Crowd of Crap Shooters Caught by Police Sunday
A group of dusky gamblers known as a Dixie quintette including Mistah C and C, Big Boy Jones, Peg Lewis, Cobb and Tom Tyson were interrupted by Officers Dotson and Love at the Tyson boarding house on Railroad Street. They were taken to court, bailed by Harry Kimmel, and later sent to the Reform School after formal assessments.
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Dotson
Love
Grafton
Mistah
Big Boy" Jones
Peg" Lewis
Cobb
Tom Tyson
Dotxon
Harry Kimmel
Kenhy
Peg
Big Boy
Hary Kimmel
Bryan
Pompeii
Vesuvius
Lincoln Republicans press for clean candidates at Farmington council
In Fairmont on September 14 the Lincoln Republican State Committee reported ongoing efforts for reform and declared no withdrawals from the governor race while Swisher remains a candidate. Printing of petitions proceeds after settlement talks, with signatures due soon as disputes linger. Separately three boys escaped reform school and, after a derailment spree near Farmington, briefly seized a revolver from a train crew before being recaptured.
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J. M. Grant
Lincoln Republican
National Committee
Joseph H. Gaines
Lincoln Republicans
Mathews
Friends of Good Government
Arnold C. Scherr
Charles W. Swisher
Court House
Fairmont
Editor defends Terra Alta claim against Swisher praise
A Tunnelton letter rejects a Grafton Republican article, asserting few Swisher supporters in Preston County and predicting Scherr will win a share, calling some local Republicans thieves and noting strong regular sentiments.
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Grafton
Terra Alta
Bro. Bolden
Swisher
Preston County
Scherr
Ike
Tunnelton
Courts Rule Commodities Clause Unconstitutional for Railroads
The U S Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania held the Hepburn era commodities clause unconstitutional. The ruling affects major railroads including Jersey Central Lehigh Valley Erie Delaware Lackawanna Reading and Pennsylvania with coal interests controlling most anthracite. Attorney General Bonaparte argued for the government.
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Philadelphia
United States Circuit Court
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
George M. Dallas
George Grey
Joseph Buffington
Jersey Central
Lehigh Valley
Erie
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Delaware & Hudson
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia & Reading
Bonaparte
John G. Joneson
R. W. DeForest
New York
Leral
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hepburn clause ruling shifts coal stock reaction
The Hepburn commodities clause was declared unconstitutional by Pennsylvania courts. Coal rail stocks jumped as Reading and Baltimore & Ohio rose 2 points from morning levels and other lines like Delaware & Hudson Jersey Central and Pennsylvania and Erie gained. The Lehigh Valley, shipping 1200 cars daily, faces potential fines under a broad interpretation. The Well Street market was surprised by the decision.
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Lehigh Valley
New York
Pennsylvania
Reading
Baltimore & Ohio
Delaware & Hudson
Jersey Central
Erie
Well Street
Runaway Crash Injures Woman Near Barbour Line
A Sunday afternoon runaway on Pleas ant Creek near the Barbour county line left Everett Findley and Miss Pearl Bartlett in a buggy. The horse bolted on a hill, throwing both occupants to the ground and demolishing the vehicle. Miss Bartlett suffered painful injuries but avoided broken bones and will remain bedridden for several days.
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Pleasant Creek
Barbour County
Ger
Everett Findley
Pearl Bartlett
Miss Bartlett
Bartlett
Town Stirred Over Shooting in Richwood
Richwood residents reel from a Wednesday night shooting after deputy Rutherford shot by Officer Bryant and gunfire wounds to Officer C. E. Bryant, Officer Kraft, Harvey Billett and another man. Rutherford died at the Justice hotel. townspeople defend the officers amid a night of upheaval.
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Richwood
C. E. Bryant
William Kraft
Harvey Billett
Waverly
Oakford Avenue
William Rutherford
U. S
Bryant
Rutherford
Kraft
McClung Hospital
Justice Hotel
Harvey Hilcott
McClung
Mary Sturm Sues for Breach of Promise in Uniontown
Mary Sturm of Smithfield Pennsylvania has filed suit in Uniontown courts for breach of promise against How ard Beeghley after ten years of waiting. She says she was promised marriage years ago and despite assurances she never married him. A squire advised patience before the suit was filed.
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Smithfield
Howard Beeghley
Mary Sturm
Uniontown
Mary
Squire C. J. Conn
Howard
West Virginia Optimists Tour Highlights State Strengths
Morgantown dispatch recalls Congressman George C. Sturgiss visit to Pacific coast fisheries and shipping interests. He contrasts western optimism with local conservatism, praising West Virginia’s geography, forests, coal, and transport links near Pittsburgh Cincinnati and New York.
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Morgantown
George C. Sturgiss
Pacific Coast
House Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries
House
California
Oregon
Washington
San Francisco
Portland
Seattle
West Virginia
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Monongahela
Ohio
Great
Kanawha
Mississippi
Gulf
Great Lakes
West Virgin
Sweet Melody Flower and a Smallpox Note
A humorous line urges readers to abuse the telephone girl by pulling a lever, promising relief without harming feelings. A Washington official notice claims smallpox is fatal to only one in 500 who contract it, a statistic likely to reassure yet not boost its popularity.
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Washington
Morgantown Urges State Promotion and Local Pride
In a push for regional growth, the author advocates advertising natural beauty and attractions through magazines and newspapers. The Labor Day parade is praised as a clear display of civic enterprise, promoting the city to non residents while boosting local pride and economic visibility. The plan envisions Morgantown expanding to about thirty thousand residents in five to ten years.
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Pacific States
Orient
Boards of Trade
Tenn
Morgantown
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