Easter Goods and Visitors Highlight City Notes
Easter goods appear in town with Claude Pauley and others listed as ill or recovering. Multiple visitors from Elkins Fairmont Parkersburg Buckhannon and Clarksburg stop in for business, including J P B Rowbottom and ex-Auditor L M LaFollette. Local politics mention Fleming ton candidate G C Brohard and Senator Gartlan with McGraw Oil Gas Co ties. Fertilizer promo Double Eagle Phosphate sold by N C Musgrove on West Main.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Pauley
West Side
Charles Harquess
South Side
Frank Flanagan
P. AH. Shaw
Elkins
Grafton
R. B. Ely
Fairmont
Ity
Howard H. Clark
Parkersburg
Sweet Melody
A. S. Bowman
Buckstannon
J. PB. Rowbottom
Philadelphia Gas Company
L. M. LaFollette
Clarksburg
Jion
G. C. Brohard
Flemington
Gartlan
McGraw Oil & Gas Co
Double Eagle
N. C. Musgrove
West Main Street
Ohio County Primary Today in Wheeling Faces Sheriff Race
Ohio County Republicans wage a lively sheriff nomination contest with four candidates as primary results loom. Meanwhile a mass of notices and ads fill the paper, including business vacancies, real estate offers, sales, and public notices from Huntington to Wheeling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio County
Wheeling
Hand Improving After Severe Burns in First Ward
Mrs J Wesley Frazier of the First ward is recovering well from a severe burn to her hand suffered at home. The state board of agriculture in Charleston adopted a resolution urging West Virginia's congressional delegation to back the parcels post bill and decided to send a special agriculture instructor to state normal schools to teach teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Wesley Frazier
First Ward
Charleston
West Virginia
Congress
State Board of Agriculture
Despondent Woman Alice Pickens Jumps Pond Near Ravenswood
In Ravenswood on April 9, Miss Alice Pickens, troubled by long illness, ended her life by leaping into a fish pond near her home. Her body was recovered minutes after she disappeared beneath the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ravenswood
Alice Pickens
Oil Well Boosts Activity In Middlebourne Field
Excitement in Middlebourne West Virginia on April 9 as a sizable local oil well restarts operations. The well is producing about 75 barrels daily and spurring renewed drilling activity in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlebourne
W. Va
Daisy picture offer from W. R. Loar & Co this week
W R Loar and Company promotes a 30 Daisy pictures for 60 cents deal running all week at 930. The ad highlights inexpensive decorative items and urges shoppers to visit the store for the limited time promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Loar & Co
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Jolliffe
Grafton’s
Jollif
Grafton’s Best
Batiste
Voltaire
Virginia
Lorne
Oxfords
D. Bonafede
W. Main
Melody
H. J. Smith
W. J. Mays & Co
E. Main Street
Bell
Thornton Fire Brick Company
Thornton, W. Va
Coliseum
A. B. N. Means
Huntington
Russell
Washington, D. C
United States Grand Jury
A.M. White
Kenny
Kenny & Maloney
Armstrong
First National Bank
H. J. Pracht
Gratian
Be. R. Loar & Co
L. B
Salem
James Yaste, Jr
Latrobe St
Adelsons
New York
Adelson
NEW Cloak Store
Qweet Melody
Beeler & Young
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