Bluefield Seeks 1916 Elk Convention Heading
Bluefield Elks mulling a 1916 convention with a special train and brass band parade planned to rally members. Chairman Erskine Garland says about 400 lodge members will march in white trousers and blue coats, with 1 000 to 1 500 expected to attend the reunion in a strong showing for the state association.
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Bluetiel Lodge
Coal Field City
Bluefield Lodge
Elks
Uunion
Efield Lodge
Erskine Garland
Elks Palace
SiChairman Garland
Bave
Patio Association
Ritchie County Fair Set for August 10 to 17
The twenty-ninth annual Ritchie County Fair Association event runs August 10 to 17 in Bennsboro West Virginia. Secretary Will A. Strickler leads a full program of racing ten events with 300 dollars in premiums each, plus 200 dollars for a colt three years old or younger trot. Farmers from far and near exhibit stock and farm products and the fair features women’s handicraft and multiple departments with additional attractions, promising a complete fair experience.
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West Virginia
Ritchie County Fair Association
Ritchie
Ritchie County
Ritchie Fair
Food parcels for POWs must avoid metal containers
London dispatch reports Britain asks public to pack food for prisoners of war in cardboard or wooden boxes or in tin boxes with glass or earthenware substitutions. It notes tin exports to Scandinavia and Holland have already been banned.
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London
Great Britain
Germany
Scandinavian
Holland
Oil Strike Ends With Refusal of Demands
New York July 24 After two weeks of riots and deaths 1500 Bayonne oil workers failed to win a wage rise. Standard Oil of New Jersey rejected modified demands and workers voted not to return to work. Tidewater plant layoffs total nearly 6000 remain idle pending arbitration. The strikers had offered a 15 percent raise for a 54 hour week or to return to work Monday.
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New York
Bayonne
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Tidewater Companys
Appeal Granted in Williamson Charter Case
In Charleston on July 24 Judge L Judson Williams of the state supreme court of appeals denied an appeal from Mingo County to challenges Williamson charter act. Judge George Hoffenbarber at Point Pleasant granted a supersedeas in the same case. The Mingo court had ruled the act constitutional and dissolved the injunction against officials appointed by Governor Hatfield to manage the city, who would have assumed control Monday.
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Ferecine Vortereren
Charleston
L. Judson Williams
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Circuit Court of
Mingo County
George Hoffenbarber
Point Pleasant
Mingo Court
Hatfield
Frontline World War I Updates and Balkan Tensions
Fragmented dispatch notes limited hostilities on the Western Front with mining near Souchez and Turkish assaults against British lines at Gallipoli. Russian positions around Ivangorod show no decisive moves as Germans claim far west gains. The Serbian front remains quiet but tense on the anniversary of Austria’s ultimatum.
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Souchez
Gallipoli
Pen- Inburg
Serbia
Hospitalized Bell official after wreck in Wheeling
Thomas J. Irvine of Wheeling, supervisor at Bell telephones plants, was injured in a Wednesday night automobile accident here. His condition worsened from initial seriousness and doctors fear a skull fracture. He was moved from the Waldo hotel to a local hospital for treatment as of Saturday afternoon.
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Thomas J. Irvine
Wheeling
Bell Telephones
Waldo Hotel
Tragic Eastland Disaster On Chicago River
A crowd of 7 000 flooded Clark Street docks as the Eastland steamship capsized during a Lake Michigan excursion. Passengers, mostly women and children, were swept into the river. rescue attempts collapsed under heavy currents and many perished. Divers and morgues opened as Chicago faced a citywide shock and urgent recovery efforts.
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Clark Street
Michigan City
Eastland
Chicago
Lake Erie
Theodore Roosevelt
Iinally
Lockport
Wendy
Body toll rises as Eastland disaster widens trauma
Survivors recount grim scenes at morgues as 770 bodies were reported after the Eastland wreck. Federal and state probes are ordered with grand juries to determine causes while police purge officers and health officials and a ship salvage plan begins. In Huntington, West Virginia, a traction engine marks history as farmers witness a field demonstration near Mifton.
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Second Regiment
Landis
Hoyne
Hoffman
West Virginia
Huntington
Mifton
Kentucky
Putnam County
J. P. Wethington
German circles view U S note as concession on submarine warfare
Washington observers report German officials see the note as confirming that noncombatants must be safe only when ships resist or try to escape, signaling some softening. Count von Bernstorff welcomes the reference to freedom of the seas and hopes Germany will accept U S firmness toward Britain as a general principle.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Count von Bernstorff
Great Britain
State Board Grants Life Certificates to West Virginia Teachers
The state board of education issued life certificates to H. C. Robertson of Charleston principal of Tiskelwah graded school Mrs. Mabel Henshaw Gardiner of Shepherdstown normal Orle McGonye principal of Clarksburg high school and Byron Prillerman press West Virginia Collegiate.
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State Board of Education
H.C. Roberston
Charleston
Tiskelwah
Mabel Henshaw Gardiner
Shepherdstown Normal
Orle .McGonyey
Clarksburg
Byron Prillerman
West Virginia
Secretary Redfield Protests Eastland Seamen Bill Provisions
Secretary Redfield in Syracuse contends the seamen’s bill provisions for Great Lakes vessels risk lives by requiring more crew and life saving gear. Manager Hull argues existing law suffices citing Eastland’s equipment. Redfield asserts potential safety upgrades would be needed to meet emergencies.
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Washington
Redfield
Department of Commerce
Hug
Hull
Eastland
Great Lakes
Syracuse
Fur
Berlin reacts to American note via London summaries
Berlin papers publish a detailed summary of the American note while awaiting the full text. The Lokal Anzeiger Germany’s article says Germany will use submarines with minimal harm to neutrals and expects the note to ground further negotiations.
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Berlin
London
Lokal Anzergermn
Germany
St Joseph executive collapses after steamship disaster
W Hi Aull vice president and general manager of the St Joseph Chicago steamship line is a nervous wreck at his home in St Joseph Michigan after learning of the catastrophe involving the Fastland Mes. Physicians and nurses restrict access to near relatives only.
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Rneem
ST. Joseph
Mich
W. Hi Aull
St. Joseph-Chicago
Ire
Fastland
Turkish cruiser Midilli torpedoed in Black Sea damage reported
Athens dispatch via Reuters reports the Turkish cruiser Midilli formerly the Breslau torpedoed in the Black Sea. The vessel returned with a hole three yards long and six yards wide under the water line, according to the Constantinople correspondent.
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London
Athens
Constantinople
Midalli
Breslau
Black Sea
To Reuter
National DI Plan and Defense Preparations
The article reports on national defense plans and White House actions. It notes Secretary Daniels and Secretary Garrison directing a formal program for a sane and practical national defense. It references President Roosevelt urging rapid, efficient measures and a permanent plan to meet emergencies. Names include Herbert Hoover? No. Daniels, Garrisons, and others discussed.
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Pad
Daniels
Gar"rison
Jon
Congress
White House
Pri
Cokenish
N.o H
Gartrison
Starnes Garrisons
Deniels
Estate Appraisal Filed for Mrs Mauda Vandervort
Report from Parkersburg dated July 24 lists Harrison county property mainly real estate appraised at 9505 and Wood county real and personal property valued at 7510. Local appraisers include Robert Ludington Brown Gilkeson and Thomas Coleman.
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Parkersburg
Mauda. Vandervort
Harrison County
Frank Shuttleworth
B. F. Shittleworth
Horner Davis
Wood County
Robert Ludington Brown
Gilkeson
Thomas Coleman
Italy to Make Large Purchases of American Meat and Grain
Paris dispatch reports the Italian government will buy substantial quantities of American meat and grain not only for the army and navy until July 32 1916 but also for civilian use. The aim is to curb speculation and stabilize prices.
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Peer Romb
Paris
Gregory
Congress
Moundsville
Gres 7Ory
Dr J G Houchins Dies in Alderson
Dr J G Houchins, a prominent Alderson druggist, dies at the town hospital from capillary apoplexy. He was widely known in the area for his pharmacy work and local service.
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Alderson
J. G Houchins
Civil service exams announced for August dates
Washington announces competitive examinations for numerous civil service positions paying from 700 to 3400 dollars yearly, to be held August 14 through 25. Specific posts include senior drainage engineer, drainage engineer, hull inspectors, metallurgical chemist, coast survey draftsmen, and several others. Applications due August 17 in Washington.
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Washington, D. C
Civil -Service Commission
For
Fits City
Mayor Thompson and Chicago Party Plan Special Train
San Francisco dispatch notes Mayor William Hale Thompson of Chicago and about eighty officials will depart tonight on a special train before Chicago Day at the exposition. The message expresses shock and grief over a disaster at home and mentions plans to return to duties.
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SAN_ FRANCISCO
William “Hale ‘Thompson
Chicago
Exposition
Fema Abe
Chick Evans Retains Western Amateur Golf Title
Chick Evans of Chicago defended the Western Amateur Championship by defeating J. D. Standisti Jr of Detroit seven up and five to play.
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Cleveland
Ja “Chick
Evans
Chicago
J. D. Standisti, Jr
Detroit
For Sale Suburban Home Near Clarksburg With Views
Property advertises a beautiful building site with elevation and drainage, electricity gas seven city water and sewerage. Invites inspection of size and location with special low prices for the next ten days and flexible terms to suit. Metta V. Thorne 960 Pt. Co fort.
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Clarksburg
Metta V
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