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Newspaper

The Daily Telegram

Location

Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1916

Page

6

Bristol News Notes highlights and events in May

The May 26 Bristol item lists a Cherry Camp Run Methodist Protestant church ice cream festival on Saturday to raise funds for church purposes. It notes local happenings from Deputy Assessor Claude Pepper assessing property to road work by John R. Dennison and rigging for a well on the Spindle farm. A lost six year old boy, John Willard, was found in an oat bin, ending a tense search. Children's Day exercises are planned for the second Sunday in June at area churches.

Bristol Cherry Camp Run John Willard John R. Dennison Tural

Measles Epidemic Reported Across Churches

An outbreak of measles reemerges in multiple churches nationwide amid suspicion and renewed concern. Reports list several local visits and appearances by residents including William C James and son Lloyd Goodwin, Julius Matthey, and Nathan Gooding among others as communities monitor cases and show cautious activity.

William C James Lloyd Goodwin Clarkebure Jackson Fletcher Tenmile Creek Hiram D. Lynch Hill Garden Farm South Penn Oll Company Nem Julius C. Matthey Doddridge County Nathan H. Goodwing Salem Florida Bailey Misson Norma Pauline Columbus Richards Pearl Dennison

Grave of Gold Held Leader to Be Marked

Boige Idaho May 26 High on a mountain summit lies the grave of George Grimes the pioneer of the greatest placer grounds in the region. A movement to erect a monument over the grave was begun by Frank R Coffin and others who helped in the early days of the Holse basin discovery. The story recounts Grimes death by ambush and the later rich finds that followed.

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Hawksbill turtle and cane sugar production noted in brief

A fragment notes hawksbill turtles yielding high grade shell along Western Australia’s coast and records Hawaii sugar production for the year ending September 8 1915 at 646000 short tons versus 612000 the prior year.

Western Australia Hawaii

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