Fires Destroy Two Houses at Adamston
Mrs Thaw recounts life as two houses burned at Adamston on Thursday afternoon, leaving three families homeless. Buildings belonged to Fair Mont Baltimore Coal and Coke Company and housed Joe Menard Ferrell and family and Mike Rogoski. Fire started around 4 30 pm likely from defective gas connections, flames advancing fast, valuables lost while some household goods saved. Loss per family ranges 200 to 400 dollars, company loss about 1000 dollars, partially insured.
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Adamston
Fair Mont & Baltimore Coal & Coke Comany
Joe Menard
Ferrell
Mike Rogoski
Fire destroys Fairmont Coal tipple in Montana mines
A Wednesday night blaze at the Fairmont Coal Company tipple in the Montana mines damaged the store building and stock. Trains Nos. 2 and 4 were delayed until 2 a.m. while crews saved the company store and engine house. The fire began at 5:10 and the tipple is estimated to cost $40,000 to replace.
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Fairmont Coal Company
Montana
Montant
Wirt Lewis Proud of His New Baby
Wirt Lewis, a clever grocer of the Rookery, is rejoicing over the arrival of his daughter, weighing ten pounds or more. He smiles through business concerns as mother and baby are reported doing well at home.
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Wirt Lewis
Rookery
Mother
Babe
Gas Main Break Spurs Cold in City
Four small breaks in the main line of the Clarksburg Light & Heat Co at 10:20 caused school closures and chilly homes. Businesses felt the cold and some dinners were delayed until repairs were made. Gas resumed by noon and conditions returned to normal.
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Point Comfort
Clarksburg
Men Arrested for Conspiracy in Wallace Hotel Incident
Bruce Shephard and Ira Roberts of Wallace were arrested Wednesday and brought before Justice Moses E. Shaver in Brown on a warrant by T. L. Kelley, Wallace hotel proprietor, charging them with conspiring to inflict bodily harm. The hearing was adjourned to tomorrow at 1 p.m. The pair were linked to a Saturday night altercation at the Wallace hotel when Kelley fired a gun but did not strike them.
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Bruce Shephard
Ira Roberts
Wallace
Moses E. Shaver
Brown
T. L. Kelley
Wallace Hotel
Kelley
Grand jury holds Deems and others in disorderly conduct cases
Okey Deems Augustus Deems and Gus Graham were held for the grand jury by Magistrate Riley after hearings on street car disorderly conduct and car stoning Sunday night. The traction company pursues prosecutions to curb behavior, vowing enforcement of laws. George Alexander’s similar case was continued as he claims mistaken identity and offers an alibi.
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Okey Deems
Augustus Deems
Riley
Broad Oaks
Gus Graham
Traction Company
George Alexander
Fense
George
Arrested in Restaurant on Baltimore Street
A man who gave the name C D Layton was found in a Glen Elk restaurant on Baltimore Street this afternoon. He was dead drunk and taken to the city lock-up. A hear t will be held before the mayor in the morning.
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C.D. Layton
Baltimore Street
Glen Elk
Simma and
Nowe
Committee Named by Legislature for Tourism Task
A joint committee is appointed by the legislature to study tourism with members from Senator Gartlan of Wood County Senator Rae Strickling of Tyler Daly of Ritchie and Preston of Greenbrier county and Charleston date February 7.
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Charleston
Gartlan
Wood
Rae, Strickling
Tylor
Daly
Ritchie
Preston
Greenbrier
Raerlus and Towa Reach Port After 26 Hours At Sea
The City of Raerlus and the steamer Sesteemurs endured 26 hours of ice and wind before docking in Chicago last night, with crews reporting difficult conditions and cautious progress.
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Ity
Chicago
Raerlus
Towa
Wife Evelyn Thaw Testifies in Harry Thaw Trial
Mrs. Evelyn Thaw tells of her life with Harry Thaw and the assault by Stanford White in New York studio in 1901. She recalls being drugged and stripped during a September visit, and describes Paris proposal and hospital stay. The courtroom crowd fills the corridor as the wife testifies for Delmas.
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Associated, Press
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Evelyn Thaw
Delmas
Mra
Thaw
Harry Thaw
Mrs. Thaw
White
Pittsburge
Twenty-fourth Street
Tanid T
Harry
Paris
New Jersey
Stanford White
Thay
J¢wan
Sha
Longfellow
Jerome
Wes Fret
Paola
Woman Deserts Home and Family in Local Turmoil
The O'Donnell family at North View is torn apart as Mr. O'Donnell and five children are left alone while two children and the father fall ill. Mrs. O'Donnell vanished last week, and Mr. O'Donnell blames a man named Robby from Tallington and Hon for the trouble. The community expresses sympathy for the well respected family.
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O'Donnell
Northview
Mr. O'Donnell
Parteen
Robby
Tallington& Hon
Team Star
Husband Fined Five Dollars for Spanking Wife
Ollie Moseley of Haymonds Grove West End paid a five dollar fine and costs in Magistrate Gordon's court for spanking his wife Susie Moseley. Sister-in-law Jim mie Lowery testified to the assault. Moseley denied severe beating and said incidental spanking could be an assault. the court held it within assault and battery. He was released upon payment.
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Ollie Moseley
Haymond’s Grove
West End
Gordon
Susie Moseley
Jimmie Lowery
Moseley
Squire Gordon
Ollie
Art Waldo
Offie
Olle
Matsuh
Former town official dies in Clarksburg home
John Little, a longtime Clarksburg resident and former street commissioner, died Wednesday afternoon at his home in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania. He was over 80, with four children Dan Fannie Ella and Jennie surviving. The body will be brought to Clarksburg for burial, with services at the Church of the Immaculate Conception and interment at Holy Cross cemetery.
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John Little
Clarksbure
MtcKees Rocks
Clarksburg
Little
Dan
Fannie
Ella
Jennie
P. F. McDonnell
Ellen Dotty
Michael Conghiln
Clitford-Osborn Undertaking Establishment
Immaculate Conception
Holy Cross
OTEVENG BLOCKS CONTRACT BID
The administration faces a choice between rejecting all Panama canal contract bids or losing Chief Engineer John F. Stevens. Delays stem from pressure on Stevens who remains obdurate, with likely government continuation of the project if he does not yield.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Panama Canal
John F. Stevens
Roosevelt
Taft
Oliver
Stevens
Canton of Clarksburg No 9 planned by Patriarchs Militant
Preliminary arrangements were made Wednesday night for the organization of the largest Canton Company, Patriarchs Militant, in the state. It will be formed in a few days with sixty men or more from Clarksburg Adams, Weston, Wilsonburg and others of the Odd Fellows. Department Commander C J Fleming and others from Fairmont attended.
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Canton
Patriarchs Militant
C. J. Fleming
Fairmont
Munter
Clarksburg
Adameton
Weston
Wilsonburg
Odd Fellows
Canton of
Clarksburg No. 9
Mine explosion probe ordered in Davis Coal incident
Charleston February 7 Special: Senate proposes joint house and senate committee to investigate the Thomas mine explosion at the Davis Coal and Coke Company in Tucker County. The resolution outlines the inquiry into causes and safety lapses.
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Charleston
Senate
House
Thomas
Davis Coal & Coke Company
Tucker County
Schooner Wreck Off Cape Hatteras Believed Fatal
Norfolk Va Feb 7 The schooner that went ashore on Diamond Shoals off Cape Hatteras today broke up last night and the crew is believed lost About five men were aboard according to survivors and the vessel identity is unknown The rescue effort was hindered by heavy seas and nightfall
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Norfolk
Diamond Shoals
Cape Hatteras Topaday
Carriad
American Schools
A terse dispatch from Constantinople reports wearied by delays Turkish officials have written to Ambassador Letshman urging action on a Saltam matter. The note underscores ongoing tensions between Turkish authorities and American educational interests amid diplomatic friction.
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Asmoctatet
Constantinople
Sod
Letshman
Saltam
Icicle Removed From Bank for Savings Building
Street Superintendent Boward J. Doyle inspected a large icicle from the root area of the Home Bank for Savings Thursday afternoon. It was removed to prevent a fall during thaw. Care urged to check other parts of the city to avert accidents.
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Boward J. Doyle
Homa Bank For Savings
Half Frozen in a Stable and Found by Night
Fred Monroe was found half frozen in Haymond’s stable by a colored man and officers Simms and Hows. They carried him to the police headquarters, worked with him for hours, and restored him. He is a young man about twenty, poorly clad with no socks, believed to have crawled into the barn to sleep off a dope jag.
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Fred Monroe
Haymond
Fred
Simms
Pales
Pollos Headauar
Bini
Tallus
Crowds Attend Poultry Show at Clarkshurn exhibit
Men women and children number in the hundreds attend the Clarkshurs Poultry and Pet Stock Association exhibition in the Central Storage building Glag $k. Officials report record attendance and superior quality exhibits. Judge Orrie continues judging past Friday morning as more entries await awards tonight and tomorrow. An association meeting is planned at the Swager Hotel followed by a banquet.
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Clarkshurs Poultry and Pet Stock Association
Orrie
Lawyer Tidler in Henderson Fraud Case
In the care of Dr EB A Teste against W L Henderson before Justice G Hi Gordon's court Mendersom is charged with taking money from Tagte thiomsh fraud J C Titer is Get foobse for Henderson lst for Tate newspaper report may have led some to believe Tile offered to counsel for Henderson. Mr Tiler at the request of Tr Teéts and Squire Gorton wrote the complaint against Toote made against Henderson. The Telegram states there has been improper conduct by Mr Tider whom they call upright and honest.
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EB. A. Teste
W. L. Henderson
G. Hi
Gordon's Court
Mendersom
Henderson
Lst
Tate
Tile
Henderson Ander
Henderson Ander Hcipated To the Alleged Fraud. ” Mr. Tiler
Tr. Teéts
Squire Gorton
Toote
Tider
Rush orders sent to Te Torktewh center
Rush orders were issued to Te Torktewh as the New York market received directives to process to Patti Sallpan. The fragment hints at urgent dispatches and heightened activity in production lines, with tepid legibility but clear intent of accelerated handling.
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TE Torktewh
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Harry x. Thaw
Wirt Lewis Proud
O'Donnell Gore
Forn Little
McKees Rocks
Glarksburg
Odd Belaase da Ow
Thomas Mine
Monroe
Palley Meadquarters
Judge Orr
Worl
Tidler
Ite
Dr. Trete
Mam
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