Mayor Babcock Farms WV's Largest Potato Patch Near Davis
Mayor E V Babcock and associates own a 20 acre potato patch near Davis Tucker County West Virginia aimed at yield records. His Babcock Boom and Lumber Company holds 13000 acres in Tucker County. The land, once virgin forest, is now cleared and graced with crops including cabbage and potatoes. Potatoes in a seven acre test last year yielded 1250 bushels per day, profits came from soil clearing and machinery investment. A 42 acre field is being cleared this year with spraying by WVU experts using a large sprayer. The area is described as exceptionally fertile with deep topsoil, bluegrass regrowth on cleared land, and extensive land-clearing techniques. The tract spans twenty six miles of fencing and will be developed into small 50 to 100 acre farms with homes and equipment support.
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Pitsburgh
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Abcock Room and Lumber Company
Davis
Tucker County
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Babcock Boom and Lumber Company
Babcock
Canaan Valley
Yicia
Tel Holdings
Mises
United States
Columbus
Curomer
Community Notes From Blueville Area
Blueville and nearby residents share illness and joy with visitors and family news. Pneumonia cases improving. mumps spreading locally. a stork brings a son and a daughter to two families. Mrs Abner Boylen dies after two years illness, leaving six sons and three daughters. Dorsey, a former U S Army member, returns home. Deep sympathy expressed for the family.
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Jno
Howard
von Walter
Wendel
Howard Blue
Dorothy Kinsley
Emma
Mary Grange Lan
Belle Meyers
Pruntytown
Henry Artis
God
Pred Hickman
Clarksburg
Catherine Wittman
Wait Robinson
Lona Garlow
Waller Lucas
May Demoss
Haymond
Delbert Robinson
Wm. Towes
Geo. Brown
Abner Boylen
Aber Boylen
Dorsey
Boylen
Middleville School Closes Fine Term With Program
The Middleville School under teacher Susie Williamson completed a successful term. Pupils Frank Hitt Jennings Tucker Mason Tucker Roale Hitt attended daily. The program included recitations by Beatrice Taylor Mason Tucker Roxie Hitt Mabel Cropp Cole Ash Bernice Tucker and dialogues Jonas Jones and Renement. A pie social raised 7.82 for the Syrian Armenian Relief Fund. Williamson earns praise for her first school term.
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Middleville
Jast
Hss
Susie Williamson
Frank Hitt
Jennings Tucker
Mason Tucker
Roale Hitt
America
Beatrice ‘Taylor
Beatrice Taylor
Jennings ‘Tucker
Roxie Hitt
Mabel Cropp
Cole Ash
Bernice Tucker
Jonas Jones
West Virginia Treasury Reports April Balance
Charleston May report shows general revenue balance at 44818.67 after large debt settlement and monthly state government running costs. Total cash in all funds reaches 1,674,660.41 with investments bringing the grand total to 8,508,760.
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Treaster W
Johnson
Werkineh
Deaths and obituaries in Evansville area community
Obituaries note the death of Frank M Noble formerly of West Union WV at his daughter's home 129 High St with burial in Bluemont. Also mentioned are Mrs Hathaway of Jennings and Ian Shaw of Evgi, plus the death of Howard Leslie Ford in Parkersburg from spinal meningitis and W Stephen Marti of Roseman dying of bowel inflammation. Funeral details cited for several, with family survivors listed and local ties to Harrison and surrounding counties.
M Peterson Dies at Home in Weston
M Peterson father of Mrs Lovett of Maple avenue Weston, found dead in bed at his Weston home yesterday morning. News of his death brought genuine regret in Weston and at his daughter’s home. He was highly respected and had visited many times.
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Raily Sentinel
M. M. Peterson
M. M. Lovett
Maple Avenue
Yau
Weston
Well Known Grafton Man Dies at Fairmont
Francis Lamar Malone 63 a former Baltimore and Ohio conductor died Friday afternoon at 205 1 2 Diamond Street East Side after illness since September chiefly from influenza complications. Born July 12 1864 he was son of the late Thornton Malone and married Elizabeth Rose Nix on July 42 1914. Survived by his mother four sisters and three brothers and a wide circle of friends including railroad men. Funeral Sunday at 2 PM from the family residence with Rev J B Wells and Rev Charles J. Eddy officiating. Burial Maple Grove Cemetery. Fairmont Times report notes local attendance and railroad ties in Monongah division.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Diamond Street
East Side
Ile
Thornton Malone
Elizabeth Rose Nixon
Rose Pople
Fairmont
Malissa Carlow
Grafton
Maude
Anna Malone
Bert
Melvin
Charles Malone
Malone
Patg Jting Baptist Church
Maple Grove
Fairmont Times
Monongah Division
Mrs Warden Carroll Dies After Influenza Pneumonia
Daily Sentinel notes Mrs. Warden Carroll of Blueville died Saturday night from influenza that developed into pneumonia. She was about twenty years old, wife of W. W. Carroll and mother of four, youngest eight days old. Formerly Miss Florence Custer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Custer of near Knottaville. Survived by parents and husband, she belonged to Andrews M E church. Funeral from the Blueville home this afternoon, Rev. Albert D. Craig in charge. interment at Bluemont.
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Warden Carroll
W. W. Carroll
Blueville
Misa Florence Custer
George W. Custer
Knottaville
Lloyd Dawed is Dead at 40 in Rose Hill Home
Lloyd C Dawed died suddenly about 3 o clock this morning at the Rose Hill home of his father in law Mr Curry. A lifelong Latrobe Street barber he was about 40 and well known in the city. He had rheumatism recently and took ill while visiting family over the weekend. He leaves a wife and several relatives. Funeral arrangements were incomplete.
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Lloyd
Mr. Beard
Rose Hill
Stoyd Street
Eily
Gmes Glenn
Well known former Grafton man dies at Clarksburg home
John O Day a track foreman in the Clarksburg yards of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad died Saturday evening at 6 30 at his home 115 Shott street Clarksburg cause of death was congestion of the kidneys Survived by his wife five children and two sisters Children include Mrs Freak Castle Morgantown Thomas M Day Wow with American Expeditionary Forces at Mount Marseilles France O Day an employee of the Francais Coal Company Paul O Day employee of the Weirton ics Company s local plant and Miss Mary Anita O Day Sisters Mrs Winifred Donsill Fairmont and Mrs Edward Cornwell Clarksburg Funeral arrangements not determined by Sunday evening but likely Tuesday
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Clarksbug
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Clarksburg
Francia O'Day
Francais Coal Company
Paul Oday
Weirtonics Company
Mary Anita O'Day
Winifred Donsill
Fairmont
Edward Cornwell
Mrs Sarah Hathaway Dies in Jennings Louisiana
Mrs. Sarah A Hathaway wife of Charles Hathaway long known shoe tacker of this city died at daughter’s home in Jennings Louisiana on April 30 burial occurred soon after. She was a former printer at the Daily Sentinel and connected with the Jennings paper editor Miller. The Hathaway family resided in this city for over thirty years with Mr Hathaway’s shoe shop near Beech Street and later near the west side bridge before moving south to Jennings.
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Grafton
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Changes in schedule of Victory Liberty Loan meetings
The schedule for Victory Liberty Loan meetings is altered with events at Prunty Town Methodist Church Boots Creek District on May 6 8:00 PM at Turkey Run School House Boosh Creek District on May 7 with speakers GW Ford WP Samples and at Blueville School House Fetterman District on May 9 at 8:00 PM addressed by H A Abbott and A D Craig.
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Time table dispute over Pittsburgh Richwood line
Richwood Sutton and other cities on the Pittsburgh Richwood line protested the new Baltimore and Ohio timetable. Supporters defend through service Pittsburg to Richwood and Charleston while opponents fear through train discontinuation. Fairmont and northward towns joined protests, criticizing Clarkeburg for opposing the schedule.
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American Expeditionary Forces to Return by September
Washington on May 2 says President Wilson’s policy and War Department plans point to demobilization in the United States by September. Gen. Peyton C. March, chief of staff, aims to speed troop withdrawals with a projected monthly export of 450,000 men, including those at the Rhine, and maintains a 48-hour camp-to-civilian transfer rule.
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Treasury Reports Public Debt At 24 824 345 000
Treasury reports the U S public debt at 24 824 345 000 with Victory loan largely offset by redemptions. Net debt excluding foreign loans sits near 16 060 000 009. War expenses expected to push gross debt toward 20 000 000 000, balance on hand 2 052 000 000 and local deposits strong through banks nationwide.
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Miners Union at Wendel Votes Labor Demands
A May 1 special meeting of Wendel miners union adopts resolutions demanding repeal of the Espionage Act, free speech, troop withdrawal from Russia, and that nations determine their governments without foreign interference. The resolutions urge immediate prisoner releases and press publication. RESOLUTION COMMITTEE submits the text for public dissemination.
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Clarence Bolliger Back From France War Service Highlight
Mrs. Fred J. Bolliger announces her son Clarence Bolliger has returned from World War I service in France. He enlisted June 6, 1917, served with the 19th Engineers of the Regular Army, sailed June 19, landed in France, and fought at Chateaubriant and other fronts. The outfit was at Toul when the armistice was signed.
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Argonne
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Trophy Train Visit Fails To Meet Expectations In Grafton
Reports express disappointment with the Trophy Train visit to Grafton for the Victory Liberty Loan. Local committees and an advance agent’s assurances are questioned as the exhibit did not deliver the advertised impact. Officials note blame lies more with organizers than the event itself amid fund details and gold loan figures.
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