Willard Promises West Virginia Rail Boosts
President Daniel Willard of the Baltimore and Ohio pledges rapid upgrades including 250 locomotives and a third track over the Alleghenies to serve West Virginia shippers. He says improvements start within two weeks and aim to handle 50 percent more tonnage by next November, pending board approval.
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Baltimore
Daniel
Willard
Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad
West Vic
Ginia
Ors
Pany
West Virginia Shippers’ Association
Daniel Willard
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
West Virginia
A. K. Thorne
J. W. Wil- H. B. Travis
C. Denham
Daniel Howard
Clarksbur
John T. McGraw
Grafton
C. M.brisco
Morgantown
J. M. ‘Guffey
Pittsburg
A. B. Fleming
M. L. Hutchinson
J. M. Jacobs
George T. Watson
R. T. Cunningham
S. McKinney
Fairmont
O. S. McKinney
Cowen
Kanawha Syndicate
Buckhannon and
Northern
Pennylvanian
Williard
Baltimore & Ohio
B. & C. General
West Virginias
Tam
Miss Phillips Wins Clock Guess at Model Store
Miss Magmie Phillips of the West Side won the clock guessing contest at the Model Store with 11 hours 36 minutes 46 seconds. Her time was 2 seconds ahead of Miss Phillips’ rival. The prize is $3. Tim Conley of Clarksburg attended the K of C ball last night. No. 2724 for Friedman Bros diamond ring failed to appear this morning. Mrs. J. W. Ott of 121 East Main Street was the lucky winner.
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Magmie Phillips
West Side
Tim Conley
Clarksburg
K. of C
Friedman Bros
J.W. Ott
East Main Street
Statesmen Back Grafton Postoffice Plans From Washington
West Virginia lawmakers in Washington write letters of support to the Grafton Board of Trade on securing a new federal building. The big boom committee will visit Washington tomorrow to present the case, with growth of the city as a postal center emphasized and members urged to join the delegation.
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Board of Trade
West Virginia
Washington
Grafton
Harry W. Chadduck
Grafton Board of Trade
Chadduck
Merchants Association
Harriman Empire link alleged in North Coast line tale
Spokane reports Robert E. B. Strahorn of Spokane, head of the North Coast Railway, is named western representative of the Union Pacific System. The Spokane Press claims the North Coast line is under construction from Spokane to Seattle and Puget Sound to connect with the Oregon Railroad & Navigation for grain flows from Palouse and Big Bend. The North Coast has spent over $5,000,000 on rights of way and terminals in eastern Washington in 14 months, but Strahorn has not disclosed backers and will not confirm or deny the latest link.
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Spokane
Wash
Walla Walla
Harriman
Palouse
Big Bend
Washington
North Coast Company
Strahorn
Electricity Kills Part Hartf ord Demonstrates Analgesia
In Hartford on January 27 Dr. Louise Rabinovitch tested electrical analgesia before about 25 surgeons on patient John Crosh 25 who had four toes amputated. Using four milliamperes and fifty four volts via three electrodes the operation was a complete success with no pain or after effects. Rabinovitch later showed the method on a rabbit at the Hartford Medical Society club rooms, severing the spinal cord and suturing the wound then the rabbit hopped about.
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Hartford
Conn
Louise Rabinovitch
John Crosh
M. M. Johnson
Hartford Medical Society
Fod Held in Cold Storage
New York reports reveal long stored meat and fish in cold storage. Records indicate fifty thousand pounds of halibut three years old, barrels of turkeys and geese two years old, eggs from last April sold as strictly fresh, ten thousand cases of assorted fish, five thousand barrels of apples, two hundred thousand pounds of meat seven months stored, and a newborn baby girl to Mr and Mrs Guy Fawcett of Main Street.
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New York
Guy Fawcett
Main Street
Blackjacks and riot erupt after shirtwaist strike
In Brooklyn a riot of more than a hundred people broke out between striking girl shirtwaist workers and nonunion girls. The clash left over twenty injured two police stations had to be summoned and four young women detained including one accused of attacking a deputy sheriff with a blackjack as a crowd of about two thousand watched.
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New York
Brooklyn
Acquittal in Polluting River Case in Circuit Court
Web Washington, a colored man from near Pruntytown, was acquitted in circuit court today of polluting the Tygart Valley river. A horse died after entering the river, and the charge centered on the owner’s failure to remove it before decomposition fouled the stream. Prosecutor Gene W. Ford defended the state, Fred T. Martin for the defendant. The jury found him not guilty.
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Washington
Pruntytown
Tygart Valley
Gene W. Ford
Fred T. Martin
Indictment for Libel Quashed in New York Case
New York January 27 The prosecution of criminal libel against the Press Publishing Co publishers of the New York World collapsed when Judge Hough quashed the indictment ruling no jurisdiction and suggesting a New York state law remedy. The case涉及 Theodore Roosevelt W H Taft Cromwell and others with possible appeal to the U S Supreme Court. Miss Gertrude Guth and Miss Jennie Barlow left for Pittsburgh after three weeks here.
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New York
Roosevelt
Press Publishing Company
New York World
Panama Canal
Delancey Nicoll
Hough
New York State
Supreme Court of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Douglas Robinson
W. H. Taft
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
William Nelson Cromwell
Wire
Wickersham
Gertrude Guth
Jennie Barlow
Parkersburg
Pitteburg
Baltimore & Ohio agent Houck seeks city site for new passenger station
Houck, a Baltimore & Ohio real estate agent and frequent city visitor, was in town again as negotiations continue for a suitable site for the railroad’s proposed new passenger station. He is conferring with landowners but has released no details. A deal may close at any time.
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Houck
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Pleasant Ball of Columbians at St. Augustine’s School
The Knights of Columbus social evening at St. Augustine's auditorium last night drew a large crowd. The ball began about 8:30 and lasted until midnight with Vincent's Orchestra providing music and downstairs cards available for non dancers. The event was thoroughly pleasing to all attendees and deemed a success in every respect.
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Knights of Columbus
St. Augustine's School
Vincent
The
Knights
Read Sentinel and Profited by Reading It
Will Ott of East Main Street, a B D engineer, claimed a $50 diamond ring prize from Friedman Brothers after recognizing the winning number 2724 in a Sentinel notice. The prize had not been claimed since New Year’s Day, and Ott’s advertisement in the paper prompted his win. The item underscores the paper’s value to readers and advertisers alike.
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the Sentinel
Will Ott
East Main Street
Friedman Bros
Main Street
Ott
Friedman Brothers
Sentinel
Jubilee marks Kenny family Golden Wedding in Piedmont
Home from Piedmont Mr Patrick Kenny and family and friends attended the Golden Wedding Jubilee of Mr and Mrs Timothy Kenny described as one of the grandest affairs in the state. An extensive Baltimore Sun account will appear Sunday.
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Patrick Kenny
John Kenny
Mize
Mary
Anna Kenny
Fairmont
Reginia Kenny
Raymond Kenny
Thés. E. Moran
Piedmont
Timothy Kenny
Baltimore Sun
Grafton National Post Office Building Delegation Heads to Washington
A large boom committee from Grafton travels to Washington with Merchants Association support to press for a new federal building. Senator N B Scott and House leaders pledge aid, urging a site large enough for post office, court, dormitory, offices, and a central sub-supply station to serve growing postal needs. The Leaders stock sale underscores local commerce buzz as the trip launches.
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Big Bobm
Grafton Board of Trade
Merchants Association For Washington
Grafton
Capital
N. B. Scott
Senate Committee On Public Buildings
Oter
Washington
Scott
Postoffice Department
Sturgiss
Con’gress
Senate
Federal Court
United States
Internal Revenue Collector
Ub- Supply
Post Office Department
Loar & Hendrickson
Post Office Building Committee
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