Strange Malady Affects Horses And Livestock On Farm
The State Board of Agriculture reports a contagious equine disease, Sarcopt es equi, found on the Smith farm near Philippi. Four horses, one mule, and 25 cattle on the farm, plus nine head on a neighboring farm, show skin lesions and hair loss. Dr. Jones will treat or destroy infected animals, quarantine the farm, and revisit June 15. Exposed residents should contact Dr. Hilbert Jones. health officer Hoff enacted quarantines and sanitation measures.
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Don Smith
Sugar Creek
Glade District
Philippi
State Board of Agriculture
Leader
Morgantown
Elbert Jones
Smith Farm
Jones
State Department
de. Jones
Iaf
Hilbert Jones
Grafton
Hoff
New Superintendent Named for Thornton Fire Brick Plant
J E Winesboro of this city has been appointed superintendent of the Thornton Fire Brick company at Thornton, to replace James S McCann who will resign June 15. Winesboro left Loar and Hendrickson clothing house to assume the post after six months in Grafton as a clerk. He formerly came from Piedmont and is regarded as an experienced brick man.
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J. E. Winesboro
Thornton Fire Brick Company
Thornton
James S. McCann
Winesboro
Loar & Hendrickson Clothing House
McCann
Grafton
Loar & Hendrickson
Piedmont
New York Health Official Declares War on Liquor
June 14 Health Commissioner Goldwater announces a campaign to curb intoxication. He will form measures with the advisory council of the Department to keep the city on the right side of intoxication. Lectures with moving pictures posters pamphlets and exhibits will be used to persuade people that happiness cannot come from alcoholic beverages.
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New York
Goldwater
Department
Board of Health
Post Office at Hiram to Close June 15
The post office at Hiram will cease operations on June 15 per reports from local Democratic physicians. Mail will be routed to the Grafton office with Rural Route No 1 serving some routes and others using general delivery. The office has struggled to find a manager and has begun to board up doors and close windows.
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Hiram
Tme
Grafton
Three Found Busty of Bootlegging Raid
In a raid on a house used as a bootlegging point police found new hiding places for liquor including the oven of a cooking stove and stray bottles labeled bonded. Squire Newcome tried three men for liquor law infractions with convictions each. Shaffer fined 100 dollars and 60 days hard labor. Wonder colored was convicted with similar sentence. Trunt convicted and given 100 dollars and hard labor.
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Daily Sentinel
Sam ‘Thompson
Squire Newcome
E. D. Shaffer
Harry Wonder
Shaffer
Charles “Chick” Trunt
Squire
Death of Sylvester Martin in Hiram area
Sylvester Martin, 67, died this morning at his home near Hiram after a prolonged heart illness. He was a married man with strong community ties. Survived by his widow, funeral set for Friday at 3 PM from the residence with burial at Mount Morris Cemetery. Undertaker J A McGabe to oversee arrangements.
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Daily Sentinel
Sylvester Martin
Hiram
Mount Morris Cemetery
J. A. McGabe
Convict road crews expand in West Virginia counties
Clarksburg dispatch notes good weather enables counties to use convicts on public roads under state law. Serious offenders are sometimes shackled in pairs when traveling to and from work. Eleven inmates have escaped in Kanawha County and ten remain at large. Guards there are armed with shotguns to prevent further escapes.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Kanawha
Yost
Bryan to Join Peace Split Versus Wilson in 1916
Washington June 40 Bryan resigns as Secretary of State over peace at any price stance as Wilson faces German submarine threat. He declares he will campaign for the Democratic nomination on peace and prohibition, warning that a cabinet split signals possible war with Germany.
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Wilson
Washington
William Jennings Bryan
Germany
State Department
Bryan
Great Britain
Wilk
Relgindar
Wiitel
United States
Search By Posse Delays Greene County Missing Child
In Waynesburg Pennsylvania on June 14 the village of Rogersville Greene County woke to news that 2 year old Alice Wiley daughter of Mr and Mrs Neal Wiley was missing from home. Two posses formed and searched local hills as rumors of gypsies and kidnappers spread. The child was found asleep in a clothespress locked by a latch after the parents returned home.
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Waynesburg
Rogersville
Grane County
Alice
Neal Wiley
Fires in oats cargo for France raise incendiary suspicions
Philadelphia June 14 two fires in the Powlec hold carrying oats for France are suspected incendiary incidents. One blaze appeared in the morning and a second in the afternoon. little oats burned and the ship suffered no damage. Crew and stevedores extinguished both fires.
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Philadelphia
Powlec
France
New Disease Threatens West Virginia Animals and Humans
Dr Elbert Jones of the local veterinary department and Pop Lueder of the state agriculture office warn of a strange new disease in Barbour County that affects both people and animals. About fifty animals show traces of the illness and a slaughter policy will incur large state costs. The illness resembles foot and mouth but differs in several aspects. Photographs show afflicted animals and some human cases though exact effects on people remain unclear. Measures include segregation to prevent further spread as the district seeks containment.
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Elbert Jones
Pop’ Lueder
State Department, of Agriculture
Barbour
Jones
West Virginia commencement and other campus events
Morgantown report of West Virginia University's forty sixth annual commencement with Dr. George R. Grose delivering the baccalaureate sermon from Luke 22 27. Alumni reunion banquet planned, exercises Tuesday at ten. Also notes on a telephone pole collapse on McGraw Ave and nearby dangers. A 150 by 78 foot United States flag presented to St Louis by Million Population Club. Ninth Cavalry ordered for Philippine service. Zeppelin raid casualties in London described. Local cherry harvest notes and obituary for Mrs Ephams Young Ford detailing family survivors and funeral plans.
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Morgantown
West Virginia University
George R. Grose
DePaul University
Grose
Christ
Caesar
Dr. Grose
German Empire
Alumni Association
St. Louis
United States
America
City of
Sunday School Attendance Report June 18 1915
Our Sunday schools struggle with summer heat as attendance figures show mixed gains and declines across several churches. St Pauls M E W Main St M E B attendance rose to 251 from 184. other churches report smaller increases and some drops, urging boosters to sustain fall enrollment.
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W. Main
Presbyterian J
United Brethren
King's Daughters
Baptist
Baracea Bible
Philathea Bible
Note of Appreciation From Old Subscriber
The Sentinel received a note from George L Overfield of Grafton praising the paper for keeping him connected with old friends from 1870 to 1877 who are largely out of active life now. Overfield, now president of the Shankin Stock association in Fort Benton Montana, left West Virginia in 1877. The note laments political labels, noting a woman can be a suffragist and an antl at once, while a man who is both Republican and Democrat has not appeared.
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the Sentinel
George L. Overfield
West Virginia Business Men elect officers in Charleston
The sixth annual West Virginia Business Men's Association convention in Charleston featured Governor Hatfield discussing state taxation and the legislature. New officers were elected led by President I. J. Ross of Fairmont and a six district vice president slate. next convention site to be decided.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia Business Men's Association
Association
J. Ross
Fairmont
J.C. Myers
Moundsville
J. Orr
Morgantown
Val Fruth
E. J. Yeager
Parkersburg
C. C. Grimmett
William Schwertferger
Whettings
Henry Morton
J. H. Bowd
Les Sauders
Northcott
Huntington
C. Basnet
Mannington
C. H. Watkins
Wheeling
Prominent West Virginian Dies in Morgantown
Hon. C. M. Babb former member of the state board of regents dies at his home in Morgantown this afternoon. A prominent county citizen and former state legislator, he held various public trust positions. A card of thanks from Mrs. M Brown and family expresses gratitude to friends for kindness during illness and death. Georgia’s interests question ends with underscored doubt.
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Morgantown
W. Va
C. M. Babb
State Board ‘of Regents
Dieal
M. Brown
Order of
Moore
Spray Pump Advertising Note From County Sprayer
A county sprayer with six years of study offers spray pump materials and services, advertised as available every Saturday in town.
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Tage
Plan for Double Tax Plan Increases West Virginia License Tax
Charleston June 14. Corporations transacting business in West Virginia will pay the higher license tax under the omnibus bill from the recent second special session. The law doubles the license tax on domestic corporate charters and increases the foreign license tax. Auditor Darst's office prepares statements to mail to about 6,500 corporations for the year starting July 1. Supplemental notices follow the new statute.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Weat
Virginia
Darst
Kingwood Man 18 Arrested At Fairmont
Kingwood resident W Foster, 18, was arrested in Fairmont by Sheriff C D Conaway and Deputy Buckley on a Masonton town indictment for a felony. Foster, returning from Kingwood to work on a normal school project, claimed ignorance of the charges. A separate item notes two boys’ high voltage play in Uniontown led to Kenneth Morat, 10, being fatally electrocuted with recovery unlikely.
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Fairmont
W. Va
W. Foster
Kingwood
C. D. Conaway
Buckley
Masontown
Foster
Sen
Mtesage
Kittywood
Uniontown
Kenneth Morat
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