Local petit jurors drawn for Common Pleas Court
Thursday drawing set Monday as petit jurors in Common Pleas Court list includes A W Evans Everson Wm S Wyley Smithfeld C fT Lupton Mt Pleasant John H Roth Steubenville W A Morrelli Steubenville George L Anderson Steubenville Spence Wallace Steubenville Fb St Dean Mingo Junction R M Sharp Irondale James T Parkinson Steubenville Banner W Riddle Mt Pleasant Charles Gill Mt Pleasant BR Maxwell Steubenville William L Mills Hammondsville Joseph W Russell Salineville John Davis Unionpagt R D William D Myers Steubenville J A Johnson R D Toronto James McFeely Steubenville W E Peterson Bergholz
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Evans
Everson
Wm. S. Wyley
Smithfeld
C. Ft
Lupton
Mt. Pleasant
John H. Roth
Steubenville
W. A. Morrelli
George L. Anderson
Spence Wallace
Fb St
Italian man indicted under white slave act in Wheeling case
Joe Tony, who took a 14 year old girl from Dillonvale to Wheeling and sought lodging by claiming she was his wife, was indicted under the white slave act. The girl denied being his wife and said he forced her with threats. She was placed in a Home as a witness. Tony is Italian and the girl American from near Dillonvale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Tony
Dillonvale
Wheeling
Tony
Bronze cannons to grace court house lawn on Morgan Raid day
Two 12 pound bronze cannons weighing 830 pounds each arrived from Chattanooga National Military Park and will be stored until cast iron wheels are made. They are to be unveiled on military day during the July Morgan Raid celebration and placed to best advantage on the court house lawn. The War Department authorized the acquisition through J C Antt and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Chattanooga National Military Park
War Department
J.C. Antt
Cadiz Chosen As Harrison County Seat In 1813
Harrison county formed under 1813 act taking effect February first. Three commissioners named Cadiz as county seat after a contest with Hanover. First lots sold in Cadiz in 1813 and May 3 marked inaugural county business. Plans for a centennial celebration were not carried out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison County
Jefferson County
Jacob Myers
Joseph Richardson
Robert Speer
Common Pleas Court
Cadiz
Hanover
Lee John Finney
Phineas
Ash
Allen's Foot-Ease Promises Quick Foot Comfort
Shake into your shoes with Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder for relief of painful tender feet. It soothes stings from bunions and corns, eases tight shoes, and helps sweating and tired feet. Break in new shoes with this proven comfort aid. 25 cents, free trial package available by mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
le Roy
N.Y
Adv
Flags At Court House Displayed On Saturday
A brief event featured a display of flags on the Court House area and nearby business houses last Saturday, drawing quiet local attention and adding color to the town scene.
Burglars Strike Two Rayland Stores in One Night
Thieves entered John Neely and Neville Ulrich shops in Rayland by cellar and window respectively. Shoes and money were taken at Neeley, while Ulrich loss included shoes ham cheese and other eatables totaling about 20 dollars. A wagon was used to flee toward Brilliant, and Wellsburg bloodhounds were summoned for pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rayland
John Neely
Neville Ulric
Neeley
Ulrich
Brilliant
Wellsburg
Pan Handle night storekeeper stabbed. reward offered
Harold Caves, a night storekeeper at the Pan Handle roundhouse, was stabbed by an unknown foreigner while acting as peacemaker. He is recovering at Gull hospital after internal bleeding and an operation. County officials, per Prosecuting Attorney Brown, have posted a $500 reward for the Italian suspect who fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Caves
Pan Handle Roundhouse
Gull Hospital
Caves
Brown
Mr. Caves
Three Freeze Hits Gardens and Early Crops Hard
Three consecutive freezing mornings damaged gardens across the area. Early beans potatoes and tomatoes were killed. Grapevines withered small fruits and strawberries perished. Florists suffered as lilacs and other blooms died. Some gardeners must replant early vegetables.
Weirton plant to be built by reorganized Pittsburg firm
Cyrus Ferguson via C L Saxton Company sells four acres in Weirton to Weirton Plate Structural & Construction Company for a large steel brick and concrete plant. A 200 by 400 foot main building will rise with Panhandle railroad sidings and portable cranes for handling products. The Weirton unit is a reorganization of a former Pittsburgh concern with 25000 dollar capital, Alfred Tompkins as president and C B Chaney as secretary-treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald-Star
Iron Trade Review
Cyrus Ferguson
C. L. Saxton Company
Pittsburg
Weirton Plate Structural & Construction Company
Weirton
Alfred Tompkins
C. B. Chaney
Fire destroys fan house at Florence coal mine
The Y and O coal mine fan house at Florence near Martins Ferry burned Friday morning, taking the fan and machinery. Three hundred workers are idle, with about $1000 in losses. Repairs start at once and a new fan may be ready mid next week. Origin remains undetermined and officials doubt arson. Joe Toney, indicted for white
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Martins Ferry
Man Pleads Guilty in Wheeling Slavery Case
A federal grand jury in Wheeling indicted Tony for slavery involving a 14 year old Dillonvale girl. He pleaded guilty and received eighteen months at Moundsville penitentiary after evidence showed he transported the girl across state lines to a lodging house. The girl was housed at the Home of the Good Shepherd and returned home with her father after testifying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
the Good Shepherd
Interurban line proposed from Canton to Lisbon
A dispatch reports Northern Ohio Traction and Light Company plans a Canton to Lisbon route via Osnaburg Mapleton Waynesburg Malvern Oneida Minerva East Rochester and Hanoverton. Directors formed a committee to assess population and industry to justify the new line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Ohio Traction & Light Company
Canton
Lisbon
Osnaburg
Mapleton
Waynesburg
Malvern
Oneida
Minerva
East Rochester
Hanoverton
Oh Lefry Carter Smith Dies After Sudden Collapse in Bank Alley
Carter Smith a prominent local colored resident collapsed and died Friday at 6 36 a m in his Bank alley stable rear Griesinger block The 55 year old Orange County Virginia born widow Mamiy Williams and two children survive He had worked as a hod carrier and more recently drove the rubbish garbage wagon A member of multiple fraternal orders and the Teamsters Union he was described as industrious and respected
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter Smith
Bank Alley
Griesinger
Thomas Ferris
John Hill
Smith
Inter
South Ninth Street
Ife
Orange County
Mamiy Williams
David
Pertha
Joseph
Washington, D. C
Robert
Youngstown
Raids Hit Piney Fork and Town Gambling and Booze
Sheriff Huscroft and deputies raided four Piney Fork speakeasies with arrests including a bootlegger at Dillon Vale. A booze dance at Ramsey was stopped and a gambling club on Lake Erie Avenue was raided. The Kimona Kid’s house on Church Street and Mary White’s on Washington Street were also busted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huscroft
Bargar
Smithfield
Piney Fork
Dillonvale
Ramsey
Conley
Mackinaw
Lake Erie Avenue
Kimona Kid
Church Street
Mary Whiter
Washington Street
Reardon homicide case to be heard in Columbus federal court
Daniel Reardon acting as administrator for John Reardon seeks 5000 dollars in damages from Jefferson county Board of County Commissioners under a statute allowing death damages for mal or unlawful assemblage. The case, filed by Ira Blackburn and associates, with W C Brown for the county, will use voluminous depositions before Notary John J Scott. Reardon, a Pittsburg detective, was killed May 7 on South Fifth street during a strike at La Belle mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Reardon
John Reardon
South Fifth Street
Board of County Commissioners
Jefferson County
Columbus
Wich
Ira Blackburn
Henry Gregg
C. L Weems
P. P. Lewis
Blackburn
W. C Brown
John J. Scott
Reardon
Pittsburg
Government probes East Liverpool potteries over tariff claims
Commercial Agent F J Sheridan under Secretary Redfield arrives Saturday to audit pottery firms books amid fears of irreparable injury from the Underwood tariff cut. Sheridan leads the inquiry with possible help from other Commerce Department staff. duration uncertain, perhaps up to six months, as they review plant ledgers and records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Commerce
F. J. Sheridan
Secretary of Commerce
Redfield
East Liverpool
Washington
Sheridan
Pottery Industry Studied in Government Probe
The interview notes discuss a detailed government inquiry into the pottery industry focusing on material costs and wages. Sheridan says the investigation may influence the Underwood bill, asserting the industry will endure and results will be an unbiased, official report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan
Senators Probe Burleson Civil Service Postmasters Plan
Republican senators examined Postmaster General Burleson's proposal to place six thousand fourth class postmasters into civil service with competitive exams or lose their jobs. They questioned whether existing workers can endure testing and will argue the move is politically motivated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Herald-Star
Washington
Burleson
Roosevelt
Taft
Wilson
Pardoned black man linked to Akron 1900 riot case
Louis M. Peck, the Negro tied to Akron’s 1900 riot that left two dead and led to the city hall being dynamited, was pardoned today by Governor Cox. Peck, then serving life for an alleged assault on a white girl, was rushed between Akron and Cleveland in eight minutes for arraignment and sentencing before being sent back to the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Louis M. Peck
Akron
Cox
Peck
Cleveland
Court House
Jdge R. M. Wanamaker
Oho Supreme Court
Summit County
Wet and dry forces delay Rose county option repeal plan
In Columbus Ohio on May 9 the wet interests mull repeal of the Rose law and a possible bill for statewide prohibition. Dry leaders threaten retaliation if wets push the repeal. Alonzo G Shelter says repeal talks exist but action is delayed by doubt a special session can take up such measure under the governor called agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Alonzo G. Shelter
Rose County
Williams Swindler Snodgrass Schroeder Marriage Licenses
George B. Williams aged 29 from Cleveland wed Grace M. Swindler aged 28 from Irondale. Emmett Ros Snodgrass aged 22 from Martin's Ferry wed Mary J. Schroeder aged 23 from Dillonvale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Williams
Cleveland
Grace M. Swindler
Irondale
Emmett Ros Snodgrass
Martin's Ferry
Mary J. Schroeder
Dillonvale
Found Guilty in Harboring Case at Market Street Restaurant
Carson was found guilty after a two days' trial of harboring and detaining a female under 18 in a house of ill fame at his restaurant on lower Market street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
An. Carson
Lower Market Street
Attorney Morris Drowns Self in Duck Creek Incident
Former Noble County prosecutor and prominent bar member A H Morris died by suicide yesterday. He drowned himself in Duck Creek near the Pennsylvania railroad bridge half a mile south of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Morris
Noble County
Duck Creek
Plug Hat Centennial Celebrates 100 Years in 1913
The silk hat, first made in 1813, marks its centennial this year with origins in this country. Once a daily head covering for professionals, it now suits full dress and official occasions. Notable figures like W. J. Bryan and Thos Marshall begin wearing silk hats as they assume dignitary roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
W. J. Bryan
Thos Marshall
Administrator's Notice of Appointment for Charles I Floto Sr
The duly appointed administrator with the will annexed of the estate of Charles I Floto Sr of Steubenville township Jefferson County Ohio is named. Dated May 12 1913. Charles A Floto Administrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles I. Floto
Steubenville Township
Jefferson County
Ohio
Charles A, Floto
Eastern Ohio Patents Reported by Wheeling Patent Lawyer
H E Dunlap reports patent office records show recent patents assigned to Eastern Ohio inventors. Nenton Bowman North Lawrence mail handling apparatus John S Harber Youngstown inner-tube valve Lawrence J Johnson Akron assignor Summit Rubber Barbert on corset stiffener Adam Kiefer Lakewood ignition device Albert Nusly Jr assignor Pinafowl Toy Canton toy Ellis Piphter Milton plumb bob William Reighard Akron nut or bolt locking devices Lloyd W Stein Lancaster cooker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Dunlap
Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio
Nenton K. Bowman
North Lawrence
John S. Harber
Youngstown
Lawrence J. Johnson
Akron
Summit Rubber Company
Barberton
Adam Kiefer
Lakewood
Albert J. Nusly, Jr
Pinafowl Toy Manufacturing Company
Canton
Ellis E. Piphter
Milton
William H. Reighard
Lloyd W. Stein
Lancaster Cooker
Large share of marriages to American residents in new license book
A report notes 71 marriages recorded, 44 American and 27 foreign, reflecting years of growing foreign population. The count suggests foreigners marry and bear children, challenging the notion of race suicide and indicating stable family formation among immigrant groups.
Elks New Charleston Home Reception Aide Named
Local invitations list R L Freudenberger on the decoration committee for the Elks new home reception in Charleston West Virginia on May 14. Auto messenger James Dinger suffers possible typhoid fever and remains home in Richmond East Springfield. Church and community notices cover postponed meetings and new moves in Wheeling Wellsburg and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Freudenberger
Elks
Charleston
W. Va
James Dinger
Richmond
Springfield
First United Presbyterian Church
Joan Dorsch
Litle Child
Wheeling
Dorsch
Hoge Hardware
Upper Market Street
Policeman Cangney
Rosetta O'Malley
Kate Moran
Pittsburg
Edward O'Malley
Humphrey Hollis
Spencer Avenue
Carl Gescheider
Baltimore
Max
Albert Gescheider
W. J. Holmes
Wellsburn
Atlanta
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church
Holmes
Cochrane
New Cumberland
Baeabenville
Westminster Church
Jessie Campbell
W. M. Sidener
St. Paul's
Ohio Valley Sunday School Institute
St. Matthew's Church
Dr. Smith
New York
Steubenville
Wilson Hawkins
Mingo
Newark
Ohio
Board of Education
Superintendent Salary Increases Weighed
A historical note states the superintendent would receive raises over three years. First year raise to 2700 from 2290, second year 2800, and third year 2900, reflecting an adjusted compensation plan approved by the schools.
Real Estate Transfers List From Jefferson County
A series of real estate transfers including Ira L. Garner to Wladyslaw Ruji rarawaki and Maud Vincent to James Heatener for various lots and acres in Tiltenville Ming a and Cross Creek township. Prices range from 1 to 4 400 dollars with several one dollar deeds and parcels in Beall Steele s Add Cory and M ing a. Additional transfers include James E. Bishop to Lily A. Bishop and Sheriff to John McClare for dozens of acres in Cross Creek township and La Belle View city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira L. Garner
Wladyslaw Rujirarawaki
Akens
Tiltenville
Maud Vincent
James Heatener
Scharlatt
Minga
George N. Henry
Chas. W. Ford
Henry
Add. Cory
Saerfi
Jefferson County
Chas. M. Stratton
Knox Township
James E. Bishop
Lily A. Bishop
Caroline Peterson
Frank S. Kine
Frank S. King
Sarah E. Clendenming
Mary Mears Hill
Matthias A Smith
M. M. Hill
John McClare
Cross Creek Township
Worstall
Admi
Mary Beck
la Belle View
City
Wilbur K L. Medill
Lorenzo Patell
Loto Medill
A S. D
Tiltonville
Assessor reports property values by item in Salem Township
Finpire shows totals for horses cattle mules sheep hogs autos and personal property with values and credits. Salem Township totals list 98 horses 14 971 cattle 5 360 sheep 1468 hogs 54 autos 1 500 merchandise 9 500 money subject to draft 14 590 credits 31 900 and dogs. Assessor Clifford Orr notes 1913 total 87 580 up from 81 380 in 1912 gain 6 200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. R. Taggart
Salem
Clifford Orr
Divorce Petition Filed in Jefferson County Court
William G Harris sues Lula E Harris in Jefferson County Court of Common Pleas for divorce alleging wilful absence for over three years. Lula E Harris unknown residence must answer by June 21, 1913 or default judgment may be entered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Common Pleas
Jefferson County
Ohio
William G. Harris
Lula EB. Harris
Lula E. Harris
A. D
Lula BE. Harris
Notice of mortgages and school district petition in Jefferson County
Public notices reveal Empire Methodist Episcopal Church trustees seek to encumber real estate with a $2000 mortgage to finish church improvements. The item also records a petition to establish a special school district in Island Creek and Steubenville townships with hearings set for June 21, 1915, at noon, in Jefferson County Probate Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empire Methodist Episcopal Church
Part of Common Pleas
Jefferson County
Ohio
County of
Jefferson
State of
Empire
Market Street
Geo. Hinkle
John Q. Adams
Austin Geer
Henry Hughey
J. P. Young
The
W. R. Alban
Island Creek
Steubenville
Ohio River
Molly Nelson
Ella A. Boren
J. F. Robertson
R. M
E. T. Castner
David Robinson
John Ford
David Robinson Heirs
Steubenville and
Knoxville
J. D. Grafton
J. & Grafton
John W. Fleming
Samuel Speaker
Susan Grafton
John Yocum
J. Crawford
EK. Castner
Leah Paul
R. and
E. Castner
Corporation
City of
Steubenville Corporation
Awaiting The Joyful Sound
A vintage advert promotes Mother s Friend by Bradfield Regulator Co as an abdominal remedy for expectant mothers. It claims to prevent pain and weakness, ease pregnancy tension, and aid natural muscle expansion during childbirth. Available at drug stores and via Bradfield, Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradfield Regulator, Co
Lamar Building
Atlanta, Ga
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Joe Toney
Sloan
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Welch
Okla
R. D. Burcoyye
Maysville
J. Underwoopd
Warren Ave
Chicago
Til
Tam
Earl S. Sloan
Boston, Mass
News BY Wire
Eastern Ohio
Ugh
William G. Harries
Mansfield & Merryman Attorneys
Harry A. Bell
Probate
Mott
Williams Mfg. CO
Props
Henderson Drug Co
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Steel Co
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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