Burglars Steal Cash From Lost Creek Hotel in Overnight Raid
Burglars took about 200 dollars in cash from rooms at the Lost Creek hotel owned by Preter Smith. The break in occurred after 2 AM leaving no trace or evidence of chloroform. Major Smith, a driller named Kelley, and the owner suffered losses. investigation continues as locals tighten vigilance.
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Lost Creek
Preter Smith
Smith Jost
Kelley
Bmma
Binith
Angasick Toran
Han
Salem Glassmen Strike Shuts Salem Plant at Midnight
The Salem window glass factory halted operations after a strike by cutters and flatteners. Management has no idea when production will resume as the local and Amalgamated scales dispute triggered the stoppage. Several plants report varied activity while transfers are rumored to break the strike.
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Salem
West Fork
Adatstom
Northview
Morgantown
Hell Full of Society Lecture Denounces Social Life
Reverend William F. McNulty spoke at the Parkersburg Y M A men’s meeting on the life of Christ, but railed against society itself. He condemned whist and euchre parties and dances, likening gambling stakes to larger bets, and urged pastors to purge their congregations of lax morals.
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William F. McNulty
Parkersburg Y. M
Christ
Byt
Boy Baby Born to Mr and Mrs Jesse Watkins in Glen Eye
A baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs Jesse Watkins at their Glen Eye home on Monday morning. The father, an agent for Fairmont Brewing, was described as elated by the birth. TRONTO, O Dec 30 St B Milr, a prominent lawyer, suddenly died this morning of heart disease.
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Gmr
Jesse Watkins
Stort
Glen Eye
Fairmont Brewing Company
Associated Prese
Tronton, O
St. B
Mil*r
Birthday celebrated by Mr. Boughner in 91st year
Daniel Boughner, a retired merchant long known in the region, marked the ninety first anniversary of his birth at his North Chestnut street home. Friends visited daily, finding him in strong health and looking young for his age despite prior loss of use of his lower limbs.
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Daniel Boughner
North Chestnut Street
Mr. Boughner
Boughner
Tin Mills to Resume Operations After Holidays
It is announced that the Phillips Sheet and Tin Plate mills will resume all operations Tuesday midnight, employing about 600 men. The mills were closed for the Christmas holidays as is the custom, with prospects for full and active operations the remainder of the year. Net receipts from bazaar amount to 620.66 and receipts from skating rink total 36.50. Overall net receipts stand at 057.16.
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Phillips Sheet
Tin Plate
Agent Robbed and Murdered at Ohio Station
Baltimore and Ohio agent Hutchins was robbed and murdered early today as the station burned. Reported the killers escaped with a large sum of money. Hutchins recently arrived from Newark Ohio.
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Associated Press
Clatington
Baward Fhutchinsin
Baltimore & Ohio
Huteh- Inyon
Newark
Onio
Nevada Governor Prepares Proclamation for Extra Session
By Associated Press Washington December 30 Governor Sparks wired President Roosevelt that he is preparing a proclamation to call Nevada's legislature into an extra session federal troops will remain at Goldfield for three weeks per the presidents latest directive.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Sparks
Rooseveltt
Nevada
Goldfield
Winter Course in Agriculture At WVU For West Virginia Farmers
Five hundred farmers in West Virginia are urged to attend the winter course in agriculture offered by West Virginia University in January. The program promises practical dollars in farmers’ pockets and new knowledge, aiming to advance agricultural progress, farming interest, and scientific education for the farming of the future. Send a postcard to D W Working, Morgantown, WV, to receive a circular describing the course.
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West Virginia
College of Agriculture
West Virginia University
D. W. Working
Morgantown
W. Va
Bazaar receipts report on ambulance fund drive approved
At a Monday business meeting of the ladies who conducted the bazaar for St Marys Hospital the treasurer presented a report showing gross receipts of 664.90 and expenses of 44.30 for the bazaar to buy two modern ambulances. The report was approved as a successful undertaking.
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St. Mary's Hospital
Arne Announces Fion Willen Hearne For Governor Nomination
Arne announces Fion Willen Hearne of Ohio County as a candidate for West Virginia governor. He respectfully urges Republican voters to inquire into Hearne qualifications before the next Republican state convention, from any citizen of the northern Panhandle regardless of politics.
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Fion
Willen
Hearne
Ohio County
West Virginia
Northern
Panhandle
Revival Services Begin at Gon Methodist Church
Revival previews start Wednesday night at Gon Methodist Church and continue nightly all week except Saturday. The Rev. J Bink, pastor, will conduct the revival.
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Gon Methodist Church
J. Bink
Ministers Meet at Got Church Afternoon Session
The Ministers Union gathered at Got church at 3 o'clock led by the Rev. L. K. Peters. A discussion on The Gospel according to St John was held with several instructive thoughts shared.
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Ministers’ Union
Got
L. K. Peters
Schools to Open After Holiday Break
City schools will reopen Thursday, ending the holiday vacation. Broadday will resume work Tuesday morning next week. Pupils return well prepared to renew their studies after a pleasant recess.
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Broadday
Chool
Earthquake Recorded at Washington Observatory
A very heavy and distant earthquake was recorded on an instrument at the Geodetic Survey observatory at Cheltenham, Md., this morning, according to Associated Press dispatches from Washington.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Goxst and Geodetic Survey Observatory
Chelternahm
Leggett to confer on new industry location in Columbus
G W Leggett left Monday for Columbus Ohio to discuss locating a large industry. He could not reveal the factory’s character but will consult with business leaders about site prospects.
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G. W. Leggett
Columbus
Busy January term looms for circuit court felonies and misdeameanors
Grand jury to convene January 6 to 9 with numerous felony and misdemeanor cases already docketed for investigation. Trials slated for Richard Edwards Patsy Finnerty Richard Bell Oma Hornick and others. Court expected to last six weeks with early arraignments and rapid trial setting.
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Circuit Court
Richard L. Edwards
Patsy H. Finnerty
Richard Bell
Oma Hornick
B. & C. Railroad Company
John R. Hickman
Jack Gary
Patrick Glancy
Gaughan & Delaney
Jack O'Hara
Edward Connell
Blaine Moran
Ernest Ransom
Daniel J. Grove
Orville Johnson
Ernest Maxwell
Flem Ryle
G. E. Fulton
Harry L. Brooks
J. Martin
Arthur Preston
Harter Cecil
D. Mohonpolas
Peter Fierl
Clarksburg Brewing Co
Carl Law
Myrtle Gordon
Eldridge Cravens
Seymour Carson
Gee
James Davis
Whitehall
John Robinson
Knight Potter
Glen Blk
James Shultz
Enango
Francis
Emmett Ashcrat
Bruno Sallo
Glenalls
Man Confined After Illness at Preston Residence
William Afcore, an employee of the Western Union Telegraph company, is confined to his room at Mrs. Fliza Dolbridge’s residence on Preston Street following an illness. Local authorities report the condition as an attack of illness.
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William Afcore
Western Union’ Telegraph Company
Fliza Dolbridge
Preston
Wife Is Sold But Sent Back in Nearby Town
A foreigner sale of a worker’s wife occurred in a nearby town. A man offered one hundred dollars for a wife, she resisted, the buyer demanded a refund, and a free-for-all broke out before the money was returned. The incident highlights cultural misunderstandings between locals and foreign workers.
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Tim
Coffin Exhumation Confirms Buried Body Found
London report says the coffin of T. G. Druce at Highgate Cemetery was exhumed revealing a buried body, undermining testimony in the Caldwell perjury case and challenging earlier evidence that the coffin contained only read.
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Associated Press
London
Eng
T. G. Druce
High Gate Cemetery
Robert C. Caldwell
Taft to Break Silence At Merchants Banquet
Secretary Taft will deliver his first public remarks since his world tour at a Boston merchants association banquet tonight. He arrived this morning for the event and will speak on current affairs.
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Boston
Taftwi
Merchants Association
Fie
Lawyers from Clarksburg attend West Virginia Bar meet
Several Clarksburg lawyers will attend the West Virginia Bar Association annual meeting in New Martinsville on Tuesday and Wednesday. The first day covers routine business, then Prof. William H. Page of Ohio State University will speak. Page, author of Page on Contracts and a wills book, is noted for eloquence. A banquet at Brast House closes the event with officer elections on day one.
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Clarksburg
West Virgina Bar Association
New Martinsville
Willam H. Page
Ohio State University
Page
Ohio
Brast House
Shot by accident wounds of D. D. Martin
D. D. Martin, son of Patrick Martin, was brought from Salem on No. 4 Sunday night to St. Marys hospital for a gunshot wound in the left leg just above the knee. The gun discharged at 12:30 Sunday morning. the wound is painful but not dangerous and amputation will not be necessary.
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D. D. Martin
Patrick Martin
Salem
St. Mary's Hospital
Mr. Martin
Commissioner answers Standard Oil conviction allegations
Washington, Dec 20. The commissioner of corporations released the official reply to Standard Oil Company’s charges regarding its Chicago conviction, published last night.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Commissioner of Corporations
Standard Ol Company
Chicago
Band Master Hector Thiry Receives Child in Morning
Band Master Hector Thiry and his wife Julia Thiry welcomed a baby girl weighing pounds on Monday morning. The happy couple celebrated as Thiry began a thirty catadize medley moments after the birth.
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Hector Thiry
Julia ‘Phiry
Thiry
Needles Fatal to Mag Desmond
Mrs Mol le Desmond, who earlier tried to kill herself by swallowing 144 needles, died in New York after doctors performed twenty five operations and removed all but about a dozen needles.
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Mag. Desmond
Associated Press
New York
Molle Desmond
Jay
Schoolteacher James Barnette Suicide at Bailey Home
At the home of J E Bailey in Parkerburg on December 30 James Barnette a prominent school teacher shot himself through the head with a revolver and died within minutes Witnesses say the act followed Miss Bailey refusing to marry him at once The scene centered on Bailey's daughter to whom Barnette was affianced
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Parkersburg
J. E. Bailey
James Barnette
Held for heinous crime against 18 year old half sister
John Covington was held at Graf ton in 1500 pond for criminal assault on his half sister Minnie Haddix aged 18 daughter of Wesley Haddix. The hearing was behind closed doors with revolting details. Covington will likely stay in jail until court convenses. Tess felt this is best for him as an ugly feeling prevails.
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John Covington
Grafton
Minnie Haddix
Wesley Haddix
Covington
Tess
Beane Police Court Quiet as No Culprits Face Mayor
Beane police court was empty again this morning with no suspects to answer to Mayor Crile. No Putup fine was recorded. Three weary individuals were permitted to rest peacefully for the night.
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Ponce Court
Mayor Crile
Salo Brothers Sought After Erie Mine Shooting
In a Sunday Erie coal mine shooting near nine, Italian victim John Levario was wounded in the abdomen. Frank and Sem Salo are named suspects, warrants issued, and police are on their trail. Levario remains hospitalized with slim hopes for recovery.
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Erie
Frank
Sem Salo
John Levario
Svethes
Levario
Kass Tere
Salo
No Freight Moved Out of Clarksburg by B and O
Freight cars piled in yards as Baltimore and Ohio suspended operations from Saturday evening to Sunday midnight in Clarksburg. The halt disrupted schedules and left yard racks full. Railroad men speculate about policy causes, including winter retrenchment, leadership changes, and labor agitation. Officials expect normal service to resume during the week.
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Clarksburg
Baltimore & Ohio
Nome
Fitegerainon
Fire Hits Gas Main Near Piqua After Lightning Strike
A gas main at the Minminlley Gas and Oil Company between Piqua and Covington caught fire at midnight when a lightning bolt ruptured the pipe. Flames towered above the area as firefighters struggled to contain the blaze. No injuries are reported, and the cause is under investigation.
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Associated Press
PIQUA
Minminlley Gas and Finl Company
Here
Covington
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