German Peace Proposal Fails to Impress London Officials
London reports a muted reaction to Germany’s war ending proposal as government circles and the British press express skepticism. Officials anticipate delays in policy while awaiting full terms through official channels. Pessimism grows that the plan fails to address demobilization, military costs, and lasting peace.
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London
Berlin
Foreign Office
Viscount Grey
England
France
Lloyd George
Mr. Balfour
Associated Press
A. J. Balfour
Wabash Pittsburg Terminal renamed Pittsburg and West Virginia
The Wabash Pittsburg Terminal railroad reorganized at Wellsburg and turned over to a Pittsburg company by New York interests. The line is renamed Pittsburg and West Virginia Railway with capital rising to 39 million dollars, 9.1 million preferred stock to pay bondholders, and principal officers to be based in Pittsburg.
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Associated Press
Herald-Star
Pittsburg
Wabash-Pittsburg
Wellsburg
New York
Park J. Alexander
W. G. Lowe
F. J. Brunner
VY. Early
Sloan's Liniment Ad Promises Fast Pain Relief
Forget YC CHES. Stiff knees and aching back burden daily life. Sloan's Liniment offers universal pain relief for rheumatism gout lumbago neuralgia strains and sore muscles. Easy to apply penetrates without rubbing and works faster than ointments. 25 cents at your druggist.
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Sloan’s
Clear Bad Skin From Blood Impurities
Pimply muddy complexions blamed on impurities in the blood. Dr King s New Life Pills advertised to cleanse poisons from the system and brighten the eye. A full non gripping bowel movement in the morning promised. At your druggist 25c.
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Dr. Kie
Dr. King
Washington Seeks Higher Food Output and Standards
The annual report of Secretary Houston details steps to cut living costs via boosted production and better distribution. It urges Congress to strengthen standardization of food and drugs and to inspect foods and factories, while highlighting trends in meat, dairy, and potential world-wide supply.
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Washington
Houston
Department of Agriculture
United Siaries
Op Asm
United States
Avesto
No Doubt About This Foley Cathartic Tablets
A plain old fashioned physic that acts promptly in the bowels without pain or nausea. It keeps the stomach sweet, the liver active and the bowels regular, banishing biliousness and sour stomach. Beall and Steele Drug Co.
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Beall & Steele Drug Co
November Weather Storms Bring Cold Snap Hazards
Early cold snaps, storms, sleet, snow, and slush disrupt daily life. Foley's Honey and Tar claims rapid relief by thinning phlegm and opening airways to ease irritation, aiding natural breathing and sleep. Reall and Seele Merwe Co.
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Foley
Reall & Seele Merwe Co
Dr King’s New Discovery For Coughs And Colds
A vintage ad touts Dr King’s New Discovery as effective against colds coughs and chest congestion. It claims 47 years of soothing antiseptic balsams relieve hacking coughs and fatigue, urging readers to buy from local druggists at 59.
Death Notice for Mrs Louie Nilly of Steubenville
Mrs Louie Nilly widow of Vincent Nilly died at home 418 South Buth street at 6:00 Tuesday evening December 12 1916 from pneumonia contracted weeks earlier She was 72 born in Alsace Lorraine Germany January 6 1845 came to America about 45 years ago lived in Pittsburg before Steubenville She was twice married first to Joseph Herman and later to Vincent Nily survived by son Vincent two brothers Jacob Kocher and another in the old country four great grandchildren and was active in Holy Name Church Sacred Heart League and the Altar Society and remembered for Christian character
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Vincent Nilly
South Buth Street
Germany
Alsace-Lorraine
See
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Steubenvile
Joseph Herman
Vincent Nily
Vincent
Jacob Kocher
North High Street
Old Country
Holy Name Church
The
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Altar Society
Herman Cassidy
Mahan Avenue
E. R. Hartman
Pittsburgh
William J. Duncan
Oscar S. Romick
Holt -T
Wellsburg
Clarence Francis
Citizen Bank
Charles Lintell
Follansbee
Sawtelle. Cal
Bessie Atkinson
Sawtelle
Pacific
Sunset Telephone Company
Santa Monica
Santa Ana
Charles T. Lindell
Follawsbee
West Virginia
Bessie M. Atkinson
Hi-News
Emily Secrist
Lester Stephens
Jake
Russell Cox
Walter Mahan
Elizabeth Davies
George Hubbs
Fire Department
Penn Street
A. K. Barnes
Ira Millington
Kenneth
New Philadelphia
Ohio
W. D. Bush
Wheeling
Follawsbee Hall Club
Inter- City Baseball League
Willard Barnes
H Cassidy
Herman W. Cassidy
Mr. Cassidy
Thel. O. O. F
1. I
Steubenville
Eichelberger
Allegheny Street
Pennsylvania State Line
James Stephens
George Lewis
Dave Griffeth
Ed. McCreary
Ray Blakely
Weirton
Phillips Can Company
Fone
C. C
Penn Street Hall
Citizens
Mrs Mary Hooper Dies Suddenly at 27 in Lincoln Avenue Home
Mrs Mary L Hooper wife of Clyde Hooper died suddenly of heart failure at her Lincoln Avenue home at 5 PM Tuesday. She was 27 and survived by her husband and three children. The death sent a shock through the family and city friends.
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Mary L. Hooper
Mary Lee Hooper
Clyde Hooper
Lincol Avenue
Seven Arrests Include Two Italians in Opera tion Theft Probe
Seven arrests were made Tuesday with five identified as plain drunks. Two Italian men suspected of loitering near the north city paper mill fled when Officers Barr and Bartles approached after a fire there. They were captured but found without incriminating evidence.
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Barr and
Bartles
Injured Worker Loses Toe At La Bele Iron Works
Frank Ferguson of Prospect Avenue, a well known employee at La Bele Iron Works, sustained a crushed left foot after a steel piece at work Monday night. He was taken to Ohio Valley Hospital where doctors amputated one toe and found the other toes broken.
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Frank Ferguson
Prospect Avenue
la Bele Iron Works
Ohio Valley Hospital
Maude M Wood Seeks Divorce From Milton J Wood
Maude M Wood has filed for divorce from Milton J Wood whom she married in Toledo in February 1899. She alleges extreme cruelty including violent beating and gross neglect of duty with no support since last Christmas. She seeks custody of their one child and alimony.
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Maude M. Wood
Milton J. Wood
Toledo
Local Man Receives Steel Railroad Tie Patent
William Munslow, a noted machinist at La Belle Iron Works, has been granted a patent for a steel railroad tie. The 84 inch diameter pipe design with rail fittings and clamps is being tested on the Waeling and Lake Erie Railroad at Jewett, Ohio. Officials praise the test results and foresee broad adoption, with a local firm forming to manufacture the tie, despite current steel costs.
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William Munslow
la Belle Iron Works
Waeling and Lake Erie
Jewett
Ohio
Nelson Miller
L. L. Grimes
Hayes Devarmen
John Peterson
Ross Nicholson
Cortez L. Williams
Munslow
United States engineers let contract for locks and dam No 27
The U S government engineers have awarded contracts to build locks and dam No 27 on the Ohio River, about 25 miles below here. The project is valued at roughly 1 million dollars and is expected to aid West Virginia coal operators by improving river transportation and shipment efficiency.
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United States
Ohio River
West Virginia
Ferguson divorce case awards temporary injunction
In the divorce action of Mayme Ferguson against Hervey J. Fergu son the court granted the temporary injunction requested by the plaintiff.
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Mayme Ferguson
Hervey J. Ferguson
Fire department bands new truck to wheels
The EOLA site chains were fastened to the wheels of the new fire truck for the first time as crews prep the machine. Firemen pride themselves on care for the vehicle, while new Penn Street fire house rooms near completion with carpeting, decorations and banners planned for next week.
Man Swindle Over Two Pay Checks In Koppers Incident
Deputy Sheriff Gene Curtis hunted a man in Brooke County after a worker drew two pay checks at Koppers Construction. Thomas Johnson showed $37 as due but was told he had already drawn it. Investigation showed another worker used two trips to the pay office, cashing Johnsons check first and then his own. The swindler fled the city after a merchant cashed Johnsons check yesterday afternoon.
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Gene Curtis
Brooke County
Koppers Construction Company
Thomas Johnson
Johnson
River Labor Scarcity Drives Up River Packet Costs
River workers remain scarce as steel mills and munition plants lure labor with higher wages. Roustabouts once earned 20 to 30 dollars monthly. now boatmen report 50 to 60 dollars, making it hard to staff river packets and portends further price increases.
Wanted Man in Jederson County Seeks Stack Coach Powder Seller
A notice seeks a man over 30 with horst and buggy to sell Stack Coach Powder in Jederson county. Salary listed as 79 dollars per month. Address given at 9 Industrial Bldg Indianapolis Indiana.
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Jederson County
Indianapolis
Ineditha
Finch Divorce Petition In Jefferson County Ohio
James Finch files for divorce against Hattie V. Finch in case 13366 of the Jefferson county Common Pleas Court Ohio. Hearing set for after January 25 1917. Attorneys: James T. McDonald and Ira Blackburn.
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Court of Common Pleas
Jefferson County
Ohio
James Finch
Paintiff
Hattie V. Finch
Third Street
Rankin
Pennsylvania
Common Pleas Court
James T. McDonald
Ira Blackburn
Appointment of executor for Mary Logan estate
James Hall has been appointed and qualified as executor of the estate of Mary Logan, late of Smithfield township, Jefferson county, Ohio. Dated December 13, 1916. John G. Belknap, Probate Judge. J. Oscar Naylor, Attorney.
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Mary Logan
James Hall
Smithfield Township
Jefferson County
Ohio
John G. Belknap
Said County
J. Oscar Naylor
Three Days at Carman State Farmers Institute
December 18 and 19, 1916 offer a local event with talks and music. Three state speakers appear in sessions with free admission. Bring dinner and stay all day. President P F Patton and Secretary J W Carman oversee the event.
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Carman State Farmers’ Institute
Yourwo
P. F. Patton
J. W. Carman
Secreatry
Farm for Sale Ninety Four Acres in Ohio Estate
Farm for sale in Jefferson county Ohio on the Hope dale and Smithfield macadam road four miles west of Smithfield. Ninety four acres with six room frame house, large two story barn, other outbuildings, good spring, well watered, lime and coal. Close to railroad station. Write F. T. Bell 161 Grant avenue Crafton Station Pa. decll-6td-lw
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F. P. Bell
Jefferson County
Ohio
Hopedale
Smithfield
F. T. Bell
Grant Avenue
Crafton Station
Men Feel Tired Too As Kidney Pills Aid Strength
When kidneys are weak or sluggish fatigue and malaise strike men as well as women. The ad claims Foley Kidney Pills act as a tonic to restore energy and ambition, promoted by Beall & Steele Drug Co.
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Foley
Beall & Steele Drug Co
Don’t Neglect Your Cold Pine-Tar-Honey Remedy
An ad promoting Mr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey as a nature’s remedy for colds with a stuffed head and chest congestion. It claims honey soothes irritated membranes while antiseptic tar loosens phlegm and promises easier breathing. Suitable for children and adults, 25 cents at your druggist.
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Mr. Bell
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