Senator Watkins to seek judgeship in circuit
Senator Watkins plans to run for judge as successor to a well regarded circuit judge. He will be disqualified from several pending cases including the Warder contest during the November term. Watkins returned from Charleston after the special legislative term with Warder and Kidd also back in town.
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J. H., Warder
Watkins
Charleston
Francis Warder
Robert H. Kidd
Cleark
Funeral for W H Bachman Held Sunday
Funeral services for Wheeler H Bachman 62 retired Wheeling financier and Carr China Company president were held Sunday at 3 pm from his Cecil Place Elm Grove home. He died last Friday after two years of ill health. Rev J H A Bomberger conducted the service. burial was in Greenwood mausoleum. Bachman was civic leader, M C A president, Union Mission vice president, and director of several West Virginia financials. He was born March 22 1870 in Wheeling and lived there his whole life.
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Wheeler H. Bachman
Wheeling
Carr China Company of
Grafton
Cecil Place
Elm Grove
Bachman
J. H. A.bomberger
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
Greenwood Mausoleum
M.C. A
Union Mission
Camden Coal Company
West Virginia
W. J. Frey
Carr China Company
William Philip Bachman
Bavaria
Germany
Lucy Wheeler Bachman
Dudley Port
England
Linsly Institute
Old Frazier Business College
Barnsdall Acquires Remaining Mona Motor Interest
The Barnsdall Corporation buys the remaining 50 percent stake in Mona Motor Oil Co of Council Bluffs Iowa through a stock exchange. Barnsdall also exercises option to purchase the 35 percent interest in Minnesota Oil and Refining Co of Minneapolis and St Paul.
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New York
Barnsdall Corporation
Mona-Motor Oil Co
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Barnsdall
Minnesota, Oil and Refining Company
Minneapolis and
St. Paul
National Steel Reports Large Recent Contracts
Pittsburgh August 29 announces National Steel Corporation chairman H T Myst said the company has awarded 300000 in contracts in the past week and expects more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Steel
Pittsburgh
H. T. Myst
National Steel Corporation
Bachman Brother of Wheeling Clubs Dies Surrounded by Family
Politically a royal Republican Bachman belonged to Wheeling lodge No. 28 BPO Elks Ancient Order of United Workmen Fort Henry club and Wheeling Country club. Married Edith Carr in 1908, he leaves wife son Wheeler Carr Bachman sister Mrs. George G. Ralston and nephews A Wheeler Ralston George K. Ralston Joseph A. Ralston.
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Praternally
Wheeling Lodge
B. P. O. Ellis
Ancient Order of United Workmen
Fort Henry Club
City
Wheeling Country Club
Bachman
Edith Carr
Thomas
Alice Stockwell Carr
Grafton
Wheeling
Wheeler Carr Bachman
George G. Ralston
Martins Ferry
A. Wheeler Ralston
Chicago
George K. Ralston
Joseph A. Ralston
Career full end fatally for couple
Marshall Alabama. August 29 a high school teacher H C Moor confessed to killing his wife Marjorie 32 in their auto on August 14. He blamed a psychosis driven by dishwashing and a messy house and said they drifted apart due to her career focus. He also said he planned suicide but failed.
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Marshall
H. C. Moor
Robinson
Marjorie
Victor C. Miller
Moor
Miller
Here
Indianapoliist
J. M. Turner
Ro Turner
Penn Mex Fuel Calls Meeting September 12 to Vote
A special meeting of Penn Mex Fuel Company stockholders controlled by South Penn Oil Co has been called for September 12 to vote on changing the par value from 25 dollars to 1 dollar. The Trans Siberian railroad stretches over 550 miles from Leningrad to Vladivostok.
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New York
Penn Mex Fuel Company
Controlle
South Penn Oil Co
Trans-Siberian
Leningrad
Baltic Sea
Vladivostok
Sea of Japan
Wigington jailed on check charge in grand jury case
H H Wigington remained in jail on a $1000 bond awaiting the November term grand jury action on a $25 forged check. He was arraigned before Magistrate gin Wittman and returned to City. Police Chief Henderson in Weston yesterday and brought back here for the charge. Reports say Wigington may be tied to an advertising racket in several cities offering bogus pamphlets and ad contracts tied to railroad guides.
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H. H. Wigington
Buckhannon News
Roberts - Hardware Company
East Main Street
Gin Wittman
Wigington
Henderson
Weston
Grafton
Lightning Strikes Man While Repairing Net at Yacht Club
In Wheeling on August 29, Ray Combs, 24, was struck by lightning while tending a tennis net at the Yacht Club. His clothing burned on his back but he escaped injury.
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Wheeling
Ray Combs
Combs
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Latrobe Bt
W. H. Bachman
Grafton Carr China Co
Tively Associated
Ohio
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New York City
Speidel & Bachman Incorporated
Mr. Bachman
Joseph Speidel, Jr
Jesse Speidel
Thomas Carr
Camden Coal and Land Company
Wheeling Bank and Trust Company
Fidelity Investment Association
United Dairy Company
Arizona Mossback Mine Company
Oatman, Ariz
Old United Presbyterian Church
Wheeling Art Club
St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church
Mona-Motor Oil
New England
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A. Aldegher
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Harry B. Rumrill
Franklin Institute
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