Herald-Star's Rise and Lasting Principles in Steubenville
The Herald-Star grew with steam presses and linotype, expanding to twelve pages and wider circulation across Steubenville and neighboring towns. Charles D. Simeral led a new company in 1905, with Stanhope? leadership that pledged “Principles, not Men,” while expanding staff and attracting advertisers as the paper solidified its role in Eastern Ohio. Pearson Boyd Conn, age 84, stands as one of the oldest active newspaper men in Steubenville.
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Carl J. Smith
Joseph B. Doyle
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Steubenville Foundry and The McKinley Connection
The Steubenville foundry known as Means Foundry and Machine Co. highlights its early work with William McKinley Sr. among its famed staff while detailing the plant’s size, facilities, and operations. It notes prominent officials led by Thomas Pree and George P. Wilson with Mr. Davis as active manager, and recalls publisher Mr. Conn’s long ties to local papers and politics.
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Allegheny Mountains
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William McKinley, Sr
McKinsey
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Atiswers
Thomas Pree
George P Yvilson
Manavery Me
C.J. Daves
Manaver
Linton
Davis
Helga Mason
Ed McLister’s Saloon and Real Estate Focus of Mingo Junction
In Mingo Junction the Fine Sample Rooms of Ed McLister on Corner Commercial and Melister Avenue are praised for a metropolitan setup and steady trade. The piece notes McLister’s upright conduct, increasing business, and a new Melster’s Real Estate Investments office. It mentions his realty acumen and the town’s historic burial grounds near Grant School, with bones unearthed indicating long-standing local history.
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Ed McLister
Corner Commercial
McLister Ave
Mingo Junction
Edward McLister
Commercial Street
Melister Avenue
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Melster
Realty investment prospect offered by McLister office
Real estate investment prospects advertised for this section urge potential investors to call McLister real estate office at Commercial street and McLister avenue before buying elsewhere.
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Commercial Street
McLister Avenue
Auver Mike Myers Pioneer Hunter and the Toronto Encounter
Auver Mike Myers a famed Jefferson county hunter earned his nickname from a speech stoppage in which he began every sentence with waver He reportedly shot an Indian drinking at Poplar Spring sparking a pursuing band of savaees He escaped across a river in a canoe with Capt Brady claiming Logan kin began a massacre after he killed an Indian who was stealing his horse
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Mike Myers
Jefferson County
Toronto
Poplar Spring
Myers
Block's 'S Land
Brady
Logan
Early Burying Grounds In Local History
The earliest burying ground in this area was the site of the rolling mill where the Indians once buried their dead. The fragment notes a historic cemetery near a milling site, hinting at early settlement and indigenous memory in the locality.
Pioneer Merchants of Steubenville Describe Early 1800s Stores
The article recalls Steubenville pioneers such as Hans Wilson with a Market Street general store, John England at Market Square, Martin Andrews hat and fur shop, and Moses Hale dry goods store. It notes first hotel built in 1800 by John Ward and lists early landlords including Squire Jenkinson Red Lion Inn Col Told Cross Keys Tom Hamilton White Horse Dick’s Sign of the Ship Thos Kells Green Free and Thomas Norton Black Bear.
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Hans Wilson
Carrie
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John England
Market Square
Martin Andrews
Moses Hale
John Ward
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Growth of Steubenville Post Office Traces Postal History
The Steubenville Post Office figures show total annual postal business near 38,692 dollars with monthly peaks around 17,000 dollars in December. The system supports seven clerks, eleven carriers, one special delivery, two rural carriers and an assistant postmaster, reflecting city growth and demand for services.
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Ida Allison Means
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Follansbee
Lazearville
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William McKinley
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Delaware
Ann Pearson
Shippensburg
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Beaver County
John Sherman
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Wm. Hfl Lampton
Richard Realf
Pittshare
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Beaver
Cr.eedan Chase A. Mane
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Ross & McConnell
Pittsburg
New Castle
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Fa. Auessille
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Vicksburg
New Orleans
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E. M. van Cleve
Bezaleel Wells
Grant School
Fifth Streets
James M. Reynolds
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