New Tygart Valley Steam Launch Christened Dixie
A ceremonial launching Thursday night will christen the new steam launch Dixie on the emerald waters of the Tygarts Valley. Miss Anna Hayden will break a bottle of Mumm's 100 XX, with L. B. Brydon as captain and a crew including Dick Gerstell Hol Fahey John J. Hechmer Jesse Wolfe. The vessel aims for 24 knots, fog horns and a safety valve. coaling by Brydon company, strict discipline aboard, and mock seafaring by crew members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
L. B. Brydon
Hechmer
Brydon Company
Jesse Wolfe
Jess
Arthur Gordon Pym
Edgar Allen Poe
Dr. Tanner
Ike Bryan
Local Artist Reproduces Tucks Gap of Dunloe View
George L Blaney has completed a precise five by seven foot reproduction of Tucks postcard view The Gap of Dunloe at Killarney The piece mounted in a gold frame will be exhibited at city collector Henry Pracht's Main Street office Readers are invited to view the work by stopping by the office and seeing the painting alongside Sweet Melody Flour listed in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Blaney
Tuck
Dunloe
Kilarney
King and Queen of England
Blaney
Henry Pracht
Main Street
Ono
Two Magnificent Funeral Cars Arrive for West Side Firm
Perine and Bartlett of 304 and 306 Walnut Street announce two new Hearses from Ravenna the Riddle Coach and Hearse Company. One black for elders and a silver gray for the young, both with carved panels solid silver fittings and two large silver lamps. Each car costs 1550 dollars but a recent purchase of both allowed a slight reduction. The two cars will join their new undertaking room and morgue and they plan to open by early August serving Grafton with upscale funerals.
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Messrs
Perine
Riddle Coach & Hearse Company
Ravenna
Periie and
Bartlett
Foreman
Grafton
Automobile Tourists Reach City After Rain Delay
A party of auto tourists from Belington, Fairfield business men, arrived in the city this morning on the way home from Elkins. The Carter car owned by Arnold Lyons of Fairmont carried Dr. Fitch James Dowden John Phillips and Lyons. They left Fairmont Saturday afternoon and were delayed overnight in Bettton due to rain. The Fairmont West Virginian repudiates the Republican state convention and condemns the action by the state committee that forced a governor hopeful on the party. Bryan’s nomination on Friday will be seen as influencing November voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Sentinel
Belington
Fairmont
Elkins
Bellington
Sherwood
Dr. Fitch
James Dowden
John Phillips
Arnold Lyons
Carter
Mr. Lyons
Fairmont West Virginian
United States
Gompers
Bryan
Farrago
Journal of Commerce
Mutineers Jump Into the Sea on Strathyre
Twenty mutinous Chinese sailors on the British steamer Strathyre attempted to leap overboard as the ship prepared to sail from New York. Ten succeeded, two drowned, one near death. eight were saved and locked aboard. Police had guarded the vessel after prior outbreaks. The Strathyre planned to sail to Norfolk to load coal for Samoa.
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New York
Norfolk
Samoa
Will Leave For Europe Daily Sentinel Missing accents
Mr Francis Love and his son Richard will depart from Pearl Street West Side on Thursday evening by train No 12 to New York City They will sail Saturday aboard the Anchor Line steamship California bound for Glasgow Scotland They will visit Salt Coast Kilmarnock and Stevenson before touring England Ireland and London Many friends in the city extend best wishes for a safe pleasant journey and return
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Daily Sentinel
Francis Love
Pearl Street
West Side
Richard
New York City
Glasgow
Scotland
California
Salt Coast
Britain
Kilmarnock
Stevenson Mr. Love
Ruch
A. E. Lake
Ofice
B. F. Bailey
Grand Street
Wheeling
W. M. Walter
Moatsville
G. W. McCaskey
Anna St.Clair
Little Son
East Washington Street
Samuel Carrothers
Webster Springs
Charles Batson
Elkins
H. B. McKinley
Salem
Prentytown
Reform
Dtrestors
Ethel Price
Pittsburg
Newburg
Flemington Residents Regain Hope Amid Illness and Travel
Flemington notes show Mr T W Brobard returning from Colorado next week while Mr Reed of Fairmont Machinery visits on business. Mr and Mrs W A Sinsel vacation in Detroit and John W Davidson returns from Clarksburg. Dr Charles A Sinsel spends time with family as John W Riley remains critically ill. Rebecca Johnson in frail condition with little hope. Vaughn Kerr of Brown ing Hamilton visits. Mrs H P Davidson improves after ankle injury. Miss Sadie Winter Helen Davidson and others picnic at Fox Hall by Tygart's Valley.
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T. W. Brobard
Colorado
Reed
Fairmont Machics Company
Fairmont
Wm. A. Sinsel
Detroit
Mich
John W. Davidson
Clarksburg
Charles A. Sins
Vaughn Kerr
Browning-Hamilton Company
Grafton
H. P. Davidson
Sadie Winter
Helen Davidson
Will Shields
Ray Cather
Fox Hall
Tygart’s Valley
Water Works Repairs Water Main Under New County Bridge
The City Water Works department has a large force at work under the new county bridge over the river from the South to the West Side repairing a leak in the water mains at that point. A leak has persisted for some time and a flat boat construct ed by the department is being used. Work began this morning.
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City Water Works Department
New County
West Virginia Democrats split over plans tied to coal interests
A Charleston based analysis by Col. Bob Carr rails at northern party leaders while detailing a Montague like feud within West Virginia Democrats. He links Fairmont Coal President C W Watson to Swisher for governor and Ben nett for governor while Watson seeks the Senate, with McGraw and Neal named in the power play.
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Bob Carr
Charleston
West Virginia
Col
Bob
John Tecumseh McGraw
Swisher
Watson
Louis Bennett
United States
John T. McGraw
Geo. I. Neal
Huntington
Chiltons
Chilton
Republican State Committee
McGraw
Neal
Scherr
Denver Platform Critique Warns Against Overreach
The Denver convention platform is a scatter-brained production that promises vague reforms without practical steps. It urges centralization limits and warns that extending government control, especially over railroads, would overwhelm government with impossible tasks and breed chaos in rates and regulations.
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Denver
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
City Council Holds Special Session on Wall Collapse
The city council met in the council chamber to determine responsibility for the training wall collapse behind the John Caveny property on Boyd Street. A committee of Roster Perine and Swaim, with city attorney Sommerville and the street committee, was appointed to arrange immediate rebuilding to prevent further damage to Washington Street.
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Washington Street
John Caveny
Boyd Street
Perine
Swaim
8. H. Sommerville
Wilkinson Rebukes City Council Over Financial Misconduct
A senator-like figure denounces the city council for incompetence and alleged embezzlement. He accuses Whitescarver Lanham and Welch of aiding the issue, notes the water fund deterioration, and cites city warrants being discounted. He highlights lack of financial statements and reliance on public opinion to rescue the license ordinance.
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Robert Walpole
Pitt
Whitescarver
Lanham
Dick Means
Suale
Thomas F. Welch
Runners and social visits in local notes
Runners report grass harvest ongoing as Mr. E. T. Henderson suffers a bad ankle injury from a wheat stack mishap. Many local friends send wishes for his speedy recovery. The piece records family visits and social calls among Neels, Haltermans, and Gibsons in Graf ton and Bunner's Ridge, plus Sunday school at Mc Conkey church.
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E. T. Henderson
Tacinas Neel
Albert
James Neel
Wade Lambert
Louise
Eva
Alma Halterman
George Neel
Peninah Henderson
Samuel Neel
Bunner's Ridge
Charles Reese
Pittsburg
Warder Neel
Grafton
McConkey Church
Chinks Off For China Star Laundry Owner Plans Trip
Chinks Off for China, proprietor of the Star Laundry on Main street, leaves for Parkersburg to join brother O. Lee who runs a local laundry. They will go to San Francisco for a visit with relatives then proceed to the Orient for several months in China near their early youth scenes.
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On Kee
Star Laundry
Main Street
Parkersburg
O. Lee
San Francisco
Frisco
Orient
China
Many Friends Glad Kate Pilson Recovers From Illness
Friends report Miss Kate Pilson of East Wilford Street has recovered from a severe illness feared to be appendicitis and is able to go out again. Residents and travelers are mentioned visiting relatives in nearby towns, with several people returning from trips and attending local affairs.
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Kate Pilson
Wilford Street
William Moran
First Ward
Mary ‘Jo
Clarksburg
Lloyd Canning
Fairmont
Improving the McGraw Mine in Simpson West Virginia
Col John T McGraw expands his Simpson New York mine with a new tipple and electric plant to run mine cars and end animal haulage. About 75 workers build the plant, aiming for late July to early August completion. full operation will employ around 125 miners with large output. The Rosemont Coal Company is making similar improvements and plans to open full blast once underway, as other local coal firms also show promise for fall.
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John T. McGraw
New York
Simpson
West Virginia
Tipple
Tipple Land
McGraw Company
Rosemont Coal Company
Counttyi
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Tygart Valley
Jackars
Bring & Bartlett
Automobile Party
U. S
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Francis Love and Son
Flemington
Fairmont West
Wilkinson
Special Investigating Committee
Kee
Tee
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