Largest deed of trust recorded in Lewistown area
County Clerk Wroxell recorded a deed of trust from Southern Oil Company to Trust Company of New York for 280000 covering properties in Pennsylvania Ohio and West Virginia. The 130 page document is the largest ever admitted to record in Lewis county. Numerous local residents and visitors are listed in brief society notices including Miss Emma McCormick Miss Dora Powell Miss Mildred Biddle and others with travels to Huntington Baltimore Akron and Philadelphia.
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Whston
Wroxell
Southern Oil Company
Micon ‘Trust Company of
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Lewds County
Wrecked Tin Lizzie Owner Finds Only Lights and Windshield
A report from Tollesten notes Tin Lizzie owner Harry Barker went to tow the wrecked car but found only headlamps and windshield. Local residents include retired county clerk Lightburn from Lakeland Florida and others traveling to Niagara Falls. Obituary mentions Squire Peter Gillooly dying at home near Hamiston Pones and Ralph Alfred funeral held at Polk Creek church with Rev. Beddow and Rev. Clark assisting.
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Gary Ind
Harry Barker
Tolles
Peter Gillooly
Lewin County
Ihis
Hamiston Pones
Ralph Alfred
Jane Lew
Methodist Episcopal Church
Polk Creek
John Beddow
Clark
Freemansburg
Modern
Woodmen of America
Perry G. Alfred
Skeleton of prehistoric man found near Malibu coast
SKELETON LOS ANGELES CAL Aug 14 The nearly complete skeleton of a prehistoric man dating back about 500000 years was washed up by a heavy tide just above Santa Monica on the Malibu coast. The head is missing and the bones appear never to have been exposed to air, suggesting centuries buried in ocean sands. The bones indicate the man was of immense strength.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Santa Monica
Malibu
Balloon ride ends in crash at Riverside Park
Charles Rose of Iowa City was carried 700 feet aloft with his father hanging below when their balloon ropes tangled. The craft descended into a cornfield and Rose, though bruised, was unhurt aside from a few scrapes.
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Iowa City
Charles Rose
Hiverside Park
Rose
Removal Notice of Attorney Carr to New Offices
I announce the move of my law offices from the Lowndes building to 812 14 Union National Bank Building. Eouis A Carr attorney Bell Phone 666.
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Lowndes
Union National Bank
Eouis
Fairmont Report Flows With Local Trials And Community Plans
In Fairmont Aug 14 a man paid 13.50 for carrying matches in a coal mine and a suspect jailed on drug related charges awaits grand jury action. A Clarksburg Italian faced charges of paying a Fairmont attorney under false pretenses for a brass knuckles case. Community wheels turn with gas field talks and a newly formed independent salt company plan. Summer playgrounds close Aug 31 with a parish hall dinner Aug 18 to cover bills. Veterans dinner Aug 21 at Loop Park. Nuzum family reunion Sept 1 at Loop Park. Eliot Morris reported dead in Santa Monica, his body to return for burial. McBee Steele reunion Aug 21 at Pisgah. Congressman Neely to speak. Barnes family reunion at Trackton Park. Freeland funeral near Barracksville. City hall announces a tax increase to cover outstanding orders. film instructors to run teachers institutes statewide. Girl canning club premiums reward county fair exhibitors. Arnett family reunion tomorrow in Oak Grove. Guarded fines for a county contractor, and a militia contingent from Fairmont enjoys Parkersburg outing.
Runaway Box Car Barely Hurts Crew in Richwood
A rear box car broke loose on the Cherry River Boom and Lumber Co line near Cranberry Hill, racing downhill. Brakeman Frank McCale and contractor Millard Hinkle jumped clear and were badly injured. a foreign worker stayed aboard unhurt. The car collided with standing cars at the bottom and was halted.
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Richwood
Cherry River
J and Lumber Company
Cranberry
Frank McCale
Millard Hinkle
McCale
Hinkle
Ritchie Fair Association May Be Sued
Ellenboro Aug 14 The twenty ninth annual fair of the Ritchie County Agricultural and Fair Association closed one of its most successful events. Weather was good and crowds attended. about ninety horses entered. An aviator failed to fly daily due to unsuitable grounds. The aviation company may sue the association. Various local notices follow including church dedications, school hires, and business moves.
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Ellenboro
Ritchie County Agricultural and Pair Association
Ida May
J.W- Bee
Carolina
Helen’s Missioner
Ofice
M. Eisner and Brothers
Ritchie County
Nicola Brothers
Pittsburg
Pats Name in Overalls And Catches a Husband
Clinton Ind Aug 14 A romance traced to an overall pocket led to the Clinton marriage of R Lee Fitts a Bloomington Ill channel cutter and Miss Mabel Richards daughter of Mr and Mrs Edwin Richards of Clinton Miss Richards is one of 120 Clinton girls employed in the Clinton overall factory She slipped her name and address into the pocket of a department overalls last winter The candy man then at Aurora Ala retrieved the slip and letters and visits followed Greenville Tenn Aug 14 William Thompson Cold
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Clinton
Ind
R. Lee Fitts
Bloomington
Ill
Mabel Richards
Edwin Richards
Father fatally bitten by rattlesnake in Springs mountain pick
A father and son collecting huckleberries in Springs Mountain were surprised by a rattlesnake. The son heard a cry for help and found the father with a venomous bite on the throat area from the snake’s fangs embedded. He sought aid but the injury proved fatal.
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Springs Mountain
Dog Wins Second War Cross for Service in France
A shepherd dog from southern France earned its second war cross, the prestigious French decoration for acts mentioned in dispatches. The dog served seventy five times and twice saved an alert outpost from capture, signaling the approach of a large German force.
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Paris
France
War Office
Inlentroy
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Woodley
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Lee Trimble
Pairmont
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Hope Gas Company
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Francis Mitchel-Sites
Charles Hager
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Harry Clinton
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Hay
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Wad
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F. Emmet
Miss Perla
Joe Dawson
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Cumberland
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FE Ariegton Jarcett
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United
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W. A. Hersch
W. Pike Street
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Greenville, Tenn
William Thompson
Susanna
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Clarks
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