New Sunday School Institutes Planned Across West Virginia
Arnold of Wheeling, secretary of the West Virginia Sunday School Association, travels Fayette County to finalize a schedule for Sunday school institutes this year. Five of six cities are Beckley, Hinton, Alderson, St Albans, and Ronceverte with Montgomery a possible sixth. In 1915 institutes ran in thirteen cities with about 20,000 attendees. The first state convention occurred in 1913.
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AT. Arnold
Wheeling
West Virginia Sunday School Association
Fayette County
Beckley
Raleigh
Hinton
Summer County
Alderson
Monroe
Greenbrier
St. Albans
Kanawha
Ronceverte
Montgomery
Public Service Commission Set Hearings for January Term
The Charleston commission will call all ready cases next Tuesday as January term opens. On Friday January 14 the Montgomery Light Water and Improvement Co will face a hearing over its proposed water rate increase amid local concerns about water purity.
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Charleston
Jan
Public Service Commission
Montgomery Light, Water and Improvement Company
Montgomery
Morgan
Unclear Persia Incident Details Despite Tension Easing
Washington reports no new details on the Persia incident as tension appears to ease. Officials have not confirmed whether the Persia was sunk by a torpedo or a mine.
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Washington
Persia
State Department
Clarksburg Citizens Back National Preparedness Drive
Leading Clarksburg residents endorse national preparedness with wide support. Most interviewees urge arming the nation to defend lives and property against any foreign aggression, citing Belgium and Serbia as warnings and backing military readiness.
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Clarksburg
Sunday Telegram
William Jennings Bryan
Claude Kitchin
Melville G. Sperry
Belgium
Serbia
Oscar C. Wilt
Empire National Bank
Howard Post
Sam
Frank B. Haymaker
National Defense
Scotland G. Highland
City Water and Sewerage Board
Charles G. Coffman
H. W. Stuck
St.Charles
Europe
G. H. Gordon
Harry L. Brooks
Frank J. Donohue
Merchant
John S. Stone
Hugh Jarvis
Union National Bank
W. H. Taylor
Taylor
United States
Charles Baird Mitchell
Christ Episcopal Church
GW. Dudderar
Board of Trade
Millard F. Snider
Busy Clarksburg Board of Trade debates federal building plan
The Clarksburg Board of Trade directs action to secure a new federal building with funds of at least 400000 and land adjacent. It also plans to press for federal support, improve Adams Express service, push Pullman and telephone consolidations, and boost local membership drives.
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George W. Dudderar
Board of Trade
Judge Goff
Oakmound
J. Carl Vance
W. &. Highland
Arthur Parsons
Clarksburg
United States
Congress
West Virginia
Secretary of the Treasury
National Chamber
Urges Co operation in Fire Prevention Work
Fire Chief R Huffman endorses active citizen effort in fire prevention. The bulletin urges support for legislation and ordinances, calls for archi tect or fire prevention engineer review on new buildings, and promotes regular self inspection to reduce fire losses which average about 20 million dollars annually. It stresses civic duty to keep communities safer and healthier.
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R. Huffman
Oil Well Supply Expands Into Mexico
Announcement from Oil Well Supply Company manager N S Longabaugh details the incorporation of Oil Well Supply Company of Mexico with principal offices in Tampico. A new warehouse near the customs house, private wharf and rail side tracks enable distribution of tubular goods and material across the Tampico district. The Tampico Foundry sits adjacent. offices are Union and Miradores streets with correspondence to Apartado 331.
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N.S. Longabaugh
Oil Well Supply Company
Mexico
Pittsburgh
Louis §. Sands
Tampico
Republic of Mexico
Customs House
Tampico Foundry
Oil Well Supply Company of Mexico
Panuco
Tamesi
Union and
Miradores
Suply Company of Mexico
Apartado
West Virginia Leads 1914 Gas and Oil Output in United States
The 1914 production shows West Virginia supplying about 40 percent of US gas output and ranking first in quantity and value of natural gas, with 218,740,162,000 feet produced and valued at $7,334,000. Ohio and Pennsylvania follow. total state value for gas and petroleum hit $53,983,869.
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United States
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Oklahoma
California
Hats in new styles and colors on sale
The advertisement lists hats priced at 2.95 for all 5.00 hats and 3.00 hats now 2.95, urging early spring buyers not to miss the deal.
Underwear sale cuts 18 percent on tire stock
Local retailer advertises 18 percent off end stock tires from Wright’s Glastonbury Chalmer’s and other famous makes, urging customers to buy now and save.
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Wright’s
Glastonbury
Chalmer’s
Choice of Dress Gloves Now Available at Reduced Prices
Our entire stock of dress gloves is discounted from up to 2.50 to 1.35 for woolen gloves at 75 cents to 50 cents values. Holeproof Silk Gloves, formerly 1.50, are now discounted to 50 cents each.
Pajama Prices Move Through Silk and Flannel Options
A sequence of fabric price points lists silks at 6.50 and 5.00 and 4.00 and 3.00, followed by silks at 2.00 and flannel at 1.50. The short catalog suggests a stepped discount structure for pajamas and fabric choices.
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the Home Furnishing Co
Auto Livery CO
Bell Phone
J. Jacobs Moore
Switzer Bros
French Dry
OH Bk, Ed For
And
Dell
Glenn B. Waters
Prunty
Chief Huffman
Dominican Republic
Evrything
Hart, Schaffner and Marx
Seree
Madras
Bates
Street and Knothe
Eeeseans
Fourth Street
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