Steubenville Bank Purchases Main Fourth Street Block
The Steubenville Bank and Trust Company of South Fourth street bought North Fourth street business property from Mrs. George Floto. The 60 by 135 foot lot fronts Fourth street and includes Cohen's jewelry, George's restaurant, Abel & Branfass saloon, and several offices. Rumors say a modern new business block may rise, but officials gave no statement. Dr J M C Floyd resigns from Board of Health. Dr Samuel F Paul appointed to succeed him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville Bank and Trust Company
South Fourth Street
North Fourth Street
George Floto
Fourth Street
Trust Company
Commercial National Bank
Cohen’s
George’s Restaurant
Abel & Branfass
J. C. M. Floyd
Steubenville
Paul
Approva
Militia Regiments Impress Gen Speaks at Camp Willis
Brig. Gen. John C. Speaks and Maj. R. W. Mearns witnessed a brigade review as the Eighth Fifth and Fourth regiments formed the Second Ohio brigade. About 3,500 men, many fresh recruits, marched in with creditable discipline. Speaks praised their progress and readiness. Mearns called them a fine body of troops and nearly ready to deploy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Willis
Ohio
War Department
John C. Speaks
R. W. Mearns
Gen. Speaks
Maj. Mearns
Auto Party Robbed by Masked Bandits on Tunnel Hill
An auto party of six Bellaire youths was held at gunpoint about 11:40 pm on Tunnel Hill west of Bellaire. Two masked highwaymen escaped with over $50 in cash and two gold watches valued at around $60 after forcing the men from the car and ordering them to continue without stopping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belmont County
Tunnel Hill
Bellaire
Frank Faust
Louis Cetran
Emil Dover
Frank Nemic
Frank Rosinsher
Neff
Marriage Licenses Reported for Blackburn Brown and Charbat Zambon
James M. Blackburn 21 of Steubenville and Ruth E. Brown 18 of Mingo Junction obtained a marriage license. Edward Charbat 24 and Julia Zambon of Dillonvale also secured a license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Blackburn
Steubenville
Ruth E. Brown
Mingo Junction
Edward Charbat
Julia Zambon
Dillonvale
Drowned dam worker amid river blaze near Ashland
Elisha Creech 21 of Ashland Kentucky drowned when a gasoline launch carrying eight men from dam No 14 on the Ohio River near Woodland West Virginia caught fire. Creech jumped overboard and disappeared in 18 foot water. others fought the flames and survived. The wreck reached the West Virginia shore with minor damage and no injuries. A second drowning, Steve Bartley 23, coal miner from Warwood West Virginia, occurred while bathing in the same river. his body was recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elisha Creech
Ashland
Ohio
Woodland
W. Va
Government Dam No. 14
West Virginia
Creech
John Creech
Steve Bartley
Warwood
Fate at Mingo: Brakeman Ohler Dies After Yard Accident
Beatty C. Ohler of Uhrichsville Pennsy brakeman died at Corliss Pa yards after a car cut failed to set brakes and cars rolled down an incline pinning him between bumpers. He died 25 minutes after reaching Mercy Hospital. His father also died in a railroad crash at Mingo Junction 11 years earlier. Born June 18 1895 at Barnhill he lived in Uhrichsville area and is survived by his mother Mrs William Shivers and brothers Earl of Akron and Edward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatty C. Ohler
Uhrichsville
Pennsy
Corliss
Mercy Hospital
Ohler
Charles Ohler
Mingo Junction
Barnhill
William Shivers
Earl
Akron
Edward
Probate court filings and wills advancing in local estates
Probate court records show the will of John Pekruhn probated and a first and final account filed in the estate of Annie Pillar. D M Gruber appointed administrator of the estate of M T Calhoun. Application to probate will of Martha Smith filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Pekruhn
Annie Pillar
D. M. Gruber
M. T. Calhoun
Martha Smith
Prohibition Convention Nomination Ends After Debate
The Prohibition national convention adjourned after nominating J. Frank Hanley for president and Dr. Ira D. Landrith for vice president. Hanley led with 440 votes to Sulzer’s 181, with other totals listed. A motion to make Hanley’s nomination unanimous failed amid objections. The day closed with Landrith’s nomination, a doxology, and a six hour session. A platform resolution favored freedom in Christian science and chiropractics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Minn
J. Frank Hanley
Indiana
United States
Ira D. Landrith
Nashville
Tenn
Landrith
Hanly
William Sulzer
New York
Mr. Hanly
Mr. Sulzer
Finley C. Hendrickson
Cumberland
James Gilbert Mason
New Jersey
W. P. F. Ferguson
Pennsylvania
Sumner W. Haynes
Henry Ford
Detroit
Eugene W. Chaffin
Arizona
Sulzer
Hanley
Senate OKs Great Naval Build ing Program With 157 Ships
The Senate approved a three year naval program costing 315 826 843 including four dreadnoughts and four battle cruisers plus 58 other craft. The measure totals 588 180 576 for 157 vessels, with 110 726 160 allocated for the first year. House and Senate leaders foresee a conference and lengthy debate ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Senate Naval Committee
Thomas
Vardaman
Clapp
Curtis
Gronna
la Follette
Norris and Works
Tillman
Swanson
Lodge
Conference Committee
Congress
Arrest Made in Stolen Goods Ring Involving Bruzzesse
Frank Bruzzesse, a South Street resident, was arrested at noon by Chief Blaine Carter and Patrolman Smith on a warrant for receiving and harboring stolen goods. He waived a hearing before Mayor McMaster and was bound over to the grand jury on a $500 bond. Police link him to two youths, Frank Ely and Joseph Fletcher, in a pattern from chickens to brooms, with a purported agreement to dispose of loot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Bruzzesse
South Street
Blaine Carter
Smith
McMaster
Grand Jury
Bruzzesse
Frank Ely
Joseph Fletcher
Daugherty Backed by Ohio Republicans for Senate Nomination
Cordial editorials from the Gallipolis Weekly Journal and The Pomeroy Leader praise Harry M. Daugherty for the U S Senate bid. They stress his 25 years in the party, loyalty, courage, and leadership in Ohio politics, urging nomination in August and election in November. Fostoria Daily Review also endorses him as a steadfast, cordial Columbus figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Harry M. Daugherty
United States
Daugherty
Gallipolis
Myron T. Herrick
France
Herrick
Republcans
U. S. Senate
Republican Party of
U. S
Frank
Mr. Herrick
Republicans
Fostoria Daily Review
United States Senate
Divorce Decree for Jessie Pearl Klugh Against Henry T Klugh
Jessie Pearl Klugh granted a divorce from Henry T Klugh on grounds of gross neglect of duty. Klugh confined in the Pennsylvania industrial reformatory at Huntingdon, Pa., having been sent up for ten years for burglary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Pearl Klugh
Henry T. Klugh
Klugh
Pennsylvania Industrial Reformatory
Huntingdon
Merged Plans for Pewsky Railroad Proposed by Pennsylvania
Directors of the Pittsburgh Wheeling and Kentucky Railroad face a merger proposal from the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. The plan would fuse Pewsky with Vandalia and Pan Handle under a new company, issuing stock at 150 for 100. Details remain unclear as stockholders weigh a 6 percent basis, with Pittsburgh interests uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh, Wheeling and Kentucky Railroad
Pewsky
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Vandalia Company
Pan Handle Company
Pittsburgh
Wheeling
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Wheeling and
Infantile paralysis fears in eastern Ohio case
A 18 month old Brilliant child showing early brain fever symptoms raises concern of infantile paralysis as physicians consult Wellsburg and Wheeling experts. Authorities monitor for progression since the New York epidemic, hoping the illness does not advance despite the precarious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brilliant
Wheeling
Wellsburg
New York City
Ohio
East
Finley and Cox Plot to Mind Pomerene Senate Move
A Columbus sourced report claims the Cox Finley faction plans to block Senator Pomerene by delaying a federal bench vacancy until after the August primaries. It alleges a covert scheme to install a Finley picked candidate, not John T or Judson H, through Democratic party maneuvering and a so called committee. The piece notes suspicion of Governor backed schemes and promises to monitor developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Bill Finley
Cox-Finley
Pomerene
Campagin
War Baker
Woodrow
John H. Clarke
Finley
Ohio
Cox
Pomerone
John T
Old Judson H
Finley-Cox
Sandles Proposes Camp Willis Troops Vote For Governor
Columbus July 22 A Pat Sandles candidate for the Democratic nomination proposes that troops at Camp Willis vote on state tickets in both primary and general elections. He urges all candidates to waive objections and have ballots counted by local boards wherever troops are stationed. Other candidates assent but the method remains unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Pat Sandles
Camp Willis
Civil service asks delay over industrial commission clerks
E A Deeds and S P Bush reported on differences between the state civil service commission and the state industrial commission about extra clerk hire. The civil service commission refuses to publish findings and secretary McKinley declines to say if the investigators filed a report. The commission is notyet ready to release details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Deeds
S. P. Bush
State Civil Service Commission
State Industrial Commission
Industrial Commission
Civil Service Commission
McKinley
Bravery Saves Bellaire Girl From Water Tragedy
At a Bellaire area resort near the water works pumping station, Margaret Wilhelm nearly drowned while swimming with Miss Sprage. Companions and bystanders formed a human chain to rescue her, pulling her to shore as others aided. She revived after minutes of effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Wilhelm
Bellaire
Miss Wilhelm
Miss Sprage
Bellaire Water Works
Ohio
Miss Spragge
State weighs bar on synthetic milk sales at Camp Willis
T L Calvert head of the state food department said a consignment of synthetic milk shipped to Camp Willis may lead to a state ban on its sale. He sought an AG opinion but no ruling was issued. He notified Hebe Evaporated Milk Co and state distributors of action. The company uses vegetable fat to replace butter fat, cutting costs though nutrition lags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Willis
T. L. Calvert
State Food Department
Turner
Hebe
State board inspects ready built offices for purchase
With Governor Willis and state architect K I Best the state building board continued yesterday to inspect ready built office structures here, aiming to purchase. Buildings examined were the Wyandotte on West Broad owned by John G Deshler and the Green Joyce wholesale building at High and Chestnut owned by the Joyce estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis
K. I. Best
State Building Board
Wyandotte
West Broad
John G. Deshler
Green-Joyce Wholesale
High and Chestnut
Joyce
Health Dept Clamps Bathing Near Camp Willis River
City health officials did not confirm typhoid but acted strongly by barring all bathing in the Olentangy river south of Fifth avenue. Sewage from Camp Willis empties into the river at Fifth avenue via a storm sewer, prompting the medida action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Willis
Olentangy
Fifth Avenue
Marriage License for Collier and Smith in Steubenville
Plummer L. Collier aged 29 and Consu ella Smith aged 19, both residents of Steubenville, secured a marriage license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plummer L. Collier
Consuella Smith
Steubenville
Bowling Green Woman Named State Board Agent
Miss Pearl Helfrich of Bowling Green is appointed from the civil service list by the state board of agriculture as field agent for upcoming junior contests. Salary set at 1000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Helfrich
Bowling Green
State Board of Agriculture
President Wilson Hints at Border National Guard Idea
A clipping suggests President Wilson may explain to Congress his plan for deploying the national guard to the border, if he knows the details. The remark reflects ongoing concerns over border security and executive strategy during his administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Congress
National Guard
Suspected foul play in death of trackman Nimrod Arthurs
Nimrod Arthurs a 35 year old trackman at Dunglen coal mines was killed when a motor and string of cars ran over him. Coroner Herb and County Detective Ed Lucas led a cautious probe into potential foul play or accidental death from a live wire. The motorman testified Arthurs lay on the tracks unseen until too late and died crossing the mine. Arthurs, long employed by the coal company, left a wife and four children at Denglen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nimrod Arthurs
Dunglen
Arthurs
Herb
Ed Lucas
Denglen
Alban Expected to Win Republican Nomination for Congress
Local candidate Hon W R Alban claims strong support across the district after reviewing reports from lieutenants and friends. Voters in other counties concede the nomination to Jefferson county, with labor leaders G A R veterans farmers and industrial leaders all backing Alban as the likely nominee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Alban
Congress
Jefferson County
Alban
Judge Upholds City Sandwich Wagon Ordinance
Judge Smith ruled in Steubenville's common pleas court that the city ordinance restricting sandwich wagons on principal streets is constitutional. The $2 to $5 daily license fee was deemed reasonable after Stillwell was twice arrested and fined for violations. Stillwell plans to seek relief in the court of appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Common Pleas Court
Mike Stillwell
City of
Steubenville
Stillwell
Secorar
Court of Common Pleas
Court of Appeals
Hancock County Picnic Set for Rock Springs
The annual Hancock County picnic will be held at Rock Springs on Saturday August 26. Park management plans a big day for Hancock county residents and nearby areas. Leaders from national and state offices including Republicans Democrats and suffrage promoters are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hancock County
Rock Springs
Slight Stroke Stricken Follawsbee Resident Taken to Hospital
David Mort a well known citizen of Follawsbee West Virginia was brought to Ohio Valley Hospital today after suffering a slight stroke Friday afternoon on his way home from work in the mill. He was reported somewhat improved this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Mort
Follawsbee
W. Va
Ohio Valley Hospital
Violator Fined After Liquor Charge Hearing
Peter Santanelli of Yorkville faced a liquor charge hearing before Mayor Bargar in Smithfield. He was fined 200 dollars plus costs and jailed after failing to pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Santanelli
Yorkville
Bargar
Smithfield
A lot of the forty four caliber talkers discharge a .22
A brief item notes a mix up in firearms terminology where several .44 caliber devices are described as discharging a .22 caliber projectile, reflecting confusion in reporting or specification.
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Bic
Steubenville Bank & Trust CO
DR. Floyd
Floto Property
Cial National Bank
Big Dimensions
S. F. Paul
Ser
Floyd
City Board of Health
J. M- C. Floyd
City
The
W.C. McMaster
Pres
Mearns
Auto Party
Put
Mingo
Steam Roller Victory
Sutzer
Tion
Christian Science
Senate For Great Naval Building Program
Sint Y
ING Ships
Man
Ting
Pewsky” Railroad
Kent
Babe
Trackman
Mr. Alban
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