Brown Declares Not a Candidate for Congress
Daily Sentinel reports Hon. William G. Brown of Kingwood, known as Junior Brown, is not seeking the Democratic nomination for Congress. The piece notes Brown remains healthy, dismisses rumors of his candidacy, and suggests J. Hop Woods or others as possible nominees if Col. Davie declines. It also mentions a Chamberlains remedy ad and general political chatter in the district.
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Daily Sentinel
Amorg
Congress
Brown
Sentinel
Thos. B
Davie
J. Hop Woods
Philippi
John J. Cornwell
Mr. Brown
Mr. Woods
Pretton
Summer Diarrhoea Remedy for Children in Summer
A rural notice urges immediate attention to unusual bowel looseness in children during heat. It endorses Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with a castor oil follow up to cleanse the system. Rev M O Brookland of Little Falls Minn commends the remedy for summer disorders in children. Sold by all medicine dealers.
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Chamberain
Chamberlain
Brookland
Little Fails Minn
Thrifty Mountaineers Firefighting Plan Prompts Questions
In West Virginia large timberland owners form a fire brigade among mountaineers. PFC vision pays workers to subdue fires, with some praise for effectiveness but grave suspicion of arson to keep employment during dull spells. Chronicle reports mixed results and concerns about motives.
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Sam Ice
PFC
West Virginia
Chronicle
B and C Y M C A in fourishing condition in Cumberland
The July secretary report shows receipts rising by 244 over June to 1.87. The institution grows in favor of railroad employees for whom it was founded. The building is a model of convenience and comfort and well located for the company’s workers.
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Cumberland
Out of One Man s Misfortune Good May Yet Come
The Philadelphia Press editorial discusses leprosy care, urging joint state action to establish a proper isolated sanitarium for lepers in the Northeast. It notes transmission risks, the need for public health cooperation, and the growing immigration context that could raise cases in major cities. It also cites the Md State Board of Health and calls for a New England Middle States facility with state shares. The piece ends with a public health warning and a separate local ad for Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
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Phiadelphia Press
Baltimore
West Virginia
Bar
Barous
Maryland
United States
New York
New England
Middle States
Louisiana
Minnesota
Nova Scotia
Family ties and bankruptcy filings in Grafton area
A notice details H. M. Carr of Gratton declared bankrupt with creditors to meet August in Coleridor building, and Swartz and Green of Grafton seek discharge after bankruptcy petitions. The District Court in Clarksburg schedules hearings and instructs publishing notices in the Grafton Sentinel for creditors to appear and present claims.
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H.M. Carr
H. M. Carr
Gratton
Taylor
Wrckowr
Amer Rthera
West Virginia
Tale States District Court
Congress
Clarksburg
Inseid
Grafton Sentinel
Aistos G Dayton
Jasper Y Moone
D.C.U
N.D.W. Va
Insurance Rates Increased Here in West Virginia
The State Board of Underwriters met at Deer Park and revised rates for many cities in the state, with increases in hazard zones. Our city faces a 15 percent rise on buildings and 20 percent on contents within specific blocks including areas on Latrobe Street and Main Street, plus sections near West Pleasant alley and Loradder. The move reflects insurers citing San Francisco earthquake losses and a heavy national burden from disaster aid and claims.
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State Board of Underwraters For
West Virginia
Deer Park
Latrobe Street
St Marye
Tte
Main
St. Marya Eaat
Luzadder
Washington Street
West Pleasant Alley
Loradder Street
B. & O. Railroad
St. Marys
San Francisco
Golden Gate
Congress
Fares Reduced for Mileage Book Purchasers by Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad announces cut in mileage book fares offering a $20 book without a $10 deposit usable by multiple people. Valid east of Pittsburgh and Erie, Pa, enabling near two cent fare per mile for group use. Also lowers one way fare to two and a half dollars.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pittsburg
Erie
Pennsylvania
Rates Set For September Move In Pitaborg Area
A long contemplated rate change is planned to apply east of Pitaborg with new cents per mile. The company expects the adjustment to be extended and likely implemented on September Set, affecting transportation or shipping charges.
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Pitaborg
Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy Ad
Unnecessary expense and urgent relief for acute colic and diarrhoea promise prompt benefit. A dose of this remedy can relieve before a physician arrives, claimed to never fail in severe cases. Suggested for household use and sold by medicine dealers.
Rural Carriers Gain Vacation With Pay
Rural mail carriers with at least one year of service may take a paid leave up to fifteen days. Those with twelve months service after July 1 receive a prorated paid leave for the rest of the fiscal year at one and one quarter days per month. Substitutes covering during absences earn six hundred dollars per year.
Returns Well Pleased by Prest ons roads compare
Mr and Mrs R E Phillips and Master Charlen returned from visiting Rev R O Phillips in Aurora Preston county and praised Taylor county roads as far ahead noting Preston roads are very bad Postmaster Chas Jenkins of Independence visited the city today shaking hands with old friends and making new ones
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Matick
Cecil
Preston County
Buckwear
Taylor
Daily Sentinel
R. E. Phillips
Charlen
Aurora
R. O. Phillips
Chas Jenkins
Independence
City
Dan Rush Released From Custody
Dan Rush was freed on a preliminary hearing after being held in jail since Sunday for allegedly breaking into and robbing Charles James’s store at Mallee. Justice Lilly found insufficient evidence for a trial, though he expressed private guilt. Dogs followed the trail to Rush’s house, and locals fear him.
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Dan. Rush
Jai Thie
Charles James
Mallee
Lilly
Rush
Graptonian Couple to Wed in Parkersburg Vows
Virginia Quarrier Snodgrass of Parkersburg and John A Luttrell of Gratton join in engagement announced by her parents Mr and Mrs Kinnaird Snodgrass. Luttrell, once in the insurance trade with Capt Whitescarver and later with Geo W Brown, now operates in Parkersburg and Gratton, with plans for a October wedding at the bride’s Murdoch avenue home.
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Parkersburg
John A Luttrell
Luttrell
Whitescarver
Geo. W. Brown
Gratton
Belington
Lattrell
Notable West Virginia contractor William Weber dies by opiate
Huntington reports the prominent contractor William Weber died in the morning after taking an opiate during a personal crisis. He had just completed the new government building here and held other major contracts nationwide. His wife died by her own hand months earlier in Texas by leaping into the Sabine. Weber was 40 and wealthy.
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Huntington
W Va
Wm. Weber
Texas
Sabine
Mine Strikers Ordered to Move in Bridgeport
In Bridgeport, the local United Mine Workers union at Moore's Run Cos. No. 4 mine faces a telegram from State President Green and VP Sullivan ordering a return to work with nonunion bands. The threat of expulsion looms if the order is ignored as independent continuation remains uncertain.
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Wheeling
United Mine Workers
Moore's Run Cos
Bridgeport
Green
Sullivan
Mets
Jlocal
Mosiunien
Moore's
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Swartz Green
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W. Hr, L. Dent
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Dan Rush
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B&b
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