County Teachers Institute Opens Here
Harrison County teachers gather in the circuit court room for the county institute with 201 students and 91 men enrolled. County Supt. C B Webb presides as instructors J Kerns of Illinois and Major James M Lee outline a week of instruction and discussion. Morning program includes blessing, prayers, and committee appointments. long enrollment list follows with dozens of local teachers from bridgesport to Lost Creek and beyond. Continued on page four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Robinson
Harrison County
Institute
K. Arbuthnot
C. G. Musser
C. S. Lawson
Chloe Hardway
Geo
Nestor Holden
J. C. Robinson
Mae Barton
Sesson
C.W. Lynch
S. K. Arbuthnot
H. 1D. Boughner
Henry Haymond
Harvey F. Smith
J. W. Robinson
A. K. Thorn
J. G. Shaw
Glenville State Normal School
Peace Effort Futile Second Day's Program Will Be Quite Interesting
Telegraphers strike persists with both sides refusing to yield. Brokers threaten action as union demands are not yet signed by Chicago firms. Messenger boys return to work in Western Union and Postal offices. overall peace talks show no progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicaco
Western Talon
Postal Telegraph Companies
Able and Practical Lecture By Mr Kerns To Feature Event
Harrison County teachers institute program outlines topics for discussion and sessions tomorrow with morning and afternoon schedules. Mr Kerns presents Front Line of Country School Improvements and The New Agriculture and Our Country Schools with stereopticon views. Public invited. social session planned for teachers to mingle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerns
Aged trackman John Flaherty dies after illness
John Flaherty aged 77 died at his Mulberry street home after a week long illness. Born in Ireland he settled in Clarksburg 45 years ago and worked as a section foreman for the Baltimore and Ohio and later the West Virginia and Pittsburgh railroads. Survived by his wife and four daughters, with two daughters in Pittsburg and two at home. Funeral at Catholic church Wednesday at 10 am with interment in Holy Cross cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Flaherty
Mulberry Street
Mr. Flaherty
Ireland
Pittsburg
Katylick
Kate
Mary
Bridget
Holy Cross Cemetery
Mrs J K Amiss Dies After Illness at 52
Funeral held Monday at 4 pm at Christ Episcopal Church with Rev J F Plummer officiating and burial in I G O F cemetery. Mrs Amiss died Sunday at 10 30 am at her Thompson street home after lingering illness with multiple diseases. She was 52 and survived by her husband and daughter Mrs Bennett of Glenville. Neighbors mourn her loss and describe her as estimable.
Newton Worstell Dies of Asthma at 48
Teaac Newton Worstell a well known sign painter died at 2 15 Sunday at his brother George Worstell's home in Point Comfort from asthma aged 48. Survived by father J T Worstell two brothers George and Charles and sister Mrs W B Smith. Father and sister in Ohto. Funeral at 2 30 tomorrow burial Elkview cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teaac Newton Worstell
George Worstell
Point Comfort
J. T. Worstell
George
Charles Worstell
W. B. Smith
Ohto
Elkview
Perry coal mine sale of intoxicants triggers federal case
Joe Flororin must answer to the federal court at Wheeling for selling intoxicants at the Perry coal mine without government permission. Deputy Marshal E D Hupp arrested him. He waived examination and posted bond to appear at the Wheeling term next month, claiming he only solicited orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Flororin
Wheeling
Perry
United States
E. D. Hupp
Pottery Operators May Walk Out
Pottery manufacturers and workers met in New York to press wages up ten to twelve percent. If no side yields, a strike is expected and may disrupt production nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
City Council to Meet on Street Paving Bids
City council will hold an adjourned session tonight to act on bids for paving Baltimore Street West Main Street South Chestnut Street and Carr Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
West Main
South Chestnut Streets
Carr Avenue
Tramp Captured After Assault on Teen Daughter Near Wick Swamp
A tramp who attacked Alma Whitehead, 14, daughter of Rev. J. W. Whitehead, Turnersville PA, was tracked by bloodhounds and captured after midnight in a swamp near Wick, Ashtabula County. Officers took him to Meadville PA. no harm intended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uby Associated Press
Youngstown
Alma Whitehead
J. W. Whitehead
Turneraville
Wick
Ashtabula County
Meadeville
Pike Catch At Capon River At Three Forks
Mr and Mrs Thomes L Anderson and Mr and Mrs Fred Davis returned from an outing at Three Forks of Capon where they fished in the Capon river Billings. Anderson caught the first pike ever angled in that river at that point and the first ever caught in any other manner there. The 16 lunches long fish was on the north bank. George Hrettt, a long time resident, notes it is the first pike caught in that stretch during his 50 years there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomes L. Anderson
Fred Davis
Forks of
Capon
Mr. Anderson
George Hrettt
Ballot results delayed in Clarkburg piano contest
Absence of judge L P Sauders postpones announcing ballots and awards for ten days amid unresolved ballot contentions. Dr L A Davidson of West Milford spent Monday in the city prompting questions on repayment costs to capitalists for his sixteen years backing a proprietary medicine named Susanna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. P. Sauders
Clarksburg
L. A. Davidson
West Milford
Davidson
Davisson
Susanna
Employers Organize Federation Of Employer Associations
Delegates from nineteen employer associations in the United States met in New York to form a general federation of organization of employers. Claude M. Sturm, formerly of this city and now with the government general law office in Washington, D. C., passed through en route to West Milford to visit his parents for a week or two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Employers Assications
United States
General Federation of Organization of Employers
Claude M. Sturm
Government General Law Office
Washington, D. C
F. H. Sturm
West Milford
Husband in Jail Wife in Poor House
Wirt Fogg, recently moved from Mt. Clare, is jailed for sixty days for abusing neglecting and failing to support his wife and child. His wife and baby were sent to the county infirmary after his arrest by Magistrate G Harry Gordon. Mrs Fogg described illness and hospital care needs, and the magistrate ordered admission to the infirmary for the woman and child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wirt Fogg
Mt. Clare
Fore
G. Harry Gordon
Clarksburg
President Roosevelt sails to Provincetown for Pilgrims landing anniversary
President Franklin D. Roosevelt heads from Oyster Bay at 11 this morning aboard the yacht Mayflower, escorted by torpedo boats Worden and Hopkins, to attend the Pilgrims landing anniversary in Provincetown. He travels with Mrs. Roosevelt, Ethel, and Quentin. The dispatch also notes upcoming film showings at Odeon Pike Street and Bijou theaters, highlighting new pictures and illustrated songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Provincetown
Mass
Worden
Hopkins
Ethel
Quentin
Odeon
Pike Street
Philadelphia
Elks
Nice
Army Outing Planned For City’s Four Children
Captain R L Pope of the Salvation Army announces an outing tomorrow for the four children of the city. The event will be held in the Glenwood area, in the new Glenwood addition. Lynch Elliott Real Estate Company kindly provides the park for the outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Pope
Salvation Army
Glenwood
Lynch-Elliott Real Estate Company
Family of Swiger Mourns Loss in Point Comfort
Ray Swiger, two and a half, son of Grant Swiger of Point Comfort, died Sunday evening. Funeral was Monday at 1 pm with Rev. Joseph A. Hammond of Adamston presiding, interment in Green Lawn cemetery at Adamston. The mother had died a few weeks earlier, leaving the family doubly bereft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray
Grant Swiger
Point Comfort
Joseph A. Hammond
Adamston
Greenlawn Cemetery
Rat Killer Samuel Fittro Sets Farm Record Near Wigonburg
Samuel Fittro on his farm near Wigonburg killed at least 100 rats this season, aided by his dog, adding a line that measured 17 inches in length. The report notes the slaughter as a notable achievement on the farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Fittro
Wigonburg
Hostler Perishes as Massillon Stable Burns
An early morning fire at 110 North Fifth Street in Massillon destroyed a livery and boarding stable and two residences. Hostler William Bontzi died in the blaze, while sixty two horses including two race horses named The M. and Atwood were killed. Estimated loss is $100.20. The fire at the nearby horse shed caused minor damage and the department arrived around 11:25 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Massillon
wWillam Bontzi
Lawrence Lyne
Hostler
E M
Atwood
North Fifth Street
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County Teachers’ Institute
John J. Hamrick
Mary Robinson
Craigmoor
Ide Williams
Daisy Carder
Lizzie Nozum
Wallace
Viola Stitzer
Ida Nozum
Bridgeport
Mattie Taylor
Lessa Nozum
Myrtle Cunningham
Piney
Lore Clifford
Iale Boyce
Jane Lew
Elizabeth Stealey
Eunice Stealey
Jeola Shinn
Lella Rapp
Callie Nuzum
Virginia Annan
Blanche Steele
Halcyon Thornberry
Claire Moffett
Addie Moffett
Ada Bell
Sand Fork
Dell Ball
Minnie Adkinson
Bernie O. Holden
Irma Queen
Vesta Hannah
Sardis
Sylvia Barnes
Electa Hannah
Ya Grovex
Edith Gaze
Mollie Grape
Meadowbrook
Eunice Kennedy
Lost Creek
Josephine Sheets
City
Margurite Hardway
Maude Wolfe
Charity Johnson
Mildred Dunn
Ida Highley
Minnie Mitchell
Spencer
Esther Gaines
Bea Shaughnessy
Paolo
Julia Comer
Blanche Hill
Hallie G. Rotrbough
Roanoke
Catherine Shinn
Bertha Else
Cora N. Swiger
Martha Sowner
Belle Duncas
Adamaton
Etta Bumgardner
Salem
Hattie Hardin
Bristol
Elsie Hardesty
Shinnston
Ja Swiger
le Galway
Aspinwall
Aepa Ayres
Ine’ Loomac
Mannington
Maude Somerville
Mae Wassam
Smithfield
Lyle D. Allenetty
Bertha Leedon
Brown
Edna Spring
Hastings
Hannah L. Meade
Georgia Beredum
Mary Callam
Jacksonburg
Almas Wilson
Julia Hurst
Wolf Summit
Viola Richards
Allie Ash
Wilsonburg
Mary Saccell
Hytheville
Clara Perine
Lynch
Audrey Jarvis
Minnie Martin
Suslie A. Pero
Toll Gate
Susan McCanb
Lumberport
Jessie Bartlett
Belle Leatherman
Ora Riley
May Smith
Emma White
Florence Hickman
Clare
Myra Duncan
HW. A. Samples
Johnstown
Calera Hardway
Wili Lawson
Sophia Benedum
Dee Ross
Mary Kidd
Kathryn Joyce
Mabel Lee
Mary Minnich
Margaret Flynn
Beme Kidd
Julia Kidd
Stella Paugh
Lena Haggerty
Estella Sturm
Enterprise
Odelia Graves
Mayme Lestherman
Sybil Sturm
Louise Bond
Harriett Long
W. Swiger
J. 0. Robinson
W. C. Bond
Truman Payne
Jarvisville
Wade Post
R. B. Swiger
Wilsonbureg
John Curry
Big Isaac
EB. Kile
Okey J. Hall
H. J. Westfall
R. Hartman
Carey Wooster
Hepzibah
J. F. Rose
W. E. Flowers
W. R. Wolverton
Sherwood
F. B. Piggott
Worthington
B. Pope
Canton
Wayne Howell
W. V. Mathey
H. G. Wolfe
Barile D. Yates
E. F. Harbert
Romeo Boggs
F. C. McIntyre
P. Murphy
Mill
B. Thornberry
J. R. Lucas
L. McDaniel
E. E. Knight
HL. Sblon
Jas. W. Robinson
D. B. Lanham
D. H. Kyle
Uniontown
Joe James
C. C. Keys
Frank Rockefeller
John D
John D. Rockefeller
Frank
William A. Rockefeller
Massazines
Devepapers
H. Frustitote
Allento
Rijs
Philippines
Porto
Rico
Alaska
Tohn Flaherty
The
MWRS
J. A. Amiss
Thompson Street
Ness
Newton Worstell
Ohio
Pike
Thos. Anderson
Pigrimeana
Glenwood Addition
Long
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