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Newspaper
Steubenville Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1911
Page
2
A brief item from The Herald Printing Co located at 170 North Fourth Street Steubenville Ohio notes Chas D Simeral as manager. The fragment ends with the string aeeee.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox contrasts wartime heroism with workers facing danger in peacetime. The poem questions where a true story and song exist for those who fight daily in mines and shops, enduring ill paid labor and constant peril, while fame remains distant.
The clashing notes of hot weather, fires, and heat related dangers mix with political chatter and daily hazards. References to political figures, train accidents, and widespread discomfort paint a portrait of a summer marked by extreme heat and public concern.
C W Hummel 21, a Cleveland and Pittsburgh railroad brakeman on the Package Local from Bellaire to Conway, fell between moving freight cars in Sterbenville yards Monday about 8:30 AM. His left arm and leg were nearly severed and his head crushed. Conductor Jeff Beck signaled to stop. Hummel died at the scene. He had only been married six weeks and lived in Bellaire.
Mr and Mrs C S Ferguson celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on July 3 1011. Married July 3 1861 by Rev S P Wolf at First M E Church they have eight children 38 grandchildren four great grandchildren and numerous relatives in Steubenville Wellsville and beyond. A reception at their home from 6 to 9 pm will be attended by family and guests including Mrs Mary Black Corydon Pa and Mrs Minnie Cherry Napoli NY.
A six year old girl named Mary Simko fell fifty feet from a wall behind the Tri-State building in Mingo and was found with a rusty nail driven into her skull. Though conscious during extraction, doctors fear the head wound may prove fatal as her mother hysterically threatened self harm. The incident occurred after a playmate chase near Reservoir Hill. rescue efforts and medical treatment followed at Dr Strayer's office.
Nearly 100 attend the Union C E gathering at M P Church Sunday evening with Walter Harris presiding. Reports from the state convention note Jefferson county earned two banners for new societies and for meeting quota. Program featured speakers Miss Allie Adams Miss Adda Buchanan Dr Francis Clark Miss Helen Miller D A Poling Miss Barbara Kates Mrs William Baker Miss Mary Klein Miss Bertha Wilson Miss Shaw O L Hood Dr Nettie Erskine and a solo by Mrs. William Baker.
Howard Seabright, 17, of Bellaire, a high school senior who had just begun a job at Wheeling Stamping Co., was crushed in an elevator and died hours later. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Fried Seabright, he was described as a manly, athletic and popular youth. Funeral services were held this afternoon.
Intercepted telegram shows John Gibson a workhouse prisoner declined escape to stay loyal to Superintendent White. He faces possible transfer to Steubenville for a $10,000 Spies diamond robbery, while other gang members remain jailed or at large. A marriage of Dr Barr and Mabel Marks follows in Weirton.
Ada Hoffman and John J. Harking wed at 1 PM at 227 Washington Street in a Christian ceremony led by Rev. A F Stahl. The bride wore pale blue silk with white lace, carried white flowers, and a 35-cover collation followed. After a lakes trip to Cleveland, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, and Detroit, the couple will reside in Newark Ohio. Only out of town guests were Mr and Mrs Samuel Miller of Toronto.
Dr J M Barr of Weirton West Virginia is noted in a brief item. The line appears as a partial OCR fragment, lacking context or surrounding details to provide a fuller event or achievement.
The Anti-Saloon League held a Sunday field day with speakers in city pulpits urging statewide prohibition. Mayors and leaders spoke against saloons, praising Rose Local Option and urging voters to elect pro prohibition delegates to Columbus and the constitutional convention.
A forceful convention address urged eternal vigilance and duty of voters for the moral uplift of the state as factions battled over liquor supremacy. The speech moved many to stand by their principles and fight for the right course.
A group of twelve masked bandits held up the Philadelphia and Erie passenger train five miles east of Erie Pennsylvania. Conductor H D Rooney and mail clerk C H Block were shot. Rooney hurled a rock at him. Elmer Carney of Chicago was seriously hurt after a hand to hand clash. Walter Bassett a Columbus student tackled the robbers and helped restart the engine. Police detained Walter Mooney and James Carroll as suspects. Passengers fled in panic as shots rang out and loot was taken from baggage and mail cars.
The Lisbon Ohio court session delayed completion as attorneys Switzer for J. M. Riley heirs and others argued. Judge Wheeler and Gov. J C McKinley spoke for multiple parties including McVeigh heirs Miss McVeigh and Francis O Reilly claimants. McKinley planned to finish his remarks in the morning amid a packed courtroom.
Mary Ann Corrigan and Catherine Jones of Brooklyn argued their claim to General J. W. Reilly's estate before Referee Billingsley after Judge Kohler and Attorney Kohler presented the case. The referee ruled the evidence did not support the claim and declined further consideration, noting no intent to accuse the claimants of perjury, but expressing disbelief the claimant was General Reilly.
A Martins Ferry Italian fruit peddler told police he saw 13 year old Domnico Appno, reported drowned last Monday, at Piney Fork Friday afternoon. Police contacted Piney Fork but had no reply. the boy has been missing since Monday with word a companion claimed he jumped into the river and surfaced. Authorities expect he may be found among Italian miners there today.
The new Wheeling and Lake Erie directorate seeks to own a direct line into Wheeling within two years. Rumors say Adena branch sale to B and O is an agreement, not a sale, and W&LE plans to avoid Terminal lines by linking with B and O at Neffs then use its own line westward.
George Ketley of Weirton suffered a compound fracture of the right leg above the ankle when his horse shied at an automobile near the Tri-State Traction Co barn. The buggy wheels caught on streetcar tracks, Ketley was thrown, the horse chased into a field, and he was taken to the hospital.
The Coshocton centennial week closed in triumph while aviator Frank Miller escaped death after his Curtis biplane struck a house roof, flipped 30 feet, and landed wrecked. He emerged unharmed after two failed takeoffs earlier that day, as engine trouble forced a first 15 foot fall.
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