Virginian iron washings largely halted by war department order
Congressman Littlepage reports from Washington that Virginia iron ore washings into the New and Kanawha rivers have ceased except for one firm. The muddy discharge has colored the rivers from source to mouth and even into the Ohio. An order set deadlines in 1912 for settling pools and ending the practice.
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Washington, D. C
Congressman Littlepage
War Department
Virginia Companies
New River
Kanawha River
Ohio River
Littlepage
Fairmont Board Reappoints Rosser as Superintendent
The Fairmont independent district Board of Education reappoints Joseph Rosser as superintendent for the coming year. P C McBee is reappointed principal. Ward school principals remain in place and new high school teachers include Eleanor Cowen Nellie Henderson Eva Fling and John Toothman who leads the manual training department. John Slew returned from Grifton after attending the West Virginia Undertakers and Fans Directors Convention.
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Fairmont
Board of Education
Fairmont Independent
Joseph Rosser
P. C. McBee
Second Ward
C. A. Watson
Fourth Ward
C. C. Myers
Fifth Ward
N. G. Matthew
Virginia Avenue
Barnstown
T. C
John Slew
Grifton
West Virginia Undertakers and Faners) Directors Association
The Mysterious Bandit of Eagle Pass and Tropico
The tale centers on William Blake known as a kindly Tropico resident who moonlights as the Mysterious Bandit of Eagle Pass. He rails against crime to fund his daughter Kitty, while Jim Sherwood the sheriff closes in. In a final act Blake dies by his own hand as Kitty learns the truth and Sherwood contends with the family legacy.
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Qurbuyer
United Shoe Tes Company
Clarksburg
Tropico
Winies Wittum Walde
Gak
Stian
Eagle Pats
Sierras
Blake
Jim Sherwood
Kitty
Blakel
Blate
Peter
Pete
Binke
Sherif
Fles
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Boyty
United
Main Street
Slater and Morris
United Shoe Stores Smith Building
W. Va
Virginia
Fairmont Schools
Brown's
Adams
Brown
Joe
LLY
Home Fur. Co
The
United Woolen Mills Co
America
Pike Street
Parkersburg
Market Street
Charleston
Capitol Street
United Woolen Mills
Cincinnati
Ohio
Martetta
Otto
Front Street
Huntington
Ninth Street
Wheeling
Morgantown
Ugh Street
Columbus
High Street
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