Coal and Coke Railway to Reach Elkins and Parsons
Elkins hopes the Coal and Coke Railway will enter the city on its own tracks, linking through Parsons to Morgantown and Kingwood, with Vanderbilt interests crossing B&O rights. The project aims to complete a through Pittsburgh to Charleston route via Beington, boosting Elkins after its 1897 fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkins
W. Va
Elkins Board of Trade
H. G Davis
Coal & Coke Railway Company
Coal & Coke
Parsons
Morgantown
Kingwood
Senator Elkins
Roaring Creek Junction
Maryland
Board of Trade
Davis
Rowlesburg
Cheat River
Pittsburg
Charleston
Vanderbilt
Wabash
Grafton
Tygart Valley
Belington & Northern
Dayton
Beington
Congress Asked to Probe Labor Conditions in Pennsylvania
A movement to intervene in the American Sheet and Tin Plate strike and to Congress investigate Western Pennsylvania labor conditions was started by the Amalgamated Association. Senator Culbertson presented a letter from P. J. McArdle and J. Williams urging a committee inquiry. He may introduce a resolution. Daisy Haldeman and Ia Beredlove are mentioned in town and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
American Sheet and Tin Plate Co
Pennsylvania
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Culbertson
Texas
Democrats
Senate
P. J. McArdle
John Williams
Amalgamated Association
Pressed Steel Car Company
Congress
Victory for Wrights on cross country flying test
In Washington July 31 Orville Wright piloted a five mile straight course with a return trip and Lt Foulois as passenger achieving over 42 mph. The flight lasted 14 minutes 42 seconds securing a $25,000 contract plus a $5,000 bonus and establishing a new world record for cross country air travel over rough ground with ten thousand spectators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Orville Wright
Orville
Foulois
Tariff Changes Analyzed by Chairman Payne Amid Revisions
The analysis outlines increases and decreases on importations by value, listing major sectors such as chemicals, metals, lumber, sugar, tobacco, wine and liquor, cotton, paper, and sundries. It notes luxury items and cites selected duty adjustments including cocoa leaves, perfumes, and various acids and oils, with broad implications for consumption value and trade.
Monongah Suffers Major Fire Loss This Morning
Monongah West Virginia suffered a heavy blaze starting about three this morning in the residence of Mrs Brace on Bridge street. Firemen battled the flames as 20 business houses and dwellings burned before 6 am. Fairmont dispatched aid and the total loss is about 70000 with no fatalities. The fire was caused by a live electric wire in Mrs Brace's home amid a dry spell. Also notes social items about visitors Catherine Dangler Cleveland and Lulu Demoss Rowlesburg in town.
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Bar
Red Cross
Mont Juich
Barcelona
Brandies
Gerona
Monongah
W. Va
Brace
Catherine Dangler
Cleveland
Chas. E. Marshall
Thayer Street
Lulu Demoss
Rowlesburg
Carrie Cassell
Cloudburst Dooms Western Maryland Line Near Elkins
Elkins West Virginia July 31 A cloud burst hit the Coal and Iron division washing out bridges along Faulkner and Boyden about ten miles below Elkins. Tracks were removed up to a thousand feet into Cheat River with rocks trees and logs on the line. There are 25 or 30 landslides. Dry Fork water station at Faulkner washed away. Restoring traffic will take three days.
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Elkins
W. Va
Coal & Iron Division
Western Maryland Railroad
Hendricks
Horton
Maryland
Faulkner
Boyden
Cheat River
Dry Fork
Thaw Resists Evelyn Thaw Divorce Request
York dispatch reports Harry K Thaw and attorney Charles Marshauser showing little interest as Evelyn Thaw prepares to file for life with divorce. Early proceedings closed and the Thaws plan to contest any action.
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York
Harry K. Thaw
Charles Marshauser
Evelyn ‘Thaw
Death of an 8 month old infant in cholera infantum
William Howard Dofflemyer is mourned by Mr. and Mrs. J W Dofflemyer of 274 East Railroad street after the infant son died following a brief illness of cholera infantum at 6 40 pm. The funeral is set for Sunday at 2 pm from the residence with Rev H C Howard of Andrews M E church officiating. Burial follows in Bluemont cemetery under Undertaker John A McCabe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Sentinel
William Howard
J.W. Dofflemyer
East Railroad Street
H. C. Howard
Andrews M. E. Church
Bluemont Cemetery
John A. McCabe
Garbage wagon nuisance to city health
A letter complains of a garbage wagon operating daily around 3 PM along Latrobe street. The writer warns of foul odors and flies spreading infection, urging the city to stop the practice, haul waste in a covered wagon, and at night to protect public health.
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Latrobe Street
Wage scale talks fail as Cleveland session ends without agreement
The wage scale committee and window glass manufacturers in Cleveland adjourned after two days with no wage agreement for September. If unresolved, plants open in September may operate under the current scale. Bertha Howell, 17, of Adamston, is missing from Clarksburg. She recently finished a tin plate mill job, drew her pay, and left with two women, possibly heading to Charleston.
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Window Glass Manufacturers
The
Window Glass Workers Union
Cleveland
Clarksburg
W. Va
Bertha Howell
Adamston
Tin Plate Mills
Weston
Charleston
Susan Dunbar Dies After Long Life in Grafton
Daily Sentinel notes Susan Dunbar, a longtime resident of Grafton born a slave in Bath County Virginia, died at 4 AM after months of dropsy. Survived by daughter Florence Johnson and a son in Pennsylvania. Funeral from her residence Monday with burial at Blmont cemetery under Undertaker John A. McCabe's direction.
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Daily Sentinel
Susan Dunbar
J. BE. R. Bills
Grafton
Clarksburg
Alsterphius Werninger
Thomas EB. Davis
Mr. Werninger
Mr. Davis
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Daisy Haldeman
Thornton
Ia Beredlove
Columbus
Ohio
Todd
Rebele
Wrights
Payne
Big Blaze
Cloudburgt
Thaw
Evelyn
Western Canada
United States
Xtractrom Correa
Chicago
oMinines
Gardner Ride
Ageol
J. W Dofflemyer
Castoria
Ellis Home
Dred
Ce Belvidere
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