Engagement Announced In Parkersburg Fairmont Union
The engagement of Miss Elenor Haymond Blackford to James Edwin Watson Jr is announced. The couple, parents Mr and Mrs Benjamin R Blackford of Parkersburg and Mr Watson of Fairmont, will wed. Mrs Blackford and Miss Blackford plan to return to parents in ten days. A temperance union meeting and church services marked the week with readings, music, and a new junior Endeavor society organized at the First Presbyterian church.
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Elenor Haymond Blackford
Benjamin R. Black ‘Ford
Parkersburg
James Edwin Watson, Jr
Fairmont
Clarksburg
Edeavors
First Presbyterian Church
Whch
Christian Endeavor Societies
Mies Nell Layman
W. J. Morgan
Thig Sty
Lillian Spang
Butler
Blanche Price
New Society
Lewis Sutton, Jr
Hettie Young
Navy officials report Atlantic fleet manpower shortfall
Washington February 8 Rear Admiral Boue chief of the bureau of navigation told the House naval committee that the Atlantic fleet went South for winter drills with an excess of nearly 200 enlisted personnel. Representative Britten quoted a radiogram from Admiral Fletcher stating that the fifteen battleships were short nearly 1 000 men.
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Washington, D. C
Boue
Bureau of Navigation
House Naval Committee
Britten
Fletcher
Germany limits reprisals to enemy subjects in Lusitania talks
Washington report says Germany agrees reprisals must target only enemy subjects and replaces Mogil term in Lusitania accord draft. Berlin hopes to avoid cooperation with the United States on action for freedom of the sons before the war ends, signaling readiness to settle the issue prior to victory.
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Washington
Germany
Lusitania
United States
Berlin
Prohibition Amendment Discussed by Senate Judiciary Panel
National prohibition constitutional amendment was debated in an executive session of the Senate judiciary committee on Monday. Senator Dillingham proposed restricting whiskey shipments to stay within state lines, affecting manufacture and distribution.
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Waslington
Sheppard
Senate Judiciary Committee
Dillingham
Siegrist Welcomes Ninth Pound Baby Boy at Home
John J. Siegrist, longtime Clarksburg Electric Co. employee, did not report to work. A stork visit Sunday afternoon produced a nine pound boy at his South Cheatnut street home. Mother and baby are doing nicely.
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John J. Siegrist
Clarksburg Electric Company
Stork
Mr. Siegrist
South Cheatnut Street
Mother
Babe
Nicalyy
East Prussia War Damage Figures From German Statistics
Detailed figures show East Prussia’s wartime destruction and losses from invasion. Estimates include destroyed estates, buildings, livestock, and people, with a total damage near 75 million dollars and ongoing rehabilitation amid wartime.
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Borlan
Prussia
Lkvlans
Wiig
Thia
East Prumin
Germany
East Prussia
Engineers urge reserve corps as defense plan
Washington reports 26 000 trained engineers ready to join an army officer reserve corps for national defense though some doubt they could be mobilized quickly. In Uniontown Pennsylvania a mine boiler room fire destroyed by 10 000 dollars.
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Washington
Thor
Parsons
Givil Engineers
Pune
Uniontown
Ira
Mary Phate
Indictments in Pittsburg Bank Probe Return Pending
A federal grand jury, convened Monday, considers indictments over the First National Bank of Valerstown case. Judge Orr orders District Attorney Homes to prepare further in accord with the jury presentment. J. V. Thompson, former pecan owner, is among those implicated.
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Pittsburg
Fob
Federal Grand Jury
First National Bank of
Valerstown
Orr Ordanod
J. V. Thompada
Thogg and the Cure Ad Parody in Old Medicinal Ad Text
A garbled OCR style description mocks era medicine advertising. The placeholder product named Thogg promises gentle effects and natural relief for constipation. The spoof highlights fake claims and odd phrasing typical of outdated ads.
Villa On Defensive In San Paso Amid War Strain
In northern France supply failures hinder relief efforts as Belgium requisitions ships under King Albert and a Belgian government law, forcing vessels to serve relief at sea. Villa, with about twenty five men, takes a defensive stance amid the evolving war situation.
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France
VILLA
Paso
Gondral Franscisco
A Sure Way To End Dandruff
A brief health column suggests a home remedy for dandruff using liquid ar g or. It claims nightly scalp application with four ounces of the solution will remove most dandruff by morning. The fragmentary text implies easy prep and immediate results.
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Daxidiruff
Acre
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