Dorchester Man Dies in Baltimore Camp Car
A. J. Horne, about 35, of Dorchester Mass, died suddenly at 6:35 am in a Baltimore and Ohio camp car on the siding near the local shops. The death, due to heart failure, followed illness after workers’ strikes. Horne, a machinist, lived with a family in Dorchester. Remains were prepared for burial and will be shipped tonight on train No 12 for interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Horn
Baltimore & Ohio
Horne
Dorchester
Mass
John A. McCabe
Buriel
Baltimore and Ohio strike breaks at Connellsville camps
Strikebreakers at the Baltimore and Ohio railroad shops in Connellsville walk out, form a committee, and present demands to Master Mechanic P. J. Harrigan. They seek the discharge of two cooks, better bedding in camp cars, and improved sanitation, which leads to the cooks’ dismissal and fresher bedding.
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Connellsville
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
P. J. Harrigan
Cara
Harrigan
Barbour landowners paid forty thousand dollars
In Philippi West Virginia on July 22 Josiah V Thompson and J P Conn of Uniontown Pennsylvania completed final payment on Hibbs estate coal land opposite the Tygart Valley River. The total paid to Barbour landowners amounted to about 40000 dollars.
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Barbour
Philippi
W. Va
Josiah V. Thompson
Uniontown
J. P. Conn
Tygart Valley
Hibbs
Little Baby Dead and Local Funeral Note
The three month old child of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Post died at home near the park on Wednesday and was interred at Cecil today via Undertaker T. E. Cole. Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co. swears the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each incurable catarrh case. Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised as a blood and mucous remedy, with testimonials sent free. Sold by druggists for 75 cents each this overtones a patent medicine pitch.
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A. R. Post
Cecil
T. E. Cole
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. D
A. W. Gleason
Mail tampering arrest at Knottsville farm
United States Deputy Marshal Hupp and U S Commissioner Lilly arrested Earnest Shaffer on a serious charge of robbing a Knottsville area mailbox. He was arraigned, held on 500 bond, and to appear in federal court in Wheeling. His mother refused the bond. he was jailed in Ohio County. Shaffer had prior reform school time. officers took him into custody in a field nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
E. D. Hupp
U. S
Charles R. Lilly
Shaffer
Knottaville
Earnest Shaffer
A. B. Shroyer
Knottsville
Lilly
Wheeling
Ohio County
Reform School
Pruntytown
Millions Saved by Fraud Suits in Wyoming Coal Lands
Washington July 22 announcement that the Interior Department has classified as coal land and restored to the public domain unappropriated lands in the Evanston Wyoming district. Prices for disposal fixed up to 500 per acre. lands valued at over 8 million with a potential 6 million more revenue from revised pricing. Investigations by the special service force of the General Land Office uncovered fraudulent land titles tied to the Horse Thief Canyon cases and led to reconveyance and settlements totaling about 40 thousand for coal extracted.
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Washington
Department of the Interior
Evanston Land District
Wyoming
Horse Thief Canyon
Department
Special Service Force
General Land Office
Robbed the Home of Jailer's Brand
Morgantown reports Charles Welser a glassworker notorious for raiding the jailer Brand’s home. After a prior arrest in Barnesville Ohio, Welser confessed to stealing a watch and cash from Brand’s family while employed as a cook.
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Morgantown
Chas. Welser
Charles
Brand
Welsor
Barnesville
Welser
Finance Committee and City Clerk Issue Public Statement
A city finance committee and the city clerk defend bond plans and disclose attempts to track outstanding warrants. They note record gaps due to earlier officials, list located warrants totaling 38 684.82 with many names and sums, and reveal additional claims not issued as warrants. They promise a detailed year end financial statement and local labor use.
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Thos. F. Welsh
Gus A
Exchange Mill
Grafton W. W. Co
W. L. Doak
Jnc
Jnc. F. Caveney, $2.40; Same, $117.76; H. Kimmel
Same
Sarah Mahaffy
Geo. Shaffer
F.G. Gas Co
Newton F. & M. Co
Warder & Robinson
M. & M. Bank
C. R. Durbin
Loar & Hendrickson
G. B. & Trust Co
W. E. Clayton
Miller Heirs
B. W. Perine
B. C. Demons
A. Nusbaum
C. E. Compton
G. G
B. Light
MIM
Joe Fletcher
H. A. Spiese
Nancy C. Barnes
Henry Summers
L. C. Haymond
Thos Nuzum
A. R. Dotson
J. L. Bush
J. F. Wilson
G. W.W. Co
Andrew Hart
J. F. Caveney
H. Kimmel
Sentinel
Sarah Maharfy
G. Amato
Geo Shaffer
B.S. Ford
C. W Baya
T. M. Demoss
J. Friedman
F. W Brinkman
Rose McGraw
S. H. Warthen
L. BE. Ward
K. White
F. & G. Gas Co
Newton F
Grafton Bank
First National Bank
BL. Clark
H. Sommerville
Bank of Farmington
S. J. Walters
Gratton Hardware Co
C. H. Smoot
J. N. Bertha
Shinnston Bank
Crandall Packing Co
U. S. Cast Iron Pipe & Foundry Co
Boston Hose Co
Darling Pump Co
J. W. Tumnor, & Co
Nat. Carbon Co
Phila
Adams Bagnall Co
W. Va. Mine Supply Co
Crescent Ol Co
Preiss & Co
T. F. Lanham
H. G. Chaney
Shaffer
Kunst
Ohio Valley Accounti Co
Helms
Willison Audit Co
A. J. Wilkinson
W. Perine
E. F. Redinger
Jas
W. Love
T. B. Joyce
Cow Hurts Boy Dragged By Tail To Death
Four year old son of Stephen and Mrs Jackson near Wileyville Wetzel county was dragged by a frightened cow for about half a mile while the mother milked a cow. The child died from brain injury when the animal ran away with him.
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Stephen Jackson
New Martinsville
W. Va
Wileyville
Wetzel County
Weather Outlook: Showers Tonight and Friday
The forecast calls for scattered showers this evening and Friday with a warm spell tonight and a cool Friday afternoon. Expect periodic rain, cooler temperatures behind the front, and light winds across the region. Humidity remains high as skies transition from overcast to clearing late Friday.
Tuberculosis Exhibit Arrives in Grafton With Free Admission
A West Virginia Tuberculosis Exhibit, tied to the Tuberculosis League, is announced for Grafton for one week in the coming month. The event will feature lectures and an aggressive campaign to draw a large audience. Admission is free to all who support the exhibit’s expense fund. Farmers are urged to bring families and spread the word to neighbors as part of a countywide education effort to prevent disease and death.
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City
West
Virginia
Grafton
Roosevelt Survives Hippo Attack During African Hunt
Colonel Roosevelt faced a life threatening encounter on Naivashi Lake in British East Africa as hippos swarmed his small boat. He and two porters escaped danger after he killed a cow hippo and a bully hippo with precise rifle fire, sending the rest fleeing.
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Saigosai
Messener
Naivashi
British East Africa
Roosevelt
Africa
Irene
Leake Naivashi
Smithsonian Institute
Hippo
Mrs Lydia Lutkins Charged With Attempted Murder in Huntington
In Huntington West Virginia on July 22 Lydia Lutkins wife of a prominent contractor shot twice at close range at former state legislator William G Hensley. She claims Hensley abandoned her two years ago and has pursued other interests. Hensley a wealthy local businessman and political figure, the incident caused a citywide sensation among well known residents.
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Huntington
W. Va.e
Lydia Lutkins
William G. Hensley
Hensley
Dinner Conferees Fail to Settle Tariff Dispute Yet
Washington July 22 The House dinner with tariff conferees and President Taft’s aides failed to resolve key issues, leaving raw materials disputes untouched. While confessors agreed to settle differences themselves, leaders warned the outcome remains uncertain amid insurgent free raw materials movements and possible Senate opposition. The customs court location and decoration tax changes dominated talks, with no conference report likely until both houses review chances of adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Tarlf
Thatythia
House
Senate
Aldrich
Cannon
Representative Wright
Wright
Payne
Soniace
Taft
Washington
White House
Famous Hermit James Smallwood Found Dead in Clarksburg
James Smallwood, 80, famed hermit of Wilsonburg, was found dead in his hillside hut near Clarksburg after a period of illness. An Irish immigrant who settled in Virginia, he lived alone after his sister’s death. Dr Dawson had attended him. rich relatives to the east will be notified.
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Clarksburg
James Smallwood
Wilsonburg
Smallwood
Virginia
James
Br. Dawson
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Horn
Jailer Brand
Finance Committee
Lake
James Smalwood, & Seleg
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