West Virginia editors tour Wheeling exhibit rivet works
The Virginia Editorial Association at Wheeling detailed a productive session with business talks and law changes. A press group toured Riverview Tube Works and tin mills, saw glass and brick works, and visited Moundsville State Penitentiary, enjoying a Park banquet and speeches by Governor White and Bishop Donohue.
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Re Virginia
Wheeling
Board of Trade
Geo. A. Laughlin
Birch
West Virginia
United States
B. & O. Railroad
Riverside
Mont Pelee
Mozart Park
Moundaville
State Penitentiary
Haddock
J. Slidell Brown
Kingwood Argus
E. T E. Hood
Charleston
J. Bruce Hess
Mannington
R.G. Brown
Harrisville
T. T. MacDougal
Ceredo
Bishop Donohue
BE. E. Hood
Odell McKinney
Fairmont
Sam R. Harrison
Piedmont
Kingwood
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad
Niagara Falls
Rediston
The
Intelligencer
Herschel C. Ogden
News
John Day
Notes From Nearby Chronicle of Local Happenings
A collection of short notices from Hagerstown and surrounding towns reports events and incidents. Highlights include a 87 year old dentist in town, a camp of 20 boys near Sharpsburg, a Martinsburg wedding, a farm accident with a broken arm, a death in Winchester, a stabbing in Stephens City, a 13 year old globe trotter planning world travel, a suspected poison cheese incident in Sharpsburg, a toll-house robbery arrest in Hagerstown, and a narrow binders accident involving a young girl near Winchester.
Car Wheels From Money and Other Notes Tidbits
A history of bank notes recycled into railroad car wheels is linked with a tongue in cheek plug for Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters. The piece notes a Senate dustup between Beveridge and Bailey, references summer illnesses and Chamberlain’s remedy, and ends with a bank robbery and suicide by Anthony S. Sherman, cashier of the Merchant's Bank of Newport, who stole 326093.49 dollars and left 150 behind.
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Anthony S. Sherman
Merchant's Bank of
Newport
R. I
West Virginia News Highlights From Mingo to Morgan Town
West Virginia items report Mormon elders riding a rail in Mingo County and leaving before daylight. Eight prisoners escaped Parkerburg jail by keys made by themselves. A man named John Ch is linked to a penitentiary in Mountaineer region. The West Virginia Christian Endeavor Convention is set for July 8 to 10 at Sisterville with reduced rail rates. Camden Inter-State Electric Railway lines sold to a New York syndicate. Senator Camden profits around 2 million. Robbers hit McMechen and escaped after blowing safes, with about a thousand dollars seized. Marion County primary results favor Strugiss over Schaber and Swisher for State Senate. Salem’s potable water-linked bloody flux alarms doctors, with cases in Grafton. A negro tramp dies in a freight wreck near Glengar. cash later claimed by an editor. Coal miners mostly return to work as shipments resume. Mother Jones and others face hearing in Parkersburg, adjourned to July 11. Harry C Woodyard wins GOP nomination for Congress at Parkersburg convention. Pullman Ventilator Co stockholders meet. Camden, Whitaker, Duncan and others elected directors and officers. Death of Joseph Ray Irons, 11, from hydrophobia aboard a Baltimore and Ohio train after a cat bite. burial in Morgantown region after Pasteur treatment arranged in Baltimore.
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John
Moun
West Virginia Christian Endeavor
Sisternville
Camden Inter-State Electric Railway
Huntington
Ceredo
Kenova
Cadetteby
Ashland
Ironton
New York
Camden
Robbera
McMechen
Wheeling
Marion County
Charlie Schaher
Geo. C. Sturgisa
Strugiss
Swisher
State Senate
Glengar
West Virginia
Mother Jones
Jackson
Parkersburg
Joseph Ray Irons
L B
Ella Irons
Morgantown
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio
Baltimore
Cumberland
West End
Tounelton
Electric Bitters touted as cure-all tonic claim
An advertisement extols Electric Bitters as a permanent cure for stomach, kidney, liver and nerve troubles. It promises relief from rheumatism and malaria and guarantees satisfaction at 50 cents. Separate note notes corn price rising in Chicago trade to 78 cents a bushel with speculation of reaching a dollar.
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Reinhart
Chicago
Vacation Days Open Air Fun Warned By Ad
Vacation time brings children outdoors with safe play in mind. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve is advertised to stop pain and prevent complications from cuts and wounds. L B Johnson of Swift Texas endorses it for sores and skin ailments and warns against counterfeits from Reinhart’s Pharmacy.
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DeWitt
L. B. Johnson
Swift
Tex
Reinhart's Pharmacy
Wedding Bells Across Two States by Wilt and Reid Families
Two ceremonies mark joyous unions: Irene Wilt of West Virginia married James Brown of Upperville Virginia at Leetown Baptist Church with a large bridal party and reception, then Nancy Moore of Brunswick wed Ben Reid near Harper’s Ferry with a second ceremony at Pleasantville Church.
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Irene Aeyter
L. P. Wilt
Eis W. Va
James Parthi: Brown
Upperville
Leetown Baptist Church
J. P. Essex
Sadie ‘Trussell
Walter Wilt
Virginia Hamsher
Maid of Hepor
Misses Maybell
Marjorie Wilt
Geo. T. Sledges
Shepherdstown
Will Gibson
Hugh Hammond
Arthur Trussell
Kearneysville
Washington
Thomas Brown
Emma Parker
Stephen's Chy
Herbert D. Grove
Staunton
A.C. Reid
Sr. Chas
Wiltshire
Union Church
Pleasantville
Mud
Nancy V. Moore
John I. Moore
Brunswick
Sample's Manor
Benpols Reid
Harper's Ferry
Ey, Ritter
Petersville Lutheran Church
Lillie L. Morrow
Sharpsburg
Clemma M. Stoulfee
Baltimore
Katherine E. Hoffmanter
Nellie Moore
M. K. Moore
John D
Jesse Holfmaster
Ritter
Mrs. Reid
Local notes from Bardane Budget June 1902
A village column lists visits and guests from Shenandoah Junction to Charles Town and nearby towns. It records travels of families from Bellefontaine Ohio, Cumberland, Vancleresville, and Ashland Virginia, with references to Forsyth, Cherry Cottage, and Shannondale Springs. Mentions church services and local shops including Reinhart's Pharmacy.
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Baloank
W. Va
Thos. Rutherford
Your Town
R. L. Engle
Joseph Thompson
Bellefontaine
Ohio
John KE. Thompson
Hector Bell
Adams
Cumberland
Mary Grave
Nona Morrison
Shenandoah Junction
Walter Beavers
J. Hi, McKahan
Rufus
Washington
Jas. Conley
McKahan
Cherry Cottage
Mabel Hell
Shannondale Springs
Beas King
Vancleresville
Augusta Wilson
Mattie Dorsey
Charles Town
Burr
Ernest Williams
Robert McGarry
Randolph
Macon College
Ashland
Glenvice Normal School
Bethany Church
Churches Schedule and Clergy Movements in Berkeley County
Local notices list church services across Berkeley and surrounding areas. Rev J J Fix named pastor at Falling Waters Presbyterian. ordination and visitations planned. Weekend services follow multiple denominations including M E Church South Shepherdstown and Mt Wesley. quarterly meeting in Lane.
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Ateranguia
New Market
Baltimore
E. Church South
Luray
Reformed Church
Presbyterian Church of
Falling Waters
Berkeley County
J. J. Fix
Fix
Round Hill
Frederick County
Virginia
M. E. Church
Shepherdstown
W. W. Barnes
Mt. Wesley
Lane
Presbyterian Church
Providence
Kearneyaville
Duffields
Shenandoah Junction
Marvin Chapel
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Beef ‘Trust
Congress
MacCorxie
William
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Coal Trust
Morgan's Grove
Cleveland
Bryan
Senate
Georgia
Kansas City
Robert Pattison
Pennsylvania
Aso
Steel Trust
London
Isthmus
Panama
Editorial Association
Foley
Pharessey
Tobian Schlosser
Hagerstown
Gee
Fairfax College
Winchester
Creati Inn
Burnside Bridge
Antietam Creek
Joseph Grant Clark
Pleasant Agous Anderson
Martinsburg
A. S. Cost
Piper Farm
Sarah C. Page
Charles Broadway Rouss
Martin Sherman Timberlake
Clarke County
Stephens City
Owen Brown
Park H. Strode, Jr
Brown
Strode
R. E. Byrd, Jr
R. E. Byrd
Earth
Philippines
San Francisco
Suez Canal
Drenner
Leitersburg Pike
Jacob Creager
George Albert Decker
Harry Minnich
George Branch
Cornelia Rutherford
A. G. Rutherford
Beveridge
Indiana
Senator Bailey
Texas
Bailey
Chamberlain
de Scribe
Lansing
Iowa
Journal
Scott
Mingo County
Salem
Clarkeburg
Grafton
Harry C Woodyard
Congres
Stephen B. Elkins
Pullman Automatic Ventilator Co
the National Bank
Sprigg D. Camden
M. Oc, Lilley
Columbia, C
N. E. Whitaker
Geo. L. Duncan
Clarksburg
Neil J. Fortney
W. F. Cunningham
B. D. Gibson
Sheldon Carey
D. Follett
Marietta
John L. Bushnell
Springfield
O. Chas
D. Hauk
Frank H. Hitchcock
Washington, D.C
Wm. Campbell
E. M. Gilkeson
H. P. Camden
Bardane
J. W. Spalding
Verona
Edward of
England
Death's
F. WH. Wells
Deer Park
Long Island
Waatain Maryland Railroad
Maryland
Tver
Puriste Vy
Henry Taylor
Pittsburg
Bec
Dr. King
Kitneystwizee
Darling Howdy Co
Casccanas CT
Reinart
J. M. Burke
A.B. Bass
Morgantons
Tui
Paley
Reichart
Kansas
SEC
C.C
Trump
Ikearneyeville
W. Var
K. 1. Shepherd
Shepherd College State Normal School
Eastern Panhandle
E. F. Goodwin
Jefferson County
Corynicnrs
Aeversass
Aioe Aaa
Scientific Fimerican, Ee Sa Pegaiy Geet
Hema Ue
el Commarea York
J. F. Thompson & Bro
Modern Clothiers
Queen St
Martinsburg, W
Salenmen - Lewis E. Thompeon
Benj. J. Thompeon
Jas. F. Thompeon, Jr
Col
John H. R. Thompeon
W. H.poling Store News
Asc
Gibson
W. H. Poling
Bay
Va Klein Ar Marta
Bern Alloys
Billiard Room
Magnificwat
Bervine Ani Ailemp Rand
Totel
Mintinal Convenien
Turer Gs
Troy Steam Laundry
Tinsa
Specsee
Strauther Pendleton
Virginia College
Roanoke
Ime
Moe
Mattie P
Kimler
Jersen Aan Bank
Aoe
Hanamos
Lae
Jane
T. B. Line
M L. Herrington
M.L. Herrington
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