Bloomfield area notes and social events summary
Rev Ferguson to preach at Presbyterian Church next Sabbath August 2 morning and evening. Grange picnic planned in Well's Grove August 1. Temperance sermon delivered in M E church last Sabbath. Miss Faye Temple of Uhrichsville visiting Bloombield friends. Mrs Barker entertained children for Eva's birthday. Various local visits and guests from Reed's Mills to Washington DC. Bloomfield ball team active. several residents visiting Cleveland and other towns. Husband and wife news, school hires at Union High, local contractors at work, Woman's Home Missionary Society festival August 5. Grange picnic attendees traveling from local towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferguson
Grange
Well's Grove
Eldredge
M. E. Arch
Faye Temple
Uhrichsville
Bloombeld
Thos. Barker
Eva
Margaret Leech
Daught
Jennie
Reed’s Mills
Ary E. Laylander
Dennison
Iss McFarran
Harriet Simeral
James A. Gordon
Washington
Ant
Eliza Thompson
Kathryn Porter
Bessie Jerryman
Juionport
E. A. Moore
Cleveland
Otho Smith
Hate
Jennie Poe
Sadie Stringer
Kristina Trimmer
Earl Smith
Ada Strickler
Blomfield
Bloomfield
Lewis M. Potts
Colum Ps Ind
Jefferson
Carles Dowling
Obert
Columbus
Abe
N. R. Bell
Heeling
J. QO. Jones
Pittsburg
A. G. Jones
Stevenville
Sarah J. Jones
Robt. Lyons
Washington,d.c
Lyons
A. B. Hi
Nixon
John E. Burris
Tunnel
GE. Henderson
Piney Fork
Thos. Harris
Edward O. Mather
Steubdenville
W. B. Ralston
Ice Merryman
Mary Copenhaver
Mary
Reed's Mills Local Notes and Appointments
Reed's Mills column lists oil rig movement near William T Leech's farm and anticipated testing for oil and gas. It reports bridge plank replacement, local gardener pride, shipping of arpaope to Steubenville market, visits and dinners at Ames Bowers home, and several townsfolk updates including health and accidents. events involve John D Stonebraker, Jonathan R Marsh, Grace Huston, Paul Patton, and L W McElroy with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed’s Mills
William T. Leech
Place
John D. Stonebraker
Jonathan R. Marsh
Steubenville
Sarah Hosterman
Pauline
Adena, O
Elmer Gilkinson
Fred
Idutton
John
Your City
Afernoon
Hospita
Ames Bowers
A. $. Scott
Two Ridges
Charlie Smith
Wallace
Pine Grove
Grace Huston
Cookson
William’ Leech
Hazel Uston
Rock Prings
Newburn
Aliance
F. Scott and
Famly
Paul Patton
Dena
L. W. McElroy
la Belle View
G. W. Reed
Mr. McElroy
Winterville church sermon and harvest weather notes
Rev H A Welday delivered an excellent discourse at the M E Church on Sabbath evening. Harvesting is nearly complete with some farmers threshing an average wheat crop. A Sunday storm did some damage to oats and corn in various areas. Miss Elizabeth England of Jewett visits cousin Miss Elma Rex Day of Chicago stays at the old homestead due to a serious illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wintersville
H. A. Welday
M. E
Elizabeth England
Jewtt
Elma
Rex Day
Chicago
Herd
Festival draws crowd as Osage event closes week
In Richmond a hayload of local youths attended the Osage festival last Saturday, reporting a large crowd. Misses Emma and Ida Simpsons plan a Young Ladies Missionary Society meeting at their home next Wednesday. Rev. Houston to preach at U P church next Sunday. Ida Simpson has returned from a visit with sister Mrs Gorsuch near Bloomfield. Harvesting nears end, oats nearly done, blackberry picking to end soon. Rev. Scott to preach at M E church next Sunday. Harry Scott, hurt in a pony accident, is slowly improving. Renny Stephenson and family, recently visiting Chicago, have returned home. S W Simpson from Pittsburg visited over Sunday.
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Osage
Emma
Ida Simpsons
U. P
Houston
Ida Simpson
M. E
Rev
Scott
Harry Scott
Renny Stephenson
James
Chicago
S. W. Simpson
Pittsburg
Funeral of Mrs Vermillion Held at Son's Home
Funeral services for Mrs Jane Vermillion were held Monday at 10 o'clock from her son's home Robt Vermillion with interment at Center Church. Berna Brisco of Follansbee WV visited friends here last week. Will Hardwick delivered honey Monday earning pounds at 20 cents per pound. Ed Dawson remains ill. John Martin hosted friends Saturday night with ice cream and cake. Mrs Erna Elrond and daughter Margaret returned from Antioch. Local youths plan an excursion to Cleveland via the Wabash railroad next week. W F Lewis of Smithfield ill with illness. Harvest of 1908 noted as light for hay and wheat. Mr and Mrs John Hardwick and daughter Mary visited Wintersville Sunday. Dr Gourley of New Alexandria was here on business. Mr and Mrs Frank McCullough attended the funeral of their cousin at Mingo Tuesday. Walter Rouse visited Steubenville Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shave Hill
Jane Vermillion
Robt
Vermillion
Center Church
Berna Brisco
Follansbee
W.iVa
T. D. Spruens
Unionport
Will Hardwick
Smithfield
Ed. Dawson
John Martin
Erna Elrond
Margaret
Antioch
Cleveland
W. F. Lewis
Smithheld
John Hardwick
Mary
Wintersville
Gourley
New Alexandria
Frank McCullough
Mingo
Walter Rouse
Steubenville
Cross Creek Notes Share Visits and Local News
Baxter Dungan returns home from visiting friends in the area. Ralph Strain of Pittsburg enjoys vacation with family. Clark Criss of Wellsburg visits uncle Fred Baxter. Russell Strain builds a new barn. Laura Elson and Nannie Hobbs visit Mrs. J. F. Baxter. Gracey attends Wellsburg ball game. Mrs. J. C. Baxter and Lola Gracey call on Mrs. J. E. Baxter. Leonard Carter remodels his dwelling. J. C. McKibben returns home after week with sister Mrs. J. E. Baxter. Rev. Rhodes and family chosen as missionaries to Japan for about eight years. They leave amid good wishes. he will be missed in the Cross Creek Presbyterian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellsburg
J. C .Baxter
Lola Gracey
J. E. Baxter
Leonard Carter
Rouman Bradley
Thomas H. Strain
J. C. McKibben
Cross Creek
Washington County
Rhodes
Dedication of Coes church draws large Bergholz crowd
A large Bergholz crowd attended the dedication of the new Coes church at Salineville on Sabbath. The report lists several residents visiting relatives and moving about town, including Mr. and Mrs. Martin and various extended family visits to Canton Lisbon Minerva Carrollton and Monroeville. Multiple local names are noted with short home visits and arrivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salineville
Sabth
Martin
Canton
John McCausland
Pittsburg
Scott Allen
Wesley Moore
D. A. Griffith
Aaron Morrow
Goodspend
Ohio, Mines
Thorpe
Olive. McCorkle
Minerva
Wiliams
Cinda Dixon
Carrollton
Williams family details from berry picking incident
A report notes Mr and Mrs J P Williams are improving slowly after a copperhead bite while picking berries. Separate obituary states Mrs James Waggoner died at home Saturday aged 79. Funeral services were conducted at the Presbyterian church where she was a lifelong member, with interment in Richmond cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Sys Williams
James Waggorer
Presbyterian Church
Richmond
Wintersville Grange Meeting and Nearby Events
The Wintersville Grange will hold its next regular meeting in Grange Hall on Friday evening August 7 1908 at 8 o clock with an engaging program and large attendance expected. A Grange picnic is planned for Saturday August 1 1908 at George Jewell’s Maple Grove. Other notes cover a new dwelling in Jacksonville C for Thomas C Davis and son a near completion horse stable on Madison Square David England hosting Mrs Jennie Turner from East Liverpool O spend time with relatives and a lightning scare at Luke McClelland’s home plus staff changes at White Dairy and return of John Myers from Tucson Arizona for the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wintersville
Grange Hall
Grange
Homer H. Stone
Catherine Thorburn
Martins Ferry
George Jewel
Maples Grove
Charles Alen
James
Jacksonville
Thomas C. Davis
Robert
David N. Graham
Madison Square
Jennie Turner
East Liverpool
David England
Luke McClelland
Doge
Rossie Rhinehart
White
John Myers
Tuscon
Arizona
Picnic in R T Wells orchard and church services
A basket picnic is planned in R T Wells orchard by Hopewell Sunday School on August 8 in the afternoon, followed by a festival at night with emphasis on well filled baskets. Services at St James Episcopal Church will be held next Sunday August 2 at the usual hour, the last until September. Edwin B Redhead rector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. T. Well
Hopewell Sunday School
St. James Episcopal Church
Edwin B. Redhead
Cope Family Reunion Planned at Mt Pleasant Church
The Cope Family Reunion will be held at the old Friends church in Mt Pleasant Jefferson county Q on Tuesday August 11 1908. Interesting speakers have promised to attend and the meeting is expected to be unusually interesting and profitable. Everyone is welcome. Hiram Cope President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cope
Old Friends
Mt. Pleasant
Jefferson County
Hiram Cope
No. 14 Marriage Seeds Offer Improve Soil Yield
A short ad notes better crops start with good seed on poor soil. It promotes "Natural Plant Food" and claims increased yield by improving soil. Sold by Joseph J. Flenniken in Bloomingdale, No.2.
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Joseph J. Flenniken
Bloomingdale
Annapolis baseball club festival and game day
The Annapolis baseball club hosts a Saturday evening festival with various refreshments. At 2 30 p m the club will play Bayth tsdde gYeansG Unionport team. Also notes visitors and local social events in the area.
Local Social Notes and Obituary In East Liver Wool
Miss Laura Martin hosts Anna Robbins guest. Waggoner, aged resident, dies Saturday and is buried Monday. Services at Presbyterian Church. Survived by son Calvin and daughter Cilla at home. Scott Shane greets friends in town. Lord Moore family visiting from Canton. Vedren returns home after visit with Joseph Johnson. Mollie Morrow travels to Myers Lake. Bergholz Gas Co erecting Main Street building. Hurrah for Taft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Martin
East Liverwoool
Anna Robbins
Jellet
Piney
Sears
Lillian Moore
Mandeline ,Gagleman
Rs. Waggoner
Presbyterian Church
Calvin
Cilla
Scott Shane
Carrollton
Lord Moore
Canton
Vedren
Steubenville
Joseph Johnson
J. B. Marshal
Mollie Morrow
Myers Lake
Bergholz Gas. Co
Main Street
Taft
Hazel Dell Oil Well Progress and Local Visits
Hazel Dell reports a well on William Leech’s farm being drilled with mud and clay. G L Jewett works long hours to secure a large harvest before the picnic. Miss Mary Wilson of Ingram Pennsylvania visits her brother. Miss Effie Cullien visits Miss Mary McCay at Reed’s Mills recently.
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William Leech
G. L. Jewett
Mary Wilson
Ingram
Effie Cnillen
Mary McCay
Reed's Mills
Pan Handle railroad moves repairman division
ML Cole visited Steubenville last week. J B Welday, an interlocking repairman, was transferred from Columbus to the Dennison division. A notable distant guest is expected at the local picnic. The oats crop is fair, though straw is short according to several reports.
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ML. Cole
Steubenville
J.B. Welday
Columbus
Dennison
Pan Handle Railroad
BANTAM RIDGE COMMUNITY NOTES AND EVENTS
Oats cutting and blackberry picking are the day’s focus. Many residents plan to attend the Grange picnic at G Jewell's Grove on August 1 and the Grocer's picnic at Rock Springs. Details mention visits by Mildred Scott to Erma Andrews and Erma Andrews to Elizabeth Scott. Also noted are a W M S festival at Wintersville M E church on August 5 and several local visits from Steubenville residents.
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Grange
G. Jewell’s
Rock Springs
Colliers Residents Attend Chester Picnic and Local Activities
A large crowd traveled to Chester for the Burgettstown picnic. Local sports include Collier ball team’s midweek trip to play the ace team. Citizens report ripening tomatoes and abundant blackberries. Community projects include a new school well, I O O F hall painting, and remodeling the old school house into a dwelling. A union church picnic is set for August 6 in the old No 2 grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colliers
W. VA
Chester
Burgettstown
John Freshwater
Florence Johnston
Kittanning
Edna
Ora
Frank Croner
Bowerstown
Robert Hindman
George Hoge
George Martin
C. Beatty
George Hindman
Steubenville
Mike S. Karry
Sheridan
Chester Roney
Pittsburg
Fire at Union Vale General Store Burns Stock and Home
A large general store at Union Vale on the Wabash, three miles east of Cadiz, was destroyed by fire Monday night around 10 o clock after an oil lamp overturned and exploded. The owner's goods and household effects were also burned. The occupants had a close call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unionvale
Wabash
Cadiz
Naturalization Petitions and Property Request in Chester West Virginia
Residents of Dillonvale petition for naturalization including Vaclav Kubera Emanuel Lin hart Michael Perl Thomas Delinek Michael Chmbosky Antonin Lessek James Neid Joseph Kuban and Josef Cermak. Also sought a good small farm with stock crops and implements in exchange for a desirable dwelling and business property on Carolina Avenue Chester address P O Box 315 Chester West Virginia.
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Dillonvale
Vaclav Kubera
Emanuel Linhart
Michael Perl
Thomas Delinek
Michael Chmbosky
Antonin Lessek
James Neid
Joseph Kuban
Josef Cermak
Carolina Avenue
Chester
W. Va
P. O
Relief for Asthma Sufferers with Oley's Honey and Tar
Advertisement notes immediate relief for asthma sufferers in severe stages from Oley's Honey and Tar. Claims a cure if taken timely. Mentions Beall and Steele druggists as sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beall & Steele
Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup Promises Gentle Cleanse
A classic drugstore notice promotes Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup as a bowel cleanser that stimulates action without irritation. Beall & Steele, druggists, advertise the product and its gentle effect.
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Beall & Steele
Doan’s Kidney Pills Endorsement From Steubenville Lady
Mrs Ruth Eno of Steubenville Ohio testifies Doan’s Kidney Pills relieved her backache and other kidney symptoms after seven years of use she still trusts the remedy. Sold by all dealers for 60 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents for the United States Remember the note Doan’s and take no other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
Ruth Eno
South Fifth Street
Steubenville
Ohio
Dean
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Receiver's sale of Jefferson County real estate
The receiver Bernard W. Mettenberger will offer at public auction the McGee-Dieters Glass Company property in Wells Township Jefferson County Ohio near the city on August 1. The parcel contains about one acre with mineral rights excepted, bounded by Teal heirs land and Cleveland Pittsburg Railroad right of way, appraised at 7500 dollars, cash only. Attorneys B N Linduff Mansfield and Merryman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Common Pleas
Jefferson County
Ohio
Bernard W. Mettenberger
Gale
McGee-Dellers Glass Company
Wells Township
State of
Tarlton Teal
Cleveland & Pittsburg
David
Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad Company
The Daring Rescue Amid Cliff Edge Ambition
Bosomed in a frontier tale Bob Hampton confronts death to save a nameless red headed girl. He studies the cliff face inch by inch mapping holds and ledges as a plan forms. The moment tests his nerve and finally ignites a living will to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Hampton
Hampton
Between Life and Death Chapter II from Frontier Struggle
The day and night fall into a silent horror as wounded men suffer, a boy infantryman dies, Wyman moans, and the defenders cling to duty. Hunger fades to apathy while savages taunt them and shots thin to a few remainders. Frontiersmen brace for an inevitable dawn amid grim, wordless resolve.
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Wyman
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Woman's Home Missionary Society
Eubvoons
A. T. ‘Jackman
Martin’s Ferry
Homer Stone
Caroline Thoburn
Earl George
Nannie
J. H. George
Grim Bros
Jewell’s
Ang. I
Bergholz
Annapolis
Annapolis Baseball Club
Sweeney
Amsterday
Essie Heisler
Unionport R. F. D
Emma Leavengood
R. R
Annie Lowmiller
Ruth
Inez Dye
Margaret Gault
Mt. Hope
Nellie Miser
Hazel Dell
Bantam Ridge
Mildred Scott
Erma Andrews
James McCoy
David Huston
Grandma Huston
Elizabeth Scott
Wintersville M. E
Oscar Scott
Ross Lowry
Frank Huston
The
McGee-Dieters Glass Company
B. N. Linduff
Mansfield & Merryman, Attorneys
Steubenville, Ohio
la Belle Clothing Co
Market Street
Bob Hampton
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