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Newspaper
Steubenville Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1907
Page
5
Cadiz residents and visiting guests marked Christmas with dinners, weddings, engagements, and social events. Notable names include Miss Flemma Fleming, Frank Hawkins Sr, Miss Iva Wilson, and George Kell among many others as families hosted relatives, attended dances, and celebrated nuptials and hospitalities in Steubenville, Pittsburgh, and nearby towns.
A quiet Christmas Eve wedding in Wellsburg joined Miss Illian McFeely daughter of the late Enoch McFeely and Mr John P MacKallip a Steubenville writer. They left for HarrisburgPa to begin their life together as a married couple.
Wedding bells rang at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Bickerstaff on Christmas morning as their daughters Bessie and Elsie married Mirt Glenn Quillin and Paul Stark in a double service conducted by Rev. A. S. Boyer. The brides wore white gowns, guests offered congratulations, and a wedding dinner followed before the couples began their new lives with their spouses. Quillin is a Steubenville-Mingo Traction motorman and Stark a Works grocery employee. The newlyweds will reside with the bridegroom and his bride’s family for the winter, then Mr. and Mrs. Quillin will stay with the Bickerstaffs.
Uncle Eben muses that a man who constantly questions others may truly revere truth or may simply enjoy stirring up trouble, a reflection on motives behind disputatious behavior.
Diffused Knowledge and the idea of diffusion as a method of preserving learning are cited, with Mackintosh noted as endorsing the concept. The passage reflects on how shared knowledge endures beyond individual memory and places emphasis on the enduring value of informed discourse.
A Christmas distribution of candy and fruit to Harrisburg's poor children was held at the executive house. The report lists multiple December 26 incidents across Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, including fatal shootings, drownings, and a river skating accident.
Cadiz Sentinel notes a daily roundup of local prices with poultry bargains. Turkeys listed at 12 cents per pound and chickens at 7 cents, reflecting common market rates for the period. The brief item highlights affordable farm produce in the community.
The fourth annual conference of the Ohio State Board of Health with representatives from local boards will convene in Columbus, January 23 to 25, 1908.
The National Exchange Bank will issue semi annual dividends of 4 percent to stockholders on January 1. The Commercial National Bank will distribute semi annual stockholder dividends of 3 percent.
An artistic calendar from Cleveland’s Harry M. Albaugh features a picture titled The Village Nagonmaker. Readers recognize the scene as a fine depiction of James Willemin of Bloomfield at work in his shop, celebrated as a work of art.
FE. E. Mendenhall told police on Wednesday night that someone entered the hallway of the second story Clark apartment on Market square and stole several dress items belonging to his wife. The missing goods include a brown silk waist, brown net waist, white underskirt, blue cloth skirt, and a brown suit.
T F Harbourt of Wilmerding Pa was visiting Mt Pleasant and returning to Pittsburgh when a train in Mingo W L E yards started moving. He stepped out and his left foot was run over, severing the ankle. He was brought to Gill hospital for treatment.
The light of joy has fled from an other home in Bellevue after an unwelcome visit by the grim angel, leaving residents unsettled and seeking answers about the disturbing intrusion.
The Italians employed by this division of the Pennsylvania lines west are being discharged in large numbers and paid off. About 200 were paid at Carnegie, 50 at Steubenville, and 60 at Dennison. Many are returning to Sunny Italy, with many leaving eastward today.
A loud bang from a sheriff’s office window left a nickel in the slot machine shattered on the paved area between the jail and court house. A crowd gathered as the sheriff and attendants threw out 24 more machines, creating a chaotic scene.
The article notes saloon owners and others carrying vices to the office to avoid jail. About one ton of machines were wrecked by a twenty foot fall. After demolition, four junk men collected the scraps, with proceeds donated to the Toy Mission.
Elizabeth Lindley seven years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Lindley, died at the family home on East Main street at 2 30 this afternoon after a brief illness. Born in Bellevue, she was a bright pupil of Miss Matt’s public school and was greatly beloved. Thanksgiving illness progressed to death. remains to be taken to Hamilton, Ohio, Saturday evening on Nickel Plate for funeral and burial Sunday.
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