Ancient Mill to Make Way for Palatine Line Reconstruction
Fairmont August 10 Work continues on clearing the B and C right of way along the Palatine branch near New street. A house at New and Mill streets was dismantled and moved to James Stealey’s lot on Merchant street for rebuilding. The Harden Pottery site and the historic old Mill property, once part of Fairmont’s flood history, will be removed as Wilfong brothers plan to start demolition. The project will leave a clear front from Hoult to the new bridge except for part of the McElfresh property kept briefly.
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Fairmont
Palatine
New Street
New
Mill Streets
James Stealey
Merchant Street
Walter Glenn
Wilfong Brothers
Hoult
McElfresh
Fairmont Coal Region Sees Improved Activity Likely
Aug. 19 Fairmont coal fields report rising activity as car supply delays ease. The Fairmont Coal Company and independents worked full or near full weeks, shipping to Curtis Bay and lakes. B&O efforts ease congestion between Fairmont and Baltimore, with East shipments aiding empties return and Cumberland division crews moving in extra engines. If cars remain available, another full week is expected with each mine reaching a full day.
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Fairmont
Fairmont Coal Company
Curtis Bay
Baltimore
Cumberland
James W. Selvey Rites Draw Large Funeral Crowd
The First Baptist church in town hosted the funeral for James W. Selvey with many mourners unable to enter. Clergy from Simpson and First Baptist delivered tributes, while the Modern Woodmen escorted the body to the church and to the cemetery.
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Daily Sentinel
First Baptist Church
James W. Selvey
Woodmen of America
West Main Street
P. H. Murray
Simpson Baptist Church
Sieivey
L. Trawin
First Baptist Church of
Grafton
Trawin
Selvey
H. ©. Howard
Andrews M. H. Church
Simpson
John A. McCabe
Mrs Frank Warthen Dies After Illness in Grafton
Mrs Frank Warthen died at her West Side home after several weeks illness from a brain hemorrhage. Born Mary Josephine Sullivan in Covington Ky she moved to Wheeling then Grafton in 1870. She married Frank Warthen in 1872 and leaves seven children and a husband. funeral and burial at Bluemont under John A McCabe likely Wednesday.
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Daily Sentinel
Frank Warther
West Side
Warthen
Wheeling
St. Augustine’s Catholic School
Covington
Sisters of St. Joseph
Cedar Grove
Cincinnati
Grafton
Mary Josephine Sullivan
Frank Warthen
Chas, Mayer
Bluefield
Lorna
Ashola
Myra Purviance
Pennsylvania
Edna
Pittsboro
Marion Lucas
Gratton
Miss Fay
Loraine
Bluemont Cemetery
John A. McCabe
Judge Robinsons Attend National Robinson Family Reunion
Judge and Mrs Ira H Robinson with their daughter Ada May depart Sunday to Niagara Falls via Pittsburgh for a nationwide Robinson family gathering. Judge Robinson will deliver a requested address as celebrities from across the United States join a multi-day program marking a historic family reunion.
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Niagara Falls
Ira H. Robinson
Ada May
Pittsburg
Robinson
United States
Ble
Suspected of 20 Deaths Involving Turkish suspect Nemmer
Chicago Aug 10 Inspector Dornan has strong evidence against Hassen Nemmer the Turk linked to the murder of 12 year old Syrian boy Tuffa Shishein. A watchman Martin Coggin identified a man with a bulky bundle boarding a car toward the canal where the boy's legs were found. Several boys are missing, some traced to Nemmer's shack, while the suspect remains silent. Police plan to stage a life like dummy to draw out the killer.
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Chicago
Dorman
Hassen Nemmer
Tuffa Shishein
Martin Coggin
Nemmer
Turkey
Great Rush for Refreshments
At Fairmont on August 10 a Saturday evening crowd swarmed the express office after the Grafton Brewery shipped a large beer lot. Kegs and cases clogged the room as men waited to claim property, while observers watched the distribution and the last bottles were taken to Marion for a Notax.
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Fairmont
Grafton
Marion
Ore Men Employed at Cumberland Shops
Ten extra men were called to work at the B and O shops here Saturday as workloads mount beyond the scaled staff. Machinery workers helpers and boilermakers are expected to be increased next week. A rumor suggests keyser shop hands may be moved to Cumberland, risking temporary closure of the Keyser shops.
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Keyser
Cumberland News
Bridge Steel Arrives for Bartley Creek Span
Steel for the Bartley Creek bridge near the Handley home has arrived and the B O yards hold the cars awaiting unloading by the bridge company. Jones and Thomas are the contractors. the iron arrived on schedule and the bridge should be ready within ten days barring accidents. Judge Robinson and his family will visit Pittsburg on their return trip.
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Bartley Creek
Handley Home
Messrs. Jones & Thomas
Judge Robinson
Pittsburg
Streetcar impact and Duffy death mark city history
An editorial discusses mail order threats to rural merchants, the rise of the street railway, and the historic role of electric cars led by Frank J. Sprague. It notes Grafton civic loss with the death of John C. Duffy, a longtime conductor, Civil War veteran, and family man, and surveys the evolution of urban transit and its economic effects on villages and farms.
Would Carry Lava to the Sea volcanic vent solution
A pamphlet proposes blocking Vesuvius vent and boring a tunnel at the mountain base to channel lava to the sea. It suggests using lava to mold blocks for quays breakwaters and smaller slabs for Naples streets, detailing construction uses and safety concerns.
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Vesuvius
Sig, Contine
Naples
Funeral of Mrs Hawkins at West Washington Street
The funeral for the late Mrs Lucy Hawkins, who died at her daughter Mrs R N Hendersons home, was held Sunday at 2 pm from the West Washington street residence. Rev William Davis of Pruntytown Baptist church officiated, with interment in Bluemont cemetery under Perlie Bartltt West Side undertakers.
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Lucy Hawkins
R. N. Henderson
West Washington Street
William Davis
Pruntytown
Baptist Church
Hawkins
Bluemont Cemetery
Periie & Bartlett
West Side
Parkersburg Tax Chief Eyes Return to Newspaper World
The Parkersburg Sentinels report that Tax Commissioner A B White longs to return to the newspaper business and seeks a Parkersburg paper. He recently bought Dispatch News bonds, hoping to gain ownership, a move said to be delayed but not abandoned, with possible feuds with Republican colleagues if he resumes the venture.
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Parkersburg
A. B. White
Dispatch News
White
Pot sisters return from Webster Springs and Weston vacation
Misses Sarah and Ursula Pot, daughters of Grafton, returned Monday afternoon from Webster Springs and Weston where they had spent a two weeks vacation.
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Sarah
Ursula Pot
Popwar Grafton
Webster Springs
Weston
Innocent Man Remains Free After Pardon
Dave Nelson, once convicted and jailed for a Fairmont robbery, is pardoned after serving two years of a five year sentence. New affidavits and alibis place him in Mannington the night of the crime, while the robbed victim identified another man who was in Texas that night. Governor Dawson granted the pardon based on exculpating evidence and potential other guilty parties.
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Dave Nelson
Moundsville
Nelson
Fairmont
State Penitentiary
Lntter
Mannington
Texas
Dawson
Death of Joseph Carlin in Altoona to Cincinnati funeral
Joseph Carlin died Sunday morning at 1 15 at his West Boyd street residence after brief illness. He was born August 18 1829 in Westmoreland County Pa and had lived in Altoona 26 years. He moved to the city five weeks ago to live with Capt D A Litzinger, his brother in law, and leaves two sisters Mrs Maria McClester and Mrs M A Stevens. A member of B P O Ells he will be sent with a Grafton lodge delegation to Cincinnati Tuesday for Wednesday interment at Spring Grove Cemetery beside his wife Rebecca. Capt Litzinger and daughter Miss Eminnen will attend.
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Daily Sentinel
Grafton
Foy
John C. Duffy
Mr. Duffy
Roscommon
Ireland
Patrick
Margaret Duffy
America
New Jersey
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Wheeling
Duffy
Julia Rooney
James A
Joseph C
Edward A
Charles H
Vincent T
William A
Mary E
Margaret A
Clara A
St. Augustine's Catholic Church
John McElligott
John A. McCabe
Joseph Carlin
West Boyd Street
Carlin
Altoona
D. A. Liteinger
Westmoreland County
Maria McClester
Visitor fills pulpit at St Pauls M E Church
The Rev. William Marshall of Bowling Green Kentucky filled the pulpit at St Pauls M E Church on the West Side Sunday morning. He preached on What shalt profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul and his discourse drew many compliments from listeners. Marshall, visiting relatives, spent days with his brother Hill Marshall on Walnut Street. William Hanway of Hanway Department Store visited Fox Hall at the elu house Sunday.
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William Marshall
Bowling Green
Trinity Episcopal Church
City
St. Paul's M. FE. Church
St. Paul
Marshall
T, Hiu Marshall
Walnut Street
William Hanway
Han‘way Department Store
Fox Hall
Elu House
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Parsons
Thomas W. Williams
Evi Ohv G. Quffy
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Richmond
Frank J. Sprague
General Electric Company
Thomas Davenport
Vermont
Robert Davidson
Scotland
Moses G. Farmer
Salem
Mass
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
New York
Siemens
Berlin
Germany
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Mrs. Hawkins
Bluemont
Joseph Garlived
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