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Newspaper
Steubenville Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1905
Page
5
Circuit Court on Saturday handed down decisive verdicts in multiple cases. Sam Ashby was sentenced to life in prison without parole, remaining in the penitentiary as his conviction stands. The judge noted no error in the evidence and the verdicts reflect the court’s determination.
The long running case of Hulda Schubert, a 19 year old girl living with her parents on Chapling Hill, ends as two men linked to her murder commit suicide. Frank Smith of Bestwood and his associate Charles O Donnell were implicated by the pawned watch found at a nearby shop. Police linked another suspect to the crime, but no decisive verdict was reached before the men killed themselves.
The readable parts reference a grand jury, a hospital, and a monetary figure around 95 dollars. The fragments are unclear and do not establish a clear event, date, or names to confirm a specific action or outcome.
An old patent medicine notice touts Dr A W Chase Nerve Pills as restoring vigor and energy by improving blood supply. It cites testimonial use by George Horking of Wilmerding, Pennsylvania, claiming better sleep, appetite, and color after taking the remedy. Pills advertised for sale by Buffalo company and local dealer J G Copy in Soubenville Ohio.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions grocers and a retail merchant, but the details are garbled. The readable portion references a conflict or event involving grocers and a merchant, with unclear context and missing names or places.
A fragment reports the adjournment of the twenty-second annual meeting of the Women’s Home Missionary Society of the Steubenville Pecanhylery held at Jewel, with officers named including Mrs. W A Grimes and Myra W Bullock. The program covered devotional services, reports, committee appointments, and addresses by speakers from New Philadelphia and Steubenville, noting preparations for summer work and auxiliary reports.
Washington County news notes rising activity in Cross Creek with multiple wells on the Gillespie, Wally & Cooper leases. Lyle No 8 and No 2 yields around 16 barrels daily, while a 4-duster on Lyle farm shows strong production. Oil appears at about 2100 feet in 100 foot sand, as landowners hold land for rising prices while field extends southwest.
June wedding announcements list several couples with misspelled names and dates. Entries mention Miss Belle Brown and Rutfort Smith in Kormayand on June 13, Miss Ad Opperman and Ross Raberta on June day, and others including McHugh with John Quaghan and Mary Denley with John Bayliss, all with unclear spellings and inconsistent dates.
The Jewett and Steubenville area missionary societies adjourned after their twenty-second and eighty-first annual meetings at the Jewett Presbyterian Church New Philadelphia. Delegates were welcomed with floral decor and hospitality as officers were recreated. The program lists devotions sessions, committee appointments, papers on mission gifts, church future, investments and a memorial for past president Mrs Parks, with closing services and adjournment.
Coroner reports Andy Szach, 83, died after being struck near Upstill by a local freight while walking home from Long Run. Szach, a traveling salesman from Lane Run, left a wife, three sons, and two brothers. Inquest held in Dillonvale.
Notice reads that Eugene McCoy is appointed and qualified as executor of the will of Michael Styck, deceased, of Stanbenville, Tennessee. Dated May 5, 1906.
A fragmented note details wharfboat changes and lumber arrivals. It mentions Wharf master Thornley and plans to inspect a reond at the lower end of the wharfboat. The readable parts hint at a present apartment on the first floor and a shift in duties or space use.
An old newspaper notice extols Green's August Flower as a remedy for dyspepsia and indigestion. It claims the potion stimulates the liver with a torpid fiber, arouses appetite, and improves digestion for all social classes, offering bottles at 25 cents and 75 cents at druggists.
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