Burglars Loot Two Shinnston Homes While Residents Sleep
Thieves entered the Watson building of invalid telephonist Lounie Malone and the nearby home of county assessor Ernest L. Pigott. About 320 dollars in cash and a gold watch were stolen from Malone, with 18 dollars and a gold watch taken from Pigott. Bloodhounds traced the burglars along Shinn's Run but yielded no arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shinnston
Watson
Lounie Malone
Consolidated
Marc
Nay
Ernest L. Pigott
Pigott
Blaine Smith
Martha Monroe
Shrader
John M. Knox
Malone’s Place
Shinn
H. McDonald
Mr. Pigott
Double Funeral for Brothers at Catholic Church
Patrick Piaherty dies at 58 after a five month illness from exposure while working on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad tracks. His brother Bernard dies the day prior. A double funeral is set for 10 o'clock tomorrow at the Catholic church with interment at Holy Cross cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Piaherty
John Rogan
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Bernard
Holy Cross Cemetery
Bombardment Casualties Report From Casablanca
Casualty estimates from the Casablanca bombardment place deaths and wounds at about three hundred, with only one French sailor reported seriously wounded. The report comes from Paris via official advices dated August 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Casablanca
Hobson Here Captain Hobson Arrives After Cumberland Lectures
Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson arrives on No 3 Wednesday forenoon from Cumberland where he delivered lectures Tuesday afternoon and night and checked into the Waldo hotel. He praises clear, concise speech and weighs in on Judge against the Standard Oil Company fine, and comments on Mississippi primary politics with Gov Vardaman and John Sharp Williams. He cautions agitation on civic questions and urges letting certain issues settle by ordinary process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond Pearson Hobbon
Cumberland
Waldo Hotel
Standard Oil Company
Mississippi
Vardaman
John Sharp Williams
Hobson
Williams
Baptist Council Reorganizes at Dent's Run Church
A Baptist council met Wednesday afternoon at Dent's Run Baptist church three miles from Mannington to reorganize the church after its prior dissolution. Attending from the city were Revs. Lloyd W. Holden and W. J. Newton. Mrs. Hal Rapp traveled to West Union. Mr and Mrs. George Snyder and Mrs. M. E. Turner of Weston are visiting in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dent's Run
Mannington
Baptist Church
Lloyd W. Holden
W. J. Newton
Hal Rapp
West Union
George Snyder
M. E. Turner
Weston
City
Lectures Highlight City Visit by Hero of the Merrimac
John B. Smith buys Harrison County Herald and plant from A M Cunningham, vows policy remains, resigns Telegram post after fifteen years. Hobson Spanish American War hero lectures amid rain, with Graves as tomorrow’s star speaker. children’s day and Hasler Concert draw crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Smith
Harrison County Herald
A. M. T. Cunningham
Herald
America
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Wilsénburg Baptist Sunday School
Hasler Concert Company
John Temple Graves
Great Southern
West Virginia
Demagogne
Conee
Star Company
Merchant Sues for Ten Thousand Dollar Damages
Mrs. Willa Wolfe of Clare files a ten thousand dollar defamation and fault claim in circuit court against Charles E. Tamberd and Watts-Lamberd Company merchants. She alleges wrongful accusation of shoplifting at a Watts-Lamberd store on February 25 and unlawful restraint on a train, seeking damages for indignities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Willa Wolfe
Clare
Wade Wolfe
E. G. Smith
Charles E. Tamberd
Watts-Lamberd Company
Wolfe
Watts-Lamberd
Mrs Laura T Reep Dies at 57 in Salem and Funeral Planned
Mrs Laura T Reep aged 57 died at her Salem home from Acute Indigestion. Her burial is set for Thursday in Chicora after a Pittsburg Flyer transfer from Salem. She is survived by husband BE F Reep and two children Bart C Reep and R T Reep both employed by Hope Natural Gas Company. T C Johnson of Morgantown visits the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura T. Reep
Salem
Pittsburg
Chicora
Hope Natural Gas Company
Clarksburg
R. T. Reep
Guardian Swiger Named Guardian for Minors in Court
Ernest Swiger qualified Wednesday as guardian of Odbert D. Bonnie M. Aubrey H. Arle M. and Archie S. Swiger infants of Camisee Swiger deceased, with bonds totaling 4000 and A. G. Swiger as surety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Swiger
Odbert D
Bonnie M
Aubrey H
Arle M
Archie S. Swiger
Camisee Swiger
A. G. Swiger
Store Arrives Brings New Daughter and Son to Two Families
Within days the store visited the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wowler and Mr. and Mrs. Ira Hurst at Wilsonburg, delivering a daughter to the Wowlers and a son to the Hursts, marking a family addition for both households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Wowler
Ira Hurst
Wilsonburg
Pardon Sought for Sel Marsh in West Virginia Case
Local notice reports Selda Marsh of this county may receive a presidential pardon. Marsh, jailed at Moundville penitentiary for counterfeiting, hinges on dying sisters' pleas and a Washington dispatch notes officials strive to grant clemency before the sisters die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selda Marsh
Wullty
A. G. Dayton
Moundaville
Sisters of Marsh
Washington
Department of Justice
Marsh
Marshville
Stata
Arthur Jackson jailed for five days in disorderly conduct
Arthur Jackson was sent to jail by Mayor Grille at the regular police court session for failing to pay $5 and costs for disorderly conduct in the street. His sentence was fixed at five days. Annie Gilmore was arrested in a drunken condition last night and jailed awaiting a hearing before the mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Jackson
Grille
Fils
Annie Gilmore
County Court Sues Railroad Over Road Took Areas
County court filed three chancery suits Wednesday against Baltimore & Ohio and West Virginia Short Line alleging the railroads took county road segments from Dr Denham's residence on the Short Line to Maulsby s bridge from Lumberport to Shinnston bridge and from a ford to the West Fork river to Bingamon creek. Damages to be set by the court. Mention of Miss Blanche Kennedy in Grattan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clicuit
Baltimore & Ohio
West Virginia
Will &. Morris
E. G. Smith
Dr. Denham
Maulsby's
Lumberport
Shinnston Bridge
West Fork
Bingamon Creek
Williams Leads Miss. Contest Looms In Governor Race
Associated Press reports in Mississippi on August 7 that John Sharp Williams leads by about 440 votes in ten counties as a contest over the election appears likely. The narrow margin suggests a potential challenge and a second primary could pave the way for another vote for senator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
John Sharp Williams
Train Wreck Between Posen and Thorn Claims Twenty
A train wreck occurred today between Posen and Thorn in Germany. Up to noon twenty bodies were recovered. Rescue teams responded to the scene and work continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presz
Berlin
Germany
Posen
Thorn
County Court Adjourns and Orders Road Through Lands
The county court adjourned sine die after several weeks and directed the county surveyor to open a road through lands of Martha Cropp C. Teter and Erwin Smith in Simpson district. As court began to side with landowners on damages for a road from Enterprise to Long Run, the cause was certified to the circuit court for further action. The court appropriated 3200 for the soldiers' monument fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Cropp
2. C. Teter
Erwin Smith
Simpson District
W. J. Conaway
Enterprise
Long Run
Circuit Court
Soldiers’ Monument Fund
Johnson Named Succeed Pettus in Alabama Senate
In Montgomery the joint session of the Alabama legislature chose former Governor Joseph F. Johnson to fill the late Senator Pettus's seat for the term ending March 4, 1915. Johnson succeeds Pettus as a U S senator, with the announcement coming from Associated Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Pross
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Joseph F. Johnson
Pettus
Married at Oral Hart Walters and Edna Crim wed today
Herbert E Walters of the city married Edna B Crim daughter of James Crim at Oral. Walters is a former Broaddus student and a worthy young man. Mrs Walters is popular. About fifty to seventy five Clarksburgers depart tomorrow on the B and C excursion to Atlantic City with many others planned for the ensuing week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert E. Walters
City
Edna B. Crim
James Crim
Day
Oral
Walters
Broaddus
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Shinn’s Run
Winherty
Baptist Council
Caleb Powers
Kentucky
William Goebel
Hero OF the Merrimac
A. Spielmann
Wheeling
Mrs. Wolfe
C. Be, Lamberd
Pennsylvania
E. E. Reep
T. C. Johnson
Morgantown
Guardian
Hastings
Sel
McGeorge
Baltimore
D. W. McGeorge
Clarkaburg
Roosevelt
Mani
Blanche Kennedy
Grattan
John Sharp Wiliams
June
Levy
Johnson
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