M E Conference Opens With Pageantry and Resolve
The largest Methodist Episcopal Conference in the United States convenes in Steubenville as district reports impress with progress. Bishop Anderson presides, a Communion service follows, and a formal organizational slate is adopted. Deceased ministers and widows are remembered, while speeches urge practical Christianity and close ties between church and community.
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Nane States
M. E
Anderson
Wm. F. Anderson
Steubenville
Blackburn
United States
McDowell
Meyersville
Tax Levy On Steubenville City Taxes To Be Voted
Steubenville voters will decide November 4 1916 whether to raise city taxes by 1 1/2 mills for five years to fund municipal needs The Chamber of Commerce urges city takeover of the White Way lighting system and street lights to save costs While the council debates the proposal the White Way may be turned off this week and the city could assume lighting costs
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Steubenville
White Way
Light Company
Ways and Means
Chamber of Commerce
Imperial Hotel
Frank Murphy
Murphy
Harry Armstrong
The
Huston
T. H. Loomis
Isaac Brown
County Board of Education
Brown
Board of Elections
B. Frank Murphy
Steubensville
Jefferson County
Ohio
Mason
Boy Struck by Train Near Home in Ontario District
Stephen Kooreffi, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nichols Kooreffi of Ekeyville, near Toronto, was fatally injured when struck and dragged by a C. and P. railroad freight train near his home while mushroom hunting. He was taken to Ohio Valley Hospital where no immediate recovery was expected, with condition deteriorating as doctors stated.
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Stephen
Nichols Kooreffi
Ekeyville
Toronto
Ohio Valley Hospital
Empire Station
Van Buren sisters ride 4000 miles across country to Colorado Springs treasure
Misses Adelina and Augusta Van Buren completed a motorcycle journey from New York to San Diego covering more than 4000 miles. They traveled through Buffalo, Chicago, Omaha and Denver, reaching Colorado Springs where they rode to the top of Pike's Peak on their motorcycles, a feat described as unprecedented for women. They will return by train.
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Cal
Adelina
Augusta van Buren
New York
Buffalo
Chicago
Omaha
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pike’s Peak
Weather in Ohio Shifts to Cooler Thursday
Overcast conditions persist tonight in Ohio with cooler changes expected on Thursday. Remaining breezes and mild temperatures forecast into the day as clouds linger across the state.
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Ohio
Steubenville District Superintendent Reports Encouraging Growth
Rev Dr C L Smith presented the Steubenville district annual report to the Northeastern Ohio Conference noting no illnesses or deaths among pastors in nine years and praising faithful cooperation. The year featured church and parsonage improvements including the Wellsville church completion and Amsterdam debt settlement, with emphasis on social ministry and balanced gospel work despite industrial strains and rising benevolence appeals. The district seeks conference support for a campaign leader to fund an annual goal and strengthen evangelistic effort.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Apostle
Caniel
Wellsville
Berry
Amsterdam
Salem
Evengel
Interborough and NY Railway reject arbiter plan in subway strike
New York and Brooklyn reports describe the Interborough Rapid Transit and the New York Railway Company rejecting arbitration for the strike over master contracts. Officials mention they will keep operating lines on the present basis while tensions rise and a dynamite scare in Brooklyn prompts investigations and river disposal.
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Herald-Star
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New York Railway Company
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Eee Rapid Transit Company
Interborough
Green
Brooklyn
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Bureau of Combustibles
Shonts
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Mitchell
Constable Shoots Mexican at Clint 20 Miles From El Paso
El Paso September 13 Constable Robert Carr fatally shot Rafael De Loya a Mexican man at Clint after De Loya telephoned for help claiming threats from others Carr and Deputy Sheriff John Bates went to the ranch where De Loya allegedly opened fire on the deputy and Carr answered with a fatal shot The official report reached here last night establishing the sequence of events near Clint 20 miles away.
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Herald-Star
el Paso
Robert Carr
Rafael de Loya
Clint
DeLoya
Carr
John Bates
Hughes Ends Campaign Swing Before Election Day
Charles E. Hughes completed his lengthy New York visit as part of his presidential campaign and planned a four day rest at Bridghampton Long Island before resuming travel for a final push to election day.
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Associated Press
Herald-Star
New York
Charles E. Hughes
Bridghampton
L. I
East and South Delegations Hear Armor Plate Plant Briefs
Washington September hearing at the navy department attracted over 300 delegates led by senators and congressmen. Cities from Ohio Pennsylvania and West Virginia submitted briefs and attended to advocate sites for the 11 million government armor plate factory.
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Ashtabula
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Huron
Ohio
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Erie
Coatesville
Columbia
Girard
Sandy Lake
Scottdale
New Cumberland
Carnegie
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Huntington, W .Va
Water tunnel roof collapse injures one in Cleveland
A roof collapse during water tunnel excavation under Lake Erie in Cleveland fatally injured one man and wounded sixteen others. The incident occurred in a different section of the same tunnel where nineteen workers were killed by a gas explosion a few weeks earlier.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Lake Erie
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