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Newspaper
Steubenville Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1908
Page
10
An assortment of classified items lists a real estate broker offering properties for sale and rent, a loan service, shoe store promises with wide sizes and prices, and a builder supplies firm selling materials for modern houses with bill-financing options, all tied to local businesses in Mingo and Follansbee W Va.
Sunday proved a banner day in the Mingo oil field as four tests were completed, three on North Hill and one on the Wheeling Trac tion Company's right of way along the Steubenville and Mingo pike. Neville-McMillan Co drilled a first test on Trac tion property, showing a potential 200 barrel producer near Miller farm, with capacity awaiting final results. Carnegie Oil Co finished No 3 on Weisner property, yielding a top producer, while Tague, Tague & Co brought in No 6 on Brettell lease, promising a big producer. Spellacy Collins Co on Vankirk lease completed No 4, reaching a 100 barrel producer after yesterday’s drilling and today’s shooting, pushing total yield upward.
General Hollingsworth will address the Republican Club next Saturday evening. Dillonvale News publisher filed for voluntary bankruptcy Saturday with assets about 2500 dollars and liabilities around 3500 dollars. Attorney W C Brown represents the publisher.
United States Senator J B Foraker has canceled all speaking engagements arranged for him by the National Speakers Bureau and in Ohio. He will leave selection of his successor to the Legislature but will campaign the state for his own senatorial bid without any political committee control. He plans to respond to Hearst charges and then campaign statewide, under no committee jurisdiction.
Public school superintendents from East Liverpool to Wheeling met at Wells High School with Supt. Ervin. They planned a uniform grading system for elementary pupils to ease transitions between cities and to create organized oratorical societies with inter-school debates and annual contests. Attendees included M. H. Warren of East Liverpool, F. K. Mardis of Toronto, Wilson Hawkins, and others.
Tellaires W. J. Everson of Brilliant Frank Linton Mingo W. H. Jackson Principal Bellaire Supt. Ervin Steubenville adjourned to meet for further conference in the near future.
Clyde Rendall, a well known young man in the city, was seriously injured while oiling machinery on a derrick at the Spellacy Collins lease in the Mingo oil field. A jar struck his head, tearing the scalp open, but he retained the ladder and was lowered to ground. He was attended to by Dr. McMillan and taken to Gill hospital. injuries not regarded as dangerous. He resides on North Fifth Street.
The Republican Club met Saturday night with lively remarks on Taft and injunctions. W R Alban argued Taft’s stance was legal and equitable while urging attendance for Hon. D A Hollingsworth next Saturday. The McCulloch quartet performed and featured a campaign song criticizing Bryan and tariff reform.
The Wa. Col. William Freudenberger criticizes Bryan citing his military stance and Cuba dispatches. Jay St. Paisley argues Bryan would harm labor, while George Bower notes Taft sentiment. H. L. May urges attendance. A graphophone provides short Taft speeches and European songs.
Wabash president F A Delano and VP Henry Miller report the two-cent passenger fare law lowered revenue despite a 10 percent rise in passengers. Gross earnings fell to 25,740,074 with expenses, net earnings down to 5,896,326. A Kansas City Southern request blocked Arkansas two-cent fare rules in US Circuit Court.
Portage and Allied the Democracy with the liquor interests in Ohio Carton Ohio September 19 For mer Mayor James A Rice and a former Democratic candidate for Attorney General on the Democratic ticket today sent the following letter to Chairman W L Finley as a reply to the resolutions adopted upon his withdrawal as a member of the State Executive Committee because of his views differing from Judge Harmon on the liquor question My sole reason for opposing Judge Harmon is his non committal attitude on the temperance question His failure clearly to state his position places him in opposition to the people on the one question more than all others The people elected Patterson Governor in 190s Tam unalter ably opposed to the brewers and saloon keepers exercising control over the policies of candidates of our party and so long as these interests persist in their efforts to do so I will oppose every candidate for executive and legislative office who is in sympathy with them
A speaker accuses Finley of partnering with liquor interests to back Judge Harmon for governor, claiming it betrayed the 1905 saloon stance and endangered the Democratic state ticket, US Senate race, and national cause in Ohio. Mr. Rice calls the mayoral attack cowardly and pointless.
East Liverpool event by the Veterans of the East Ohio M. E. conference featured Bishop Cranston and Revs J S Reager L H Stewart C E Manchester in impassioned appeals for loyalty to Roosevelt Hughes and Root. Cranston called for open diplomacy begun by McKinley and continued by Hay Roosevelt and Root.
Frank W. Fowler of Pittsburg appeared in municipal court in Boston on a charge of uttering forged notes totaling 20000 dollars. His case was continued to September 29 with bail denied. Fowler, once tied to Ohio Valley Business College and Union Potteries, has been involved in multiple ventures now bankrupt, and has recently been promoting new companies while retaining an office in Pittsburg.
Antonio F Bonelli former Cleveland banker and alleged embezzler was captured in Brazil and brought back to Cleveland on Friday. He had fled June 18 leaving Italian estates in his charge and a bank amid bankruptcy claims totaling about 150000. Three warrants charged him with embezzling 30000.
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