Charleston Considers Dry City After License Ban Vote
Charleston West Virginia May 14 The city council refused to re consider its Tuesday decision to prohibit issuing licenses to say loans and move toward a dry city by July 1. The vote 30 to 10 widened the drys lead as liquor dealers and business owners warn of revenue losses. Rev Hare head of the anti saloon league increases efforts while Mayor Holley pledges enforcement. Local tensions rise as forecasts of taxes and political motives surface.
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Charleston
W. Va
Jong
Board of Affairs
Holley
Helangs
Rev. T. Af. Hare
Anti Saloon League
Alvord
Mr. Hare
Jess
Rev. Hare
Parkersburg
Baltimore & Ohio Appeal to Supreme Court Over ICc Order
May 14 Washington The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad appeals to the Supreme Court against the Interstate Commerce Commission order of March 3 1908 requiring railroad companies to file reports on employee service length The circuit court refused an injunction and the railroad asks the high court to reverse ruling It contends the requirement would force it to produce evidence against itself and violates the Constitution
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Washington
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
United States Cicuit Court For
District of Maryland
Interstae Commerce Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
Baltimore & Ohio Company
Circuit
Supreme Court
Get Married Now Save Money Before May 27
A warning urges couples planning to wed to marry before May 27 to save on marriage licenses which rise from 1 to 2 dollars under new law. The era’s fee changes also raise recording judgments to 50 cents and restore a 60 cent land book transfer fee, effective May 27, 1908.
Woman readers favor heroine over hero in books study
The London Book Monthly notes women in a theater focus on the play’s hero, while readers of a novel sympathize most with the heroine. The remark discusses differing tastes for fictional roles and heroine versus hero appeal.
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The
London Book Monthly
Bond issue support urged by Board of Trade
In Clarksburg West Virginia May 14 an order revived execution against the estate of the late Judge John Jay Jackson for 10000 with 6 percent interest from July 23 1878 totaling 28680 and directs a levy on the estate property to satisfy the amount Executors George W Johnson Reese Blizzard and Lillie Irene Jackson are named in the order issued by the circuit court against the Parkersburg Second National Bank judgment holder.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Second National Bank of
Parkersburg
John Jay Jackson
Federal Court of
This District
George W. Johnson
Reese Blizzard
Lillie Irene Jackson
Bond Issue Debate Prompts Board of Trade Action
The Board of Trade held a large meeting to discuss the city’s credit and the need for bond issues to fund water system improvements. It authorized a five member committee to investigate thoroughly and report, leading to a mass convention at the courthouse to persuade public support.
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Daily Sentinel
Board of Trade
Court House
Veteran G H Waller of Flemington Dies at 69
The venerable G. H. Waller of Flemington died last evening about 8 after several days of pneumonia. He was 69 and served in the Civil War for the North. He leaves a wife, six sons Homer John Lloyd Bruce Coy and daughters Alice Martha Henrietta, plus brothers Thomas and Frank. Funeral is Saturday at the M. P. Church Flemington with interment in Astor cemetery by Humphrey Brothers.
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Daily Sentinel
G. H. Waller
Flemington
Waller
Army of the North
Homer
John, Lloyd
Bruce Clarence and Coy
Alice Bailey
Martha Bailey
Henrietta Waller
Thomas
Pruntytown
Frank
Ritchie County
M. P
Astor Cemetery
Humphrey Brothers
Secret Wedding Unveiled of Bosley and Keener in East End
The wedding of Burr Bosley of the United States Marine service and Miss Lillie Keener of the East End occurred quietly at the bride’s home on April 17 during a brief furlough. Officiating Rev. Dr. H. C. Howard was bound to secrecy. Both families are well known in Grafton and wish them a long, prosperous life.
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Bosley
Grafton
Miss Keener
Unclear OCR record of farm costs and crops
Fragmentary text notes farmers paying full costs with balances of ten to twenty dollars per acre after one crop. Mentions Spring and Winter Wheat Oats Barley Flax and Peas as main crops and wild grasses improving cattle quality for sale in Chicago market. Additional garbled lines reference officials and dates.
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Adam
Chicago
Fasta Ieee
Forte de
Webster Mills to Improve Plant and Lighting System
At a Webster Woolen Mills board meeting the plant will be enhanced with an electric light plant courtesy of Creed O Newton of the Newton Foundry & Machine Company. Work begins immediately and after lighting is completed the facility will run day and night shifts to greatly boost capacity.
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Webster Woolen Mills
Creed 0. Newton
Newton Foundry & Machine Company
Newton
Kermit Roosevelt Hits Giraffe in Kenya Hunt
In Machakos, Naiobi May 14, Kermit Roosevelt claimed a bull giraffe during a hunting day split from Col Roosevelt’s main group. A close range shot dropped the long-bodied animal, adding to a trio of giraffes killed in three days, a regional record. Colonel Roosevelt praised his son with a hearty, “Good work, my boy.”
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Naiobi
British East Africa
Kermit Roosevelt
Machakos
Kermit
Roosevelt
Wheels of Prosperity Will Hum in America Says James J Hill
Washington May 14 Jas J Hill railroad magnate called on President Taft and urged ending tariff agitation and congressional oratorical steam. He predicted a new era of prosperity if the tariff issue is settled and business returns to normal, with wheels of progress turning as the country refocuses on work. The outlook he said is favorable in all directions.
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Washington
Jas. J. Hill
Taft
Congress
Mr. Hill
Natural Child Claim Refused by Supreme Court of Appeals
Randolph county case where Bertha Cooper infant failed to prove a contract with her late father John A. Cooper for support, through her mother Gertie Purkey. He died in 1903 leaving a modest estate. Heirs argued the mother’s testimony as next friend disqualified. court dismissed the bill and ordered partition among heirs.
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Randolph County
Supreme Court of Appeals
Bertha Cooper
John A. Cooper
Gertie Purkey
Cooper
Bertha’ Cooper
Theother
Ofendant
New Hotel Destroyed at Piedmont West Virginia
Cumberland Maryland May 14 The National hotel at Piedmont West Virginia built by Dr Thomas A Cross Mineral county commissioner was wrecked by fire Thursday morning causing about 10000 loss with 4500 insurance guests escaped narrowly The hotel will be rebuilt
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Cumberland
National
Piedmont
W. Va
Thomas A. Cross
Mineral County
Patience the Best Remedy Plautus Adage
A concise adage notes that a patient mind is the best remedy for affliction, echoing ancient Plautus wisdom and advising calm persistence in hardship.
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Plautus
Girls Drowned at Kanawha River Lock No 3
In Charleston West Virginia on May 15 two girls Edith Ault 17 and Hallie Casebolt 14 drowned when their skiff broke from moorings near Hansford and was swept over the dam by the swift current before aid arrived. They were daughters of Mrs A F Ault and Elias Casebolt the latter an assistant lockmaster.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha River
Hansford
Edith Ault
Hallie Casebole
A. F. Ault
Elias Casebolt
McGraw May Quit Giants
Rumor in New York says John J. McGraw’s days as manager of the New York Giants are numbered due to policy clashes with owner John T. Brush. His contract may run through the season unless another club hires him, with Brush effectively guiding operations amid a deteriorated relationship. The poor team showing cited as players’ disaffection grows.
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New York
John J. McGraw
National League Baseball Club
McGraw
John T. Brush
Giants
Brush
New West
Against the Equality Bill in New York Mayor McClellan vetoes bill
In New York on May 14 thousands of women teachers faced disappointment as Mayor McClellan again vetoed the equal pay bill, warning it would add 17 million dollars in city costs and disrupt the tutoring system. The item also notes antiquated electricity origins and royal exhibition curios.
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New York
Greater
McClellan
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