Elk Park Moto Week Opens With Dance and Races
With good weather and big crowds, Elk Park hosts a week of entertainment. The Cadenza orchestra performs receptions and dances nightly. An old-fashioned square dance series begins under John Flanigan. A children's carnival runs Tuesday in the dance hall. Free toys are displayed in Lour and White's window. Racing opens Friday with seven horsepower machines, then a free-for-all and a pro event, all at 8 PM sharp. Machines must have tires at least two and one half inches.
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Elk Park
Netion
John Flanigan
White
Drunken railroad station shooting wounds two men
Clarence Reed of Hope Natural Gas Company at Loat Creek and Join Myers were shot in a drunken Saturday night quarrel at the railroad station. Reed was wounded in the leg and Myers in the arm. Both men returned home and are not seriously hurt. John Beverly from Duck Creek is accused of firing and has fled. He has not been located.
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Clarence Reed
Hope Natural Gas Company
Loat Creek
Myers
John Beverly
Supreme Court Reverses Void Poverty Vows Ruling
The Supreme Court in Washington on June 22 reversed a circuit court decision that held vows of poverty in Catholic orders void as against public policy. The ruling restores validity of poverty vows under church practice.
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Wy Aunocieren
Washington, D. C
United States Cirout Court of Appeals
Oldest Adams County resident Celia James dies at 25
Mrs Celia James age 25 one of Adams county s oldest residents died at 2 20 am at her son Dr A A James home in Adamston after a lingering illness She left a son six grandsons and a granddaughter The funeral will be at 2 pm Tuesday at Dr James home conducted by Rev A S Wolfe with burial in West Milford cemetery in West Milford Virginia now West Virginia She was born 1819 in West Milford and was a devout Methodist active in church work.
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Celia James
A. A. James
Adamston
A. A James
Joseph
Robert
Howard
Charles Austin
Albert James
Har- Hinon County
Martha McKee
Salem
James
Thomas Highland
Weat Milford
Harrison County
West Virginia
Methodist Church
Wolfe
West Milford
Massive mine disaster at Hillcrest fatal blast claims hundreds
Government mine experts searched Hillcrest No 20 Collieries for 104 bodies buried under rock more than 1000 feet from the mouth. About 91 victims have been recovered, many burned beyond recognition. With 100 coffins arriving, burials proceed as bodies are brought up.
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Amy
Gas well report from West Fork and surrounding districts
In Union district W Brent Maxwell drilled No 18 through the fifth sand on his farm and reports a very good Kaiser. In Wallace district Washington Gas tests on A L Pigott farm yield 160 barrels. South Penn Oil Nos on Jesse A Sprout fran and F Ogden farms hold at 165 and 310 barrels. Grove and Parrish No 1 on R V Moore firm producing 125 barrels daily. In Big Elk creek Sardis district South Penn Oil drilled No on B J Robinson farm through the fourth sand and shows 8 Meht show of oll.
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West Fork River
Union
This
W. Brent Maxwell
Kaiser
Wallace
Washington Gas Company
A. L. Pigott
South Penn Oil Company
Jesse A. Sprout
F. Ogden
Grove and Parrish
R. V. Moore
Big Elk Creek
Sardis
B. J. Robinson
Kanawha Democrats Defeat Reform Resolution at Charleston Convention
In Charleston on June 22 the Kanawha County Democrats defeated a reform package calling for higher political standards and laws on fair primaries corrupt practices and recall. The convention instructed for A. B. Littlepage for Congress while Kanawha Republicans affirmed Congressman B. Avis as their candidate.
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Charleston
Chicago
Kanawha County
A. B. Littlepage
8. B. Avis
Melancholy Women and Lydia E. Pinkham’s Remedy
An advertisement asserts melancholy or blues as a symptom of organic defangement and promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a standard remedy, citing testimonials from women restored to health and praising its long-standing use over forty years.
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Lydia
E. Pinkham
Heavy Rains Disrupt Kansas Rail Lines Near Atchison
Heavy rain washed out railroad tracks across a wide area in Kansas and Missouri. Major routes including the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe line were detoured as a Webster Missouri bridge failure halted service. In the Topeka St Joseph branch, about 2500 feet of track was destroyed and Valley Falls suffered 400 feet of washout.
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Juagmectinnu Eta Kansas Cit
Astern
St. Joseph
Chicago
Burlington and
Quincey
Webster
Atchon
Topeka
Atehiaon
Santa Fe
Misouisi Pacific
Atchison
Kansas City
Topeka St. Joseph
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Valley Falls
Funeral of E. L. Swiger Held in Fairmont
The funeral for E L Swiger was held at his daughter-in-law’s residence at 2 PM Monday with Rev. W J Newton officiating. Burial followed in Fairmont. Swiger, a longtime Shinnston resident involved in oil, died Saturday in Fairmont at age 72. He left six grandchildren including William Cornell of Monongah and Seymour Anderson of Shinnston. His son C C Swiger, a former Fairmont shoe merchant, died about two years ago. One brother, Hamilton G Swiger, lives in Nebraska. He resided with his son’s family for about twenty years after his wife’s death.
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E. £. Swiger
Fairmont
W. J. Newton
Mr. Swiger
Shinnston
Kentucky tobacco pooling statute struck down by court
Washington June 22 The Kentucky statute allowing farmers to pool tobacco was ruled unconstitutional by the supreme court. The ruling upheld the conviction of Patrick Colling of Mason County Ky for selling tobacco to an outsider after agreeing to pool with the Burley Tobacco Society. Colling was fined 150 dollars and the Malone case was not altered by the decision.
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Washington, D. C
Kentucky
Supreme Court
Patrick Colling
Mason County
Burley Tobacco Society
Collins
Thomas Malone
Funeral services held for Mrs Valters Bacchus 22
Funeral services for Mrs Valters Bacchus aged 22 were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the home on Stealey Avenue Stealey Addition. Rev A W Morrison conducted the service and burial was in GreenIawn cemetery. She had been in failing health for months and is survived by her husband and her parents Mr and Mrs Lynn Dean.
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Valters Bacchus
Stealey Avenue
Stealey
A. W. Walters
A. W. Morrison
Green
Lynn Dean
Mayor Gole Urges Clarksburg July Fourth Observance
Mayor Will H. Cots urged Clarksburg and Harrison county residents to boost local business and join a July 4 celebration in the city. He framed independence day as the start of a broader get-together movement to develop the region’s resources.
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Will H. Cots
Clarksburg
Harrison County
James Butwell Jailed on Indecent Conduct Charge
James L. Butwell is in the county jail awaiting a hearing before Justice Jackson V. Garter on a warrant presented by Mrs. Mary E. Heck charging him with incorrigible and vicious conduct. A hearing is expected in a few days.
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James Lb. Butwell
Jackson V. Garter
Mary E. Heck
Young Butwell
Helwil
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Chautauqua Program Promises Elevating North Central Event
The Clarkaburg chautauqua lineup includes Governor West from Oregon Anna Webb Curtis Bland's orchestra and the Royal Welch ladies choir promising intellectual and moral enrichment. Tickets available at Parsons Souders store and the Brotherhood office Latstetter Building.
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Clarkaburg
Governor West
Oreon
Anna Webb-Curtis
Exis
Bland
Royal Welch Ladies
Clarksburg
Parsons-Souders
Brotherhood
Latstetter
Surprise Birthday Party For D C Straight On Meigs Avenue
A surprise party was held at D C Straight’s home on Meigs avenue Saturday night by the Hope Natural Gas Company’s employer. Guests included Blazler Alden Moore Davis Stout Moore Graham Towles Clark Bergman Wilson Barrett Alden Scott Clark and others. Music by an excellent pianist and light refreshments followed.
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D. C Straight
Meigs Avenue
Hope Natural Gas Company
Mr. Blazler
John Alden
Danny Moore
Percy “Davis
Earl Stout
Frank Moore
W. W. Graham
Towles
John Calrk
William Bergman
Wilson
Mr. Barrett
Jack Alden
Tom Scott
C Clark
Straight
Mr. Straight
Republicans and Progressives back Avis in Nicholas county
Washington report says Nicholas county Republicans and Progressives have agreed to support Rep. S. B. Avis for re election. Resolutions from the Progressive party endorse his candidacy and approve his House of Representatives record. Also notes a separate test finding sugar prevents cement settling at low percentages.
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Washington
Nicholas County
Avis
Prograssiva Party
S. B. Avis
House of Representatives
United States
Place Looks Chestful and Inviting Invitation
A casual ad invites readers to drop by without worrying about paint or brushes. Visitors are asked to state their plan and the team will provide all needed materials and easy instructions to complete the task. The tone emphasizes ready access to supplies and guidance.
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Bacchus
Stealey Heights
Gole
James Butwell
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
J. D. McReynolds
Mulberry
Sycatamm
Harnett
Lena Rultencutter
Lepley
Parkersburg
Hernan Pig
State Christian Endeavor
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W. T. B. Clemm
R. T. Lowndes
Oxford
Union Salt Company
Atlas Portland Cement
Nettleton Oxfords
Colonial Pumps
Express
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Highland Bros. & Gore
Empire National Bank Main and Fourth
W. VA
Merchants National Bank
Lincoln
Criminal ‘Court
Tohn Perrich
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