Robbers Blow Safe Alarm Then Escape on Train
Three men robbed Paul T. Thompson's store in Richmond on Wednesday night blasting the outer safe. They seized a horse and buggy, fired at by residents, and fled toward Skelly's using a Pan Handle train. Dr Culp and Oscar Orwick chased, boarded the train, but the robbers alighted near Steubenville. Sheriff's pursuit followed, Wellsburg hounds summoned, but no identities found. Only $10 in stamps recovered. locals stunned by the early morning explosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Paul T. Thompson
Hob Watt
Eula Sprague
Chas. Elliott
Oscar Orwick
Dr. C. 3
Culp
Ross Deitz
Skelly’s
Steubenville
Death Notice of Mrs Ellen Miller Alexander
Mrs Ellen Miller Alexander widow of William Alexander died at 428 North Fifth Street after a long illness. Born in Londonderry Ireland she came to America in 1869 and settled in Steubenville where she married in 1875. A devoted wife mother and church member she left sons J Porter Chester J and William and daughters Mae Elizabeth and others with grandchildren. Her circle mourns a Christian life and loving home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Alexander
Ellen Miller Alexander
North Fifth Street
Alexander
Ellen Miller
Londonderry
Ireland
Elizabeth
Steubenville
Matthew Miller
United Presbyterian Church
Woman's Missionary Society
J. Porter Alexander
Chester J. Alexander
Mae
Willian
Pitsburg
Nancy Thompson
Lincoln
Nebraska
Jerediah McConnell
Weatheral dies in mine accident at New Alexandria
Frank Weatheral born April 10 1867 died July 16 1913 son of William D and Virlinda Weatheral both deceased he owned the New Alexandria coal mines killed in his own mine survived by wife Isa bel Jones and a daughter brothers and sisters named funeral July 18 at New Alexandria cemetery large attendance
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Frank Weatheral
William D
Virlinda Weatheral
Mr. Weatheral
New Alexandria
M. E
Isabel Jones
Elizabeth Honey
Chicaco
Wm. Linton
Gould's Station
Elva Snider
Mingo
Ae John
Dwin
Newark
James S Owens Civil War Veteran Dies at 84
James S Owens a Civil War veteran and prominent local resident died at his sister Mary Viola Misselwitz home on South Third street at 5 o'clock Monday morning after a long illness aged 84. Born June 14 1842 in Steubenville he lived here his entire life and served five years in Company G 30th Ohio Infantry. He belonged to the Methodist Church and Stanton Post G A R and was esteemed by all. Survived by sisters Mrs Mary Viola Misselwitz and Mrs Emma Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamess. Owens
James S. Owens
Mary Viola Misselwitz
South Third Street
Steubenville
United States Army
Co. G., 30Th Ohio Infantry
Methodist Church
Stanton Post G. A. R
Emma Jones
Infant daughter dies after brief illness in Medill home
Anna Pauline Medill aged three weeks and two days, infant daughter of Leland and Helen Ellis Medill, died at home on Sunday August 10 after a short illness. The obituary notes the sympathy of the family circle for their bereavement and the love she inspired in her brief life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Pauline
Leland
Helen Ellis Medill
Michael Groves 90 Dies at Home in Chester
Michael Groves aged 90 years and 6 months died at 4 o clock yesterday afternoon at his home in Chester after a period of illness. Born near Columbus Ohio he was a blacksmith by trade and moved from Richmond Jefferson county to Wellsville thirty years ago. He belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church and was widely known. Survived by his wife and three children Lewis of Omaha Ned and Edward of Wellsville and Mrs. Charles Davis of Toronto Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Groves
Chester
Mr.Groves
Columbus
Ohio
Richmond Jefferson County
Wellsville
Methodist Episcopal Church
Lewis
Omaha
Ned
Edward
Charles Davis
Toronto
Canada
Death of Frank Deering at City Hospital
Frank Deering a Russian-Polander died at city hospital Friday evening from valvular heart trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Deering
City Hospital
Hon. Samuel H. Ford Dies at 87 in Jefferson County
Hon Samuel H Ford longtime Jefferson county representative in the Ohio Assembly from 1862 to 1876 died Thursday morning November 2 1013 at 630 after a long illness. Born November 18 1826 near Richmond he farmed then served in legislature from 1872 wife Ruth Watt died two years ago. Surviving are nine children and two brothers and one sister. A lifelong Methodist he was esteemed for integrity and strength of character in Jefferson county. funeral arrangements not yet set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel H. Ford
Richmond
Mr. Ford
Jefferson County
Ohio Assembly
Ford
Ruth Watt
Joseph H. Ford
Emma Doke
Albert M. Ford
Bloomfield
Town
N. D
Morganza
James W
Columbus
J. PF. Scott
Mannington
N. Ft
Jennie Scott
Charles A. Ford
William L
Island Creek
Henry
Scio
Julia McCullough
Fernwood
Methodist Episcopal Church
Death of W. G Devaul in Indianapolis Telegram
The Misses Spaulding received word on Thursday of the death of W. G Devaul in Indianapolis after an operation at the hospital. He was married to Annie, daughter of the late C. T. Spaulding, who survives with seven children. Mrs. C. T. Spaulding was notified there days earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spaulding
W. G Devaul
Indianapolis
Annie
C. TE. Spaulding
Mr. Devaul
C. T. Spaulding
Ninety Eighth Regiment Reunion Held This August
The annual Ninety eighth regiment volunteer infantry reunion will be held on Thursday August 21 at Tippecanoe Tuscara wasa county. Most surviving members plan to attend. Last year the gathering was at Mingo Junction where the unit departed fifty years ago for the south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Volunteer Infantry
Tippecanoe
Tuscarawas County
Mingo Junction
Brave Boys In Blue
Grangers Warned Against Short Ballot Plan in Ohio
L J Taber addressed Elm Grove Grange at Benton West Grove near Dennison urging defeat of the proposed constitutional amendment to shrink the Ohio legislature. He argued a smaller body raises salaries, weakens representation, and harms rural counties while claiming city interests would gain control. He cited Cedar Point gathering opposition from wets and rural lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. Taber
Ohio
Cetinourth
Elmrove Grange
Benton West Grove
Dennison
Taber
W. B. Francis
Sixteenth
Laura R. Reidenger
Alliance
House
Senate
Frst
Friends
Harrison
Tuscarawas
State Senate
Innstead
Cox
Anti-Saloon League
Cedar Point
The Wets Push Smaller Ohio Legislature Fight
A liquor bloc files a petition with 115,522 signatures seeking a smaller legislature based on population, aiming to shift from rural to urban representation in Ohio. The move follows Governor Cox appointment of a liquor license commission and promises tied to the wets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Cox
Rev. C Albert Thomas Kidnapped Near Capitol Story
The Rev C Albert Thomas a Canonsburg Pa Episcopal clergyman and summer supply at St Mark s church was whisked into a taxicab by a man in Washington on August 13. He later believed he had been taken to the capitol and would address the Senate with prayer. Chaplain Prettyman was unaware of the noon session and assistant Sergeant at Arms McGrain had to locate a preacher in 12 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Herald-Star
Washington
Albert Thomas
Canonsburg
St. Mark's Church
Mr. Thomas
United States
Senate
Prettyman
McGrain
Realty transfers in Pleasant Heights and nearby areas
List of property conveyances involving John W Bendure John Johnson and others in Pleasant Heights Unionport La Belle View and surrounding townships. Transfers include lots 6 7 14 30 and 288 plus fractional parcels with prices from 100 to 2800 dollars and notable buyers and sellers such as George Polen Lizzie Oldham A Peoples D Cromey Gould McDowell Waggoner and Nicholson among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Bendure
John $. Johnson
Pleasant Heights
la Belle View Land Co
Harry E. Gould
la Belle View
City
Lizzie Oldham
Frank T. McClain
Lote
Phillips Add
Toronto
Daniel Kelly
Cyrus W. Shimer
Charles R. Cona
Lonzo Ferrell
Clark
Lewis C. Bendure
McDowell
Warrenty
Robert W. Nicholson
P.M. Smith
Trondale
Peteslaus Cichocki
Waclaw Samkow
Coal & Mining Co
D. City
Svs
Jennie Cattrell
Josenh Lesen Fellows
Springfield
Isaac V. Grove
Tannatelli Donato
Farewell Sermon at Irondale Church Marks Move to Woodland
Rev. Thomas Brown of Bethany preached a farewell sermon at the Christian church in Irondale after a year of service. A large audience attended as the church completed renovations including a new lighting system and cleared an embarrassing debt before his departure to a larger field of labor in Woodland, West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Church of
Irondale
Thomas Brown
Bethany
Brown
Rey. Brown
Woodland
W. Va
Questions for Elementary Teaching Certification Exam
Prepared by the State School Commissioner to test mental qualifications of teacher candidates. Questions from the county examination for elementary certificates include reading method, key teaching terms, recommended books, core subjects, teacher character, benefits of institute attendance, community cooperation, and public school use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Commissioner of Public Schools
Questions on early American history and innovation
A set of study prompts asking about causes of the French and Indian War and Clark's captures and expedition, Franklin's service, post-Revolution difficulties, inventions that fueled slavery, and inventors of the sewing machine reaper telegraph telephone aeroplane. Virginia's farm decline name origin West Virginia statehood Grant versus Lee, and US Japan tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Rogers Clark
Benjamin Franklin
United States
Virginia
West Virginia
Grant
Lee
Japan
Reading Examination Is Oral For Prospective Teachers
The reading test will be oral and the examiner may use any plan. Applicants for four year elementary provisional certificates must have their reading grades sent to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction by the examiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Agriculture questions for the farm student lesson
A set of eight agriculture topics prompts asking for lists and explanations. Items include three beef and three dairy cattle breeds, reasons for pure bred poultry, definitions of certified milk and bovine tuberculosis, crop rotation for the corn belt, rock to soil transformation forces, tree varieties for shade posts shingles ties and building frames, silo based food preservation and its advantages, and the impact of milk testing on the dairy industry.
A Banking Lemma and Eight Quick Arithmetic Puzzles
A set of eight word problems covers risk premiums sales gain beef slicing granite polishing and family earnings. Each item asks for a numeric solution including premium risk, chestnut trading profit, round counts, granite polishing cost, wine pricing after loss, boy labor days, shoe discounts per pair, and earnings shares among a farmer and two sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
World Geography and Navigation Quiz Items
A series of questions asks how a mariner would determine location at sea, evaluates Siberia as agricultural, mining, and lumbering regions, and queries the Culebra Cut, Popa, Messina, the Snake River, Tasmania. It seeks the shortest all water route from New York to Bombay and the chief products of major nations. It then asks which places host the Tsetse fly and Hookworm, the injuries they cause, Missouri's capital and largest city, and the rulers or heads of state of multiple countries.
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Saa
Siberia
Popaeth
Messina
Sanake River
Tasmania
New York
Bombay
Brasil
Argentina
China
Periods of English Literature with dates and authors
The medieval period runs roughly 450 to 1500 with Geoffrey Chaucer as a leading writer. The early modern period spans about 1500 to 1700 and features William Shakespeare. The Augustan period covers 1700 to 1785 with Samuel Johnson as a prominent figure. The Romantic period is roughly 1785 to 1832 led by William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge. The Victorian era from 1837 to 1901 is defined by Charles Dickens as a leading novelist. The modernist era begins around 1900 and includes James Joyce as a leading writer.
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Cambridge
Concord
Lake Poets
Pippa Passes
Robin Browning
King Alfred
John Wycliffe
Chaucer
Wordsworth
Charles R. Darwin
R. W. Emerson
Burns and Whittier
Embezzlement and Questions From A Quiz
A fragmented query set asks about embezzlement against a late manager and various literary topics. It includes authors, works, poets, definitions, and biographical prompts, seeking classification of poets and summaries of Emerson and Burns versus Whittier.
Missing store manager flees with embezzled funds
M Cohen, manager of the People's Credit Clothing Store on North Fourth Street, has disappeared with suspected embezzlement. J W Slayton filed charges after discovering discrepancies totaling $15, prompting searches as Cohen and his family reportedly left town with household goods. Local authorities seek to locate Cohen as investigations continue with Reinhart replacing him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Cohen
People’s Credit Clothing
North Fourth Street
J. W. Slayton
Trek Cohen
Mr. Slayton
Gosden
Dofe
Samuel Pearce
Cohen
Ross Stark
Pearce
Straytom
Cohem
Reinhart
Rose Geller
New World City
North Sixth Street
Squire Blackburn
People’s Store
Quote on purposeful reading by Frederick Harrison
A reflection on reading with purpose and selective information. The author argues that collecting information without intent wastes time and erodes useful knowledge, urging intentional engagement with each book or fact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Harrison
Parts and functions of the human body and health habits
A set of educational prompts covering bones senses and organs such as femur fibula clavicle cochlea and trachea, plus questions on gastric juice digestion nose breathing skin cleansing and deep breathing. It asks for child friendly abstinence reasons and simple hygiene lessons with methods to teach them.
Grammar and syntax quiz prompts from a 19th century text
Outlines eight grade noun outline and inflection basics. Defines discourse paragraph element syntax. Provides sentences with subject clause object clause prepositional phrase and a defective verb. Offers two rules of syntax and two plural formation rules. Explains simple relative pronouns with two descriptions. Includes a sentence using all parts of speech and parses a participle and a preposition. Ends with Pope quotation about honor and rise.
Reading Skill Exercise on Cognates and Phonetics
This item asks for five cognate word examples, lists six consonants with multiple sounds, marks pronunciation for four words, provides two synonyms and antonyms for six words, and spells a mixed set of vocabulary including auxiliary dactyl atheist portable tangible tonsillitis roily orthoepy cessation saccharine ambrosial financier ossify initiate cemetery embryo Catawba folios decency.
Insect Predation and Plant Nutrition Quiz Items
A series of agricultural quiz questions covering predaceous insect methods of prey destruction, life stages of the coddling moth, definitions of balanced, maintenance, commercial and complete fertilizers, lime effects on soil and legume inoculation, soil lime and acid testing methods, types of tubercle bacilli, primary plant root functions, and key elements from air versus soil.
One Bright Joke
J D Somerville writes that Ohio farmers outside cities will see a referendum lead to a short ballot and appointed officials. A governor may pick commissions, turning power to a trust, allowing graft. He warns about voting for school directors or road supervisors amid a sarcastic note on the saloon license commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Somerville
Seio Herald
Ohio
Examination for Postmaster Vacancies Hollidays Cove W V
The United States Civil Service Commission announces an examination on September 13 in Wellsburg W Va as a result of Avitch to certify candidates for the postmaster vacancy at Hollidays Cove W Va and other office openings unless reinstatement is used. Last fiscal year the Hollidays Cove postmaster earned 312 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Servic Commission
Wellsburg
W. Va
Avitch
Hollidays Cove
Irondale Newswire Highlights Local Movements and Events
Irondale correspondent reports Clyde Russel arriving from Chestnut Grove Ridge on a frisky horse that bolted toward downtown at twenty miles per hour. Mrs D A Thompson plans a river trip to Pittsburg, a local boy 14 locked a Barnett store, and Mrs I S Bailey visited Wellsville to see her ill daughter Hazel Schmidt. Dando bats Salis bury on Wednesday. Ila Brooks takes a cook job at Mrs Hugh McFadden’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bingville Bugle
Irondale
East Liverpool Tribune
Clyde Russel
Chestnut Grove Ridge
Calico Hill
D. A. Thompson
Pittsburg
Barnett Clothing
I. S. Bailey
Wellsville
Mirs
Hazel Schmidt
Ila Brooks
Hugh McFadden
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W. G. Devaul
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Holland
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Germany
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Mexico
Brazil
Turkey
Gniard
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MR. Cohen
Hart Schaffner & Marx
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