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Newspaper
The West Virginian
Location
Fairmont, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1920
Page
2
OEP Farmont Reg 1b Svo spatov Heine to supply for Saturday on all the units. Details unclear due to damaged text but entities indicate a procurement or schedule note involving OEP Farmont Reg 1b.
A sprawling report details railway fuel loading totals, car shipments, and mine operations across Ohio and nearby regions. It notes fuel movements at P or K plants, lists rail carriers like Boston & Maine and Maine Central, and mentions a West Virginia professor elected to a first dictionary event. The piece shifts to a major legal dispute over emergency car assignments, court rulings favoring regulatory authority, and the Lambert Run Coal Company case potential review by the Supreme Court.
Fragmented report details coal cargo permits, coal yard allocations, and ship loading procedures. It references the B and C railroad, permits, and penalties for delays, with mentions of a funeral service for Win Peritt and a shooting incident involving a man named Andy Wilson. The document lists forms for cargo and ballast, eligibility notes, and requirements for ship arrival timing and contingency planning.
A fragmented dialogue references a figure called The Stover Striver and a cloaked past event. The speakers discuss a renamed associate and imply a caper or deception tied to a $10,000,000 stake over five years, with scattered allusions to genuine factions and an oriental motif.
A 1919 police report notes drinking in England and Wales nearly double the 1018 level. Total 57,348, with Northern Ireland contributing 43 percent. Increases blamed on fewer men at home, more policemen on duty, fewer clerks, longer hours for drinking, and stronger liquor.
Notes mention Mr and Mrs Pryor and others, J W Por returning home yesterday, Drath away for weekend, Hemmond of Sing and Satterfield attended Herschel Hamilton funeral in Fairmont, Clarence Brumage hurt in automobile crash but improving at Miners hospital, Abby Wilght and family noted, and United States exports artificial silk to China Japan and Italy as major oil product markets.
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