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Newspaper
Steubenville Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1901
Page
6
A fragmented 1901 text describes a war horse near Cambridge and puzzling arithmetic questions. It lists estate division problems, currency values, percentages, powers, and proportion concepts. It also poses geography and dates related queries about the world, the date line, and U S states and regions.
A railway collision left a calm survivor who noted rescuers always stopping that way. The piece mocks ordinary soaps and suggests many women prefer a soap unnamed, arguing common odors and harshness are not universal.
A stream of personal notices places Dr and Mrs F B Maxwell in Atlantic City and lists numerous travelers and visitors. Names include Frank Stokes Wm Bullock and Jennie Wright moving to Mart Liverpool Wm Klagra to Toledo Libby brake factory workers and Jobo Baxter of Wollensburg in the city on business. Various residents from Pittsburgh Washington Stoubenville New Athens and Cleveland are mentioned visiting, shopping, or traveling to New York City Philadelphia and Atlantic City with dates and locales reflecting a lively regional social circuit.
Newspaper readers are warned about a dubious advertisement claiming a herbal remedy cures kidney and urinary issues. The text urges readers to mix a powder with water, claim fast relief, and lists exaggerated outcomes to entice purchases.
An 19th or early 20th century collage piece blends medical ad copy for Dr A. W. Chase's Nerve Pills with scattered local society notes. It touts neuralgia as a nerve center disease tied to impoverished blood and promotes pills as the cure, while including brief testimonials and several names and places from the era.
The Martin's Ferry area reports camp You Said Er across from White Rock broke up today after a fifteen day stay. Involved were Fred Hadfelter, Bob Peterson, Bud Foster, Frank Aull, Frank O'Neal, Miss Sunly Jackson of Mt. Pleasant, 10d Mieses Mamie and Maggie Harris of Smithfield, who had been guests of Misa Daily Gryder. Also noted are travel changes of Mrs. F. RB. Strain and John Ohbeaks, and upcoming conventions with Rev. J. W. Kerns among speakers at Jefferson County Endeavor, Sixteenth Missionary District at Quaker City, and East Liverpool.
Friday Amalgamated men claim a big gain yesterday. The Joliet men came out and the trust gained nothing at other mus. The man who stole Scott Rowan's wheel and then broke in a house in New Cumberland got out of jail there taking rock and all. The day of the dedication of the Bingham Statue at Cade has been appeared by shy committe for Thursday September 20. Steubenville Commandery Knights Templar invited by Obrichevilla commandery to go to Louisville Conclava. any Knight wishing to go will communicate with T. W. Vance. They travel on No 6 Pan Handle express. Eighth regiment Ohio National Guards were called to Muskingum to aid in pursuit of robbers near Adams band early that morning. Robbers believed in a dense thicket near Shayuality. C G Lawson of Wellsville helped locate the first well to be drilled on land recently loaned for oil development by the Makenzie Oil and Gas Company. 1,147 acres of land in Ballge and Knox townships to begin drilling in August. Board of Education of Wheeling, controlling public library matters, found it useless to submit a bond issue for $50,000 to accept Andrew Carnegie's $15,000 offer for a public library building amid opposition from labor groups. The unions had declared to fight the action at the polls. Capt J F Oliver led the soldiers’ yeoman support on August fair to be well attended in county. Falk & O'Neal secured rosters for the sur Saupe at A. Patton's Quartermaster Tennis. Gov Arthur Powell says the County remains engaged.
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