Better Telephone Service in State Is Expected Now
Charleston report on a meeting at Hotel Kanawha linking independent telephone firms with Chesapeake & Potomac. Leaders and visitors from Bluefield Ashland Weston Lewisburg Elkins Barboursville Green Sulphur Grenville Milton Pax Summersville and other towns discussed planning maintenance rates and operating methods to improve service across West Virginia and connect to the Panama Exposition displays.
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Charleston
Mar
Mortice
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company
Kanawha
San Francisco
J. E. Boissens
GW. Peck
American Telephone Plant
Exposition
G. A. Bolden
West Virginia
Mrs. Williamson
Pacific Coast
Boisseau
Pittsbars
Singer
New York
Theodore &S. Vail
American District Telephone and Telegraph Company
Denver
R. M. Bell
Limestone ‘Telephone Company
C .A. Hoppock
Chesapeake & Potomac
F_ Hill
Chesapeake and Potomac
Clark Morzan
West Virgin
WA. Panker
P. P. Hamilton
Bluefield Telephone Company
Tes
E. O. Leighley
GH MeGuirk
Ruffoer
J. W. Downs
Peoples United Telphone Company
Moon
W.P. Hawler
FM. Hawley
Bluefield
Pepples United Telephone Company
Weston
S. S. Talbot
Peoples United Telephone System
Philippi
M. Bell
Limestone Telephone Company
Lewisburg
Clark Morgan
West Virginia Eastern Telephone Company
Elkins
Pankers
Penises Telephone Company
Blue
M. C. Johnson
Harboursville Telephone Company
Barboursviire
G. Wiliams
Hinton- Judson Telephone Company
Judson
S. Zicka’oose
Green Sulphur Telephone
XN. Rhodes
Cuzzers Telephone Company
Grenville
G.C. Reynolds
J. E Pauley
Citizens Telephone Company
Elkview
D. W
K. Roberts
Huntington
Antiseptics debated before Royal Society of Medicine
Correspondents report Sir Almroth Wright’s address on septic infection of wounds. He warned antiseptics cannot guarantee sterility and may sometimes aid microbial growth when misused. Wright valued antiseptics for vaccines like typhoid inoculation and suggested future wound treatments. he urged careful dosing to balance prevention and cure.
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Londo
Royal Society of Medicine
Qimroth Wright
Sir Almroth
Welch and Fullerton Druggists Deliver to City
Welch and Fullerton operate delivery service to all parts of the city offering prompt medicine and sundries. The firm markets convenient home delivery for prescriptions and general supplies to residents across urban districts.
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Welch & Fullerton
Christ Was Given Opium On Cross Says Hopkins Scholar
Philadelphia May 1 Dr Paul Haupt Johns Hopkins University Semitic languages professor told the American Philosophical Society that Christ was given opiate during the crucifixion. His paper titled Opium in the Bible argues the gall and wine symbolized opium and references Matthew and Mark and the Talmud noting Lebonah incense used in the cup for criminals.
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Philadelphia
Paul Haupt
Johns Hopkins University
American Philosophical Society
Haupt
Levi P Morton Celebrates 91st Birthday in Washington
Levi P Morton, former vice president and congressman, ex ambassador to France and New York governor, is living in Washington and will turn 91 on May 15. He remains active and a familiar figure despite advanced years.
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Levi_P. Morton
United States
Congress
New York
France
Washington
Mor
Crow and Dog Inseparable Pals In Bronson
In Bronson Michigan Burt Walker keeps a growing menagerie of tame wildlife. A recently captured crow joins his many pets and has learned to mimic a dog, call for "mamma," and greet visitors from the grape arbor. The crow and a neighbor's dog named Bob have become close companions, sharing antics and routines on the Walker homestead.
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Bronson
Mich
Burt Walker
Walker
James
Bob
Park Covey
Crow
Dog
Fark
Honehr
Idren
Old pickpocket Scotch Jack jailed for street theft
James Morton known as Scotch Jack, 33 years a holdout pickpocket, was arrested on Fourteenth Street with rosary beads and prayer books totaling 59.20 found in his pocket. He admitted a long career with twenty two years in prison. A London note mentions girls ages fifteen to sixteen sought for telegraph messenger work. Incandescent tungsten lamps and nitrogen-filled bulbs improve efficiency. A railroad crossing gate light now automates when raised or lowered.
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New York
Mas
James Morton
Fourteenth Street
Smorton
NEW RAILROAD 10 OPEN Rich COAL LANDS
GRAFTON May 1 Following a deal with Francis P Garvin of New York City for a percentage of timber land in Webster county Col John T McGraw plans immediate construction of a standard gauge railroad to exploit timber and open over 30000 acres of coal land controlled in the same county A spring storm brought hail rain and lightning causing damage and one fatality in the city.
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Grafton
Francis P.garvin
New York City
Webster County
John T. McGraw
Col. McGraw
Preston Fuel Company
Independence
Preston County
Missouri fraternal lodge counts reach extremely high totals
Jefferson City May 1. Commissioner Fitzpatrick reports Missouri in 1904 had about 14,000 lodges across 107 state and interstate fraternal and benevolent organizations with total membership near 709,805. Odd Fellows lead with 1,254 lodges and 93,000 members. Ancient Free and Accepted Masons about 60,000. Other groups include Modern Woodmen of America 74,005, Knights of Pythias 2,929, and Woodmen of the World 33,042.
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Jefferson City
John T. Fitzpatrick
Sassouri Bureau of Statistics
Missouri
Odd Fellows
Negro Masons
Order of Eastern Star
MW. A
Woodmen of America
Order of Owls
Knights of the Maccabees
Ladies
Knights of Pythias
Grand Lodge of Missouri
Supreme Lodge
Pythian Sisters
Knights of Columbus
Arcanum
German Women Attend War Peace Meeting Report
International Congress of Women met in The Hague onApril 28 with many German and British women participating despite wartime. The roster includes Fraulein Anna Edinger, Dr Heidsieck, Anita Augspurg, Lida Gustave Heymann, Marie Stopes and many others from Germany and the British Isles. The United States is represented by Jane Addams and Peace Party members, with delegates from Austro Hungary Belgium and neutrals Denmark Italy Switzerland also present. One resolution calls for governments to end private ownership of armaments.
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Presene
Hague
Netherlands
Germany
British Isles
International Congress of Women
Fraulein
Anna Edinger
Frankfort-on-Main
Fynau
Heids
Stuttgart
Mary E. O'Slivan
London
Elizabeth
Mary
Southes
Brighton
E_ Sylvia
Gore-Booth
Esther Gooper
C Despard
Crossfield
Cambridge
May Wetson
Ararowan
Scotland
Elizabeth Helen Ford
Margaret Ashton
Manchester
Sturge
Birmingham
E. L. Voynich
Richmond
Surrey
Marie C. Stopes
Violet Vanbrugh
Frances E. Newton
Norah L. Smyth
Chrystal Macmillan
Marshall
Courtney
Leat
Wilson Wilson
Isabel Ford
United States
Jane Addams
Peace Party
Austro-Hungary
Belgium
Denmark
Italy
Switzerland
Fraternal and Insurance Totals Reported for Missouri
The report lists circles and memberships across fraternal groups in Missouri in 1914. It shows 170 circles with 12 009 members, Knights and Ladies of Security at 23 566, and several other groups including Court of Honor and Ancient Order of United Workmen with memberships between 3 500 and 6 000. Total fraternal and insurance in force in Missouri is about 45,50,000 dollars.
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Cle
Knights and Ladies of Security
Missouri
Court of Honor
Lonesomest Man Creates Postal Deluge
London May 1. Rifleman A C White described as the lonesomest man in the British army by a soldier’s letter to a London paper has become a postal burden. Lying in a hospital near the front he now receives mails and presents in vast quantity, with mail bags growing larger than many companies as an extra force handles the flood of letters and parcels.
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London
sRiffeman A. C. White
White
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