Leper Scare After Foreign Passenger Brought to Clarksburg
A rumor spread that a leper rode a private coach into Clarksburg from Grafton on a Baltimore and Ohio train. Police and health officials searched rail yards and the Mount Clair shops for the passenger, while issuing a citywide alert to report any suspected cases and prevent spread of contagion.
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Baltimore & ‘Ohio Railroad
Clarksburg
St Swan
Richard Scott
Scott
H. V. Warner
Baltimore & One
East Inden
Grafton
Mount Clair
Baltimore
Champion pool player exhibition at Tradera hotel room
Joe Hoda, famed United States champion of fancy and trick pool, will give an exhibition this evening at the Tradera hotel pool room starting at o'clock. The master of over 100 pool shots will perform feats such as 14 balls in one shot and 15-ball combinations among others.
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Joe Hoda
United States
Tradera Hotel
Jong
Chicago Grain Market Report January 10
Wheat 76 1 4 cents per bushel. Corn 43 5 8. Oats 38 3 8. Market figures from Chicago grain column reported by Associated Press.
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Chicago Grain Market
Associated Press
Cnicagon Tik
Feudists Threaten Judge in Hargis Trial Siege
Feudists armed heavily threaten Judge Carnes in Jackson where James Hargis is on trial for the assassination of Dr. B. Cox. Governor Beckham sends Adjutant General Lawrence and State Inspector Hines to Jackson to assess the danger and consider militia deployment.
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Lexington
Carnes
James Hargis
Dr. B. Cox
Jackson
Frankfort
Beckham
Lawrence
Hines
The
Commonwealth
Court of Appeals
Jouett
Frankkfort
Bartlett Dies in the West at Boulder Colorado
Word reaches here of the death of A. B. Bartlett in Boulder Colorado where he lived the past thirty years and worked in gold mining. He died suddenly after dinner from heart disease on December 29. He was son of the late Montraville Bartlett and brother of C. M. Bartlett of Shinnston and Charles S. Horner of Lumberport and Mrs. Nannie C. Harrison of Salem. His wife and three children survive.
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A. B. Bartlett
Boulder
Colo
Mr. Bartlett
Montraville Bartlett
Lumberport
Harrison County
C. M. Bartlett
Shinnston
Charles S. Horner
Nannie C. Harrison
Salem
Earthquake Shocks Felt Across Baltimore Area
Associated Press reports several earthquake shocks were felt in Baltimore county and nearby towns this morning. Buildings trembled and residents awoke as minor quakes rattled the region, with parallel reports from Williamsport and Norway noting similar shocks in the early hours.
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Associated Press
Williamsport
Christiana
Norway
Dun
Vexaterinsurg
Revia
Baltimone
Baltimore County
Explosion at Standard Powder Plant Wrecks Buildings
An explosion today destroyed the Standard Powder Company plant near Hollidaysburg Pennsylvania caused by a fire in a building. Flames threaten a storehouse with 60 000 kegs of powder and two carloads of dynamite. Residents flee to hills as shock damages homes nearby. Fire officials report no fatalities.
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Asmodavid Press
Hollidaysburg
Standard Powder Company
Phisburg
Fairmont Building and Investment Company Plans Sixty New Homes
The annual stockholders meeting in Fairmont outlined a ten percent dividend and instructions to officials to build sixty new houses in Fairmont and vicinity. Board elected Charles Riggs president and W S Black vice president. M Ashcraft secretary and treasurer. The cooperative company supports Fairmont and Clarksburg with members from drivers to executives, no salaries, $20 assessment cap, $53,000 paid in by year end, aiming $100,000. The group has built 20 homes in Clarksburg, nine in and around Fairmont, with 44 of 52 hundred shares represented.
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Atty
Fairmont
Fairmont Building and Investment Company
Messrs
Frank Hass
W. S. Black
Charles S. Riges
G. G. Michael
Charles F. Ie
Clarksburg
Lumberport
Clarkshoro
Governor Dawson Message and West Virginia Senate Organization
Davis era: Governor Dawson submits a lengthy annual message to the legislature outlining prosperity and proposed reforms including tax revisions abolishing state taxes on Urey creation of railroad and corporation commissions to regulate rates and other state matters. The House and Senate organize with Thorn presiding in the Senate and McDermott elected president of the Senate.
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Charleston
W. M. O. Dawson
Orelock
French Hays
Gilmer
Seaman
Staunton
John A. Preston
Greenbrier
Wetzel
Cooper
Wood
Clerk
Topping
Kanawha
John Capello
Summers
H. N. Worden
Tucker
H. W. Starcher
Calhoun
Ocrst
Willian Edmunds
B. F P. Monler
Jefferson
Senate
John T. Harrie
R. F P. Kidd
Gilmer County
Thorn
McDermott
Secretary of State
Harris
Senator Thorn
Harrison
Joseph McDermott
Fac
Jon
West Virginia
T 4
Capemore
Gem Hleman
Repubifesn
Joseph J. Motermott
Monongalia County
Adam BR. Luttepage
Kanawhs
Jake Fisher
Braxton County
Pisher
Senator McDermott
Senate of
Company Faces Strained Finances From Property Investments
The company shows it is in anexcel lent condition with a dividend of 28 percent last year. It would have been equally large this year if not for costly investments in property.
Explosion at Jones & Laughlin Foundry Kills Seven
Pittsburg January 10 A molten metal blast at Jones and Laughlin Co. left seven men dead and twelve badly burned or injured. Officials say about forty workers were nearby. twenty two accounted for, with many bodies still buried under stones and cinders. Rescue efforts continue as officials assess the final death toll.
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Associated Prem
Pittsburg
Bites Farisces
Jones & Laughlin Co
Morges
Burglary at West Union at Cox Brothers store
Burglars entered the general merchandise store of Cox Brothers at West Union on Wednesday night. They took $21 from the cash drawer. Schrader and bloodhounds tracked from O'Neil on the afternoon to pursue the burglars.
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Furglars
Plain Talk on The Three Grosses Sermon Draws Crowd
Dr Mead provides plain talk on The Three Grosses to a large audience at First Presbyterian Church Wednesday night. A testimony meeting followed services with a few testimonies. He plans further sermons tonight on It Any Min'sta and Sunday on The Tan Commandments Up To Date. Weekday meetings, including Friday and Tra0 o'pteck, continue with Dr Mead leading, inviting all to attend.
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Mead
First Presbyterian
Elcome
Army of Mi to Capture Throne Appointment Tomy 0
Lontok Bae dies patches from Teheran mare shednad Shab's third con. hee raked an army of 10,000 men to the hopes at exp. Meson 2.
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Lontok
Bae
Teheran
Shednad Shab
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Gough
Cele
Searce
Pis
Chef Beatt
Pesan
Glen Elk
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
B. & O. Peagle
Judge
Hargis
Kentucky
Charles W. Swisher
Bartlett
Boulder, Colo
Frankstown Valley
John Walls
August Cooper
Fairmont Coal Company
Tertory
Tnste
Dawson
Owe
Elkins
West Union
Cox Brothers
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