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Newspaper
Steubenville Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1907
Page
7
In a tense confrontation at Glenarm, Squire Glenarm defies a sheriff-backed eviction as Morgan and armed followers storm the grounds. A firefight looms near the lake and the house, with Stoddard and Bates coordinating defense while Morgan presses for capture.
The scene shows Stoddard reading the Greek testament after a meager breakfast while Bates reports a summons at the outer wall. Larry and the narrator head to answer, sending Bates to watch the lake as tension rises.
The body of 73 year old farmer Thomas McElraney was found mangled beside the railroad track between Adena and Unionvale after he apparently was struck by a train while walking home from Dillonvale on a Saturday evening around 6. He had been traveling by rail earlier and did not alight at Adena. The man resided with his daughter on a farm, and his death occurred near the hill by Adena.
Winfield Whitten aged about 56, a former Mt. Pleasant farmer, shot himself in the heart with a double barrel shotgun in Flenniken's livery office at Smithfield between 6 and 7 am Sunday. The act appears premeditated due to domestic trouble with his wife who had left him. He seated himself in a chair, opened his shirt, and pushed the trigger with a slat he whittled himself, dropping the gun as he fell. Found by a coworker around 7:30 am, he died after being removed to Burriss Undertaking Rooms. He leaves a wife at Piney Fork, several grown children, and siblings. his father Joshua Whitten resides in Mt. Pleasant.
On Saturday, two adjoining-property owners Todd Fleming and T M Close on Pleasant Hill clashed over a boundary line, escalating a neighbor dispute. Further details not provided.
Fleming and Close, once agreeing to split fence work, clashed over chicken intrusions into Close’s garden. An argument escalated to a fight leaving Close badly punished with a serious eye injury. He was taken to Gill hospital for surgery and is improving this afternoon.
Rev Dr George B Smith at First M E Church showcased Stanton as a Christian whose faith guided his Civil War efforts. He cited probationary and full church membership in Steubenville, Bible study, poetry on Bible topics, and letters praising divine aid in defeating the rebellion.
A wedding at the home of Mr and Mrs Wm Carson in Hammondsville joined Mayme Carson and H Stewart McGrail of Richmond Ohio. The ceremony took place at noon with the wedding march played by Miss Leila Wiles and the couple seated before a lush display of greenery and flowers.
Rev. P. M. Phillips pronounced the words uniting the couple for life. A wedding dinner followed as friends showered congratulations. The bride wore white silk mull and carried bridal roses. The groom wore conventional attire and both were described as refined and popular in a circle of friends. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Wm Kerr Irondale and several other local couples and relatives.
Rosanna Racke files suit against John G Racke seeking divorce and restoration to maiden name McDermott plus an injunction against harassment or home visits. She cites marriage on October 21 1903 in Steubenville and alleges habitual drunkenness neglect and inability to provide, along with extreme cruelty including hitting and scarring. Attorney FE D Erskine. In a separate matter the Wabash Pittsburg Terminal v Wayne Coal Co. case the temporary restraining order is modified to let the defendant complete a partially constructed ditch to drain the mine temporarily with no net increase in water flow beyond what is necessary.
Rev McLord of Bloomfield preached a memorial sermon at the Presbyterian Church last night. The discourse was elegant and eloquent in diction with strong depth of thought and was greatly appreciated by attendees.
Benton Tarr, residing near Brilliant, secured a large swarm on Thursday from a cherry tree limb. He cut the limb and gathered a half bushel of bees, hiring them. He values the bees for pollination to aid his fruit crops rather than honey. Tarr has planted hundreds of fruit vines.
Edward Schocksnider of Los Angeles California is named in a divorce petition filed May 1 1907 in the Court of Common Pleas of Jefferson County Ohio case Re 8599. Hearing set on or after July 20 1907 for gross neglect of duty with E E Erskine and Carl H Smith as attorneys for the plaintiff.
Public auction to sell real estate in Dillonvale Jefferson county Ohio scheduled for June 17 1907 at 1 pm. Property described as Lot No 30 in Watson and Thomasson First Addition with ap proximately 2500 dollar appraised value. Terms cash. E L Finley attorney for plaintiff. Administrator appointed for David Taylorson estate Amsterdam Springfield township Jefferson county Ohio dated May 11 1667. THOMAS JONES attorney.
Jefferson county Ohio invites sealed proposals for furnishing and spreading screened limestone and limestone screenings for free turnpikes and constructing breakers, with specifications on file May 15 1907. Proposals due noon EST June 4 1907.
By order of the County Commissioners the bids are rejected. J M Reynolds County Auditor confirms the action ending the bidding process and notifying bidders of the outcome.
A public auction will be held by Sheriff D D Vorhees on June 8 1907 at 1 p m at the Steubenville courthouse for property described as let ten acres in Section 28 township 8 range 2 bounded by Big Yellow Creek and Henry Leatherberry. Appraised at 250 dollars. Terms cash. Attorneys for plaintiff E Erskine and Carl H Smith.
The Jefferson County Ohio Court of Common Pleas orders a public auction on Monday June 24 1907 at 2 PM at the Steubenville courthouse front door. Two tracts on Main Street in Watson and Thomasson’s Dillonvale Addition, owner I Oliver Guyton, appraised total 2000 dollars with each tract valued at 1000 dollars. Cash terms. Sold under a court order to satisfy plaintiff Anne H G Brown versus Isaac O Guyton Love M Guyton Mary A Kitheart David B Jeffries and East Ohio Lumber Co. Proceeds follow legal directions. Vendors D F Vorhees W C Brown agents.
Martin Caufield files petition in the Court of Common Pleas of Jefferson county Ohio seeking partition of Steubenville lots 1 2 and 33 in Morris addition with 42 and a half feet off the west end of lot 1 and coal underlying. defendants Lilian Caufield and Teresa Caufield reside Adrian Michigan and must answer by July 13 1907.
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