Personal notices from Wheeling area social pages
Mrs. George D. Murphy visits Cadiz and many residents travel for fairs and gatherings. The report covers visits, engagements, weddings, travels, hospitalizations, and community events involving numerous local families and guests across Cadiz Newark Wheeling and surrounding towns.
Tax League Seeks County Refund of Liquor Proceeds
Samuel J. Salmon of the Jefferson County Tax League says the group is not waging a wet and dry fight but seeks to restore to the county treasury more than $25,000 collected from liquor law prosecutions in Brilliant Smithfield and New Alexandria. He notes fines from state cases should go to the county treasury, while Beal law cases differ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel J. Salmon
Jefferson County Tax League
Common Pleas Court
Brilliant
Smithfield
New Alexandria
Tax League
Mr. Salmon
Brown
Salmon
Asylum reports full capacity for feeble minded children
Probate judges report a message from the state institution for feeble minded children that it is filled to capacity and cannot receive more children for ninety days. The notice emphasizes need for space and orderly handling of admissions during the period.
Jefferson county horse owners win at West Virginia State Fair
Fair awards handed out for best draft mares stallions pony stallion and other livestock. From Jefferson county only Fred Scott of Smithfield and Eugene Smith of Mt. Pleasant won in the section.
Prices Rise for Army Beans and Potatoes in Bellaire
A Bellaire note reports army beans and potatoes becoming unaffordable for many families as prices surge. A well known local observer toured the town finding potatoes from 45 to 55 cents a peck with many grocers overstocked, while country dealers asked as high as 1 dollar per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellaire
Eastern Ohio Patents and Trade Marks Listed
Patent records show Eastern Ohio inventors receiving patents for shipping receptacle for tires, tube-rolling machine, recording mechanism, writing aid device, pipe coupling, dispensing apparatus, collapsible core, bead-trimmer, and automobile horn. Trade mark: asthma medicine by W A McClelland of Newark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Ohio
H. E. Dunlap
Wheeling
W. Va
Patent
W. R. Busenbark
Akron
Frank Fenton
Miller Rubber Co
W. A. Griswold
W. J. Henry
G. C. Wilcox
C. A. Johnson
Cadiz
E. T. Jones
St. Clairsville
J. W. Kennedy
F. L. Palman
W. H. Palm
Anton
F. D. Moon
Bridgewater Machine Co
Willard Pennock
Minerva
Dunlap
W. A. McClelland
Newark
Death of Mrs Holt Noted by Steubenville Residents
Rev David Morris pastor of First Baptist received a telegram from Prof C W Holt former Steubenville high school instructor announcing the death of Mrs Holt in Akron on Friday. Prof and Mrs Holt left Steubenville last February. Holt has since taught at Akron high school. The loss saddens friends in Steubenville where the family lived several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ohio
E. L. Patterson
Center Avenue
York
G. L. Pfordt
West Penn Hospital
Pittsburgh
Ludo Schmeichels
Wheeling
John D. White
Cadiz
Joseph Greenberg
A. J. Strickow
la Belle Clothing Company
John R. Engel
Pennsylvania
Cincinnati
Bell Telephone
J. A. Speer
Indiana
Illinois
Hub
Garry Wright
Mae Lander
Steubenville
Trenton
N. J
Stanton Park
E. M. Copeland
Washington Street
Country Club
Ladies’ Missionary Society
First United Presbyterian Church
Stephen Miller
Eliza J. Clark
George Swan
James McDonald
Miller
B. F. Prentiss
Aenes Forsythe
Kate Smith
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society
Finley M. E. Church
Alva Odell
Sinclair Avenue
Thomas Ferguson
William Odell
Winters
John Towler
Charles Beavan
George Y. Dean
Teasdale
Home and Foreign Missions
George Speaks
Gertie Barrett
King Heralds
Dorthy Johnson
Alice Truman Frances Heinnicus
Peter Moffett
Ada Oxley
Gertie Barett
Charles McNeal
August Heinrichns
Will Humble
D. E. Scott
Cora Atkinson
Mary McHugh
H. W. Edwards
Wellsburg
John H. Buchan
Mingo High School
Steubenville Business Colege
Wilson
Pleasant
Marian Wallace
Spaulding Wallace
H. Earl McFadden
South High Street
John H. Dury
Son Means
Se , Pa
Ida A. Means
Franklin Avenue
Cyrus F. Skettino
Jones Munker Co
Robert C. Kirk
Lake Chautauqua
John McClare
Charles J. McConnell
Smithfield
Smithfield, Where They Were the Dinner Guests of Mrs. Ong
Wonder
St. Petersburg
Master Jackson
Washington, D. C
Reginald Jackson
David Hall
North Fourth Street
George Wilson
East Liverpool
Bess George
Creig Cochran
City
Elizabeth Dunn
New Alexandria
Ohio Valley Hospital
D. D. T. Club
Hamline Church
Ethel Alban
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Miss Feist
Miss Mannewall
Bour
Joseph Ford
Leon
Fred
Bloomfield
Kinsfelf
Richmond
Cora
Harry Warington
Los Angeles
Ford
G. A. Lynskey
Pauline Smith
Toronto
James Hitchcock
Walter Polen
Denver
A. C. Scerzing
Annie Kearns
Daniel Sullivan
Roy Schoolchaft
Weirton
Beaver Falls
Mary Sullivan
Marie Fach
Miami University
Oxford
Charles Tuffolo
Mary
Chicago
Viola Hill
Business College
Burgettstown
Circle No. 1
Westminster Church
W. W. Welch
Thomas J. Sherrard
Mary Gulick
New York City
F. W. Stone
Empire
J. B. Mayes
Brooklyn
N. Y
H. W. Mayes
Akron
David Morris
First Baptist Church
C. W. Holt
Holt
Ohio divorce trend in past year outpaced marriages
Think It Over reports that in Ohio during the past year one divorce began for every three marriages and one divorce was granted for every six marriages, highlighting rising marital instability and faster dissolution than new unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
County Officials Clash Over Prisoner Transport Rates
Local justices and constables challenge County Commissioners claim that constables charge twenty cents per mile for transporting prisoners to the workhouse. The law caps rates at six cents per mile both ways and five cents per mile one way, for prisoner transport duties.
Divorce sought by Sereth V Justice from Ernest K Justice
Sereth V Justice files in Common Pleas Court for divorce from Ernest K Justice currently in a federal prison in Moundsville for violating the federal white slave act. They wed East Liverpool June 26 1912. Plaintiff owns property at Follanshee West Virginia and Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and seeks to bar dower rights. Custody of Royce Justice six an adopted child requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sereth
Ernest K. Justice
Moundsville
U. S. Court
Columbus
East Liverpool
Follanshee
W. Va
Pittsburg
Probate Court appoints guardians and sale order filed
Probate Court appoints Cora M Niehoff as guardian of Marian Dorthy Niehoff and others. John A Kitheart appointed guardian of Emily Higgins. Order of sale returned and filed in the estate of William L Rinehart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora M. Niehoff
Marian Dorthy Niehoff
John A. Kitheart
Emily Higgins
William L. Rinehart
Married Here Quietly at German Lutheran Church
Georgiana Wells and Paul Stern wed in Steubenville on Wednesday with a German Lutheran pastor officiating. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. Wells of Palissey Street East End, recently cashier at McCrory on Sixth Street. Stern, son of Julius Stern of Cadmus Street, works as a mold maker at Dresden pottery. couple will reside on Cadmus Street East Liverpool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgiana Wells
Paul Stern
Steubenville
B. ¥. Wells
Palissey Street
East End
McCrory
Sixth Street
Stern
Julius Stern
Cadmus Street
Dresden Pottery
East Liverepool
The Wrong Man in a Murder Case
County Detective Edward Lucas returns from Indiana Pa where a man believed to be Asa Zacour, wanted for first degree murder, was held for assault and battery but proven to be Mike Azoub, a former city peddler who fled after the murder. Azoub was in the Indiana house but not implicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Lucas
Indiana
Asa Zacour
Arest
Mike Azoub
Zacour
Mike Douab
Old Seminary
Azoub
Diana
Bethel Children’s Home Thanks Labor Day Committee
Rev Purviance of Bethel Children's Home in Smithfield reports collections from Martins Ferry Labor Day events totaling $30.25 with $7.80 in the afternoon and $22.45 in the evening. He expresses appreciation for the kindness and treatment by the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purviance
Bethel Children's
Smithfield
Martins Ferry
Ohio
Bethel Childrens
Rev. S. T. Purviance
Miners Day Planned in Bellaire by United Mine Workers
President William L. Roy of the United Mine Workers sub district announced plans for a large demonstration in Bellaire on Saturday October 7th to celebrate Miners Day. About 12 000 miners are expected in a street parade with fifteen bands. addresses will be delivered by international and state officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Roy
United Mine Workers of the
Fifth Sub-District
Bellaire
Grand Jury Monday to Convene for Busy Session
The September grand jury will meet Monday morning in a session expected to run a week. Chief interest centers on two murder cases, James McNeill of Brilliant who shot his wife and William Merkle of Toronto who killed Frank OBrien at that place two months ago, both likely indictable for first degree murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Ferguson
North I Fifth Street
Evers
C. A. Ridgway
Virginia
Tee Philadelphia
S. R. McGrew
McDonald
South Ninth Street
Ohio Valley Hospital
E. E. Kuhn
Germany
John Hanley
South Fourth St
James Kinney
John A. Fone
Newark N. J
Robert Nicholson
Dillonvale
John Nicholson
John G. Belknap
James L. Belkar
Sherodsville
Leroy Foster
Pittsburgh
Joshua Foster
Harvard
Jess H. Knight
Morgantown
W. Va
I. G. Dalrymple
Miami University
Oxford
Helen Hollis
Lincoln Avenue
Ella Reynolds
New Galila
E. M. Hollis
Canton
Circle Number Five
Westminister Church
Ftta Stark
Lawson Terrace
West Market Street
Waldie Holroyd
Hiram College
LaBelle View
Bess Frisbie
Prairie Depot
Irene McKeen
Warren O
Margaret Williams
Plymouth
Helen Smith
Salem
Ohio
Cassius Hofrichter
Cleveland
Austin Dean
Cincinnati
Howard Holroyd
Steubenville
Elmer Kizer
Dayton
Kathleen Brannagan
Franklin Avenue
T. L. Woods
Dorothea Jones
Charles S. Hartie
Helen D. Williams
Hartie
Williams
Pauline Smith
Toronto
Jeff McDevitt
Washington, Pa
George A. Bair
Dr. McGrail
Wheeling
A. C. Douglass
New England
Emma Spaulding
Eva K. Reed
George Wells
Frank Penn
Harry Schilling
Jewett
George E. Miller
Wilson Coates
New York
Canada
Lakes
William McDowell
Spring Avenue
Atlantic City
Abe Finebeg
Hebrew University At
Harry Stein
Bucey
Mary Martin
Countess Cookson
Helen Cole
J. A. Armstrong
Iartin’s Ferry
Ae Fceene Hassell
Martha Demster
James McNeill
Brilliant
William Merkle
Frank O’brien
Alimony suit details desertion and cruelty in Baker case
Dolly Baker sues Archie Baker in Common Pleas, alleging extreme cruelty and desertion less than a month after marriage on August 9 1916 in Steubenville. She cites August trip to visit in laws, humiliation, transportation costs, and abandonment September 4. Defendant allegedly secured a divorce from a prior wife in 1915. Court granted a temporary injunction restraining La Belle Tron Works Co from paying the defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas Court
Dolly Baker
Archie Baker
Steubenville
North Fourth Street
Ohio
la Belle Tron Works Company
Will probate and estate actions list Wayble and Kearko
The will of Thomas H. Wayble is probated. E. E. Erskine is appointed administrator with inventory and appraisal issued for Wayble estate. Sophie Zearko is appointed executrix of the estate of Tomas Kearko.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. Wayble
E. E. Erskine
Thos
H. Wayble
Sophie Zearko
Tomas Kearko
Also Mentioned on This Page
George D. Murphy
Homer Ewing
J. F. Barnhouse
R. W. Smylie
Reight
South Seventh Street
Wheeling Fair
Kate
Rebecca Knepper
Chautauqua
Ora Adams
Wm. Barton
South Lighth Street
Mary Taylor
South Fourth Street
McMasters
John Cummins
Foster
Tageart
Ada Law School
A. W. Moreland
Jennie Harris
George Hawkins
T. Robert Barclay
Joseph Altman
Rebecca Altman
New Castle
Edna M. Johnson
Thomas Menzies
W. R. Alban
Elm Grove
R. G. Richards
Charles S. Hartje
Margaret Briggs
Jack Nolan
H. A. Bell
Carl Armstrong
Edw. Dickson
John Fox
James Smith
Daisy Wood Beall
Morantown
Fis
Harry D. Wintringer
la Belle Avenue
Francis Ford
Mary Parks
East Springfield
Wells High School
Eugene Graham
Mattie Graham
Howard Kirkpatrick
Womans Missionary Society of the
M. S. Miller
North Sixth Street
A. Wolcott Matlack
Great Lakes
Laura Wolcott Matlack
Toledo
Edw. Nicholson
James
McClure
California
Pacific Grove
Cal
Laura M. Simmons
Broadacre
van Tassel
Fred Carpenter
Matthew Swan
Edward Barron
Will R. Chapman
Ittsburgh
H. D. Wintringer
James Silcox
South Fifth Street
Benj Jenkins
John W. Thayer
Cedar Point
Alliance
Calvin Parks
Bride
Lela Lowry
S. C. Bowers
M. C
Qubec
Robert Buck
Jane
Elmira
Blanche Mooney
Wintersville
Ernest Stark
Fank Feist
Frank Weaver
Massillon
Mani L. Bendure
Anna
James H. Love
Joseph Tweed
Elizabeth
Tiltonville
E. L. Clarke
Margaret Bucy
Prospect Avenue
A. C. Lewis
C. Kerr
Washington
Pars
James F. Sarratt
B. Frank Markle
Ross Rinehart
Wyo
Joseph May
Kline
James Fricks
Erie
Sherman Avenue
Wilbur Medill
Columbia
John Griesinger, Jr
David Palmer
Jennie
Franklin Roads
Myrtle Potts
Bartley Maloy
Dennison
Frank Gault
Fernwood
Africa
Presbyterian Church
George Smith
South Lake Erie Avenue
B. F. Murphy
Lou Limmerman
Howard Smith
Micheal Solstice
Mingo Junction
Mary Saybold
Homestead
Thomas Rodgers
W. M. Ewing
Beaver
George Pfordt
Robert
L. L. Grimes
Wintringer
Elizabeth Tierney
Altoona
Martin Egan
John Gallagher
John M. Cook
Neiger
Philadelphia
Norwell Annesley
Annesley Road
Labor Day
John Hoag
Annesley
Scheneley
East Liverpool Tribune
Alice Bates
H. D. Westfall
Bethleham
White Mountains
James W. English
New Phladelphia
Fla
Ong
G. G. Gaston
Walter Scott
Elizabeth Darby
Lansford
J. T. Scott
Jefferson County
Harry Levinson
North Seventh Street
Celia Levinson
Harry Lieberman
Washington,d. C
Mollie Greenberg
Miss Levinson
Mayor Levinson
Margaret Joyce
New Cumberland
J. D. Gardener
Toedo
D. R. Williams
Ind
Wm. Sidener
Findlay, O
Wilbur Jackson
Boston
Victor Biddle
Babe
Vivian Castle
Hilda Steele
Beechwood School
Miss Steele
Ellsworth Wiese
Taylor Floyd
Minin
Wm. Hibbs
Cla
Bess Merryman
Miss Blinn
Palace of Sweets
H. F. G. Club
Kathrine Flannagan
Stanton Boulevard
E. M. Mentzer
Eleanor
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