Berryburg Woman Is Killed By Train
In Clarksburg on a Friday evening Katharine Kennedy a Berryburg resident with two small children was struck and killed by train No 55 at Columbia mines due to defective hearing The engineer Mrs Kennedy and local authorities including Coroner Camp and Deputy Marshal Hupp describe a fatal accident with an inquest deemed unnecessary The victim aged about 62 had a daughter Mrs Martha Parsons of Grafton visiting relatives at Columbia mines and arrangements for burial will be made at Clifford-Osborne parlors
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Clarksburg
Katharine Kennedy
Berryburg
Columbia Mines
Clifford-Osborne Undertaking
Burkey
Monticello Avenue
Kennedy
Helmes
Utterback
Clifford-Osborne
Martha Parsons
Grafton
Company Gets Fine Contract For Next Year
Daniel Howard of the Central Fairmont Coal Company announced that contracts will allow full mine operation next year. The firm bought new equipment to prevent delays and plans to hire about one hundred additional workers to meet increased demand. Howard says contracts will enable twenty four hour operations.
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Daniel Howard
Central Fairmont Coal Company
Adelson Brothers Form New Partnership Firm
A new firm is organized by Fred Adelson and his brother Max Adelson. They arrive from Cleveland to join the family clothing business once run by Louis Adelson, aiming to expand stock and pursue energetic, honest trade. The younger Adelson was born in Grafton and worked earlier with his father in Cleveland. They promote their plans in an advertisement and seek bargains for value seeking customers. The note ends with a humorous aside about music and hair growth.
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Fred Adelson
Max Adelson
Cleveland
Max
Louis Adelson
Grafton
Manhood
Taft to Decide Spokane Music World Clash Over Army Band
Officials report Secretary of War William H Taft will rule on whether the regimental band at Fort Wright may perform in Spokane venues like Natatorium park, potentially sidelining local musicians. The Spokane Musicians union seeks to keep army bands at the post while the National Federation of Musicians presses for civilian engagement.
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Etary Taft
Spokane
Wash
William H. Taft
Musicians’ Union of
Fort Wright
Here
Natatorium Park
Washington Water Power Company
National Federation of Musicians
War Department
Peculiar Relic 18 Found in Posthole on Heavener Farm
G G Mayo unearthed a two foot deep shell while digging post holes on the Heavener farm near Elkins. Inscribed with Found the Battlefield after the capture of La Paz it appears to have origin in South America. La Paz Bolivia lies high in the Andes and the inscription likely refers to a Bolivian independence battle around 1825.
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G. G. Mayo
Heavener
Elkins
South America
la Paz
Bolivia
Rio de la Paz
Titicaca
Taylor brothers rise in railroad carpentry ranks
F A Taylor promoted to master carpenter on Cumberland division after serving Wheeling division. His brother D B Taylor, formerly carpenter foreman of the C L&W division, becomes master carpenter of Wheeling. Both men were formerly with the Monongah division and are noted in Graf ton. An Open Pulpit effect in the Protestant Episcopal church has led several clergymen to drop out.
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F. A. Taylor
Wheeling
Cumberland
D. B. Taylor
Monongah
Grafton
Protestant Episcopal Church
Hearne Swisher feud fuels Ohio county politics
Wheeling morning column outlines how Hearne may reenter the governor race to counter Auditor Scherr with Hall backing. Denham's Harrison county ties and Clarksburg Telegram critique shape a shifting GOP scene as Mothers Day notes emerge in school lessons and carnations.
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Wheeling
William H. Hearne
James K. Hall
Hall
Scherr
Ohio County
Swisher
Hearne
Marshall County
Sherman Denham
Harrison County
W. H. Hearne
Clarksburg Telegram
Denham and Highland
Mr. Swisher
State Committee
Mothers Day Observed by Andrews M B Sunday School
Daily Sentinel notes a Mothers Day event at Andrews M B Sunday School with a record crowd of 405 attendees, the largest yet for a former Sabbath session. the preaching service followed to a full church and strong interest from mothers.
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Daily Sentinel
Andrews M
Bill Haywood for President at Socialist convention
Chicago May 9 The Socialist national convention opens tomorrow with Bill Haywood as the boom focus though some conservatives oppose it. Debs leads Haywood supporters while Haywood, once jailed, tours the nation after acquittal. Delegates are dues payers only, about 40 000, out of 406 230 socialist votes last election. Many non supporters may back Haywood to protest Roosevelt’s label of him as undesirable.
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Chicago
Bill Haywood
Eugene V. Debs
Indiana
Haywood
Boise
Western Federation of Miners
Harry Orchard
Steunenberg
Socialist Party
Roosevelt
New Road May Come to Grafton
Clarksburg headlines report a new railroad planned to reach Morgantown and Belington, touch the Guffey coal fields in Taylor Preston and Harrison counties, and pass through Clarksburg and Fairmont as a competing line to the B C. Promoters claim the Guffey fields and coal developments will boost Clarksburg as a regional hub.
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Clarksburg
Samuel Brady
Parkersburg
Monongalia County
B. & N. Railroad Company
Morgantown
Brady
Pittsburg
Geneva
Belington
Guffey
Taylor
Preston
Harrison
West Virginia
Fairmont
Grafton
Guffey Felds
Harrison County
Telegraphers Strike Not Improbable In B&O Rail Line
Propositions are being voted on and indications suggest a Baltimore and Ohio telegraphers strike within weeks. The Order of Railway Telegraphers, a strong union, backs the plan with substantial funds for a prolonged battle. Traveling man Wilson missing since April 26 near Elkins raises concern for possible drowning after a buggy ride toward Cheat River.
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Firmont
Baltimore & Ohio Railway Company
Order of Railway Telegraphers
America
Elkins
Wilson
Daniels & Sons Stable
Cheat River
Republicans Name Long and Short Term Nominees
The Republican county committee adopted a rule for naming long and short term county commissioner nominees. The top vote getter would be the long term nominee and the next, if from a different district, the short term. W Scott Meredith of Marion county was named for state senator in the eleventh district on the primary ballot. In Spain, Queen Victoria’s second child is due in late June with gala celebrations planned. The heir to the throne Alfonso, Prince of the Austria, has his birthday May 10, 1907.
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Daily Sentinel
Republican County Committee
A. R. Warden
W. Scott Meredith
Marion County
Marion
Meredith
Taylor
Stork
Spain
Madrid
Conde Sangenio
Alfonso
Victoria
Austria
DONTUKE A DRY TOWN In Fairmont May 11 1920s
Over 100 Fairmont residents and nearby neighbors spent Saturday shopping in Clarksburg to protest the council s liquor license denial. Glassworkers and others chartered a car, buying goods from local regu lar prices, with many seeking free transport incentives offered by Clarksburg merchants. The orderly trip drew both men and some women, with purchases ranging from salt to a forty dollar suit. Local merchants blamed weather for slow sales, while residents regretted the decision to forego local stores.
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Fairmont
Clarksburg
Fairmont Council
Roosevelt to Speak at Cornerstone Laying Ceremony
President Roosevelt will deliver an address on Monday at the laying of the cornerstone for the new building of the Bureau of American Republics. Speakers include Secretary of State Elihu Root Brazilian ambassador Joaquim Nabuco and Andrew Carnegie who donated 750000 dollars for the project.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Bureau of American Republics
Elihu Root
Joaquim Nabuco
Brazil
Andrew Carnegie
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Hampton Roads
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