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Newspaper
Steubenville Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1908
Page
3
In Colliers West Virginia, the Harlem club held its first dance in the 10. Q. F. hall with music by Rausch's orchestra. Ongoing oyster supper event by M. E. church members plus brisk yard business and several local social updates are noted.
Wilmer and Wallace and wife of Brush Creek attended the M. E. church lecture Friday evening. Mrs Tinlin visits her ill daughter Mrs Homer Beidler. A holiday goods exhibition runs in main stores. Mrs James Nesbit is seriously ill. Ollie Wilson and family visited Charles Duke and wife at their new Jumbo mines home. Charles Gamble of Cleveland stayed with Mr and Mrs Harry Miller. Miss Francis Waggoner Mar Myers and Hattie Thompson dined with Scott Allen and family. Anna Miller, injured in a buggy accident, is now able to move about. Moore and Starn visited their lady friends at Annapolis Saturday.
Bloomfield closes a active week in the local option campaign with stirring addresses by Rev A W Gruber Hon M N Duval Andrew Forsythe Rev MacLeod and Rev Chas Parks. Attendance was large. Rev John Cavitt preached an eloquent sermon in the U P Church and plans to return from India. Local residents host visitors, mark family movements, and celebrate the Jefferson county victory with band fireworks and community gatherings as the W F M S marks its fifth anniversary with Dr R E Beetham headlining.
A silver offering will be taken as the male quartet presents a concert. All are cordially invited to come and hear Dr. Beetham.
In East Springfield A M Lyons and Frank Murphy spoke on local option at the Presbyterian church 2 10 a m followed by Rev George Smith and David Gruber from Steubenville at 3 p m The village cast 109 dry votes and 8 wet Also notes residents work on Wolf Run timber hall building Main street storeroom and other local changes including a new baby and a finger injury at a feed mill
A saloon issue drew crowds as Mr Gruber Esa and Dr. Robinson urged Smithfield voters to back the dry ticket. Mass meetings filled the church, schoolchildren joined a parade led by the Smithfield Corner Band, and local ministers spoke before locals debated the vast issue, ending with mixed support among electors.
Dr Young of Washington preached at the Presbyterian church on Sabbath. Rev Logan left for Pennsylvania on business and to visit his brother. Miss Kate Elliott is sick with pneumonia but slowly improving. John Finley of Washington is in on business and visiting friends. Farmers butcher hogs and prep for winter as springs and wells run low and many pray for rain. The Miners and Merchants Bank opens in first class order. Samuel Cope of Topeka Kansas visits family and plans a winter in New Orleans with his son. Oil well on Chas Galbreath farm down 700 feet and watched by locals. Miss Nellie Wood bedridden and weakening. Saloons ballot looms, temperance movement spreading from Belmont to Jefferson counties. Prof Binckley’s article in the Weekly Herald urged reading. Mrs Vermillion returns from aunt Shadwell’s bedside in Steubenville. Rounds Ladies Orchestra gave a fine Town Hall entertainment Wednesday eve.
Jefferson county moves through a dramatic week as Local Option supporters rally with a parade of school children and a feast. The Smithfield campaign opened on Tuesday evening November 17 with Jay S. Paisley challenging long held beliefs while praising past efforts.
A ledger of real estate transfers records numerous transactions across townships and cities. Names include Christine Messersmith, George Maxwell, Dora Broman, Catherine Cattrell, Mary Peterson, William Leas, John Leas, William Stringer, George Stringer, Nathan Naylor estate, William Foster, Leslie Parr, J Aeneyek, Monroeville Cemetery, Anton Popko, Isaac Blake, Jas Frazer, La Belle View entries, and many others with parcels of land, lots, and cemeteries traded for amounts ranging from $1 to $3,500. The list notes locations such as Pleasant Heights, Sprigfield, Bergholz, Salem, Cross Creek, Wayne, Island Creek, Adena, Knox, Toronto, Brush Creek, and La Belle View, with several undivided halves and half-lots involved.
The West Virginia report identifies thirty three dry counties and fifteen partly dry counties with limited saloon access, leaving seven all wet counties. In the Wheeling district areas Wetzel Jefferson Fayette Mingo Mercer and McDowell counties are wet.
An incandescent lamp in a green shade when aimed at the ceiling spreads soft diffused light. It provides ample brightness for a room with no reading activity and casts no shadows.
The drys won by a majority of 2016, wiping out 141 saloons and making the county dry from end to end. Precincts across the area reported almost unanimous dry victories, with New Alexandria and Bloomfield among the few exceptions. The outcome reflected broad opposition to the saloon and its political influence, signaling a national anti-saloon sentiment.
A large crowd of seven thousand gathered at the Herald-Star office to view election results on a big screen. Bulletins from city and county precincts came in as cheers rose, with the dry camp ahead in county and city tallies by nine o'clock, ending with the drys satisfied as bells rang and a final good night. Saloons show large county dry vote totals and funds distribution noted. several saloon operators listed as quitting and informing the County Auditor.
Monday night at DRY HEADQUARTERS a crowded scene heard Annapolis declare the result by telephone. The dry camp claimed a sweeping win carrying two city precincts and the township with Toronto Grover and Amsterdam voting dry. Rural areas like Mingo and Dillonvale showed wet majorities, but the overall outcome sparked cheers and laughter as ministers and workers hailed the dry triumph.
A city election trims 14 saloons plus one brewery. Saloons announced by Tuesday that they would not operate during the 30 days grace after the vote and have been closed since Saturday midnight. The tally of saloons ousted was divided among districts.
W A Robinson, secretary of the Personal Liberty League, expressed regret at the result after hard work. He blamed emotional appeals and alleged press falsehoods about stolen ballots for the dry win, denied Wet ties to ballot swipes, warned of saloon revenue loss, and anticipated future salary and taxation moves. No crowd gathered at headquarters as returns came in.
Sandusky county Fremont and Clyde show mixed results as drys win countywide and in two thirds of precincts. Fremont goes wet by 246 with 26 saloons, Clyde remains dry by 240, while 20 of 37 Fremont precincts vote dry. Clermont County also leans dry by 072 with 15 salons out, larger towns dry. Huron county votes wet by 34. Norwalk goes wet by 430, Chicago Junction dry by 130, Bellevue wet by 115, New London dry by 196, Greenwich and Plymough dry.
J C Glover ex-Postmaster Cadiz Ohio writes Nov 23 1908 praising Jefferson countys temperance election win by 1800 votes. He commends campaign managers and local supporters including the Herald Star printer and expresses long time paper readership.
In Ohio, Miami and Fulton counties joined the dry column as temperance forces prevailed. Miami County voted out eight saloons and three breweries with a majority of 1,309, while Fulton County saw twenty-five saloons voted out with a 646 majority. Piqua and Troy towns also turned dry, and election turnout centered on the alcohol issue with active women voters at the polls.
In Miami, several disturbances were noted and one arrest for liquor sales on election day occurred. Police protection was required in multiple Piqua areas to quell small riots.
Jack Wind faced sentencing after a prior assault and battery conviction tied to a jail break. The court refused a new trial and imposed six months in the work house plus court costs. The total costs will extend his confinement to about a year.
Pursuant to a Jefferson County Ohio Probate Court order of sale Lydia E Mosey administrator will offer Lot 4 in Section 2 Irondale village for public auction December 24 at 4 p.m central time. Real estate in Irondale Ohio appraised at 350.00 dollars cash terms. Attorney Jay S Paisley listed.
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