Knights Templar Easter Service Planned in Wheeling
Knights Templar in Wheeling plan an Easter service at Andrew Methodist Church on East Main Street at 10 30 AM with Rev H C Howard delivering the address. Sir Knights are urged to attend in full dress uniform and seating for families will be reserved by card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights Templar
William T. Lilly
Harry C. Compton
Andrew Methodist Episcopal Church
East Main Street
H. C. Howard
Asyam
Swisher Narrowly Loses In Marion County Primary
The Marion county primary results show Charles Wesley Swisher, governor candidate, winning 2848 of 3787 votes with no opponent on the ticket. The surprising outcome reveals 939 Republicans in the county cut him, reshaping expectations for delegates in remaining counties.
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Fairmont
Marion County
Charles Wesley Swisher
Swisher
Very Novel Wager Sparks Leap Year Bet in Post Office
A leap year wager circulates in a post office where two clerks agree that the younger will wed in a certain number of months and the older expects to be married within six months. The bet hinges on a verbal contract and the prospects of both men, with the younger under pressure to prove the claim and the older likely already cinched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
New Style Shell Game Ends In Court Fine
Henry Templeton, with ancestors liberated by Lincoln, argued near Central Motel when an athletic man kicked his head. Templeton grabbed a bucket of oyster shells and threw them at the fleeing man. Policeman Fletcher intervened and the offender was fined one dollar and costs for disorderly conduct in Mayor Kenny's court.
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Henry Templeton
Abraham Lincoln
Central Motel
Mr. Templeton
Henry
Templeton
Fletcher
Kenny
Taxes Due for Year 1907 Promptly Required
Public notice warns that all taxes for the year 1907 must be paid without delay or they will be listed as delinquent. The message cites Sections 14 to 24 and references penalties and collection actions.
Glades Hotel Sold and Headed for Demolition in Oakland
The Glades Hotel in Oakland Maryland has been sold and will be razed to recover lumber. Once connected to Capt. Dailey and Capt. Fay, the historic inn witnessed Civil War era events including the Crook and Kelley capture and Crook's romance with Dailey's sister. Oakland residents mourn the landmark's end.
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General Crook
Dailey
Oakland
The Pale Dervis Makes A Saintly Gift Of Cake
A centuries old tale follows a pale dervis on a lonely island who passes between his island and a city. He saves Passa’s son, reveals justice in fate, and a jealous wife enacts a deadly plot that ends with the dervis’ warning fulfilled.
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Singa
Allah Mohammed Allah
Passa
Dervil
Allah
Tam Allah
Tam
Passa Sengatulla
Mucamet
Mucament
Water remedies for common ailments and city hall plans
The article promotes home remedies using hot water for headache toothache colic and croup relief including neck and stomach applications and hot baths as cathartics. It notes citizens are growing weary waiting for city hall square improvement and hints at local civic plans.
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City Hall Square
Uncanny Stranger Leaves Trunk with Silver Plate Remains
A man named Swaim boarded with the Montgomerys on East Main street and left abruptly, owing board. His trunk contained two casket plates engraved At Rest. Undertaker John A. McCabe noted one plate was ancient, the other newer and both plates showed signs of having been pried from caskets. Authorities fear grave robbing. The man vanished, leaving no trace in Grafton.
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Swaim
E. ©.Montgomery
East Main Street
Cecil Montgomery
Kessler
John A. McCabe
Grafton
Judge Robinson Endorsed by Taylor County District Conventions
County Republicans hold district meetings in Flemington Fetterman and Court House to back Ira E Robinson for Supreme Court judge and George C Sturgiss for Congress. Delegates named to Parkersburg Elkins and Charleston conventions with endorsements for Conley and broader Republican slate amid a busy county campaign season.
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Fiemington
Fiemngton
Robert G. Cather
Thomas H. Brohard
Martin A. Shields
Drv
WC. Cur- TV
George
Glark
Prank J. Tracy
James Hi. Lantiam
D. E. Stephens
B. M. Dearing
Floyd Teter
Baxter Hallery I. D
Mantim
Lincoln Greathouse
C. P. Fleming
George C. Stangiss
Durst
Wm. G. Conley
Ira. E. Robinson
Supreme Court
Grafton
Scherr and Hearne
Fetterman District
Fetterman
Harry L. Baker
Hugh L. Marquess
T. W. Engle
Dawson
Ira EB. Robinson
Supreme Court of Appeals
West Virgina
Robinson
George C. Sturgiss
West Virginia
Taylor County
Ira E. Robinson
Parkersburg
Sturgiss
Congress
Elkins
B. M. Poe
Will Jenking
Hugh Marquess
T. J. Baker
Court House
Webster
W. Va
Oes
S. H. Sommerville
C. A. Keefer
John G. St. Clair
W. T. Lake
Simpson
Congressional
Elking
H. R. Laughlin
Alan
Bartlett
M. F. Cather
C. Brown
T. Yates
John H. Eunst
Gratton
J. E. Anderson
John R. Cole
Virgil T. Handley
J.C. Lewellen
B. W. Perine
Benjamin McCluskey
D. C. Pratt
A.F. McWilliams
Dock Fletcher
Alonzo Bartlett
C. C. Brown
J. G. St. Clair
Floyd Waller
W. T. Walter
W. I. Chambers
Homer Selvey
M. V. Lake
C. BM. Davis
Ira Curbey
J. J. Bartlett
John L. Roe
A. R. Kunst
Cox
W. G. Conley
William G. Conley
Preston County
Charleston
Conley
Sweet Melody Flour Mercantile Stock Sold
Everett J Spotts has purchased the stock of merchandise owned by the late J W Penafield on Walnut street West Side and will continue the business at the same stand. The purchaser is described as a capable and sagacious young man who will likely command a good trade and ensure the venture's success. Illegal Election Held in West Wheeling Ohio on April 14 alleges three illegal votes in a school commissioner race leaving two more ballots than names in the poll-book and hinting at another election.
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ST. Clair
John Granville St. Clair
Tyrconnell
John H. Henry
West Virginia College
Institution of Learning
West Virgina University
Republican Party
Sturgiss
Eindorse
George
Stur
Giss
West Virginia
Grafton
George C. Sturgiss
Itkins
Everett J. Spotts
J. W. Penafield
Walnut Street
West Side
West Wheeling
Rushel Kennedy
John Johnson
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Wheeling
Woman's Civic Club
Moundsville
State Federation of Woman's Clubs
The
West Virginia Historical Society
Henry ‘Templeton
Glades Hotel
ROYAL
S. Pearlman
Daily Sentinel
Mucainet Waller
Montgomery
Semunzier
Cuba
Court House District
Grafton District Convention
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