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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1911
Page
3
Washington May 2. Congressman Brown has been promised an appointment as elevator conductor of the Capitol building for J. Garland Hurst of Harper's Ferry. Details of the appointment will be made next day. A. Garcia went to Kentucky on a few days.
Under President Plettner and the Southern Commercial Congress, a series of conventions will be held in New Orleans in November to promote a national celebration. Louisiana backs land and water pageants and excursions to showcase national progress from past to present, aiming to draw Gulf-area business leaders and spending over $100 for travel.
The lake trade has begun and coal lakes are returning to normal activity. Within a week or two shipments will be as steady as ever, with Consolidation Coal Company now shipping 8,000 tons daily from Clarkport and Fairmont variants to markets.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad reports March 1911 gross earnings of 6 953 914 less 8 11a60 in 1910 with a net gain of 2 209 770 after expenses and a 485 404 decrease in gross figures for the nine months of the fiscal year compared with the same period in 1910.
Miss Mar Sullivan spent Saturday and Sunday with friends in Shinnington. Several locals visited Clarksburg for the circus. Miss Mildred Jones recovers from pneumonia. Howard Baldwin is seriously ill. James G. Stout and John Rice were in Fairmont and Clarksburg respectively.
A suit was begun in the circuit court at Parkersburg by George Baflen Company of Chicago against Clarkabare Brewing Company for trespass on the case. The complaint claims the plaintiff is owed 5226.72 dollars, plus about 2150 dollars in fees, and a promissory note for 1000.
Russell Coe traveled to Parkersburg last night after learning his daughter was born to Jim and Mrs Coe at Nik Haren's home on Monday. Coe was happy though he would have been happier if the child had been a boy as he had hoped.
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