Death at Steubenville Meat Market Prompts Tragic Accident
James H. Bair, a prominent Steubenville meat dealer, died in a bizarre accident at his South Fourth Street shop. He slipped into an ice chest, was impaled on a meat hook, and died on site. Bair was 67, a Civil War veteran, longtime civic figure, and active church member with a large family and numerous connections in the city.
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James H. Bair
Steubenville
South Fourth Street
Bair
Paris
Frank Hill
D. J. Sinclair
Jimmy
Mr. Barr
Mr. Hill
Mr. Bair
Edward Kreiling
Fifth
North Streets
South Fifth Street
M. P. Church
John
Margaret Hoobler Bair
Reunion Association
E. M. Stanton Post
A. R
Old Mears Club
Congregational Church
North Fifth Street
George A. Bair
Adam Bair
Elvira White
Ernest Miller
Washington, Pa
Loretta Nicholson
Carolyn Hill
Wil
School Board Creates Training School Elects Miss Tappan
By action of the school board the board creates a new training school and elects Miss Tappan as superintendent.
Governors veto of highway levies postpones intercounty roads
Gov. Harmon vetoed the Hudson bill raising a half mill for state good roads and the McGuire highway tax increase, halting planned county road funding. The veto keeps highway construction funding at current levels and delays intercounty road plans, citing the aim to limit taxes. The action affects eighty eight counties sharing funds, with next year’s appropriations at four hundred forty thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Harmon
Hudson
Ohio
McGuire State Highway Department
Expose of The Absolute Life Cult in Trial at Chicago
Federal court hears Evelyn Lee charged with contributing to delinquency of young girls as she ran The Junior Commonwealth school claiming to teach perfect motherhood. Testimony names Mona Rees and Mildred Bridges as prominent pupils. payroll shows monthly salaries for teachers with various increases. bond schedule lists dues through 1932.
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Chicago
Evelyn Lee
Junior Commonwealth
Mona Rees
Mildred Bridges
Boramant
Bartels
Mary Peebout
Margaret Beck
Helena Cox
Caroline R. Dohrman
Flavia Dugar
Bertha Egan
Jessie L. Erwin
Dora J. Evans
Garrie O. Feisley
Lillie Feist
Ida Fickes
Martha J. Firth
Marie Floto
Marian Forsythe
Sadie Frederick
Sieger W. Gandy
Edith Guan
Josephine Hammond
Phoebe C. Hart
Elsie Hayes
Maude Heep
Georgia Herbst
Margaret Hill
Ella S. Holliday
Elizabeth Hakill
Harriett Johnson
Marie Kells
Chas. Kime
Adaline Krewe
Mary R. Lewis
Cora Linch
Evelyn McNeal
Marie Markle
Nettie McBride
Lucy McCracken
Helen Melville
Emma Moncreif
Caroline M. Morrow
Joan Munn
Marian Murphy
Mary J. Myers
Ida Odell
Margaret O'Brien
Pearle Parsons
Gladys Pelton
Edna Powell
M. K. Prentiss
Nannie Schellart
Ella Schiupe
Winona Shane
Lyda V. Sharp
Mary Shaw
Odessa Vankirky
Jennie Williams
Dora Williams
Margaret Venetu
Anna A. Pustard
JV. Cox
Fdra Dugan
Clara Gregg
Frank Lyons
W.W. Tarmenter
Harriett Pfeiffer
Edith Rowe
Harriett Smurthwaite
W. D. Thompson
Wynonah Thompson
Isabella. Tappan
Lora B. Childs
John Phillips
Steubenville Chamber Elects Chambers President For Year
The Steubenville Chamber of Commerce elected F. C. Chambers president for the coming year at a trustees meeting. J. E. McGowan was named First Vice President, George A. Gescheider Second Vice President, and A. G. Lee treasurer. A committee was formed to nominate committees. The New Industries Committee aims to attract a Pittsburg tin toy manufacturer to Steubenville, with about thirty jobs and first-year rentable buildings. A supper meeting at Bower’s restaurant June 26 will test a flat fifty-cent price to boost social and business talks. The board urged Tri-State Railway and Electric Co. to remove poles for beautified streets and ornamental lighting.
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Chamber of Commerce
F. C. Chambers
Chambers
Transportation Committee
Steubenville
J. E. McGowan
George A. Gescheider
A. G. Lee
C. D. Simeral
A. C. Douglass
H. B. Grier
T. H. Loomis
New Industries Committee
Pittsburg
Coshocton
Bower's
Warren, O
Board of Trade
Bower
Tri-State Railway and Electric Company
Erec
Mail Handling Complete at Local Post Office
Government completes counting and weighing of mail at Steubenville office during May. Outgoing and incoming mail totals are reported for first class and other classes across carrier and rural routes. Rural Routes 1 and 2 show counts by class and weight for deliveries and collections.
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United States
Steubenville
Gener
Four Reports Stage Big Senate Battle on Canadian Reciprocity
In Washington on June 13 the Senate prepared for a major clash over the Canadian reciprocity treaty. Four finance committee reports on returning the bill with the Root amendment were before the Senate, including Lafollette’s unfairness stance, McCumber’s condemnation, and a Democratic report backing the original bill but opposing the Root amendment. Lafollette claimed amendments would cut living costs by 200 dollars per year and urged removing duties on wood pulp and print paper to free American newspapers from paper trust delays.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Lafollette
McCumber
la Follette
Paper Trust
Supreme Court defeats attempt to oust Tinplate lodge officers
West Virginia Supreme Court at Wheeling refused to grant permanent writ of mandamus in the Tinplate Protective Association case. It left in place the elected officers W. S. Hunt as president and Arthur Watkins as secretary, who denied giving up books and papers and faced indictments later quashed.
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Board of Education
Miss Tappan
Kerr
Messrs
Munker
Burgoyne
Joyce
Lyons
Helen Collins
Lyda V. Sharp
Pleasant Heights
Committee On
J. GC. Ault
P. C. Hayden
National Exchange Bank
Ohio Foundry
R. J. Irwin
E. R. Moore
Miners & Me
Ervin
Grant Building
Kerr and
Cece
Jessis
Wyons
Tinplate Protective Association
W. S. Hunt
Arthur Watkins
Follawsbee
West Virginia Supreme Court
Wheeling
Obituary notice mentions surviving daughters
Mrs. Lora B. Childs at home, Mrs. Dwight S. Coble of Pittsburg, and Mrs. Wm. F. Steele of East Liverpool survive. Death is a matter of sincere regret to friends and citizens.
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Lora B. Childs
Dwight S. Coble
Pittsburg
Wm. F. Steele
East Liverpool
Pomerone Likely to Postpone Senate Speech on Oils Probe
Senator Pomerone faced a delay as he remained in the Senate chamber late last night preventing final preparation for his address on a resolution seeking criminal prosecution of Standard Oil and major tobacco magnates. The June 13 report from Atlee Washington notes the postponement likelihood.
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Washington
Pomerone
Senate
Standard Oil and Tobacco
Convention at First Presbyterian Steubenville
The 19th annual convention of the Steubenville Presbytery C E Union will be held at First Presbyterian Church Steubenville Ohio Thursday evening and Friday. Program includes a song service address Lines of Improvement supervisor young people's work from Philadelphia silver offering and committee appointments. Friday features devotional service minutes of last convention reports and model junior meeting led by Dr Nettie Erskine. Weather forecast Ohio fair tonight and Wednesday slightly warmer Wednesday. An item mentions erection of iron poles to carry trolley wire.
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Steubenville
F. Nesbitt
Nettie Erskine
And One May Die of Shock and Amputation Wrecks Ball Game
Two boys suffer severe injuries in separate accidents. Leonardo Romano, 10, struck by a speeding auto on West Market near Liberty, concussion and possible death. William Atwell, 14, crushed arms by shifting cars at furnace grounds, left arm amputated, right wrist later. Both boys at Gill hospital with serious outcomes but potential recovery noted. incidents spark public concern.
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Leonardo Romano
William W.atwell
Gill Hospital
West Market Street
Liberty Street
Weinstein
Lonardo Romano
Tony Romano
Market Street
M. D. Gibson
Brilliant
Samuel Kerr
East Springfield
Romano
Clifford Orr
R. Kerr
Orr
Spain
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Veto
GOV
Committee On Teachers, Salaries and Text Banks
Chamber OF Commerce AT
Tinplate
West Virginia
ATLEE
Tobacco Trust
First Presbyterian Church
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