for their safety. Dick Thornton plans to form a searching party if they do not return by Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Zeisler
Harry Burkhart
Portsmouth
Kentucky
Dick Thornton
Taft to Take a Long Rest
New York December 17 President Taft left here this morning for Washington and Augusta Georgia where he is to rest before resuming the duties of chief executive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
New York
Venezuela Declares War and Miscellaneous Local Notes
Washington reports the state department received a message from Ca ens stating Venezuela declared war against Ireland. Mrs Sullivan of Buena Vista recovers from osteopathic treatment in Pittsburg and returns home with her husband. Nora Mallahy hosts Mrs Sullivan, Clarence Finches from Wakefield visits friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hibben
Bogota
Atate
Caens
Venezuela
Les
Ireland
Clarence “Finghes
Former Spencer Resident Dies at Age 81
Horace White of Spencer mourns wife Mrs. Mary White who passed Sunday at her daughter’s home in Spencer after a long life of farm work and church service. Survived by husband eight of nine children twenty six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Family noted her sixty two years as Baptist member and aid to the sick and needy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Witte
Aye
D. “Gow
Spencer
J. Hopkins
BE. ‘McMahon
Lawrence County
Shiry
Idaho
John ®An Pinkerman
Central City
W. Va
Horace “White
Singer
S.A. Wells
Mra
Z. Dillon
D. Gow
Horace White
William HH. White
Portland, Oregon
Dillon
Portamouth
David Gow
John C. White
Shasta
Cal
LA. Ch. White
Melena
Mont
Leroy White
G. C. Condon
Riverside
Death of Edward Russell in Denver Reported
Miss Mare Faivre deputy probate judge learns of the death in Denver Monday night of her uncle Edward Russell a carriage builder dead at his home according to local notices. The brief item notes the loss and the family connection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mare Faivre
Denver
Edward ©. Russell
George Freund’s Pure Buttermilk Aids Typhoid Patients
George W Freund display at Gallia street druggist highlights a special kind of pure buttermilk sold at 90 cents per gallon. He asserts the drink is made with a silica-containing preparation and is beneficial, recommended by physicians, with anecdotes of typhoid patients consuming several gallons in weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Freund
Gallia
Bounty Jail Population Figures From Cincinnati Workhouse
The Cincinnati workhouse reports a reduced jail population with five inmates to be housed this Friday. Among those in custody are Sam Bray and Webbs, with two Black victims noted. one charged with carrying concealed weapons and another with forgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pyles
Cincinnati
Webbs
Sam Bray
New Biton
Tures Water Man Threats and Flood Wall Tension
A reader reports threats from Kelley Bros as rain continues and floods test a wall. The speaker warns of more storms from the same source and mentions testing the wall with Dr. Flores. Ohio weather and flood concerns loom amid warnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelley Bros
Dr. Flore
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wregk WN
W. RY
A Burton
Gapitel
Jennings
Irgnton
Clyde
Gesequies Prichard
Prichard
Jordan Home
Roosevelt
STORK
GOV
Santa
Fred Revare
BRO, Elks
Society
Spencer, D
Jules Faivre
Red Vently
George
Baber
Boralay
Tures
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!