West Virginia Delegation Backs Cannon for Speaker
West Virginia members of the Fifty eighth Congress express private support for Speaker Cannon. Some prefer not to commit publicly while others lean toward Dalzell. postmaster contests in Bluefield involve Dr. Martin and H. L Shott. Senator Elkins comments on Congress avoiding new actions while prosperity remains steady.
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Washington
West Virginia
House of Allves
Congress
Althoush
Joe
Cannon
Singhes
Dalzell
Cembrytyania
Dayton
Messrs
Gaines
Hughes
Woodyard
Dovener
Ohio River Improvement Delegation Seeks River Deepening
A Washington meeting with President and a delegation from the Ohio Valley Improvement Association pressed for a nine foot navigable depth on the Ohio River. Congress members Bramwell Gills Taylor Hemenway Dovener and Kehoe backed the effort to survey from Cincinnati area to the Ohio Mississippi junction and secure funding.
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Washington
Congress
Ohio River
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
Ohio
House
Bramwell, Gills
Taylor
Hemenway
Indiana
Dovener
West Virginia
Kehoe
Kentucky
Pittsburg
Evansville
Albert Bettinger
Cincinnati
Association For Ohio
Miamiiver
Incinnati
Mississippi
Brazee Murder Case Set for December Trial
The State vs Brazee from Fayette county is scheduled in Kanawha county criminal court for December 10. Brazee, son of former Judge Brazee, faces charges of wantonly murdering his best friend after a dispute over going home while intoxicated.
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Brazee
Fayette County
Kanawha County
Bar Foreigners Aimed By New Jersey Workingmen League
Plainfield New Jersey December reports trades councils form the American League of Workingmen to bar unnaturalized foreigners from work. Sixteen trades unions join with leaders James E. Martin and Reverend John MacMurray as branches plan statewide spread and stricter immigration naturalization laws.
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Plainfield
N. J
American League of Workingmen
Jas. E. Martin
John MacMurray
League
New Jersey
Strike Leaders Changed in Kanawha-New River Fields
Charleston, W Va December 5 George W Purcell vice president of the United Mine Workers who has four months headed the Kanawha New River strike is superseded by Cris Evans national statistician of the order Purcell assigned to Indian Territory duty Operators say Purcell removal shows the strike weakening.
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Charleston
W. Va
George W. Purcell
United Mine Workers
Kanawha-New River
Cris Evans
Purcell
Organization of
Indian Territory
Bids Arrive For Bristol Water Works Bonds
Bristol Virginia reports bids on 25000 in water works bonds issued by the city. Most bidders offer a premium. The top bid comes from a Cincinnati brokerage firm at 26243.50 for the full 5 percent bond issue.
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Bristol
Cincinnati Brokers
Cincinnati Firm Wins State Printing Contract
Charleston W V December 5 The printing commission announces the contract for furnishing printing paper and stationary to the State has been awarded to the Diem and Wing Paper Company of Cincinnati Ohio for two years. bid totaled 10821 62 dollars as the lowest offer.
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Charleston
W. Va
the Printing Commission
Diem and Wing Paper Company
Cincinnati
Ohio
Stolen-Letter Dog Named Duke Sought
A dog described as a yellowish red-spotted animal with a white speckled nose like a partridge breast disappeared. The dog answers to Duke and was last seen near the Lutheran Church area. A liberal reward is offered for the return to G. A. Matthews.
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Duke
G. A. Matthews
Lutheran Church
Special sale items at Bolin and Bruce on Mercer Street
Bolin and Bruce at 16 North Mercer Street advertise on sale items suitable for horses cattle and other demand. Featured goods include flour beans middlings and hay with country buckwheat flour country sorghum extracted honey sauerkraut and country apple butter priced per pound or per lot as listed.
For Rent Desirable Store Room Corner Raleigh and Bland
Describes a store room for rent located at a corner of Raleigh and Bland streets under Ellis Hall. Instructions to apply through Sterne's Restaurant at Yell for Fitz You cigars.
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Raleigh and
Bland Street
Ellis’ Hall
Sterne’s Restaurant
Capital Ground Dispute Over Charleston Capitol Annex Site
Charleston West Virginia December 5 1930s report says a ground parcel for the capitol annex may not be owned by the state but by City Recorder W Wertz who bought it at a delinquent tax sale. the issue could affect the title to the property and prompt a state city dispute.
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City Recorder
Charleston
W. Va
Capitol Annex
W. Wertz
Man claims Louisville ties in attempted assault on Maryland girl
Edward West of Louisville is jailed in Berkeley Springs after alleged three attempts to assault Miss Mary Butts near Cherry Run. The well dressed man reportedly refused to name himself at first, saying he did not wish to disgrace his family. The girl defended herself by striking West with a corn ear, injuring his nose before he was captured.
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Cumberland
Edward West
Louisville
Berkeley Springs
Mary Butts
Cherry Run
Kentucky
West
Dying Message Triggers Western Union Suit in N C
In Greensboro a suit for damages against Western Union is planned after a telegraph message from Salisbury misrepresented a patient’s condition. The message read patient doing well and will return home tonight versus dying, causing mental anguish to the wife and relatives who fled to Salisbury.
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Greensboro
N. C
Salisbury
Western Union
Revenue Officers Indicted in Polk County Case
Knoxville Tenn December 5 The Polk County grand jury indicted three government store keepers and gaugers Henry Hatfield Charles Bennett and John F Montgomery and nearly indicted Internal Revenue Collector Henry C Hart for illicitly operating a distillery An illicit still located near a government distillery prompted the considering officials to connect them to the operation The indictments will be quashed once the facts are clarified.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Polk
Henry Hatfield
Charles Bennett
John F. Montgomery
Internal Revenue
Henry C. Hart
Benton
Kanawha and Michigan Railroad facing action over river obstruction
In Federal Court the Kanawha and Michigan Railroad Company is charged by the government with obstructing the Kanawha River channel near Point Pleasant. A log hoist on the riverbank is said to have caused bank erosion into the water.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha and Michigan Railroad Company
Kanawha River
Point Pleasant
Public School Prize Watches for Children Displayed
Bluefield public school watches to be awarded as prizes around December 25 are now on display at the store. E. S. Pedigo.
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Bluefield Public School
E. S. Pedigo
Postal Telegraph to Expand Lines Into Huntington Area
The Postal Telegraph Company plans a new line from Columbus to Ironton then Ashland Catlettsburg and Huntington. Offices secured in Ironton and Ashland with operations to begin by year end. Expansion challenges Western Union dominance in the Ohio region.
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Huntington
Postal Telegraph Company
Western Union
Columbus
Ironton
Ashland
Catelettsburg
Ironton Hotel
Norfolk & Western
Aldine
W. Colles
Postal Company
Ohio
Catlettsburg
Kenova
Ceredo
Central City
Accused of Theft Involves Railroad Foreman and Executive Son
In Connellsville Pennsylvania on December 5 A M Cramer son of a Piedmont West Virginia merchant and Alfonso Basilone an Italian foreman were arrested on charges of embezzlement defrauding conspiracy and default. Both waived a hearing for court and posted bail of 500 each. They allegedly retained four hired men identified as 504 595 686 and 027 after discharge and Basilone claimed to the payroll department he had advanced wages to these men as payee.
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Connellsville
Paa
Baltimore and
Oho
A. M. Cramer
John Cramer
Pedmont
W. Va
Alphonso Basilone
Cremer
Basilone
Department of the Road
New Town for West Virginia in Randolph County
Beverly as December reports Rees Shaw Strader own thirty acre town site on Roaring Creek with landscape on a Blackman land tract near the Richard Scott estate. A town will be laid out with streets named after Roaring Creek settlers amid rich coal veins and a tested fire clay vein on the Blackman estate.
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Beverly
W. Va
Rees, Shaw & Strader
Roaring Creek
Randolph County
Blackman Lands
Richard Scott
Wright & Greer
Steubenville
Blackman
Alabama Belle to Wed Lawyer John Barnes in December
Miss Charlotte Rebecca Jones of Montgomery, famed as Alabama's loveliest socialite, will marry John Andrew Barnes, a young South lawyer, on December 16. The romance echoes Julius Chambers' novel The Destiny of Doris with a Lake Copp setting. Nearby Parkersburg reports a National Guard court martial revealing stolen uniforms and condemned military property as members face trial.
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New York
Charlotte Rebecca Jones
Montgomery
Alabama
Washington
John Andrew Barnes
South
Julius Chambers
Doris
Lake Copp
Parkersburg
W. Va
National Guard
Glove Line Offers Walking and Working Styles
A framed ad from Block's on Princeton Avenue promotes a range of gloves for walking and working. It urges readers to cover their hands with gloves to stay warm, suggesting multiple styles for varying needs.
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Block’s
Princeton Ave
Tragedy in Colin Town Lottie Reaseger's Suicide
In Colin near Martinsville West Virginia 16 year old Lottie Reaseger killed herself by a gunshot in a room after expressing strong dislike for her sister’s fiancé Jacob Ingold. The shooting occurred as family members were downstairs and Ingold’s marriage to Nannie Reeseger was licensed. Locals report Lottie’s jealousy over Ingold and her unspoken love for him.
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Martinsville
W. Va
Lottie Reaseger
Colin
Here
Jacob Ingold
Nannie Reeseger
Ingold
Lottie
Vanderbilt’s Grandson Freed on Probation after Sanatorium Stay
W S Van derbilt Allen, great grandson of Commodore Vanderbilt, was released today from a six year commitment as an insane patient at a private sanitarium in Westport Connecticut. Clarence Lexow, his friend and attorney, says the release is probationary for ninety days at a friend's home. Afterward, if his conduct continues, an application will be made to the Supreme Court for final release.
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New York
Vanderbilt Allen
Commodore Vanderbilt
F. D. Roland
Westport
Conn
Clarence Lexow
Supreme Court
Jailor Aroused By Knock. Prisoner Transferred To Roxboro
Lynchburg Advance reports jailor Ford aroused by a loud knock. A deputy brings Frazier Cunningham, an escaped convict serving eight years for a horrid crime, from the Elkhorn to a Roxboro, North Carolina transfer via the L and D division after capture in McDowell County, West Virginia.
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Lynchburg
Welford
Joe Higginbotham
Archie Hunt
John Hancock
Frazier Cunnngham
Elkhorn
McDowell County
W. Va
Unable to Parse The Moment of Accusation and Ceremony
An individual is accused of misconduct amid a ceremonial event. The report notes a special occasion and selection process, with focus on the alleged behavior and proceedings surrounding the incident.
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H. T Shott
Bluefield
4. E. Martin
H. L Shott
Depree M. Ford
James Hearn
Woods
David G Lilly
Hall
Martin
Hearn
Mr. Shott
Hewitt
A. O. Perry
Post Office Department
Elkins
White House
Onlo River
Bristol Bonds
Tennessee Grand Jury
Kanawha
Postal Telegraph
Connellsville, Pa
NEW Town
Beverly Men
Husell
Veo
Old
Vandersilt Scion
Asylum
T. A
BRO
Bluefield Furniture Co
Prarney M. Cohen
Iquor Pealer
Paul Jones
J. Baker
Khows VO
Mme
Princeton
PLAC
Lusical House
Princeton Averiue
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