Circuit Court decisions yield injunction refused and Nancy Madison case
Circuit Court handed down Friday rulings led by Judge Metcalf affirming Nancy Madison's conviction for concealing property. injunction against double tracking the Boulevard refused, allowing further railroad work. Other cases include Banfield vs. Allis Chalmers, Johnston alley injunction, and multiple property and contract disputes with mixed reversals and affirmations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Nancy Madisom
Castner Brothers
Houlevard
Metcalf
Nancy Madison
George E. Miller
Boulevard
Play Road
Sinclair
Allis Chalmers Co
Wm. Banfield
Banfield
West Penn Foundry Co
Pollock
Mary E. Blackburn
Richard Johnston
Johnston
Barrett
Norris
George Yurjevic
Daniel Vukelic
McLister
W. P. Myers
Myers
McLiister
Samuel Klein
Adolph Schwartz
Schwartzs
M. Tobhasso
Bridget Sadovsky
Marriage Licenses for Skipper Quinn Smith Rayl and Rayl
Marriage licenses issued for Harry R. Skipper 31 and Marian A. Quinn 32 of Steubenville. Also Lyle B. Smith 22 of Covington Kentucky and Ira R. Rayl 20 of Dillonvale listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry R. Skipper
Marian A. Quinn
Steubenville
Lyle BE. Smith
Covington, Ky
Ira R. Rayl
Dillonvale
Emanuel Deitz Released After Brief Jail Stay
Emanuel Deitz spent a few hours in jail Monday and was released on an 800 dollar bond. The preliminary hearing is set in Justice Maxwell's Court this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emanuel Deitz
Justice Maxwell
Fierce Storm Lashes West and Jefferson County
A Sunday storm swept across this city and surrounding areas with heavy rain hail and wind. It caused flooding in cellars and unfinished foundations damaged barns in several farms including Rufus Wilcoxen near Sugar Grove and a Phillips place renter Stevens. Lightning killed Joseph Wilson near Flushing while barns burned in Uniontown and Roberts Ridge. Telephones and lighting disrupted service in Moundsville St Clairsville Wellsburg and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenvilles
Jefferson County
Richmond
Knoxville
Sugar Grove
Empire
Rufus Wilcoxen
Phillips Place
Stevens
Pittsburg
Flushing
Belmont County
Joseph Wilson
Uniontown
Robert's Ridge
Marshall County
W. Va
Moundsville
St. Clairsville
Wellsburg
Bridgeport
Martin's Ferry
Bellaire
Benwood
Lridgeport
Death by Own Action Ended Lazearville Founder’s Life
HH G Lazear, 81, founder of Lazearville and promoter of the Bethany trolley line, shot himself at his home in a chamber while in apparent good spirits the day before. Miss Amanda Jolly found the body, time undetermined. illness was given as the cause, with Lazear born in Brooke County and active in local ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HH. G. Lazear
Lazearville
Bethany
Wellsburg
Amanda Jolly
Miss Jolly
Lazear
Brooke County
Bethany Road
Wellsburg man found dead after meeting, note cites wealth
A Wellsburg resident who helped found the town and led in local business reportedly took his life after returning from a board of trade meeting. He had planned to speak at the Presbyterian Church May exercises and left a note asking for burial Sunday afternoon, citing wealth as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tobasso
J. Dunbar
Pollock
G. W. Gordon
Michael Scanlin
Scanlin
Gordon
Scanlin’s
Nation
Norris
Emily Winski
Home Insurance Co
N. P. Mansfield
J. H. Fisher
Nancy Dillon
Rev. Wood
Metcalfe
Thos. Primo
Paris Brown
Chas. Ashman
Susan E. Sharp
John McClare
Susan Sharp
Courts of Equity
Jennie Sharp
Morris
Mingo
Mingo Junction
Zach Halpenny
Halpenny
Meteglf
Stratton Fire Clay Co
Smallwood Stone Co
Stone Company
Stratton Company
Strattons
Pollock, Harrison & Jefferson Telephone Co
Mary Carter
Public Service Corporation
R. FE. Blinn
Steubenville & Wheeling Traction Co
Wellsbure Canning Company
Oling
Lazear
Wellsburg Board of Trade
Remsen
Presbyterian Church
Wellsburg
Deitz Accused Of Obtaining Goods By False Pretense
Emanuel Deila the Underselling merchant who recently assigned and moved into bankruptcy court was arrested Monday for obtaining goods under false pretenses. He pleaded not guilty before Squire Maxwell and posted bond for a preliminary examination. An affidavit filed by a Pittsburg firm alleges misrepresentations to the Pittsburg Credit Association. The bankruptcy examination showed credits obtained from Feb 4, 1911, to May 22, 1919 totaling $22,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emanuel Deila
Squire Maxwell
Pittsburg
Pittsburg Credit Association
Deitz
First and Second Press Churches Ratification Meeting
Presbytery of Steubenville to ratify merger of First and Second Press Churches into Westminster Presbyterian. Meetings set for June 21 7 30pm in Second Presbyterian church and June 22 2pm central time to ratify union and call, with minister installation. Worship to follow at Second church until First church ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Westminster
Presbytery
Steubenville
Westminster Church
The
Losses Charged To Silver Bank Collapse Report
East Liverpool Tribune details losses from the Silver Bank failure. A Lincoln stock deposit of 2000 dollars at Midland bank secured a 1000 dollar loan and faced bounced checks. Stock returned, then resent, but later funded from a downriver bank. Knoxville blind man Householder lost 100 dollars saved for burial. First M E church raised 60 dollars short of pastor salary after the bank collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver
East Liverpool Tribune
Champion Brick Company
Midland
Householder
Knoxville
Silver Banking Company
M. E. Church
Bank Failures Leave Families Struggling With Losses
The article recounts local deposit losses from a bank collapse affecting Wellsville and Hammondsville families. A woman who saved 500 for her infant son and a couple who saved 2,500 for a home faced ruin when the Silver Banking company failed. A husband’s check of 100 was cashed before the institution failed, leaving them destitute as they planned to relocate to Western Canada. The report notes similar incidents are forthcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank of
Chester
Wellsville
Silver Banking Company
Hammondsville
Thomas H. Silver, Sr
United States
Canada
Smithfield High holds commencement in town hall
The annual commencement exercises at Smithfield High School were staged in the town hall on Thursday evening June 8. The program featured Cadiz Ladies Orchestra, Invoc ation by Rev. E J Perry, and speakers including Vergie Giesey Marguerite Josephine Fox and Ethel Grace Barkhurst. Supt L E York delivered the address praising the school board for elevating Smithfield High to first grade and noting a diploma would admit to Ohio undergraduate schools without exams. York also lauded teachers and Superintendent Pierce, with faculty retained for next year at higher salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithfield High School
Cadiz Ladies Orchestra
E. J. Perry
Vergie Giesey
Alta Loraine Ford
Milo Vale
Marguerite Josephine Fox
William Eugene Masters
Ethel Grace Barkhurst
L. E. York
Martins Ferry
Ohio
York
Smithfield
Pierce
Miss Gosett
Donald McRae
Hand Amputation After Tin Mill Accident at Weirton
Benson Van Vlack age 21 suffered the loss of his right hand in a Friday accident at the Weirton tin mill. Once cranes man and more recently in charge of electrical machinery, his glove was caught and dragged into a machine. He was treated at Gill hospital where the hand was amputated at the wrist. He hails from Chester, West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benson van Vlack
Weirton
Gill Hospital
Young van Vlack
Chester
W. Va
Convention Program Highlights and Speakers
The program lists multiple concurrent sessions and hours led by James Shaw Aliie Adams Julia Geisey E Hodil L Feist Margaret Hunter G P Rowland and G L Gelston G P Pierson including a general conference on C E Problems and a missionary hour. It notes work supported by the Presby terial Union Brainerd Institute Asahigawa and Indian Boys Training School with reports of committees and officer elections plus a Friday praise service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Shaw
Aliie C. Adams
Julia E. Geisey
E. A. Hodil
Lillian M. Feist
Margaret L. Hunter
G. P. Rowland
Willis L. Gelston
Our Interest in Persia by Rev Gelston
Rev Willis L Gelston presents Our Interest in Persia with Rev John N Wright and D J. A silver offering is noted from 8 18 to 9 30 with an informal reception in church parlors following the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis L. Gelston
Persia
John N. Wright
D. J
McCann In Massillon Asylum Dying Reported
Supt. H. C. Evman of Massillon Asylum reports William Dandy McCann is dying and his Wheeling sister will be notified. The patient is highly excited, slowly declining, and physically weak. He was sent to the asylum only two weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Evman
Massillon Asylum
William
Dandy) McCann
Wheeling
Boy Jolted In Wagon Fall Injures Ross Devlin's Son
George Devlin, son of Ross Devlin, was badly injured when a stove in H. P. Powers' wagon jolted on North Sixth Street. He fell from the wagon, struck his head on the pavement, and was unconscious briefly. He recovered later and was sent home. doctors expect no serious result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Ross Devlin
H. P. Powers
North Sixth Street
Frye Dougherty Wedding in Simple Home Ceremony
A quiet home wedding united Ida Dougherty and James M. Frye at 4 PM Monday at Franklin Dougherty's house. Rev Carl Stackman officiated before close family. The bride wore white lace with American Beauty roses, guests served a collation afterward, and the couple left for an Eastern wedding journey before settling in Monongahela City. The bride, daughter of Franklin and the late Hette Semple Dougherty, is cherished in church and social circles. The groom, long active in local industry, now works with his father in Monongahela City. Only out of town guests were the groom’s parents, Mr and Mrs Charles Frey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frye
Monongahela City
Franklin
Hette Semple Dougherty
LaBelle
Ron
Hervey Cole Wedding Solmnized at Home
Miss Ida Jane Cole becomes bride of John Douglas Hervey in a June 7 ceremony at the Midway Smithfield home. Rev Merrill presided as pink and white decor graced parlor and dining rooms, with gifts including a $500 check from the bride’s father and a four course dinner following the ceremony. The couple plan to reside in Jefferson Ohio after a train departure.
Simple Smithfield home wedding in June 1911
A quiet home ceremony at Mrs. Ella Vermillion’s Smithfield residence united Edna M. Vermillion and James Edwin Hammond on Wednesday June 7 1911. The bride wore white crepe de soie with pearl trimming and carried white roses, with the event beginning promptly at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Vermillion
Smithfield
Edna M. Vermillion
James Edwin Hammond
Bridal couple wed in rich parlor ceremony
The bridal couple entered to Lohengrin played by Miss Vermillion and were married by Rev Love at the Presbyterian church arch decorated with ferns and roses. Miss Vermillion and Miss Loretta Leech served as flower girls, Mary Sutherland attended in pink, and David Beatty of Pittsburg was best man. A dinner followed, with guests from Steubenville Reed's Mills Wintersville and friends from Pittsburg. The bride, a former teacher, and the groom, a prominent farmer, will live in a Smithfield cottage. gifts included linen, cut glass, china and silver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hill and Son
Pittsburg
Hill
Stella Hill
Wesday Adams
Wm. Leech
Elizabeth
Loretta Leech
B. \. Linduff
Sara Cunningham
Steubenville
Mabel Cunningham
Wintersville
David Welday
Reed's Mills
A. R. Vermilli
Martin Baxter Wedding at Follansbee
At noon today in the Christian Church at Follansbee Hugh H. Martin and Nellie Baxter were united in marriage by A. F. Stahl. A small reception followed at the Martin home on Alikanna Road before the couple begins housekeeping near Wills Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Follansbee
A. F. Stahl
Hugh H. Martin
Nellie Baxter
Martin
Alikanna
Leamon Martin
K. Powell
North Sixth Street
First Christian Church
Carrie
Baxter
Wills Creek
Knox-Allen Wedding in Amsterdam Presbyterian Church
Estella Maude Knox and Morris LeRoy Allen wed in Amsterdam Ohio on Friday June 9 in a quiet ceremony led by Rev Huston. M Lillian Allen performed Mendelssohn’s wedding march. The couple, after a two week Canadian trip, will reside in Amsterdam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie F. Cattrell
Alliance
Allen
Canada
Amsterdam
Ohio
Lazear Funeral Held for Lazearville Founder
The funeral of H. G. Lazear founder of Lazearville was held Sunday at 4 p.m. at his home, as noted in a statement he left. Hundreds of friends attended the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lazear
H. G. Lazear
Lazearville
Coroner Announces Verdicts In Two Inquest Cases
Coroner Foster filed verdicts in two inquests. Richard Talley died by accidental drowning in Short Creek at Dillonvale. An unidentified infant found June 1 at Tavernto died from suffocation and homicide was attributed to an unknown person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster
Richard Talley
Dillonvale
Big Short Creek
Tavernto
Petroleum Supply Co v Story Co suit for 760.34
The Petroleum Supply Co. sues Jas Story & Co for 760.34 plus interest in a case handled by Kitheart & Bigger. Commercial National Bank vs Weir McClare Hardware Co et al enters a judgment by confession for 1010.67.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Petroleum Supply Co
Jas. Story & Co
Kitheart & Bigger
Commercial National Bank
Weir-McClare Hardware Co
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Bond
Ing
Silver Bank
Weilsville
HGH School
Smith
Field, Ohio
Prof
Yorke
WM. Mpcann
Massillon
Merrill
M. E. Church of
Ethel Cole
Mendelssohn
Edna Mae Cole
Joseph Hunter
New Alexandria
Penna R. R
Jefferson
Mt. Union College
Hervey
Hammond-Vermillion
Martin-Baxter
Bradfield Regulator CO
Atlanta
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