Bandit Leader Killed as Punitive Expedition Returns
Reports from MARPIA and MAREIA indicate Jesus Renteria, bandit leader, was shot by Lieutenant H. Cooper during an exchange as U.S. punitive troops pursue bandits who had seized and held captives. In TEXAS and border areas, American cavalry retraced the campaign route to the Rio Grande amid rain, with several bandits reportedly captured or killed and pilots missing.
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Marpia
Jesus Kenterin
H. Cooper
Cooper
Peter Son
Mareia
Texas
Rio Grande
Harold @. Peterson
Paul H. Davis
Carranza
Jesus Renteria
Langhorne
Presidio
Amercan
United States
Boudinot
India
Bae
le Langhorne
America
Davis
Peterson
Francisco Villa
Parihal
Topoliteo Villa
San Pedro
Renteria
Chihi City
Business Men Move Toward City Film Project and Rates Fight
The Business Men's Association met at the Central Hotel with sixteen attendees. They urged opposition to a Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company rate hike, sought improved service, and authorized action to petition the Public Service Commission. The group discussed Latrobe Street underground conduit for electric wiring and studied a Labor Day moving picture project with Grafton residents, pending Trades Assembly approval. They also backed a reasonable postal employee salary increase, delegating power to the executive committee.
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Business Men's Association
Central Hotel
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Telephone Company
Public Service Commission
Latrobe Street
Ah Association
Grafton
Trades Assembly
Congress
Drink crazed mule crashes through undertaker window
Two mules drink 2 3 beer from a keg in Brooklyn rampage, one leaping through a plate glass window of an undertaker shop. Both animals were tethered near Platbush and led from Pasture by James Doherty. The incident ends with the fatal plunge as authorities investigate the bizarre cause of the attack.
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New
Brooklyn
James Doherty
Platbush
Les
Jones’ Uinder
Herkimer Street
Found Dead in Willard Hotel Room
Frank Blake aged 25 was found dead in his Willard Hotel room by his brother. Coroner and two physicians ruled natural causes, heart failure, after examining the body. Blake, a plumber and day worker, had been heat exhausted while repairing a bathroom. he collapsed on the floor and died. The body was prepared for burial and shipped to Frostburg, Maryland.
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Daily Sentinel
Inday
Frank Blake
Willard Hotel
Jim
John R. Thayer
Apa
Doeter Ellis
Peck
Axala
Nat
John A. McCabe
Latrobe Street
Frostburg
Hatchet used to kill 9 year old girl in Uniontown area
A 9 year old girl, Carrie Rowans, was found dead on a back porch in Humberston near Uniontown. A hatchet was found nearby and the wound pierced her lung and shoulder. David Bruner, 15, was questioned. authorities seek him as a suspect with motive and fuller details unclear. The family were house guests of R F Martin, who employed Bruner previously.
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Uniontown
Humberston
Carrie Rowans
Gil
R. F. Martin
Martin
Hast Millshore
Marlins
Bunnar
Maryland
Dr Horace Wells Dies During New York Visit
Clarksburg Aug 25 Dr Horace L Wells a veteran druggist and well known citizen died suddenly in New York while visiting a daughter. He was 72 and had recently left here in good health. A native of Anselty he spent many years in the drug business and enjoyed sport and outdoor life with hundreds of friends across the state and nation.
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Hodddy" Wells
New York City
Clarksburg
Horace L. Wells
New York
Wells
Anselty
Golden Jubilee for West Virginia Priest
Cumberland August 26 Reverend Patrick J. Donahue bishop of Wheeling West Virginia arrived in the city en route to Baltimore for the priests’ retreat. The Golden Jubilee of ordination for Reverend Patrick Hoyce ofaesville former Preston county mission leader will be celebrated with a solemn high mass at 10 am led by Bishop Donahue and with clergy including Reverend John McBride Reverend A Boutleu and others assisting.
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Cumberland
Patrick J. Donahue
Wheeling
W. Va
Baltimore
West Virginia
Patrick Hoyce
Aes |Ville
Preston’ County
Boyce
Wyam
Wheetix
Solem
PL J Donahue
John McBride
Parkersburg
A. Boutleu
Fairmont
P. A. Boyce
Edward Galway
McMechen
Bische
New Martinsville
C. H. Moye V. G
Fattier Galway
New Agricultural Agent for Taylor County Arrives
Bruce D. Rocher succeeds H. D. Rohr as Taylor County Agricultural Agent starting September 1. He arrives to visit farmers, learn district needs, and promote agricultural progression. Rocher is a University of Orwell graduate with a Bachelor of Science in agricultural science and two years prior experience as agent in a large state county.
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Bruce D. Rocher
H. D. Rohr
Taylor County
Kocher
Orwell University
United States
Pennsylvania
Rohr
Bailey Ridge Social Notes And German Religion Figures
Bailey Ridge describes local visits by W F Helms and wife of Cannon and others in Cannon area. The column notes social calls by residents and remarks on the week day Christianity balance. It cites Gustav Sundberg’s wartime religion figures for Germany with Protestants Catholics and Jews totals.
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W. F. Helms
Cannon
W. G. Hotsonpiller
Sand Ridge
Marie
Freda Helms
L. M
Germany
Gustav Sundberg
Webb‘Mulhall
Joe Martin Denies Wife Left His Bed in Grafton
In Grafton West Virginia on August 26 Joseph W Martin known as The Mail Ma asks editor of the Grafton Sentinel to correct rumors about his wife Tessie L Martin. He states she sleeps in his bed and eats from his hoard and that her credit is O.K. He signs as Joseph W Martin The Mail Carrier.
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Grafton
W. Va
Grafton Sentinel
Joe Martin
Tessie L. Martin
Joseph W
Fetterman District 1919 Levy Estimate Figures Revealed
Fetterman district Taylor county Virginia August 1919 board of education meeting, Earl Jacobs president and J W Keener commissioners determine estimated levies for maintenance and teachers funds. Amounts include delinquent taxes, salaries, repairs, and tuition with real estate and personal property valuations listed. Public utility property totals and levy rates shown for six month term.
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Board OF Education
West Virginia
Taylor
Fetterman
Board of Education of
Taylor County
Earl Jacobs
J. W. Keener
J. Kearns
Intenance Building Fund
Peer Oe Ee
Coe
Audi
Tae
New York
Aus
Charles
Dillingham
America
Venus
Hippodrome
Maine
California
Royolineta
Tobe
Board of Education Dot
Ed Gang
Said County
Bank Wrecker Threats Rally Depositors In Charleston W V
A mob gathered around J Frank Hudson home former cashier of the defunct Day and Nigat Bank after a depositors meeting demanded action. Police maintained a cordon as leaders warned violence could break out if Hudson did not attend. An investigation by the Federal Reserve Bank in Richmond was also reported.
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Charleston
W. Vit
J. Frank Hudson
Day and Nigat Bank
Hudson
General Assembly
C. I. Keeney
A. G
Lis” Young
Federal Resserve Bank At
Richmond
Winter Shoes Set to Cost Between Eight and Twelve Dollars
Atlantic City Aug 26 Shoes next winter will cost between 8 and 12 dollars a pair the National Shoe Retailers Association representing 30 states and 14 local retailers said President A H Guneting Philadelphia stated reports of footwear costing 25 to 50 dollars are false The association announced elimination of freak states and shapes this winter in retail lines
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Atlantic City
Wession
Wauits
A. H.guneting
Philadelphia
Tt Waa
Chicken Pie Supper at Runtytown Saturday
A chicken pie supper with ice cream and cake will be served at the M. E. church on Saturday evening the 20th to benefit the church. Meals start at 5 pm and run until late. All are invited to attend.
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M. E
Svening
Beneft
H R Hunt Resigns From West Virginia for Michigan Position
The resignation of Dr H R Hunt, zoology instructor at West Virginia University, was announced by President Frank B Trotter. Hunt will take a similar chair at the University of Mississippi. The move marks the thirteenth faculty departure from WVU that summer.
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H. R. Hunt
West Virginia University
Frank B. Trotter
Hunt
University of
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