Martinsburg Journal editor and Judge Keedy clash over feuds
The Martinsburg Journal calls Judge M L Keedy’s feud remarks ludicrous and urges civil process argue over the McCusker case. The paper accuses Keedy of implying West Virginia is lawless like Kentucky and Maryland arguing against violent feud resolutions.
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Martinsburg Journal
Keedy
West Mia
Kentucky
Martins Journal
McCusker
Sheedy
West Virginia
Maryland
Keedy Responds to Journal Feud Claims in WV Mountains
Judge M L Keedy refutes Martinsburg Journal quotations about feud spirit in West Virginia mountains following remarks in sentencing Claude McCusker. He accuses the editor of misquoting and urges more accurate reporting and historical study.
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M L. Keedy
Martinsburg Journal
Hagerstown Il
Arnal
McUsker
Martinsburg Evening Journal
M. L. Keedy
West Virginia
Claude McCusker
Keedy
Mail
Kentucky
Edison Plant Fire Destroys East Orange Works
Edison watched last night as 24 buildings at his East Orange plant burned, destroying phonographs and delicate machines. Fire departments battled the blaze. two girls were burned, one worker missing, and a firefighter injured. Loss valued at 5 million with 2 million insurance. 4000 employees out of work.
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New York
Thomas A. Edison
Epoch
East Orange
Mr. Edison
Fire Department of
East
West d South Orange
Newark
Darey
William Trocher
Film Department
Edison Phonograph Company
Edison Manufacturing Company
T. A. Edison Corporation
Edison Storage Battery Company
A. Edison
West Orange Works
Remaining German ships sunk British victory complete
Reports from Buena Ayres claim the German cruisers Bresden and Nurnberg, escaped from the British fleet, have been sunk and the British victory described as complete. Details are scarce due to limited wireless communication with Montevideo and Fort Stanley.
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Buena Ayres
Bresden
Nurnberg
London
Kaiser Wilhelm
Amsterdam
Berlin
Kaiser
Vienna
Breslau
Emperor Franz Josef
Land Transfers in Cumberland Area Record
Abraham Rose transfers a parcel in Cumberland to Finley C. Hendrickson for $5. Luther Ash sells another Cumberland property to Otto Conrad for $10. Elizabeth Swarth and husband convey land on Woodside Avenue Cumberland to Ottis Wisman and wife for $10.
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Abraham Rose
Finley C. Hendrickson
Cumberland
Luther Ash
Otto Conrad
Humbird Land and Improvement Company
Elizabeth &. Swarth
Ottis Wisman
Woodside Avenue
Women Driven Insane in Europe by War's Horrors
Mrs. Rosika Schwimmer reports that war horrors drive thousands of women in France Germany and Austria to insanity. She cites censorship preventing news of husbands and cites widespread devastation, urging armistice and relief to halt the tragedy of silence among European women and children.
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New York
France
Germany
Austria
Rosika Schwimmer
International Council of Equal Suffrage
England
Belgium
Austria-Hungary
Eastern Council of Reform Rabbis
Council of Jewish Women
Temple Emanu-El
Europe
United States
Poland
Servia
Galicia
Hungary
East Prussia
Local arrivals and marriage licenses listed in Clarksburg area text
Morning arrivals include John H. Kratz Baltimore with State Fire Marshal Myers and Dr. C. KE Ford visiting in Clarksburg. Pittsburgh resident D A Smith visits his parents in Smithton while various marriage licenses are announced including Alvin Smith and Emma Lilius Williams and Edward Charles Keller with Nellie Leona Sheirer among others. Other couples listed include Lester William Wise with Tifilda Josephine Larson and Arthur Calep Long with Mabel Elizabeth Twigg, plus several Pa. and Va. residents in Cumberland and Goshen area notices.
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Co. P. Crawford
H. R. Kight
Dr. C. KE. Ford
Clarksburg
W. Va
John H. Kratz
Baltimore
Myers
D. A. Smith
Pittsburgh
FP. J. Smith
Alvin Smith
Ruffs Dale
Emma Lilius Williams
Smithton
Edward Charles Keller
West End
Nellie Leona Sheirer
Buffalo Mills
Five Members Of A Clever Gang Of Freight Car Thieves Arrested
Cumberland police say they have broken up a large freight car theft ring operating between Cumberland and Hancock. Four men were jailed: Sloane Hoadley Green Spring W. Va Edward Sibley Shannon Jones and Dennis Cameron of Cumberland. Another arrest was expected later as officers recovered merchandise from a Frederick Street house and a BB and O box car robbery near Green Spring.
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Cumberland Police Department
Hancock
Sloane Hoadley
Green Spring
W. Va
Edward Sibley
Shannon Jones
Dennis Cameron
Hoadley
Wilson
Frederick Street
Eisenhauer
Hardy
Betz
Himmler
Howard Sibley
Jones
Cameron
Former Local Woman Annie Yates Dies in Brooklyn
Telegram announces the death of Mrs. Annie Gibson Roberts Yates in Brooklyn New York at her son George Yates home in Mount Vernon She was daughter of civil engineer W Milner Roberts and lived in Cumberland Carlisle and Mt Vernon over the years Survived by son George Livingstone daughter Bessie Yates Hewson two grandchildren and three brothers Funeral set for Carlisle Catholic church with relatives traveling by train Numbered details reflect the era and local connections.
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Annie Gibson Roberts Yates
W. Milner Roberts
George Yates
Brooklyn
N. Y
Brazil
Cumberland
Jacob Humbird
Ith Cavalry
U. S
Battle of the
Little Big Horn
Michigan
Carlisle
Mt. Vernon
New York City
N. Y. Telephone Company
Bessie Yates Hewson
Yates
Hugh Hewson
Thomas P. Roberts
Monongahela River
Pittsburg
Richard Roberts
Charleroi
Catholicc
Milner Roberts
Milner Roberts, Jr
Bonner Held in Baltimore Disorder Case
A. M. Bonner received a 10 day stay in the station house by Magistrate Heck after disorderly conduct in a Baltimore street fruit store last night. Several witnesses testified against him.
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A. M. Bonner
Heck
Baltimore Street
Two Autoists Kidnap French Maids Near Rockville Centre
Nassau county authorities investigate a kidnapping tale told by Alice F Atcho and Elizabeth Autura two French maids employed by Mrs Carl Clogie of Prospect Place Hempstead They say two smooth shaved men in a limousine abducted them near the Prospect Park bridge and held them in a vacant house on Merrick Road Rockville Centre before dawn They woke to report to their employer and detectives plan to search for the house and identify the suspects if possible
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Prospect Park
Hempstead
Clogie
Lewis J. Smith
Phineas A. Seaman
Seaman
Rockville Centre
Cent a Word Ad Ask The Press For Your Wants
A brief notice suggests placing a wants advertisement in The Press at a cent per word. The item is a compact tip for readers seeking classified service.
To Stop Sale of Ammunition Bill Introduced in House
Washington December 10. A House bill makes it a crime to ship ammunition or munitions of war from the United States to any country at peace with the United States. Violations carry a 100000 dollar fine, up to five years imprisonment, and confiscation. Half the fine goes to informants, the other half to the Federal Treasury.
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Washington
House
United States
Missing Westernport boy Sam Carr sought by police
Eleven year old Sam Carr from Westernport is missing and believed in Cumberland. He wore a blue suit and plaid cap and is described as stoop shouldered. Anyone with information should contact the police station.
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Sam Carr
Westernport
Cumberland
Sailor shoots girl then kills himself in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia Jesse Adams a 27 year old petty officer on the gunboat Tallahassee shot and killed Anna Conway 24 at her home on 2264 S Hemberger Ave then killed himself Adams from Oakland Illinois. Conway was a James Wilson public school teacher. In Charleston West Virginia the state public printing contract was awarded to H K Matthews for 82860.18 and R P Andrews Paper Co for 51117.0
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Philadelphia
Jesse Adams
Tallahassee
Anna Conway
S. Hemberger
Ana Wolists
Adams
Oakland
Charleston
W. Va
Commissioners of Public Printing
H. K. Matthews
R. P. Andrews Paper Company
Washington
Mrs Sarah Harshbarger Granted Divorce and Maiden Name
Circuit Court grants Mrs Sarah Harshbarger absolute divorce from husband Jacob Harshbarger of Nicholas County West Virginia and restores her maiden name Sarah Howearth. Attorney Arner G Carl represented Mrs Harshbarger.
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Sarah Harshbarger
Circuit Court
Jacob Harshbarger
Nicholas County
W. Va
Sarah Howearth
Arner G. Carl
Harshbarger
Villa troops driven from city of Durango
Washington reports Carranza dispatch says Col Castanos with Arrieta brigade recaptured Durango from Villista forces under Contreras. This gives Arrieta control of Durango while Chihuahua and Hermosillo are under Constitutionalist pressure. A new Puebla army corps forms as citizens rally to push Villa from Matehual City.
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Washington
United States
Naco
Ariz
Constitutionalist
Carranza
Castanos
Arrieta
Durango
Villa
Villista
Contreras
Chuhuahua
Hermosillo
Chihuanhua
Yagi
Tturbo
State of
Puebla
Meaiteo City
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Brigk-Bat
Judge Keedy
Feudist Exchange
Edison
George
Surdee
Rocroi
Coureuilles
East Argonne
War Office
Piotrkow Haveerlin
Friburg
Province
Baden
Kaiser Quite II
Paris
Aisne
Champagne
Argonne
Lester William Wise and
Tifilda Josephine Larson
Elberta, Pa
Richard Wright Wilt
Elizabeth Savilla Wilt
Bond
Arthur Calep Long
Mabel Elizabeth Twigg
Phillipsburg, Pa
Charles Blair McCormick
Wilkinsburg
Annie P. Bell
Jissil Shaklin
Petersburg
Kan
Dora Lindsay
Goshen
Edward Ellsworth Stroupe
Iva Jeanette Robinson
Conway, Pa
Brooklyn, N. Y
CUB
Our Fair
Waldemar Chain
Hawkes
Powell's Leading Jewelers Either
Virginia Avenue
Baltimore St
Sailor
Girl
City OF
Roomers
Williams Street
Fayette Street
Geo. Sisk
York St
Miller’s
Mechanic Street
Patterson
Beall Street
Rose Hill
Carl G. Mullin
Nat'l Bank
New Creek
Keyser
Miller's
Sound Bay
Oneton
Lee Kesner
Water St
Independence Street
Hou
Green Street
Apply Co. H. Glass
Decatur Street
Iver Johnson
Reunn
A. A. Gould
Central Y. M. C. A. Dee
St. Patrick's Church
Maryland Avenue
Charles J. Welsh
Hiram B.wolfe
Liberty St
Howard Street
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