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Newspaper
Steubenville Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1906
Page
6
Santa visited the town and distributed candy while neighbors shared visits, shopping sprees, and holiday gatherings. Funeral notices, marriages, and community events fill this lively Christmas page with names, places, and long-held local customs.
Snowbound sleighing brings joy to Pleasant Valley as revival services by Rev. Shotwell attract locals. Fodder accident victim Frank Ralston improves while relatives and friends share Christmas at various homes. Postal worker jokes about Santa amid first year of parcel delivery brings relief and humor to rural readers.
Autumn to winter social notices from Annapolis highlight Miss Usher visiting Mr E and Miss Nellie Miser's Christmas homecoming. Local scholars and families are mentioned with church events at Presbyterian and Lutheran congregations, weddings planned, and community reminders for upcoming December observances.
John T Huff was buried in New Alexandria cemetery after services at the M P Church. The GAR provided pallbearers and flag delegation due to his military service. Carpenters' Union sent one, with a GAR delegation in charge. Pallbearers included Charles Huey, McCormic Bucy, James Edmonds, Edward Saunders, John L Bet Sanech, and W J.
Richmond residents entertain visitors for Christmas with relatives in Vikonier and East Springfield. Local clergy and families, including Brownlee, Cavitt, Flenniken, and Pracht households, host relatives. several nurses and professionals from Steubenville and Rochester visit. Schools closed for holiday. quarterly church conference and communion scheduled. multiple locals travel to Steubenville, Charleston, and Washington for holidays.
Neighbor updates from Oak Grove record Mrs Daniel Kimberland shopping in Bloomfield E S Adrian butchered stock Smth Maxwell visiting and Mrs Emerson Albaugh and son William returning home after travel west Secrest Peterson opens bustling huckster business Fred Treelesven and family arrive from Columbus to visit Jetter relatives Miss Sarah Owen ends school term with treats Rev Myers presides at Mt Hope Church Mis Jane Adrian returns for holidays Miss Sarah Owens Christmas shopping in Steubenville and upcoming weddings tease the season
Collier's notes Christmas has passed and people recall Santa's brief stop and joy. John Campbell remains seriously ill as others like William Craher and Thomas Forester visits. A barnstorming troupe staged a schoolhouse show that fizzled badly, drawing sharp local derision for its poor turnout and behavior.
A third oil well was drilled at three pm on the Cyrus Brenneman farm near Chester, boosting speculation. No. 3 on the E W Marisa lease joins nearby wells on George Brenneman and E A Fishwater leases, with flow rates around 6 to 150 barrels daily and expectations of 160 barrels. The operator plans to salvage shot wells as more derricks rise across the field, with experts predicting a long, exhaustible pool. Also included is a note on a Bloody New Year’s Day and German festival history from Helen Philbrook Patten.
Sled riding marks holiday leisure as residents from Wintersville Unionport and Ridge gather for events. Locals like Miss Jennier Loceh, Miss Lillian Scott, and Miss Harriet Legel enjoy Christmas visits, and weddings and illness are noted among families such as the Bowers, Scott, and McElroy clans. Elizabeth Wright’s death brings sorrow, while skating on Cross Creek and a church entertainment highlight festive cheer.
John C. Wallace aged 62 a leading sheet iron and steel maker died at his home in Pittsburg. Born in Londonderry Ireland he moved to Pittsburgh as a youth and later entered the iron trade with John C. Kirkpatrick forming a firm that built Leechburg mill and the first tin plate mill at Irondale in this county later joining United States Steel. Wallace was a director of the National Bank of Western Pennsylvania and member of Third Presbyterian Church. He is survived by his wife a daughter a sister and two brothers.
A reflective quatrain urging individuals to improve their inner circle to spread wider good. It emphasizes that actions within a single household can influence the broader community and even the civilized world.
The piece extols a cheerful New Year resolve and smiling to ease pain. It describes Welsh bonfires that burn through the year and German market fires linked to a god of light. Youths cast pipes and lovers letters, while friends dance before midnight shouting Health to the New Year.
In a verse from Laura E. Richards Youth's Companion, the New Year echoes reveal school owning the day in winter, work in spring, and bed in autumn. The playful exchanges assign each season a moral cue through the echo.
A quoted snippet from Lippincott's Magazine recalls a college sprinting suit photo and critiques a man's lack of shame. The remark highlights public judgment of modesty tied to athletic display in a historical era.
Instructions describe measuring a cask from bunghole to bottom on each end, averaging the two inches, squaring the result twice, multiplying by 002266, yielding gallons. An example with 31 and 29 inches shows a 61.182 gallon result.
A Yonkers Statesman quip features His Stories and Yeast discussing wives favorites. Crimsonbeak asserts his own storytelling as favorite and memorable to his spouse, highlighting a playful domestic exchange.
A Paris post office received a letter marked To the Greatest French Poet and routed through Hugo Lamartine and Musset before Hugo finally accepted it. The chain ended with the letter reaching its destination, illustrating modesty among literary giants.
Washington report compares coal and oil as boat fuel. Results show coal powered torpedo boats attain higher speeds than oil. The piece also promotes Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a long tested remedy for digestive ailments and general nervousness with a free almanac offer.
A wasp species in Brazil and Guiana constructs nests from a bright white pasteboard suspended high in tree branches to avoid curious monkeys known to probe nests, a habit that can attract the insects' attention.
A fide baby boy arrived at the home of Mr and Mrs George McKee on West Market street Christmas morning confirming a joyful family addition. The newborn is reported healthy and well, bringing cheer to the household during the holiday season.
Catherine J. De Vee of 917 Florida Street San Francisco California files for divorce from Jacob L. De Vee in case No 8389 in the Court of Common Pleas Jefferson County Ohio on grounds of gross neglect of duty. Hearing and divorce action set to begin February 1 1907. Attorney Justin A Moore represents the petitioner.
Mrs. Tawkley brags of possessing two puppies as she converses with a man who asks about the other companion after noting he has met her husband. The judge watches the exchange, prompting curiosity about family details and relationships.
The adage asserts that true gain is earned only through loss, a paradoxical balance echoed in Hesiodic wisdom. It emphasizes that base gains do not outshine the intrinsic value of incurred losses, shaping a stoic view of wealth.
Maria Donato Paolucio filed for divorce from Cowes Giuseppe Paolucio in the Court of Common Pleas of Jefferson County Ohio under cause number 838, citing gross neglect of duty. Hearing for the case is set for on or after February 25, 1997. Moore Tustina is attorney of record.
Anna Glenn, administratrix of the estate of Vivian Agnew deceased, Wheeling, Woo Was, dated December 26, 1008, announces appointment and qualification. The notice appears in JAY S&S. PAISLEY legal stationery with docket 28-3tw xe.
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