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Newspaper
Steubenville Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1908
Page
2
A citizen urges brighter lighting inside the courthouse clock area noting it would improve visibility and convenience. The remark hints at reputations possibly being harmed as the President contends with Congress.
Andy Carnegie was described as somewhat fox y as a witness, but his testimony is unlikely to influence the committee's direction or decisions.
Mr Burton directs his candidacy from Columbus as Knox is urged to accept a secretary of state offer. Steubenville reports a strong building year while a noisy senatorial scramble looms. Hoggs cites Scott's Harris support, promising political bruises and a wary gaze at a Knox successor. Steel mills rise, signaling industry confidence and Steubenville’s optimistic outlook.
AGENDA targets wealthy contenders with claims of Gerge Oliver and Colonel Thompson as millionaires and Dalzell as a rich man. It proposes AGBILL to place city officials under civil service, excluding department heads, and urges defeat as misguided in theory and practice.
In Columbus last week Senator Charles Hogg voiced expectation that H L Scott of Harrison county would back Governor Harris. Scott replies via letter to the State Journal that he has not chosen a candidate for United States senator and rejects the impression given by a prior issue.
Reported support from Senator Duval and Representative Gilson for Theodore E. Burton in the Republican caucus to succeed Senator Foraker signals strong local backing. Burton is described as the overwhelming choice of Republicans in the region, with constituents broadly satisfied by the representatives' stance.
The passage applauds a firm stand by two individuals and predicts broad public approval. It notes that both are to be congratulated for their decision and believes the populace will respond with hearty support.
Half a million dollars will be raised nationally between Christmas and Lincoln's centennial to endow Lincoln Hospital and Home in New York. The movement aims to create a perpetual memorial to the emancipation leader, with initial subscriptions and a volunteer network spanning the country including colored nurses and white staff. Prominent leaders and organizations back the effort, led by Mary W. Booth and other prominent New York families, with Samuel Sloan directing fund receipts.
A local supplier offers Sprinfeld rifles at $2.00 and a range of new firearms including Spanish Mousers Remingtons Lees navy sporting and Sharp’s carbines. Also listed are six shot 44 calibre pistols bayonets cannons and related ammunition and gear for decorating dens. OIG SUPPLY CO Room for National Exchange Bank Building Edgewater.
David Henry told W. B. Bancroft of Altoona Pa that there is gold on Bancroft’s Brush mountain farm. Henry found the gold 25 years ago while laying a weir and planned to buy the land but lacked funds. Bancroft will begin prospecting immediately.
Byron Williams presents a grim verse about a country editor facing a cascade of calamities. A foreman’s breakdown, a press accident, and mounting creditors culminate in a fatal encounter as the editor endures despair and danger before a protective divine mercy.
A pastoral vision contrasts a tranquil Utopian Town with a critique of a gold driven world. The speaker pleads for natural life and inner virtue, opposing material greed while envisioning a future Kingdom of Right under God and reason.
Frank Fehringer, confessing, details alleged Night Riders involvement in Captain Rankin murder as Mrs. Johnson testifies about divorce pressure and violent threats. She recounts masked men breaking into her sister's home and beating her to force withdrawal, while other confessions and local deaths are noted from Steubenville to Cross Creek.
Coroner Campbell filed verdicts for Brandon who died November 28, 1907 after a street car collision with an express wagon on Third Street. Elijah Tennis died December 12, 1908 at Rush Run from being ground in a coal cutting machine after catching in the chain during jack release. The machine lacked a protective shield not reported, but the death was deemed accidental and not the company’s fault due to ignorance of the defect.
The piece centers on M. E. Davis of Des Moines pleading guilty to murdering his wife while drunk and wounding a doctor. It denounces whisky as a coward and killer, then attacks gamblers as leeches, criminals, outlaws, and heartless men, arguing such vices ruin families and society.
The saying reflects that service favors those who tip. however consistent tipping behavior matters for waiter effort. It notes the fairness of reward based on gratuity and implies patrons who never tip may receive poorer attention over time.
Diamonds sometimes explode when brought to the surface as temperature rises by miners and pockets. Larger stones are more prone to shattering, destroying valuable gems. Some dealers wrap large stones in raw potatoes to protect them during transport from South Africa.
The Ferguson breech-loader was used in the Revolutionary War. The 1811 U S patent for a breech loading musket went to Thornton and Hill of North Yarmouth. Lefaucheux’s breech-loading shotgun, first successful, appeared about 1852 after earlier impractical devices.
Pierre Antoine Berryer argues that private life must be protected yet public life carries moral and material responsibility. He asserts that officials are accountable for personal actions as public duties arise from larger interests.
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