Thinning Ranks of Veterans at Memorial Exercises
A photo sequence by H. M. Albaugh from Bloomfield shows veterans at Memorial Day ceremonies in Cleveland and Bloomfield cemetery. The captions recall fallen soldiers, the old flag and a civic crowd, urging remembrance and honoring those who gave their lives for the nation.
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Bloomfield Cemetery
Wayne Township
Jefferson County
Ohio
Bloomfield
H. M. Albaugh
Bloomfiq
Cleveland
Tipton
Eccurtesye
The Thinning Ranks Poem By Cora Gaines Carrel
A war reflective poem recalls comrades lost and the cost of long wars. It contrasts aging veterans with fallen fighters, mentioning a plague, a tribe name meaning River of Death, and a doomed September Sabbath with a final brave act remembered as a last fight.
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Chickamaug
The Overcoat and the Comrades Remembrance Meeting
A veterans gathering recalls a blue overcoat with battle stains that bridged years and fed hungry tramps. They honor fallen comrades at a spring reunion, quoting their colonel’s pledge to hold the line and facing the photographer with stoic resolve.
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Lye
Scott
Runaway Wife Case Draws In Local Officials
In Steubenville a domestic entanglement unfolds as William Arb seeks his wife and two sons, pursued by the wife’s brother. Dan Wilson, a married man, is arrested after it emerges he and Mrs Arb were married after arriving in town, complicating the case and drawing mayoral and prosecutorial attention.
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William Arb
Dan Wilson
Arb
Wilson
Joseph Fresh
Aub
Alllson
Chief Zimmerman
Sand Wharf
Steubenville
Hisa
Squire Prentiss
Scott
Albin
M. Alban
Mrs. Arb
Pennsylvania
Plum Run Coal Shift Expands as Strikers Mull Setback
Seventy five new miners and twenty five guards arrived at Plum Run on Tuesday, bringing total workers to about 175 miners and 155 guards. Seven machines operated yesterday and ten more will cut coal today as the company plans to add three to four hundred men, though union affiliation among workers remains split and a strike outlook lingers.
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Plum Run
Cox Assests
Miners Hopeful as Plum Run Strike Develops
Coal operators in Cleveland predict the Ohio strike will end within ten days. At Plum Run near Steubenville strikers show eagerness to return, while guards and miners increase surveillance. Reports say Supt Steff at Bradley mines offered work to key strikers, but results are unclear. The Ohio Workers executive committee plans to meet in Columbus to seek peace, with Patrick McBryde noting miners are tired of the stoppage.
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Plan Run
Plum Run
Anay
Steff
Bradley Mings
Sli
Cleveland, O
Coal Opera
Tors
Patrick McBryde
Pittsburg
Road construction petition granted leave to reply
In the matter of Pert and Dillonvale pike commission ers to build a road across the W & L E and Ll A W R at grade the petitioners were granted leave to reply S 1 Salmon et alive Mary Betty trace 8 Norman is made party defendant
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Pert and & Dillonvale Pike
W.R. R
Grade
Salmon Et
Mary
Betty
Trace
Norman
Traction line work near Martins Ferry to finish by fall
The Martins Ferry Times reports contractors are rapidly pushing completion of the traction line from Brilliant to Martins Ferry and Portland stations. Large work crews are on site, with plans to complete the project by fall, weather permitting, as summer progress accelerates. Local residents observe the rapid advance and expect rail service improvements once finished.
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Portland
Martins Ferry
Four From Six Leaves Two In Cheap Wallpaper Sale
Four carloads of wallpaper sold in eight weeks with a crowded store. The firm plans to sell the remaining two carloads over four weeks, offering new printers in 3 5 and 8 cent papers as the best value in the city.
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Scneral
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Jewell
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Parris
Tath
Jefferson
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Cora Gaines Carrel
Chickamauga
Ike
Opdycke Tigers
Warne Township
James Wii Man
Cearge Lishtelk
Sr. Joseph
McNary
Robert Ferguson
William Parks
George Potts
James R. Mansfield
James M. Simeral
George Jewell
Isaac Starr
Fernando B. Burris
Jacob Mansfield
Brother
Brilliant and
Mar
Tin
Joe
Herald Star
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MC Noey
Nic
Porch Rockera
Link
Zink’s Big Store
N. 4Th St
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