Cape Juby raid and mob violence reported at Casablanca
Telegraph notes Cape Juby attacks by Aluyasa and Altjemal tribes with garrison deaths. Passengers describe slaughter of Jews and mistreatment of women, including a man under British consulate protection and his sisters abducted. Casablanca now under French and Spanish control. Mazagan reports peace. Epidemic fear possible amid decomposing bodies.
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qAnder
Cape Juby
Roy
Hils
Moora
Casablanca
Emir Whjetihan
Mazagan
Court session opens with decree in Parr Lufficer case
Judge W Lynch presided at a special term of circuit court Friday. A decree of sale was entered in the Parr Lufficer and Planing Mill Co. versus Joe Meza et al. A motion to dissolve a temporary injunction in John Herald and others versus Board of Education of Sardis district et al was argued, restraining defendants from drilling in an oil well near Rinehart on school property.
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W. Lynch
Circuit Court
Parr Lufficer
Planing Mil Co
Joe Meza
John W. Mason
John Herald
Board of Education of
Sardis
Rinehart
Bell Held On Whiskey Bootlegging Charge In Federal Case
United States Deputy Marshal E D Hugo brought G H Bell from Horton Randolph County to stand before United States Commissioner Thomas S Spates. Bell is charged with violating the revenue law by receiving whiskey in boxes and selling the contents. He posted $300 bond for the Wheeling term of the federal court which begins September 17 and was released after posting.
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United States
E. D. Hugo
G. H. Bell
Horton
Randolpn County
Thomas S. Spates
Bell
Marietta Lumber Company head to open Clarksburg office
C Daniel of Marietta Ohio, owner and general manager of Marietta Lumber Company, is in Clarksburg for a week to supervise interests. He has rented Empire building offices expected to be occupied by the firm around September. Duntee and office manager J O Moore will move to the city then.
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Marietta Lumber Company
Ani C. Daniel
Marietta
Empire Building
Duntee
Uniform Rank Drills Ahead of State Pythian Meeting
The Uniform Rank of the Knights of Pythias met last night and drilled in preparation for the annual State meeting of Pythians.
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Knights of Pythias
Pythians
Drilling Well Strikes Coal Vein at Baptist Church Lot
The Philadelphia Company of West Virginia completed the first string of drilling near the Baptist church lot on Vinson Road. A nine foot vein of coal was struck at about 200 feet, indicating promising reserves and ongoing operations.
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Philadelphia Company
West Virginia
St Isling
Baptist Church
Great Day at Chantauqua Features Graves Ford and Walden
A sequence of events begins at 10 30 with Hon John Temple Graves lecturing on The Last Hope of the Negro and Me Graves, followed by 3 00 p m cartoonist D M L W Ford, and 8 30 magician Walden. The event promises high class instruction entertainment and amusement with Graves appearing again to delight admirers.
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Chantauqua
John Temple Graves
Ml. W. Ford
Walden
Graves
Ford
Girl and youth shot in Bloomington yard murder
John McClintock aged 22 was killed and Edna Rogers aged 13 was wounded when a man believed to be Harvey Hinkle 20 who disappeared from his home waylaid and shot them in the front yard of the Rogers home last night. Hinkle, an admirer of the girl, is suspected.
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Associated Press
Bloomington
Ind
John McClintock
Edna Rogers
Rogers
McClintock
Harvey Hinkle
Many Leave for Atlantic City Excursion
Between seventy and eighty residents departed Friday morning on the Ballmore and Ohio railroad for Atlantic City New Jersey using the new excursion rates effective today. Names listed include Miss F Smith Miss Fannie R Lowe Mrs James F Allen and many others from the area.
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City
Ballmore & Ohio
Atlantic City
N. J
F. Smith
Fannie R. Lowe
James F. Allen
P. C. Williams
Boyd Allen
Paul Horner
Horner
Daniel Ogden
W. A
Essie
Ida M. Brooks
J. C. Knox
B. Alexander
J. Peacock
BE. V Connell
C. D. Sturm
Casey
Weston
W. L. Dunnington
Train Wreck Reported On Take Short Twenty Century Limited
The Take Short Twentieth Century Limited westbound due at Chesterton Indiana at 7 21 this morning was reported wrecked in South Bend Ind No injuries were reported and no one was hurt in the incident.
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South Bend Ind
Twentieth Century Limited
Chesterton
Ind
America's Fine Orator Delivers Eloquent Chautauqua Talk
John Temple Graves, co-owner of the Atlanta Daily News, spoke at the Chautauqua assembly on the old fair grounds. His lecture titled The Reign of the Demagogue explored political religious and social demagogues from history to today, praising truth and moral uplift amid powerful oratory.
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Chautauqua Assembly
Old Fair Grounds
John Temple Graves
Atlanta, Ga
Daily News
Reading
South
MY. Graves
John J. Davis
Mr. Graves
Asia
Grady
Hobson
Gol. Graves
Man Killed by MRL Train Near Everson
J. R. Toll of Everson died from injuries after a train struck him while he sat on the tracks near his home. He suffered leg severing injuries and other trauma, found some time later and taken to Miners' hospital in Fairmont where surgeons operated but he did not recover.
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J. R. Toll
Everson
Miners’ Hospital
Fairmont
Catlett Assaults Grouch at Grafton
An assault occurred in Grafton involving J My Crouch of this city and J Catlett, an insurance agent previously visiting. A Wheeling drummer and a Clarksburg man clashed near Central hotel, the Wheeling man fined $12, the Clarksburg man dismissed. Witnesses cite a long‑standing grudge, quick fight, police intervention, and mayoral review. In Greenville, Ky, Harrison Alexander hanged for assaulting Florence Whitehouse.
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J. My Crouch
J. Catlett
Grafton
Clarksburg
Wheeling
Central Hotel
Wheelie
Associated Press
Greenville, Ky
Harrison Alexander
Florence Whitehouse
Bernard Rogers Dies of Typhoid Fever at 30
Bernard G. Rogers of Jimtown died in Cook's hospital Fairmont at 8 p m Thursday after a two week typhoid illness His parents are E Ford and the late Mrs Rogers of Jimtown He leaves Ada and Ray Rogers and is a cousin of Claude W Truman E Gore Harper Rogers and Charles G Coffman Funeral will be at the Rogers home at 10 a m tomorrow with interment in Odd Fellows Cemetery Lumberport
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Bernard G. Rogers
Jimtown
Cook's Hospital
Fairmont
Mr. Rogers
E. Ford Rogers
Ada
Ray Rogers
Claude W
Truman E
Gore
Harper Rogers
Charles G. Coffman
Grayson fined for nuisance on West Pike Street
Grayson, described as colored, was fined and costs by Mayor Crile in police court Thursday for maintaining a nuisance on his West Pike Street property near Elk Creek. The nuisance a hog sty housing twenty one hogs. The fine was suspended if Grayson removes the nuisance immediately after arrest on a warrant from City Health Officer Warner.
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M. W. Grayson
Crile
West Pike Street
Elk Creek
Grayson
City Health Oficer Warner
Holmboe Seeks Morgan County Courthouse Contract
Architect B C S Holmboe of Holmboe and Lafferty travels to Berkeley Springs aiming to secure the contract for the Morgan County courthouse project. He intends to prepare the plane and specifications for the new building.
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B. C. S. Holmboe
Holmboe& Lafferty
Berkeley Springs
Morgan County Court House
Massacre of Infantry Detachment in Celebes
A detachment of infantry commanded by two lieutenants was massacred by rebels in Mort district Celebes Island. The incident in Celebes during August 9 resulted in forty five victims including some prisoners.
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Batavia
Island of Java
Dutch East India
Jafahity
Mort
Celeves
Senator Gartlan Praises Swisher for Governor Bid
State Senator Thomas Gartlan of Parkersburg visited Friday to speak on Charles W. Swisher's Republican gubernatorial candidacy. He praised Swisher as a lifelong active Republican with strong loyalty and work, saying his nomination would guarantee a triumphant election and broad support across his region.
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Thomas Gartlan
Parkersburg
Gartlan Jin
Charles W. Swisher
Bald
Swisher
West Virginia
Jury Hung On Charges Of Fraud In Examination Questions
In Charleston on August 9 a six member jury in Justice Cottrell's court failed to reach a verdict on the charge of fraudulently securing and dealing in examination questions. Four jurors favored sending the case to the grand jury, two favored dismissal. Witness High testified he sold the questions to Cunningham with no conscience about the crime. Greer claimed he piloted High to Cunningham but denied any dealings with Cunningham. M M Dawson testified Cunningham offered ten to fifty dollars for a first class certificate and implied he would help if Dawson came to his office. Cunningham denied High's tale, blamed memory lapses and misunderstandings for his alleged conduct.
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Charleston
de Robert Cunningham
WeTere
Greer
High
Cunningham
M. M. Dawson
Clay County
Jim
Inter
Measles Claims Infant Son of Adamston Couple
Ernest Woodward Turner, eleven months old, died Friday morning from measles. Son of Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Turner of Adamston, funeral is Saturday at 1 pm with services at the parents' home and burial in the I. O. O. F. cemetery.
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Ernest
Telegraph Workers Strike Hits Western Union Offices
About two hundred telegraph operators walked out in Chicago and Helena causing major disruption. Only twenty at work in Chicago, with 18 offices affected and stock quotes delayed over phone lines. Western Union officials deny full figures as in Montana and Kansas City unions trigger wider walkouts.
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Los Angeles
Chicago
Western Union Telegraph Company
Commission House
Western Union
Colored Ministers Meet at Mt Zion in Clarksburg
Several Clarksburg colored Baptists attended the association meetings at Mt Zion Baptist church in Parkemon since Wednesday. Yesterday featured Mt Zion Sociation convention talks with addresses by Rev. W Robinson and Rev Pryor of Clarkshung. Rev McGhes of Huntington spoke as superintendent of the Colored Orphans Home. Today a Sunday school convention for Northern West Virginia and Ohio held an engaging program, with the group to close Sunday night.
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Clarksburg
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Pairmon
Mt. Zion Baptist & Sociation Convention
W. Robinson
Clarksb
McGhes
the Colored Orphans’ Home
Huntington
West Virginia
Olio
Oil firms drill tests across multiple Kentucky farms
In the Folsom district South Penn drills 50,000 feet on H.8 Davis farm toward Gordon. Philadelphia company reaches 51 feet on Genebre Parr farm. On Mudlick run Sardi district Wallace Oil tests school house lot. J.H. McDermott & Co. tests J.N. Harbert farm at 1200 feet. Reserve tests Tx. E. farm on Johnson's Fork. Hutton Gas locates a test on J. H Morrison farm in Limestone Creek district.
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Folsom
South Penn Company
Davis
Gordon
Siliom
Philadelphia” Company
Genebre Parr
Muduick Run
Sardi
Wallace Oil Company Ty
School House
J. H. McDermott & Co
J. N. Harbert
Johnson’s Fork
Tx. E. i
Limestone Creek
Hutton Gas Company
J. H Morrison
Crop condition report from Washington August 955
The crop report of the Agricultural department shows the condition of fields in Washington. The document notes weather impacts and overall health of crops with emphasis on notable regional variations and condition trends for the season.
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Washington, D. Gy
Tha dAgriculturale
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