Elkins West Virginia A Mountain Town of Historic Ties
Notes from Elkinds West Virginia recount a vibrant town of 7000 to 8000 people with railroad heritage. Civil War sieges at Rich Mountain. Davis and Elkins era spurred growth. local church work by Rev Montague and a jail ministry. a Cheat Mountain excursion reveals scenic valleys, forests, and watershed concerns.
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Ieen
Goon
United Tes
McClellan
Virginia
Rosecrans
Ohio
Indiana
Rich Mountain
Colegram
Garnett
Laurel Ridge
Joseph Hart
David B
Young Hart
10Th Indiana
Beverly
Baker
Ball’s Bluff
Pope
Bull Run
West Virginia
Cheat Mountain
Kanawha
Washington
Ohio River
Henry G. Davis
Baltimore
United States
Stephen B. Elkins
Elkins
West Virginia Central
Pittsburgh
Davis and Elkins
RR. C. Kerrens
U. S
Scott
Steubenville
Goulds
Wheeling & Lake Fire Railroad
Mingo
City
Western
Missouri Pacific
Kansas City
Colorado
Rockies
Salt Lake
Western Pacific
San Francisco
Maryland
Rockefeller Interests
Davis & Co
Coal & Coke
Charleston
Davis Colliery Co
Randolph County
Court House
G. Nelson Wilson
Willie
Montague
McGuire
Mary Lews
Circuit Court
Common Pleas
W. B. Kittle
U. S. District Court
A. G. Dayton
United States Court of Appeals
J. C. Pritchard
North Carolina
Charles A. Woods
South Carolina
Federal
Cheat Mountain Club House
Mr. Wilson
Leland Kittle
Tygart Valley
Parkersburg
Staunton Pike
Huttonsville
White Top
Cheat River
Cheat Bridge
Allegheny Club
Minnehaha Springs
H. M. Lockridge
Thomas
Black Fork
Davis
Durbin
Chesapeake & Ohio
Roncevert
Tygart River
Bemis
Pennsylvania
Europe
Railroad Wages and Public Duty Prompt National Arbitration
A public appeal argues rail workers seek a 100 million dollar wage rise and could halt commerce. It questions arbitration versus a nationwide strike, stating railmen earn varied wages on Eastern lines in 1915 and urging a public tribunal to decide the issue, as unions refuse settlement talks under current law.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Forgery Case Against Adams Express Clerk Withdrawn
An affidavit accusing George Bickerstaff a clerk at the Adams Express office of forgery and embezzling $50 was withdrawn and the case settled in Justice Lawler's court last night.
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George Bickerstaff
Adams Express
Justice Lawler
Compensation Asked in Common Pleas Suit
Margaret B. Kail sues E. Stanton Pearce as administrator of Henry D. Miser estate seeking 10800 for labor and services rendered during Miser lifetime. She alleges long illness, verbal promise of pay, and exclusion from the will, claiming 1898 1908 wages at 30 monthly and 1908 1914 care at 100 monthly totaling seven thousand plus.
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Margaret B. Kail
Common Pleas Court
E. Stanton Pearce
Henry D. Miser
Baird McRory & Co Pittsburgh Ad for Machinery
Trade notice offering new and second hand machine tools including lathes drills planers and saw mill outfits. Also listing gasoline engines imps electric motors boilers band saws belting pulleys and shafting. Write today to Baird MacRory Co of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.
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Baird Mac
Contractors Equipment Price List From Pittsburgh
Concrete mixers ten foot capacity priced at 295 dollars. Six foot pavers and Studebaker cores listed. Location noted as Baird MA and Pittsburgh PA. Contact details appear incomplete with stray words and typos but indicate a supplier of contractor tools and machinery with several item prices.
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Sixfoot
Omg
Studebaker
Baird MA
Pittsburgo
Joseph T. Tracy for Auditor of State
Joseph T. Tracy presents a broad background as teacher, county examiner, deputy clerk, auditor, state examiner of county offices, and supervisor of local exams. He argues his wide public affairs knowledge makes him best suited for state auditor.
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Tracy
Location A Consideration in Tracy Candidacy
In southern and southeastern Ohio twenty four counties that cast a quarter of the Republican vote lack a representative on the state ticket unless Mr Tracy is included. Speak to your Republican friend about Mr Tracy.
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Ohio
Tracy
Mamas
Tracey
Rushing Foundation Becomes Focus Of West Virginia Plant
A gang of 75 laborers, mainly African Americans from southern West Virginia, arrived to help lay the foundation for the new Beech Bottom electrical power plant. The total workers at the site now reach 700.
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Rushing Foundation
W. Virginia
Beech Bottom
W. Va
Probate Court Appoints Administrator in Walton Estate
Probate Court declares David A. Rittenhouse as ad administrator of Albert A. Walton's estate. An inventory and appraisal have been issued in the same case.
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David A. Rittenhouse
Albert A. Walton
Being Treated for Rabies Case in Pittsburgh
Charles Gill, 2 Mr. Pleasant, bitten by a dog with rabies, travels to Pittsburgh for special treatment.
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Charles Gill
Mr. Pleasant
Pittsburgh
Judgment on error in Smithfield Hquer case
P Santanelli appeals to the common pleas court on error after a July 21 judgment in Smithfield by Mayor Bargar fining him $200 and costs for an alleged Hquer law violation. He asks reversal of the lower court’s ruling.
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P. Santanelli
Bargar
Smithfield
Common Pleas Court
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Dean Criswell
National Conference Committee of the Railways
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Gen
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New York, New Haven & Hartford Railross Bbl
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Southern
Cotter
Wabash Railway
P. E. Crowley
New York Central Railroad
G. H. Emerson
Great Northern Railway
Ewing
Philadelphia & Reading Railway
Grice
Cixesapeake & Ohio Railway
W. Greig
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad
Kouns
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
W. McMaster
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad
Maher
Norfolk and Western Railway
James Russell
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
M. Schoyer
Pennsylvania Lines
L. Seddon
Seaboard Air Line Railway
J. Stone
Erie Railroad
G.8. Waid
Sunset Central Lines
Steub
Hdw. & Supply Co
Auditor OF State
Joseph T. Tracy
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Pittsburg
Heeling
Wellebur
Wheeling
Bethany
College Farm
Collers
Thomas E. Cramblet
LL. D. Bethany
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