Traffic ebbs on Tuesdays in nationwide road study
A Bureau of Public Roads census shows hours of lightest traffic occur early morning with a peak between 2 and 3 pm and again after 3 pm. Weekly patterns rise from Wednesday to Saturday and Sunday traffic quadruples Tuesday levels. trucks mostly travel under twenty mph with 37 percent at twenty mph or faster.
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Bureau of Public Roads
United States Department of Agriculture
United Sees
Trafic
Tne
A Curious Catch on the Tombigbee River
In Mississippi a fisherman recalls a misadventure while angling for channel cat on the Tombigbee River. His father falls overboard, losing a revolver recovered later as the fish he hooked turns out to be the weapon, prompting family quips about cake and a hidden stash.
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Mississippi
St Gfe
Riley Hatch
Tom- Digbee River
Aever
Fragmented Suffragette Speech Snippet
A partial line shows a suffragette speaking to an audience. A masculine voice from the rear interjects about questions and accompanying someone home, reflecting a interrupted exchange from a historical event. The readable text preserves a fragmented dialogue without full context.
Monument to James Rumsey marks Shepherdstown steamboat pioneer
The Potomac crossing near Shepherdstown showcases a monument to James Rumsey, famed for steering the first successful steamboat on the Potomac in 1787. The narrative recalls Rumsey’s struggles, patrons like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington, and the rivalries that hampered patents, ending with his death in London and later honors. A second profile recalls Lewis Wetzel, Virginia-born scout famed as "The Death Wind," who fought Indigenous forces, endured capture and escape, and died in 1808, shaping frontier warfare lore.
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Potomac River
Maryland
West Virginia
Shephendswwa
James Rumsey
Rumney
Greateening
Geel County
Cane
Shepherdston
Miss Morrow
John Morrow
Joseph Barnes
Henry Bedinger
Shepherdstown
Citzens
Morrow
Gen
Horatio Gates
Washington
Kentucky
Rumsey
Mr Barnes
Maj. Bedinger
Shepherdsown
Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin
Russian Society
Virginia
England
Patrick Henry
Robert Fulton
Robert
Fulton
Thames
Society of Arts
London
Adelphi
James Rumsey, Jr
Genteman
Ramsey
Robert Futton
America
Armerica
Clermont
Robert Fortom
US Congress
National Museum
Lewis Wetzel
Wetzel
Wheeling
W. Va
Lewis
For the Blind and a Curious Shop Window Display
A small storekeeper decorates his shop with a new blind, claiming customers paid for it via a needle tax. Two colored men discuss a horse fly joke as a passerby overhears their exchange, highlighting social humor and everyday street talk.
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Isaac
Aaron
Four Italians Arrested in West Virginian Murder Case
State police and deputies arrested four Italians in Fairmont after the murder of Gartany Memstiolitt Marian sroser of Hessie Ann. The victims carried thousands in cash and were killed in a field near a mining community. Four men named Merenda Jim Guglielmo Hankey and Meicho were lodged in Fairmont jail.
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Gartany Memstiolitt
Marian Sroser
Hessie Ann
West
Black Hand Society
Eerian
Howe
Suvvral
Momiolu
Acros
Nick Mere
Louis Hankey
Frank Meicho
Pairmont Fail
Undertaker's Trip Saves Life Of Man
An undertaker aided a wounded state trooper after a moonshine raid near Edwight Raleigh county. Private Seaman Martin was shot in the back but survived after the undertaker helped move him to Charleston. He is convalescing in a hospital.
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Undertaker
Charles Tow
Jackson Arnold
Seaman Martin
Victor Finharty Sont
Edwight
Raleigh
Charleston
Martin
Champion coal loader accused of murder
William Jolson a Negro known as the champion coal loader of West Virginia is accused of murder in a neighbor’s death in lonely hills near his home. Police used bloodhounds to track him from the body to a grain shock where a 45 caliber revolver lay. Jolson fought hard but was overpowered.
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William Jolson
West Virginia
Bis Achievement
Johnson Wee
Johnson
Troopers Use Hounds to Track Burglars
Moodhounds were used by state police of the Williamson station under Captain J R Brockus to hunt down five men alleged to have robbed the Wharncliffe post office and another store in that town in late October. Two cases of tobacco, two cases of cigarettes and several parcel post packages were taken. Troopers Godfrey Ward and Road I worked on the case. They arrested Claude and John Hatfield, John and James Johnson and Lea Gideon.
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Williamson Station
J. R. Brockus
Wharncliffe
Godfrey
Ward End Road
Claude
John Hatfield
John
James Johnson
Lea Gideon
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Tovmy
Elsie
James Kumeey
Miss Myrna Thruston
Republican
Sam
Joe
Maker
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Man
W. H
Knode
Blackford
Shenandoah Sopetoy W. Va
Register Office
Miss Loud
Mann’s
Hate
Diehl & Bro
Charles Town
Old Bellabie
Onder
Guaran Diehl & Bro
W. V
Eggs and Poultry
Betton
Benj, Hartzell
M. C. and
E.D Loman
Night Calla
MO. H. Schoppert
The
Fancy Grocer
Welshans
Main Street
Ted
Berean
Ieee Wei
Getea Rover
International Stocking Mills
Norristown
Correct English Publishing Co
Evanston
Illinois
NY RE Pilm Geeses
Hazelton Studios
Neste
Geo. M. Beltzhoover
Gemers
G. P. Morison
Martinsburg
King and
College Streets
E. Douglas Davis
North Potomac Street
Hagerstown
Roy S. Proctor
Martinsourg, W. Vai
Calla
S. M. Langford
Martinsburg, Wes1
Carl Owens’ Drug Store
Harrison Schley General Insurance
Jefferson Security Hank
Shepherdstown, W. Va
DR. Fahrney
Diagnostician
H. C. Marten
White Lead
Earare
Inits
Siemens
N.C
Bedatri's
H. C Marten
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