Monongahela Valley Traction to Extend System
The Mo nongahela Valley Traction Company plans three extensions from Bridgeport to Philippi, Wolf Summit to Salem, and Lumberport to Wallace. Surveys will choose the best route with surveys by Smith Hood and E B Moore, aiming to build in 1917 and involve local business groups in forthcoming meetings.
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Monongahela Valley Traction Company
Bridgeport
Philippi
Wolf Summit
Salem
Lumberport
Wallace
Smith Hood
E. B. Moore
Barbour County
Glarksburg
Marion
Harrison County
Baltimore and Ohio
Grafton
Clarksburg
Primm Engine Plant Expands to Marion Ohio
The Power Manufacturing Company builds a large Primm engine plant near Marion Ohio to be ready January 1. The facility measures eighty feet by five hundred feet and will be the largest in the United States devoted to Primm type engines. Matthew Primm, a local native and son of John D. Primm, designed the engine.
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Marion
The
Power Manufacturing Company
United States
van Buren
Ind
Lima
Matthew Primm
John D. Primm
Primm
Bayne Funeral Held for Wilson Bayne at Two
Funeral services for Wilson Bayne aged 67 who died Friday night after septicaemia will be held at 2 PM Sunday instead of 2 30 PM. Interment will follow in Greenlawn cemetery.
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Wilson Bayne
Greenlawn
Townsend Released After Copper Wire Theft Suspicion
C. W. Townsend was arrested Saturday morning on suspicion of thefts of copper wire from coal companies in the area and released Saturday afternoon after no evidence supported the charge. Forty prisoners remain in the county jail custody, including twenty two road workers.
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C. W. Townsend
County Agent Schedules Agricultural Rallies Across Harrison County
County Agent W. D. Zinn has arranged a two week series of agricultural rallies for Harrison county farmers and their wives. Nat T. Frame of Morgantown and Miss Harriet Hogg assist, with Hogg leading a ladies session when possible. The itinerary includes Bridgeport December 5, Lost Creek December 6, Romines Mills December 7, Bristol December 8 8, Shinnston December 13 and Lumberport December 14.
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Harrison County
W. D. Zinn
Nat T. Frame
Morgantown
Harriet Hogg
Mr. Zinn
Miss Hogg
Bridgeport
Lost Creek
Romines Mills
Bristol
Shinnston
Lumberport
Mrs Margaret Robinson Dies at 49 in Interstate
Mrs Margaret Robinson wife of Presley E Robinson superintendent of Imines Nos 64 and 44 of the Elk Horn Coal Corporation died at 6 10 o'clock Saturday night at her Interstate home after a lingering illness Brights disease Funeral arrangements not yet made Survivors include her husband Presley E Robinson and brothers T B and J J Johnston Keyser W Va A M Johnston Wheeling and R A Johnston Fairfield and a sister Miss Dora Johnston Interstate
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Margaret Robinson
Presley E. Robinson
Interstate
Imines
Elk Horn Coal Corporation
Bright
T. B
J. J. Johnston
Keyser
W. A. Johnston
Cumberland
R.A. Johnston
Fairmont
A. M. Johnston
Wheeling
Brothers
Dora Johnston
Absent Brothers Remembered at Clarksburg Elks Memorial
Clarksburg Lodge No. 482 Elks to hold eighteenth annual memorial service at Robinson Grand Theater this afternoon at 2:30. Members, officers, speaker Louis A. Johnson and minister W B King attend. Kember's Orchestra and Aeolian Male Quartets perform. Venue open to public relatives of deceased Elks. seating reserved for members.
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Clarksburg
Inson
Lodge
The
Elks’ Home
Charles F. Kester
J. Arthur Ueinze
Louis A. Johnson
W. B. King
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Kember
Orichestra
Albert B. White
Parkersburg
Johnson
Ile
A. F. Horr
E.R
Wm. B. King
D. D. Raegs
Charles L. Moore
F. Clyde Beckett
J. M. Shinn
Clarksburg Lodge
Acolan Mate Quartet
Clarksburg Remembers and Reports Local Happenings
Memorial services at Traders Grand opera house with Rev S K Arbuthnot as orator. Exalted ruler Samuel R Bentley. Interurban line first car set for December 20. Edward Wilson brought to stand trial for horse theft. Seventh anniversary sermon at First Baptist by Rev R B McDanel. Funeral of Jesse D Law at Bristol. Phillip Willett delivers Elks memorial. Manhattan Buffet at 231 West Pike Street. Homer W Williams circuit clerk. Dallas D Leonard becomes local manager of Fairmont and Clarksburg Traction Co. A kermiss rehearsed for public library benefit. Lutheran reception for Rev and Mrs Yeakley. Telegram on Sam Bettes money dispute. Howard Blake starts new dance class. Editor J G Shaw moves to West Main Street building. Elliott Northcott considered for federal judgeship. J Worthy Schrader plans more bloodhounds. Harry Hendershot commits suicide at Waldo hotel.
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Clarksburg
Elis
Traders Grand Opera House
Public protest planned against Monongahela Valley Traction over convict transport
Complainants announce a boycott to be filed with the state public service commission within 48 hours against the Monongahela Valley Traction Company and Sheriff Ross F. Stout. They object to using Bridgeport line streetcars to move county convicts, citing offensive sanitary conditions and moral concerns. They demand separate cars for convicts or a boycott will proceed, criticizing the sheriff's four year effort at “uplift” and public mixing with travelers.
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Public Service Commission
Monongahela Valley Traction Company
Ross F. Stout
Bridgeport
Traction Company
New West Virginia Corporations Formed
Certificates of incorporation issued for two firms The Conservation Oil and Gas Company of Parkersburg and The Richmond Hunting Company of Huntington. Conservation Oil and Gas will operate in Gilmer County with $25,000 capital. Richmond Hunting realty firm with $10,000 capital. Incorporators include residents of Parkersburg and Huntington.
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Pamas
Charleston
West Virginia
Conservation Oil and Gas Company
Parkersburg
Gilmer’ County
Laura ‘Despard
Emily Bukey
C. A. Bukey
Sstelle
M.o’bleans
Pittsburg
Richmond ‘Hunting Company
Huntington
R. J. Sneed
W. B.parchette,jr
John<s. Marcum
CL. Roe
W.W. D. Ganford
Murder shocks Wheeling high school football hero
Wheeling high school football captain Lee Ritz, 22, was shot and killed by bosom friend Jack Nolte at 8:30 pm. Nolte then shot Ritz again, wounding himself, as police investigate jealousy over a girl. Ritz was an all state halfback and team leader.
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Wheelin
Wheeling
Lee Ritz
Jack Nolte
Ritz
Nolte
Ho Tx
North Wheeling
Flour Drops COLUMBA 3 and Market Decline
A sixty five cent drop per barrel marks the first decline in months for flour with wholesale prices at 9400 dollars a barrel on credit and 9.16 cash. Analysts blame wheat embargo talk for the dip, expecting a temporary shift. Parkersburg reports Langdon White 23 nephew of former Governor A B White dies in City hospital after pneumonia illness.
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Columba
Parkersburg
Langdon White
A. B. White
White
Oklahoma
Continental Supply Company
Notable Visitors and Arrivals Sweep Through City
Mr and Mrs William S Alexander plan a Sunday arrival from the South to visit Dorsey R Potter and Dr John S Stone. Dr Stone and Mrs Stone will attend the Ohio state Dental Society meeting in Dayton. Others in town include John B Yates Pennsboro James S Lakin Charleston visiting Weston and hospital officials J F Johnson Alderson E A Murphy Parkersburg D W Thompson Jane Lew Kirk C King Elkins W L Morrison Philippi and A T Ward Peel Tree.
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Dorsey R. Potter
John S. Stone
State Boarod of Control
Charleston
Weston
Weston State Hospital
J. F. Johnson
Alderson
Waldo
E. A. Murphy
Parkersburg
D. W. Thompson
Jane Lew
Kirk C. King
Elkins
W. L. Morrison
Philippi
Gore
A. T. Ward
Peel Tree
Faust Choral Club at Masonic Auditorium Dec 7
Try it Once Buttonhole your friends and youll be surprised to find how many wear our famous clothes and furnishings. Every day brings new converts and they stick. FAUST Marcato Choral Club performs at Masonic Auditorium Thursday December 7 8 15 p m.
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Marcato Choral Club
Masonic Auditorium
Drunk and Disorderly man detained in courthouse basement
A man identifying as John Smith was arrested Saturday night in the courthouse basement by janitor Aaron Wilson and jailed. He will face Magistrate Jackson V. Carter’s court for trial the first of the week.
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Court House
John Smith
Aaron Wilson
Jackson V
Horse Jumps Into Auto. Driver Killed by Hoofs
Sioux City dispatch reports auto salesman Clarence Peterson died when a horse startled by a train jumped into his car. The horse’s flying hooves crushed his skull, killing him instantly.
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Sioux City
Clarence Peterson
Jan Mal
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Daily Telegram
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Edward Wilson
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First Baptist Church
R. B. McDanel
W. E. Henry
Weston Baptist Church
Jesse D. Law
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Wheeling Lodge of Elks
Davis
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Manhattan
Homer W. Williams
Dallas D. Leonard
Farmont and Clarksburg Traction Company
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Florida
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Kellar
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Nusbaum’s
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Third Street
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