Second trial of Harvey Gunion for Wellsburg murder begins
The second trial of Harvey Gunion for the murder of Charley Sherwood began in the Brooke County Circuit Court at Wellsburg. State witness William Cheney testified that Gunion planned the killing, stated Sherwood was “in pretty bad shape,” and that Gunion told him the act would be a good night for the job.
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Harvey Gunion
Charley Sherwood
Brooke County
Wellsburg
Chries Sherwood
Wellsbore
William Cheney
Shaffer
Gunion
Sherwood
Ramsey
Cheney
Main Street
Safe at Klee Post Office Robbed of 300 Dollars
In Belmont county early Tuesday a safe at the Klee post office was blown open and removed with 300 dollars in money belonging to Mr. Gooch plus 1509 in government bonds and stamps. Similar methods linked this theft to St Clairsville and Bellaire robberies weeks earlier, suggesting the same men. The Bellaire area robbery is described as one of the boldest for the locality, with about one thousand pennies and roughly 209 nickels included in the haul.
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Klee
Belmont County
Gooch
St. Clairaville
Bellaire
Belaire
Embezzler Edward Girarodot Held Between Trains
Edward Girarodot was picked up at Dennison after a telegram from Cincinnati said he was wanted for embezzlement. He had boarded sleeper on train No 40 at Dennison and was returning to Steubenville when arrested. Police in Steubenville and Pittsburg had been alerted. He planned to sail from New York to Europe shortly.
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Edward Girarodot
Dennison
Cincinnati
Cella
Steuhenville
Pittsburg
Girarodot
New York
Europe
Steubenville church plans major new First Methodist building
The First Methodist Episcopal church body voted Friday night to proceed with a brick, Classic Grecian style church on the current site replacing the Old Ship. The $45,000 structure, designed by Putton & Butler, features basement social rooms, a 600-seat auditorium, 450-seat Sunday school, and a 900 total seating capacity with a dome and tower. Construction to begin once the old building is razed around July 15.
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First Methodist Episcopal Church
Steubenville
Sehieh Street
Putton & Butler
Union
Fulton
South Street
Fourth Street
Albert Bird Pleads Guilty in United States Court
Albert Bird returns home from Columbus and pleads guilty in a U.S. Court to crimes related to rifing the mails, signaling a formal admission of guilt in federal charges.
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Albert Bird
Columbus
United States
Local Messenger Given Suspended Sentence
A local mail carrier known as Bird received a suspended sentence from Judge Sater and was sent home to support his family. He stated he would try to stay out of trouble for life, and his friends here expect the sentence to meet with approval.
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Bird
Loa Sater
Power venture eyed for Ohio valley from Pittsburg to Wellsburg
Engineers on an Ohio Valley survey gather data to estimate a huge electric power plant plan. The East Liverpool Tribune reports solicitors are collecting needs and conditions from power users as a mothership station may be built below Pittsburg. Resulting capital interest hinges on preliminary findings.
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Ohio Valley
Pittsburg
Wellsburg
East Liverpool Tribune
Pitsburg
Ohio
Death of Rev Dr Russell A McKinley Remembered
The city learned of Rev Dr Russell A McKinley's death, former pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, after his son Russel visited on route to Boise Idaho. He died in Reynoldsville Pa on June 2 at 5 45 am after double pneumonia and heart failure. Survived by wife five children including Russel Mary Rathbun Guy William and Helen. Funeral in Reynoldsville with later burial in Wooster Ohio. He led several churches and served as moderator of the Ohio Synod and was noted for scholarship and pulpiteering.
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Russel A. McKinley
First Presbyterian Church
Russel McKinley
Boise
Idaho
McKinley
Reynoldsville
Cottonwood Falls
Kansas
Russel
Mary Rathbun
Guy
William
Helen
Wooster
Tam
Ohio Synod
Ile
Supreme Court Upholds Iowa Pure Food Label Law
The Supreme Court ruled the Iowa pure food law requiring stock food manufacturers to label their formulas is valid in a suit brought by Standard Stock Food Company of Nebraska. The ruling upholds disclosure of secret formulas, resisting the manufacturers' challenge.
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Washington
Iowa
Supreme Court
Standard Stock Food Company
Nebraska
France liner France faces delay from stokers strike
Paris officials say the new liner France cannot sail for New York on Saturday as stokers strike over higher wages. Indignant passengers led by John Wannamaker of New York plan to fund a purse to meet the wage demand, but the captain refuses to accept it.
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Paris
French Line
France
New York
John Wannamaker
Taft
Chicago
Ohio wheat condition and prices rise in state report
On June 1 Ohio wheat condition stood at 45 percent with a forecast of seven bushels per acre. Only 44 percent of average wheat acreage is seeded. The agricultural board lists average prices asked by 1,113 farmers: potatoes 1.53 per bushel, hay 24.84 per ton, wheat 1.12, corn 81, oats 50, rye 60, barley 3 cents. Prices are the highest in ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Agricultural Board
Freeport visit stirs tensions over DemocraticConvention actions
Freeport in June notes Congressman W P Francis spent days mending fences amid fallout from a Toledo convention vote. The act deprived McConville and Yost, progressive delegates to Baltimore, triggering threats against the Congressman. Dr Zellars, McComb’s lieutenant, directed the matter.
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Freeport
Ohio
Toledo
McConville An Yost
Baltimore
Harmon Steam Roller
Dr Zellars
McComb
United States Delays Cuba Intervention Amid Rebel Spread
Washington reports a belief that President Gomez has pledged to quell the negro insurrection. An expeditionary force of 5,000 troops rests with arms ready, awaiting Washington's order to sail for Cuba. Cables note the rebellion spreading with uprisings near Havana.
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Washington
Sam
Gomez
Cuba
Havana
Cummins Leaders Reject Tait Ticket Veep Prospect
Des Moines reports Cummins leaders at his home say he will not run with Taft as vice president. They claim Cummins aims for the presidency on a progressive platform and share no common ground with Taft. Rumors from Chicago say Taft forces considered Cummins for the ticket.
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Des Moines
A. B. Cummins
Tait
Cummins
Taft
Taf
Chicago
Submarine Bendemaire Sunk After Collision Off Cherbourg
In Cherbourg a French submarine Bendemaire carrying 24 men sank today after colliding with battleship St. Louis. Divers from a rescue ship could not reach the bottom, water depth listed as 18 feet, and swift currents and dense fog hindered recovery efforts.
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Cherbourg
St. Lows
Boston Streetcar Strike Settles Into Waiting Phase
Boston June 8 after a night of disorder the elevated street car strike involving thousands of workers demanding higher wages union recognition and shorter hours appears to settle into a waiting fight. Only minor disorders and few arrests marked the day. National Organizer Fred Fay joined William Mahan of Detroit president of the American Association of Street Railway Employees and announced the union executive board had sanctioned the strike.
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Boston
Fred Fay
William Mahan
Detroit
American Association of Street Railway Employees
Socialist Congressman Demands Hanford Impeachment
Washington congressman Victor Berger accuses Federal Judge Cornelius P. Hanford of annulling Leonard Olson’s naturalization papers. Berger says Hanford is corrupt or incapable and harms the judiciary, alleging rulings favor corporations over the people amid protests from other members. Olson’s papers were voided over alleged anti government remarks.
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Washington
Victor Berger
Cornelius P. Hanford
Naturalization
Leonard Olson
Seattle
Berger
Hanford
Himy
Hasford
Olson
U. S
Columbus Alderman Embezzlement Sentenced in Court
Postmaster at Marietta was sentenced in the United States court in Columbus to ten months in the penitentiary and fined 3070 dollars for embezzling the same amount from his office receipts. He pleaded guilty after secret indictment by the Federal grand jury and had previously repaid the embezzled funds.
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Columbus
Ohio
Alderman
Marietta
United States
Strike Sparks Riotous Scenes in Boston Elevated
Boston on June 7 saw riotous actions as union employees of the Boston elevated strike after disputes over Loyal Federation membership and non employment of union men. Five cars wrecked, passengers driven to streets across Boston and nearby towns as police restored order. trolleys disconnected, motormen refused to leave cars, and a noon resumption of limited service followed.
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Boston
Boston Elevated
Greater
Cambridge
Charleston
Roxbury
Summerville
Loyal Federation
Washington Street
The
Union
Army Expedited Force Sent as Cuban Regulares Suspected Mutilate Prisoners
Washington reports an order sending the American Expeditionary Force of 5,000 regular infantry to aid in Icelandic stories. State Department officials voiced concern as Cuban regulars were alleged to mutilate prisoners by cutting off their ears, raising diplomatic worries.
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Comtig
Washington
State Department
Flood Drowns Man as Buffalo Swept by 25 Foot Wall of Water
Sheridan Wyoming June 12 report says one man drowned and several hundred fled as a 25 foot flood surge from a cloudburst in Clear Creek Canon inundated Buffalo. Water stood six feet deep in town with property losses pegged at 250000 pounds.
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Sheridan, Wyo
Buffalo
Here
Clear Creek
Katmai eruption feared to have destroyed six villages
Seward Alaska reports about 200 persons missing after Katmai volcano eruption destroyed six villages. A cannery tender arriving with fears of renewed shocks, while Cleveland records a thirteenth earthquake in six days from 6:31 to 7:35 am with nine millimeters motion, suggesting tremors may continue.
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Seward
Alaska
Katmai
Cleveland
St. Ignitas Academy
Father Odenbach
Hangings Shadowed by Family Final Farewell
Washington Pennsylvania June 12 A condemned man Jan Ribarik faced death after murdering three people in Cannonsburg last fall. on the way to the gallows his mood soured and a last kiss with his daughter Antonia nearly turned violent as the door to the death cell opened. guards restrained him and father and daughter parted with clear hostility as he died.
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Washington
Jan Ribarik
Cannonsburg
Antonia
Ribarik
Death of Mrs Maggie R Murray Beloved Mayor Wife
Obituary from a small town newspaper records the death of Maggie Roberts Murray at age 26 on June 11 1912 at her Daniels Street home after two weeks of illness shortly after giving birth to a baby boy on May 26 She is survived by her husband Mayor Robert Murray her father Edward Roberts three sisters Mary Elizabeth Emma of Toronto and John of Wellsville and a little son Funeral services are set for Thursday at 2 PM at the Daniels Street residence She was a faithful M E church member and was known for her charity and devotion to others
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Maggie Roberts Murray
Robert Murray
Daniels Street
Murray
Edward Roberts
M. E. Church
Mary Elizabeth
Emma
Toronto
John
Wellsville
Threats Rise as Rebel Leader Targets Guantanamo
Washington reports Estenoz threatens to attack Guantanamo with a large Marine garrison in place and Cuban Federal troops under General Machado awaiting orders. Scattered shots have hit the Marines headquarters at Guantanamo town for two nights, heightening Cuban crisis fears.
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Washington
Estenoz
Guantanamo
Guantenamo
Thun
State Department
Col. Lucas
Guantanamotown
Guantaamo
Machad
Smith and Fintey Deserve Consideration for Judgeship
Smith and Fintey are identified as deserving candidates for the judgeship matter. The statement emphasizes their merit and suitability above others in the selection context.
Petretz Fisher v Vin dauvic breach of contract suit
Petretz Fisher and others sue Ignatz Vin dauvic and others for fifteen dollars in damages over a property sale breach. Naylor and Levinson are listed as attorneys at fiery.
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Petretz Fisher
Ali
Ignatz Vindauvic
Naylor and Levinson
Atfirey
Pretty June wedding ties Nesbit McClinton to Fickes
Miss Margaret Nesbit daughter of Mr and Mrs W H McClinton married Frank Aiken Fickes at the McClinton home on South Third Street. The ceremony followed by breakfast for eighteen featured yellow and white decor and flowers. The bride, in blue tailored dress, and the groom, a Duquesne plant supervisor, plan an Eastward wedding journey and home in Duquesne Pennsylvania.
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Margaret Nesbit
W. H. McClinton
Frank Aiken Fickes
South Third Street
Agnes D. McClinton
McCarty
Clifford Rhodes
Duquesne
Dr. McCarty
Steubenville
George
Mary Aiken Fickes
Carnegie
Ion and Steel
Fickes
Mary ‘Aken Fickes
Edward Fickes
Donald McClinton
Pride
Pittsburg
Charles McClinton
East Liverpool
Laughing at Teddy De Roose and the graf plot
A playful verse lampoons Teddy De Roose and Big Taft while mocking calls to break up trusts and end the graf scheme. The speaker jokes about stepping into politics and reclaiming justice with a showy chorus.
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Loosa
Graf
Teddy de Roose
Biga Bill Taft
Astronomical Discovery From Jupiter Moon Eclipses
Observation of eclipses of Jupiter's moons revealed inconsistent timing as Earth moved in its orbit. The eighteen minute discrepancy showed light travels with finite speed, taking about sixteen minutes to cross the Earth's orbital diameter. This yielded a light velocity near 186000 miles per second, later confirmed by further experiments.
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Jupiter
Emphatic child misreads Santa visit on Christmas Eve
Joana, a young girl, stayed up for Santa Claus but grew sleepy. In a moment of mispronunciation she exclaimed to her cautious elders that Santa was late, saying My Dad papa but Santy Tavs i late in a strong, emphatic voice.
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Joana
Santa Claus
Teachers Examination Questions on United States History
Prepared by the State School Commissioner to test mental qualifications of those seeking public school positions. June 1 county examination questions cover Perry on Lake Erie, Johnson's reconstruction, Oregon boundary dispute, Wilson-Gorman tariff, Lincoln's early career, presidential vacancies, 1896 candidates and issues, and U.S. Representatives selection and pay.
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State Commissioner of Public Schools
Perry
Lake Erie
Andrew Johnson
Great Britain
United States
Oregon
Abraham Lincoln
Math word problems in old arithmetic drill
A set of eight practical questions from a historical arithmetic page. Problems include profit on a horse sold at a loss, distance from a pitcher's position in a square ball field, hog purchases with commission, wallpapering costs, silver cup value by Troy weight, average credit across multiple maturities, marble volume value, and cistern dimensions for a given capacity. Each requires basic arithmetic operations and unit conversions.
Physiology study guide questions on anatomy and habits
A set of physiology questions covering locating body parts such as the esophagus eustachian tube ganglia and lamyx explaining the importance of right habits emphasizing study and teaching focus describing ill effects of oversized seats for children distinguishing stimulants from narcotics defining terms lacteals mesentery palate iris and spleen naming joint types with a body example locating facial bones excluding the skull bones.
Literature Study Questions for Classic Authors
This reading prompt lists questions on Emerson Whitman Parkman Shakespeare Burns and Dickens. It asks if Emerson is a nature poet with five works, a brief Hiawatha story with lines, three Parkman works, Whitman biography two poems, authors of several novels, Macbeth brief analysis, two Burns quotations, and five leading magazines with three national contributors.
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R. W. Emerson
Emerson
Hiawatha
Parkman
Walt Whitman
Whitman
Grammar questions on phrases and sentence types
The excerpt asks to identify and classify all phrases in a quoted clause about doing right and reward on earth, then lists tasks on noun functions, illustrating uses, teaching order in grammar, verb conjugation for to choose and to loose, definitions of substantive collective noun and coordinating conjunction, and a syntax exercise with sentences about a fisherman.
Fisherman Ignores Advice as Storm Approaches Rocks
A tale notes a fisherman who ignores anchoring guidance near treacherous rocks. Through daring and heredity he becomes a successful fisherman. A sudden storm forms and he pulls his boat from the nets just in time, illustrating risk, skill, and survival.
Geography Quiz prompt on US and world regions
Questions cover Ohio population minimum for city status seven largest Ohio cities locate Nova Scotia Keewatin Isle of Man Labrador Upernavik Grand Banks treasuries of the ocean states touching Canada or Great Lakes capitals approximate populations Ohio New York City New York State Cleveland Columbus Barbary States chief industry three greatest exports from New Orleans greatest imports to New Orleans and approximate transatlantic distances London to Paris Denver to San Francisco
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Ohio
Novia Scotia
Keewatin
Isle of Man
Labrador
Upernavik
Grand Banks
Newfoundland
Treasuries
United States
Canada
Great Lakes
New York City
New York State
Cleveland
Columbus
New Orleans
London
Paris
Denver
San Francisco
Orthography lesson prompts for phonics and spelling
A set of questions and spelling tasks on English etymology sounds and pronunciation. Includes etymology sources, classification of elementary sounds, diacritic marking of several words, and a spelling list of twenty five items including jackal privilege buoyant glycerin isthmus Hawaii Macaulay licorice ocher laudanum cellular calcium alien sergeant deciduous inertia usury reimburse syringa python.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaii
Macaulay
Reading Questions for First Year Study in Reading
The text asks for the most important outcomes of a child’s first year in Reading, explanations of alphabetical, phonetic, and combination methods, selection of a picture illustrating a lesson and its value to the child, why illustrations are crucial in children’s books, the amount of memory work required in teaching Reading, favorite literary gems, and the chief national questions of the present time.
Theory and Practice in Teaching Notation and School Work
A study guide based on Cosgrove The Teacher and the School outlines when a teacher should plan the next lesson, key laws on janitor work and attendance at Teachers Institute, and the aims, objects, and requirements of recitation. It emphasizes constant oversight of school conditions, a definite method for introducing beginners to reading, and the role of habit forming in character. It also distinguishes immediate and remote tests of schoolwork and asks for personal preparation and recommendations to the Board of Examiners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosgrove
Board of Examiners
Elementary Agriculture Review Prompts and Definitions
This item lists study prompts on basic agriculture topics. It asks definitions and examples of pome and stone fruits, landscape and roof gardening, state corn contest requirements for a trip to Washington, county options for the Ohio State Fair, the Second Division in agricultural work, beef and dual purpose cattle breeds with examples, seed importance, corn tester types by Holden and Williams, and key terms such as celeriac pyrethrum soil ing crops wilt indirect fertilizer and tillage, plus a paragraph on agricultural instruction in public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Ohio
High School Agriculture Exam Questions T and Answers
A list of agricultural topics and definitions for a high school exam covering nutritive ratio rotation of crops condimental feeds feeding results, extensive versus intensive farming, second division work in the tentative course, codling moth life history, and terms such as leaching tankage lysimeter and floats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Ohio
New White Metal Alloy Athelium Lighter Than Aluminum
A new white metal alloy named athelium is described as lighter than aluminum and capable of being soldered forged and welded, offering potential applications in lightweight metal components.
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