Steubenville Fire Destroys Storage Hall and Turner Hall
A devastating blaze in Steubenville destroyed the storage hall of Steubenville Transit and Storage and gutted Turner Hall and adjoining dwellings on North Third Street. The fire, starting about 8 pm, caused roughly 75,000 dollars in loss with 20,000 to Turner Hall and 10,000 to the storage building, but no injuries were reported. Fire crews fought for hours with help from Halanshee and Bell Telephone crews, saving nearby homes while risking the spread of flames to oil barrels and multiple properties.
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Steubenville
Steubenville Transit & Storage
Turner Hall
North Third Street
Washington Street
I Ilansbee Department
Germania Turn Verein
Chester Alexander
Alexander
Phillins Shet & Tim Plate Company
Phillis Company
William Kaufmann
Erskine
Wanenmacher
Kauffman
Martin
Hhet
William Kauffman
Thire Street
Lake Erie Avenue
Follanshee Department
Follanshee
Third Street
Demar Erskine
Wkfp
Bell and National Telephone Companies
Pete John Brock
North
M. L. Stephens
H. Fall
Erskine Homestead
Charles Hanna
William Elliott
Laura Smith
Rendall Jackson
Jacob Wangamacher
Nettie Erskine
James Weber
Weber
Davis
Erakine
Ohio Alley Hospital
Turnverein
John McCoy
Simple Christmas Rules Shape Britain War Time Yuletide
The Briton spirit leans to self denial and thrift this Christmas as food shortages bite. Government orders curb hotel dinners and alcohol hours while housewives trim menus to avoid waste. war savings drives push hospitality and humor as nations reflect on soldiers and sailors fighting abroad.
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London
Dee
Associated Press
England
Runciman
Board of Trade
New York
United States
Liauor Control Board
Liquor Control Board
War Savings Committee
Vance
War Savings
Nolan
Fifty Frenchmen to study American commerce next summer
Fifty young Frenchmen will travel to the United States for a month to study banking, factories, and shipping, visiting New York, Boston, Montreal, Chicago, Washington, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and St. Louis to learn American commercial methods and viewpoints. A reciprocal American group will visit France.
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Paris
Rance
United States
Canada
New York
Boston
Montreal
Chicago
Washington
Iron and Steel Works
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Baltimore
St. Louis
France
Chambers of
Agricultural College
American Chambers of Commerce
Earceen
Inely
Peart Facternature
Rian Wenank
Vlatte
Asmarinen Ety
Priceless Gifts Expand Library of Congress Volumes
Gifts from many sources added over 28,000 volumes to the Library of Congress this year, boosting its holdings to 2,451,974 books and 392,905 prints. Lincoln documents, Latin American manuscripts, Yiddish collections, and renewed reclassification efforts mark notable progress in this record, with the library now the third largest in the world and foremost in the Western globe.
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Washington
Library of Congress
Lincoln
Clarence L. Hay
John Hay
Helen Nicolay
E. M. Borchard
United States
Officer Injured Arresting Reckless Driver in Embankment Incident
Mingo Junction officer Harry Linn is off duty after suffering arm injuries while arresting Will Heaton, a Mingo boy, for reckless driving. Heaton allegedly accelerated a hired Pekruhn garage car, prompting Linn to jump free as the vehicle careened down Commercial Street. Heaton later fled to Brilliant, where a scuffle reportedly occurred as two Brilliant officers investigated. Heaton faces a $50 bond and hearings in Brilliant and Mingo.
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Harry Linn
Mingo Junction
Will Heaton
Mingo
Heaton
Pekruhn
Commercial Street
Lynn
Brilliant
Ohio Wheat and Corn Crop 1916 Compared to 1915
The wheat crop shows a four point decline in condition due to moisture shortage, risking winter kill and potential harvest losses for 1917. Corn area is down over two hundred sixty thousand acres from 1915 but near average for two years, with total yield 34 million bushels below 1915. The per acre yield fell from 37 to 28.4 bushels, making 82,955,943 bushels the lowest since 1893.cotton? tobacco and clover report mixed results while apples near one third of a fair crop and seed tobacco yields drop by eighteen pounds per acre but quality stays high.
Salineville Creamery Plant eyed by local citizens
Local residents and W S Weston of Des Moines Iowa report strong support for a cooperative ice cream and creamery manufacturing plant in Salineville. Weston has spent weeks urging farmers to buy stock, and interest appears high, signaling a likely plant erection in the town.
Oil Well on John Gilchrist Farm Tops New Alexandria Field
The oil well on the John Gilchrist farm at New Alexandria is better than first reported and likely the best struck in the New Alexandria field to date. Several new wells will be drilled promptly as leasing activity rises due to the high oil price and recent development.
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Ahetter
John Gilchrist
New Alexandria
Visits by Smithfield Normal students to rural and city schools
The students from Smithfield County Normal Training School toured Wintersville and Hukill schools in Cross Creek township and the McKinley school in this city on Wednesday. They expect to spend another day observing in city school rooms.
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Smithfield County
Destruction of Farms by Coal Strip Mining in Jefferson and Harrison Counties
Five large stripping shovels are now stripping coal from beneath farming lands in Jefferson and Harrison counties. The activity lowers soil, harming verettin on the soil. Specific sites include near Adra in Jefferson County, Wabash near Heerson County, near Flks station, and Mill farm at Piney Fork. Almost all farmland between Cadiz Junction, Hopedale and Adena has been leased for coal, sparing only a few named farms and landholders.
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Jefferson
Harisen
Verettin
Ffecon
Heerson County
Tohn Ceople
Flks
Uriey Co
Piney Fork
Cadiz Junction
Hopedale
Adena
John Cresby
Moorhead
Thompson Cochran
Clifford
Trapped Men Die In Boiler Accident At Hartje Mill
At Hartje Paper mill on North Third street Sunday night, Dominic Patrianno and helper Torcadaro died in No 2 boiler after steam was released by an inadequately closed valve. Patrianno, 35, died of suffocation. Torcadaro, 40, was severely burned and later died. Coroner investigated. causation centered on valve negligence during Sunday repairs. Patrianno’s widow and five children survive. funeral plans pending.
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Hartje
North Third Street
Dominic Patrianno
Kalan
Andy Torcadaro
Gill Hospital
Herb
M. J. Foley
Herald-Star
Patrianno
Torcadaro
No. 2
Torcadero
Torcarciaro
Mettenberger
Foley
Honer
North Seventh Street
State Grange Meeting Delegates from Reed's Mills
Elmer J. Gilkinson of Reed's Mills travels to Newark Ohio for the Ohio State Grange annual meeting December 12 to 16 1916 as county deputy. He is joined by George T. Warren of Cesuai e Ohio and Asbury B. Adrian of Unionport Ohio as elected delegates.
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State Grange
Elmer J. Gilkinson
Reed's
Fingers Burned Off At Sunshine Coal Grounds
John Steinkowitz of Ana caught a high tension wire snagging a pole and three fingers were burned requiring amputation. He is hospitalized at Marin's Ferry Hospital and will recover.
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John Steinkowitz
Ana
Sunshine Coal Company
Tom
Marin's Ferry
Cadiz News Changes Hands To Rupert Beetham
The Cadiz News, long led by Charles C. Addleman for twenty years, was sold last week to Rupert Beetham. The issue this week appears in a new form with new masthead and a four page size replacing the prior eight pages.
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Cadiz
Charles C. Addleman
Rupert Beetham
Mine Accident In Tiltonville Coal Car Breaks Loose
At the Russell Coal and Mining Co mine in Tiltonville a coal car separated from its coupling and struck Gerald McDermotte near the incline bottom. He suffered an injured hip but is not seriously hurt and will miss work for a few days.
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Russell Coal and Mining Co
Tiltonville
Gerald McDermotte
Colored youth held for hearing after auto theft arrest
The colored youth arrested at Sa lineville today for stealing an auto from the Kincaid garage was brought back here by Chief Carter. He stated his name as Howard Johnson and was held for hearing before the Mayor this afternoon.
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Salineville
Kincaid Garage
Chief Carter
Howard Johnson
Indicted Tony Nagy Pleads Guilty in Ohio Rape Case
Tony Nagy indicted by the recent grand jury for rape pleaded guilty before Judge Carl Smith this afternoon, receiving an indeterminate sentence of one to twenty years in the Ohio penitentiary and will be transferred to state prison next week.
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Tony Nagy
Carl Smith
Ohio
Probate Court Actions Reported
W R Alban named administrator of Harry BBrannigan estate. Will of Mary Logan probated. First account filed in William J Gallagher estate. Probate sale order returned and filed for Harvey Lamberton estate. Order of public Mary C Call.
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W. R. Alban
Harry B. Brannigan
Mary Logan
William J. Gallagher
Harvey Lamberton
Mary C. Call
Pumper Reports Good Yield On Henderson Farm Well
A well drilled on the Stanley Henderson farm at New Somerset, in this county, is reported as a fairly good pumper. Another well is planned on the adjoining Wilson farm.
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Stanley Henderson
New Somerset
Wilson
Damages Refused In Montgomerry vs Culp Case
A jury in Common Pleas Court returned a verdict for the defendant in the ten thousand dollar damage suit brought by Susan Mabel Montgomery against George Culp. The plaintiff sought damages over the death of her husband Hugh Montgomery who was fatally burned in the Culp coal mine about a year ago. He was filling a miner's lamp when oil ignited from an unguarded lamp and set fire to his clothing.
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Susan Mabel Montgomery
George Culp
Common Pleas Court
Hugh Montgomery
Culp
Montgomery
Foreclosure Suit Filed Over Mortgage in Warren Township
Gilbert Wesley Tenree sues Joseph and Lucia Petrosillo seeking foreclosure of a mortgage securing a promissory note for 440.35. The court action seeks sale of the property located in Warren township to satisfy the debt.
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Gilbert Wesley Tenree
Joseph and
Lucia Petrosillo
Warren Township
William Lane Bound for Grand Jury on Assault Charge
William Lane of Amsterdam was brought to the county jail today after being bound over to the Grand Jury on a $500 bond by Mayor Waggoner. The charge is criminal assault, preferred by Eva Meelkovage, a young woman of Amsterdam.
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William Lane
Amsterdam
Grand Jury
Waggoner
Eva Meelkovage
Expected to Recover From Train Accident
George Petroski a fourteen year old boy whose both legs were ground off by a train on Wednesday afternoon is expected to recover though still in critical condition. Found on the Pan Handle tracks about a mile south of the city he remained conscious and attempted to explain the accident. It is believed he was riding a freight train and fell off. The injured youth is at the Ohio Valle
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George Petroski
Ohio Valle Hospital
Recount Ordered Ballots Held by County Board
Jefferson County Board of Elections to preserve ballots from the recent general election after a statewide recount order issued by Secretary of State Hildebrandt. Telegram to follow with full instructions. board will comply and keep ballots intact under state direction.
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Jefferson County
Death toll from finger injury sparks oil field tragedy
Delbert M. Ross aged 37 died at his Burgettstown home from blood poisoning that followed a finger wound from a spiinter while dressing tools in the local oil field on November 9. He was a well known oil worker with many friends in Steubenville who mourn his passing.
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Delbert M. Ross
Burgettstown
Steubenville
Jewett Oilman Becomes Third Owner in 250 Barrel Well
F N Donaldson a Jewett oil man is named third owner in a 250 barrel well drilled at Burgettstown Pennsylvania. He partners with his two brothers in the Burgettstown lease which now yields about 500 barrels daily from two wells.
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Jewett
F. N. Donaldson
Burgettstown
Donaldson
Missing boarder Henry Miller Fueled by Fear of Accident
George A. Johnson of 221 Edgar Avenue reported to police Saturday night that his boarder Henry Miller had disappeared and asked for efforts to locate him as he feared an accident. Police secured no trace of the missing man.
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George A. Johnson
Edgar Avenue
Henry Miller
Lost heirloom furniture burned in night fire
Miss Kate Cunningham reported two heirlooms missing after a fire last night. A dark walnut writing chair aged about two centuries, a gift from her great grandfather McElroy, and a fine hall clock from her grandfather Cunningham, were kept at Kline's Repair Shop in the Ito Building and were being dressed by Mr. Kline.
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Alexander
Bank Alley
Turner
Phillips Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Auditorium Rink
Kate Cunningham
McElroy
Cunningham
Kline
Ito
Sunny Side Electric Prepares Cable Run Into Ohio
Men of the Sunny Side Electric Company, set to operate at Beech Bottom, distribute large reels of wire at Ragland and nearby areas in the county. They plan to extend lines across the river on tall towers near Ragland and stretch to Canton to supply electric power to local industries.
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Sunnyside Electric Company
Beech Bottom
Ragland
Ohio Territory
Canton
Suspected Peeping Suspect Held After Police Probe
John Cox was arrested Saturday night suspected of being the window peeper blamed by citizens for ongoing complaints. He will be held for investigation as police pursue leads in the case.
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John Cox
Premium on Miners Sparks Hiring Blitz
Demand for experienced coal miners in the area has driven up pay as operators and superintendents place a premium on workers. One Belmont mine posted a bounty of a dollar per man delivered, and others quickly raised offers to attract labor.
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Belmont
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