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THE PORTSMOUTH DAILY TIMES MONDAY, fcTGUST 7, 1916. New Boston's New Suburb LOATED ON HARRISONVILLE PffiE, FEW N1NUIB WALK OF IKE BIG MILLS. ABOVE THE FLOODS. Paved Pike, Improved Streets, Cement Walks, Lots 40 by 120 Feet Come, Take Your Choice While They Last 33 First Nttkmtl BANOLDG. E.

SHUIVIR "Tlie Real Estate IVlan" Home Phone 502 Residence 672-R Whedersburg Citizens Want Contractors A large delegation of "Wheel- crsburg citizens appeared before county commissioners at their regular meeting' Monday and petitioned to have the temporary road extending from Seiotoville to. "Wheelersburg placed in a passable condition and to instruct Sheridan and Kkk, local contractors, to, make bettor headway with the pacing of the 2:95 miles of highway between the two villages. The delegation claimed that Sheridan and Kirk after faithfully- proraiing the commissioners that they rush the job to completion had withdrawn most of their equipment and placed it on the new blast furnace job for the company. The commissioners promised to inspect the paving and the temporary road Tuesday or Wednesday. Tvro delegations from Union township met the board and asked for certain repair work.

One requested a i.d across Brush Creek at Arion and the other asked that a new road be built, extending from McDermott west to uonnect the Arion road. atives from Morgan loivnship appeared antl asked that the work on the unfinished Big Ran road be completed at once. Ernest Brisker was appointed a member of the Ciay township burial cominitt'ee to succeed David Combs, who moved to this city. A resolution was passed declar inp it necessary for the following banks to furnish a i i a bonds as depositaries: First National, Security bank, Central National, $46,000, and the Oh.io Valley, $15,000. A bond for $46,000 presented by the Central National bank was approved.

The board approved of a bond for $887 presented by Champion Bridge Compuny, as a guarantee good faith for the construction of a com: IT to bridge at Bloom Switch. The following pints were approred: Second A Porter township, consisting of 18 lots. Hatted by David 'and George Banner. Olcnwood Second Allotment to New Boston, platted by I). York and Airs.

H. Harsha. The addition contains 22 lots. Tho llomcwood Ad'tyiion, i township, consisting of 20 lots. Platted by Dr.

W. A. Rn.v. In spuaking of the political outlook, ilonday, Dr. 1'.

W. Young, chairman of the Executive Committee, siiid: In considering the men who nro for U. S. Senator, find the names of Dougherty, Dick mid ilr. llcrrick has served the post six years ns unibnssjiflor to France and I grant ho IB qualified to tnkc up the work of Foreijrn Kehitiona with Tuiropean countries and would be nn able imm to enter the cabinet of our next President aa Secretary of State.

But wo are not selecting a Scci'e- tnr.v of State tuniorrnw. nr(- voting on who shall i i riinduiiittj for l. S. Senator on I tie Ilepnblintu ticket nest fall, mid what we need is a man who is tliormijrhl.v acrniiuiiLed with the conditions of this country --SAYS CHAIRMAN YOUNG sit i and especially Ohio, to rtim-suiU us in the Upper House of Congress. Xow, the man who is best fitted for tha-t place is the Hon.

Jlarry M. Southcrii Ohio's candidate, feaple.sri fighter, a man of integrity mid ability, a in tin every Southern Ohio Jk'publiean should vote for. NEW JERSEY MUNITIONS EXPLOSION CARRIES RUIN IN ITS WAKE Tom Cook, an employee of bcrt Jlaicr, beer agonl, seriously i by a for i he tried 1o i a shoe Sunday afternoon. Cook lind several toes broken nd a bone back in iiic foot Fnu 1 by llm a i h.is foot, t'ook is bid up at his home on a hired. was in eharpe of a a was recently i by a sli-eet par but escaped in.jury tliat i PROCLAMATION WhrrenB.

alnltitn of Ohio Tuesday, August 8, na election ilw (ntf which aaloont nhull ihorfcfor bw it, Proclaimed, that nil plnref whf.ro lr llrnmri 1- rtoNCil at 11:30 r. MdnrtJiy, 1810. JUKI remain i i o'clock, Aiifiixt 1'. In approval wpprcof I under my hands caiwd official seal to he here- nt Ihe City of Portsmouth. Ohio.

thlH f.tli Any of AugiiHt, Nlqctccn Hundrrf 8I.I,«.. Maw Bids i lie opi'iicj I he clniivli M.II:,];,;. iit n-oir hy i in linl.s. i I I I is i i a i i i i i i i i i i 1 i i il i i)! II i 1 i i Down And Out. i .1.

i i -jiv- en by a ilresst''! a i m'l- I 'H- fi'uni I i i i a tvhom S-ui1it a i i OITii'CI- i Cn.mis i i i and at ar.d Oay i i i i An was "ii a 1 (irunkcniH'ss. i i foree uf i i i i a i i i a i eimsd'lietiny ni-u- I i a Firsl j'rcshylcrian chiu-ch. ing out Lewis Believes That Daugherty Will Win Cliarles B. Lewis has arrived home to cast his vote the primaries Tuesday. He is working for the Ohio State Telephone Company, with headquarters in Columbus, and lately has been at the company's branch office in Youngstown.

He will return to ycumgstown Wednesday. Lewis the past few 'days has been.touring the state with Harry M. Daugherty, Republican candidate for Senator. Lewis predicts a great victory for his candidate. "We expect all the Progressive vote to conic Daugherty's way," says Lewis.

"All Progressive leaders in the state have lined up for Daujh- says Lewis. at Richmond, where he was kept five days, when he was paroled and sent to his regiment, and alter the expiration of his service he was honorably discharged. Mr. Morris is survived by a wife five children who mourn him, with a host of friends and acquaintances who will no doubt to hear of his death, as he vas always honest and courteous to all. He was a member the South AVcbstcr M.

E. Church. The funeral will be held at the home of his daughter, 1523 Kiu- ncy street, Wednesday at o'clock, Kev. B. B.

Wameke, of Dccatuer township, officiating. Interment in Soldiers' Circle, Greenlawn Cemetery. All members of the Jr. 0. A.

M. are urged to meet at the home of Charles Heinhardt, :I5.H Tenth street, tonight at :30 o'clock. The band will play tonight the New Boston Stanton avenue school. Al Bradshaw and Alirams, of Waller street, were i i on tiio West Side near Tin-key Creek bridge Sunday afternoon about 2:30 o'clock, when a truck can-ring several young people, skidded just back of i hus-'gy and went over into I ditch on the side of the road. The driver of I ruck said his a had a grocery the city and a he did not want i to of the accident and refused to his name.

The windshield was broken. The Scioto County Licensing Board Monday granted a transfer of license from a as re- for Johnson to I Ben Johnson. The saloon is located "on Waller street near Tenth. is a i i df wreck-! i i explosion i took ul SI. IVtiT.s i in pinn' in i hours of hist i X.

-I. Tin- wrrclcime a mornmg, i ruin i in' i a i in its wake. I i 1 a a i i i i i i i a i i i i m-ovcm! i i n' i i i i i i i down i a to- a i Liked tho Air Fresh. "1 vim a fresh nlr 'l visitor. onr if my iiniplibiirs Just JMI v.r on Ills TM i i or tvar door just Dr.

(ioors-'C K. llyliiiscr was one of luinilirr of niilnraohilisLs lic'ld up al Ilio Scioto hriilitc Mun- dny cvoniiiR l.v OITincr Ocorgo. I i i i i i wlio had IIPCII inslniclcd to.watch for l)ick Dnwson HID- I'liiiio whii'li was stolon. Dr. liiiKBi 1 explained who he was and the officer allowed him to proceed.

Don't let another sun set with' your WANT untold. Use the TIMES which reaches over 9,000 homes every day. 6h. Sent It Sick. Tbere huve always been a lot of givi and take In American women's sodii adventures In Hogland.

But Amcricur, women have spirit, and If they taken a good deal they hnve given back still more. An Englishwoman some years ago called on ail American countess in lie! gruvia. I thought you were out! That's why I called," the Englishwoman salii In her sweet, clear, insolent English voice. "Well, do you know, I thought 1 wns out, too," the American replied. "Mj stupid man must have mistaken you for one else." John T.

Gilkerson Death at 7:30 o'clock Monday morning claimed J. T. well-known huckster, of 1517 Seventh street, death coming after a four months' illness of dropsy. Afr. Gilkerson failed fast after taking ill and death had been expected for sometime.

The deceased was mar- twice, lie is survived by his vife and three children, Ktihy, Robert antl Elhy, all of this city. He also leaves one brother, Closes Gilkerson. The funeral will be held from the home at o'clock AVcdnesday morninff. Interment will be made in Grenlawn. Jefferson Morris Jefferson Morris departed this i August 6, 1916 at the home of his daughter, Kffie Day, 1523 Kinuey street where he and his wife hnve been 'making their home for the last, year.

Morris was horn Novem- her in Monroe county, Virginia, and was 88 years, 9 months nnrl 11 days old. HP came to Lawrence county. Ohio in 1S52. where on the 28th of a 1SS2 he was united in marriage to Maria Smith, a a i of Oreenup onnty, Kentucky, and to i union were horn eight children, as follows: Mary K. ATollam, of of i i a 11..

deceased Sophia Walters, of Blackfork. Alice Day, deceased J. S.Morris, 1115 f'indlay street, i Mrs. Effie Day, Kinney street; John deceased, and C. of A a Ky.

Mr. Morris was a farmer in Dec a township, i county from 1HCO to 11)02, when he sold his farm and moved to South Webster where they lived i one year ago. Morris was soldier in Ihe Civil War, i i September 0. 1861, in the Second West Virginia Cavalry, serving years. Tie was in many hard fought a and was a prisoner i on picket at Creek.

W. June 27, 1SG3 and a to prison, Charles Graham Charles Graham, aged 48 years, a lite long and well known resident of Carey's Hnn, died at his home t.here Sunday afternoon at 2:35 o'clock after having been Tiedfast for five weeks with tuberculosis. Jlr. Graham until stricken, had been employed with the Vulcan Last Company, entering that firm's service when it first began business. Previously he had worked in the 1.

Reitz stone quarries on the West Side from the time be was a mere youth. He was horn at Hygean Run. Tie leaves wife, ilrs. Lena Bodmer-Graham, one son, Clarence Graham and two daughters, Miss Ethel Graham and Mrs. Bessie Rose.

Mr. Graham was a member of Bethel Jlethodist church. The funeral will take place from the family home Tuesday afternoon at 2 'clock. Kev. Jlr.

Gordon and Rev. Mr. Vandegriff will have charge of the services. Burial will toe in the Carey's Run cemetery. Charles Brown The excessive heat of the past week claimed a victim in the death of Charles Brown, aged 81 years, a former sailor of the old school, who passed away at the home of his son-in-law, J.

W. Graham, of No. 343 Fourth street, Monday morning at 7 o'clock. Mr. Brown became prostrated by heat while seated in the Graham home last Wednesday evening and gradually grew worse until Sunday night when he lapsed i an unconscious state.

Born in Sweden Mr. Brown became a sailor on a merchant vessel at an early age and continued on the ocean for 18 years, visiting all parts of the world and finally settling in America. He came to Portsmouth from Rocky Hill, Jackson county five years ago. wife died twelve years ago. Jlr.

Brown is survived by the "ollowing Jos. Brown of a Mrs. Anna Graham, Emma Mcrshon and Miss Alice Brown of this city; Mrs. Hannah Roberts of Wilkesville, 0. Mrs.

Bantie Ahrams and Mrs. Maggie Hunter of Cambridge, 0. The remains will be taken to Winchester, Jackson county, Wednesday morniug for burial. Michael Boehm, Jr. Michael Boehm, Buena Vista resident, who was overcome with heal in Cincinnati Saturday, July died Sunday morning at.

1:30 in a Cincinnati hospital, messages telling of the man's death being received in Buena Vista Sunday noon. Internal injuries received in the fall are to have caused death. The deceased was born a Buena Vista, where he spent most of his life. For ten years he had worked for an uncle in the commission business in Cincinnati. At the time he was overcome he was working in one of the Krogee stores.

He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Boehm, of Buena Viata, who were at his bedside when the final summons came. They went to Cincinnati early last week when it was learned their son was in a dangerous condition. Word of the death was received as a shock by his friends in Buena Vista, and the many people in this city who knew him well will be sorrv to hear of his death.

The dccased would have been 41 years of age had he lived i December this year, lie never married and was a quiet, loving man. The deceased leaves his par cuts, and the following brothers a sisters: Mrs. Carl Heller, of Lewis Boehm, of IFindlay street; Catherine Bochm, Mrs. Charles McHenry, John Boehm, and William Boehm, of Cincinnati: Mrs. P.

S. Easter, of Buena Vista, and Gustie Boehm at home. Mr. Boehm was a member of the Buena Vist Presbyterian church. The rcmr will bo brought to Buena Vista en a boat Tuesday morning and the funeral will probably be held Tuesday afternoon.

Mrs. John Humble Mrs. John Humble, of West Union, icther of Mrs. Charles Newman, of Twelfth street, died Sunday night midnight, of cancer of the stomach. Mrs.

bowman has been nt, the bed- ide of her mother for the past week. The fuenrnl services will be heM AVedncsday nt Liberty cemetery, at Lynx, Ohio. The public esteem in which we are held is a deserved testimonial of the conscientious manner in which we render public service. We are experienced and painstaking and possess an equipment that makes it possible for us to furnish a funeral of marked distinction. Auto Ambulance Service F.C.DAEHLEKCO.

612-616 Second Street GEORGE PFE1FFER Funeral Director and Undertaker Miss Anna Pfeiffer Lady Embalmer Home fbone 211 Bell Phone 331-B Eighth and ChiUicothe Sta. Branch Office New Boston, 222 Rhodes Ave. Roy CLynn UNDERTAKER AND Funeral Director Auto Ambulance Service BOTH PHONES 11.

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