West Fork Re starts ovens at Clarksburg
Clarksburg West Virginia December 26 After a shutdown of two weeks the West Fork window glass plant began at midnight Wednesday with three ovens active and all trades staffed. Management expects a full operation by tomorrow as blowers are filled. The Tuna Mill resumes only in cutting rooms during Christmas week, with many workers at home. Other plants in Morgantown and Point Marion show improved outlook and plans to be fully manned soon.
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West Fork
Peerless
Tuna
Alamston
Lafayette Plazi
Morgantown
Point Marion
Hartley Seeks Damages From Mead Brothers and DeWitt
Mrs. Mary B. Hartley of Tunnelton filed two damage suits for 10000 dollars each against Mead Brothers and Co. and Geo W. DeWitt claiming malicious prosecution after her October arrest for embezzling 40 dollars of company money. She was released in Clarksburg for insufficient evidence.
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Tunnelton
Mead Brothers & Co
Geo. W. DeWitt
The Kingwood Argus Urges Sentinel to Publish Tax Receipts
The Kingwood Argus presses the Sentinel to publish its tax receipts for 1906 and 1907. It notes that absence of growth signals stagnation, but the paper rejects stagnation while dodging jealousy from rivals. It mentions Judge Alton B. Parker and Denver taxes in a pointed dig.
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Kingwood Argus
Sentinel
Alton B. Parker
Quarries Pay Claims After Absconding Contractor
Attachments issued against August Wesco, owner of Jed Yates quarry near Grafton Park, claim wages totaling about 3000 dollars and total property value around 12000 dollars. Wesco allegedly absconded leaving equipment including six derricks and steam drills. B and O bridge contract material on site valued about 7000 dollars. Local officers report the quarry could satisfy debts, while the missing contractor’s whereabouts remain unknown.
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Jed Yates
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Dean
Wesco
Sentinel
Rowlesburg
Sturgiss visits Pittsburg in notable Second district note
The Pittsburg Gazette Times reports Congressman George C. Sturgiss of Morgantown West Virginia visits Pittsburg at the Monongahela house. He sits in his first term in the House, reflects a storied district with ties to William L. Wilson Alston G Dayton and Judge Jackson, and notes Sturgiss’s roles and ambitions. Also ad: Williams Pills agents sought with a sales offer and cookware prize.
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Tragic Death of Hendricks Agent Owen Barr
Owen Barr, a well known Hendricks West Virginia Central railroad agent for four years, was killed last night in Thomas by a yard engine. He left a wife and four children, the eldest about five, and had many Virginia relatives who are prominent. Barr was 38 and highly regarded in the community.
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Thomas
W. Va
Owen Barr
Hendricks
West Virginia Central Railroad Company
Western Maryland
Barr
Virginia
Raleigh votes Prohibition ending liquor dispensary
In Raleigh on December 27 voters chose Prohibition by 545, with 978 for prohibition, 381 for dispensary, and 2 for saloons. The dispensary, operating four years, handled about $250000 in yearly sales with $75000 profit, funding schools and roads while reducing taxes, but residents agreed its influence was not in the city’s best interest.
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Raleigh
N. C
Local social notes and town politics in Parsons
Marion Vincent is improving and Ivy Reese visits relatives at Grafton. Parsons faces a municipal campaign over the old brindle cow street grazing issue amid tax and finance talk. Christmas reports note no major crimes and a quiet holiday, while a Chicago girl mourns a lover’s death over a gift shortfall.
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Lewis Reese
G. Travis
Harmon Travis
Peninah Henderson
Geo, Neel
Letha Neel
Lee
Victor
J. L. Neels
Ivy Reese
Grafton
Sarah M. Henderson
Geo. Neels
Gibson Reese
Charles
Fairmont
Hugh M. Linn
Glady Creek
Lucy
Sylvia Travis
Brooks
Annie Phillips
Parsons
Tucker County
Prominent Teacher Shoots Self Over Engagement Issue
Parkersburg West Virginia December 30 James Barnette a noted school teacher shot himself in his Bailey residence after learning his marriage proposal to Miss Bailey was refused. He died within minutes.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
J. B. Bailey
James Barnette
Miss Bailey
Bernette
Grafton Man Assaulted In Clarksburg Saturday Night
James Baker a Grafton cobbler was brutally assaulted on a Clarksburg street by a Black man after a heated dispute. Baker suffered severe head bruising and potential eye injury as bystanders intervened. The assailant fled and was not arrested.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
James Baker
Grafton
Jhat Baker
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