Early History of Salem in Harrison County West Virginia
The narrative recalls Salem's pioneer era before peace with the Indians, detailing the first settlers from Salem New Jersey, the blockhouse, church and farm life, hunting for bears, village growth into New Salem, and the 1794 act establishing the town. It notes evolving dress, education, manners, and the eventual incorporation of Salem with a 1905 charter and 1909 limits.
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Salem
Ohio River
West Fork
Middle Island
Long Run
Isaac Fitz Randolph
Harrison County
W- Va
N. J
Lippincotts
Plumers
William
Billy
Bottom Billy
Greenbrier
Jarsey
Flint Billy
Buckeye Billy
Rockins Billy
Little Billy
T Dheseel
New Salem
Seventh Day Baptist Church
Billy Davis
Horner
Jacob's Run
Mary
Ralph Young
General Assembly
Samuel Fitz Randolph
Harrison
John Patterson
John Davis
Samuel Lippincott
James
Davis
Zebulon Maxson
Benjamin Thorp
Thomas Clayton
William Davis
Jacob Davis
George Jackson
John Haymond
West Virginia
Don't Borrow Powder Puff Dont Borrow Powder Puff
Doctor Ziegler of the Philadelphia health department warns against sharing powder puffs as insanitary, possibly spreading diseases like typhoid. He lists common items in the summer hotel evils and urges vacationers to consult a health officer, avoid dirty resorts, and enjoy city recreation instead.
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Doctor Ziegler
Philadelphia Department of Health and Charities
Woman shoots children in dream near Medina dam
Mrs. W. B. Little residing on a Medina dam area ranch near San Antonio fired an automatic revolver while dreaming burglars were entering her home. Two sleeping children, a six year old girl and a three year old boy, were struck in the right leg with flesh wounds. She is said to be too unsettled to recall if the children were in her dream or if she dropped the weapon.
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San Antonio
Tex
W. B. Little
Medina Dam
First Ground Broken for New School in Fairmont
The ceremony marked the first dirt removal for Fairmont normal school construction with President O S Woodley wielding the first shovel. Delegations from Consolidated Coal Co and officials including Col Jere Wheelwright and Sen C W Watson attended. Also noted are local obituaries, court actions, church plans, a near accident on East Park line, a graduation address by M M Neely, and community notices.
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Fairmont
Normal
O. S. Woodley
The
Consolidated Coal Company
Forer
C. W. Watson
New York
Col
Jere H. Wheelwright
Consolidated Company
Plan to unify telephone systems discussed in Fairmont meeting
A meeting at the Fairmont Chamber of Commerce brought together Northern West board of trade representatives to discuss plans to eliminate one of the two telephone systems in operation in several cities. W. F. Haney Company received a charter to run a wholesale produce business with $25,000 capitalization and will operate as general manager in the same building as Marion Products Company.
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Fairmont Business Men's Association
Coal Run
Charleston
Fairmont Chamber of Commerce
Board of Trade of Northern West
W. F. Haney
Fairmont
Marion Products Company
Gant Fight Until He Provides For Family
New York June 5 Magistrate Harris barred a foreigner from returning to fight for his native country until he supports his wife and two children. Antonio Cuti a 24 year old piano maker was to sail for Italy on the Cretic. his wife swore out a warrant for non support and he was arrested near the docks. The domestic relations court found he was not a reservist and his Italian property was safe. He was bonded $260 to pay his wife $52 weekly for a year.
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New York
Harris
Antonio Cuti
Italy
Cuti
Twins Return Home Tall After Lengthy Hospital Stay
In Pottsville on June 5, Pha and Uriah Schaeffer four-year-olds from Pinegrove are to be released from Miner's Hospital. They have grown about twenty inches and two and a half inches taller since admission three weeks ago. Doctors say initial deformities were corrected with pilaster casts improving limb alignment and overall height, and their gait now differs enough for relatives to scarcely recognize them.
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Iran Arch
To Be Married Light Unseen In Vancouver Pact
Portland June 5. H J Rhodes 75 and Mrs Hattie C Piper 66 plan to marry in Vancouver soon. Rhodes arrived from Polk County ranch and Piper moved from Seattle. Rhodes says he has never seen her and they learned of each other through friends.
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Portland
Ore
H. J. Rhodes
Hattie C. Piper
Vancouver
Rhodes
Polk County
Seattle
Britain declines American shells offer in wartime
The war office in the House of Commons admitted the British government refused an American offer to supply five million shells at lower prices. Reasons were not disclosed, stating it would not be in the public interest to reveal them.
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Corressance
Associated Press
London
War Office
House of Commons
Georgia Women Fight For Admission to the Bar
Atlanta July 5 report outlines renewed push to admit women to practice law in Georgia. Mrs Minnie A Hale, Atlanta law school graduate, leads test-case strategy to challenge state law before supreme court, with Georgia Bar Association resisting and a potential legislative fight looming.
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Atlanta
Minnie A.hale
Atlanta Law School
Supreme Court of
Georgia
Superior Court
Supreme Court
Legislate
Georgia Bar Association
Hale
Law
Mrs. Hale
Peaches and Cream From Same Tree in Michigan Farm News
Enos Mertain near Benzonia Michigan shows visitors a peach orchard damaged by a windstorm. A weed stem driven through a peach trunk later sprouted leaves and a milkweed plant, leading him to believe the weed may graft with the tree and produce peaches and cream next August.
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Benzonia
Mich
Jane
Enos Mertain
Benzie County
Enos
Colt with six feet born on Kansas farm
Frankfort Kan June 5 A colt born on George E Gano's farm has six feet with one extra foot developing from the knee and the other from the ankle of the opposite front foot. In all other respects the animal is normal.
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Frankfort
Kan
George E. Gano
Salem College aims for year end and new brick building
Salem June 5. The approaching week marks the college year end and the commencement exercises. Sixty-nine degrees and diplomas will be conferred including two BA two BS one BP twenty four normal diplomas twenty eight academe diplomas one art diploma eleven music certificates. Plans call for a new brick and concrete building to replace the former frame structure damaged by fire. Local and regional figures note rising meat prices and several community notices as the town prepares for summer.
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Salem
College Ln
Tre
Christian Association
Colleg
F_ E Brinenstool
Wheeling
Moore vows to wield Carrie Nation hatchet anew
Campbell H Moore brother of the late Carrie Nation announces a life mission to fight liquor. He says a divine revelation inspired him to wage anti liquor crusade and he once doubted Mrs Nation but has since changed his view. He plans to dedicate his remaining years to ending the U S liquor traffic.
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Nation
Springfield
Mass
Campbell H. Moore
Carrie Nation
Moore
Miss Melita Faust Seeks English Fluency in Los Angeles
German born Melita Faust, daughter of a Texas capitalist, has arrived at a Los Angeles hotel for a two week stay to improve her English. She plans to return to New Braunfels, Texas, a 5,000-person German speaking town known for its Prussia like community. She explains yearly travels and preference to speak German at home.
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George R. Wilson
Philadelphia
Corres
Actice
Associated Press
France
Fred M. Cottrill
Bride
Use
Lena Romine
Washington
Los Angeles
Cal
Melita Faust
New Braunfels
Tex
Biz and Huttle
Prussia
San Antonio
Wes
Faust
Che
Don’t Have to Catch Fish to Be a Fisherman
New Jersey case stars Alec Buckowskis beside Kessler’s pond where he fished all day without a bite. Justice Pickersgill ruled he was a fisherman and fined him $20 for not waving two licenses at the pond.
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New York
New Jersey
Alec Buckowski
Kesslers Pond
Justice Pickersgill
Chickens Divorce Case Makes Headlines in New York
Mrs John H L McClamey won a divorce from Justice Page with one fourth of her husband’s annual income. A maid testified the husband hosted visitors during the wife’s absence, and he reportedly replied “Only a couple of chickens.” The maid served breakfast to the guests next morning. Also noted is a brief health update about Bristol’s Ww. Foreman Lynch, long rheumatic, showing recent improvement.
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New York
John HL McClamey
Justice Page
McClamney
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Ziegler
Woodley
Richard Dunn
Monongah
Pittsburg
Phoebe Holbert
Emma Bartholow Davis
Water Street
Maple Grove
Circuit Court
W. S. Haymond
City Board of Affairs
Central Christian Church
East Park
Coal Run Hollow
Park Avenue
Stone Wall
Miller
M. M. Neely
Julia T. Hinerman
Worthington
Worthington Church
First Nation Bank
Fairmont Country Club
E. F. Morgan
Hatfield
Eliza Sigler
Independence
Terra Alta
W. Va
Dale McDougal
Downs Fthis County
Buffalo Creek
McDougal
the Downs Church
Jersey Breeders’ Association
Marion County
Court House
Dureau
Fairview
Palatine Lodge No. 4
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
W. S. Canter
League of the City
Gant
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Colt
Window Glass
Salem College
Theodore Davis
Industrial
Jacob J. Lough
Eugene Carney
Morgantown
W. A. Frazhie
Harrisville
Calvin A. Lynch
Harris and Nutter
W.L. Ward
Hartford
Ind
Morris Heill
Sistersville
Marietta
Ella Gaines
Battle Creek, Mich
Battle Creek
Cleo Campbell
Miss Daisy
Barto
Fla
George Ware
J. C. Cox
Third Place
Cameron
Salem Herald
Woodmen of the World
Grafton
Cleveland
Scott Davis
Jerome H. Hall
Nelson Moore
Carrie Ash
Harlan B. Hall
Bowling Green, O
Wi Glassworker
Premium Glass Company
Sapulpa
Okla
W.va
Cambridge Glass Company
Cambridge
Alliance Window Glass Company
Lamberton
W. V32
National Glass Distributors”. Association
Conress Hotel
Chicago
Frank Muiller
Jacob Muiller
Helsey
Newark
Columbus
Henrietta Window Glass Company
Henrietta
More-Jonas
Bridgeton
Schram Glass Company
New Cumberland Glass
Parker Bros
XN. J
National Association of Window Glass Manufacturers
Atlantic City
National Auditors
American Flint Glass Workers’ Union
Carrie
Texas
Foreman
Lynch
Bristol Pute No
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