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Newspaper
Steubenville Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1908
Page
3
The Eighth Annual Commencement at Bloomingdale High School is set for Friday evening April 17 at the Town Hall. Two graduates are listed Misses Faye Wellemin and Hattie Hammond. Music by the Montgomery Sisters of Cleveland and class address by Prof. Hawkins of Mingo Junction. Also notes guests, residents’ travels, festival proceeds, and community items.
Dr Gourley of New Alexandria passed through Tuesday On Tuesday Mr and Mrs Isaac Martin recovering from illness Eight hundred feet leased to John Verge company workers report good progress despite bad roads and coal haul troubles Italians seen in numbers seeking trades Arbor Day urged Dr George Smith of Dennison visited Grover Brisco family aiding at T B Rouse home John Martin on sick list Dwight and Ed Dawson rent Chambers farm for year Feed scarce farmers haul from Fernwood Fish seen daily on Cross Creek bank with fine catches
Mr and Mrs D Boyd Frazier of Wayne township mark their sixty sixth wedding anniversary at the old homestead near Rose Mount on April 6 1908. Married April 6 1858 by Rev John Watson Bloomfield Presbyterian Church they have eight children contributing to a noon dinner. Flowers sent by Mr and Mrs Rice Massillon Ohio and Mr and Mrs Thompson.
Raster services will be held at Long's M. E. Church on Sunday April 19 1908 at 1030 AM A good program will be given interspersed with fine music The W F M S will hold their bank offering meeting at the home of Mrs James Maxwell on Thursday April 6 Dinner will be served A good attendance is expected The oil well on the Harden farm is expected to come in now any day Mr and Mrs Joshua Rine spent last Sunday at the home of William Gilkinson and family Thomas Gault William McCullough and Alvin Roe attended the Grange banquet at Bloomfield Wednesday night last The many friends of Mrs Simon Loftus were pleased to know that she was able to go to Steubenville last Saturday The Greene Lawn school will close on April with one of those big dinners that fill everybody to overflowing A literary program will be given in the afternoon with a rent for the children iss Mary Roberts teacher Come one and all Charles Long is visiting at the home of his father Wesley Long at this writing Smith Bros are runing their dairy quite extensively this spring The Farmers Literary talent of White s school house will give a play entitled Josiah s Courtship on April 21 1908 Doors open at 7 oclock curtain at 8 The farmers are getting busy with their spring plowing Some have already sown some oats Simon Loftus made a business trip to Bloomfield today.
J B Lowry of West Farmington visited relatives here over Sunday. Mrs Fred Russell spent a day with Wellsville friends last week. E and Paul Jackman were in New Somerset last Saturday. J Lawrence has employed Robin Carson for the coming summer. J T Lowry was in Hammondsville on Monday. A Billman was in Trondale on business one day this week. J P Lawrence was on the Ridge recently. Illness of Mrs Josiah Adams noted with Dr Rea of Irondale attending. Fred H Russell was in Hammondsville on Tuesday.
Mrs. F N Donaldson shopped in Pittsburg last week. Mr J L Miller and family of Steubenville visited friends in town. Wm Busby purchased the Merryman property on East Main Street. Mrs FE Margaret Fulton of Greno was in town Monday evening on business. Dr Harper and family move to Germano this week. Mr John Croskey of Germany dined with Dr England Wednesday. Mrs Simon Sawwell and children visited friends in town. Many attended Dorothy Slater’s funeral at New Rumley on Sabbath.
Bergholz D A Griffith made a business trip to Steubenville Monday. Dan Baynon and Bert Starn seek work in New Philadelphia. Misses Twaddle of East Liverpool visit Maggie Twaddle. Daisy Anderson leaves for a week's vacation from John Moore & Sons. Scott Shane family visit relatives in town from Carrollton. Mrs Thomas Jones returns from Palmyra visit. Charlie Duke and family were seen out of town. Ollie Wilson family moved to Amos Wells’s former property. Mrs John Maple and Mrs Harry Miller visit parents in Annapolis Mississippi. Ethel Anderson spends Sunday in Jewett. WCTU meets at J C Waggoner’s home. John Davis family leaves Friday for Palmyra. Miss Francis Waggoner goes to Mt Union for vocal study. The remains of Samuel Grimm brought here for burial from Unionport.
Mrs Carrie Johnson moved to Steubenville last week. Miss Rebecca Hartup is quite ill. Dr S Rothacker is improving slowly. Walter Purviance and wife began housekeeping on the H K Ford farm Monday. Mrs Jane Cole's house nears completion with plasterers at work.
The Ladies Aid Society of the M. and church plans a bazar and supper at the church on Thursday April 16. Supper at 4 o'clock, ice cream and cake in the evening. A large assortment of household articles and wearing apparel will be sold. Local items include births moves visits and health notes for residents such as McCulley, Stephenson, Dorsey, Jackson, Rawlins, Cooper, Thompson, Hartup, Cole, Mizer, and Ella McMasters hosting a shadow social with refreshments.
Spring flowers fill Cross Creek air as birds nest. Visitors include W F Easter and William Dungan. Daisy Long stays with Catherine McCormick. William May improves from typhoid. Strain remodeling farm. Tent school held by Prof W A Strain with a day of entertainment and gifts. Good Will school ends under Prof C D Jacobs. pupils gift Jecha and fountain pen. Jacobs invited to return as instructor for next term. Master Joseph Boyd and Nellie Baxter attended daily.
Peter McBane sells his farm near the Eastern Coal Works and moves to town while Samuel Slates leaves the Moore farm for newly bought property from William Elliott. Yellow Creek banks busy with fishermen as community updates include visits, a new residence foundation, street work on Second street, and a ministerial call. A Steubenville church welcomes a new baby.
NEW ALEXANDRIA reports rural districts shutting schools while local residents visit relatives. Mrs. Stiward of Wintersville visits her mother Mrs. Bucy. Mrs. Reardon, formerly Bernice Rine of Toledo, visits grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Brown. Mr. Brown, confined by sciatic rheumatism, slowly recovers as cemetery road work nears. Home Talent Dramatic Club plans a new play at O U A M hall soon. Grass grows, buds swell, Abundance Plum blossoms, and growers hope for a strong fruit harvest. Recent Black Hand notices cause concern among two farmers. the intent remains unclear and may invite bad luck for the issuer.
Long Run Sabbath school holds an Easter day program after a string of successful past events. Prof. Linton, superintendent of Salieville Schools, and his family stayed with Farmer John Linton and wife last week. H L Hobson, principal of Cambridge Schools, visited his parents James A Neobron and wife during the same week.
A quiet wedding joined Mr Parsons and Miss Hicks of Smithfield in the M E church auditorium after Sabbath services. Rev Baxter officiated, with a few church members present. The ceremony was a surprise to most attendees and the couple.
Rebecca Lodge of the Order of Rebekah auxiliary to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows was instituted in Wildwood Lodge No 500 hall at Main and Linden on Tuesday March 31. The new lodge has 32 charter members led by Noble Grand Bertha McCann and officers including Ada Oliver Elizabeth Dalrymple Nadine Turney Ida Borman Cora McCann Anna Dawson Lottie Tuntney James Hobson David Dodd Susie Dalrymple Nora P B Kagy and Emma Ekey. The Wildflower Rebekah Lodge No 660 will meet Fridays in the IOOF hall with ceremonies led by Ohio Assembly President Nora P B Kagy and Emma M Bell banquet followed.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary society hosted a monthly reception at Mrs. Mary Anne's home on Saturday afternoon April 4. The society opens to all guests with a splendid luncheon. Members rotate as hostesses creating a friendly, emulated atmosphere. Mrs. Ida Borman received visitors as about eighty attendees enjoyed the generous gathering.
Wildwood Lodge No. 590 I O O F entertained about one hundred visitors from Wellsburg Brilliant Mingo Junction Steubenville and nearby towns on Saturday night April 4. The fifth visitations program featured welcoming remarks by W J McCann and talks by M D Fell Geo W Tate and other speakers about the benefits of the order. The event included a quartet performance and a formal closing.
Owa Clifton Tullis aged 32 years and 23 days died March 31 1908 at his parents home in Unionport Ohio after two years with Brights disease. He was born Cantor Ohio March 8 1876 later lived in Annapolis Bucyrus and Zanesville before settling in Columbus. He married Cleo Williams of Zanesville on July 26 1905 and returned to Columbus. He was esteemed by all who knew him. The text ends mid sentence with praise from his community.
A longtime railroad worker from Pennsylvania and Unionport Ohio, a 14 year veteran including freight brakeman and passenger brakeman roles, died leaving wife Cleo Tullis of Columbus, parents Mr. and Mrs. QO. C. Tullis, sister Myrtle, brothers Ralph and Marion, and many friends. A Knights of Pythias lodge member, he joined the Presbyterian Church at 17 and was active in charity and Sabbath schools. His interment was in Annapolis, Ohio.
The thanks of the friends are extended to neighbors and friends for assistance and sympathy during the last illness and interment of Ona Clifton Tullis, especially to the officiating ministers and brother members of the Knights of Pythias, Father and Mother, sisters and brothers.
The Bethel Children’s Home in Smithfield held a solemn funeral for a baby who died at five days old after the mother’s death. Clergy Rev Grimes and Rev Lies led the service as orphans and workers sang “The Infant Children Christ Receives” and “I Am Glad That I Have a Good Shepherd.” The procession to the cemetery echoed the home’s devotion and care for its charges.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist church in Richmond will host a festival and bazaar on April 16, 1908, at their church. A fine lunch, ice cream, and cake will be served. Much effort has gone into preparing the sale items. Everyone is urged to attend and support the effort.
Columbus Ohio April 96 the Senate passed a bill by 18 to 16 to abolish the office of county infirmary director and transfer duties to county commissioners who will select a superintendent and require bond for infirmary management. The measure shifts control to the commissioners and secures supervision of related business.
After a hard fight with Democratic colleagues piling up obstacles, Senator Harper saw the inheritance tax bill defeated 16 to 18 for the second day in a row. The juvenile court expansion bill, aimed at delinquent and dependent youths, failed after amendments to exempt cigarette smoking and streetcar jumping. The measure would have created juvenile detention houses, increased probation officer staffing and pay, and tighter state oversight of paroled youths in industrial schools.
In Steubenville and surrounding areas Presbyterians and clergy back a dry vote. Rev Father Powers and Rev John Rutledge urge organizing, warn saloons threaten good citizenship, and plan to mobilize ministers and voters. Election expected between November 15 and 36 with broad anti liquor prospect, emphasizing taxation and prohibition as a duty.
The document lists numerous lease assignments and surrenders in Wayne Cross Creek Knox Ross Island Creek Wells Steubenville Springfield and other townships. Named parties include Carter Oil Co Moore & Worthington Briscoe Briscoe G M Briscoe and J A Moore with many individuals transferring interests in leases to various companies and others in Steubenville Cross Creek and surrounding townships. The lengthy ledger notes indicate transfers between landlords and lessees with dates omitted.
Miss Spaulding plans to relocate her millinery shop from Brilliant to 213 North Fourth Street Steubenville next week. The move positions the business in a new downtown storefront, aiming to attract existing and new customers with updated stock and services.
A brief help wanted notice seeks a married man for coal mining and farm labor. Promises a good home and steady work. Contact J. B. Mayes near Two-Ridge's church.
Frank Gable and family of Fair Point escaped a blaze that started in the attic at twelve Tuesday night. The roof collapsed, plaster fell, and residents could not halt the flames. An outbuilding housing the antimobile burned. the main structure loss is estimated at 5,000 with the home nearly destroyed.
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