Commencement Honors For Steubenville High Class of 1912
The 33rd annual Steubenville High School commencement honored 61 graduates, 34 boys and 27 girls, with Dr. Herbert Welch of Ohio Wesleyan University delivering a broad address on progress and fitness for a strenuous era. Diplomas were presented by Dr. W. E. Kerr as the audience filled Wells Auditorium with decorated grounds and choral renditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wéls
Steubenville High School
Frances Dargue
Battelle McCarty
Miller
John Phillips
America
Margarette Elizabeth James
Herbert Welch
Ohio Wesleyan University
W. E. Kerr
Board of Education
Hudson
Ocean
Morse
Mediterranean
Gibralter
Trustee Appointed As Creditors Name Walkes Bankrupt Estate
A tentative meeting of creditors was held on Saturday at Fonerson where Roy Carpenter was named trustee for the Walkes bankruptcy estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fonerson
Roy Carpenter
Yeggs Blow Open Parlett Post Office Safe
Burglars drilled and blew open the Parlett post office safe between 1 and 2 am on Thursday, taking more than $300 in cash and stamps, plus store and railroad funds. Two hobos, possibly vegginen, disguised as tramps, fled on a Wabash handcar toward the tunnel near MinGo. Sheriff Murray investigated, finding the handcar abandoned and no additional loot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash Railroad
Daniel Lindsey
Parlett
Vegginen
Postoffice
Lindsay
W. P. Bates
Wabash R. R
Murray
Min4go
Burglars Rob Parlett and Fredericktown Post Offices
Post office at Parlett and Fredericktown post offices were robbed in similar style on Friday night and early Saturday morning. Fredericktown store keeper Elizabeth Longnecker, the postmistress for seven years, reported the break in and the post office held no cash but seventy dollars in stamps were taken. Information on Calcutta robberies emerged as inspectors investigate two suspects seen near the Fredericktown site. A dog alerted at Calcutta as another attempted theft occurred at 11 o'clock last night, with a man seen at the post office today. Continuous inquiries by post office inspectors aim to identify the bold burglars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Earth
Striong
Agai
Trainage Department
Anna Elizabeth Shainp
Margaret Money
Jean Victoria Teeters
Virginia Margaret Teeters
Mamie Eleanor Welday
Florence Elizabeth Wolpert Mary
Alice Swearingen
Florence Rath Thompson
Margaret Gertrude Mckee
Bess Young
Parlett
Columbiana
Fredicktown
Torette
Elizabeth Longnecker
Fredericktown
Edward S. Foulke
Calcutta
Foulke
Ohio Crops and Livestock Prospect Report June 1912
Ohio Department of Agriculture reports from 1113 official correspondents show wheat at 45 percent of normal yield with 44 percent of planted area abandoned, total wheat harvest likely under seven million bushels and average price $1.12 per bushel. Oats, rye, barley, clover, timothy, fruit and hog conditions also detailed with declines and regional notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Department of Agriculture
Ohio
Tri State Cars Collision Near Seventeenth Street Crossing
Two Tri-State Railway cars collided near the Seventeenth street crossing in Wellsville around midnight Saturday. Motorman Metros and Conductor Stephens were at the crossover when a westbound summer car under Motorman Peters and Conductor Junkerman rammed it, smashing vestibules but causing no serious injuries. The wrecked cars were moved to the East End barn by their own power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri-State Railway and Electric Company
Seventeenth Street
Wellsville
Metros
Stephens
Peters
Junkerman
East End
Cleveland and Pittsburg Veterans Hold 16th Convention
The 16th annual Cleveland and Pittsburg Veterans Association convention is in Forrest City Hotel Cleveland. Session began at 2 p m and a banquet follows at 7. President is Harry Flahaven and secretary Burk Taylor. Eligibility requires twenty years of service. The group enjoys annual reunions for former colleagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland and Pittsburg Veterans’ Association
Forest City
Cleveland
Harry Flahaven
Burk Taylor
Instant Death for C&P Conductor in Kensington Ohio
Herman C Mellvaine a 56 year old Wellsville resident and veteran C&P conductor was killed instantly Sunday afternoon at Kensington Ohio while coupling freight cars. He spent 39 years with the Tennessee Pennsylvania lines and left a widow and six children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman C. Mellvaine
Wellsville
Kensington
Ohio
Ife
Canehi
Mellvaine
Pennsylvania Company
Tennsylvania
Ty. V. Daniels
Myrtle Zoeckler
Clyde Mellvaine
William Mellvaine
Philip Mellvaine
Blanche Lewis
Beulah Zellars
East
Palestine
Judge Lynch Rules Child Labor Law Upheld
Judge Lynch of Belmont common pleas court upheld the states child labor law banning youth under 16 from certain workshops and factories from 6 PM to 7 AM. Cases began in Bellaire justice court. a glass house faced fines and the matter moved in error to common pleas, with Lynch affirming most judgments except three where mistrial allegations were not proven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellaire
Lynch
Belmont Common Pleas Court
Common Pleas Court
Obituary Notice of William Cole Sr Known as Uncle Billy
William Cole Sr known as Uncle Billy Cole was found dead on a New York City street Saturday. Telegraphs informed relatives in the county, and the body will be shipped home for burial tomorrow at ten o clock in Smithfield. An obituary notice will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Cole, Sr
Ohio
Billy Cole
New York City
Smithfield
Two Armed Men Sentenced in Island Creek Theft
Wim Maxwell and another man aged 55, both one armed, were jailed after drunkenly stealing $65 from Bates Cooper’s family in Island Creek where they worked. Maxwell, from East Liverpool, received 18 months in the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wim. Maxwell
Bates Cooper
Island Creek
Maxwell
East Liverpool
Oil Well Drilled Near Brillant By J D Owens
J D Owens reports a promising oil well on his territory near Brillant yielding about 15 barrels on initial tests. The find boosts local prospecting and may attract further drilling in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Owens
Brillant
Arraignment Held In Court No 1 For Multiple Defendants
A Saturday arraignment saw no guilty pleas. William Maxwell is defended by Morrow for larceny, Mineo Melanies by R G Porter for cutting to kill, and Ellsworth with Grover Giesinger by Williams and Levinson for arson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrow
Wm. Maxwell
R. G. Porter
Mineo Melanies
Williams and Levinson
Ellsworth
Grover Giesinger
Court actions consolidate multiple 1912 era judgments and divorces
A long list details attachments sustained mortgage foreclosures and sales ordered across cases in Steubenville area courts. It names Nemec v Frave Ishaian, Polen heirs quieting, Hooper v White mortgage foreclosed, and many more including divorces for Rolen, Cage, Brown, and Paul with allegations of adultery abandonment neglect and alimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Nemec
Frave Ishaian
Salvatora Guamante
Ve. Penna. Co
Martha Culp
John Polen
Asa Hooper
Marty White
Minnie O. Floto
Hugo Pekrubn
HS. Odbert Coal Co
Wabash Coal Co
W. H. Wedker
TL Moke
Robt
Hill
M.L. O'Connell
H. L. Fiscus
K. N. Finley
Emil Carrier
John McClare
Lizzie Woods
W. F. Maple
John N. Maple
Wm. McConnell
Robi. McIntosh
Wm. Downer
John W. Porter
Wm. Burns
Steubenville
East
Liverpool Rv
Elec Go
Burns
Calumet
P. P. Lewis
J. W. Porter
Steubenville BL & L. Association Co
Albert Polen
Miller
John Rolen
Alma Polen
Moundsville
W. Va
Cohen
Nellie Cage
Lee Cage
Helen
John McClave
John Banacki
Mingo Junction
McClave
Jennie Wilson Brown
Thos, Brown
New Cumberland
Irskine
Mary Tlarris
Polly Wilcoxen
Elizabeth Paul
John Paul
Lee
Camp Nearer Home Near Kent and Shelley Station
The YMCA plans two camps for boys this summer. A usual two week August camp will run at Twin Shikes near Kent Ohio. A shorter ten day camp may be held near Shelley Station fifteen miles west on the Pan Handle from June 27 to July 8. Rates will be very reasonable with special options for shorter stays. Inquiries to the YMCA by next Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Shikes
Kent
Ohio
Shelley Staion
Aghy
Y. M.c.ia
Inventor William Gaughan Finishes Self-Acting Monkey Wrench
William Gaughan, a noted local inventor, reports the completion of a self-acting monkey wrench. He has applied for letters patent and plans to manufacture the wrench himself. The device fits almost instantly and can be operated with one or both hands. He has received offers for an interest in the patent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Gaughan
Barnes Dosnt Mask Mastery In His Quiet Rule
A compact notice hints at Barnes wielding influence with restraint, likened to a kid glove boss who follows orders from a higher authority. The line suggests a subtle leadership dynamic and loyalty within a hierarchical structure.
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Barnes
Also Mentioned on This Page
President Welch
Mee
Wen
Margaret Ene James
Bethlehem
Artaban
Christ
Yeggs
P. D
Wells
Edward Gorsuch
Wm. Cunningham
J. L. McClelland
Chas. Fulton
W. M. Moore
J. W. Kirk
Emery Riddle
R. M. Moore
David Campbell
Davis Fulton
R. J. Patton
Jno. Griffith
R. E. Taylor
D. H. Vang Dyke
R.W. Dodds
Jame M. Elliott
W. L. Ford
E. J. Keller
C. S. Cochran
Walter Warren
Clyde C. Elliott
H. H. Johnston
G. A. Bell
W. V. Allen
James Iddings
F. P. Rutledge
T. B. Sutton
J. T. Hinton
Nat C. Hunter
R. F E. Taylor
J. FE. Griffith
J. J. Walker
T. BR. Sutton
J. W. Elson
Edward Warren
J. L. McCain
C. C P
Cleve
H. C. M'llvane
Judge Lynch
Ohio Child Labor
Law
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