Boost for U S Court and Bigger Post Office at Chamber Dinner
At a Wheeling Chamber of Commerce banquet Congressman W B Francis voiced strong support for a federal court district in Eastern Ohio and backing for a larger government building and post office. Attendees urged a $70 000追加 appropriation and acquisition of adjacent property to expand facilities, citing post office congestion and regional needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Chamber of Commerce
W B. Fracis
Wheeling Hoard Ai
Imperial Hotel
N. D. Wintringer
Board of Commerce
Chaffee
Francis
Congress
E. E. Erskine
Felmont County
Columbus
Jefferson County
U. Court
Steubenville
Ohio Valley
Belmont County
Federal Court
K. M. Gruber
D. M. Gruber
Eastern
Cio
Feder
Beiet
C. le Williams
U.S
W. B. Francis
Relief Plan at Follansbee Plant Aids Disabled Workers
The Follansbee Brothers Co of Follansbee West Virginia launches a voluntary accident relief plan for all employees injured on the job and for families of those fatally injured. The plan, starting January 1 1913, is voluntary and imposes no assessments or levies on owners or workers.
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Follansbee Brothers Co
Follansbee
W. Va
Thia Company
Mother's Friend Promises Comfort for Expectant Mothers
A vintage advertisement extols Mother's Friend as a safe external aid for pregnancy, claiming it lubricates nerves and muscles and prevents pain and nausea. It promotes calm nerves, restful days, and confident motherhood, urging readers to buy at drug stores for $1 and request a guide book from Bradfield Regulator Co. in Atlanta.
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Bradfield Regulator Co
Lamar Bidg
Allania
Fifteen year old Amsterdam girl found with man in Wheeling
Dorothy Wheaton of Amsterdam county disappeared with a man named Joe Toney at a resort in Wheeling. Both were detained. Toney jailed and Dorothy sent to the Florence Crittenden Home. Authorities fear possible white slavery as relatives in Amsterdam were contacted and the father agreed to bring her home after being urged.
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Dorothy Wheaton
Amsterdam
Wheeling
Joe Toney
Florence Crittenden
Toney
Coal deal to involve near half a million dollars in Belmont County
Announcement of a proposed sale of coal from the number eight vein near Morris town and Sewellsville in Kirkwood township, Belmont County. Purchasers are unnamed Chicago capitalists with ties to Belman County coal. The coal lies north west of Morris town and surrounds Sewellsville, accessed via the Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling division of the B&O railroad, with possible later tapping by the Belman Central railroad. Columbus attorneys back the deal and the Belmont Central railroad construction.
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Belmont County
Morristown
Sewellsville
Kirkwood Township
Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling
B. & O. Railroad
Belman Central Railroad
Lafferty
Chicago
Belman County
Columbus
Belmont Central Railroad
Kilgore street case witness Liattie Hall escapes infirmary
Liattie Hall the 16 year old witness in the Kilgore street white slave case escaped county infirmary Friday evening. She climbed out a window with a shawl over her head and walked toward this city where Officer Reidy found her at the car barn. Hall said she was bound for her father's at Yellow Creek and deplored being with “crazy people” at the infirmary. She was turned over to the sheriff for safe detention as a key witness.
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Liattie Hall
Kilgore Street
Reidy
Yellow Creek
Wellsville and East Liverpool Pottery Plants Closed After Strike
About 700 female workers at Bisque and Glosts warehouses and the dipping room left work in Wellsville and East Liverpool offices after demanding a raise from 1.05 to 1.50 daily. Industrial Workers of the World organizer Miss Margaret Privy from Youngstown was invited and expected to arrive. Manufacturers offered 1.25 as final offer, threatening layoff of up to 5,000 workers if no settlement soon.
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Wellsville
Manu Thestress
Miners in Fifth Ohio District Convene for Local Transfers
Delegates from all miners locals in the Fifth Ohio sub-district meet in New Philadelphia to transfer twenty-two locals from No. 5 to No. 3 with Akron HQ and move two hundred miners from No. 6 near Barnesville. About 1,700 miners affected as Massillon seam work differs from Pittsburg No. 8 vein. Ninety-one locals will be represented by 331 delegates plus district officials. President Chas Albasin of Bridgeport says he will defer appointing an executive board and auditing committee from the north end.
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Payer
Steubenville
LaBelle
Chamber of Commerce
Ohio
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Ohio Valley
Cairo
River and Harbors Committee
Monroe County
Pennsylvania
Ohio River
Gulf
Democratic Party
New Philadelphia
No. 5
No. 3
Akron
Barnesville
No. 6
Massillon
Pittsburg No
Chas, Albasin
Bridgeport
North Cend
Robbery arrests on Water Street involve Ruth Reed and Bert Cumberledge
Ruth Reed, a colored girl linked to several male companion frauds, was arrested Saturday night on Water street for robbing Joseph Ellis of $20 during a date. The money was not recovered after a search. Bert Cumberledge was arrested Saturday night for a prior hold up of Albert Jukes on Water street, stealing a watch.
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Ruth Reed
Water Street
Joseph Ellis
Bert Cumberledge
Albert Jukes
Possible exhumation for missing man identified in grave
The East Liverpool Tribune reports a man killed by a C P train near Hammondsville may be exhumed from Salineville Cemetery to confirm if he is the city’s missing man. Relatives think the deceased is the missing local, though no identifying marks were found on the body before burial last Friday after a temporary hold in J L Hudson mortuary morgue.
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Hammondsville
Salineville
East Liverpool Tribune
J. L. Hudson
East Liverpool potteries strike ends with wage increase
Seven hundred women workers in the gloss ware rooms kiln sheds and dipping horses at the potteries of East Liverpool Newell Chester and Wellsville return to work after striking last Wednesday for 1.30 per day. An arbitration pending offer raises glass wave room rushers and dressers to 1.23 per day and kiln drawers to 1.15 while some had prior wages from 1.05 to 1.10.
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Independent Union
East Liverpool
Newell
Chester
Wellsville
Suspe ls in Bergholz Post Office Robbery Arrested at Wheeling
Clyde Shipman alias Pop Shipman, a noted safe cracker with Columbus penitentiary time, was arrested in Wheeling on a Bergholz post office robbery warrant and detained for federal action. The Bergholz crime involved telegraph lines cut to Cleveland, a rented rig, and a nine mile train ride to Wellsville where two suspects were nabbed. Shipman is believed the third. Proceedings set for April at Wheeling before U S Commissioner, with possible transfer to Cleveland or Columbus for trial.
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Clyde
Pop” Shipman
Wheeling
Steubenville
Cleveland
Bergholz
United States
Willams
Jefferson County
Salineville
Wellsville
Moore
Wheeling & Lake Erie Force
Shipman
Cox
Toledo
Columbus
Strausberg
New Philadelphia
Martins Ferry
Womny
Withou
Sisipman
April
Road funding and wage claims under mite law debated
The article discusses funding 60 900 dollars yearly for roads under a mite law, noting rival counties and labor costs. It alleges wage hikes for farm workers would rise living costs and fuel complaints as meals become pricier.
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U. S. Court
Federal Building
Francis and Others
Follansbes Brothers Co
Chicago Trust Common
Uel
Mother Gray
Diana
Allen 5
Almeted
Lex
Clyde Shipman
Sloan
Albert W. Pricr
Fredonia, Kay
W. H. Strange
Elmwood Avenue
Earl S. Sloan
Boston
IHC
International Harvester Company of America
Pittsburgh
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