Opening of Jamestown Exposition in Virginia 1907
The Jamestown Exposition Grounds in Virginia on April 26 opened with a 300 gun salute at sunrise and 500 guns at dawn plus a presidential 21 gun salute as President Roosevelt arrived aboard the Mayflower. A golden button lit the grounds and a vast display of flags and naval ships celebrated the 300th anniversary of England’s first American settlement. Roosevelt’s address welcomed foreign representatives and called for unity among nations within a march toward liberty and peace.
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Jamestown Exposition Grounds
United States
Fortress Monroe
America
Norfolk Light Artillery Blues
Exposition
Washington
Aegin
Roosevelt
Frederick D. Grant
George Tucker
Virginia
West Augusta
Aires
Massachusetts
Great Britain
Ireland
Europe
Japan
St. Paul's
Atlantic
Florida
Rio Grande
St. Lawrence
Great Lakes
Mississippi
Allegheries
Morever
New England
Tamestown
Immigrant Streams Shaping Our Nation's Early Life
The piece traces early English settlers at Jamestown and Plymouth, noting how diverse later arrivals from France, Spain, Sweden, Holland, Germany, Ireland, and Scotland blended into a unique colonial stock. It argues immigration continually reshapes national life, urging prudent reform of corporate wealth abuses while preserving economic vitality.
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Jamestown
Plymouth
Washington
John Morley
Burke
Our Republic’s Cornerstone: Equal Worth and Liberty for All
The passage defends private property and opposes class rule while urging a republic based on individual worth. It stresses judging citizens by deeds not wealth, preserving liberty within the common good, and resisting plutocracy or mob rule. It praises schooling yet centers on character as the measure of a worthy citizen.
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Edife
Another Suit Arises Over Abandoned Traction Line
Thos F and Martha R Burk sue Steubenville Mingo Ohio Valley Traction Co for 1500 damages claiming abandonment of the street car line at Altamont depreciated their property value. The suit cites broken promises to furnish gas electric light water and streetcar service and seeks remedy for contempt as alimony and other actions proceed in related cases.
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Thos. F
Martha R. Burk
Steubenville, Mingo & Ohio Valley Traction Co
Altamont
Mingo
P. P. Lewis
Minerva and Metropolitan Brick Paving Co
Rhoda KE. Black
W. B. Randolph
John G Miser
John G. Thompson
Ssoo
Theresa Wood
Catharine Ouinn
Edward McLister
Een Bickerstaff
James Brettelle
A Vail
Thos. Derton
Firhen Rees to Tour Western and Southern States
Frank F Firhen and Oscar F Adkins of Mines plan a professional tour through western and southern states. They expect to return to Stotembee in the fall to join a musical comedy and then perform in New Edenville next winter. They say they have not met a rival for 18 months or two years and anticipate a great hit on their trip.
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Frank F Firhen
Oscar F. Adkins
Meareine
Firhen Rees
Stotembee
Ecomedy
Eordenville
Neve
White Woman Marries Colored Man in Quiet Ceremony
In South Ninth street, Anna Dayton Columbia wed Theodore Lyons, a colored restaurant employee, amid a color blind license. Lyons’s marriage follows her prior Italian husband’s death. a planned double wedding with Myrtle Dayton and Arthur Pagani was postponed to next week. The Second ward crowd notes the stir caused by these mixed marriages.
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Anna Dayton Columbia
John T. Dayton
South Ninth Street
Theodore Lyons
Columbia
Mileage Books Not to Be Interchangeable in States
Pittsburgh district officials discuss possible abolition of interchangeable mileage books after the two cent fare law takes effect. Meetings in New York and Chicago consider restricting sale and use, with potential rate reductions between Indiana Ohio and Pennsylvania. Wabash had already signaled abolition. central association to decide. Through Chicago to New York rates remain unchanged this year.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
New York
Chicago
The
Post
Indiana
Ohio
Central Passenger Association
River Packet Sale Targeted by Great Ohio Fleet
Owners near a deal to transfer the Virginia, Keystone State, and Queen City packet boats to a company led by Captain M F Noll of Marietta. Noll, a famed river operator, would unite with W E Roe in Parkerburg Charleston lines and Monongahela interests to form a large steam boat line. The move would extend control from Cincinnati to the Monongahela headwaters and rival upper Ohio trade.
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Ohio
Virginia
Keystone State
Queen City
M. F. Noll
Marietta
Noll
W. E. Roe
Parkersburg-Charleston
Monongahela
Pittsburg
Upper
Cincinnati
Monongahela River
Damage Suit Over Railroad Land Trespass Near Warren
Jasper J. Dallas files a damage suit against Dillonvale and Smithfield Railroad Company and United States Coal Company for 1200 dollars. He claims on May 15, 1901 they entered his Warren and Smithfield land, tore fences, built part of their railway, and failed to fence east side, depriving him of about 100 acres. Erskine & Smith.
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Jasper J. Dallas
Dillonvale & Smithfield Railroad Company
United States Coal Company
Warren
Smithfield
Erskine & Smith
Miner Almost Drowned After Flooded Mine Breaks Dam
Francis Kastalich, Italian miner at Long's Peddling Coal Mine in Bellaire, was nearly drowned yesterday afternoon when floodwater poured into a drainage ditch. A temporary dam broke, sweeping him down the ditch before fellow workers intervened to pull him to safety.
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Francis Kastalich
Long
Bellaire
Kastalieh
May 1907 Circuit Court Docket Listed
The docket for May term 1907 Circuit court includes J F Lewis versus U S Coal Co C B Gilmore versus G W Cochran executor et al Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal Railway Co versus George Mayberry Milford R Bell versus W S Be Coal Mining Co et al P W Skipper versus Steubenville Wheeling Traction Co et al two cases Mary E McElroy versus Penna Co German Insurance Co versus Emanuel S Paul Village of Mt Pleasant versus Zoie McCullough A Vail Trustee et al versus Edward Wagner Glens Run Coal Co versus W B Fithen D M Bendure versus Der Schwaben Verein W W Walker versus L E Maple constable.
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May Tern
J. F. Lewis
U. S. Coal Co
C. B. Gilmore
Tramp Struck by Freight Train in Toronto
A intoxicated tramp halted before a slow moving C. P. R. R. freight train in Toronto on Wednesday morning and was knocked from the track. He was collected and taken to the hospital where Dr. Curtis Laughlin treated a cut behind the right ear and bruising on the back.
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Toronto
Curtis Laughlin
Marriage Licenses Listed For Steubenville Area Couples
George W Reynolds of Toronto and Mabel Russell of Steubenville. James Turnbull Sarrat and Grace Virginia Scot of Steubenville. Della Liberal and Josephine De lubber of Youngs. Chas Williams and Katherine Jordan of Steubenville colored. They were married Monday evening by Rev M M Brown. Marks Tepavac and Smilzana Vudrakovic of Steubenville. John Kolozsy and Julia Taylor of Steubenville.
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George W. Reynolds
Toronto
Mabel Russell
Steubenville
James Turnbull Sarrat
Grace Virginia Scot
Della Liberal
Josephine Delubber
Youngs
Chas
Wiliams
Katherine Jordan
Colored
M. M. Brown
Marks Tepavac
Smilzana Vudrakovic
John Kolozsy
Julia Taylor
Eastern Ohio Patents Listed by Patent Attorney Dunlap
Herbert E Dunlap reports recent patent grants to Eastern Ohio inventors including W L Caldwell Canton building shoot fastener for tool handles Thomas Caeney Lodi lazor Henry Clauss Fremont, and others from Newark Zanesville Coshocton East Liverpool Youngstown and Tiffin with varied devices such as gas burners electric fire alarms switch throwing devices and dashboard holders.
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Eastern Ohio
Herbert E. Dunlap
Wheeling
W. Va
W. L. Caldwell
Canton
Henrie Clauss
Fremont
Newton Falls
James Fisher
East Liverpool
J. F. Evarts
Chester
C. H. Forshey
Peerless Harrow
Gutridge Newark
Baling Press
E. Logg
H. Wright Granville
Sond
F. E. Morton
Youngstown
William Park
Wedding of Grace Scott and James Sarratt in Spring Ceremony
Grace Scott daughter of Mr and Mrs Winfield Scott wed James Turnbull Sarratt at the Scott home in a formal five oclock ceremony. The bridal party wore ivory satin and white chiffon with lilies and maidenhair ferns as the Lohengrin march played. Out-of-town guests included Chauncey Cochrane Weisner Bigget Bainbridge Carnahan.
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Grace
Winfield Scott
James Turnbull Sarratt
Scott
Mas
John L. Means
Belle Sarratt
Evans
Miss Sarratt
Elizabeth Turnbull Sarratt
James Turnbull
Sarratt
Carnegie Steel
Mingo
Washington
Richmond
City
Chauncey Cochrane
Youngstown
Weisner
Munhall
Funeral Held For Peter Mondaich Stab Victim
The funeral for Peter Mondaich, who died from a stab wound Sunday night inflicted by Pone Pasich, was held this afternoon. A postmortem by Dr. Walker and Coroner Campbell was held Monday to determine the wound's nature, and Pasich has not been heard from since his escape.
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Peter Mondaich
Pone Pasich
Walker
Campbell
Pasich
Visitor from Toronto Appears in City on Wednesday
W B Gonacher of Toronto visited the city this Wednesday, adding a note of interest to local happenings as residents observed a brief transient presence.
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W. B. Gonacher
Toronto
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Alfred Magill Randolph
Harry St. George Tucker
Rosevelt
Scripps-McRae Press
Ass'n
Altamont Hill
Ant
Man
Ali
Mony
Mileage Books
Ietta Man
Keystone
Ohio Valley
Dillonvale and
Smithfield Railroad
And
Mont County
Peter Mon
Daich
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