The Bootlegger’s Bold Streetfront Scheme in West Virginia
In Larkshore West Virginia a bootlegger named Bill Long uses a scam selling dime a package safety razors on the street with a fake alcohol twist. A mock promotion climaxes in a court tasting tea labeled as whiskey and ends with Long’s acquittal and a cautious warning from officials.
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Bill
Williams
Wil
Binley
Court House
Squire Larecher
Bond
Jover
Squire Larcher
Mr. Long
West Virginia
Bil
Ing Bill
Aquire
Minley
Otcer
Larkshore
Squire
New Gas Wells Found in Grafton Area
Pittsburg and West Virginia Gas Company Comet Oil and Gas Company and Hope Company among firms active in Taylor County seeking oil and gas. Several new wells located with gas production rising while oil found only once. Local interest grows in a large, untapped field. Bride story notes Carleton Casteel of Grafton and Mable Hite of Pittsburg wed after a romance from Atlantic City with Casteel praised for saving his bride from beach accident. Labor Day celebrations draw thousands at Grafton park.
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Grafton
Sepi
Pittsburg
West
Virginia Gas Company
Comet Oil and Gas Company
Hope Company
Taylor County
Carleton Casteel
Mable Hite
Wheeling
Atlantic City
Casteel
Dan Cupid
Snake tale and dairy fable headline mix in Pa.
Mysterious article recounts Sol Gnagey detailing a milk cream separating method using snakes. In a wild town anecdote a hoop snake allegedly drank milk, rolled like a car tire, and left a punctured “ship” with butter. Other notes mention church events and Gerrard singing class plans.
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Meyersdald
Sol Gnagey
Sol
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Bill Long
William Wads-worth Long
Main
Third Streets
Bit
Third Street
Lyson House
Oice
Larkeburg
Willette
Nellie
Rink
Hinley
Linten
Bob Williams
Till
Linley
Xaen
George
Nea Grafton
Grafton Park
Sawyer
Edmund L. Sawyer
First National Bank of Grafton
Harry A. Abbott
Oral J. Jones
Grafting Banking and Trust Company
First National
Teachers’ Institute
H. C. Cole
C. W. Withers
Ola Frances Bartlett
Pearl Thomas
Lawson Starcher
Minnie Byers
Emma
Rosale Kennedy
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
J. H. Davis
Baltimore and Ohio
Walter Fowler
Hardman
Preston County
H. B Carter
South Side
George M. Ford
Charleston
Texas
Paul Williamson
Army Y. M.C. A
Fort Thomas
Cincinnati
el Paso
Army Y. M. C. A
Fort Bit
Bare Davis
Martinsburg
Maryland
Laura v. Getzandanner
Frederick
Iodward Solomon
London
England
Harry B. Flesher
Virginia Industrial School For Boys
Somerset
Andrews Methodist ‘Episcopal Church
Prunytown
Gerrard
Sar ‘Dis
W. Va
Gratton -Péraong
T. 8
Adam Hersh
Kat
Thomas G. Plant Company
Boston
Massachusetts
Model Shoe Store
Livingstone Bros
Clinton
W. Pike St
Goff
Elchill
Bupe
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