Delegate Moore's Charges Against Pen Officials
Charleston reports Delegate Moore of Marshall county delivering a sharp attack in the lower house on penitentiary management. He cites misbookkeeping, hidden funds, and contracts with the West Virginia Clothing Company, alleging land deals and misused state money while charging incompetence and improper authority by penitentiary officials.
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Charleston
Moore
Marshall County
West Virginia
West Virginia Clothing Company
Commissary Department
Abraham Blaum
Chicago
Blaum
West Virginia Colthing Company
John Bloyd
Bloyd
Charleston Mall
Warden Haddox
Haddox
Haddor
Congress
Albany
Fire destroys Mahoning infirmary men’s building
Caufield January 22 fire of unknown origin swept the Mahoning county infirmary men’s building injuring twelve aged inmates. Names of burned men listed, with injuries to head face hands and necks. Fire pushed by shifting wind. water pressure weak. loss estimated at 30000 dollars. Inmates aided by hospital staff after crawling to safety.
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Mahoning County
Ohio
Join Davis
Charles Williams
John Davies
Arthur Evans
John Horn
Phillip Eckart
Henry Hurd
Jacob Baumgartner
Elmer Lungrist
Chris Shrub
Telephones Supplanting Railroad Telegraphers
Telephones replace telegraphers as railroad dispatching shifts toward telephone systems. Rail lines report fewer telegraph jobs amid business fluctuations and a push to modernize dispatching methods. Some yards and short divisions already use telephones. B and O plans full division trials this year, potentially ending telegraph service if successful. Telegraphers with broader skills may remain employed where adaptable.
West Virginia prison inquiry urged by delegates in Wheeling
Everett B. Moore from Marshall county introduces a resolution in the house of delegates calling for a committee to investigate the conduct of the Moundsville penitentiary. Prison officials favor a full inquiry to reveal how affairs are run, with Director J. A. Bloyd and Acting Warden C. G. Dawson backing transparency and a rigorous probe. New warden J. B. Matthews starts February 1, and salary adjustments are noted. Col. Clarke Hamilton expresses strong support for the investigation.
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Wheeling
aJn
House of Delegates
Everett B. Moore
Marshall County
Moundsville Penitentiary
J. A. Bloyd
Moundsville
Dawson
J. B. Matthews
C. G. Dawson
Col
Clarke Hamilton, Jr
Legisture
Col. Hamilton
West Virginia
Tramps Attack Conductor On Freight Train
Conductor James Burns of Cumberland reported two drunken trespassers aboard a B. and O. freight east of Keyser. When Burns tried to eject them they attacked him, aiming to throw him under the car. A brakeman arrived and the men fled by jumping from the train. Burns sustained severe blows to the face.
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James Burns
Cumberland
Keyser
Burns
West Virginia Patents and Trademarks Noted
West Virginia inventors receive patent notices for G. W. Boon Kerens railway switch J. B. Douglas Parkersburg M Haynes Nutterville clock attachment L G Thornton Willowtown wire stretcher Also issued trademarks Herbert Chocolate Co Wheeling for chocolate candy and J Longwell Wheeling for a medicine product Woolford Sanitary Lotion claimed to cure itching, sold by W S Jackson & Co. 10-16-6mo Sweet Melody FlourMentioned products appear in the notice from patent lawyer H E Dunlap Wheeling.
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H. E. Dunlap
Wheeling
W. van
West Virginia
G. W. Boon
J. B. Douglas
Parkersburg
Beshire
M. Haynes
Nutterville
L. G. Thornton
Willowtown
Herbert Chocolate Co
J. Longwell
Woolford
Jackson & Bro
Better Legislation Urged by WV School Chief
Charleston report notes T C Miller retires March 4 after 41 years in West Virginia schools urges legislative action. He backs a $2.50 per capita state school fund, two sex separate trade schools, and no early openings before October. He cites consolidation savings and rural transport to improve efficiency.
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Charleston
W. Va
Free
T. C. Miller
Miller
New York
West Virginia
Hartford, Conn
Prosecution Orders Gambling Dens Closed in Weston
Weston West Virginia January 22 Prosecuting Attorney Charles P Swint with county officials issued a 24 hour order to shut down gambling dens and resorts. The crackdown cleared houses of occupants and furnishings.
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Weston
Charles P. Swint
New York Offer Could Bring Tuberculosis Sanitarium to Red Sulphur
A Morton of New York offers Red Sulphur Springs at West Virginia for a state sanitarium free of charge. The property includes a hotel baths and other buildings valued with water famed for consumption cures. Governor Dawson is to consider the proposal. a $95,000 state plan may be revised.
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Charleston
P. Morton
New York
Men ‘County
West Virginia
Johnston
Monroe County
the Watchman
Morton
Dawson
Terra Alta
Senate Finance Committee
Preston County
Wedding Ties Union With Funeral Tragedy Nearby
New York Jan 26 Married in the same room where her father's body lay in a coffin Miss Daisy Helme of Mt Vernon New York is now the bride of Francis M Oliver of London England The same minister conducted both the funeral service and the wedding ceremony Relatives who attended the funeral were present at the quiet sorrowful wedding.
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New York
Daisy Helme
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Francis M. Oliver
London
Eng
Thrice-A-Week World promotes impartial news policy
The Thrice-A-Week World states its aim to publish news impartially and truthfully, reporting events without party bias. It invites readers to subscribe for the edition, noting it arrives every other day except Sunday and offers a bundled rate with the Grafton Sentinel.
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New York World
Fine Farm For Sale Near Wheeling West Virginia
283 acres two miles from R. R. station and nearby business center of Wheel ing West Virginia with limestone soil rich and productive. Features include a fine stone pike 125 acres nearly level balance rolling well watered and fenced with a fine barn an eight room frame dwelling a three room tenant house other buildings apple orchards and fruit. Suitable for stock dairy or truck farming. Directions and particulars from B Henderson 907 Jefferson Ave Moundsville WV.
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R. BR
Wheeling
W. Va
Foxx
B. Henderson
Jefferson Ave
Moundsville
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