Death of William M Price prompts burial in Rose Hill
The body of William M Price who died in Pittsburg will be brought home for burial on B and W train No 6 arriving at 12 40 p m Friday The funeral will be from the train and interment in Jesse Korns vault Rose Hill cemetery The Pittsburg Gazette Times recalls Attorney William Marcellus Price aged 72 a prominent local lawyer who died suddenly at 336 Lehigh avenue He was born in Parkersburg W Va and studied at Bethany College Cumberland Md He was admitted to the bar in 1866 He married in 1866 to Wilma Korns They had one son Jesse B Price murdered in Darlington Washington six years ago by J A Jahn Jahn is in penitentiary Mr Price belonged to the Masons and Emory Methodist Episcopal Church He leaves his widow two sisters Mrs Quincy Cresaep and Annie Cook and one brother B Price of Parkersburg
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Rose Hill Cemetery
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Bethany College
Cumberland Md
Dge Thomas Price
Cumberland
Co Wwinbia Korns
Jesse B. Price
Darlington
Washington
J. A. Jahn
Young
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Emory Methodist Episcopal Ch
Quincy Cresaep
Annie Cook
B. Price
Bowling Team to Compete at Peoria
Peoria Ill February 4 More than 500 five man teams will compete in the American Bowling Congress tournament here in March Abe Langtry secretary says unusual interest is shown and a list likely to equal or surpass the record of six hundred teams at Chicago E J Ryan Detroit president of the ABC says a large delegation will attend with at least fifty teams promised by Charles M Baker St Louis member of the executive committee H Meyers Indianapolis and E H Kelly Ottumwa Iowa will accompany the group A special train will run St Paul and Minneapolis bowl
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E. J. Ryan
Detroit
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St. Louis
Ember
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Indianapolis
M E H. Kelly
Ottumwa
Iowa
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Michigan Republican Convention Set Across State
Petroit Michigan February 4 Republicans hold statewide conventions for the primary election. The state will caucus in two weeks with plans centered in Grand Rapids and other cities.
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Michigan
Petroit
Mich
Grand Rapids
Lauder Plans World Tour After War Bond
United Press reports Harry Lauder plans a world tour starting in February after his American run. He aims to sing in Japan Petrograd Paris and India while allies join a broader travel circuit. His son serves as a lieutenant in the 8th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and may be sent to the front.
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Little Prince Alexander Ferdinand in Kaiser Medal Regalia
The Kaiser admires his grandsons as they enter military dress. Two and a half year old Prince Alexander Ferdinand of Prussia wears a German officer uniform with a Kaiser issued medal. The medal is highly prized by soldiers risking their lives to earn it.
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Prince August Wilhelm
The Anti Rat Campaign in City Homes
Slogan declares death to the rats as traps cages cats dogs and ferrets aid in catching them. Phosphorus and arsenic are noted poisons while plaster of Paris is seen as safer. Experts say permanent elimination comes from destroying nests and cementing cellars.
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Plaster of Paris
Rag Time Is Declined for Cleveland Parks
Cleveland on February 4 reports municipal music director Christian Timmer will not conduct ragtime in city parks this summer. The municipal symphony orchestra will instead be led by a rag director, as Timmer’s artistic temper says rag music does not fit the program.
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Christian Timmer
Timmer
Roosevelt promotes African Game Trails novel reading
Theodore Roosevelt argues fiction can be uplifting as heavy reading when interesting and wholesome. The Press offers his book African Game Trails, a 600 plus page volume with 200 plus illustrations from the expedition, bound in library cloth with color details. Readers can obtain it by the coupon in today’s column.
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Alwald
Theodore Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt
Requisition Not Recognized Delays WV Deputy’s Return
Deputy Sheriff R J Buckman of Romney failed to bring back an Italian boarding house keeper from Green Spring after New York would not honor a West Virginia requisition. About $1000 in guest deposits were involved.
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R. J. Buckman
Romney
New York City
Green Spring
New York
West Virginia
Buckman
Deer Escapes From Preserve Spark Local Concern
The Woodmont Rod and Gun Club bought 13 mule deer in Michigan and released them on preserves. The deer escaped and are roaming at large near Hancock attracting attention from residents and authorities.
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Woodmont Rod and Gun Club
Michigan
Hancock
Reform Wave in West Virginia Prohibition Drive
A. L. Blaisdell of New York notes aggressive anti liquor efforts in West Virginia. Detectives, breath tests, dictographs, and stricter laws mark a broad crackdown as the legislature shores up the prohibitions with a rule restricting carryin to half a gallon and labeling requirements.
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West Virginia
A. L. Blaisdell
New York
Washington
Antiliquor
Union
Railroad Men Flood Capital
West Virginia railroad workers from across the state attended a public hearing in the senate chamber on the full crew bill and the experience bill. The Baltimore and Ohio line sent many officials and workers who protested the measures while Fairmont interests led by W. R. Riggs pressed for passage amid a crowded, hotly debated session.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Senate Chamber
Baltimore and Ohio
Fairmont
W. R. Riggs
Freight workers summoned over blue law violation in Altoona
Twenty five freight trainmen of the Middle Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad were summoned to Port Royal Justice of the Peace to answer charges of working on Sunday before last. An informer, alleged to be a former Pennsylvania employee, said to have triggered the case. The company plans a vigorous defense.
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Altoona
Middle Division
Pennsylvania Railroad
Port Royal Justice of the Peace
Pennsylvania
Wanted Secondhand Whiskey Barrels Advertised
Wanted secondhand whiskey barrels. Contact Phoge 1283 at W. R. F. King for inquiries.
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W. R. F. King
Taxicabs All 700 Advertisement
Advertisement notes a fleet of seven hundred taxicabs with pricing or availability details and promotes a beverage called Absolutely Pure Drink Gen Beer as another advertisement segment.
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