Death Notices and Local Obituaries in Columbus
The notice records James Keys Esq at 70, died Thursday night after living in Columbus for years. He studied law with Battin and was part of the Bar at the late W A Drazich law office. Also mentioned is a two month old child and a death at 509 Wells Street on a Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Vanehn
James Keys
Coleman
Columbus
James
Mar- Keys
Battin
W. A
Hiverian
Drazich
Wells Street
McClave and Karnich Case Dismissal in Assault Charge
McClave faces confession talks with Jno and Brody from 370.30 as attorneys. Karnich was found not guilty by a jury in No 2 on an assault and battery accusation involving a ged detective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClave
Jno
Brody
Adore Karnich
Lawrence Kessler Dies in Mira City at 75
Lawrence Kessler died at his residence rear North Seventh Mira city aged 75 after years of frail health. He immigrated from Switzerland about years ago and married Annie Retler. Survived by D W Young Colorado Mrs Fdw Morgan Matthew Lawrence Sr Jos Jas Kessler Steubenville and a sister Mrs Mary Metzbach Sleepy Eye Minnesota. Brothers and sisters reside in Switzerland. He was longtime employee at High Shaft for over 40 years and respected as a devoted family man and citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Kessler
Lawrence Keesler
E. Fes North Seventh
Mira
Atone
Peart
Switzerland
Havingeen
Annie Retler
D. W. Young
Colorado
Fdw. Morgan
Matthew Lawrence
Jos
Jas. Kessler
Steubenville
Mary Metzbach
Sleepy Eye
Jasta
High Shaft
Death notices Mrs S A Fisher of Coshocton Ohio
Mrs S A Fisher widow of the Rev S A Fisher longtime pastor of the city died Friday morning June 6 1913 at her daughter Mrs Charles Specht home in Coshocton after a brief illness She leaves four daughters and three sons. Funeral services scheduled Sunday at one o clock with burial at New Comerstown Cemetery beside her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. A. Fisher
A. Fisher
Charles Specht
Coshocton
Ah Fisher
Comerstown
Funeral services held for Lawrence attended widely
Funeral services for Lawrence were held on Friday with Rev Liggitt presiding. A U P Church choir performed songs and the pallbearers included his sons and son in law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Liggitt
U.P. Church
John Harris Widely Respected Resident Dies in Wellsville
John Harris of Wellsville died Sunday morning at 9 40 in his 69th year. Civil War veteran. Survived by four children Mrs William Gilfin Martins Ferry Mrs Henry Flower Wellsville Mrs Ernest Cairns and Harry Harris Steubenville. James A. Copeland’s wife died at her home in Jewett Sunday at 4 p m age 46 8 days was daughter of Mr and Mrs J Porter East Springfield. Survived by two brothers husband and two sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Harris
Wiilevile
Harris
William Gilfin
Martins Ferry
Henry Flower
Wellaville
Ernest Cairns
Harry Harris
Steubenville
James A. Copeland
Jewett
J. Porter
East Springfield
Funeral services for James Eys held at Wm Vaughn residence
Funeral services were conducted at the residence of Wm Vaughn for James Eys with Rev J M Robinson and Rev J Langitt officiating and a large attendance. Pallbearers listed including Ross Nichol son Robt Barclay G Po McCracken and others. Forsythe was noted in connection with the arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James ©Eys
Wm. Vaughn
J. M Robinson
J. Langitt
Ross Nicholson
Robt. Barclay
G. Po McCracken
Cotre LE Andrew
Forsythe
Infant Deaths Reported on June Streets
Eginardi E., son of Leon Monach, died on Kingore street aged 1 month. Sabella. 46. of Tahn and Mary Peters of Colliers West Virginia died on June th aged 2 years. An infant child of Earl Smuch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eginardi E
Leon Monach
Kingore Street
Mont Sabella
Tahn
Mary Peters
Colliers, W. Va
Earl Smuch
John H. Trimmer Funeral Held Monday
Lincoln avenue obituary notes the death occurred in June. Funeral services for John H. Trimmer were held on Monday with Rev Sidener officiating and were largely attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Avenue
John H. Trimmer
Sidener
Obituary: John Hunter Trimmer of Mingo Dies at 60
John Hunter Trimmer, 60, died Friday night at his home in Mingo after an illness of rheumatic disease. Born in Baker, Pennsylvania, he had lived in Mingo eight years and worked as a laborer. His wife Leona Fize died seven years ago. Surviving children include Mia, Maud Woods, Lilly Partidge, Edw. of Martins Ferry, Clara Hingley of Mingo Junction, and Wm. Foardames of Steubenville. He was a devout ME church attendee with twelve grandchildren. The body was taken to the home on Prospect Avenue in Steubenville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Trimmer
John Hunter Trimmer
Mingo
Right
Baker
Leona Fize
Mia
Maud Woods
Lilly Pettridge
Edw
Martins Ferry
Clara
Death of Mary Wrenshall at Woodville June 4 1913
Miss Mary Wrenshall longtime Pittsburg area resident dies at her Woodville home after illness dating from January. Survived by brothers John Wrenshall Baltimore Richard Wrenshall Sewickley and William Wrenshall Woodville. funeral planned for Saturday with many family and friends attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Bennington Wrenshal
Agnes J. Wells
Pittsburg
Er Kimewsman
Mary B. Wrenshall
Woodville
Miss Wrenshall
Joh Wrenshall
Cowan
Wrenshall
Withiam
Sarah
Agnes Wells
Ross Park
John Wrenchall
Baltimore
Richard Wrenshall
Sewickley
Willam FE
Hamestead
Ada Lopeman Jouneon Dies at 12 in Mingo Junction
Ada, daughter of Jacob and Mattie Lopeman Jouneon, died at her home on Reservoir Hill in Mingo Junction on Wednesday at 10 p.m. after a three week illness from typhoid fever and a late heart condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Jacob
Mattie Lopeman Jouneon
Reservoir Hill
Mingo Junction
Infara child of Wisler Olpin dies in 1614
A short obituary notes the death of the infara child of Wisler Olpin of 421 Wells Street on June 4, 1614. The notice provides the basic family details and the date of passing.
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Infara
Wisler Olpin
Wells Street
Explosion damages Holliday's Cove home shockingly
The house of Myron Campbell at Holliday's Cove suffered severe damage Saturday night from a natural gas blast. The front was blown out and the upstairs damaged while Mr Campbell and his wife, nearby, witnessed a light in the house before the blast. No fire followed and investigators seek the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myron Campbell
Holliday’s Cove
Campbell
Four Horses cremated in Stables Fire
A nearly halt fire destroyed a stable early Monday at 3 o'clock, reportedly arson. Four valuable horses owned by Thomas Ferrig, city garbage collector, were suffocated inside after firefighters could not remove them. Ferrig had been negotiating a purchase related to Carter Smith and the horses. The total loss is estimated at about 800 dollars, with corn and hay also destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Ferrig
Carter Smith
Hkalley
Ferris
Fire at Italian house on South Sixth street
Firemen were called Sunday afternoon to an Italian house on South Sixth street where kitchen paper caught fire. The blaze was easily extinguished and investigators could not confirm incendiary causes. The stable belonged to the Griesinger heirs and had some insurance. Mr. Ferris cannot account for the fire if 3) was not incendiary.
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Griesinger
Ferris
South Sixth Street
Miners Strike Over Slow Mules At Rust Ran No 2
About 300 miners walked off the Rust Ran No 2 mine yesterday protesting new mules said to be unable to haul coal quickly enough. Company officials recalled the old mules and workers returned to their duties.
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Rust
No. 2
Insurance probe yields rate cut push for Ohio
State Senator J A Moore returns from Columbus where the Senate Insurance probe plans to continue in Cleveland and Cincinnati. Officials report admissions favoring rate reductions from 1 to 15 percent. A ten percent cut would save Ohio fire insurance policy holders about 1500 dollars.
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J. A. Moore
Columbus
Senate
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Ohio
Weirton Man Treco Charged With Eloping With Capito Wife
James Treco a Weirton Italian is under arrest in East Liverpool for eloping with Samuel Capito s wife and taking $150 in cash. Capito says a habe 17 months lay in his arms as the couple surrendered after learning of a warrant. Capito plans to file serious charges against her husband once she reaches Chester.
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James Treco
Weirton
Samuel Capito
East Liverpool
Capito
the Tribune
Treco
Assistant Attorney General Dempsty Visit Sparks Local Political Debate
The visit by A G P E Demp sty to a distant region draws local Mossbacks into influence battles over appointing office holders. Reported tensions center on fair distribution of opportunities, with city leaders accused of doubtfully sourced politics and potential hard feelings over regional control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. E. Dempsty
Wellsburg Girl Dies After Mercury Poisoning Incident
Charlotte Fowler, a Wellsburg resident, died at one o clock on Wednesday afternoon from ingesting a large quantity of bichloride of mercury the day before. She was twenty one and spoke to ladies of the mission before her death. Memorial Day visitations were made to Brooke cemetery with her former husband Fiatty McDonald, after which she drank a mercury solution and faded peacefully. Her mother resides in Ohio and the body was sent to Brilliant for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Fowler
Wellsburg
Miss Fowler
Fiatty McDonald
Brooke Cemetery
Ohno
Brilliant
Senators on lobby committee push for concrete charges
Washington dispatch reports Senators on the lobby investigating committee favor action only if specific charges are presented. Senator Townsend, testifying last night, said White House influence on tariff policy could be an issue, but warned the committee will not pursue it without concrete evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, James
Townsend
Wilson
White House
Ifietals
Washington
Senate charge and White House stance noted in June report
The article reports on congressional maneuvering over charges against officials, White House officials remaining calm and President unlikely to testify without a specific charge, and notes a June court scene in Columbus where Cox and Shipman pleaded guilty to or faced pleas in a post office robbery case. It also covers indictments of three cake slave traffickers and related bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
L. W. Cox
John Harris
Jack Woods
Clyde Shipman
Bergholz
Jefferson County
Cox
Shipman
Sater
Harry Wylie
J. H. Moore
Chester
W. Na
Steubenville
Frank Rungo
Bessie Volpe
Salvator Yount
Railroad Clerk Kills Two at Union Station
Pittsburg June 6 James McNair ticket agent at Union Station was shot and killed and his chief clerk Ralph Paully fatally wounded by D N Sage a ticket office clerk. Sage sparked by a missed promotion drew his gun firing three times. McNair died within minutes Paully slated to die from abdominal wound. Sage fled through the crowded waiting room after visiting the general superintendent earlier. Sage had ten years service with the railroad.
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Associated Press
Herald-Star
Pittsburg
James McNair
Union Station
Ralph Paully
D. N. Sage
Sage
McNair
Sag
Paully
General Supt
R. L. O'Donnell
Railroad Company
Pittsburgh sheriff found not guilty in embezzlement trial
In Tidmety county Judge opened a sealed verdict this morning, declaring Sheriff Judd tuft not guilty on charges of perjury embezzlement and a misdemeanor. The county bears the trial costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Herald-Star
Pittsburtine
Judd Tuft
Tidmety
Bill to split Ohio into two judicial districts proposed
Representative Francis of Ohio introduces a bill amending section 100 of the 1911 act to divide Ohio into two judicial districts. The northern and western divisions span numerous counties with courts at Cleveland Youngstown Toledo and Cincinnati while the southern district splits into eastern and western divisions with sessions at Columbus Steubenville Dayton.
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Washington
Francis
Ohio
Ashland
Ashtabula
Cuyahoga
Carroll
Columbiana
Crawford
Gengaga
Holmes
Lake
Lorain
Mediana
Mahoning
Portage
Richland
Summit
Stark
Tuscarawas
Trumbull
Wayne
Toledo
Cincinnati
Columbus
Steubenville
Dayton
National encampment writers issued for Grand Army visit
General writers for the 47th National encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic at Chattanooga Tennessee September 15 to 20 were issued by Commander-in-Chief Alfred Beers. The encampment will be the furthest south in history and veterans are urged to visit Missionary Ridge Lookout Mountain and Chattanooga. Attention is directed to a reunion the first day for veterans under the direction of the G A R and the United Confederate Veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bringeport
Conn
Grand Army of the Republic
Chattagooga
Tenn
Alfred Beers
Histori Hatterfields
Missionary Ridge
Lookout
Pleasant Hill Grange Hosts Regular Meeting and Festival
Pleasant Hill Grange held its regular meeting Tuesday evening with a large attendance. The class of twelve was conferred fourth degrees and ladies aided, with a lunch prepared. An open meeting and festival are planned for Tuesday evening January 31. Membership numbers to be announced soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Hill Grange
Jane
Marriage in Stamford Sealed by Justice of the Peace
Jere Cocke and Florette Whaley wed in Stamford this morning in a hotel parlor after obtaining a license. The couple, accompanied by friends, followed a New York return and Hartford trip to secure a divorce decree copy for the license. Cocke, once an unfrocked Episcopal clergyman, previously eloped with Whaley from Hempstead six years ago. two children have been born since. He now works as a house painter in New York.
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Associated Press
Herald-Star
Stamford
Conn
Jere Cocke
Florette Whaley
Hartford
Willimantic
J. Reed
Superior Court
Malinda Clarke Cooke
Cooke
Miss Wanley
Francis Tupper
Real estate transfers listed for Knox and Steubenville townships
A stream of conveyances records transfers in Knox and Steubenville townships and city areas. James H. Cline to John Rock covers 312 acres for 725 dollars. dwells, parcels, and lot segments show multiple buyers and nominal sums including 1 and 300 dollars. Board of Education transactions feature sizable metes and bounds parcels in Steubenville and Wells townships. Continuous entries note buyers such as Dwight H. Coble, George N. Henry, Jennie Elliott, and Steve Gerocs with various parcels and prices, reflecting typical local property changes and corporate involvement.
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James H. Cline
John Rock
Knox
Joseph Hiram Edwards
William IF. Oliver
Steubenville
Mary Mears Hill
Charles E. Walker
Mary. M. Hill
Dwight H. Coble
Sarah Jane Cookson
Carroll and Kell
Add
James
James C. Brown
Mary M. Craven
Cross Creep
Jennie Elliott
Isaac Capland
Stokeley
Steve Gerocs
Andy Csicsix
Insidious Lobbyists and Invisible Lobbyists in Politics
The piece critiques lobbyist influence and claims Weston lacks automobile trust backing. It argues many speeches lack substance, and defeated politicians often become reformers. It notes Congress plans to tax tobacco heavily, affecting smokers and drinkers, and remarks on editorship at The Commoner as top training.
Daily Market Reports Summary of Midwest and Atlantic Prices
Financial news from New York and multiple cities dated June 11 reports on money on call mercantile paper sterling exchange government bonds and varied grain provisions and livestock prices. Cleveland Buffalo Pittsburgh Chicago notes include flour wheat corn oats butter cheese eggs potatoes hay cattle sheep and hogs with ranges for steers cows hogs and lambs and small price differentials by city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Cleveland
Minnesota
York State
Reardon Case Settled Heirs Get $1500
A disgraced tax case in Franklin ends with a settlement awarding heirs $1500. The item notes various social quips about taxes, fashion anxieties, and courtroom irony, referencing Mayor Gaynor and miscellaneous local anecdotes. It hints at public sentiment on law, taxes, and civic life.
New York Question On Driver Licenses For Disabled People
A New York debate questions whether a deaf man should be issued a license and if apparent blind individuals can obtain driving credentials. The discussion weighs safety, fairness, and eligibility standards amid differing public opinions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rockefeller Money Spending Teaches Youthful Judgement
A newspaper note reflects on John D. Rockefeller’s efforts to give wealth wisely, suggesting that prudent spending requires youth to avoid imprudence and excess as time passes.
Marriage license bill prompts grim warning about jokes
A tongue in cheek but stark note warns that couples securing a marriage license should receive a permit to kill and maim anyone who treats wedding rites as a joke. The satirical line stresses that marriage is serious and not a subject for frivolous pranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merried
Train hits auto kills four Chicago men in Illinois
Four men including John Gauer R J Carroll and E Iverson and George Bartel all of Chicago were killed when their automobile was struck by a Wabash train at Riverton eight miles from Springfield. The car was hurled against a steel switchstand and wrecked. Three died instantly and Bartel died soon after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Chicago
Senate
Riverton
John Gauer
R. J. Carroll
E. Iverson
Iverson
Bartel
Riots At Ipswich Mills Leave One Dead And Wounded
In Ipswich Massachusetts a strike riot outside the hosiery mills left one woman dead and over a score wounded. I W W pickets attacked workers as they left, prompting clubs bricks and gunfire from tenement windows. Police opened fire and dispersed the mob after fifteen arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ipswich
Mass
Judges Must be Branded by State Coat of Arms
Columbus Ohio June 11 Judges in supreme appeals common pleas and probate courts are heated over a legislative move to brand them with Ohio's coat of arms. A misprint in the Friebolin judicial bill makes branding compulsory as the text requires all officials to have engraved there on the coat of arms of the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Supreme
Appeals
Common Pleas
Ohio Physician Is Indicted
Columbus reports Dr. J. D. Parr of Marietta and coroner of Washington County indicted by the United States grand jury on charges of using the mails to defraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Columbus
J. D. Parr
Marietta
Washington County
United States Grand Jury
Woman Found Dead in Cellar in Chillicothe
In Chillicothe Ohio on June 11 Mrs. Jennie Graves a 40 year old woman was found dead in her cellar by her husband. The skull fracture suggests a fall down the stairs and investigators are treating it as the probable accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chillicothe
Jennie Graves
Lee Cage Admits Killing of Detective in U S Court
Lee Cage of the Iron Moulders Union of Wheeling West Virginia confessed in United States District Court to killing Detective John J. Reardon of Pittsburgh during labor troubles in Steubenville Ohio. The admission followed a civil hearing over reward money and damages, ending with an agreed order for heirs of Reardon to receive 1500 and Cage leaving for Wheeling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Lee Cage
Iron Moulders’ Union
Wheelng
W. Va
United States District
John J. Reardon
Pittsburg
Steubenville
Ohio
Toto
Cage
Reardon
Jefferson County
Rearden
White Slavery Indictments Reach Local Court
The U S grand jury indicted Frank Rengo and Bessie Volpe for white slavery for keeping Hettie Hall aged 16 in a Kilgore street house for immoral purposes. Sam Young was indicted for bringing Mary Miller from Pennsylvania to a lower Market street house for immoral purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Frank Rengo
Bessie Volpe
Hettie Hall
Kilgore Street
Sam Young
Mary Miller
Pennsylvania
Lower Market Street
Soldiers at East Palestine honor Memorial Day address
Columbiant soldiers who heard Gen Hollingsworth's address at East Palestine on Memorial Day were enthusiastic. They believed a sneaker who had himself seen active service could more sincerely enter into their spirits than others without such experience. Cadiz Republican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollingsworth
East Palestine
Cadiz
Fish distributed to streams in Brooke County West Virginia
Twenty five thousand young bass were released in Buffalo and Cross Creeks West Virginia on Thursday. Special Messenger E G Laman of the U S Fish Commission arrived with six cans of baby fish. Distribution was conducted by J Zilliken Col W W Beall Joseph Ewing Robert Wheeler Charles Miller and Attorney S B Cochrane of Brooke County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Cross Creeks
W. Va
E. G. Laman
U.S. Fish Commission
J. Zilliken
Col. W. W. Beall
Joseph Ewing
Robert Wheeler
Charles Miller
S. B. Cochrane
Brooke County
Wall Paper Removal Tip From Old Advice Column
Before applying new wallpaper, remove the old layer. A boilerful of boiling water in a closed room will generate steam that softens the paper, making its removal easier.
Invention Measures Vibration in England
Delicate work photographically records vibrations of a machine or building using a simple apparatus invented in England, aimed at measuring movement precisely and documenting it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
The Latest Fashion Note on Hosiery Care
A fashion note advises dusting shoes with powder before wearing to prevent holes and reduce friction. Allen's Foot-Ease, a famed antiseptic powder, is widely sprinkled into shoes, claimed to save costs by protecting hosiery and reducing foot discomfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
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Tice of Peace
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Daily Market Reports
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Gaynor
New York City
Franklin
Milwaukee
Mr. Rockefeller
Teo
U. S
Jefferson
Lewis
Tom
Slater
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