Merchants Protective Association Held Very Enthusiastic Meeting
A large crowd gathered at the Board of Trade rooms for the Merchants Protective Association meeting. The group discussed Empress Glass plant operations using Mannington glassworkers, Memorial Day observance with church unions at National cemetery, and Keefer named secretary as 35 members pledged enthusiasm for city trade issues.
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C. A. Keefer
Empress Factory
Daily Sentinel
Merchants’ Protective Association
Board of Trade
Tregellas
Sentinel
Empress Glass Company
Mannington
Empress
Mer
Empress Company
Manning' S
Ton Gless Company
Reno Post
Grand Army of the Republic
Merchants Association
National Cemetery
A. G. Park
Keefer
Theer
Home Oil & Gas Strike Expected at Fifth Sand
Reports from Home Oil & Gas Company drillers indicate the fifth sand, considered the pay sand, nears completion this week. Experts foresee gas flow or oil, with prospects of a payout far beyond the first sand’s 1,000,000 feet per day, ahead of Sunday.
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Home Oil & Gas Company
Impressive Scene as Judge Frees Woman In Betrayal Killing
New York April 21 Sarah Ko ten the young Russian Jewess who shot Dr Samuel Auspitz and pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the first degree was released from the criminal branch of the supreme court. Justice Blanchard suspended sentence and turned her over to the Society for the Protection of Jewish Women for care and recovery with her child. About eighty women witnessed the moment as she was led to the prison box and then to a carriage for a country retreat to restore health and reason.
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Rah Gote
Samuel Aussitz
FBI
New York
Sarah Koten
Samuel Auspitz
Criminal
Supreme Court
Criminal Courts
Justice Blanchard
Sentenc
Society For the Protection of Jewish Women
Sarah Koren
Theer
Society of the Protection of Jewish Women
Grand Central Station
Goulds Enter Large Scale Coal Business
Pittsburg April 21 It is stated that the Gould interests plan to mine coal on a large scale starting with a 16 000 acre tract holding 100 000 000 tons along the West Side Belt Railroad and the Pittsburg Terminal Railroad and Coal Company lease. The move involves a proposed holding company with Frederic Busk and Frederix A Delano active, amid railroad changes including Delano’s resignation as Wheeling and Lake Erie president.
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Pittsburg
Gould
West Side Belt Railroad
Pittsburg Terminal Railroad & Coal Company
Pittsburg, Coal & Coke Company
Tocmert
Frederick
Western Mar
Frederix A
Delano
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad Company
Gould’s
Hawin Gould
F. A. Delano
New Officers Elected For Local Company
Col John T McGraw is again chosen president of the company and B F Overholt is made vice president. A Hood Phillips chosen as treasurer and George L Hartley retained as superintendent.
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Col
John T. M’graw
B. F. Overholt
A. Hood Phillips
George L. Hartley
John T. McGraw
City and County Cooperate for New Bridge at Once
Efforts will be made to have city and county cooperate on a new bridge at Flemington. A country district will be opened by the company and many other important improvements are contemplated for the coming summer.
Grafton Traction Company selects officers and eyes expansion
The annual meeting at Col John T. McGraws office elected officers for the year and added J. J. Wainright to the board, replacing the late Charles B. Conway. The firm discussed extending the line to the West Side and Flemington, linking Grafton with Clarksburg and Pittsburgh via new trolley routes, plus funding a new Tygart Valley bridge with county and city shares. County court and engineers will survey Penington routes, aiming to run lines via Pruntytown or Webster, as development momentum grows.
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Flemington
Grafton
Clarksburg
Pairmont
Pittsburgh
Elkins
McGraw
Tygart Valley
Traction Company
Concensus
Graftop ‘Raction
Col. McGraw
Penington
Pruntytown
Webster
Trac, von
County Court
Miss Gladys Wamsley Returns From Wheeling Later Night
A fragmented report notes Miss Gladys Wamsley known as Miss Gladys Wiles arrives by train No 4 from Wheeling to her uncle Frank Wiles on the South Side. The arrest that sparked excitement in Morgantown and elsewhere involved Thomas Dolan and Constable John B. Sandy with charges of kidnapping, bound over on a $500 bond. The piece mentions a future circuit court case and a light note about wireless telephone use.
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Daily Sentinel
Gladys Wamsley
Gladys Wiles
Miss Wamsley
Wheeling
Willie Whitla
Frank Wiles
South Side
Thomas F. Dolan
Morgantown
John B. Sandy
the Good Shepherd
Dolan
Pen for Life for Toting Revolver in Moundsville
James Tate of Fayetteville, already serving a life term for murder, is to be returned to the Moundsville penitentiary after a revolver was found on him during a Fayetteville arrest. Tate, about forty, had been pardoned conditionally by Governor Dawson two years earlier.
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Moundsville
James Tate
Fayetteville
Tate
Fayette County
White
W. M. C. Dawson
Court house addition work halted over miscut stone thickness
The Sentinel reports a previous延期 reason for delaying work was incorrect. Stones above the windows were cut 8 inches thick instead of 12 per contract, and Jones and Thomas halted operations until the stone contractor corrected the mistake.
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Court House
Sentinel
Jones & Thomas
Lad Kills Self Over Dead Horse in Morgantown
Morgantown W V April 20 Learns that his pet driving horse was to be killed on account of disease George McVey entered the stall where the sick animal was and placing a revolver to his head shot his brains The boy's body was found in the manger of the horse's stall by his stepfather George Vosti ga. The item also notes Senator Tillman visiting the White House and Burr Bosley returning to the U S Navy after a furlough.
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Morgantown
W. Va
George McVey
George Vostiga
Hat controversy sparks church fashion reform in Fairmont
From the Fairmont Times report the Ministerial Association of Fairmont supports removing hats in church. Resolutions urged ladies to take off head coverings during worship to curb overcrowded churches and door size issues. G. D. Smith and T. B. Lawler signed as president and secretary.
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Fairmont
Indies
Ministerial Association of
G. D. Smith
Pres
T. B. Lawler
Sec’y
Northcott Named Next U S Minister to Columbia
April 20. President Taft sent to the Senate the appointments of Elliott Northcott as minister to Columbia and Harold A. Ritz of Bluefield as successor district attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia. Northcott, born in Clarksburg, has long been a Republican figure. Ritz, born in Wheeling, is active in state GOP politics and has held the circuit judgeship.
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Washington, D. C
Elliott Northcott
Columbia
Harold A. Ritz
Bluefield
Northcott
United States
West Virginia
Taft
Senate
Ritz
Isaac T. Mann
Marshall College
Wayne County
Oswego
N. Y
Elrcuit
Wheeling
J. M. Ritz
J. M.noyes
Dr Smith Leaves City for Cleveland Practice
Dr W R Smith, a well known dentist, left for Cleveland Ohio where he has purchased the offices and practice of a noted dental establishment and will reside there. He recently disposed of his business here to Drs Shai and Hill then went to Texas but the climate did not suit him and he returned. He has sought a location since and now has a good one in Cleveland. The tariff bill is noted as being named after its proposer in the House but the Senate often substitutes in substance if not in name.
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Chicago
Patten
W. R. Smith
Cleveland
Smith
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Clarence E. Robinson
Barbour County
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Supreme Court of Appeals
Edward Beck
Stuart F. Reed
Torge
Betrayer
Alfred Swinton
Goulds
Howard Gould
Busch
H. P. Gilmore
J. Wainright
John Rock, Jr
Thomas A. Deveny
L. Billingslea
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Senator Tillman
White House
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Burr Bosley
U. S. Navy
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W. B. Glasscock
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