Western Maryland Railroad to Spend $1,250,000 on New Equipment
Bathmore Oct 1 The Western Maryland Railroad plans to invest 1 250 000 in the next months for five hundred all steel gondola hopper coal cars ten consolidated freight locomotives three switch locomotives and ten caboose cars. An additional 500 under frame gondola hopper cars are expected to be bid later. The overhaul includes 100 freight cars sent to South Baltimore Steel Car Foundry and a rebuilt roadbed from Baltimore to Elkins with steel rails and straighter alignments improving overall condition.
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Bathmore
Western Maryland Railroad
Consolidated
South Baltimore Steel Car & Foundry Company
South
Baltimore
Elkins
W. Va
Gould
Headless body found near Tom's Creek robbery suspected
Huntington Oct 40 The headless body of a tall well dressed man was found tonight near Tom's Creek twenty miles south of Huntington. Authorities suspect robbery as the motive. The head is missing and identification is impossible. The body likely belongs to a traveling prospector from Pittsburgh or Pennsylvania en route to Lincoln County oil fields.
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Huntington
Tom's Creek
Here
Pittsburg
Pensylvania
Cnw
Lincoln County
Female Suffragists Meet at Fairmont
In Fairmont on October 30 the West Virginia Equal Suffrage Association opened sessions for its state convention. An executive committee meeting at the Tavern hotel preceded the morning session at First Presbyterian church. Mrs. T. C. Hornbroon of Wheeling gave the president’s address and committee reports were heard. Mrs. Rachel Foster Avery of Swarthmore Pa will speak this evening and officer elections were held that afternoon.
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Fairmont
West Virginia Equal Suffrage Association
Tavern Hotel
First Presbyterian Church
T. C. Hornbroon
Wheeling
Rachel Foster Avery
Swarthmore
National Association
For Sale Globe of Goods and Property in Flemington
W S Shields of Flemington West Virginia offers entire stock of goods storehouse and lot for sale at a bargain due to ill health. Advertisers urged to act swiftly as business has been dull and opportunity awaits. Listing includes Sweat Melody Flour branding and tolls of retirement from mercantile trade.
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West Virginia Business College
West Virginia
Double Shooting at Morgantown This Morning
Morgantown woke to a double shooting at the Madera hotel. Miss Mazelle, a hotel waitress, was wounded while John Watts, the hotel electrician, died from a temple wound. Mazelle says Watts shot her and then himself. rumors cite possible acts by Mazelle, but evidence remains unclear as authorities pursue the full story.
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The
Sentinel
Morgantown
Madera
May Mazelle
Miss Mazelle
John Watts
Hartigan Hospital
Watts
Temple
Officers Named At West Virginia Equal Suffrage Assn Meet
The West Virginia Equal Suffrage Association closed its eleventh annual convention with officers elected. President is Mrs. T. C. Hornbrook of Wheeling. Honorary President Mrs. M. H. Grove of Fairmont. Vice President Mrs. B. B. Ritchie of Fairmont. Recording Secretary Miss Elizabeth Cummins of Wheeling. Treasurer Mrs. C. E. Hawker of Fairmont. Auditors Dr. H. B. Jones of Wheeling and Mrs. Jessie Manley of Fairmont. Delegate to National Convention Mrs. Virginia Kendall of Wheeling.
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Fairmont
West Virginia Equal Suffrage Association
T. C. Hornbrook
Wheeling
M. H. Grove
B. B. Ritchie
Elizabeth Cummins
C. E. Hawker
H. B. Jones
Jessie Manley
Virginia Kendall
Wheelign
CA Fer Li The Kind Bears th signe car
CA Fer Li The Kind Bears sign a car donation event as part of a local charity drive. Community groups, including CA Fer Li, promote vehicle pledges to support needy families. organizers announce dates and contact points for participation.
Distillers Seek Thornton Site Before Water Drying
Akron and Cleveland representatives of large distilling interests sought a Thornton land tract for a major plant. They secured options on William J. Painter property, lured by rail access on the Baltimore and Ohio line and Three Fork Creek water, but the creek went dry jeopardizing the deal. The group pivoted to a Monongahela River tract to ensure a continuous water supply, with promises of large employment and boosting Thornton as a key town between Grafton and Cumberland.
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Akron
Cleveland
Mr. Richards
William J. Painter
Thornton
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Three Fork Creek
Monongahela River
Grafton
Cumberland
Costly exchange of hats in Monongah incident
In Clarksburg on October 30 Justice Gordon fined miner Harry Weight ten dollars and jailed him fifteen days for taking Frank Blair's hat at the Delson hotel and exchanging it for his own. Mrs Margaret Joyce remains very ill at her West Side home. Capt McVicker of Cecil visited the city last evening to hear election returns.
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Grafton
Elkins
W. Va
Katharine Elkins
Alt Pinement Cemetery
Trousseau
Margaret Joyce
Capt. McVicker
Cecil
Tips Allowed to Officers Under Government Scale
Washington issues revised army expense rules permitting officers on official travel to claim tips to hotel staff and porters. Tips limited to 50 cents per day for waiters and 26 cents per baggage transfer, with a quarter tip for Pullman porters or stewards on water travel. Meals and lodging capped at six dollars daily. Notice asks creditors of the late Frante Ringler to file claims with Executor Guy Ringler.
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Washington
Franteln Ringler
Guy Ringler
Tragic Accidental Shooting Ends Young Bar racksville Life
Ray King, son of John W. King foreman at Grafton Traction, died after an accidental shotgun discharge at his Bar racksville home shortly before noon. The weapon discharged while he played with it, killing the boy within minutes. His father traveled home by train after being summoned. Local friends express deep sympathy for the bereaved family.
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Daily Sentinel
Ray King
John W. King
Grafton Traction Company
Barracksville
King
Grafton
Camp Nemo prisoner count and unrest in Samburg Tenn
Camp Nemo in Samburg Tennessee reports over 90 prisoners with strict guard rules and silent tents. Capt Zopf from Nashville escorted a man to camp, while Bryce of Troy News Banner has been released. Mrs Matilda Rassaker, mother of three, dies from heart trouble amid wartime arrests. Rumor ties James Dunn to an assault at Oblon Cooverage Co.
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Nemo
Samburg
Tenn
Zopf
Nashville
Bob Huffman
Gov
Patterson
Pitor Bryce
Troy News Banner
Matilda Rassaker
James Dunn. Richt
Oblon Cooverage Company
Mine Fired by Forest Fires at Turkey Knob Coal Mine
Forest fires on Turkey Knob burned the Turkey Knob Coal Company fan house and then set the mine afire. Men escaped through an entry. After six hours work the fire was controlled. Two men, Shafer and Motenere, were overcome by fumes while fighting the blaze.
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Charleston
W. Va
Turkey Knob
Turkey Knob Coal Company
Shafer
Motenere
Private wedding planned for Duke of Abruzzi and Miss Elkins
Naples reports a private marriage between the Duke of Abruzzi and Catherine Elkins to avoid public curiosity. The couple will announce the date officially after the ceremony and later land in Naples from America, staying briefly with the Duke's brother and his wife, the Duke and Duchess of Aosta.
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Naples
Duke of
Abruzzi
Catherine Elkins
America
Aosta
Timber crisis warned as virgin forests near depletion
In under thirty years experts say all virgin U S timber could be cut. Per capita use is 500 feet yearly vs 60 in Europe. Forestry officials urge conservative cutting and reforestation. 1907 waste estimates claim half of yellow pine never reached market, about 8 million cords from 200000 acres.
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Washington
Hains Assails Brother's Wife in Murder Case
New York October 30 T Jenkins Hains defends his role in the Annis murder case and attacks Mrs Claudia Libby Hains and her attorney. He ridicules reports labeling him a sea-faring bully and beachcomber while claiming a long record in marine literature. He details his brother's collapse after Mrs Hains's alleged confession and notes plans to try them separately.
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New York
T. Jenkins Hains
William B. Annis
Claudia Libby Hains
Hains
Ama
United States
United States Navy
England
Bennett
Hains Brothers
Darrin
Hanna
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W. S. Shields
Flemington, W. Va
Perfection
Eles
Nickel
Japan
Standard Oil, Company (Incorporated
Miss Elkins
Willow
Balto & Ohio Express
Littleton
Clara Painter
Commercial Hotel
William Lee
Rosby’s Rock
Philippi
Equal Suffrage Association
L Wadfort
Jackson & Bro
Drnegiste
Fino
Imment
GEO
H. Workman
Mel Martin
Latrobe Street
Reymann, Schmulbach and
Tygart Valley Beer
Geo. H
Palace
Son
Todd
Access Woman's Counsel
Dame Fortune
Clarksburg
W Va
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