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Newspaper
Steubenville Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1899
Page
6
A narrator hidden in a San Francisco hotel corridor schemes to trap a dangerous impersonator, hoping to corner the bogus Farnham with Bennett as key witness. A coded telegram hints danger, waking dreams of pursuit, fire and escape as smoke fills a dim hotel room.
A dramatic escape unfolds as a blast bursts through a second floor window. The narrator clings to a winter bare creeper rope and slides to safety amid cheering voices, while seeking the missing Mr. Farnham and pondering a broader scheme triggered by a cablegram.
Notice of the Sale of Bonds invites sealed bids at the Village Clerk’s office by 5 p.m. for fifteen thousand six hundred dollars of Refunding Bonds in denominations of one thousand dollars each, maturing in twenty years, bearing three percent interest semi annually. Bids must be unconditional, with one thousand dollars certified cash or check. bids opened after three days and deposits returned except the successful bidder. The village reserves the right to reject any or all bids and bonds to be delivered at par with accrued interest.
Firm notices list B B Linduff attorney at law with office over Spies store in Greubanville Dunc All business engagements handled carefully and promptly. D O Minor attorney at law Breuenville North Fourth Street offers prompt legal services. John McClave attorney at law at Third and Market streets handles cases in all courts.
Rev Dr Talmage’s Christmas sermon reinterprets the incarnation from the genealogical line to the cradle at Bethlehem. He traces 42 generations to Christ, notes ancestry’s influence on good and evil, and argues Bethlehem’s obscurity amplified the cradle’s divine significance.
Snapshot notes a busy Christmas week in Steubenville with merchants reporting record sales, lost pocketbooks recovered, and extra delivery wagons on the streets. Local events include Turner Hall Christmas night, probate hearing for Samuel S. Tomlinson, and a charity Christmas box program from Maxwell & Henry.
Historic notice describes a four-plot farm of about 30 acres with fertile soil and good cultivation potential. It features a well watered area, a two-story dwelling, and a substantial grid and frame structure suitable for farming operations. Local buyers offered prime agricultural land with improvements and water access.
This morning during excavation for James Cadman’s new residence in Fosterville, workers unearthed a skeleton believed to be of an early settler, possibly a woman. A 28 B bullet hole was found in the skull with remains in excellent preservation. Toronto Tribune reports the find as significant evidence of a past violent death.
An alarm of fire from bar 51 summoned the department to Captain J. McA. Webster's home on Fifth Street near Franklin Avenue where soot in a roof spout caught ablaze but caused no damage. In a separate incident the end of the hook and ladder truck struck Clayton Selah's delivery wagon at Fifth and North streets, causing minor damage.
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