Sketches of Pioneers from Colonel H Haymond History
This article surveys figures tied to colonial and early American frontier life. It profiles Elias Hickman and his schooling, early merchants like Joseph Sommerville and Adam Hickman, and John McCullough the first postmaster. It also covers Richard Bond and kin, Varina Howell, plus Simon Girty as a feared frontier figure and his tangled loyalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elias Hickman
Iiagé Hickman
Clarksburg
Randolph Academy
George Towers
Joseph Sommerville
Adam Hickman
John McCullough
Main Street
Second
Hickman
West Virginia
Ohio
Richard Bond
Richard
Samuel Bond
England
Cecil County
Maryland
Harrison County
Tondon
Richard Howell
New Jersey
Sarah Bond
Varina Howell
Jefferson
Elk
Cheasapeake Bay
Lord Howe
Chesapeake Bay
Philadelphia
Seventh Day Baptist Church
Susquehanna River
Thomas Girty
John Turner
Girty
Juniata
Allegheny River
Kittaning
Fort Duquesne
Alexander McKee
McKees Rocks
Fort Pitt
Simon Gitty
McKee
Detroit
St. Clair
General Wayne
Judge Dayton Addresses Grand Jury on Judicial Conduct Inquiry
Martinsburg April 10 judge Alston G Dayton spoke to the grand jury at the federal court opening, the first public comment on the House subcommittee inquiry into judicial conduct. He urged judges and jurors to uphold the system of law with earnest, honest, fearless, and kindly performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
Federal Court
Alston G. Dayton
House
Dayton
Infant Dies After Poisoning In Huntington
In Huntington on April 10, 1911, 17 month old Henry Richland Mills, son of Rev. H. R. Mills and his wife of the Methodist Episcopal church, allegedly swallowed poison tablets mistaken for sugar and died later at a local hospital after finding a poison box on a dresser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Little Henry Richland Mills
H. R. Mills
Sixteen Inch Guns for Uncle Sam's New Ships
Washington April 10 The cur rent naval bill envisions two battleships with sixteen inch rifles the heaviest naval guns designed Plans for ships echo California class giants with armament and engines under close study Tests at Indian Head show the sixteen inch weapon performs as projected Krupp and British designs weigh lighter but the US fourteen inch cannon matches in range and penetration while carrying more guns per vessel
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Naval Hill
California
Indian Head Proving Grounds
Krupp
New York
Téxas
Dardanelles
United States Navy
Serbian Agricultural Relief Drive Appeals for Aid
A humanitarian campaign led by Dr. Charles W. Eliot and Breck Trowbridge seeks funds, food, clothing, medicine, seeds, and tools for Serbia. Mme Slavko Grouitch and Miss Helen Lozanitch bolster relief efforts as typhus rages in camps after Austrian invasions. The Serbian Agricultural Relief Committee of America operates from 70 Fifth Avenue, New York, with J. P. Morgan & Company and Bush Terminal aiding shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Serbia
America
Charles W. Eliot
Emer
Itus
Harvard
Breck Trowbridge
New York
Serbian Agricultural Relief Committee of America
Mme
Slavko Grouitch
Helen Lozanitch
Mme. Granitch
Miss Gzanitch
Serbian Agricultural Relief Committee
Fifth Avenue
New York City
T. Tileston Wells
J. P. Morgan and Company
Bush Terminal
Mme. Grouic
Chas. Eliot
Nevada suffrage pioneer Miss Foley recounts tough campaign
West Virginia women face smaller obstacles as Margaret Foley details suffrage work in Nevada. She describes underground talks in Goldfield and Tonopah, dangerous night rides, and the lone organizer who kept campaigning despite opposition. Nevada carried by 3 000 votes amid limited funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
West Virginia
Margaret Foley
Nevada
Miss Foley
Paint Creek
Miss Vernon
Congressional
Goldfield
Tonopah
Virginia City
Searchlight
Pioche
Ely
Eureka
Austin
Wadsworth
Reno
Rawhide
Treasury ofice allows free ice water fountain in New York
Acting Secretary Byron R. Newton directed the custodian of the New York federal building to permit the Society of the New York Free Cold Water Fountains to erect and maintain a free ice water fountain on the sidewalk opposite the southern entrance. The government bears no expense and the fountain will be removed after summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Byron R.newton
Post
New ‘York
Society of the New York
Federal Building
Mier Beason
Salem School Commended by State Official
Secretary J D Garrison of Charleston visited Salem on Wednesday to inspect the normal department and commend Salem College graduates. A bond issue for a new high school on Main Street is under discussion as school room needs grow. Local residents return from trips, baseball opens with Salem College victory, and plans for improved ball park progress. Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Collins attend the Fairmont suffrage meeting. Herman Morrison recovers from a derrick accident. Salem Herald changes ownership with Do Far Meredith staying as editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
J. D.garrison
Charleston
State Board of Education
Chapel
Salem Collegg
Main Street
Salem College
Independents
Scandal and Society Notes Stir New York High Life
New York society pages recount redrawn fortunes and scams as the Osbornes and Rae Tanner loom in blackmail chatter. The piece mentions Tad Dorgan’s San Francisco ties, Nora Bayes recovering from illness, Boris Thomashefsky’s theater push, Belasco praise, and Dr. Parkhurst’s return to editorial duties shaping public morals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
T. A Dorgan
San Francisco
Tad
Where to Make Flower Beds for Small Home Grounds
The April Women’s World advises placing flower beds along fences buildings and corners, avoid center beds in tiny lawns, and using rich soil with compost, bone meal or fertilizer. Plant early only hardy perennials and avoid overcrowding while ensuring drainage water and pest control.
Child Labor Laws Urged Stronger Enforcement
New York April 10 The National Child Labor Committee warns that enacting laws means little without enforcement. It cites weak convictions in New York canneries and notes Arkansas and North Carolina show mixed progress, while New Jersey upholds employer liability for minor accidents. The group pushes higher age limits and intensified school reform to support protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Child Labor Committee
New York State
Commissioner of Labor
Lynch
Georgia
Arkansas
North Carolina
New Jersey Supreme Courts
National Child: Labor Committee
Alabama
Michigan
Tlinofsi
Michi
Illinois
Ohio
Wis
National Child" Labor Committee
San Francisco
Washington
Owen Bill
Isyhopin Pattendance
Also Mentioned on This Page
H. Haymond
Waldo FP. Johnson
Waldo P Jotson
Joseph Johnson
Bridgeport
Missouri
Col. Doniphan
Mexico
United States
Confederate States Senate
William S. Haymond
Elk District
Indiana
Congress
Philip Shuttleworth
Alexandria
Tom's Run
Marion County
Notley
A. Shuttleworth
Simon Girty
Virginia
Uncle Sam
Indian Head Proving ‘Grounds
Salem School
John
Hyatt
Florida
Worley
Mrs. Broadwater
Morgansville
Quintin W. StauMer
Weston
Pennsylvania
William Morrow
Akron
Rufus K. Jones
Creed Collins
Fairmont
Herman’ Morrison
Svith
Salem Herald
Farl Meredith
Gotham
Oliver Osborne
Broadway
Saslight
Rae Tanner
James W. Osborne
Osborne
Nora Bayes
Christian Science
Pittsburg
Lillian Rusell
Boris
Thomashefsky
Houston Street
Second Avenue
Thomas Kefsky
David Belasco
Charles H. Parkhurst
Evening Journal
T. J. Coffman
W. L. Steele
W. BD. Leonard
Claude Pepper
Setem
J. W. Johnson
Leonidas Rhodes
Bristol
David J. Blake
Railroad Street
Isaac N. Wilcox
Morgan County
Blaine
Himira Gump
Shreveport
Harry
A’ Im
Sigsey
St Mary’s Hospital
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