West Virginia to Celebrate Fiftieth Anniversary with Statewide Events
The state plans a centennial style celebration centered in Wheeling with parades arches and pageants. A commemorative service at noon marks fifty years since statehood with a reenactment and a nationwide audio broadcast tying telephones telegraphs and electric systems to project the ceremony across cities villages and towns.
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West Virginia
Little Mountain State
Wheeling
Virginia
Jima
Atte Ab
United States
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Thousand Voice State Song Will Unite West Virginia
Central station will host a mass musical event featuring 200 instrumentalists and a 1000 voice chorus performing the new state song. The reading and singing will occur across Wheeling and six other cities with governors and ex governors in attendance as honored guests.
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Central Station
Stlinkas
Wheeling
Ming
West Virginia
Charters for Baltimore and West Virginia ventures listed
Alexander and Company of Baltimore underwrites fire and burglary insurance with authorized capital of 10000 and several incorporators. The Cleveland and West V1 Coal Company of Cleveland aims coal oil gas operations in Logan and W V. Pigott Farms Oil Company of Clarksburg plans oil and gas drilling in Harrison county. Campbell Historical and Memorial Association of Bethany seeks real estate to preserve Alexander Campbell home and fund a home for aged persons.
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Charleston
W. Va
Alexander and Company
Baltimore
Charles’ B. Alexander
William F. Alegarderi H.C. Er
Roy, N. Jel
Phy i Steptoe
Urg
Wl Va
Cleveland and West V1 Coal Company
Cleveland
Chixmansville
Logan. Com
D.F. Bevington
C. F. Becker
L E, Bevington
A C. Becker
J. E Mathews
C. Pigott Farms
Oil Company
Clarksburg
Sardie
Harrison County
Osman. Swartz
B. Bryan Templeman
R. 0. Fallon
A. F. Dennison
B. Willison
Campbell Historical and Memorial Association
Bethany
W. VI
Brooke County
Alexander Campbell
Church of Christ
Bethany College
Swamp Root Rescues Couple From Kidney Trouble
A Pennsylvania couple credits Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root with saving them from severe illness. Mrs Briggs had eight weeks bedridden with grippe and rheumatism, later kidney problems improved after using Swamp Root. Her husband, once bedridden, recovered enough to work. The letter, sworn May 5 1912, requests readers to try the remedy and asks for a booklet on kidneys and bladder.
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Kilmer & Co
Tinghamton
Clarksburg
Dolly
AL Drug Stores
Private Corporations and Capital Details in Western States
Public notice lists multiple incorporations with varied capital stocks. Entities include Gray Eagle Oil and Gas Company in Kentucky, two other Kentucky incorporators, and the American Yukon Navigation Company based in Chicago planning operations in Alaska.
Local Moves and Milestones in Salem Area
Allen X Sigley buys Earl Carpenter’s East End Salem residence after selling Cherry Camp farm to Omer Tate. Mr and Mrs Worthington Marah and children guests of Mr and Mrs Mirai D Lynch. Howard Shahan and wife welcome a baby boy. grandfather Jehu Shahan delighted. Salem concert band plans March 29 college auditorium concert directed by George Bourmonik. George W Ritter and Luther Barnes visit on business. Hiram D Lynch and Willam Hickmas noted in local events.
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Bristol
Allen X. Sigley
Cherry Camp Run
Omer Tate
Earl Carpenter
Salem
Worthington Marah
Salem Fork Creek
Mirai D. Lynch
Howard Shahan
Shahan
Jehu Shahan
College
George Bourmonik
X Flow
George W. Ritter
Luther Barnes
Hiram D. Lynch
Willam Hickmas
Waso
Saini
Local Social and Farm Activity Snapshots
Monday visits include Mrs Lizzie Jackson and children with Mrs Quintile Lynch. Guy Goodwin a Grass Iin farmer seen in Clarkaburg on business. Howard F Wilkins of Parkersbirg reports sheep losses with three ewes and two lambs killed by a raid. Worthington Marsh drilling contractor from Marsh Brothers was in Starksburg on business.
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Lizzie Jackson
Quintile Lynch
Guy Goodwin
Clarkaburg
Howard F.B. Wilkins
Parkersbirg
Jones
Waldo Guest
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Albert C. Workman
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W. Paul Webber
Gray Eagle Oil and Gas Company
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MM. L. Con Iey
G. W. Leslie
Cannel City
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LaPorte
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American Yukon Navigation Company
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Chicago
Alaska
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