Fisher Kills Brother After Drinking Row in Salem
In Salem a man named Harry Fisher shot and killed Frank Asher after an argument over money and a drunken dispute at the Fisher home. Fisher, known as Windy, surrendered and was jailed, with a coroner’s inquest pending the case. The tragedy also involved Flora and Dora Asher, who witnessed the events.
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Frank Asher
Salem
Harry
Clarksburg
Flora
Dora
Sald
Asher
Tis
Sherif Leonard
Edward Davisson
Haquor
Fraud matter turns up again in Steel Trust dispute
Luke Placid reports that President Corey of the Steel Trust may face suit over armor plate fraud in battleships. Sinclair challenges Corey to sue and pledges to support every charge from his book The Money Changers. He claims a trunk of documents and affidavits from a Government secret probe into Carnegie Company. Col William Lavelle, noted Democratic figure, was seen in town on business.
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Luke Placid
N. J
Upton Sinclair
Corey
Steel Trust
Sinclair
James H. Smith
Pittsburg
Carnegie Company
Power project underway by Eastern capitalists in Garrett county
A party of New York and Philadelphia capitalists led by L Pullen and others toured Friendsville Garrett County as they study the Western Maryland Coal and Coke Co. plans to develop 10,000 acres of coal land along the Youghiogheny. They envision a three-dam hydroelectric scheme to generate up to 16 000 horsepower for transmission to Pittsburgh and beyond, with construction aims and costs running into millions.
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Cumberland
Duquesne
Western Maryland Coal & Coke Co
Garrett County
New York
L.pullen
C. M. Moody
W. G. Harnshaw
W. H. Yerkes, Jr
Philadelphia
Col
John Bogart
Niagara Falls
Tennessee River
Chattanooga
Tenn
DeWarren H. Reynolds
Western Maryland Coal & Coke
C. B. Gould
Cornwall
England
Col. Bogart
Youghiogheny
Pittsburg
Daily News
Sweet Melony Fio Vacation Return From Maryland
Mr and Mrs Lawson Starcher of the West Side returned home after a pleasant visit to Mrs Starcher's old home in eastern Maryland lasting a week or two The trip provided a most enjoyable vacation for the couple.
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Lawson Starcher
West Side
Farm Advice From Old Farmer Almanac for Health and Harvest
Practical tips cover fencing, cattle feed, hay access for calves, seed sowing by perforated can, and sunlit living. Encourages patience on prices, best small flocks, chicken and hog cholera cures, skim milk benefits, weed control, and farm labor roles. Notes wet weather worsens cloddy ground and praises spray pumps and self pruning trees as noted in botanical journals.
Confessed 10 Killing Wife In Brutal Boston Case
Chester S Jordan, accused in Somerville of murdering his wife and dismembering her body, answered judge Wentworth as crowds packed the court. He described a quarrel over jealousy and a knife, then said he dismembered the corpse and disposed of parts in tubs and a trunk before planning a news and stationery store. Police pursue motive beyond his confession while medical examiners dispute the alleged fatal blow.
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Boston
Chester S. Jordan
Judge Wentworth
Somerville
Jordan
Berkley Building
Tater
Bowman’s Drug Store
Yale
Harvard
Quiet Labor Day Brings Two Ball Games To Grafton
Very quiet Labor Day in Grafton as banks post offices and shops close. Two baseball games drew visitors while plans for a larger Labor Day demonstration by local groups were postponed. An evening ball at St Augustines hall offered local entertainment.
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Daily Sentinel
Grafton
Grafton Trades and Labor Assembly
Board of Trade
St. Augustines Hall
Rural Mail Carriers Convention Opens in Court House
West Virginia Rural Mail Carriers Association holds sessions in the court house with F A W Cornwell of Taylor County presiding. Prominent local speakers address members as the convention continues into Tuesday. The Sentinel promises a detailed follow up on efforts to improve conditions.
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West Virginia
Rural Mail Carriers’ Association
Court House
Daily Sentinel
F. A. W. Cornwell
Taylor County
Carriers’ Association
Sentinel
Woman Grapples with Crazy Man in New York
Dr Mary Crawford New Yorks only female surgeon for the second time in three weeks wrestled with a madman she was taking to hospital Police and ambulance driver aided her coat torn face scratched she deemed ambulance work increasingly strenuous and said she would continue She described the attack as the worst case of insanity she had faced since becoming an ambulance surgeon and warned she might have died if she had not pressed the men optic nerves and blocked blood flow to his brain
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New York
Mary Crawford
Pleasant Knights of Columbus social at St Augustine’s
Daily Sentinel reports a fall Knights of Columbus event at St Augustine’s Catholic school. Knights, Indies and friends gathered in the lower club rooms for cards and amusements while Vin cent’s orchestra entertained youths upstairs. Refreshments followed in the club room, ending the evening pleasantly.
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Knights of Columbus
Daily Sentinel
St. Augustine's Catholic School
Vincent
Mason Refuses Governor Nomination in West Virginia Politics
Clarksburg report says Judge Mason of Fairmont angrily rejects any run for governor after being approached in Morgantown by EB M. Grant state Lincoln Republican chairman. He insists he has no desire for political leadership and will remain on the bench to allow party factions to resolve the dispute without his involvement.
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Mason
Fairmont
EB. M. Grant
Morgantown
Lincoln Republican Party
Pits
Goff
Moses
Mason Monday
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