Relief for Collinwood disaster relief gains 25000 state aid
Cleveland March 6 reports say state will appropriate 25000 to aid stricken Collinwood families after the Lake View school disaster which killed about one third of local children. 164 deaths total with 137 identified, relief committee forms, funerals planned, unknown dead to be buried, investigations into causes underway.
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Cleveland
North Collinwood
Lake Shore
Lake View
Collinwood
Board of Education
Collinwood Board of Trade and Town Council
Burke
Collinwood School Board
Hrockman
Feigenbaum
Herter
CANDIDATE ISAIAH ENGLISH DIES ON CADIZ STREET
Isaiah English a Seio farmer and one of twenty candidates for Harrison county commissioner collapsed from heart failure Tuesday afternoon in Cadiz while talking with fellow candidates about a county canvassing meeting. He was sixty, left a wife, and fell in front of the Fourth National Bank as he distributed his cards.
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Isaiah English
Seio
Harrison County
Cadiz
Mr. English
Fourth National Bank
Aetna Construction Co Pleads Guilty in Eight-Hour Case
The Aetna Construction Company building Ohio River Dam No. 11 near Brilliant pleaded guilty in Federal Court at Parkersburg to violating the eight hour law. Judge Dayton imposed a light fine of 15 dollars plus costs. The firm and others were indicted months ago for federal public-work violations. the case was moved from Wheeling to Parkersburg.
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Aetna Construction Company
Ohio River Dam No. 11
Brilliant
Dayton
Parkersburg
Actna Construction Company
Ohio River
Wheeling
Work Horse Parade Promised by Teamsters Local
The Work Horse Parade, on Memorial Day morning May 36, is organized by the Teamsters Local to showcase draft work horses. Participants urged to bring one or more horses or tents, with G A R sanction and plans for annual events. Wholesale houses and local owners signaled support to display well-groomed teams in harness.
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Teamsters
Steubenville
Horses and Teamsters Day Proposed in Jefferson County
A 1908 plan aims to establish an annual Jefferson County horses and teamsters day beginning May 30 1908 with Grand Army support. Organizers hope to attract countywide participation, draw visitors from surrounding areas, and grow the event into a premier local attraction each year. Z L Travis chairs the committee and invites further discussion with local officials.
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Grand Army
Jefferson County
Z. L. Travis
A. C. Johnson
D. A. Travis
Charles Bell
Joseph Pierce
Edward Henry
Resignation Shadow on Highway Chief Amid Ill Health
Sam Huston State Highway Commissioner resigns due to poor health and will discuss terms with Governor Harris in Columbus. He will not seek reappointment, while Gov Harris weighs succession. Henon suffers acute stomach trouble and may influence staffing.
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Sam Huston
Harris
Huston
Columbus
Henon
Steubenville Favored for New Federal Building Plan
Letters from district officials indicate Steubenville will be included in a forthcoming House bill for new post office buildings in Ohio, while Bellaire is likely excluded. Senator Scott may amend the bill to add Bellaire, risking delays if not granted.
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Ohio
Steubenville
Bellaire
C. L. Weems
House
Bellare
Scott
Public Buildings Committee
Senate
Congress
Wheeling News
Weems
West Virginia
Martins Ferry Woman Kills Self as Family Hears Shot
Mrs Malinda McConnell aged 56 of Martins Ferry ended years of ill health by shooting herself in her apartment while in bed next to her daughter and son in law. The incident occurred about 11 20 Tuesday night prompting a police call and coroner inquiry that was not pursued. Survived by three children including J Roy McConnell of this city and Mrs Porter of Martins Ferry.
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J. Roy McConnell
Washington Street
Martins Ferry
Malinda McConnell
McConnell
Joseph Porter
Porter
Roy
International convention in Pittsburg opens March 10
Delegates from the Young Peoples Missionary movement across the United States and Canada plan to gather at Exposition Hall in Pittsburgh for an interdenominational convention. About three thousand delegates and sorority members are expected to attend as the event aims to energize youth in home and foreign missions under presiding officer President John Willis Boer of Occidental College.
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Young Peoples Missionary Movement
United States
Canada
Pittsburg
Exposition Hall
Tohn Willis Boer
Occidental College
Missionary Convention Speakers and Music by Large Choir
Missionary leaders from home and abroad will speak at the convention with the Association Quartet and 200 male voices from Pittsburg leading the music. The hall will boast Christian Endeavor banners alongside stars and stripes and the Union Jack for inspiration. Attendees include Dr Nettie Erskine, Miss Altai Floyd, Mrs Lila Kitheart, Miss Lillian Feist, and Rev George H Miller from local churches. The convention closes Thursday night at 10:30.
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Altai Floyd
Second Presbyterian Church
Lila Kitheart
Lillian Feist
Third Presbyterian Church
George H. Miller
First Methodist Protestant Church
Prisoner to be deported from Bradley jail to Italy
Dominic Demattis, jailed for robbery at Bradley, suffers epilepsy and has spells. He has not been in the United States a year and cannot be sent to Gallipolis hospital, so he must be returned to his Italian home. Arrangements for the deportation proceed by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominic Demattis
Bradley
Italy
United States
Gallipolis
Recalled Miners Convention Set for Indianapolis
The United Mine Workers of America will reconvene in Indianapolis Wednesday with almost all recent delegates expected to return. National President T L Lewis plans to depart from Bridgeport tonight due to his wife’s illness and will attend to receive the scale committee reports and outline policies. President A S Watkins and Secretary Treasurer Lee Rankins of Willonvale are likely to attend the sub district No 1 meeting.
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United Mine Workers of America
Indianapolis
T. L. Lewis
Bridgeport
Lewis
A. 8. Watkins
Ohio State Executive Board
Lee Rankins
Willonvale
Welsh Banquet Honors St David at Martin's Ferry
More than five hundred Welsh Americans attended the seventh annual St David banquet at the Welsh Church in Martin's Ferry on Saturday night. Judge Reese G. Richards of Steubenville acted as toastmaster and delivered a keynote address on Welsh characteristics and influence, citing Washington Jefferson and Roger Williams among notable descendants, with emphasis on religious roots.
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St. David
Martin’s Ferry
Reese G. Richards
Steubenville
America
Washington
Jefferson
Roger Williams
Miner Killed in Bradley No 3 Mine
Coroner reports a 20 year old Italian miner Michael Ceneano died Friday afternoon at Bradley No 3 mine due to a slate fall. Campbell was at Bradley Saturday conducting two inquests, one old case and one new.
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Campbell
Bradley
Michael Ceneano
Bradley No. 3
Italy
Two Horses Electrocuted In Alley Below Adams Street
A. M. Hoff of La Belle View lost two bays when four Bell telephone wires blown down in Alley B touched by a moving team formed a deadly circuit. Isher Booth, driving toward Coal Hill, could not stop the horses midair. linemen cut the wires and cleared the area as a crowd gathered. The incident adds a heavy loss for Hoff, a local teamster, with details of how the wreck occurred still unclear.
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A. M. Hoff
la Belle View
Adams Street
Isher Booth
Coal Hill
Connor
Morrow
Mr. Hoff
Electrically Killed Horses on Steubenville and Mingo Pike
A rock slide above White Man's Leap toppled a Bell telephone pole and live wires, electrocuting four horses owned by Otto & Pekruhn. Driver William Quillen and his son Blaine escaped with shocks as the heavily charged wires tangled with the traction wire, delaying streetcar tracks for about an hour.
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Tian
Sapp
Bell Telephone Company
Mingo
Pike
Steubenville & Mingo Pike
Otte & Pekruhn
William Quillen
Aban
Wm. Quillen
Blaine
Steubenville
Mr. Quillen
Caillen
Quillen
Otto & Pekruhn
Sojourning of an In Fant at Smithfield Bethel
A child named Margaret, born frail with cancer, loses her mother at two weeks old and is cared for by the Smithfield Children’s Bethel. Adopted at 40 months by a Jewett couple, she thrives in a loving home with a crib, wardrobe, and toys prepared. The Bethel staff feel both sorrow and joy as they free space for another motherless child.
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Little Margaret
Bethel
Margaret
Jewett, O
Jewett
Comutey
Stella Moren Towboat Goes Over Dam No 2 Tragedy
The Stella Moren towboat capsized at Lock No 2 in Bessemer as high water swept it over dam 2. Engineer John Cox died after being crushed, fireman Henry Locke and James Lawrence drowned, Captain James Gilmore escaped with a leap, ten crew were thrown into the river with two missing. Vessel owned by Monongahela River Consolidated Coal & Coke Co. Loss estimated at 30000 dollars.
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John Cox
Henry Locke
James Lawrence
Bessemer
Stella Moren
Cox
James Gilmore
Lorain
Bush
Monongahela River
Treasurer Report of Citizens Relief Committee Opens March 7 1908
The report covers funds up to March 7 1908 detailing money donated since last report from County Infirmary Directors 1000 and various individuals. It lists balances carried from former relief, cash received and paid, and a total March 7 1908 of 803 81 with 687 98 paid by checks. Donations of clothing food furniture and other items are itemized from multiple local donors including Mrs L S Ford John Thompson McCandless Maxwell Myers Orr Peterson and others with numerous concrete in kind gifts.
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Citizens Relief
John Shaler
William Freudenberger
Pearce
G Richards
Bacik
CIA
Ford
Richmond
Mr. Wilson
South Fourth Street
D. S. McCoy
Mr. Brown
Martins Ferry man shoots at himself after romantic quarrel
George Attinger, a Martins Ferry tin mill worker, attempted suicide in a room above Herbert Hawkins saloon at Third and Adams streets after a breakup with 17 year old Etta Dimmitt. The bullet lodged in the ceiling. police arrested him after a neighbor’s alarm. He had written a letter to his mother blaming Etta for breaking his heart and threatening Etta Campbell, a waitress, with a gun.
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George Attinger
Martins Ferry
Etta Dimmitt
Herbert Hawkins
Third
Adams Streets
Will
Mary Attinger
Ohio
Etta
George
Etta Campbell
Hawkins
Attinger
Gold Fever Created by a Practical Joker
A wild tale of a gold discovery at Arroyo West Virginia sparked excitement in Hancock County as dozens of speculators rushed in. The rumor, tied to an oil well drill, was traced to a well driller seeking amusement from a simple old man.
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Arroyo
W. Va
Hancock County
Ananias
Arroya
Gold Bricked: Hancock County Laughs at Fake Ore Hoax
A driller staged a cheerful hoax by showing fake gold ore to neighbors and an onlooker on a landowner’s property. He lured many townspeople to the scene, spreading the tale as if a real mine existed until the ruse collapsed and the county learned they had been deceived.
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Pittsburg
Hancock County
Remains of Patrick Murray Lie at Mettenberger Morgue
The body of Patrick Murray, killed on the Pan Handle, lies at Mettenberger's morgue with relatives not yet claiming it. Details have appeared in Pittsburg and Philadelphia papers. Murray's wife and child are buried in Holy Cross cemetery in Philadelphia.
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Patrick Murray
Good Watches and Robbery Report at Joseph Grossman Store
Joseph Grossman of Seventh and Adams streets states that the robbed watches were not cheap prizes. Two watches were gold and worth $20 each, and the watches and alarm clock stolen together were worth $52.
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Joseph Grossman
Seventh and
Adams Streets
First Car Reaches Glasgow on Steubenville and East Liverpool Line
The first car to pass Smith's Ferry on the Steubenville and East Liverpool traction line made the trip yesterday afternoon and continued as far as Glasgow, marking a historic progression for the new route.
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Smith's Ferry
Steubenville & East Liverpool
Glasgow
Held for Court in Meat Robbery Case
John Muncey and Charles Bowers who relieved the meat ear of meat on Tuesday night were held for court by Mayor Porter in default of 500 dollars each.
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John Muncey
Charles Bowers
Porter
Replevin Suit Involving Household Goods
M. M. Brown Jr files replevin suit over household goods sold to George Howard by his wife with Squire Blackburn claiming ownership, asserting the right to possession remains with Blackburn.
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M. M. Brown, Jr
George Howard
Squire Blackburn
Howard
Squire Blackburn Sentenced in Case Involving Threats to Annie
Tony Tude ski was sent to the workhouse for two months after Squire Blackburn assaulted Annie Berenge in a delicate condition. The offense included holding her up to ridicule and grabbing her by the throat while threatening to cut her throat, causing terror.
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Squire Blackburn
Tony Tudeski
Annie
Berenge
Goulds Oil strikes 100 barrel well at Wattsville Ohio
Goulds Oil Company hit a good well on their Wattsville lease in Ohio yesterday producing 100 barrels. Local parties show interest in the company.
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The
Gould’s Oil Company
Wattsville
Ohio
Hollidays Cove pool leads in lower district completions
In Brooke county the Hollidays Cove pool continues to furnish more completions than any other district in the lower southwest. Ferguson & Co on the James McWham farm report their test pumping at about 60 barrels per day.
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Hollidays Cove
Brooke County
Ferguson & Co
James McWha
Former Members Absent At Convention Report
None present. Not a single ex member attended the convention. Mr Weems was in Washington while Mr Gill remained home in poor health. He is the only ex member still living. Bingham Danford Updegraff Taylor and Pearson are all deceased. Bellaire Independent.
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Congress
Weems
Washington
Gill
Bingham
Danford
Updegraff
Taylor and Pearson
Bellaire
Careless Shooting Suit Filed Over Eye Injury
John McClure of New Philadelphia sues Archie Rock of Dennison for 3000 dollars claiming the loss of an eye from a shotgun pellet. McClure, a Tippecanoe man, was shot while rabbit hunting three miles northeast of Tippecanoe on November 8, 1907, and a Columbus specialist could not save the eye.
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John McClure
New Philadelphia
Archie Rock
Dennison
McClure
Tippecanoe
Columbus
Track Boss Assaulted Over Old Grudge
Tom Madigan Tri State Traction Co foreman was struck by ex employee Montgomery on a Wellsburg bound car after heated words. The fight ended with Montgomery said to be worsted and Madigan bearing facial injuries from the clash rooted in a long standing dispute over Madigan firing Montgomery in the road crew.
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Tom Madigan
Tri-State Traction Co
Montgomery
Wellsburg
Madigan
Pastor Becomes Missionary In Cross Creek Church
The Cross Creek Presbyterian Church in Washington County announced yesterday that Rev. Harry Rhodes will leave to serve as a missionary. The large, historic congregation hosted a celebratory dinner after a fund drive meeting its goal. Speakers included Rev. Dr. John Marquis of Beaver and several regional pastors.
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Presbyterian Church of
Cross Creek
Washington
Harry Rhodes
Cross Creek Church
Rex
John Marquis
Beaver
G. M. Curry
Parnassus
Ae Oe
Gone
J. M. Miller
Hickory
P. W. Snyder
Homewood
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Papa
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Collinwood School
Finance Committee
Candidae
Tues J Y
White
Watkins
Rankin
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SLATE
Bradley Mining
Minnie Pettay
Childrens
Es Fo Mooney
William
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