Man Who Loaded the First Car of Coal in West Virginia
The Fairmont Times notes biography details of John Henry who loaded the first coal car shipped from a West Virginia mine in 1852. A Scot by birth, he immigrated with his father, helped open the O Donnell mine near the Monongahela, and later held superintendent and county commissioner roles.
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West Virginia
Fairmont Times
Harm’ Ing
Joan Henry
Sentinel
the Times
John Henry
Henry
Scotland
Elkhart
Mailand
Lawrence Henry
Columbus O’donnell
Baltimore
O'Donnell
Monongahela River
Johntown Bridge
Fairmont
Baltimore & Ohio
Baltimore Gas Company
Henrys
Newbury
Tyrconnell
Newbury Oil & Coal Company
Taylor County
Pleasants County Republicans pick delegates in mass meeting
In St Marys April 1 Pleasants county Republicans held mass conventions and elected delegates to nominating conventions. Woodyard was unanimously endorsed for congress and C P Craig for state senate. The state convention delegation is seen as favorable to Scherr, with no instructions issued.
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Pleasants County
St. Marys
W. Vas
Woodyard
Congress
C. P. Craig
State Senate
Scherr
Bradford Funeral for Robert H Bradford Held Today
The funeral of Robert H Bradford who died at his South Side home Monday morning was held at 2 pm at his residence. Woodmen of the World members attended in a body. Rev. C L Trawin of the Baptist church conducted the service and the interment was at Bluemont Cemetery under Undertaker McCabe.
Unions Will Meet Sunday in City
Thomas H. Flynn of Pittsburg, famed labor organizer, arrives as special representative of the American Federation of Labor. He will lead a Sunday gathering at the Wehn building of all city trades groups to form a central trades and labor assembly. The body will join the AFL as a direct branch and organize printers, barbers, and other workers lacking current union structures.
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Thomas H. Flynn
Pittsburg
American Federation of Labor
Wehn
Trades and Labor Assembly
American Federation
Flynn
Old Minister Resigns After Century of Service
Wheeling April 1 Dr S W Leech pastor of the North Street M E church resigns after more than a century of gospel service and will retire from active life. Resignation takes effect with the close of the conference year in October. He is widely known throughout the state.
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Wheeling
W. Leech
North Street
M. E
Tis
Were Almost Smothered
Morgantown March 27 Eight prisoners in the county jail faced a near fatal suffocation last night when a gas buildup from a heater and stove filled the upper cell area. The Valente family and others, including Ball and Johnson, suffered varying degrees of illness. a window was opened to vent air, and physicians assisted the shaken inmates.
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Morgantown
Raphael Valente
Forest Johnson
Alonzo Ball
Valente
Ball
Johnson
Han
Bullet in Brain Man Traverses Two Miles Through Tunnel
Italian laborer Tanazzio walked about two miles through the McAdoo tunnel under the North River with a bullet lodged in his brain. He crawled from Manhattan to Hoboken, climbed over debris, and arrived exhausted at St. Marys Hospital Hoboken. Police say a fight among tunnel workers sparked the shooting. the shooter remains unknown.
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New York
Colomores
Ranazzio
McAdoo
North River
St. Mary’s Hospital
Hoboken
Tanazzio
Manhattan Terminal
Hohoken
Tananzio
Mrs McDaniel Died Saturday in Woodford addition
Widow Mrs Alpheus McDaniel aged 69 years 6 months died Saturday evening after several weeks illness at her home in Woodford addition. Survived by husband three daughters and one son. Funeral today at 10 from home, interment Webster cemetery in charge of Rev E B Reese. Undertaker John A McCabe.
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Alpheus McDaniel
Woodford
Sentinel
Webster
E. B. Reese
U. B. Church
John A. McCabe
Surprising Figures in the B. and O. Statement
The Baltimore and Ohio monthly statement for February shows operating expenses only 367,959 dollars lower than the previous year despite widespread layoffs and reduced freight receipts. Receipts compare unfavorably, down 1,256,945 dollars from February 1907, while costs seem not to have fallen as much.
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Baltimore & Ohio
Police To Police The Police In Our Growing City
Gentle plea for more police to oversee the existing force as crime rises in a growing city. The verse highlights vice in various forms and urges permanent leadership to manage expanding conditions and keep order. The poem presents a community demand rather than a report of specific incidents or officials.
Temperance fight seen as state politics maker
Huntington March 28 Hon Elliott Northcott says the temperance issue will shape state politics, influence this fall’s election, and affect legislative, delegate district, and senatorial contests. A Letter from Philippi questions alleged methods used to back a governor candidate, urging honesty and party integrity. A note mentions Rhode Island Red Chickens exhibited at John N. Tregellas' store on 18th and 14th with dates 807 6th 4th.
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Huntington
Elliott Northcott
Parkersburg
News of
Philippi
Swisher
Republican
Dispatch News
Republican Party
Kanawha
Barbour
D. C. Pitt
Rhode Island
John N. Tregellas
Standard Oil Expects Large Appeal Brief Filed
Chicago March 27 The Standard Oil Company of Indiana through its attorney John S Miller has filed in the U S circuit court to appeal the 29 000 000 fine imposed by Judge Landis The lengthy brief repeats defenses from trial and seeks to reduce the penalty by arguing continuous offenses merger and questions tying Rockefeller and other officials to the Indiana unit in examining finances and relations to the eastern company
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Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
John S. Miller
U. S. Circuit Court of Expeals
Landis
Whiting, Ind
East St. Louis
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Indiana Corporation
Astern Company
Militia Ready to Protect Tobacco Growers in West Virginia
State Adjutant General N S Barlew announced that West Virginia militia will be used if necessary to protect tobacco growers from the night riders of this state or Kentucky who threaten to invade West Virginia. The alert was issued March 29 with full force pledge.
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Charleston
N. S. Barlew
West Virginia
Kentucky
Auction of Staff Goods at City Bank Building Draws Crowd
Chief Cole held an auction of staff items taken as security in front of the First National Bank building this afternoon attracting a large crowd. Pocket knives sold in sixes 30 to 60 cents a half dozen. Watches sold 7.78 cents to 10 cents. two showy ladies watches brought $5.25 and $5.50. Some pieces were unmarked and unlikely to be valuable. An ornate nickel plated Waterbury sold for 65 cents. The overall proceeds around $20 from an initial investment of about $206. Social tone noted as a humorous event with酒. The piece also includes a political aside about William Jennings Bryan and a brief note on fish lifespans.
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Cole
Cers
Jert
First National Deak
Harry Price
Waltham
Ingersoll
Waterbury
Gaines
Jée Hannyn
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NEW
RayoLamp
Nsornoratad
Frey
Citymerican Federal Labor Branch
Scott
Monongalia County
Lucinda
Woodford Addition
U. S
Dr. Williams
DR. Williams Medicine Company
Rossville
Ohio
Hell
Bryan
F. W. Baumer & CO
Market Street
Acolan Co
Weber, Steck, Wheelock and Stuyvesant
Weber
Paderewski
Court Theatre
Appea
Big Fine
State Adjutant General
William Jennings Bryan
Ohio River
Nebraska Plains
West Virginia Business College
Fordyce Building
Clarksburg, W. Va
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