No Toleration No Regulation No Recognition
Presbyterian report to the 1910 Chicago assembly condemns white slave traffic and prostitution, estimating 160000 prostitutes in the United States. It assigns factors from fashion to theater, urges frank sex education, and calls pastors to guard youth and support juvenile courts and strict anti prostitution laws.
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Chicago
Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
United States
Paul R. Ilictok
John Balcom Shaw
John Kennedy
Winifield Scott Hall
M .T. Finney
Rst
Theraport
Mother and daughter die after poisoned meal in hunger
In Charleston West Virginia on May 21 Mrs Kelly Harmon and her daughter Fay agreed to die by their own hands. The daughter bought poison, split it, gave one portion to her mother and swallowed the other, dying instantly. Mrs Harmon drank her portion and collapsed but a doctor found the daughter already dead.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kelly Harmon
Fay
Dr Griffith Found Guilty in Manslaughter Verdict
In Greensburg Pennsylvania on May 21 Dr Martin E Grimth of Monessen was convicted of voluntary manslaughter for causing the death of William J. Robinson a Pittsburgh music teacher. The defense claimed Grimth forced surgery after Robinson allegedly attacked Mrs Grimth at her home.
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Greensburg
Martin E. Grifth
Monessen
William J. Robinson
Pittsburg
Grimth
Robinson
Reasons for Better Roads in West Virginia
An Office of State Road Bureau report argues bad roads cost farmers and carriers. It cites an Ohio farmer who refused 125 per acre with good roads nearby and estimates per-mile road value at 23 775 dollars, plus savings in rural mail times and freight moves. It compares costs on bad versus improved roads, urging unified action to fix roads and noting road costs dwarf state debts.
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West Virginia
Office of State Road Bureau
Ohio
United
Mennington
W. Va
Germany
France
West Virgin
Virginia
Tate
Knights hold location talks for West Virginia Pythian hall
The Knights of Pythias in West Virginia defer the site decision for a proposed $100000 lodge. A board meeting is set for June 13 in Parkersburg to review options including Fairmont's 75 acres near Owens Furnace and a $10000 city bonus. The board plans to view Charleston offers and return to evaluate the local plat possibilities.
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Fairmont
a.Anttety
Knights of Pythias
West Virginia
Parkersburg
Fairemont
Owens ‘Rense
Falremont
Charleston
Guy Zinn Impresses in Baltimore Return
Baltimore papers report Guy Zinn once a Grafton standout is back for the Baltimore Federal team after weeks out with a leg injury. He is said to be hitting above .850 and considered one of the best men on the squad.
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Guy Zinn
Baltimore Papers
Grafton
Jett Fielder
Batlmore Federal
New Interest Rises in $250000 Armstrong Estate Suit
Dollie Catherine Armstrong and Edward Armstrong of Clarksburg file in Taylor county circuit court claiming half-sister and half-brother status to late Adolphus Armstrong and seeking partition of the estate valued around $250,000. The case, open since 1908 with numerous claimants, faces judges Fortney and lawyers Brannon, with extensive documentary evidence pled by the new heirs.
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TaylOr County
Adolphus Armstrong
Dollie Catherine Armstrong
Edward Armstrong
Clarksburg
Maxwell Armstrong
Miss Ferguson
Sallie Butcher
E. G. Smith
Bills
George Wooster
Henry Brannon
Supreme Court
Harry Brannon
Weston
Smith
Judge Fortney
GH. A. Kunst
Charles B. Hogg
Law School
West Virginia University
William Ralph Snyder
West Virginia
Armstrong
Grafton
Armatrong
Tragedy on Tracks Claims Young Woman Near Undisclosed Town
Miss Clara Allen, 22, was killed by Norfolk and Western passenger train No 17 at 7 20 while walking on the track. She did not hear the approaching train. Her father was buried Sunday.
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Unsurfield, W. Ve
Clara Allen
Enrollees at Grafton High Reach Record 300 Mark in 1915
The Grafton High School class of 1915 will graduate 45 students, the largest ever, with a total school enrollment near 300 including juniors and sophomores. Miss Mabel Leola Love is valedictorian and Bertie May Lucas salutatorian. The senior class of 1914-15 numbers 48, juniors about 65, sophomores at least 75, and more than 100 in the freshman group, with 20 tuition-paying students from nearby towns. The 1915 graduates include names across Classical Scientific Commercial and English departments, reflecting strong grades and diverse paths to higher education or business.
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Grafton High ‘School
Stags
University At
Morgantown
Mabel Leola Love
Misa Bertie May Lucas
Catharine Hickel
Sevral
Newburg
Simpson
Flemington
Grafton
Bertie May Lucas
Nellie Margaret Copp
Sylvia Lea Coole
Lena Marie Parkhill
Samuel Crowley
Nellie Marie McGrady
Gladys Pauline Bolton
Louise Hurning Schroeder
Harry Crawford Compton
Carl Chalmers Redinger
Alma Evang
Anna Marion Hollis
Helen Blanche Zinn
Florence Beatrice Wagner
Harriett Isabel Kimmel
Merle Humphreys
Hazel Dilworth
Lelia Louise Ware
Joe van Zandt
Noel Dexter Knotts
Helen Louise Colborn
Rena Elizabeth Stone
Blair Smith Mugler
Pearl Beatrice Lake
Lewis Hubert Kitzmiller, Jr
Antoinette Blaney
James Bartlett
James Godfrey Brown, Jr
Rosa Lee Brown
Lawrence Herman Stilwell
Hazel Hadix
Helen Smith
Gordon Edgar Roster
Titanic widow seeks estate in Uniontown court
West Virginia widow Mrs Smith seeks to recover for her son who survived the Titanic disaster, claiming rights under the late Lucien P. Smith’s estate. The case, tied to Congress member Jamon A. Hughes’s Huntington family, follows the shipwreck in the aftermath of the sinking.
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West Virginia
Titanic
Uniontown
Lucien P. Smith
Federation of Labor closes seventh annual convention
The West Virginia Federation of Labor ended its seventh annual convention in Fairmont today after sessions begun Monday. A resolution urged Governor Hatfield to appoint a commission to revise state mining laws. H B Corcoran of Wheeling was elected president and named a delegate to the American Federation of Labor meeting in Philadelphia next November.
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Fairmont
W. Va
West Virginia Federation of Labor
Governmot H. D. Hatfield
H. B. Corcoran
Wheeling
Americain Federation of Labor
Philadelphia
Coke Ovens Blown Out In Penna Region This Week
Connelsville, Pa May 21 The blowing out of 3000 more coke ovens in the Connel ls ville region during the past week was shown in today s Review of the Coke Trade in the Weekly Courier Of this number 2200 were shut down by the big H C Frick Coke company The production last week fell off over 17000 tons.
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Connellsville
Weekly Courier
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Wilson to Speak at Arlington Dedication
President Wilson will address the Arlington National Cemetery dedication on June 4, announcing the plan after accepting the program from H Herbert. In Washington on May 22, Secretary Bryan asked Tampico for information about three missing Americans named Winkler Wallace and Marrsler, a reporter and two photographers.
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Wilson
Washington, D. C
Arlington National Cemetery
H. Herbert
Bryan
Tampico
Winkler
Wallace
Marrsler
Mellen urges government control of railroads
Charles F. Mellen former president of the New Haven railroad testified before the Interstate Commerce Commission. He proposed absolute government regulation as the solution to the railroad problem and said a government monopoly may be necessary. He discussed steamship holdings, Roosevelt’s warnings, and campaign contributions to the Republican committees.
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Washington
Charles F. Mellen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Haven
Charles 8.Mellen
NewHaven Railroad
Mr. Mellen
United States
Jajcette
Colonel Roosevelt
Morse
New Haven Steamship Sholdings
Roosevelt
Mellen
Congress
New England
West Virginia Patents List From Patent Office Records
H B Dunlap of Wheeling reports patent office records show recent WV patents granted to inventors Albert Brown Richwood for a ladder Theodore H Hensley St Albans for a safety wheel Aama Sartell McLellan assignor of one eighth to B D Cassady Charleston for a wrench John E B Turner Normantown and 8 C Turner Rosedale for a saw setting device
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H. B. Dunlap
Wheeling
W. Va
Patent Office
West Virginia
Albert Brown
Richwood
Theodore H. Hensley
St. Albans
Sartell McLellan
B. D. Cassady
Charleston
John EB. Turner
Normantown
C. Turner
Rosedale
Park Ferry Boat Comp(l) Given Final Use at Graftom Park
The new city ferry boat built for Graftom Park is completed and in use. It carries a number of people across the river and can cross without standing in water. It is built substantially and should last for several seasons.
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Graftom Park
Anc
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Lear
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Hughes
Federation OF Labor
Penna
C.F. Zaruba & Co
C. F. Zaruba
Carl Shhiff
Crescent Liquor Co
Express
Co. F. Zaruba & CO
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