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Newspaper

The Sunday Telegram

Location

Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 03, 1916

Page

24

Woodmen Initiation Big Event at Harrisville

Harrisville hosts Woodmen of the World initiation today and tomorrow with a 25 strong Parkers uniformed rank team conducting secret work. The Sarrisine band and Woodmen quartet provide music as a monument unveiling of Sovereign Hen W. Peebles occurs tomorrow at 1 p.m., with an address by Hon. P.O. Sutton.

Ellenboro Woodmen of the World Harrisville Parkers Company K Sarrisine Band

Birthday Gatherings and Local News in Harrisville Area

A Harrisville column lists social events and visits including a birthday party on Malin street and a picnic at Rymer grove honoring residents from Middlebourne and other towns. It also reports Dr Harry Blair visiting his brother Hon Robert Blair, a school opening at Ellenhare, and obituaries for Miss Mary Singleton Kercheval and G M Hemsworth along with numerous personal notes on residents and travelers.

Haw Mixa Addie Higgs Pike Parkersburg Harry €. Blair United States Medical Corps Mexican Robert S. Blair Harrisville Blair Peraling Mexico Villa Reates Kone Rymer Grove H. W. Smith Middlebourne E. J. Brown Red Rock Okli John Cookman Clarksburg Montgomery Salem J. W. Duty Mises Powell and Maxwell Fairmont Perry Smith

Wild Man Tale Alarms Missouri Town

In Ponce de Leon Missouri a sensational report claimed a wild man hid near town, attacking children, stealing lunches, gulping biscuits, throwing stones, and shooting at a cow milking woman. Villagers chased rumors as local constables summoned twenty men, but facts remained unverified and fading with time.

Ponce DE Leon

Wild man terror rumor linked to sheriff capture in Galena

A strange tale spread after a tan bearing queer traits was captured by the sheriff at Galena, the county seat of Stono County. The incident is described as a possible basis for a scare story to deter people from leaving their berries unattended.

Minnie Morrow Garrett West Virginia Holton Kas Clarks- Due Morrow Circleville Thomas Dallay Morrow West Union Doddridge County Sears Ellenboro Iate General A. S. Core Cane, Kis Choteville Galena Stono County

Daily life and stores draw readers in with new vigor

The snippet hints at ongoing daily commerce and routine shopping, suggesting a lively, evolving scene. It evokes everyday routines, with emphasis on stores and consistent activity. The fragment underscores a sense of renewed interest and continued city life.

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