Lockjaw Deaths Strike Two Wellsburg Children
Two Wellsburg youths died of lockjaw following Fourth of July accidents. Margaret Miller aged 15, daughter of W R Miller, was wounded by a toy pistol discharge and died after convulsions despite medical care. George W Bowman Jr aged 8 also died after a leg wound led to infection, despite removal of embedded wadding and later treatment. The town mourns both deaths and remembers the children as popular neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellsburg
Lockjaw
Margaret Miller
Wiliam R. Miller
Steubenville
George P. Miller
East
Margaret
George W. Bowman, Jr
George Bowman
Prohibition Party Opens With Insurgent Tone
Atlantic City July 11 The eleventh Prohibition convention opened with little debate beyond organization yet showed strong insurgent sentiment. Temporary chairman Clinton N. Howard of Rochester denounced Roosevelt and the major parties, claiming Prohibitionists are the true progressives. He asserted Taft was captured by the whiskey element and attacked Roosevelt as pretender to reform. He accused reformers of theft, citing Panama and Republican bosses at the conventions, calling for genuine reform amid clean politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adtlantic City
N. J
Clinton N. Howard
Rochester
N.Y
Howard
Col ‘Roonvelt
Taft
Col. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Panama
Columbia
Congress
Chicago
Panama Strip
Heaven
Hlowrd
Ant
Billy Flinn
Pittsburg
Timothy Woodruff
Brooklyn
Rosevelt
America
Boy Paralyzed After Skiff Jump Into River
John D. Loomer, a Postal Telegraph messenger boy, was seriously injured Friday evening when he dove from a skiff at the tipple opposite the paper mill and struck his neck on a rock. He was rescued, taken home, and doctors found a serious spinal injury leaving him paralyzed from shoulders to feet. He showed some movement this morning and doctors expressed hope for recovery given his youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Loomer
Postal Telegraph Co. 3
Loomer
North Sixth Street
Fire boss may face blame for Moundsville mine blast
William Hupp fire boss at the Panama coal mine in Moundsville where eight men died after a gas explosion may be held responsible. State Mine Inspector John Laing will determine fault. Hupp, injured and hospitalized, says he entered the mine late and reported conditions before the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hupp
Panama
Moundsville
John Laing
Charleston
Hupp
Hurley
Flurley
Car Jump Near George's Run Blocks Road and Track
A Steubenville area traction line car jumped the track near George's Run on Friday night about 9 o clock. The car swerved and one end went into a ditch blocking the county road and the track. A number of passengers aboard were shaken but no injuries of consequence occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville, Brilliant and
Mingo Traction Line
George's Run
Marriage Licenses for several couples in Ohio area
Chas H Carey 42 and Anna E Jackson 28 of Emerson. Geo Rodosevic 26 and Mary Karapatica 21 of Mingo Junction. Raymond French 41 and Ora L Holland 19 of Rochester Pa and Toronto. Pere Musulin 21 and Michela Rodosevic 21. Michael Tomko 24 and Mary Labrach 20 of Mingo Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. H. Carey
Anna £. Jackson
Emerson
Geo. Rodosevic
Mary Karapatica
Mingo Junction
Raymond
French
Rochester
Ora L. Holland
Toronto
Pere Musulin
Michela Rodosevic
Michael Tomko
Mary Labrach
Eleven Year Old Shoots Self and Seeks Care for Lockjaw
Raymond Cross, son of liveryman Thomas Cross of Amsterdam, was taken to a hospital for lockjaw after injuring his hand with a blank cartridge on the Fourth of July. He seemed to improve in the morning but deteriorated by noon, unable to open his mouth on arrival at the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Cross
Thomas ‘Cross
Amsterdam
Sale of Jefferson County coal lands by Poole court order
The Jefferson County Court of Common Pleas will publicly auction multiple coal tracts in Wells and Steubenville townships on Monday at 1 p.m. The sale enumerates five coal vein parcels with rights to mine and remove coal, ingress and egress, and related mining privileges, with detailed tract descriptions and reservations including cannels and existing improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Common Pleas
Jefferson County
Ohio
William H. Poole
Royal Coal & Mining
State of Ohio
County of
Jefferson
State of
Wells and Steubenville
Coal and surface rights transfer in Wells and Steubenville townships
Legal notice describes conveyance of Number 8 Pittsburg coal vein underlying 101.8 acres in Wells Township Jefferson County Ohio, plus adjoining tracts and rights of ingress, egress, and mining. The deed specifies surface payments, oil and gas rights, and reservations for prior conveyed lands and rail rights. Sheriff sale details, appraised value $18,550, set cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Beetion
Wells Township
Jefferson County
Ohio
C. Wheeler Tarr
Sarah A. Tarr
J. ¥. Farr
C. Wheeler
Wheeler Tarr
Westy Thompson
County of
Jefferson
State of
Wesley Thompson
J. W. Tarr
C.heeler Tarr
Esley Thompson
CC. Wheeler
Steubenville
Royal Coal and Mining Co
Cleveland and
John Orr
K V. Cleaver
John Lowe
E. V. Ieaver
William A. Tarr
William Tarr
Campbell Tarr
Daniel Tarr
Cleveland and Pittsburg
Wim. Ekey
Isabella R. Cope
John B. Tarr
Mary E. Tarr
Towit
Thompson
Johnston
John B. Tare
Ohio Valley Telephone and Telegraph Co
Royal Coal and Mining Company
James Murray
D. M. Gruber
Probate Court Notice for Jefferson County Accounts
Probate Court of Jefferson County schedules July 31 1912 hearing on final accounts for guardians executrices and administrators of multiple estates including Montgomery Morrow Patterson Williams Morrow Wingewski Johnson Reynolds Verwholt Reynard Truax and others Objections to passing any accounts must be filed by the date shown Judge McCleary presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
John W. Porter
Thomas H. Montgomery
Ivy M. Morrow
George Morrow
Nancy Jackman
Jane Patterson
Fannie Frances Williams
John Williams
Emmett M. Morrow
Henry Bougher
Johm W. Porter
Frank Elliott
Lambert Friedl
Lucien Wengeteski
Wingilewski
J. M. Hagan
Margaret J. Johnson
Adda Winters Patterson
Annie R. Reynolds
Christina Verwholt
Christ Verwholt
David S. Reynard
William Reynard
Philip M. Truax
Jessie M. Truax
Ay R. McCleary
Petition to alter Long Run and Harrisville Road presented
A notice to the Board of County Commissioners for the August 6 session seeks to alter the Long Run and Harrisville Road. The petition from C. A. Young and others requests moving the road 600 feet east of the Rohy Coal Co. tipple, shifting it south about 400 feet for roughly 300 feet, then rejoining the old road near a large elm tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County of
Jefferson
Ohio
Cope
Clever
Spring Run
Board of County Commissioners
Long Run
Harrisville Road
Rohy Coal Co
Tipple
C. A. Young
Grasshoppers to Fertilizer Factory Plan in Argentina
A Buenos Aires concern plans to install machinery to convert grasshoppers and their eggs into a fertilizer material. The project envisions turning a crop destroyer into a productive product for agricultural use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Ayres
Argentina
Scientific American
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W. R. Miller
ysis—Hope
Sheriff's
Thompson's
Franklin J. Tarr
Willam H. Poole
James Montgomery
Jeffersonounty
Ittaburg
Spencer Tract
Sarah Ann Tarr
Steubenville Township
W. H. Poole
W.H. Pavie
Aaid
Vaence
Vance
N. Ik
Gearae
W. Wan
Wesley Mpson
Tione
Rsny
Wesley ‘Rhompson
Wm. H. Poole
Alexandria Tree
W. H. Tarr
S. H. Johnson
John W. Tarr
Sam
Sarah A, Tarr
John V. Tarr
William H. Haines
Samuel J. McCune
Sily
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