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Newspaper
Steubenville Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1908
Page
6
Reverend Eaton and Reverend Parks preached to Presbyterian and Methodist congregations on homecoming Sundays. Fernwood residents attended funerals, weddings, and social visits. the Fernwood Dramatic Club staged Uncle Josh's Courtship. Preparations for Memorial Day ceremonies, cemetery services, and soldiers’ observances are announced, with local families visiting relatives in Steubenville and Chester.
Rev Charley Parks preached at Long’s M E Church to a large audience Sunday. Porter and wife shopped in Steubenville. Avna Darason improving after illness. House cleaning and summer lunches. Young people performed in Bloomfield Friday night with “Isiah’s Countship.” Miss Etta Long visited Aunt in Bloomfield. Flowers from George Hart’s at Pernwood. wheat looks good. Corn planted. some replanting due to seeds. Sheep shearing begins. harvest expected. I pitch festival on lawn at Our MFB church Saturday May 30. an evening with ts.
Miss Pearl Loyd of Allegheny Hospital returns to duties after a pleasant visit with her sister Mrs Baxter Rinehart. Mrs Dr Donehoo has been visiting.
Wm Carson visited Bantam Ridge while many residents hosted guests from Steubenville Wintersville and Fair Play. A large gathering hosted the Glee Club with Parlor games and a moonlit drive home after an evening of social pastimes and assorted guests including the McElroys Scott and Andrews families.
The town celebrates 18 months since incorporation with hopes of a Mayoral and Council government. Abundant crops predicted amid muddy roads. Memorial Day services planned May 30 with decoration at 10 am and exercises at 1 pm led by Rev. Bo M. Hughgart. S. M. Dorrance ill in bed. Mrs. Sears has died. Village building improvements noted.
Miss Mary Leeper daughter of a former Yellow Creek U P pastor and now a successful kindergarten teacher in the Carolinas is visiting old friends here. Rev Mr Mercer of Allegheny Seminary preached in the U P church on
Sabbath notes a candidate for a now vacant position and Mrs Stevenson’s friendship. Ward Moore of Bergholz badly injured in a Provo horse incident on Saturday. Rawlins of Richmond advances Misses Moore residence concrete arch work. Yellow Creek floods hinder fishing after heavy rain. vegetation thriving. Mrs Lyle an elderly woman regarded as very poorly.
The Y P C of the Presbyterian church plans a festival on the evening of May 30. Grants welfridge of Alliance was in town Wednesday taking orders for buggies. Mrs Clyde Snyder of Germany visited her sister Mrs Harry Miller Saturday. Miss Maggie Slates shopped at Amsterdam last week. Mr and Mrs Alva Hewitt and family of Sebring are visiting relatives here. Mrs George Hoobler of Annapolis was in town recently. Mrs John Maple is ill. A car load of fine cattle arrived. Mrs Bell, sister of Mrs James Nesbit, has returned home. Sarah Elder of Monroeville stayed with her sister Mrs Will Elliott. Mahlon Carnes of Wattsville was in town on business Saturday.
A Cadiz lot sale drew many locals. The Jewett Bank farm was sold to Wheeling and Jewett parties with oil wells started and two manufacturing firms discussed for the site. Local residents visited relatives, and May 22 will host the high school commencement for eight graduates. A postcard shower celebrated Mrs Barrack’s ninety seventh birthday.
In Reed's Mills last week farmers planted corn while Mrs. Belle Gilkinson served as delegate to the Home and Foreign Missionary Societies meeting in Uhrichsville Ohio and visited her son Dr A W Gilkinson of New Philadelphia. The Reed's Mills Telephone Co purchased a top drop switch board and will operate it by midweek. A fishing party including Rd Warren wife and Miss Agnes Floyd enjoyed an evening along Cross Creek. Mrs Sarah Cookson and children visited friends here. An oil well on the Michael Scanlin farm west of town produced a cluster last week. John A Porter and George E Leech, who served on the petit jury, were excused to tend farm work. Fred Allen and George Ross rebuilt barb wire fence for G W Chalfant. Mrs James C Bowers returned from a visit with daughter Mrs Sarah Hosterman of Adena.
In Amsterdam Jesse Naragon took his children to see the elephant in Alliance. Miss Matted Knox and Mrs Luella Lindsay attended a missionary convention in Uhrichsville. Mrs Nina McNaughton of Mt. Union visited Mrs A L Curry. Percy Tetlow of the United Mine Workers was in town on official business Saturday. Emma Phillips returned from Cleveland. Harry Wilcoxton transferred by Y and O Coal to near Washington Pennsylvania. Children’s day planned by Presbyterians on June 14. Lafe Allen bought the Baysinger stable behind the new hotel. William Lightfoot family moved to a new home in Briceland’s addition.
Rayland Mrs F C Campbell and her granddaughter Imogene visit Pittsburg relatives as preparations begin for Presbyterian church commencement late this month. Graduates include Clara Buchanan Emma Greenfee and Harold Haughton. Teachers appointed: George Stringer principal Clara Green intermediate Esther Gillespie primary. T Betton bought a fine piano from C A House of Wheeling and had it sent home.
Seasonable visitors to Steubenville and Tiltonsville circulate greetings while residents engage in church events, host chicken suppers, and family visits. Notable moves include Ben Betton’s promotion to Massillon, O, and Edith Stringer joining O'Brien family as they depart for Canton suburbs. Local updates include travelers, ill health, and parish life with frequent neighbors and kin across Wheeling, Martins Ferry, Follansbee, and Steubenville.
W E Crossley reports compiled statistics for Steubenville Sunday schools including 17 city schools, 339 officers and teachers, 2024 scholars, 302 in six home departments, 2560 cradle roll babies, total 4320 membership and 2145 average attendance. Nine adult classes hold 283 members. 163 accessions in 1907, 456 over three years.
For sale a ten acre tract in Richmond Ohio with good buildings, soft and hard water, and plentiful fruit trees. Excellent land for gardening. Call on or address Miss Samantha Ryan, Richmond, Ohio.
An extensive tax assessor ledger details values for dwellings, frames, bricks, outbuildings, stables, stores, and other property across many towns. It lists owners like Davis, Fish, Gilchrist, Johnston, Millsack, Speidel, Weth ere, Campbell, Ciampoli, Donato, Degarmo, Klepadio, Lup ton, and many more, with figures ranging from a few hundred to several thousand dollars.
Visiting Loomis speaker Carl H. Smith urged local business men to stand by each other and echoed Cleveland leaders Blaine and McKinley. He urged peace among rivals, praised harmony, and highlighted value of a united business spirit. Committee thanks extended to Prof. Davies and quartet, George Winters soloist, and Geo. Huscroft for 300 car nation donations. Pictures of Half Moon farm by H. C. Cook Co. were appreciated.
The County Board of Equivization of property outside the City of Steuben ville will be in session on Wednesday and Friday of each week until July 1, 1908 at the office of the County Commissioners at Steubenville O. Those having business before the Board please take notice. By order of the Board. J M Reynolds County Auditor and Sec y of Board M22 6t
Notice announces Ernest Bickerstaff appointed and qualified as Administrator of the estate of Samuel H. Bickerstaff late of Steubenville Ohio Jefferson County. Dated May 16 1908. Also mentions church service at St James Episcopal Church next Sunday May 24 at 3 pm led by Rev Edwin B Redhead.
Executors announce sale of the late Isaac Verdes farm lands at the front door of the Court House at one o clock Central Standard time on June 8. The sale transfers ownership by auction to the highest bidder following legal probate actions.
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