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Newspaper
Steubenville Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1912
Page
2
A column recalling era’s dances and politics contrasts grandmothers poise with a nation in election heat. It muses on past performances like the turkey trot and minuet while noting Roosevelt and party politics, suggesting a shift from grand entertainments to modern political discourse.
Gilson is poised as the county representative. Hollingsworth holds a large majority over opponents Gregg and Smith as Belmont County favors Hollingsworth with more votes than both rivals combined. Carl Smith notes one vote can matter, hinting at possible luck to break even.
Personal travel notes show S Brown of Colliers as a business visitor in the city on Wednesday. Mrs. Fred Powers travels to Indiana to visit relatives. Mrs. Joan W. Forney and Mrs. J Iva McCullough spend Thursday in Pittsburg. Miss Ida Moren of Jeddo shops and calls on friends in the city. Miss Catherine Floyd of Winterville shops and visits. Mrs. H B Boren of Youngstown visits the Stenger family on West Market Street. Mrs. William Curnis departs with children to spend the summer at a Mt. Pleasant country home. Rose Loretta returns from a visit to Bellaire hosted by Alma White. Sabonia Peters returns home to Canal Dover after visits to Steubenville and Pittsburg. Wilmia Fiest visiting in the city.
A stream of visitors and social events fills the city scenes. Mrs HO chairs a ball, Belle Mills stockholders meet in Wheff, Miss Emma Winterville heads to Toledo, and Mrs Ellen Alexander travels to Cambridge Springs. Families and friends from Akron to Pittsburgh visit, with birthdays, luncheons, and sewing activities at U P Church parlor highlighting a busy social week.
Mr B J Betz died suddenly at his home near Knoxville last evening at six o'clock. He had suffered arterial hardening over the past year but remained about the house. He was in his thirty sixth year. Survived by his wife and two daughters Mrs Frank Crawford of Steubenville and Mrs Daisy Jackson at home. Funeral plans not yet completed.
Visitors and movements across towns include Misses Ste and Amelia Cooper returning home in Uhrichsville. Mr and Mrs Spencer Cooper of Knoxville shopped in Toronto on Wednesday. W H Gray of Port Homer visited his ill wife at C M Gray's home yesterday. Andrew Mitchell called on friends in Steubenville. Grace daughter of Jasoo of Croxton Run visits sister Mrs John Dond.
Charles N Megrail 24 and Flossie Bell 25 of Bloomingdale. George Dodasovic 24 and Milicia Dodasovic 16 of Steubenville.
Milli Mianuturch was arrested on an affidavit in Squire Lawler's court charged with criminal assault on Mrs Fabian aged 16. Mrs Mary Dailey was sent to the workhouse for 66 days on a cruelty charge.
John Marti aged 56 and Miss Mary Derdorff aged 31, living as an unmarried couple with their illegitimate child on a farm near Wainright, Tuscarawas County, obtained a marriage license and were married in Probate Judge Parnhill's court after Humane Officer Jackson threatened prison. The union aims to name the child and set up a legal heir to the life estate holder's farm.
Postoffice Inspector Harry R. West, formerly Uhrichsville assistant postmaster, visited Uhrichsville with his family. Since joining the inspector service last November he has been located in Kentucky and will soon transfer to Ohio with headquarters possibly at Steubenville.
Harry Wallace aged 20 and Eugene Thompson aged 17, sons of prominent families, were drowned at Coshocton yesterday. The tragedy occurred during an incident that drew attention from the community and local authorities. Authorities are investigating the circumstances as residents mourn the youths’ deaths.
Panic struck visitors in Goshocton as an old leaking skiff flooded rapidly. They jumped into the river from the bank during a river ride and are feared drowned. Authorities continued dragging the river for the missing bodies.
Renton Campbell of Columbus, descendant of Robert E. Fulton, has perfected and patented an automatic photoscope that reproduces human voice and features for moving picture display. He also invented a 25 h.p. engine run by ichemicals at about one cent per hour. He is a Buckeye born at Gilmore.
A dispute between two foreign boys on North Eighth Street last evening ended with one boy striking the other on the head using the broken top of a stone jug, causing a deep gash.
The text appears as a garbled OCR fragment from a 1912 election record, with scattered numbers, dates, and names. Readable entities include only fragmented references to elections and timing, lacking a coherent narrative or locatable events.
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