West Virginia News Roundup From Wheeling to Bluefield
The Wheeling payroll will top 2 009 000 paid before Christmas with munitions workers a major recipient. Charleston covers a three town dispute over passenger station location on the B and O railroad with Dam 26 Hogsett and Ben Lomand residents voicing arguments before the public service commission. Huntington plans co operative stores to cut food costs via union-led stock purchases. Charleston notes Harold B. Corman ordered to San Antonio for Army drills. Point Pleasant reports a teacher assaulted by pupils, while a state printing house bill is prepared for the 1917 legislature. Parkersburg hosts a naval recruiting station search. Charleston reports WV trust companies up sixteen percent, totaling 29 877 000. Wheeling to elect municipal officers January 4 across several towns. Requisition for equipment for the First Infantry West Virginia National Guard headquarters company. Bluefield bans Sunday sales hours to allow clerks to attend church. Moundsville warden weighing Christmas pardons, with Wiley Lewis and Harrison Moore top candidates among long-time inmates.
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Charleston
Mason County
Baltimore and Ohio
Public Service Commission
Near ‘Dam
Hogsett
Ben Lomand
West Virginia Briefs from Wheeling to Bluefield
West Virginia Briefs report the West Virginia Equal Suffrage Association meeting planned for December 28 in Wheeling led by Mrs. Ellis A. Yost Morgantown. Other items note Rev Jerry Harmon accepting a pastorate in Huntington and set to begin January 1. In Parkersburg Calvin Triplett of Davisville hospitalized after a gasoline explosion. Bluefield secretary W J Shaffer resigns to lead a chamber of commerce in Lebanon Pennsylvania.
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Wheeling
West Virginia
Equal Suffrage Association
Ellis A. Yost
Morgantown
Parkersburg
Calvin Triplett
Davisville
Bluefield
W. JL. Shaffer
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Lebanon
Movement Seeks Minimum Wage for Tennessee Women
In Memphis on December 16 a drive to urge the next Tennessee legislature to enact a minimum wage law for women was launched. Evidence showed women and young girls are doing men’s work for 3 to 5 dollars weekly, highlighting economic disparity.
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Memphis
Tenn
Fragmented labor bill summary sentence
A fragmented text discusses wage levels and working hours for women, noting dependency and pressures related to legislative action. It references bills to fix wage scales and regulate hours, with concerns over low pay and women’s exploitation.
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