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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1909
Page
2
G A Sweáringen asserts that Weston Asylum receives scrutiny on bed counts and meat costs, claiming the institution houses wanderers from the state and poor farms. He disputes alleged misappropriation, highlights a higher meat expense versus penitentiary practices, and demands precise accounting for every dollar spent.
Robert J. Doman, a longtime farmer in Hardy County, died at 76. He served as a Confederate veteran under Stonewall Jackson and other units. Survived by sons Robert F. and Ashby Doman and daughters Mrs. Sadie Fertig and Mrs. Edgar Bean, with ties to Clarksburg and Hedgevale. He was a Methodist Episcopal church member.
Frank By Willison, expert on the uniform accounting system, has returned home from Charleston where he conducted a School of Instruction. Counties represented at the school included Mingo Wayne Lincoln Kanawha McDowell and others. He reviewed the new system thoroughly with officials present.
Clarksburg edged Parkersburg 21 to 41 in a tight game decided late as Clarksburg rallied from a tie to cap the comeback with a winning basket. Referees and officials listed with attendance 275, in a 20 minute halves schedule.
State Geologist T C White themes a geographic map displaying the distribution of coal, oil, gas and seam ages across West Virginia. Copies distributed include coal deposits and oil fields, with a linguistic list of coal mines by counties. Also sent with the address White gave at the May 13 1908 conservation conference at the White House.
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