Paving Baltimore Street Begins Under Col Facey
Col Joe Facey the well known railroad contractor began paving Baltimore Street at 7 o clock Monday morning with about twenty workers. The project drew great rejoicing from residents as teams scrapers and unloaders were set to work. Facey aims to complete the paving well before bad weather arrives and expects steady progress in the coming days.
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Joe Facey
Baltimore Street
Gelock
Col. Fucey
Col. Facey
James C Findlay Dead at 26 From Tuberculosis
At his home on Denham Street James C Findlay died from tuberculosis after years of illness. Born in Mineral County he worked as a bookkeeper in West Virginia before health issues forced him to leave city life. He spent time in Texas and Phoenix Arizona before returning to live with his mother. funeral Tuesday at 10 am led by Rev Robert B Meek with burial in Masonic Cemetery Hermon Lodge to handle rites. Survived by widowed mother two brothers A Judson Findlay and Frank, and three sisters.
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Nancy Findlay
Denham Street
James C. Findlay
Mr. Findlay
Mineral
West Virginia
Bunk
Texas
Phoenix
Ariz
Findlay
Mt. Carmel
Flavius C. Findlay
Dence
Robert B. Meel
Inent
Masonic Cemetery
Hermon Lodge of Masons
A. Judson Findlay
Frank Findlay
Lowndes
Epwald Pincham Dies After Illness at 68
Edward Pincham of Wilsonshire died Sunday morning at six after Bright's disease. He was 68, single, and formerly worked at the Clark Coal Company in Wilsonburg and the St. Charles hotel. Funeral was Monday at 2 pm, burial in Bik View cemetery.
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Bdward Pincham
Wilsonshire
Bright
Clark Coneatoliss Mings
Wilsonburg
St. Charles
Helms
Bik View
Clerk Prank FPolberg Out After Tram Strike Injury
Baker Stores clerk Prank FPolberg, struck by a tram near M. Clare last Wednesday, was absent from work Monday for the first time. He suffers four broken ribs and will be out for some time.
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Fpolberg
M. Clare
Missing McAtee Feared Drowned After River Crossing
Cecil McAtee, 21, son of James McAtee of this city, disappeared after a Meadowbrook ford crossing on West Fork river. A colored man was with him in the boat when it capsized, and authorities fear the worst as searchers from Clarksburg rush to identify any body found while the river runs high. Short change artists were also reported, attempting scams around local shops before fleeing.
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Cecil McAtee
James McAtee
Meadowbrook
West Fork
McAtee
Young McAtee
Cook Coal and Coke Company
George Cook
Clarksburg
Matee
Ernest Slers
British steamer Barnstable Collides Sinks Gerry
In the Sparrows Point ship channel a collision sank the Gerry of Wilmington after Barnstable struck it. Five sailors drowned. Barnstable suffered no damage and continued on from Port Antonio to Baltimore.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Barnstable
Port Antonio
Tg Gerry
Wilmington
Sparrows Point
Gerry
Schulte Receives Pension From Washington
West Virginia veterans Gotlieb Schulte of Adamston and Hell C Ferritt of Mannington join James Christy and Owen Sullivan as recipients of monthly pensions from the U S pension commissioner in Washington. Schulte gets 15 dollars, Ferritt 12, Christy 19, Sullivan 12.
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West Virginia
United States Pension Commissioner
Washington, D. C
Gotlieb Schulte
Adamston
Twelfth Regiment
West Virginia Cavalry
Hell C. Ferritt
James Christy
Mannington
Owen Sullivan
Wheeling
Fifth Regiment Volunteer Cavalry
Delta to Delta Society reunion heads to Chicago
John C. Johnson of Bridgeport departs Monday for Chicago to attend the annual reunion of the Delta to Delta Society. Eight charter members remain living, with current membership at 7,000. The group meets all week in the Chicago auditorium.
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John C. Johnson
Bridgeport
Chicago
Delta To Delta Society
Gambling Place Blasted Twice In War Between Saloons
An explosion at North Clark and Kinzie streets damaged three brick buildings and injured two men. The blast targets John F. O'Malleys saloon and gambling houses, marking a second attempt in the ongoing war.
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Associated Press
Ghicago
North Clark and
Kingle Streets
John F. O'Malley
Kinzie Street
O'Malley
West Virginia Stationery Engineers Convene at Waldo Hotel
The state convention of the West Virginia branch of the National Association of Stationery Engineers opens tomorrow morning in the Waldo hotel assembly hall. Preparations ran Monday with President Ledru Tracy supervising delegate reception. officials expect the largest branch gathering yet.
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West Virginia
National Association of Stationery Engineers
Waldo Hotel
Ledru Tracy
State Convention of the Junior Order to Meet in Morgantown
Morgantown hosts the annual State convention of the Junior Order United American Mechanics from the third Wednesday in September for three days. A large delegate turnout is expected including attendees from Wheeling. The convention will consider a proposal to erect a home for aged and incapacitated Mechanics.
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Morgantown
United American Mechanics
Wheeling
Ira C. Post Named Delegate to General Conference
Ira C. Post of Romines Mills has been appointed by the Methodist Protestant conference in session at Wikins as a delegate to the general conference in Pittsburg.
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Ira C. Post
Romines Mills
Methodist Protestant Conference
Wikins
Pittsburg
Young Spaniard Dies at Grafton
Joseph Fernandes a 16 year old Cuban Spanish youth died after injuries in the Grafton yards. He was struck while his head and shoulders were protruding from an emigrant coach window as it was switched. He died Saturday after skull injuries and brain damage. An uncle and cousin from this city were present at his death.
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Joseph Fernandes
Cuba
Holy Cross
Fermandes
Grafton
Watt to Speak in Joplin After Weekend Ride
Secretary Watt arrived in Joplin Missouri after an all Sunday trip. He planned three speeches in Joplin and vicinity today as crowds from Missouri and neighboring Kansas gathered.
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Toplix
Watt
Joplin
Yietally
Missouri
Une
Kansas
Tragic Chicago Shooting Ends in Self Inflicted Wounding
Louis Sutter fatally shot his sweetheart Matie Matechi after a quarrel and then shot himself, leaving his wound life threatening. Investigators report the double tragedy occurred in Chicago on August 26 as the Associated Press dispatch notes.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Louis Sutter
Matie Matechi
Death by Own Action Shocks Middlebourne Lawyer
Vicinity of Middlebourne Fair Grounds. Thos Engle well known lawyer shot himself through the heart last Thursday and died likely instantly. His body was found Sunday afternoon with an empty revolver nearby. Engle had been missing since Thursday, with searches in Sis tersville Wheeling and Parkersburg. Once a prosecuting attorney candidate, he fell into opiate use and mental decline, was at a sanitarium, escaped, and was later jailed in Middlebourne before being released on bail.
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Sistersville
Engle
Fair Grounds
Middlebourne
Wheeling
Parkersburg
J. M. Underwood
Marietta
Goff Grants Injunction Against Charleston Strikers
Judge Nathan Goff in Charleston issued a sweeping temporary injunction for Fidelity Trust Co of Pennsylvania holding Kanawha Valley Traction securities. The order bars strikers from interfering with workers, operations, or property and sets a federal court hearing for the first day of the next term, the third Tuesday in November.
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Nathan Goff
United States Circuit Court
Chambers
Fidelity Trust Company of Pennsylvania
Kanawha Valley Traction Company
Charleston
Federal Court
Dallas plans expansion of bars in West Virginia
Charles P. Dallas proprietor of the Phoenix Bitter in Parkersburg arrives in the city to oversee real estate interests and explore several business deals. He reports strong results in Parkersburg and contemplates opening a chain of bars along the Ohio Valley and in West Virginia.
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Charles PL Dallas
Phoenix Bitter
Parkersburg
Charse Oof
Traders Hotel
Dallas Saia
West Virginia
Child Dies at Eight Months in Wolf Summit
The eight months old child of Mr and Mrs A Dennison of Wolf Summit died Monday at 2 AM from cholera turantum. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at the parents' home with burial in Shahan cemetery.
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A. Dennison
Wolf Summit
Shahan Cemetery
Train derailment injures twenty-one near Charlotteville
An overnight northbound Southern Railway derailment near Charlotteville Va caused twenty one injuries though none serious. The entire train plus engine and tender overturned after a broken rail failed.
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Southern Railway
Associated Press
Charlottevi
Nore
Test wells reported on multiple county farms in report
Test wells are described on Tenmile creek and Salem fork with J M Rowland & Son and Independent Oil Co drilling on Despard Herre farm and Richard Davis farm. Wallace Ol company drilled at Mud Lickton Sardis district to 2180 feet and shut down. J H McDermot & Co expected in sand this week at I N Harbert farm.
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Tenmile Creek
Tenmile Dischet
J. M. Rowland & So
Despard Herre
Salem Fork
Independent Oil Company
Richard Davis
Mud Lickton
Sardis
Wallace Ol Company
J. H. McDermot & Co
I. N. Harbert Farm
Death of Artie Neptune at 19 months
Artie Neptune, 19 months old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Newton Neptune of 121 Bridge Street, died Sunday midnight from spinal meningitis. The funeral is set for Tuesday at 2 PM at the parents’ home with services there and burial in the T O O F cemetery.
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Artie Neptune
Newton Neptune
Bridge Street
Trainmen killed in head on collision near Barden
A hear end collision between two Norfolk and Western freight trains near Barden this morning killed conductor Robert Gilmore of Portsmouth and engineer Purdy of Batavia Ohio. Six or more trainmen were seriously injured in the wreck.
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Associated Press
Portsmouth
Robert Gilmore
Engineer Purdy
Batavia
Norfolk & Western
Barden
Printer and Wife Die Together in Gas Fatality
Charles Jacobson, 49, and wife Matilda, 48, were found dead from gas asphyxiation at their Chicago home. Authorities believe the wife turned on the gas while the husband slept, with despondency over unemployment and a printer strike cited as the motive.
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Associated Preas
Chicago
Ill
Charles Jacobson
Matilda
Death follows Mrs. Susan J. Flanigan of Salem
Funeral services were held in Salem for Mrs. Susan J. Flanigan born June 27 1837 in Pittsburgh PA widow of Edward Flanigan. She leaves nine children, several grandchildren, and two brothers among Harrison county’s prominent pioneer families. age 74. Also note Constable J Worthy Shrader ill at home on Third Street with possible typhoid fever.
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Susan J. (Young) Flanigan
Salem
Odd Fellows’ Couwery
Flanigan
Edward So Flanigan
Pittsburg
John
Sarah Loftus Yeils
Hamely
Jesse J
Parsons
John M
W. Sheridan
Clarksburg
Lloyd A
Parkereours
Edmund S
California
James F
Folsom
Samuel Felton
S. L. LaMar
Snch
Benjamin Lambert
City
John M. Flanigan
Ww. Sheridan Flanigan
C. P. Stout
Harrison County
Constable Down
J. Worthy Shrader
Third Street
Mayor Crile Cracks Down on Illegal Gambling in City Night Raid
Police raid at Frank Dutty's Corner Bar on Fourth Street nets five men and the proprietor. Duffy pleads guilty, fined $20 and 30 days jail suspended on condition no further gambling. Emerson Williams and Lo Chiu fined $10 each. two others discharged. Mayor Crile vows ongoing raids to purge gambling, with suspects fleeing by train to Parkersburg and eastward.
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L. ©. Crile
Frank Dutty
Fourth Street
A. C. Emereon
Z. B. Wiliams
Yen Pa
Lo Chiu
Hong Yet
Frank Duffy
Daify
Jai Bit
Emerson
Willams
Duffy
Bond
Crile
Bald
Jett
Parkersburg
Bankers Meet Open: 30th American Bar Association Session
The thirtieth annual meeting of the American Bar Association opened in Portland Maine with delegates from across the country gathering to discuss legal practice reform and bar standards.
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Associated Press
Portland
The
American Bar Association
Baltimoresun Finds New Base in Clarksburg Drilling Boom
The Baltimore Sun reports Sundes has located operations in Clarksburg in recent years as it expands coverage of regional development. It notes local impact, business interests, and community responses to new reporting hubs.
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Sundes
Baltimore Sun
Clarksburg
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