West Virginia Delegation in Washington Focus on Maine and Pension Checks
Washington reports show West Virginia lawmakers and voters engaging in national campaign dynamics. Democratic appeals to the president for personal voter contact coincide with Maine results, while Congress debates pension increases affecting about 75 to 200 thousand women nationwide and West Virginia constituents.
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Washington
Daniela
Navy Department
Wade
Maine
Pine Tree
Hughes
Hughes Male Ain
Malur
Tower House
Daniels
Kent
Ld Guad
Oil and gas development reports across multiple West Virginia counties
The report details numerous oil and gas tests in Marion, Wetzel, Mingo, and surrounding counties. It notes producers such as the Slayton Oil Company, South Penn Oil Company, Hope Natural Gas Company, and Manufacturers Light and Heat, with several wells showing gas or oil flow, varying from ten to sixty barrels per day, and others still in early stages or awaiting results. Persistent activity includes shot wells, new test wells, and ongoing developments in Elk and Kanawha districts, highlighting continued exploration and fluctuating output after initial production.
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Marion County
W. Vin
Welwan and Muftman's
Alfred Kendall
2. E. Matron
Rendall
Slayton
Mays Farm
New Milton
Coldridge County
South Pony Oil
South Penn Ol Company
Maxwell
Emoll
Che Anne Dis Riet
Sun Gas Company
Thompson Farm
Laurel Run
Murphy District
Allenin County
South Penn Gi Company
J. Craft
Stnight Fork
Durning Springs
Wirt County
N. W. Haught Farm
Sqmsser
Bartholomew Run
Mannington
Carne Natural Gas Company
Hamilton
Church Ditriet
Wetzel County
Jonathan Kerna
Ensser
Maxon
Sugar Creek
Hope Natural Gas Company
James Strosnidler
Gordon Sind
Grant District
Maine
Rachel Lowe
Church Dlatriet
Lis A
Gordon and Gusser
Jennie Potts
Rowe County
Song Crook
Raithheld
Taam
Lee Ott
Louisa Harris
Anne Ineulley
Tony Developent
J.T Harris
Henwlits
Elk Listriot
Kanawha
Ohio Fuel Oil Company
Edward Gabhart
South Penn Oil Company
A.C. Skinner Farm
Aime Company
W. A. McCarkle Farm
Sponcee
Route County
Carter Oil Company
McDonald Belrs
Flay Fork
Harper
Charles Simms and Company
Gaideo
Little Creek
Spencer
Gee
Heeky
Louisa J. Hedges
J. M. Marpor and Company
Elizabeth Walker
Jurtis
United Fuel Gas Company
M. M. Hicknan
Sind
Harrison County
West Fork River
Hartleen
Clarksburg Light and Heat Company
George F. Rogers
Katy Lick
Sandia
Philadelphia Company
W.G. Allen
Brown’s Creek
Rock Run
Freeman's Creek
Lewis County
Shelton Minter
3. M. Riley
Kinchloe Creek
Union Dixlet
Reserve Gas Company
Crocker Hall
Cameron Wis
Marshall County
Carnegie Natural Gas Company
Joba
Independence — Township
Washington County
J. H
Muxon
Lowell
Washington
Muskingam Township
Oi Company
Wilkens Sisters
Sqiem
Wharff
Pennsylvania
Peanuys
Deld
Taylorstown Oiset
South Fenn Os Company
Alidlend Division
Samuel Clelland
Ten Mile Creek
Greene County
Manufacturers Light and Heat Company
Samuel Webster
Villa Driven from Chihuahua City by Constitutionalist Army
El Paso reporting that Villa’s 500 men breached parts of Chihuahua City but were repelled by the Constitutionalist forces with heavy losses. The routed followers were killed, General Trevino wounded in the arm, and news arrived from Juarez after telegraph lines linked Chihuahua.
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el Paso
Tex
Villa
Chihuahua City
Trevine
Juarez Tate
Chihuahua
elkMon
Death of Lorne White a noted financial journalist
Horage White New York Sept 16 Lorne White longtime financial journalist died at his home age 87 after a long illness He was part of a famed New York group Jounalists and served as editor in chief at the New York Evening Post among other roles He retired in 1903 Surviving daughters include Mrs J M Howells Martha and Elizabeth White
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New York
Lorne White
Chicago
TSS
Tin
New York Evening Fest
Provident
Glee
J. M. Howells
William Dean Howells
Martha
Elizabeth White
Fire Still Burns at Consolidation Coal Mine No 6
A fire at Monongah's Consolidation Coal Company mine No 6 burned through Saturday night and was said to be under control though damage estimates were unclear. Rumors of 100 men entombed circulated but were denied by local business leaders as inaccurate reports on the scene. The four men overcome by air fumes after a gasoline pump explosion were said to have recovered.
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Ming No. 6
Consolidation Coal Company
Monongah
Monongan
Arly
Prohibition Campaigns Across Northwestern States Afoot
A period piece reports Prohibition campaigners shifting across Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Montana for wets. but North Dakota, Idaho, Washington and Oregon for dries. It notes J Frank Hanly’s ads, denials of widespread Republican dissatisfaction with Hughes, and lists oil and gas drilling activity across Harrison, Grant, Union, and other counties with multiple companies drilling, testing, or completing wells and reporting dry or wet results.
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Ashlan Ore
Alght
J. Prank Hany
Prohibition
Antenne
Charlon E. Hughes
National Catholic Charities Conference Opens in Washington
Nearly 4000 delegates from across the United States arrive in Washington as the fourth national conference of Catholic charities opens. The biennial gathering will cover social and philanthropic work, with sessions Monday through Wednesday featuring leaders in charitable activities and separate discussions on family and child welfare amid a crowded program.
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Washington
United States
National Conference of Catholic Charities
Hughes Campaign Schedule Guides Bridgehampton Trip
Charles Hughes plans to depart Bridgehampton for New York tomorrow afternoon arriving about seven thirty. He will be joined by Mrs Hughes for a western campaign tour starting Monday morning. Hughes will not return to Bridgehampton as he closes his summer home. Associate Justice Mahlon Pitney visited during the day as the sole caller.
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Bridgehampton
Noy
Charles FE. Hughes
New York
Hughes
Peechon
Mahlon Pitney
United States Supreme Court
Ivenger Jones Dead in Washington After Garfield Assassination Shot
William Jones known as Dill Jones the Ivenger who shot at Charles Guiteau, Garfield assassin, after he was moved from the sportshouse to the district jail. Jones fired and was arrested then released.
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Washington
William, Jones
Dill Jones
Ivenger
Charles J. Cuiteau
Garfield
Guiteau
Jones
Davis toland and Pittsburg weather and boxing notes
Report from Aner Pittsburg lists Davis toland damper with 4.2 vet rising clear. Steubenville, Parkersburg, Morgantown and Warren weather readings show varied inches and feet, while Fred Fulton and Frank Moran are matched for a ten round boxing bout at Madison Square Garden. mentions an African elephant weighing up to 100 pounds and nine feet long.
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Pittsburg
Davis
Minneapolis
Minn
Fred Fulton
Frank — Moran
Malison Square Garden
New York
Futter
Mexican constitutional convention proposed before year end
An official Mexican announcement states a convention will be held before year end to consider constitutional changes. American members report efforts to restore normal conditions in Mexico, with two weeks of conference focusing on internal affairs, border peace, and possible withdrawal of U.S. troops in Chihuahua. The commission plans to resume work on Mondays.
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Olf Sweecuree
London
Mexico
Afl
Internacional Line
Chihmahin
Une
Comminnion
Most Violent Fighting Reported Across Fronts
A despatch details intense combat west of Lake Ostrove with Huns routed by Central powers. Sorbians advance northeast of Plorinn seizing thirty two cannon. French push in Vietmenek Kalma Xolan and Florina, Bulgarians withdraw after Maikanthaen loss. Serbian Mog Lonica front attack fails. Greece's King Constantine forms new cabinet with Kalogeropoulos to replace Zalmis.
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Lake Ostrove
Plorinn
Vietmenek
Kalma- Xolan
Florina
Softa
Jake Ostrovo
Berlin
Maikanthaen
Moglonica Front
Berin
Law Freer
Petrograd
Ted
Kapul
Carpathians
Constantine
Greece
London
Nicolas Kalogeropoulos
Zalmis
British Forces Extend Advance Along Six Mile Front
British forces south of the Ancre report further progress with a six mile front advance. The official GHQ statement notes the advance since Friday ranges from one to two miles while 1700 additional prisoners were taken Saturday, bringing the two-day total to over 4000.
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London
Ancre
Italian Troops Gain Ground on Curso Plateau
Vienna dispatch reports Italian forces gained some ground on the northern Curso plateau while Austrian troops on the lower Ison withstand assaults. Official communique says Italians captured 900 prisoners as of today.
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Vienna
London
Curso
Ison
Fom
Belgian Forces Take Tabora In East Africa
Belgian forces operating in German East Africa have captured Tabora, the principal German fortress in the region, after severe fighting between September and October. The Beliza communication says Brigades Al Molliton and another unit entered Tabora, expelling the Germans from the fortified citadel that controlled the railway from Lake Langanyie to the Indian Ocean.
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London
Tabor
Ley
Beleiza
al Molliton
Tombenur
Tabora
German East Africa
Lake Langanyie
Indian Ocean
Excursion Trains Load Passengers for Pittsburg and Wheel ing
An excursion train to Pittsburg leaving the city Saturday midnight carried 288 passengers. Weston riders totaled 185 aboard. The train had eleven coaches. A return trip is planned tonight. Another excursion departed at 6 15 this morning for Wheel ing with a large number aboard and will return at 11 tonight.
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Pittsburg Leng
Inghin City
Weston
Wheeling
Moore and Pritchard Tried Under Prohibition Charge
Kr V. Moore known as Crip Moore and Harry Pritchard faced trial in Magistrate Jackson V. Carter's court on a prohibition violation for carrying nine bottles of beer in an unlabelled basket on North Fourth street. The court reserved decision until Monday.
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KR. V. Moore
Tin Plate Plant Will Burn Goal This Winter
Strikes loom as 70 000 to 86 000 workers threaten walkout with subway and street line service unsettled. Interborough Rapid Transit and New York Railway may seek legal action if sympathy strikes hit. Sabraton plant plans coal firing to avoid gas shortages, aiming to operate at high capacity through fall and winter, boosting wages and output.
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New York
Altough
Carmen
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
New York Railway Company
Ext
New
Theodore Shonts
Judge Robinsons GOP Gubernatorial Tour Outlined
The itinerary for Judge Ja J Robinson of Grafton Republican nominee for Governor was released Saturday night from state headquarters. It lists Monday afternoon Fairmont and Monday evening Martintown. Tuesday Wheeling. Wednesday Marshall county with two speeches in Moundsville and Caudron.
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Ja J. Rolinson
Grafton
Fairmont
Martintown
Wheeling
Wednesay
Marshall County
Robinson
Moundsville
Cau Cron
Poling Held On Felonious Assault Charge
Polling and his brother were held by Magistrate Jackson V. Carter on a felonious assault charge involving Tode Stewart, a Monongahela Valley Traction conductor, after being removed from a Grasselli car. Marty Voling was released for lack of evidence of involvement. Polling jailed in default bond as county jail houses thirty-two prisoners, including twenty road workers.
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Y Toling
Not
Personal notices from Charlestown visit Waldo hotel
FW Mark of Charleston is a guest at the Waldo hotel. F. Aitken of Weston visits there. M. B. Huebel of Wheeling is here briefly. George Ahoise of New Milton visits the city. A. M. Newton of Huntington is a guest at Hotel Gore. Rico from Wheeling on business. J. Floredo, Bea itive store proprietor, in New York on purchasing trip. John Robinson, former county deputy sheriff, visited city Saturday evening. Captain James M Hurry of Bridgeport was here Saturday evening.
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Mark
Charleston
Waldo Hotel
F. Aitken
Weston
M. B. Huebel
Wheeling
George Ahoise
New Milton
A. M. Newton
Huntington
Gore
Atte Rico
J. Floredo
Bea Itive
New York
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