Three Slavs Tragedy Ends With Police Standoff in Jamestown
In Jamestown on June 19 Fred W. Shaver shot and killed his father Hudson A. Shaver and his stepmother Ruth Campbell and killed Patrolman George Kendall who tried to arrest him. A sharpshooter then killed Shaver after a half hour standoff as hundreds watched.
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Jamestown
Fred W. Shaver
Hudson A. Shaver
George Kendall
Limi
Shaver
Ruth Campbell
Kendall
Brooklyn Square
Accused of stealing mare leads to jail in Clarksburg
Clarksburg June 1 accused of stealing a mare from Jeasé F. Nusum of Shinn's son Valit McCrecken. McCracken alleged to have sold the horse for five dollars and fled. mare later recovered. Magistrate to hear case next Monday.
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Clarksburg
Jeasé F. Nusum
Shinn
Valit McCrecken
McCracken
Fairmont
West Virginia Educational Association Holds 45th Meeting
The 45th annual WV Educational Association closed with State Superintendent M P Shawkey presiding. Francis J Bair of Illinois, J Y Joiner of North Carolina, and R S Stearns of Virginia spoke. New officers include President D L Deahl of Martinsburg, VP L D Hill of Concord, Secretary Richard W Thrush of Keyser. The 1916 meeting will be at Clarksburg after enrollment topped 1000.
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Charleston
West Virginia Educational Association
M. P. Shawkey
Francis J. Bair
Illinois
J. Y. Joiner
North Carolina
R. §. Stearns
Strte
Virginia
N. Deahl
Morshantown
Department of Education
W V A Enforces Weights and Measures Law
Prof C W Waggener of West Virginia University serves as scientific head of the new weights and measures department under a state law. Jack Mighilingale, state labor commissioner, is superintendent. Field inspectors test scales and weights statewide, applying the official seal and destroying any incorrect devices. The laboratory will likely be at the university for equipment and support.
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Morgantown
W. Va
C. W. Waggener
State University
Charleston
Jack Mighilingale
Waggener
Union Picnic At Grafton Park Promises Big Event
The union picnic at Grafton Park on Monday July 5 is planned as a major outing with a basket picnic, popcorn, red lemonade, music, dancing, and various races. The committee reports everything ready, with park privileges secured and part of the city tennis tournament played that day.
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Union
Grafton Park
Grafton
Sentinel
cireEn
Park Court
Bryan’s Cures In Third Section On War Plan
Washington June 18. Secretary Bryan’s third and concluding section of his statement on The Causeless War urges mediation as the path to prevent war. He proposes universal extension of his investigation commission peace treaty plan to bring belligerents into conference and allow time for dispute investigation to root out the desire for war.
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Washington, D. C
Bryan
Investigation Commission
Elkins Opens New City Park Pavilion Amid Beautification Efforts
Elkins West Virginia on June 18 reports the city near completion of a concrete pavilion with a band pagoda fountain and lavatories in its newly improved park. Citizens strive to make BiKins a city beautiful with widespread plantings this summer.
Debt decision not to call legislature for extra session
Charleston W Va June 18 Governor Hatfield says the financial effects of the United States Supreme Court Virginia West Virginia debt decision do not warrant a third special legislative session this year. He states no call will be made unless developments require it, with West Virginia’s method of meeting its debt share still not publicly released.
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Charleston
Hatfield
United States Supreme Court
West Virginia
Joseph D. J. Charleston
W. Vas
C. F. Rathbone
Fred C. Blue
Mr. Blue
Mr. Rathbone
Rathbone
Gazette Times
Blue
Gircuit Court of Appeal
Stme
Supreme Court
Webb ‘Kenyon
Former Grafton Man Io Dead
The first news today reports the death of John Evans at his Fairmont home. A well known former Grafton resident and brother of Isaac Evans of the First ward, he once ran a mercantile business near today’s First National Bank site. Funeral details have not been released.
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John Evans
Fairmont
Isaac Evans
Grafton
First National Bank
Drink Substitute Proved Fatal to Barber Weston
Melvin Coston a barber died at his home after drinking a substitute for whisky labeled bay runs bay rum and Jamaica ginger were used as intoxicants since the prohibition law took effect in the state. The death marks the first reported fatal result from this substitute in the area.
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Weston
Bay Runs
Melvin Coston
Hig
Bayrum
Jamaica
Coston
Bumper crop at Laurel Hill orchard Belington WV
June 18 report from Belington near Phillpps states Laurel Hill orchard farm will yield a bumper crop of apples peaches plums cherries and other fruit this season. The large mountain orchard owned by a company led by A G Dayton RE Talbott W T Ice dra Charles Jones manages the operation. Frost is rare and picking and marketing of ripe cherries has begun with several men employed.
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Belington
Laurel Hill
Phillpps
A. G. Dayton
Re, Talbott
W. T. Ice
Dra
Charles Jones
West Virginia
Whiskey Labels Misleading Miners Face Penalties
Charleston West Virginia June 19 Italian miners near Montgomery Wyette county have received whiskey and other intoxicants labeled Olive Oil Tomato Sauce and similar disguises. Information from United States Attorney W G Barnhart says interstate liquor shipments must be plainly labeled with penalties for violations and an investigation is under way.
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Charleston
W. Va
Montgomery
Wyette County
W. G. Barnhart
Fu Ted
Alsace Postal Service Names Cities In 90 Towns
Announcement from Paris states the French Postal service now handles mail in 90 towns and villages in Alsace with 211 already bearing the same names as forty five years ago.
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Paris
Alsace
Prohibition in West Virginia After a Year of Enforcement
Charleston report by Joseph D. J. Charleton notes enforcement chief C F Rathbone credits crackdown on organized bootlegging, with sole focus now on individual bootleggers. Describes legal changes, carrier shipments halted, and a new felony provision for receiving liquor, plus observed social and economic improvements in industrial districts and shifts in public opinion toward lasting prohibition.
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West Virginia
Survivors recount Ypres attack gas siege casualties
Henry Lapierre of Chazy New York a private in the Fifteenth battalion of Canadian troops arrived in New York describing the May 15 assault on German trenches near Ypres. He said about 150 of 1000 men survived with many killed wounded or dying from chloride gas. The battalion broke under machine gun fire and gas exposure, with survivors crawling back to British lines. Lapierre later was discharged after Ambassador Page’s representations that he was American.
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New York
Henry Lapierre
Chazy
N. Y
Ypres
Lapierre
Mr. Lapierre
Ambassador Page
London
Blood poisoning ends Clarksburg candidate bid
Homer B. Woods of Clarksburg West Virginia died in hospital after blood poisoning from a foot cut when he kicked a milk bottle at his doorstep three weeks earlier. Friends who aided his campaign were not authorized to act on his behalf. His body will be buried at Rosemont.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Homer B. Woods
Bruce Goodwin
West Pike Street
New Third District
Rosemont
Bei
Taylor County Injunction Still Enforceable Despite Higher Court Ruling
The injunction against Wells Fargo & Co restrains bringing intoxicants into Taylor County. Despite interstate shipments test cases, officials say the order remains in force with liquor proof amendments pending. Some residents doubt the ruling, but authorities state no shipments occur locally and enforcement continues.
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J Court
Welle Fargo Btprese
Fae
Grafton
Pupity
Win
West Virginia murder suspect held for trial in Idaho
An alleged WV killer connected to William Moss death at Stouts, West Virginia, five years ago was arrested in Idaho and is being sent back to county authorities for trial. Charges include attempted murder of a wife and shooting at his father in law during an escape. A reward of 4600 was offered for his apprehension.
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Grafton * and Trust Company
Grafton
Taylor
West Virginia
Taylor County
Ettie J. Knight
Ettie J Knight
Ebbert W. Knight
Weston
Jaume
Nak
Charles Townspass
Malda
Idaho
William
Moss
Stouts
W. Va
Sheri Garrett Sid
Townsend
Ile
Kanawha
Stout's Mill
Mesa
Ohio farmer fatally wounds family then dies
Upper Sandusky Ohio reports Harvey Dysinger a 40 year old Hardin county farmer shot his wife and daughter and wounded his son Herbert near Forest. He then died by his own hand one mile north of the town. The youngest child Kenne escaped and was rescued. Mrs Dysinger is reported to die.
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Upper
Sandusky
Ohio
Harvey Dysinger
Hardin County
Herbert
Forest
Kenne Agessell
Hei
Dysinger
Terra Alta sanitarium doubles capacity by August
Charleston June 19 The Hope Monte tuberculosis sanitarium near Terra Alta will double its capacity from sixty to 120 by August 1 according to J Lakin chairman of the control. The institution sits on a 600 acre reservation 3,000 feet inland on the cottage plan with E B D as superintendent.
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Charleston
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