Morgantown to be coal plant trade hub with 300 job factory
Morgantown Aug 1 plan to make the town the headquarters for a coal pane coke operation employing 3,000 men and a $250,000 brick and concrete factory to produce wire glass. A large railroad branch from Granville via Dent's run would connect with Lake Erie and attract workers by extending a trolley line. The project hinges on guaranteed shipping facilities and near unanimous local consent for the line and plant.
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Morgantown
Morgan
Greene
Washington Counties
Dent
Granville
Lake Erie
New York Central
New Coal Company
Son
Surprise Parties Highlight Knottsville Social Season
Local notes report multiple surprise gatherings at Beechwood Farm and the homes of residents including Mrs. Russell Hauser and Mr. C. W. Mcintosh with guests and refreshments. Other items note hospitalities, school sessions, coal shaft progress at Williamstown Ninety-six, and community members visiting relatives in Graf ton Clinton and Parkersburg amid ongoing harvests and winter coal hauling.
Taft Speaks Boldly In Ohio Campaign Stop At Athens
William H Taft toured Ohio delivering a veterans speech at Athens then spoke from his train platform with Mrs Taft, defending labor decisions and blasting Democratic labor policies. He urged a party measured by work earned trust of capitalists wage earners and farmers.
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Columuus
William H. Taft
Ohio
Virginia Hot Springs
Middle Bass Fishing
Athens
Taft
Taft Club
Arthur
Vorys
National Committee
Idge Taft
Humphreys Accepts Grafton School Superintendent Post
Prof Thomas J Humphreys of Fairmont notified the city Board of Education he would accept the superintendent role for the Grafton public schools. Salary 1800 first year 2000 second year. He will be in Grafton next week to prepare for the term beginning September 15. The Fairmont board released him from his contract.
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Thomas J. Humphreys
Fairmont
Board of Education
Humphreys
Board of Education of
Prof
Grafton
Johnson dies of wounds after store incident
Clarksburg August 31 Harry Johnson dies at Kessler hospital from a gunshot wound received when Merchant A J Fletcher shot him during an alleged burglary attempt at a store. Johnson had given multiple conflicting stories before death while coroner and investigators seek his relatives and motives.
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Clarksburg
Harry Johnson
A. J. Fletcher
Johnson
Kessler Hospital
Pittsburg
T. V. Hanna Detective Agency
Property Transfer Nets Clark and Whitescarver Buildings
A real estate transfer completed at Attorney C. P. Guard’s office shifts ownership of the Clark building to Ernest F. Clark and also places the frame building and land between the Clark and Whitescarver blocks under George M. Whitescarver. Both plan substantial improvements, with the deal reportedly involving large sums. J. J. Koechler of Wheeling visited Graf ton today.
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C. P. Guard
Whitescarver
Clark
Sweet Melody Flour and Sunday Socials at Sunnyside
Miss Thella Wolfe of Webster visited Mrs. J W Knotts at Sunnyside. John and Clifford Sturm left for Grafton to work as firemen with B&O. Earl Ward and his parents hosted Mrs Ward’s relatives. Epworth League rally led by Clarke J Colebank. rally day promotes attendance. If no local crowd, many will attend Mt Pleasant district Sunday school convention Saturday.
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Thella Wolfe
Webster
J. W. Knotts
Sunnyside
John
Clifford Sturms
Grafton
Earl Ward
Mt. Pleasant
Boy Victim Recovers After Amputation
Fairmont reports eight year old Harry McCracken recovering resting in bed with toys about him following amputation of both feet after gangrene and typhoid. Doctors examined the rare disease and several expected months until fitted with artificial feet.His family keeps vigil as he heals and plans to walk outdoors again around his ninth birthday.
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Fairmont
Harry McCracken
Mimic
Hall
John Tarry the Leper May Stay in Washington
Washington on August 28 reports John Tarry the leper may remain in the capital due to railroads and steamship carriers declining to transport him as a passenger. He is likely to receive a total disability pension to support his family and may obtain a special allowance for an attendant.
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John Farly
Washington
John Tarry
Omen of disaster at Herberton mine town
In Berberton Raleigh county miners abandon work after a frightening window mural of smoke and flames appears at John Kuhn's home. The State Mining Department inspects the Herberton mine and reports normal conditions, yet over a hundred miners refuse to return to work fearing a predicted disaster.
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Huntington
Berberton
Raleigh County
Herberton
John Kuhn
State Mining Department
Curt Mathews Hung Hingele Found After Hours Absence
Curt Mathews Hung Hingele was found by his brother in law suspended by a rope from a stable rafter around six o clock after a prolonged absence. Authorities investigation unclear. No further details on motive or confirming identities available in the readable text.
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Brother-Inlaw
Tragic suicide shocks quiet Winfield community
Curtis Matthews a 30 year old married man from A J Kinkaid’s farm was found hanged in his stable. He left home at 6 am in good spirits, without children, and no cause for the act is given. His wife Sas heartbroken and neighbors disturbed as Winfield mourns a rare tragedy.
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Daily Sentinel
Winfield
Halleck
Monongalia
Preston
Taylor
Marston
Curtis Matthews
A. J. Kinkaid
Inlay
Benny Tennet
Sas
Ben
Shimner
Abandoned old road tale tied to Pine Creek era deaths
The article recounts a long history of accidents on an aging state road serving the Pine Creek region. It details a historic runaway locomotive on the Texas and Oregon line near Cammal, a devastating forest fire, and fires destroying local homes. It notes calls for abandoning the old road to protect taxpayers and preserve the now sparse settlement. It also reports Evelyn Nesbit Thaw entering a private sanitarium in New York after years of public life and financial strain.
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Hart
Williams- Pa
Pine Creek
Alleghenies
Cammal and
Black Forest
Big Wood & Childs
Cammal
Jersey Shore
Wellsboro
Okome
Shenandoah Mine
Texas and
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Wood & Childs
Texas
Cap
Fall Brook
Tioga County
New York
Evelyn [ Nesbit
Fitzgerald
Thaw
Debate Interrupted at Train Carrow Overboard Dispute
A clipped exchange during a train debate shows a passenger asking about an argument with a conductor. The response indicates the passenger could not remain aboard to finish, as the conductor would not allow further stay.
Fishermen stock Tygart Valley with 400 Washington bass
Edward L. Moran and companions worked through the night to receive 400 young black bass sent by the government fish commission. The fish arrived by train from Washington and were transported to the river near Grafton where Moran, Will Madden, and Henry Lyman released them. The effort aims to boost local bass populations for the fishing season.
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Isaac Walton
Tygare Valley
Edward L. Moran
Jan Angler
Uncle Sam
Government Fish Commission
Grafton
Tygarts Valley
Nny
Park
Washington
Chicago
Tygart Valley
Morgantown Man Dead Col Thomas J Gilmore obituary
Colonel Thomas J. Gilmore died at his Morgantown home after a long illness. Born October 5, 1849 in Scottville Albemarle County Virginia, he lived on the family farm before moving to Morgantown fourteen years ago to work in contracting. Naylor F. Proudfoot of Weston was in the city.
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Morgantown
Thomas J. Gilmore
Col. Gilmore
Scotteville
James River
Albemarle County
Virginia
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Mattie
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Alice
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Ella
Rosalie Allender
Russell Hauser
Idella Wolfe
Hauser
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Nitia Means
Ocean Hauser
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Colebank
Rinker Knottsville
J. A. Wilson
Leonard
W. H
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Rose
Bila Allender
W. W. McDaniel
Isaac Wilson
Bridgeport
Jay Martin
Ethel Jones
George
W. H. Thomas
Jones
Pearl ‘Thomas
Jackson Cornwell
the Pines
Williamstown
B. Grafton Coal Company
Hubert Lane
J. B. R. Ellis
G. A. Boldia
A. Bainbridge
Clinton, Furnace
Gypsie Swisher
Parkersburg
Mattie Swisher
Colfax
Carden Swisher
Sherif
A. E. M. Neans
Will Hanway
Wm. Jenkins
B. F. Jenkins
Will Means
Tiane Hashberger
Martin's
Jornson
H. A. Kephart
Bikini
J. J. Koechler
Wheeling
Curt Mathews
Ihe
Evelyn Thaw
Tygart Valley River
Mr. Naylor F. Proudfoot
Wes+ “ton
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