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Newspaper
Steubenville Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1906
Page
7
A long stream of hometown news records residents returning from eastern trips and visits to relatives in Allegheny Detroit Pittsburg and Marysville Ohio. Several families announce engagements weddings and summer travel plans including trips to Atlantic City Minneapolis and London.
A stream of notices lists residents visiting relatives, returning home from trips to places including Dennison Slippery Rock Toronto and Denver with updates on health hospital trips and social gatherings. It notes engagements weddings and gatherings in Pittsburg Wheeling and nearby towns and mentions a G A R encampment excursion and a summer visit to Lake Chautauqua.
A pair of baskets filled for a Union church picnic at Rock Springs were stolen from Mrs. Abrams at 409 North Fifth Street. Butter, eggs, and a crock were taken, with a similar theft reported at Miss Elizabeth Lynn's next door. No clue to the culprits.
Thurman Spriggs of Woodsfield is mentioned as a potential Democratic candidate for the office of Secretary of State. The report notes ongoing speculation about his candidacy within party circles and local political discussions.
A rear end freight wreck damaged one car and a caboose, the caboose burned. Engine 48 damaged. engine sent to Dennison shops. Steubenville wreck crew cleared tracks. cause under investigation. Flooding in Dinsmore tunnel delayed trains. four feet of water along the New Cumberland branch. picnic trains delayed until track cleared. Seven sections of No 206 east and No 6 Atlantic City excursionists, plus other trains, ran after the rain subsided.
The Piney Fork express office six miles west of Dillonvale was robbed of seventy dollars. Agent Swick placed the cash box on top of the safe to sell tickets and left briefly. On return the cash box was missing, with four men observed in the building and investigators pursuing a clue.
About 1,200 local residents rode Pan Handle trains to Rock Springs for a joint picnic hosted by four churches. Crowds pressed into eleven coaches despite threatening weather, with attendance possibly reaching 2,500 to 3,000 including travelers from Dennison Cadiz Scio Bloomfield and other points.
The prompt asks about encountering the superior man who steadfastly opposes the crowd. It poses a philosophical or rhetorical inquiry rather than a reportable news item.
A reader recounts remedies used for copperhead bites and snake bites on animals. Henry Spruns drank whiskey after a bite with no effect, a Mingo county boy used red onion slivers with green poison, and wells township horses were treated with freed cow manure to reduce swelling. The author, J G McGrew, urges caution and shares observations from 1860 and later.
Mrs. Welshans living across the river in Brooke County was bitten by a copperhead on Wednesday. Her son killed the snake when shown by his mother a few minutes later. She was in serious danger until a physician arrived and treated her. she survived and was slowly recovering from the poison.
Oscar Morrow, a blind Toronto resident, escaped a deadly kitchen blaze after his wife left a skillet of fat on a gas flame. Nephew Emmet Morrow, guided by smoke, carried the burning skillet through the room, burning his arm and neck before others extinguished the fire. Oscar turned off the gas and both he and Emmet were treated for injuries. no one else was seriously hurt.
A large rabid dog bit seven or eight people in New Cumberland on Thursday evening. Sheriff F Wilkins' daughter and Postmaster J R Campbell's daughter were injured. The dog’s head was sent to Pittsburgh for examination and Mercy Hospital surgeons confirmed rabies. Several others will seek Pasteur treatment. The dog also reportedly bit other dogs.
W C Brooks an uncle arrived from Belpie to transport the remains of J K McGlashan to Ben's Run West Virginia near Sistersville for interment where relatives reside McGlashan 25 married but estranged from his wife He died of alcoholism in the county jail Wednesday morning Brooks was administrator of McGlashan's mother's estate and recently handled a $700 legacy drawing $424 from a Sistersville bank during his stay in town
Advertisement for Paro Ointment claims a guaranteed cure for itching bleeding and prolapsed piles with first application providing relief. Druggists offer a refund if it fails regardless of duration. results touted in 6 to 14 days.
Vice President Tom Lewis of the United Mine Workers arranged with Francis L. Robbins to import miners from the Ohio field to cover a shortage in the Pittsburg district. The plan, noted in correspondence from Salineville and Massillon, targets supplying the workforce for pit operations in the district.
Phillip Morgan, a well known Pope Tin Plate Mills roller, married Miss Annie Bowen of Pontardunes South Wales after she crossed the Oceanic to New York. They wed in New York City by Rev Thomas, then traveled to Steubenville to begin housekeeping at 434 South Fifth Street. The bride, visiting America for the first time, had courted by mail.
Eight year old George McCauslen of Steubenville district barely escaped drowning at Rock Springs Park dam Friday when he went into water too deep. A man jumped in, removed his clothes in a hurry, and pulled him from the water after the boy sank three times. Also reported, G W McNally was released after a preliminary hearing on criminal assault charges. the judge found insufficient evidence for grand jury action.
Work begins on a new National Telephone Company line from Trideenort to Cadiz via the Cadiz Pike. Poles are nearly distributed and wire lies on the ground as the route passes Cole Rain. Residents urge the company to fulfill a pledge to improve the Steubenville plant.
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