Two Thousand Strong from Interfering with Men at Work
Weirton sheriff asks Governor Hatfield for protection as 2090 Phillips Sheet and Tin Plate workers refuse to join steubenville and clarksburg strikers. Hundreds of steubenville strikers parade to Weirton by special train. union organizers lingered overnight and a strike is expected tomorrow.
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Hatfield
Hancock County
Weirton
Amy Associates
Peces
Wheeling
Jack Mercer
Stirling Mill
Steubenville
Clarksburg
W Va
Phillips Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Clarkebuts
Uch
Revolution in Venezuela Reported As Splintered Uprising
Cable reports from Maracaibo describe a general but scattered Venezuelan revolt under General Castro with government bans on foreign dispatches. Carmelo Castro, brother of the former president, arrived from Colombia. In Adamston the Methodist church plans a lawn social on August 11 to raise funds for painting the parsonage.
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Venezuela
General Castro
Maracaibo
Carmelo Castro
Columbia
Methodist Episcopal Church
Adamston
Harvest Hands Scarce as Farms Lure Laborers
Harvest hands in Morgantown are scarce as farmers offer inducements to attract help. Some farmers pay ordinary laborers 2.50 dollars per day with rain or shine and provide board and lodging.
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Morgantown
Heat Wave Sweeps Missouri Kansas Oklahoma
Temperatures across Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma surged early as heat records loomed. The U S Weather Bureau noted a July noon high on a thirteen story building and hot south winds intensified the heat with drought and water shortages impacting people and livestock.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
United States Weather R
Mercury
Topeka
Deputy Collector Appoints Barrett in Ninth District
Parkersburg Aug 7 S A Hays internal revenue collector appoints G A Barrett of Elkins as deputy collector to relieve H E Reeder at Clarksburg from heavy workload in the ninth district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
S. A Hays
Internal Revenue Collector
G. A. Barrett
Elkins
H. E Reeder
Clarksburg
Aerial Acrobat Falls to Death in California Flight
John F. Bryant, California aviator, dies when his plane crashes into a city roof after takeoff. Firemen extract him from wreckage with fatal neck and leg injuries. A heavy woman’s photo request allegedly contributed to the accident by stressing a fragile wing repair and a weakened steering wire.
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Vroromsy
Zee
John F. Bryant
California
Bryant
Bryante
Bethany College Injunction Sought to Save 1852 Church
Mrs. Decima Campbell Barclay, sole survivor of Alexander Campbell, seeks an injunction to stop President Thomas Cramblett and seven trustees from razing the old church built by Bishop Campbell at Bethany in 1852, August 7.
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Bethany
Thomas Cramblett
Bethany College
Bishop Campbell
Decima Campbell Barclay
Alexander Campbell
Spies Accused by Senator Borah in Senate Hearing
Senate charges that the justice department spies on federal judges were raised by Senator Borah and echoed by Norris. Attorney General McReynolds said reports of a system of espionage over judges are without foundation. The dispute follows scrutiny of Judge Speer’s Georgia case and government actions.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Senate
Borah
Norris
Boral
McReynolds
Department
Speer
Georgia
Attorney General
Federal
Free Trade Bill Versus Farmer Welfare Debate
In Galveston Texas the New Hampshire, a battleship carrying ex Governor John Lind as President Wilsons envoy sails to Vera Cruz. Senator Warren blasts a tariff schedule as hell for farmers arguing it pits Northwest producers against cheap world labor and taxes almost all sales. He accuses Democrats of hedging and predicting panic to thwart the policy.
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Warren
Northwest
Senate
Pythian Lodge Sets Plans For State Encampment Meeting
Tonight the Pythian lodge meets to finalize arrangements for the annual state encampment to be held here. First degree work is planned with several candidates on the list. The Uniform Rank will attend in full uniform and practice drills. A lawsuit lists Matlage Meenty against William J Anghes and Amy Staward, both colored.
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Pythian Lodge
William J. Anghes
Amy Staward
Leper's Wife Defies Quarantine For Husband Hartman
Mrs Mary Hartman insists her husband George Hartman is not a leper and vows to stay with him as health officials move him to a leprosy isolation cabin. Dr M C Woodratt overseeing the case confirms Hartman will be placed in isolation with Mon Wing, a Chinese man, today.
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ST. Louis
Mary Hartman
George Hartman
Health Department
M. C. Woodratt
Hartman
Mon Wing
Sale Advertised for West Virginia Telephone Property
In pursuance of a dissolution injunction by Judge Dayton in federal district court the sale of the entire property of the West Virginia Western Telephone Company is advertised for November 5 under a mortgage with Union Trust and Deposit Company as trustee. Individual creditors may claim areas.
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Parkersburg
Dayton
National Telephone Company
West Virginia
Western Tele_phone Company
Union Trust and Deposit Company
Robbers Loot Richmond Post Office Steal Horse and Buggy
Three men blew the Richmond post office safe with nitroglycerine, fired on pursuing residents, escaped on a horse and buggy, and boarded a Panhandle freight train near Skellys. Constables Orwick Delile and Cutp followed by automobile, then by train pursuit, with bloodhounds used at Wellsburg to track the fugitives.
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Freer Steubenville
Aus
Richmmond
Steubengile
Richmond
L. S. Ford
James ‘Crews
Edward Elson
Skelly S Station
Panhandle
Oscar Orwick
Hors Delile
Dr. C
Cutp
Steubenville
Wellsburg
W. Va
Haught Seeks Divorce From His Wife in Bas telle District
Morgantown reports David W. Haught a Bas telle district resident files for divorce from wife Margaret Haught amid public charges. Authorities say Mrs Haught had her husband arrested last week on three counts of non support as the couple parts.
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Morgantown
David W. Haught
Bastelle District
Margaret Haught
Mra Haught
State Convention of West Virginia Dental Society to Convene
Preparations are under way for the seventh annual West Virginia State Dental Society convention to be held over three days beginning August 3. A large attendance is expected from members across the state.
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Parkersburg
West Virginia
Dental Hociesy
Mrs Renner Fights Off Rampaging Bull
Mrs Renner, wife of a Green Hill farmer, rushed to help her husband when a bull gored him in a field. She grabbed a pitchfork and attacked the maddened animal, driving it away. The husband was badly hurt but expected to recover.
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Charles ‘Renner
Green Hill
Here
Renner
Desperate chase ends with capture of naked “wild man”
In Pittsburg a several mile pursuit through North Side suburbs ended in a woods encounter on Spring Hill where Patrolman Phillip Mall arrested a naked man described as a powerful foreigner who had vexed residents for days. He was handed to charity officials for mental examination.
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Pittsburg
Spring Hill
Phillip Mall
Department of Charity
Murder Trial in Atlanta for Leo M Frank
The Prosecution in the Leo M. Frank murder trial rests after Dr. Hf F Harris testifies that Mary Phagan was criminally assaulted just before her death. C Tl Dal ton adds that he visited the factory scene and swore Frank received women visitors in his office.
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Atllan T
Leo M. Frank
Mary Phagen
Hf. F. Harris
State Board of Health
Harris
Mary
C. Tl. Dalton
May
Aviator Cody Killed in Aldershot Air Crash
London Aug 7 Col 1 8 Cody famed Anglo American aviator died in an aeroplane accident at Aldershot while testing a new aircraft. A passenger named Evans also died in the crash. Cody suffered a broken neck and Evans fractured legs in the fall.
New Librarian Named at Fairmont City Library
Miss Mae Fisher of Morgantown appointed librarian at Fairmont City Library succeeding Mrs Emery McKinney who resigns to take a similar post at the Fairmont state normal school.
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Fairmont
Mae Fisher
Morgantown
Fairmont City
Emery McKinney
Fairmont State Normal School
New Interurban Schedule Planned for Clarksburg Weston Line
Superintendent E C Bowman of the traction company is drafting a new schedule for the Clarksburg and Weston interurban line to align with other company lines. The plan aims to move people quickly and pleasantly from Fairmont or Mannington to Lost Creek or Jane Lew and beyond, with a Weston line timetable to replace the current one awaiting elimination. Runs may depart Clarkburg on the half hour to connect with Fairmont line services.
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Transportation
E. C. Bowman
The
Traction Company
Clarksburg
Weston
Bowman
Clarkeburg
Fairmont
Concert Postponed by Gregory and Band
The concert is postponed this week as many band members are away on summer vacations affecting instruments. If possible, two concerts may be given next week.
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Gregory
Chapman Smith Dies Near Milford at 6 Years Old
Chapman Grant Smith died near West Milford after a five week illness. Born June 18, 1827, he was the son of Charles and Mary Grant Smith and grandson of Chapman and Polly Jett Grant. He left a large property portfolio and was known as a leading stockman in Harrison County. He married Mary J. Veach in 1853, producing two children, and remarried to Mrs. Sheets. The obituary notes his fullness of vigor and notes on his family survivors.
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Chapman Grant Smith
West Milford
Pas
Charles
Mary Grant Smith
Chapman
Polly Jett Grant
William S. Grant
Gratton
Wheeling
Harrison County
Siyersb
Duck Creek
Smith
Mary J. Veach
Innfuamey
Mary
Ater Parker Davisson
Oecber
Samuel Sheets Lost Creek
Charles M
Albert
de Mon
Don Biget
Miss Blanch
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