Ohio lawmakers quit their labor over taxes and probes
Columbus June 1 The seventy ninth Ohio general assembly adjourned after a stormy session. Senators in the bribery probe fought to block adjournment but failed. The session enacted a broad tax and reform agenda including a 1 percent tax cap, six year tax commissions, nonpartisan judiciary moves, and new state admin controls while indictments and bribery probes lingered over lawmakers.
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Memorable Day Rumors and Social Mayhem in Wheeling
Social notes chronicle Memorial Day visits by James Powell in Wheeling editor Dickerson Cadiz and Mrs Sue Bowers visiting mom Anna Conwell. Professors and business figures, editors, and clergymen travel for games, meetings, weddings, and commencements across Cadiz Wheeling Pittsburg and Steubenville with gatherings at North Fourth Street Mt Pleasant and Des Moines.
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James Powell
Wheeling
Dickerson
Cadiz
Steubenville
Sue Bowers
Anna Conwell
Ernest Jomeson
Dr. Walker
Pittsburg
Chicago
Nationals
W. HE. Richmond
Missouri Pacific R. R
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Edna Irwin
Blanche
Ora Dillon
Esther Winsted
Alice Perkins
Columbus
Harry Perkins
A. M. Reid
James Ross
Western Pennsylvania Historical Society
Robert J. Mooney
New York
I. W. White
Fairview
Guernsey County
Bad Getter
David M:gowan
C. J. McConnell
Sharpsburg
Ralph Kline
Joseph Way
North Fourth Street
Kline
J. B. McCullough
Dam No 8 and 11 progress at Wellsville and Brilliant
July 4 is set as a probable open date for Dam No 8 near Wellsville with No 11 nearby. Contractors Hollenback and May completed river work at No 8, while Hile and Higgs supervised a nearly finished power house and piping. Gee Electric is installing two 125 horsepower gas engines and the James J. Walker Company added two large compressors as prison gates and government grounds see active work.
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Wellsville
Brilliant
Hollenback & May
Hile & Higgs
Parkersburg
Gee Electric Construction Company
Wheeling
James J. Walker Company
Pittsburg
Likely Naming of Lock Keeper Soon
The report notes that the lock keeper has not yet been named but expects the appointment within the coming weeks, signaling imminent staffing action and ongoing administrative steps.
Death of Mrs Florence Welshans in Collins West Virginia
The remains of Mrs Florence Welshans who died at Collins West Virginia on Sunday at age unspecified were brought to this city on Wednesday morning and sent to Martins Ferry for interment upon the arrival of the tram at Ridge Cemetery.
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Florence Welshans
Collins
W. Va
Martin’s Ferry
Ridge Cemetery
Death of Franklin Pioneer Joseph W. Grant in Los Angeles
A son in law reports the sudden death of Joseph W. Grant at age 70 in Los Angeles during a family tour. Grant was longtime president of Franklin Pipe Company, a Standard Oil subsidiary, Civil War veteran, and survived by his widow and four children. Remains to be returned to Franklin next week with funeral arrangements to follow.
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Joseph W. Grant
D. J. Sinclair
Harry Fay Grant
Franklin
Los Angeles
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Franklin Pipe Company
Standard Oil Company
Beatty Spector Work for Canal in Steel Shipments
In the Panama Canal Zone the large district centered on Pittsburgh sent thousands of tons of iron and steel, and the plan was deemed advantageous as part of the wartime build up. The note indicates ongoing logistics support from industrial hubs to strategic zones.
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Panama Canal Zone
Pittsburg
Beatty Named Chief Inspector Among Steel Mill Experts
John L. Beatty of Steubenville is highlighted as a practical mill man with extensive experience in inspection work for the isthmian project. Appointed early as an inspector and later chief inspector of rolling and products, he has evaluated materials worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Known for mathematics skill and mill innovation, Beatty is regarded as a leading young iron and steel craftsman in the Pittsburgh district.
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John L. Beatty
Steubenville
Beatty
Pittsburg
Theft at City Hall Echoes Ohio Legislature Gap
Quote notes that Democratic Legislature of Ohio has nothing on its own new administration and claims Chicago has had all brass doorknobs stolen from City Hall, per the Cleveland Leader.
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Ohio
Chicago
Cleveland
New Law Spurs Couples To Seek Licenses In Virginia
A new Legislature rule requires the bride to accompany the groom to probate court for marriage licenses. The change shames modest brides who must answer questions previously handled by the groom, prompting many couples to travel to West Virginia for licenses to avoid the embarrassment.
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West Virginia
Marriage Licenses Reported for Several Couples
Leonard E. Myers 23 and Margaret B. Keenan 21 of Toronto. Leroy M. Beckett 23 and Mary L. Hammond 20 of near Smithfield. Oliver J. Molter 21 of New Brighton and Sylvia Z. Gamble 18 of Mingo Junction. Howard F. Cassidy 25 of Newell and Lulu M Roe 32 of near Rayland.
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Leonard E. Myers
Margaret B. Keenan
Toronto
Leroy M. Beckett
Mary L. Hammond
Smithfield
Oliver J. Molter
New Brighton
Sylvia Z. Gamble
Mingo Junction
Howard F. Cassidy
Newell, Pa
Lulu M Roe
Rayland
Telegraphers corps memorial honors Civil War operators
The fifteenth anniversary of the Society of the United States Military Telegraphers Corps was celebrated at Pittsburg with the unveiling of a memorial tablet honoring forty three telegraph operators from Allegheny county who answered President Lincoln’s call. David Homer Bates, related to Mrs. John M Cook, was among the four men who responded.
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Society of the United States Military Telegraphers Corps
Pittsburg
Allegheny County
David Homer Bates
John M Cook
Lincoln
Arithmetic and pigmentary problems from Devoe ads
An advertising letter notes farmer hog feeding and barn painting puzzles, then offers a solution approach. It presents three hogs with varying liquids, a painting offer from three painters with different bids, and a method to compute costs and profits, promoting Devoe paint and P S E. G. Richards as distributor.
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Devoe
War era telegraph operators honored in Steubenville talk
Mr Bates, secretary of the Stanton Memorial society, spoke on Civil War telegraphists led by Andrew Carnegie who directed volunteers under Lincoln and Stanton. Names Brum and Strouse from Pittsburgh and Greensburg are noted as dead, with Bates planning a September Steubenville visit to join Stanton Memorial events.
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Andrew Carnegie
Lincoln
Stanton
Homer Bates
Steubenville
Pittburg
Samuel M. Brum
Pittsburg
David Strouse
Miffin
Richard Strouse
Greensburg
Brum
Strouse
Telegraph Corps
Morse
Army Telegrapher Corps
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