Heinze and Company Occupy New Addition
Heinze and Company occupies a large new addition in Clarksburg to handle a growing line of wearing apparel cleaning and dyeing. The plant features fireproof construction, underground gasoline storage, and modern equipment including an Erie boiler and gas line system. Henry Heinze calls for local patronage to keep business in town and notes some customers still ship work out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heinze “Snd
Tts
West
Stional ‘Board of Fire Underwriters
Goulds Manufacturing Company
Erie
Henry Heinze
Clarksburg
Andy
Gstake
Heinze and Company
Clargshoro
Germany Dilemmas Shape U S Post Lusitania Policy
Germany policy debate centers on how the United States should respond to the Lusitania tragedy. Officials fear choices that would undermine dignity or threaten peace while seeking an acceptable settlement. Neutrals watch whether the U S pursues its incontestable rights or risks alienating allies.
Personalities visit from across the region
Claude Pepper of Salem and Li Hustead from Sardis stopped in on Saturday. Genevieve Harrison went to Oakland Massachusetts to visit an aunt. Mr and Mrs W M B Line of Barkcraping came for a few days. Judge Homer B Woods of Harrisville visited the city. J Newman of Weston and C M Haneg of Parkersburg were callers. Cicero Smith from Wolf Summit arrived Saturday evening. R Z Williams of Dola also visited. Joseph McConnell returned from eight years in Oregon. J M Campbell of Littleton, an oil field man, was seen. J W Given of Sutton traveled in during the week. W W Huffman and W F McBride of West Union were in town. L A Kingate from Mountain Lake Park called this week. S Bates Davis of Shinnston visited Saturday night. Lynn S Horner and Osman Swartz returned from Parkersburg after a WV Natural Gas directors meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Pepper
Salem
Li Hustead
Sardis
Genevieve Harrison
Oakland
Aliss “Daisy Harrison
W. M. B. Line
Barkcraping
Homer B. Woods
Harrisville
J. ©. Newman
Weston
C. M. Haneg
Parkersburg
Cicero. Smith
Wolf Summit
R. Z. Williams
Dola
Joseph McConnell
Oregon
Cletus Stout
Bridgeport
J. M. Campbell
Littleton
J. W. Given
Sutton
W. W. Huffman
W. F. McBride
West Union
L. A. Kingate
Mountain Lake Park
S. Bates, Davis
Shinnston
Lynn S. Horner
Osman
Swartz
West Virginia Natural Gas Association
Preston County Fair Association Formed in Kingwood
Citizens met Wednesday evening to form the Preston County Fair Association. Plans for an up-to-date county fair to be held in Kingwood this fall include financing, ground securing, and organizing the first fair to be held in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingwood
Preston County Fair Association
Outhej
Shriners Parade Dazzles Seattle Streets In July
Shriners in red fezzes march through downtown Seattle drawing crowds as annual council sessions begin. Delegates arrive amid festive atmosphere and order symbols attract attention across the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Timucrial ‘Council
Fist of the
Wee U
Welch and Fullerton Drugstore Ad Claims Phone-Based Reach
An old classifieds snippet touts every home with a phone as a branch of Welch and Fullerton Druggists, implying expansive sales reach. The wording emphasizes telephonic connectivity as a business network element in a local commerce context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
Fullerton, Druggistse
Funeral directors convention and events notice
A notice describes a preparatory convention in Wheeling and a park visit with a baseball game and banquet at the Windsor. President Coakley of Harrisville will preside as officers are elected and delegates named for the national funeral directors convention. Lectures and demonstrations by Prof Charls C. Dhonau of Cincinnati are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
Perack
Combie Association
Windsor
Coakley
Harrisville
Ritchie County
Charls C. Dhonau
Cincinnnat
Moose lodge picnic continues at Norwood Park in rain
The Moose lodge picnic extended from July 3 to Saturday at Norwood Park drawing a small crowd. All athletic events were not completed. In the two mile race Howsie Erummitt won with a time near nine and a half minutes. Howe Gaston and Campbell Donohue participated. The West Milford baseball team defeated Norwood Park 7 to 1, with Mickey MenEil en, a former local high school player, pitching for Norwood and showing well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moose Lodge
Norwood Park
Atsendance
Howsie Erummitt
Athief
Frou Howe
Gaston
Campbell Donohue
West Milford
Norwood Parx -Eam
Vaéscore
Mickey
MenEil_ én
Norwood
Fowler to Baltimore as assistant general freight agent
Fred Fowler former division freight agent for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad left for Baltimore to assume duties as assistant general freight agent of the system. His headquarters will be in Baltimore. H H Marsh promoted to succeed Fowler as division freight agent. Marsh will remain in Wheeling over the weekend with his family. Eaton succeeds Marsh as commercial freight agent at Uniontown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkhasburg
Fred Fowler
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore
Fowler
H.H. Marsh
Wheeling
Mr. Fowler
Marsh
W. H. Eaton
Uniontown
Mexico City food relief and labor shortages noted
Report from Vera Cruz says labor demands exceed supply with good wages while Red Cross work seems less needed in the city. Vera Cruz government sells food at half price to those who can pay and freely distributes to the unable, and Mexico City is expected to receive 200 carloads of food via the jetty once occupied by General Gonzales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page
Red Cross
Vera Cruz
Government of
Douglas
Mexico’ City
Gongales
West Virginia educators to convene at Morgantown conference
A large gathering of West Virginia school leaders will meet in Morgantown July 16 and 17 for the twelfth annual summer school educational conference. Topics include training of teachers, training departments in city and high schools, university and private school roles, county institutes, and minimum professional training standards for public school teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
West Virginia
Githens
Wheel_ing
Latchey
Charleston
Patterson
Richwa
Williams
Rosier
Fairmont State Normal
O.S. Bond
Glenville State Normal School
Department of Education
Wendergong Ofithe
Sulphur ‘Springs
Conley
Farmington
W. H. Wayt
Glenville Normal School
VanHorn
Sajem Schools
State Normal School
Deahl
Sanders
Keyser
George H. Shafer
Mont
Murray
Williamson
Haley
Broaddus Institute
Smith
de Haas
Paw Paw
German Press Sees Lulled Concessions Easing Tension
Berlin editorials argue Germany’s partial concessions on neutral rights and submarine warfare aim to preserve friendly U.S. ties without full disarmament. Berlin papers like Tagesblatt and Morgenpost say the response should disappoint sabre-rattling critics and protect neutral interests amid the Lusitania crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Berlin
Lusitania
Ger
United States
America
Tagesblatt
Lokal Anzeiger
Morgenpost
Lok Anzergér
Tess T
German Concessions Denied By French
Paris July 10 The official German note on the Lusitania incident shows no concession as Berlin proposed allowing ships with American passengers to pass safely if they report to Germany and fly distinctive marks and if the United States guarantees no contraband. President Wilson insists on upholding the principle of law and humanity and will not accept any arrangement that erodes U S sovereignty or dignity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Lusitania
Berlin
United Stated
Washington
Wilson
State fire loss report reflects June damages and insurance gaps
June fire losses in the state totaled over twelve thousand dollars with property debris valued at 12,392 and insurance payouts uncertain. The report also notes lingering damage questions tied to a person named John Wergel and a referenced place or event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sancta Joss One
Ohn Wergel
Teaceon
Abolish War and Liquor Debate Spreads Through Market Notes
The stock market trails amid debate on Germany’s note and its impact on trade. Analysts note speculative shifts and rule changes by European accounts, while a local meeting of Eagle members discusses abolition and arbitration as a path to end war and drink, linking policy to economic figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Sort
United States Steel Corporation
Sercere Dounien
Financier Le Roy Dresser Takes His Own Life in New York
Daniel Le Roy Dresser, president of the Trust Company of the Republic, which failed in 1908, shot himself in a Riverside Drive fraternity house after warning his attorney of unbearable nervous strain. Reports tie his distress to debts linked to the Madawaya Company, a New York Japanese firm. Dresser, a prominent financier and Columbia University School of Mines alumnus, chaired Dressér and Company and held positions with several firms, including the New York Merchants Association. He hailed from a distinguished family with ties to Mrs. Vanderbilt and other notable figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ay Associates
New York
Daniel “Leroy Dresser
Trust Company
The
Republic
Riverside Drive
W. Gould
Dresser
Gould
Delta
Dresser J
Dioccult
Madawaya Company
Ford
School of Mines
Columbia ‘University
Dressér and Company
Biof Commission House
New York Merchants Association
American’ Tubing and Webbing Company
Reading Hosiery Company
ED Stors
Daniel Dresser
George Vanderbilt
Biltmore
Nicmire
John Nicholas Brown
George Cwerrill
Stock Pree Mass
Countess DiOsmay
Paris
France offers to lift embargo on hides for leather goods
Washington reports France proposes lifting its raw hide embargo in exchange for a supply of American leather goods for military use. The plan involves large export quantities and capitalizes on the need to secure French slides and suppress costs amid strained wartime trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
France
Seattle
Sealing Officials Prepare Local Under New Weights Law
Counties and cities including Benwood Wheeling Grafton Parkersburg Huntington and Bluefield appoint sealers to enforce the new weights and measures act. Two deputy state inspectors will travel to Morgantown for training at the state university with instruction from Prof C W Waggoner. Standards will be tested locally before use with sealer locations at Charleston and Morgantown for northern and southern regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlesto
Benwood
Wheeling
Grafton
Parkersburg
C. W
Waggoner
Department of Physica
University
Capitol
Morgantown
Charleston
Morszantown
Fragmentary note signals official stance on U S note
A partial, garbled passage describes how officials, including Lansing and Tumulty, discussed an informal U S note. It suggests Washington anticipated the note would satisfy the government and hints at the president's cautious stance on the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lansing
United States
Welch and Enilertory Drugists Branch Office Notice
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Welch and Enilertory Drugists with a possible branch office reference. The readable details are sparse. no clear event date or location is established.
Battles Report From Galicia July Engagements West of Bug River
English front dispatches describe renewed clashes across Galicia on July 8 9 and 9 with German assaults repulsed along the western Bug river near Kao moka and Crapovetz while our lines held near Bystritca and Mieniany. A fiery counterattack on July 9 forced the enemy to retreat amid disorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkolaz
Bystritca
Bug River
Crapovetz
Grubechow
Mieniany
Kaomoka
Galicia
Zlota Lipa
Korsow
War update from Paris on July 11 details attacks
A Paris issued war statement describes enemy infantry and artillery assaults in the valley with heavy engagements. Our forces repelled Austrian attempts at Cordavale while Alpine units mounted a surprise flank, recapturing positions and taking prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rom
Paris
Joney
Doene
Terragnols
Mélzagorta
Costabella
Italian Dead Counted in Austrian Bridgehead Clash
A fragment reports Italian casualties as Austrian forces push to a bridgehead near Gorixii on the 25th. Observers note ongoing fighting and no verified casualty figures at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridsehead
Gorixii
Deputy Marshals Land Horton in State Penitentiary
Moundsville deputies transported William Horton to the state penitentiary where he was sentenced to a year and a day for violating the Harrison Act in Elkins. On the same trip, Ohio county prosecuted Wheeluiz, involving Georgeir- banks, hootlester, who received six months. Deputy Morton expects arrival tonight with John Renforth after ninety days in Wood County Jail as part of ongoing criminal cases at the May term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moundsville
William ‘Horton
State Penitentiary
Horton
United States Court
Elkins
Ohio County
Wheeluiz
Georgeieir— ‘Banks
Hootlester
Depuy
Johrock
Morton
Fromemikins
John Renforth
Wood
Cook
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Gerard
Bryan
Tumulty
Cornish
Earier
Cout von Bernstorff
Charles I
Ston County
Shriners
Dobele
BANK
Fred) Fowler
Dunes
Mexico
Atate
Eagues
Meel
A. Reguar
Hagles
Reed Stalion
nWest
Pike Strests
Feniouay
Terri Sheik
Bernard ‘Deraburs
Iim
Belgium
Trn
Riles
Paket
A. Branchiofs Welch & Enilertory Druugistsi
England
Ata
Ssunday
Pleasant
Tulon
Atve
P. Fx
Ak Aes
Brees EE
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