Deliberate attempt to wreck crowded Altamont street car
Motorman Mort Quillen prevented a wreck on the Mingo traction line at Altamont switch when stones were placed on the spur and a switch opened to lure a northbound passenger car into dirt cars. About 100 passengers escaped injury as Quillen braved danger to brake the car. Foreign workers are suspected as investigators review the tampered switch and future safety measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mingo
Altamontewitch
Mort Quillen
Quillen
Altamont
Marsh
Wheeling
Toronto Man G A Finch Selected On Eighth Ballot
Prof G A Finch of Toronto Ohio high school was chosen superintendent of Martins Ferry public schools on the eighth ballot to succeed L E York who moves to Massillon Ohio The salary is 2000 The list of applicants included Strong Malta Pemberton Butcher Angel Moody Williams Peterson Timmons Kinney Mitchell and Eaton</s>
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Finch
Toronto
Ohio
Martins Ferry
L. E. York
Massillon
Finch
Torontuites
Strong
Malta
Pemberton
New Lexington
W. R. Butcher
Barnesville
Angel
Dennison
Moody
Flushing
Williams
Newark
Peterson
Timmons
Kinney
Mitchell
Eaton
Obstruction on Sixteen Ridge Sets Off Legal Action
Warning from the office states the parties who blocked the Sixteen Ridge road on May 7 and endangered a young autoist are known. It notes prior offenses and vows prosecution to the full extent of the law if repeat incidents occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixteen Ridge
Death Notices of Archie Michenselt and James Marquis
Archie Theodore Michenselt infant son of Crant and Jennie Michenselt died at 118 North Third Street on Friday at 1 50 am after a brief illness from convulsions. Burial will be in Vandergrift, Pa after funeral services on Saturday. James Taggart Marquis, 86, died at his home near Burgetts Town, Washington County. He was born on the family farm, married to Mary C. Bucher in 1861, celebrated golden wedding recently, survived by nine children, and served as a Presbyterian elder for 46 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie Theodore
Crant
Jennie Michenselt
North Third Street
Vandergrift
James Taggart Marquis
Burgettstown
Washington County
Mr. Marquis
John Marquis
William Henry Harrison
Mary C. Bucher
Marquis
Presbyterian Church
Cross Creek
Funeral for George M. Ingler at Ridge Avenue Home
Relatives and friends packed the 1414 Ridge avenue residence Friday afternoon for funeral services led by Rev. Miller and the M. P. choir. The flag draped casket was carried by his sons David William Harry George Milton Ingler and son-in-law William Grafton to the grave. Stanton Post G. A. R. guarded the cortege and officiated the burial per G. A. R. ritual. Flower bearers were Alan Brown William Graf ton Sr. and Garfield Tappe, all grandsons of Ingler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Ingler
Ridge Avenue
Miller
M. P
David
William
Harry
George
Milton Ingler
William Grafton
Stanton Post G. A. R
Ways and Means Panel Debates Wool Tariff Split
Washington May 15 The House Ways and Means Committee opened an executive session on the wool schedule seeking a consensus. Seven Democrats oppose free wool while seven push for a duty, with a possible compromise of a 50 percent tariff reduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
Morgan Killed in Freight Locomotive Disaster at Connorsville
G S Morgan fireman was killed when a freight locomotive derailed on a mine switch at Connorsville. Engineer Joseph Young narrowly escaped by leaping free and was uninjured. Morgan, of Sherrodsville, Ohio, leaves a family. The engine toppled over an embankment trapping him post crash. His body was recovered and taken to Sherrodsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connorsville
G. $. Morgan
Joseph Young
Young
Morgan
Sherrodsville
Real estate transfers involving multiple Madison area properties
A list of property conveyances records numerous buyers and sellers across townships and the city. Transactions include: Jared A Hawkins to Ben Hawkins for a Springfield township lot at 60 dollars. William Vaughan to Wilmer Coleman for a Pleasant Heights Lot 4 block 1 at 2800. Margaret Bellville to John McClave for Harmony lot 12 at 3200. and subsequent transfers including Harmony Lot 12 to Russel Houk for 3800. Additional deeds cover Salem township 124 acres for 4000. Smithfield township 23.00 acres for 50. Mingo Belter second addition part lot 12 for 1. Mt Pleasant township Lot unspecified for 100. Turnbull’s addition city lot 14 for 1400. and other parcels with prices from 1 to 11,085 dollars. Included are Warren Smithfield twp, Wells & Wilson’s addition city parcels, Beatty’s second addition city lot 62, and various 100- to 46c- dollar figures, with heirs and spouses listed in many deeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jared A. Hawkins
Ben H. Hawkins
Springfield Township
William Vaughan
Wilmer G. Coleman
Pleasant Heights
City
Margaret Bellville
John McClave
Harmony
Russel Houk
J. C. Kirkpatrick
James A. Kirkpatrick
Wm. H. Caderhead
Geo. W. Heath
Adena
Nancy Sixsmith
Martha J Moore
Warren
Smithfield
Ada M. Roberts
Mary J. Opperman
Wells & Wilson
Stewart M. Wilson
Bertha A Wilson
Beatty
Frank R. Deyarman
Mabel C. Ulrich
Degarmon
Warren Township
W. E. Steinmetz
John N. Maple
Dorrance
Bergholz
Walter Culver
James A. Frazier
la Belle View
John W. Porter
Admr
Sarah D Teneyck
Island Creek
Grand jury probe resumes in Columbus with tests and hopes
The Columbus grand jury reopens on May 15 with plans to adjourn Wednesday after indictments. Officials expect convicting some lawmakers to trigger confessions aiding further work. Detective W. J. Burns will arrive tomorrow for trials, after a delay in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
W. J. Burns
New York
Cold Feet Halt Doodling Probe. Panel Adjourns
The Senate committee investigating doodling has adjourned at the chairman’s call amid charges of whitewashing. Expecting the grand jury report, the panel may delay further inquiry. Four legislators indicted for bribery face trial next week: Nye Wednesday, Andrews and Deigel Thursday, Huffman Friday. Deigel also faces an extra charge Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Senate Committee
Nye
Andrews
Rodney Deigel
Huffman
Deigel
President Taft to Attend Stanton Statue Unveiling
Washington May 12 Joseph B Doyle and James Mc Conville of Steubenville invited President Taft to attend the unveiling of the Stanton Statue in Steubenville on September 7 likely to accept so reports say.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph B Doyle
Errand James McConville
Steubenville
Taft
Stanton
Miner killed at Florence mine near Martin's Ferry
Mike Hance a 30 year old foreigner at the Florence mine of the Y and O Company above Martin's Ferry was buried under a stone fall yesterday afternoon and almost killed. The body was later taken in charge by Undertaker Noble of Martin's Ferry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Hance
Florence
Y. & O. Company
Martin's Ferry
Undertaker Noble
Judge Backs Lynching Fallout in Indefinite Term
Newark Ohio May 12 Judge Nichols sentences Vincent Sutley 23 to an indefinite term in Mansfield Reformatory after guilty plea to manslaughter in the Etherington lynching. He criticizes local residents for failing to intervene and prevent the mob action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Nicholas
Mansfield Reformatory
Vincent Sutley
Etherington
Coroner rules death by own action in Warrenton drowning
Coroner Foster files verdict on Minnie Demcce who drowned in the river on February 14th the night she was to be married. The inquest verdict declares death caused by her own action. Her body was recovered after several months’ absence, causing a public sensation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster
Minnie Demcce
Warrenton
Tragic Fence Bar Breaks Neck of Hickory Child
Margaret Holdt, three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Holdt of Hickory Pennsylvania, died instantly after a yard accident when a downed bar collapsed across her neck as she crawled under a gate. Her mother worked in the kitchen nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret
Charles Holdt
Hickory
School superintendents elected in Cambridge and Carrollton
Edgar E Muller of New Cumberland West Virginia has been elected superintendent of Cambridge city schools at 1800 dollars yearly. G E Bell is unanimously reelected superintendent of Carrollton public schools for three years at 200 dollars more per year. The annual commencement will be held Thursday evening May 26 with class address by L E York of Martins Ferry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar E. Muller
New Cumberland
W. Va
Cambridge
Ohio
G. E. Bell
Carrollton
Supt
L. E. York
Martins Ferry
Alley D Improvement Ordinance in Steubenville 1911
City council determines to proceed with Alley D from Logan Street to Ross Street paving with fire brick and curbs. Damages to be judicially inquired. costs shared by frontage assessments and city funding. bonds issued for city portion. contract to lowest bidder. ordinance takes effect per law. Passed May 2 1911.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logantreet
Ross Street
Department of Public Service
Steubenville
Ohio
City of
City
Director of Public Service
John J. Dillon
Council
Free Turnpike Notice in Jefferson County Ohio
Petitioners led by E H Lewis seek to establish a free turnpike road across Jefferson and nearby lands, from Laine township through Hammondsville to the county line. A 10 mill tax for 25 years is requested to fund the project, with hearings set in Steubenville on May 26, 1911.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Ohio
Steubenville
Laine Township
Houseolder
Lisbon
Weatherberry
E. H Lewis
G. A. Frink
Hammondsville
Inio
Cleveland and
Itisburg R. R
Irondale
Columbiana County
Yellow Creek
Dings
Ioldings
East Liverpool Street
R. R
Foreclosure Notice in Steubenville Building & Loan Suit
In Jefferson county Ohio the Commercial National Bank sues Isador Matyskiela Jacob Glinsky Ralph B Cohen and Sophia Matyskiela with Sophia added as defendant. The Steubenville Building and Loan Association seeks foreclosure on lot 35 in Stouterville Coal and Mining addition. Defendants must answer by June 26 or judgment will be entered. Miller and Miller attorneys for the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isador Matyskiela
Jacob Glinsky
Steubenville Building and Loan Association Company
Ralph B. Cohen
Sophia Matyskiela
Isador Matuskiela
Sophia Matyckiela
Steubenville Building & Loan Association Company
Court of Common Pleas
Jefferson County
Ohio
Sophia Matuskiela
County of
Jefferson
Steubenville
Stouterville Coal & Mining Company
The
Miller & Miller
Executor's Notice of Appointment in Ohio Probate
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been duly appointed and qualified as Executor and J. W. Jordan has been appointed and qualified as Administrator with the will annexed of J. R. Winn, deceased, of Knox township, Jefferson County, Ohio. Dated this day of May, 19. Mary B. Cooper, J. W. Jordan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Jordan
J. R. Winn
Ate
Knox Township
Jefferson County
Ohio
Mary B. Cooper
Luciyan Wengeteski
Wingilewski
Steubenville Township
Lambert Friedl
A. D. Weinstein
Steubenville
Morris B. Weinstein
Fred M. Coleman
Samuel Z. Alexander
James Alexander
Probate Court Notice From Jefferson County Hearings Set
In Jefferson county probate court accounts filed for multiple estates including James H Warner Edward Warner William Cartman Agnes Cadman Joseph B Doyle Jacob L Fisher Nicola Cerri George H Smith Thomas M Snodgrass Margaret Harrington Spillan J Waggoner James E Finley John A Waggoner Asa F Hooper Joseph Farina Hudson L Taylor John J Scott William B Goucher William O Brien William Still Russell Huntsberger Clorinda Izer Amos P Hammond William H Thompson Objections to passing accounts must be filed by the hearing date Judge McCLEARY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
James H. Warner
Edward
Warner
William Cartman
Agnes Cadman
Joseph B. Doyle
Mark Rogers
Jacob L. Fisher
William E. Fisher
Nicola Cerri
Augusto Pietrangeli
George H. Smith
Jacob F. Smith
Thomas M. Snodgrass
William C. Snodgrass
Margaret Harrington Spillan
William Harrington Et al
J. \. Waggoner
Notice of partition in Steubenville property case
Emma Kennedy files a partition petition in Jefferson County Common Pleas Court Case No 10437 against Frank Emma May Mace Harry Charlie Jackson and unknown heirs seeking division of Lot 1 in MacMurray addition Steubenville with Jennie Vaughan’s portion excluded. Defendants must answer by July 1, 1911. judgment may be entered. May 4 1911. J W Jordan Attorney for Plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Jackson
Emma Jackson
May Jackson
Mace Jackson
Harry Jackson
Charlie Jackson
Emma Kennedy
Common Pleas Court
Jefferson County
Ohio
County of
Jefferson
State of
Steubenville
MacMurray
Jennie M. Vaughan
Notice of Probate Hearing for Szabo Will in Jefferson County
Notice is given to Julia Szabo Covats and other Szabo heirs in Hungary and Ohio that a document claimed as the last will of John Szabo, deceased of Dillonvale Jefferson County Ohio, was filed for probate. A hearing is set in Steubenville on May 23, 1911 at 1:30 p.m. before Judge J. R. McCleary with attorney Frank H. Kerr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Szabo Covats
Connorsville
Ohio
Julia Mege Szabo
Lazslo Szabo
Elizabeth Szabo
Susanna Szabo
Szilice
Gomormegye
Hungary
John Szabo
Dillonvale
Jefferson County
Steubenville
J. R. McCleary
Frank H. Kerr
Appointment of administrator for Margaret Berry estate
Described as duly appointed and qualified as administrator of the estate of Margaret Berry deceased. Location Richmond in Salem township Jefferson county Ohio. Dated April 28 1911. J Cook Riley Richmond Ohio. 2Baprids
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Eeart
Margaret Berry
Richmond
Salem Township
Jefferson County
Ohio
J. Cook Riley
Frank H. Kerr
Administrator's Notice of Appointment for Luciyan Wengeteski
Administrator Lambert Friedl publishes notice of appointment for the deceased Luciyan Wengeteski alias Wingilewski of Steubenville township Jefferson county Ohio dated May 1 with final probate actions to follow.
Steubenville Coal Lot 35 Faces Sheriff Sale
Izador Matzekieta and Jacob Glisky defendants. By order of the Court of Common Pleas Jefferson County Ohio the sheriff will offer at public sale on Monday June 5 at 1 pm at the front door of the Jefferson county courthouse Steubenville lot 35 in The Steubenville Coal and Mining Company addition appraised 2400 cash terms. James Murray sheriff. Erskine and Smith attorneys. smy-5tw-H For Sale Poland China male hog one year old last September. W Fred Livingston Rayland O. 4may3tw
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Izador Matzekieta
Jacob Glisky
Court of Common Pleas
Jefferson County
Ohio
Towit
County of
Jefferson
State of
Steubenville
Steubenville Coal & Mining Company
James Murray
Erskine & Smith
Administrator appointed for A D Weinstein estate
Morris B Weinstein named administrator of the estate of A D Weinstein deceased of Steubenville Jefferson County Ohio dated April 24. Attorney Fred M Coleman listed. Publication appears April 27 to May 3.
Dillonvale Church seeks mortgage in Jefferson County
The Dillonvale Presbyterian Church of Dillonvale Ohio petitions the Jefferson County Court of Common Pleas for authority to encumber real estate with a mortgage to the Board of Church Erection Fund of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. The petition will be heard on and after May 20 1911. W C Brown Attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Common Pleas
Jefferson County
Ohio
Dillonvale
United States
America
Dillonvale Presbyterian Church
W. C. Brown
Estate of Samuel Z Alexander Deceased Knox Township Ohio
Probate notice states the estate of Samuel Z Alexander late of Knox township Jefferson county Ohio. Dated April 29. Attorneys James Alexander and J W Jordan. Public filing details and deadlines appear in the notice.
Steubenville Building and Loan vs Ballogs Foreclosure Notice
Court of Common Pleas Jefferson County Ohio notices the Steubenville Building and Loan Association files in 1911 for 847.31 plus interest at 7 percent on a promissory note with mortgage foreclosure. Defendants Mike Ballog and Mary Ballog of Tolleston Indiana must answer by May 20, 1911 or default judgment and sale of described real estate in Mingo Junction will follow. The lot lies in Section 27, Township 2, Range 1 with a 15 foot right of way and is part of the former Risher Farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Ballog
Mary Ballog
Tolleston
Indiana
Steubenville Building and Loan Association Company
Court of Common Pleas
Jefferson County
Ohio
Senate
State of
Mingo Junction
Eetna Standard Iron and Steel Company
Risher Farm
Steubenville Building & Loan
W. McD
Miller
Miller & Miller
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Martins
Mittee
McFeely Bros
Sch and
Adams Street
Toe Young
Realty
Colum
Ing
Steu
Benville
Mount Union College
Liane
College of Liberal Arts
Mount Union Academy
Mount Union Conservatory of Music
William Hew McMaster
Hugh W. Patterson
Thomas W. Porter
E. H. Lewis
Commercial National Bank
Sheriff's Sale
Commrcial National Bank of
Poland
China
W. Fred Livingston
Rayland
the Steubenville Building and Loan Association Company
Plaintiff
Miners & Mechanic’s Bank
Edward Nicholson
Winfield Scott
John G. Wanenmacher
South Fourth Street
David McGowan
W. S. Walker
John Potter
Sec
Treas
John A. Kithcart
Thomas Barclay
John Bentz
Snuy. Eims, W. Walker
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