Father and Son Shot in Bridge Dispute at Hendricks
Elkins July 14 Enos G. Carr deputy sheriff and his son Abe of Tucker county were fatally wounded in a shooting over a swinging bridge at Dry Fork near Hendricks. Stark Fansler fired seven shots, three hitting Abe and one striking Enos. the Fanslers surrendered in Parsons as doctors worked to stabilize the pair.
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Enos G. Carr
Tucker County
Abe Carr
Hendricks
Otter Creek
City Hospital
Dry Fork Rived
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Enos Carr
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Dry Fork
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Stark
Willis
Fanslers
Carrs
Stark Fansler
County Bridge to be Repaired in Latrobe-Beach Route
The County Court authorized contractor I J Thomas to repair and renew the weak county bridge from Latrobe Street to Beech. Ironwork is in bad shape and the bridge will be closed most of each day for several weeks while strengthening is fitted. Special hours will be publicized for use. Traffic will detour to the South Grafton bridge during closures.
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Daily Sentinel
I. J. Thomas
Latrobe Street
Beech
Thomas
South Grafton
Charleston Mail Teases WV Editors for Big Parkersburg State
The Charleston Mail hints at promoting one or two West Virginia editors to its "With the Country's Big" page. It suggests a Parkersburg State figure is suitable, though modesty keeps him from naming the man he believes belongs in that distinguished class.
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Charleston Mail
West Virginia
Parkersburg State
Ignorance of Law Triggers First Pistol Case in Marion County
Fairmont July 14 two Simpson brothers George and Albert Hall aged 18 and 20 were fined 50 dollars each and sentenced to six months in jail for violating the Johnson Pistol law. They admitted ignorance of the law while riding a B and O freight and firing at objects along the tracks. Their widowed mother Mrs Laura Hall faces hardship as the case drew sympathy at the hearing before Justice E S Amos.
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Fairmont
Marion County
George and
Albert Hall
Simpson
Justice of the Peace
E. S. Amos
Selvey
Valley Falls
Laura Hall
Colfax
Amos
George
Death of Henry Leuthardt in Grafton
One of Grafton’s oldest residents, Henry Leuthardt of Walter Street East End, died today at 11 15 after a paralysis illness. Survived by wife and children Charles Henry Alphonse, the latter in the city, with Henry in Port Marion and Alphonse in Lynchburg. Funeral Thursday at 4 from home, Rev A F Richardson officiating, Bluemont cemetery interment under Undertaker T B Cole. Sympathy poured from many friends.
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Daily Sentinel
Grafton
Henry Leuthardt
Walter Street
East End
France
Leuthardt
Bluemont Cemetery
T. B. Cole
Funeral today for William H. Walter of Webster
The funeral of the late William H. Walter of Webster was held this morning with Rev. L. W. Roberts officiating. Interment followed in the Webster cemetery under the direction of Perine and Bartlett, West Side Undertakers. The service was largely attended.
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William H. Walter
Webster
L. W. Roberts
City
Perine and Bartlett
West Side
Laing Vindicated by Inquiry in Charleston West Virginia
The commission appointed by Governor Glasscock found no charges against Chief Laing of the department of mines sustained and endorsed him as a capable official. Governor Grayscock reappointed Laing for four years starting July first after reviewing the case.
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Charleston
W. Va
Glasscock
Laing
Department of Mines
Grayscock
Man claims to be John Madson after swindling spree
San Francisco July 14 A man named Christian C Johnson held for seven years for bigamy is said to confess he is the famed John Madson sought across the country for matrimonial swindles. He claims to have married many women since 1905 and to have bilked them, sometimes spending the money on the victims. Police doubt the confession’s accuracy though it details large scams and even a claim of ten simultaneous loves in Portland. Johnson, born in Germany, once worked buying horses for the U S army before his alleged spree. Miss Netan Shryock leaves for Parkersburg to attend the Annual Stenographers Reception Thursday.
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San Jose
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Portland
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Germany
United States
Springfeld
Mass
Mary Brown
da Jones
Sammis Chosen To Head Elks In Los Angeles
The Grand Lodge of Elks elected officers with James I. Sammis of Lemars Iowa as Exalted Ruler and Warren G. Sayres of Wabash Indiana as Leading Knight Others named include J D Jones Scranton Pa Fred C Robinson Dubuque Iowa Edwin R Leach New York Perry A Clay Denver and Charles L Dicker Bemidji Minn A tense close vote for grand exalted ruler followed a bitter struggle among Iowa delegates and other leaders while calls for a new national home and a fund of 216000 were discussed amid prosperity within the order
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Ind
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Scranton
Fred C. Robinson
Dubuque
Edwin R. Leach
New York
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Denver
Tyler
Charles L. Dicker
Bemidji
Mian
A. M. Taylor
St. Augustine
Fla
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Anther
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Yates
Herrmann
Elks
Rush L Holland
National Elks
Bedford
Order
Fifty White Women At A Chinese Picnic In Boston
Boston reports a controversial gatherings at the On Leong Tong outing with about 80 white women among 600 Chinese attendees. Accounts say opium use and intoxication occurred in hotel rooms, prompting talk of a police crusade to clean up the Chinese quarter. Mrs. Harry Helronimus and Mrs. Lorenz Davis visited friends in Clarksburg.
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Boston
Mass
Hisse Sigel
New York
Paddock’s Island
Harry Helronimus
Lorenz Davis
Clarksburg
Thieves Loot Webster Home During Funeral Visit
Thieves broke into the late William H. Walters house in Webster while relatives were at the cemetery funeral. Drawers were rifled and contents pilfered after doors were securely locked on departure. Justice Monroe pursued with bloodhounds, but as of press time no arrests had been made.
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Wiliam H. Walter
Webster
Justice Monroe
Sentinel
Alleged Strike Breaker Fined in West Virginia Case
Wellsburg West Virginia July 14 in the court of Justice Woods at Follansbee J B Wilds the Clevelyan detective arrested on suspicion of being a strike breaker was fined 200 and costs and sentenced to nine months in Brooke county jail for violation of the pistol toting law the case may be appealed to the circuit court. There was no demonstration against Wilds though feeling runs high at Follansbee.
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Wellsburg
W. Va
Court of Justice
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