Saxman coke plant to revive West Virginia industry
Richwood June 8 report that the Saxman Coal and Coke Company will soon begin a large modern coke plant near Fenwick. The project includes a mine two miles above Fenwick, 20 houses for miners, a tipple and power plant, 50 ovens expanding to 200, with longitudinal ovens to cut coke costs. The plant will employ about 250 workers when ready and later about 500. the firm controls 4000 to 5000 acres of coal lands on the New River vein.
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Saxman Coal & Coke Company
Barclay Preston
Fenwick
Tipple
Fenn
Saxman
West Virginia
Prant
Saxman Company
New River
Cherry River
Tannel Manufacturing Company
Sawman Company
Wre
New Salem
Man in New York Bank Suicide Follows Confession
Paying teller at a major New York bank killed himself after confessing he was a peculator. The article notes a $1,500 annual salary and per diem pay, with questions about why he stole and whether money pressures led to the act.
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New York
Parkersburg Sentinel
Confession Ties Man to Crimes Beyond Murder
A Chiefton man Grove in county jail reportedly holds a confession by Frank Johnson claiming numerous past murders. Authorities say the document accuses Johnson of many crimes, suggesting additional inmates in the state may be linked. The plan is to publish the confession to influence upcoming executions, awaiting a potential escape.
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Chiefton
Clarksburg
Grove
Frank Johnson
Martin
Gypeston
Johnson
Jobism
Foreman Murdered in Mine at Piney Fork
In Wheeling district on June at Piney Fork No 2 mine a dispute led Harry Richards of McDonald Ba to strike foreman William Thorpe with a club. Thorpe died after 24 hours in a hospital. Richards fled after the attack. Thorpe leaves a wife and three children.
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Wheeling
Flerson
Richards
Thorpe
Prohibition State Mass Convention Planned in Clarkseurs
Edward W. Mills, state chairman of the West Virginia Prohibition party, plans a June convention in Clarkseurs on June 18 and 19 to nominate candidates for governor and state offices and to choose delegates to the national convention. The event opens at 1 30 PM Wednesday with meetings and a mass gathering led by Hon. Charles W. Newlin, then Oliver W. Stewart of Chicago will speak Thursday at 2 30 PM and 8 PM.
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Fairmont
Edward W. Mills
Prohibition Party of
West Virginia
Clarkseurs
Jane H Jane
Charles W. Newlin
Indianapolis
Newlin
Shmuel R. Artman
Carelessness Cited Behind Historic Disasters and Panics
A historical survey links careless acts to major events from the Venice Campanile collapse to the Jameson Raid error. It notes Australia rabbit damage, Bathurst blackberry spread, 1864 Kansas prairie fire started by an officer, and a St Paul plague panic caused by a misplaced plague bag and nurse’s negligence.
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Chicago
Venice
Signor Vendrasco
Rasse
Dr. Jameson
Boar
Rhodes
Phitlins
Farrar
Hammond
Johannesburg
Vata” J
Jameson
Australia
Hufm
Kansas Prairie
Fort Ha
Hay
St. Paul
San Francisco
New York
India
Convicts Arrive at Moundsville Penitentiary from McDowell County
Twenty three convicts, including three white men and the rest African American. three women, received at the Moundsville penitentiary yesterday afternoon under two guards. Sentences range two to twenty years. John Graham alias John Kadelitte faces life term for thrice convicted horse stealing. he was a Methodist preacher with a horse theft mania. No peonage conviction in Charleston case. jury acquits Sam Dixon, John Wilson, and others on all counts.
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Moundsville
McDowell County
John Graham
John Kadelitte
Hervey
Graham
Charleston
Sam Dixon
John Wilson
White Oak Fuel Company
A. C. Felts
Baldwin
M. L. Worker
Hodges at Morgantown Students Back Hodges for Governor
Morgantown New Dominion reports a student demonstration honoring Col onel Thomas B Hodges. Students across towns voice strong support and believe Hodges has the qualities to govern. The piece stresses long tested trust between Hodges and the student body and predicts continued backing.
Bryan's Daughter Seeks Nomination for President
Denver voters hear that Ruth Bryan Leavitt, daughter of William J. Bryan, has been elected as Denver county delegate to the state Democratic convention at Glenwood Springs on June 15. It is hoped the convention will nominate Bryan's daughter as a delegate at large to the national convention.
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Denver
Col
William J. Bryan
Ruth Bryan Leavitt
Leavitt
Denver County
Glenwood Springs
Bryan
Escaped Prisoner Fled Across County in West Virginia
William Jones a 23 year old colored prisoner sent to the state penitentiary for pocket picking in Washington county escaped yesterday. Acting Warden Dawson and bloodhounds pursued until 1 a.m. when Jones vanished. Trainer Morrison fell over a precipice and was seriously injured, causing the chase to end. Jones had nine months left to serve on a five year sentence.
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Moundsville
W. Va
William Jones
State Penitentiary
Washington County
Dawson
Morrison
Jones
Ayer's Hair Vigor Promoted as Hair Food
An advertisement touts Ayer's Hair Vigor as a genuine hair-food that nourishes, strengthens, and invigorates. It claims faster hair growth, softer, smoother hair, and removal of dandruff, urging readers to aid nature with this product.
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Ayer
Hearne vows to name delegates for governor bid
Wheeling June report: Hon William H Hearne candidate for governor says he will name a delegation from Ohio County unless blocked by the county committee. He travels earlier from Wheeling to Denver and Chicago, maintains his stance, hopes for amicable settlement, and threatens to take a Hearne-named delegation to Charleston if necessary.
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Wheeling
William H. Hearne
Denver
Chicago
Ohio County
Hearne
Charleston
Federation Seeks Fifty Thousand Dollar Labor Fund
The Chicago Federation of Labor seeks fifty thousand dollars for a campaign fund to boost candidates who align with labor demands. The fund will be used to canvass trades union residents and, if old party candidates fail to pledge support, labor candidates may be nominated at the primaries.
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Age Federation of Labor
Chicago
Political Action Committee
Chicago Federation of Labor
Labor
Federation of Labor
County Court Puts Off Grafton Traction Franchise
A special county court session considered Col John T McGraw's request to extend the Grafton Traction line to Pruntytown. The decision was to table the matter until the next county court meeting, set for June 23, with construction likely to start soon after if approved. The Catskadon couple of Clarksburg and Mrs C E Compton are mentioned in related notes.
James Flynn Travels to Grafton for Reform School Board Meeting
James Flynn of Preston County traveled through Grafton today en route to Pruntytown to attend a meeting of the reform school board on which he serves as a member.
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James Flynn
Preston County
Grafton
Pruntytown
Reform School Board
Pretty knottsville wedding at Greenwood Farm
Daily Sentinel reports the noon ceremony at Greenwood Farm Knottsville for Charles Luther Lynch of Clarksburg and Fannie Rebecca Jones. Rev P J Libe officiated. Bridesmaid Mollie Lynch, best man Prof C Ross Jones. After luncheon guests and relatives, including Lynch and Jones families from Clarksburg, wish the couple well. The couple, Wesleyan College alumni, plan to reside in Clarksburg after train 65 departure.
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Daily Sentinel
Greenwood Farm
Knottsville
Charles Luther Lynch
Clarksburg
Fannie Rebecca’ Jones
Uriah Jones
P. J. Libe
M. B
Out of the County
Truman 'Lynch
Florence
Mollie
Bertha
George
William
Alberta Baumgartner
Salisbury
Taylor County
Jones
Taylor
Branch Home Opened in Elkins by West Virginia Humane Society
Robert H. Brown, secretary and field agent, announced a new branch home for children at Elkins, opened to relieve Wheeling’s main home. Four orphans from Monongah have been taken in, with two to three more planned. A house of eight rooms was secured and donations fund maintenance. a twelve room home is expected in the fall. The society now custodians about 25 children, with over 700 taken in since 1901.
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Elkins
West Virginia Humane Society
Robert H. Brown
Monongah
Brown
Junel
Hikins
Wheeling
Sentinel Is In Demand After City Shooting
The Sentinel reports rising demand for its news after Monday evening shooting. Extra copies sold heavily with 239 net on Tuesday, 253 on Wednesday, 291 on Thursday, and 389 on Friday evening, showing readers seek factual coverage from a metropolitan paper.
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Sentinel
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Richwood
Wate
Pennsylvania
F. Samnan
Keystone State
Nicholas County
Hossy
Wednes
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
Life Tern
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Morgantown
Thomas B. Hodges
Ead
Colonel Hodges
Morgantown New Dominion
Bryan’s
Ayer Os
Lowell
MR. Hearne
Federation
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McGraw
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