Man in Mingo Deadly Poison Mystery Woman Starving Wife Pleads
A 25 year old man Herman Mekler was found unconscious behind the Palace Theatre in Mingo Junction after his wife Mary Mekler in Boston pleaded for his return. Authorities think despondency over hardship led him to ingest poison. He was taken to Ohio Valley hospital but remained unresponsive. A letter from his wife and a photo of a woman and child were found in his pocket. Police seek family and answer on motive and origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palace Theatre
Mingo Junction
Charles May
Gourley
Ohio Valley Hospital
Herman Mekler
General Delivery
Pittsburgh
Boston
Mass
Mekler
Herman
Mary Mekler
Mingo City
Mingo
Voter asks Dems to pledge record on child labor
A West Virginia voter urges the Democratic Party to couple pledges with a proven record on federal child labor regulation. He cites the Keating Owen bill already passing the House and stalled in the Senate by a few cotton mill supporters. He argues voters demand action beyond promises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thomas H. Powers
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Senate
National Child Labor Committee
House
Police Officer William D. Bair Named as Defendant in Divorce
William D. Bair, a member of the Steubenville police force, has been made defendant in a divorce action filed by his wife Clare E. Blair in Sandusky county courts at Fremont Ohio. Notice of the suit was served at his home this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Bair
Steubenville
Clare E. Blair
Sandusky County
Fremont
Ohio
Mr. Bair
Prisoner Prefers Dungeon to Hot Road Work
Hanley of Parkersburg West Virginia jailed by Mayor McMaster for intoxication made three escape attempts from a stone cracking crew near Albanna Friday afternoon and again this morning refused to rejoin the squad. Sheriff Huscroft told him he would crack stone or stay in the dungeon as punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanley
Parkersburg
W. Va
McMaster
Albanna
Huscroft
Exhaustion Not Poison Behind Mekler's Plight in Mingo
Herman Mekler, a Boston Jew without funds and food for days, was found in the rear of the Palace theatre at Mingo. He revived after a ten hour stupor and, after telling a moving tale, received aid from Good Samaritan Herman Weisberger and the Jewish Relief Society of Steubenville. He longs to return to his wife and children in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Mekler
Palace Theatre
Mingo
Boston
Mekler
Herman Weisberger
Pittsburgh
Steubenville
Jewish Relief Society
Progressive For His Cause in Ohio Letter Praises Daugherty
A 1916 unsolicted letter from Guy Farquharson, chairman of the Cuyahoga County Progressive Committee, to Harry M. Daugherty praises his stand with the Republicans, urges voters to back a “standpatter” who can win, and pledges Progressive support for the Senatorial candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Harry M. Daugherty
United States
Guy QO. Farquharson
Cuyahoga County
Progressive Committee
Cleveland
Hughes
Guy
Farquharson
Cuyhoga
Progressive Executive
Elderly man Charles Hanna fined for receiving stolen brass
Charles Hanna, an elderly Black man, was arrested Thursday afternoon on the charge of receiving stolen brass. Found guilty this morning, he was fined $200 and costs but unable to pay, and was jailed in the county jail. Hanna lives on Lake Fiie avenue and had recently purchased a large quantity of brass later taken by boys at the Hartje paper shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hanna
Hanna
Lake Fiie Avenue
Hartje Paper Yh
Mandamus Hearing Over Police Chief Salary Set
Judge Worley will hear Chief Blaine Carter's mandamus suit against Steubenville city to compel payment of two months salary. Hearing is scheduled for Wednesday August 2. The dispute follows a prior hold up requested by former Chief Franck Hawser and Vincent Morelli.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madamus
Worley
Blaine Carter
Steubenville
Franckhawser
Vincent Morelli
Labor Day Parade Plans and May Blosser Farewell Incident
A chaotic farewell to May Blosser ends with her escape from tar and feather threats as Follansbee residents vow Labor Day events. The article also outlines the September 4 parade lineup, formation points, and the Grand Marshal’s staff with numerous local and regional unions forming the procession through the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. R. White
William H. Ralston
Chas
Senate approves large 1917 defense funding package
Washington reports nearly seven hundred million dollars for national defense in the 1917 fiscal year. The army appropriation totals 313,970,447.10 dollars and the navy 315,826,843.55 dollars with fortifications and other items bringing the grand total to 685,343,017.27 dollars. The army bill exceeds house totals by over 131 million and includes a 2 million allocation for relief to dependent families of National Guardsmen and soldiers serving in the Mexican emergency. An amendment granting field voting rights for border soldiers was removed on a point of order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Wilson
Army
House
Committee
Flying Monument for Booker T. Washington Proposed
Mrs C W Murray designs a flag and song to honor Booker T Washington as a long lasting Flying Monument. The nine month labor creates a flag with a black field for the colored race a white heart for universal humanity and symbols of knowledge and American identity. Murray resides in Youngstown Ohio and invites communities to adopt the tribute ahead of Washingtons anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Murray
Booker T. Washington
Murray
Washington
Dr. Washington
Great Camp of Maccabees awards banner to Steubenville group
The Great Camp of Maccabees awards the state banner to LaBelle Tent No 464 Steubenville for the largest net membership gain during the year. Cleveland Tent No 5 holds the banner. A public celebration in Wells Auditorium on September 7 will feature state officers and music by the East Liberty Tent quartette from Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Camp of
Maccabees
Norwalk
LaBelle
Steubenville
Cleveland
Quartette
East Liberty
Pittsburgh
Wells Auditorium
Brooke county bonds sold for road plan
Brooke county voters approved an 800000 road bond issue. Harris Forbes of New York bought the issue at 102 with a 16000 premium and accrued interest to delivery. Funds will build an improved road system connecting the county with three brick macadam arteries. Work starts once sale is confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooke County
Harris Forbes Company
New York
Ford Car Hits Buggy Injures Fernwood Candidate
Fernwood resident Harry Gruber and East Springfield’s Earl Scott were badly hurt when a Ford touring car driven by William Lightfoot from Amsterdam struck their horse and buggy on the county pike near Bergholz. The vehicles plunged ten feet down an embankment, wrecking the buggy. Lightfoot and Charles Anderson escaped with minor injuries.
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Harry Gruber
Fernwood
Earl Scott
East Springfield
William Lightfoot
Amsterdam
Bergholz
Gruber
Scott
Lightfoot
Charles Anderson
Ace
Anderson
Toronto man W Merkle improves after fatal shooting
William Merkle of Toronto who ten days ago shot and killed Frank O'Brien at that place is improving at Gill hospital and will soon be moved to the county jail. His self-inflicted wound is healing rapidly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Flint Glass Workers
George Phillipson
William Vanhorn
Wellsburg
W. Va
John J. McKinney
Iparicca Flint Glass Workers
Toronto
Charles Wagner
Follawsbee
Jenkin Jones
A. A
Frank Steir
Brotherhood of Engineers
Carpenters
Edward Taskey
Electrical Workers
Joseph Fielder
George Chappel
Union
Clair Artman
LA U. S
Wilmer Haney
Machinis
J. A. Robin
Pole
Sevan Car
Geo. Husecroft
Tailors
Edward Wild
Typographical Union
H. H. Griffith
United Mine Workers of America
Brilliant
Carl Bucy
United Clay Workers of America
Washington Street
Fourth Street
Fifth Street
William Merkle
Frank O’brien
Gill Hospital
Unions Parade Schedule Seeks Members, Prizes Named
A parade plan lists numerous unions including Journeymen Tailors and Brewery Workers with floats from Merchants and Manufacturers displays. Prizes of 15 and 10 dollars await top line membership and best appearance as judges, led by Mayor McMaster and others, review starts at 9 45 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St . RR. R.A
Carl H. Smith
J. G. Belknap
W. C. McMaster
Harry T. Brady
Fred A. Bueche
E. A. Chamberlain
Jas. J. White
John Stoehr
Richard D. Selway
Lewis Fletcher
E. P. McDevitt
Real Estate Boom Reported in County Clerk’s Year
County Recorder Clayton L. Selah reports a year of heightened realty transfers mortgage activity and large mortgages. The year ended June shows record deeds books opened and extensive mortgage sums led by La Belle Iron Works Pa Company and Wheeling Sheet Steel and Iron Co Colonial Trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton L. Setah
la Belle — Iron Works
Pennsylvania Company
Wheeling Sheet Steel and Tron Company
Colonial Trust Company
Recorder
Deel
Star
Census report shows Ohio factory growth 1910 to 1914
Washington July 28 A preliminary census of manufactures for Ohio shows population rising from 4 767 121 in 1910 to an estimated 5 027 000 on July 1 1914. Capital invested climbed to 1 677 552 000 up 20 percent, and value of products rose 24 percent to 1 782 808 000. Salaries and wages jumped 33.6 percent while total establishments grew 3.4 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
State of
Ohio
Sam L. Rogers
Bureau of the Census
Department of Commerce
William M. Steuart
Proprietos
Kans Oil and Gas Company Organized in Steubenville
Roy N. Merryman explains plans to organize the Kansas Oil and Gas Company in Steubenville with Delaware incorporation at 25000 dollars. All stockholders will be Steubenville residents. A first test well is to be sunk within three or four weeks, after the lease of 600 acres and a 480 acre adjoining tract. Merryman has also leased large oil territory in Oklahoma. The Kansas lease sits amid producing wells near Independence in Montgomery County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Kansas Oil & Gas Company
Steubenville
Roy N. Merryman
Delaware
T Leubenville
Merryman
John G. Burns
Oklahoma
Standard Oil Company
Montgomery County
Independence
French Leave by Laborers Hits Road Contractors
Road contractors entered the city seeking laborers. Failing to locate workers, they paid fines for county jail prisoners who agreed to work. The contractors returned with news that after securing feed and advance money, the hired laborers fled the work area abruptly.
Yorkville Notes on Tin Mill Additions and New Home
Workmen rush the addition to the tin mill with several laborers taking night shifts. Mr Hancher of Steubenville is building a new home on land once owned by L L Heill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorkville
Mr. Hancher
Steubenville
L. L. Heill
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Herman Meker
Lief Society of Steubenville
Daugherty
May Blosser
Follansbee
May
Eere
Third
Logan
Fourth
Franklin Avenue
Sixth
Adams
Fifth
Slack
Pan Handle Park
Sifth Street
Patton
Trades and Labor Assembly
Potters
Follanshee Tin Workers
America Flint Glass Workers
Brotherhood of Railway
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Citizens’ Band
OF Maccabees Awarded
Cele
Ford
Auto
Rcs
Ikea
of Manufactures of State of Ohio
OL Company
R. N. Merryman
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