Cumberland Children Run Down By Team in Maryland
In Sumberland Maryland on June 20 a heavy team driven by Paul Critzman struck two children on First street and Virginia avenue injuring Bernice Bowden and Estelle Cooper. Bowden, four, has a broken collar bone and internal injuries. Cooper, three and a half, has a broken nose and jaw. Both are under care. risk of lockjaw noted. Critzman arrested for reckless driving, later bonded and then state warrants led to further detention for arraignment.
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W. R. Foard
Little Bowden
C.F. Bove
Cooper
Criteman
Hisenhauer
Michael Clark
Critzman
Constable Thompson
Charles Cooper
Critman
Critsman
Thompson
John Dreesman
Mag Davis Die in Keyser Visit
Mrs E H Davis of Keyser aged 64 died in this city at her daughter Mrs W C Whistler’s Maple Avenue home after an illness of several days from an internal affliction. Funeral this afternoon at 6 from residence with Rev MacPhail. Remains to be shipped on No 12 tonight for funeral services by Rev Havener Monday afternoon. Interment in Queen's Point cemetery. Survived by two daughters Mrs Whistler of this city and Mrs B Dayton of Keyser, and one sister Mrs Scott Brown of Keyser.
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Daily Sentinel
E. H. Davis
Keyser
W. C. Whistler
Maple Avennue
You gotta quit kickin my horn around one act court case
In police court this morning O A Heffner faced a charge of assault on Frank Thayer over a dog near Thayer’s West Side residence. Heffner was fined 5 and costs, which he paid. The hearing described Thayer objecting to the dog’s presence and Heffner allegedly threatening further action.
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Daily Sentinel
O. A. Heffner
Frank Thayer
Thayer
Heffner
Mother Sells Babe to Prevent Starving Mother
Article recounts a desperate mother Annie in New York seeking buyers for her 2 month old Miss Millie Zabla to avoid starvation. Annie, 24, cares for two older children while husband deserted her. she describes dire poverty and illness in shared Allen Street rooms.
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New York
Millie Zabla
Millie
Annie
Mille
Allen Street
Rony
Josie
Tony
Jobes
Locals and Visitors Gather in Flemington News
Master Carson Curry of Fairmont visits relatives in Flemington while Mrs. Chipps, now in Parsons, extends an extended stay. Several others from Grafton Morgantown Clarksburg and Salem travel or visit here or return home after stays with local families.
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Carson Curry
Fairmont
Chipps
Parsons
Shields
Grafton
Rita
Madeline Hacker
Monongah
Chas. A. Sinsel
Minnie Snider
Lost Creek
Lloyd Wolverton
Salem
Ruth Whitehair
Cumberland
Miss Larkins
Morgantown
Rupert
Richard Sinsel
Prohibition speaker weighs liquor revenue vs lives in 1912
Clinton Ma June 19 The big question facing Americans is whether liquor revenue or human lives hold greater value. Mrs L N Lake of St Louis argues men are the nation’s greatest asset and calls for immediate choice between people and profits. The piece also rails at Democratic spending and new river harbor appropriations, lampooning political waste while detailing broad federal infrastructure actions and river names across many states.
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Clinton
Wilson
Bryan
Democratic Congress
South
Uncle Sam
Piscataway Creek
Maryland
Chickasahay River
Mississippi
Pasquotauk River
North Carolina
Smith Creek
South Carolina
Smith
Julington River
Georgia
Hatchee River
Tennessee
Florida
Virginia
Texas
Mud Creek
Kentucky
Newbegun Creek
Little Pigeon River
White Chimney River
Sapelo River
Altamaha River
Tyaskin Creek
Ashley
Caney Creek
Oak Creek
Republican Nomination Focuses on G C Borbard for County Commissioner
The Sentinel notes G. C. Brobard as the Republican candidate for County Commissioner, praising his prior service, business experience, and farming success. It argues he can dedicate time to public duties, contrasting with complacent officials, and urges voters to back him. The piece also cites tariff-driven trade shifts, showing exports down and imports up, altering the trade balance.
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United States
Fleming Seeks Republican Nomination for County Clerk
Mr Hayward Fleming announces his candidacy for Clerk of the County Court on the Republican ticket. He has served the past term as a careful accurate obliging clerk and presents his record as endorsement. A life long Republican, he is presented as an able honest official known across the county seeking renomination and re election.
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Hayward Fleming
the Sentinel
Fleming
Telephone man electrocuted at Fairmont
Martin Judy twenty one a telephone lineman is killed instantly when he touches a live 2200 volt line in Fairmont West Virginia. He leaves a wife and three small children and had recently recovered from a self inflicted gunshot wound.
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Associated Press
Fairmont
W. Va
Martin Judy
Judy
B& O Allotment Increase Promises Better Times for Grafton
In Grafton, business conditions improve as the Monongah division of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad receives a larger allotment this week. Shops run full time, furloughed workers return, and new hires follow as the fiscal year opens with higher funding. City projects restart with July 1 orders for two city pumping station gangs and other furloughed departments. Local optimism grows as Consolidated Manufacturing enters the scene, boosting prospects for another major factory and continuing economic expansion.
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Grafton
Monongah
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Consolidated Manufacturing Company
Colorado Miner Strike Draws White House Scrutiny
J A Ownby representing independent operators in Colorado told President Wilson that Rockefeller interests drive the strike by using Federal troops to aid large operators. Small miners claim closures and blocked reopenings threaten their survival, signaling wider political shifts as Iowa moves away from radicalism and toward a traditional pro growth Republican stance led by Cummins.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
J. A. Ownby
Taylor County Democrats Clash Over Charlestown Meeting
At Charlestown the Taylor county Democratic convention turned sour with rival camps over the congressional committeeman post. John Barlow and Senator A Hood Phillips were named by factions, late-arriving delegates joined in, and a compromise backed by the Barlow side installed Harry Friedman as the preferred candidate amid fireworks and bouquets.
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Daily Sentinel
Harmony
Charlestown
Woodrow
Taylor County
John Barlow
Leader
A. Hood Phillips
Council of War
Barlow
Freworka
Phillips
Hod
Charlestown Opera House
Harry Friedman
Thomas Jefferson
Brown and Clark Speakers Stir Democratic Audience
The event featured speeches by Brown and Clark with praise from attendees. Taylor county delegates listed include Barlow, Friedman, Hood Phillips, Helronimus, Dent, Luzadder, Cruise, Fortney, Hodel, Currey, Flemington Salder, Mason, Poe, Moran, Hooke, and Rogers. Delegates returned home to a festive dance after the gathering.
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Taylor County
J. H. S. Barlow
Harry Friedman
A. Hood Phillips
T. W. Helronimus
W R. D. Dent
George Luzadder
W ‘Mam Cruise
J. M. R. Fortney
W. B.hodel
Ira Currey
Salder
Flemington
Murray Mason
Stephan Poe
William Moran
W. T. Hooke
Robert Rogers
Public hearing on proposed dams in Tygarts Valley area
Charleston, June 19. The public service commission will hear the Fairmont and Clarksburg Power Company request to erect hydro electric dams on the Tygarts Valley river. Residents challenge the plan as a threat to property. The Virginian Railway also complains about a dam near New River by Virginian Power Company.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
Public Service Day
Fairmont & Clarksburg Power Company
Tygarts Valley
Virginian Railroad
Commission
New River
Virginian Power Company
Dropped From Honorary Roll At IACP Convention
At the International Association of Chiefs of Police session in Grand Rapids the honorary status of William J. Burns was dropped and the group voted against merging with the national cooperation of sheriffs and railway detectives. Burns was severed from the list without a formal motion. The convention critiqued Burns for using the association’s name on his firm’s stationery while his name remained off the honorary roster. Richard Sylvester of Washington was re elected president and Frank Cassada of Elmira New York was chosen secretary treasurer.
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Grand Rapids
International Association of Chiefs of Police
William J. Burnsrom
Lst
Burns
Barns
Chiefs’ Association
Richard Sylvester
Washington
Frank Cassada
Elmira
Women Find Head of Man Near Huntington Street Road
Mrs John Ally and her daughter Mia discover a severed male head while digging for herbs on Six teenth Street Road in Huntington West Virginia. Police say the murder likely occurred a week earlier and are searching for the torso. the head is believed to belong to a stranger with dark wavy hair.
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Huntington
W. Va
Sixteenth Street
John Ally
Ally
Mia
Mary Cullop
Coroner to Probe Death From Workplace Prank in Connellsville
Coroner Harry J. Bell prepares a rigid inquiry into the death of 18 year old Harry Mokes after a prank at the factory near Connellsville Pennsylvania. Mokes died from internal injuries caused by an air hose operated under 390 pounds pressure in the press room.
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Connellsville
Harry J. Bell
Harry Mokes
Boyd
Mokes
Coanttal
Pressro
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