Personal notices and society news from Martins Ferry era
Local society column details numerous visits, weddings, engagements, and social events in Martins Ferry and surrounding towns. Highlights include charity gatherings, church activities, hospital updates, and forthcoming nuptials with multiple families, guests, and travel plans across Ohio and nearby states.
Grace Raymond Hammond and William H Tipton Wed at Westminster
One of the season's finest society events, the wedding of Grace Raymond Hammond and William H Tipton took place at Westminster church on Wednesday evening. The church glowed green and white with ferns and lilies, as guests in elegant gowns filled the auditorium. The ceremony featured a Lohengrin Wedding March, officiated by Rev. Dr. Robinson, with ushers guiding guests and a pageant-like display of modern matrimony among prominent attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Hammond
Dubois Baird
Frederick Newman
David Gaston
Archie Johnson
Gilbert Fodlansbee
Pitsburg
Officer Toland Charm Lands Woman in Jail in East Liverpool
Helen Jones a resident of Steubenville faced a $25 fine in East Liverpool police court after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct. She had shown interest in Officer George Toland, a married man, and his response led to her arrest and fine. The item notes Toland’s rejection and the police court outcome. The second item reports Humane Officer Sheldon Joseph returning Mary Hurley, a ward of the humane society, to her Toronto home after she visited Moundsville, where her father perished in a mine explosion. the mother supports several children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Jones
Steubenville
East Liverpool
George Toland
Miss Jones
Toland
Helen
Schreiber
Mary Hurley
The
Humane Society
Toronto
Sheldon Joseph
Moonsville
Weeling Intelligencer
He Would Smoke. George Brandon Pleads Guilty
George Brandon pleaded guilty before Justice Downer to smoking on a Min go street car. He was fined five dollars and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Brandon
Justice Downer
Mingo
Desperate Violator Pink Mills Arrested in Wellsburg
Pink Mills alias Jones a Dillonvale Black man with 66 indictments for gambling and speak easy operations was seized in a coal mine near Wellsburg by County Detective Lucas. He refused extradition papers and was jailed in Wellsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pink’ Mills
Jones
Dillonvale
Wellsburg
Lucas
Marriage Licenses Listed for Steubenville Adena Dillonvale
Stanley Trzewski aged 22 and Martha Dogowsky 18 from Steubenville. Frank Karulersky 23 and Anna Mata 26 from Adena. Frank Zulewski 30 and Frances Konoski 18 from Dillonvale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Trzewski
Martha Dogowsky
Steubenville
Frank Karulersky
Anna Mata
Adena
Frank Zulewski
Frances Konoski
Dillonvale
James Dougherty Indicted arraigned and sent to penitentiary
James Dougherty connected to Secotel Woolen Mills store game nights and Pan Handle station thefts was indicted arraigned and pled guilty. He received a penitentiary sentence and was described as a coke fiend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Dougherty
Secotel: Woolen Mills
Death of Mrs Clara McGrew Carpenter in Brilliant
Mrs Clara McGrew Carpenter dies at 1:30 am on Wednesday January 14 1914 at her Brilliant home after a period of illness. She leaves Wilbur Carpenter husband four children and her father one sister and four brothers. Funeral Friday at 18 o'clock with Rev Baker. interment at New Alexandria cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara McGrew Carpenter
Wilbur Carpenter
Brilliant
Rev. Baker
New Alexandria Cemetery
Death of Virginia Elliott McEldowney noted in city records
Telegram from Michigan announced the death of Mrs. Virginia Elliott McEldowney in Detroit after a brief illness on Wednesday January 14 1914. She was wife of James E McEldowney and mother of Elliott, longtime resident of the city. A former Miss Virginia Elliott, she was a Seminary alumna and member of Second Presbyterian Church. She leaves her husband a son and a nephew Willy E McEldowney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Elliott McEldowney
W. E. McEldowney
Mich
Virginia McEldowney
William E. McEldowney
James E McEldowney
Detroit
A. M. Reid
Second Presbyterian Church
Elliott
Willy E. McEldowney
Val McEldowney
James McE. McEldowney
McEldowney
City
Will E. McEldowney
Upper Market Street
Mrs. Caroline Berg Dies in Cleveland After 78 Years
Mrs. Caroline Berg, a former resident and aunt of Mrs. William May, died at her Cleveland home on Wednesday January 14 1914 at 9 p m aged 78. She was loved for her kind traits. Mrs May's daughter Mrs L M Leopold leaves for Cleveland to comfort the bereaved. brother L W May travels tonight. Remains will be taken to Cincinnati Friday for Saturday interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Bery
William May
Cleveland
May
L. M. Leopold
L. W. May
Child McClell died in Weirton at three weeks old
Virginia Elizabeth McClell, daughter of Clyde and Anna M. Scott McClell, of Weirton, died Thursday night aged three weeks. Pneumonia was the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Elizabeth
Clyde
Anna M. Scott McClelland
Weirton
Death of Mrs Eli Davis A Kinsey Relative Remains
Mrs L A Comley of this city received word of the death of her sister Mrs Eli Davis in Chicago on Friday Jan 16 1914. Born 1844 in Mt Pleasant she was a daughter of Chas and Rhoda Kinsey later living in Point Breeze Pittsburg and Chicago. She was active in the Presbyterian church and philanthropic circles. Survived by husband three sons George Charles J Rutherford of Chicago one sister L A Camley and one brother Chas J Kinsey. The body will return to Pittsburgh Sunday afternoon for interment at Homewood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Robertson
Erick
Pitts
George H. Elliott
Street
Cable
Grace
Martin
Erry
Jennie Dougherty
Neron
Moore
Wee Pt
Smith
Nina Rodgers
Wellsville
Oni Mise Udas
Jacob
Wheel
Staite Treasur
Brooke Counne
Charles M. Blemienaver
Reg Used
Big Valley
Cols
Mingo
Poster Waller
Mary Wells
S Petersburg
Florida
J. Stewart
Barnesville
Ece
Oliver. Frame
Caborgia
Sovith
D. E
South Fourth Street
Wellsburg
J. Ty
J. A. Kith
Carson
Bauer
Westminster Church
Miss Campbell
Everett Ferguson
North Fifth Street
Civarel
Allen Percy Bissell
Columbus
City
Ivonive
Joseph Nichleon
North Seventh Street
St. Stephen's
St. Stephen's Parish
Redhead Hasen
Tissell
George Ewing
Ridge Avenue
la Belle View
Chas. McCreery
Daniel Barelay Kelly
Baltimore
Mis
Ewing
la Selle View
Detroit
Mich
J. J. Joanson
William Rist
Ween
Steubenville
Bertram B. Brown
West
McCallister
Indian Territory
Wichita
Kansas
Prescott L. Lyons
Pittsburg
Charles H. Steele
Tipton-Hammond
Weesminster Church
Darwin $. Hudson
Christine Barclay
Mere
Misses Wells
Ross Park
St. Lewis
Astoria
N.Y
Lucy
Wineringer
Elizabeth D. Wintringer
North Fourth Street
Edward Taylor Barron
Agate Brown
Ogontz
LeVan
Cty
Sewickley
Eloise Holden
New York
R. M. Mabon
Little Dughter
Los Angeles
Calif
la Jolla
Thea
Coast
Sunset Bed
California
Henry Hawthorn
Edith Sutton
Amsterdam
Robinson
George W. McCook
Madena
Califonia
Mr Kittrick
Hannah Gill
Robert Crawford
Follawsbee
Ella North
San Francisco
J. BR. Andrews
Westamnater Guild
Third Presbyterian Church
Wilma Hisston
North High Street
Mabel Richards
Jessie Porter
Miss Huston
May-Specht Lumber Company
Hart
South Fifth Siest
Miss Schlupe
Mary Queen of
Muhtoman
Beechout
Mary
Norval Welch
Mae Hale
Miss Means
Miss Hale
George Johnson
Martins Ferry
As Seo
Logan
George Myers
Toronto
S.J. Anathan
Boyton
Philadelphia
A. Anathan
Market Street
Young Ladies Missionary Society
Mr. Morrison
H. H. Liggett
Hopedale
Henis
Thomas Pinch
Charles
Helen
Virginia Sherp
Ted
W. H. Morrison
James T. Flynn
James Anderson
Misa Elizabeth Flynn
Braddock
McDonough- Condon
Bachelors’ Club of
Wheeling
W. R. Cole
Chicago
Cole
Aca McOmder
McOmder
Ida Shane
Carl Musgrove
al. G. Field Minstrel
Linen Club
C. H. Blumenauer
Fourth Street
Franklin Avenue
Haary Schnellbach
Montreal
Lindsey
R. M. Mahon
Floyd Hosterman
Pennsylvania Avenue
Thomas Gossett
Paul
Alliance Review
P. H. Bailey
South Bend Boulevard
Wintersville Grange
B. Mania
Fire Department
Marietta
Pauline Vale
Akron
Smithfield
Chester Walter
Laura
Frank Crabb
Mary Brady
Henry Green
Maude Herbert
North Eighth Street
Robert M. Watson
Robert, Jr
Canada
R. S. Hill
Edward Atwood Hall
Frank Feeny
Dennison and
Carnegie
H. W. Cooper
Charles J. McConnell
McConnell
South
McClare
Southern Pines
Winter Park
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad
Jewett
George
B. R. Albaugh
Mid-West Deaf Mute Mission
St. Paul's Church
Minge
M. M. Dunlope
Eunice Vale
Alliance Rubber
Maud Douglass
Douglas
Tani Briggs
Cleveland
John Erskine
Howard Bartles
Stephenville
D. C. Willias
Cora Dodd
Hollidays Cove
W. Va
Wheeling Intelligencer
Virginia
Follansbee
Moose Hall
Ellen Flynn
Marie Anderson
Kemp
Oracle
Ida Kemp
Adelia Kreager
Tillie Lusk
Alice Rogers
Lizzie Pole
Mamie Gill
Bertha Skillearn
Inner. Sentinel
Eva Holland
Outer Sentinel
Carrie Wilmington
Alice Daily
Arnold
Virginia Camp
Iano
Annie Gill
Martha Ily
Stanton Camp
Elizabeth Fernwalt
Gladys Gill
John Rogers
Cecil Lusk
Mable Kemp
Matter Curtis
Adelaide McGee
Helen Kreager
Martha Alice Daily
Marie Dickson
Frank O’hamini
East Liverpool
D. M. Gruber
Personal Workers League
Ruth Zimmerman
Pleasant Heights
Jessie Wells
East Steubenville
J. D. Huggins
Cincinnati
Macie Kenney
Thomas Kenney
Harry L. May
Irwin
Holy Name
Peacock
U. F
Spier
Wilma Feist
Uhrichsville
Manhattan
New Philadelphia
Study Club of
Wim. Banfield
Mary Mahan
Warwood
W. J. Kirk
Eli Davis
L. A. Comley
Davis
Chas
Rhoda Kinsey
Mt. Pleasant
Point Breeze
Chic’cago
Presbyterian Church
Charles J
Rutherford
L. A. Camley
Chas, J. Kinsey
Oakland
Homewood Cemetery
Kinney Funeral Rites Held At St Peters
Funeral services for Mrs Cath erine Kinney were conducted at St Peters church on Thursday with Rev Dooley officiating. The services were largely attended and the pallbearers included Thos Kinney Timothy Kinney J L Ovington and E E Chamberlain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Kinney
St. Peters Church
Bond Granted for Illicit Liquor Operation Indictment
Ike Lepley gave bond in the sum of 400 dollars on an indictment charging keeping a place where liquor was sold illegally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike Lepley
Divorce Granted in Sall V Sal Case
John Sall and Mary Sal obtain a divorce granting due to wilful absences. The ruling names Sall as plaintiff and Sal as defendant, with court action finalized in the local docket. The decision notes continued separation and legal dissolution of marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sall
Mary Sal
Partition Sale of Bloomer Property Ordered
Margaret Bloomer versus William J Bloomer and others proceed to partition sale under order TM ed. case details show court action to divide jointly owned real estate with trustee involvement and sale terms set by the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Bloomer
Wm. J. Bloomer
Hunter reports fur sale and high price for a coon dog
W C Frazier of Bloomingvale sold 38 skunks 12 cretus muskrat and 3 foxes to J E Hall of Wabash for 112 dollars. He notes his excellent coon dogs and that he has refused as high as 75 dollars for one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.C. Frazier
Bloomingvale
J. E. Hall
Wabash
Will Search Yields No Document at Mooney Home
Sheriff George Patterson and Deputy Chas Patterson searched the Wellsburg home of the late George Mooney for a will yesterday but found nothing of value. Patterson plans a sale of the deceased’s personal effects in the near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Patterson
Chas. Patterson
Wellsburg
George Mooney
Patterson
Next Ground Hog Day and Valentine Day Dates Noted
The notice announces Ground Hog Day on Monday February 2 and Valentine Day scheduled on Saturday around the same period. It highlights these observances as notable calendar events without further context or details.
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Anna Anatoan
Peden
Mildred Hates
Clay
George Maresh
Colliers
Wertnesday
Trlletenelenfield
Pophone
Belliite
la Fee
Anna Helmbright
Theodore Grosearth
Weilnenday
Kern
Gunckel
Martins
Frank Kid
Jefferson Street
John Savin
New York City
Mse
Garrett
Columbus Xett
High Point
Migs
Alice M
Sithnedon
B. R. Allabough
St. Paul's Chapel
Foeville
Hamline Church
Sixt Avenue
George Edwards
D. J. Sinclair
Elba Kingman
Lisbon
Bertha Debrvien Schroeder
Massillon
Richard Willams
Carrie Burns
South Englith Street
Gill Hoapital
Mas
Ll. Harper
Bud Jamison
R. J. Morrison
N. L. Cutler
Boston
L. Grimes
West Indies
Panama Zone
Edwin P. May
Charles H. Stesle
Hester
Japan
Orient
John M. Wolpert
Estella Schatb
Beaver
St. Peter’s Church
G. B. Levan
Edwin Arnold
Witham Arnold
Franklin
Tenn
Cadiz
Fourth National Bank
Wheeling Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Tiltonville
I. M. Scott
Episcopal Diocese of
Ohio
St. Aal’s Church
Franklyn Cole Sherman
Women's Home
Foreign Missionary Societies
Third Presbyyerian Church
J. A. Kitheart
Scott
Scarborough
Kerns
Witheart
Beacom
Kitheart
Mabel McNutt
Bell Telephone Co
Bell Telephone
Tacy Shetter
Martha Wilson
New Cumberland
Jessie Breen
Anna Quinn
Edith Griffith
Minga Junction
Vera Black
Belle Morton
Dorig Campbell
Misa Stella Marshall
Minnie McClain
Query Club
H. ©. South
Andreas Hoffer
George Washington
Tyrol
J. R. Mossgrove
H. C. Cook
Miss Helen
Mr. Hartie
Ward T. Baron
Eleanor Beall
Elizabeth Sherrard
Blanch Kiplinger
Alliance
Normandy
Killarney
Sonor
D. M. Weir
Frances Lowe
Mary Wylie Hammond
Wm. Write Beall
Tipton
Atlantic City
Clinton Street
E. L. Hammond
William E. Tipton
Caldwell
Carnegie Steel Company
Imperial Hotel
John Hammond
Wm. Wylie Beall
William
Eleanor
Wm. E. Tipton
Chant Tipton
Caldwell, C
J. C. Tipton
Erwin
Anna E. Thompson
Washington
Elizabeth Houston
Cannonsburg
Elizabeth
Clara Wylie
T. N. Hammond
Harry Paul
Robert Scott
Ray Dare
Charles Beall
John A. Jackson
Bellaire
Allitance
R. H. Watson
William Banfield
Judson Banfield
Follawabee
Gilbert Follanabee
A. D. McMillen
Samuel Dickey
George Ferguson
George Spotswoed
Mike Papas
U. S. Coal Co
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