Grafton Chosen as Central Highway Hub in Two Years
Federal and state road plans will connect Grafton with Elkins to the south, Parkersburg to the west, and Fairmont to the northwest creating a cross‑country highway center. Angus Ferguson outlines rapid surveys and contracts to complete gaps on the Northwestern Turnpike by 1923, with Taylor County joining major routes toward Parkersburg and the middle west.
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Federal
Angus Ferguson
Taylor Fenty
Grafton
Taylor County Claies
West Virginia
Taylor County
Ferguson
Seaboard
Ohio River
Middle West
Parkburg
Povnt
g2Rtate
State Road Commission of
Bridgeport
Couny
Harrison
Tayor County
Salem
Tate
Kennedy Construction Company
Pran Ytown
Parkersburg
Roadsrom
Tunnelton
Fellowsville
Northwestern Turnpike
Antington
Kingwood
dia+tance
Mononogahela Construction Company
Ing
Terra Alta
Preston
Witness testifies IWW taught sabotage by word of mouth
W J Townsend a former lieutenant of William Haywood testified for the prosecution in a California criminal syndicalism trial. He described IWW instructions given directly to members, sabotage on railroads and harvest fields, and crews assigned to destroy crops and contaminate supplies during World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Cal
Industrial Workers of the World
W. J. Townsend
William Big Bill Haywood
Haywood
Mare Island
California
1 W. W
Chicago
France
Middle West
Townsend
Massachusetts man wins GOP nomination over woman in New Bedford
Charles Gifford captured the Republican nomination to fill the unexpired term of Judge Walsh in the sixteenth district, defeating Miss Lilly Carey by 318 votes in the special primary. Also, American Legion Auxiliary meets at chamber of commerce rooms at 8 o'clock tonight. W. E. Alexander reports return from West Virginia Public Utilities Association convention in Charleston.
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New Bedford
Mass
A.P
Charles Gifford
Judge Walsh
Sixteenth
Lilly Carey
American Legion Auxiliary
Chamber of Commerce
W. E. Alexander
Tygarts Valley ‘Traction
West Virginia
Taatook
Charleston
Low Prices and Open Equipment Shortage Wiping Out Wagon Mines
The shortage of open equipment and falling coal prices have driven a near total cessation of wagon mine production on the Monongah Division of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Officials report northern West Virginia’s wagon mining has largely disappeared as cars and costs bite. Last week only three cars of wagon mined coal were produced, versus daily shipments of ten to fifteen carloads in prior months.
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Baltimore and Oho
West Virginia
Ménongah
OM Class
Wilson Memoirs Reflect Wilson’s Cabinet Struggles 1917 Letters
Boston report on Franklin Lane letters revealing Woodrow Wilson's patience limits and cabinet clashes over preparedness and war policies. The excerpts, edited by Anne Lane, recount tensions, warnings, and Wilson’s solitary path amid looming decisions from 1917 February through March as the nation faced entry into World War I.
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Boston
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin K. Lane
Wilson
Anne Wintermute Lane
Lim
America
United States
Lane
Lloyd George calls for Britain to pay debts and back peace
Ex Premier Lloyd George told Coalition Liberals unity between Britain and the United States is essential. He urged a League of Nations and warned against excessive German reparations while supporting renewal of a pact with Russia and a peace loving but unafraid British policy.
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Lloyd George
England
America
London
A.P
Great ‘Britain
Great Britain
United States
League of Nations
Europe
League
Germany
Russia
Solution of Hall Mills Murder Mystery Seen With Testimony
New Brunswick New Jersey October 25 A P Mrs Jane Gibson a woman farmer who says she saw the Rev Edward Hall and Mrs Eleanor Mills murdered on the Phillips farm signed a statement naming at least two of the four people quarreling under the crab apple tree where the bodies lay One was Hall the other a woman who screamed a man’s name after the shots. The case moves toward arrests as prosecutors meet with state officials and pursue the Gibson testimony.
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New Brunswick
N. J
A.P
Jane Gibson
Edward Hall
Eleanor Mills
Phillips Farm
Hall
Mason
Newark
Gibson
Trenton
W. A. Mott
Hull- Mills
Mccran
Mott
Beekman
Somers
Edward’ Wheeler Hall
Eleanor Reinhardt Mills
Strider
Middlesex County
Mr. Mott
Rummage Sale and Mooseheart Women Notice
Illness keeps the Women of Mooseheart Legion from meeting this Wednesday. The group will gather next on November 8 to accept candidates. Also noted is a rummage sale by The Woman's Home Missionary Society of Andrews M.N. Church in the Cooperative store room Friday and a query about pumpkin moulds or bricks for Halloween party supplies from Imperial Ice Cream Company.
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Mooseheart Legion
Woman's Home Missionary Society of Andrew's
M.N
Co-operative
Imperial Ice Cream Company
Mother Watches Blazing Home Claim Baby In Charleston
A mother helplessly watched as her two month old baby perished in a house fire in Charleston while she had earlier rescued another child from the same room. The blaze began while she visited her mother in law and flames barred a second return.
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Charleston
John Myers
Clever Thief Gets Jewelry In Bold Coup
Jewelry valued at 3000 dollars was stolen from the Palace Jewelry Store on Fifth avenue in downtown Pittsburgh. A window was broken in an unexplained manner to obtain diamond and sapphire rings as crowds passed nearby.
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Pittsburgh
Palace
Fifth Avenue
Old Enforcement In Effect Until New Regulations Drafted
A 1930s AP report states enforcement remains unchanged until regulations enforcing Attorney General Daugherty's liquor on foreign ships ruling are drafted. Secretary Mellon approves the interim stance, with J B Sandy of Webster handling business matters in Washington.
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Washington
Daugherty
Mellon
J. B. Sandy
Webster
Democrats Say John W. Davis Has Supreme Court Chance
Washington reports that John W. Davis of West Virginia, former ambassador to Great Britain, is being considered by Democrats as Harding's likely nominee to fill the Day vacancy on the Supreme Court. Day resigned November 14 to join the American German claims commission, with potential Democratic successors including Senators Shields, Walsh, Pom erene, and Underwood.
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Washington
John W. Davis
West Virginia
Great Britain
Harding
Justice Day
Supreme Court
William R. Day
Justice Clarke
Justice Sutherland
Shields
Tennessee
Walsh
Montana
Pomerene
Ohio
Underwood
Alabama
Prosecution Backing Change of Second Venue in Keeney Case
In Charles Town W Va on October 25 Judge J M Woods agreed the Jefferson county prosecutor must direct the Keeney murder trial. Defense argues for change of venue claiming county bias from sheriff influence and coal operator propaganda. Court adjourned until Friday as prosecutors prepare counter affidavits. Keeney linked to Deputy Sheriff Munsey killing during armed miners march.
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Charles Town
W. Va
J. M. Wools
Jefferson County
Frank Keeney
Keeney
H. W Houston
W. 0. Macoughtry
Logan County
Munsey
Booze Runner Killed by Train Near Broadview
Six alleged liquor runners sought after a truck carrying whisky was struck by a freight train at Broadview Illinois. The body of the rum runner was loaded into a car with two crates of chickens and three cases of liquor salvaged by armed men who fled toward Chicago. Authorities reported about 20 barrels of liquor were aboard the truck.
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Chicago
Broadview
Josephus Husa
Witensses
Fireman Killed By Falling Wall in Portland
A wall collapse at the Washington High School building project in Portland killed one fireman and left several injured during an early morning accident. The $50,000 structure suffered a total collapse, injuring workers and halting construction as investigators assess the site.
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Portland
Ore
Washington High School
King Approves Cabinet Of Prime Minister Law
Gloucester race report shows Henry Ford and Blue Nose in a fisherman's contest. Blue Nose gains position by weather while Henry Ford trails after a late-night decision by Captain Morrisey and crew. Crowds cheer as Gloucester men push for another race following two prior Ford wins and one unofficial verdict.
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Gloucester
England
Henry Ford
Blue Nose
Morrissey
Ford
Wellsburg Jury Probes Scene in Sheriff’s Death Case
Wellsburg, Oct 25 AP The jury chosen for the murder case against John Kaminski, tied to the Cliftonville mine battle last July, toured the fight site today. Jurors return to Wellsburg by midafternoon. opening statements were expected before adjournment. London cabinet upheaval looms as Bonar Law forms gov. with seven peers and plans a brief tenure ahead of elections. Cabinet line includes Derby at war, Curzon foreign, Baldwin exchequer, Amery admiral, and Cave lord chancellor. Next elections likely trigger new appointments amid anticipated coalition.
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Army
Navy
Mars
Morpheus
Lane
Germany
Lansing
Houston
New York
Daniels
McAdoo
Redfield
McaAdoo
Wellsburg
W. Va
John Kaminski
Cliftonville
Talesmen
London
A.P
Bonar Law
Lloyd George
Glasgow
King George
Andrew Bonard Law
England
Lord Derby
War Office
Lord Curzon
Lord Cave
Lord Birkenhead
Col. Amery
Admiralty
Stanley Baldwin
Coalition
Balwin
Marquis of Salisbury
Viscount Cave
Duke of Devonshire
Marquis Curzon
Wiliam Clive Bridgeman
India
Viscount Peel
Lora Derby
The
Col
Amery
Arthur Grifith-Boscawen
Robert A. Sanders
Scotland
Ronald Novar
Board of Trade
Philip Lloyd-Graeme
Douglas McG
Hogser
W. A.watson
Man and wife for third time to be married
Jerome Uhls painter and opera singer plans a third marriage to the woman he first wed in 1902. The couple will marry in Rome after the ex wife and her daughter sailed for Europe. Uhls has been divorced twice, with separations over attention to painting and singing.
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New York
Jerome Uhls
Elizabeth Norris
Henry Lattimore Norris
Philadelphia
Rome
Uhls
Europe
Santa Barbara
California
The
Century
Chicago Opera
Warrant Not Needed to Search Farms for Liquor
In Wheeling Judge W B Baker ruled that search and seizure warrants are unnecessary when searching farms for liquor. Attorney McKee defended George Savage of Ohio County, arguing officers trespassed by entering the farm without authority. Frank Condon admitted bartending for Geo Kish who denied it. Kish received a year in jail and $750 fine, Condon was fined $250.
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Wheeling
Mquor
W. B. Baker
McKee
George Savage
Ohio County
Frank Condon
Geo. Kish
Kish
Baker
Klaj
Condon
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Fairmont
Massachusetts
U.S. Interior
Franklin K Lane
Interior
Ender Wilson
Mr. Lane
Law
Hall-Mills
Cave
Foreign Office
Wellsburg Jury
John Chenowetty
Glenville
Daugher Striker
Rowlenburxter
Benneth
Mias
Doris
Mat
Lope
Lerg
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