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Newspaper

The West Virginian

Location

Fairmont, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1916

Page

9

Fairmont Normal Basketball Team Gears Up For Season

Fairmont Normal prepares for a pending basketball season with tryouts and practice across multiple city teams. Zeke Davis returns for the second semester along with several veterans as the Normal squad seeks a strong showing against W. Va Wesleyan and Purdue University rivalries. The Y M C A and local high schools also field teams paced by McClure from Ohio State and Falls the Teen stars, with the season opening against Pittsburgh Collegians and Lumberport on Friday.

Fairmont Weluy Weat Virghinia Culversty Jost Zeke Davis Otter Sandy Ibn Agar W. D.& &. Wesleyan Murdue Uni Warsity M.C A Associiation Pittsburgh Ilegians Eckhannon Moore Airplaneant Nor ‘Mnal Shcape Lumberport

Fragmentary Brain Food Note From A Humble Column

A garbled excerpt hints at a discussion of Brain Food and mental fortitude. The text mentions fowl and a claim about the best kind for the lowly, but the surrounding context and specifics are unreadable. The readable fragments suggest a casual culinary or nutritional aside without clear names or events.

Well Hidden Vames Tale From A Quiet Day

A garbled note recalls a child asking his mother about missing items. She responds uncertainly, mentioning confusion and a possible place. The fragment hints at a domestic moment with mislaid possessions and a search underway.

Vames Tie

Finger Ring In History

From early civilized relations the Enzer ring symbolized fidelity and grace, valued as a convenient means to convey the sentiment of trust and commitment in social exchanges, reflecting timeless customs.

Speaker leads league in batting in sport notes

The notes report Speaker atop the batting charts while previews hint at Yale Harvard results. Mentions discuss potential earnings and boxing payoffs, with various figures and local notes on sports figures and businesses.

Apur Speaker Yale Harvard

Fleming Alumni Beat Shinnston In Night Of Hoops

The Fleming school defeated Shinnston 74 to 19 on the Fleming school gym floor before a good crowd. Last week Fleming also beat Shinnston at Shinmston 27 to 14. Lineup included Fleming Alumni 34 and Shinnston 10 with players ViRMBUL, Piggott, Parsons, Mitchell, Rice, Griffin, and Vignaul scoring in a rough scoring night.

Fleming School Shinnston Fleming Hars Shinmston Fleming Professor Row Rice Beach Aoe Griffin Viemnaul Andre Brown Smet Piggot L Fouls Vignaul Smell

Old Hickory Tonle Patent Remedy Ad

An old advertisement touts Old Hickory Tonic as a health booster, claiming it sharpens appetite, cleanses kidneys, and purifies the blood with herbs and barks. It stresses a private doctor family formula, free of strychnine, and urges purchase at general stores in towns and countryside.

Iver Lowell Troy

Carlson Is New Pitt Captain

Carlson, known as Red, has been chosen captain of next year’s Pittsburgh Panthers after the team’s Thanksgiving victory streak. He rises from regular on the squad, prepped at Bellefonte Academy, and earns high praise from critics as a top player in the country. Twenty varsity insignias were awarded, the largest class in years, with seven veterans from the 191? lineup.

Pittsburgh Penn State University of Pittsburgh H. Clifford Carlson Bob Peek Pantherites Red Miter AlbEuntern Veler Hong Carlson Bellefonte Academy Mayotte Civ Te ix Atande Srchiied Warner

Overland Auto Club delegates depart for Pittsburgh meeting

Thirty three members of the Overland motor car organization from northern West Virginia leave for a national meeting in Pittsburgh aboard a special Pullman from the Pennsylvania Inn. The conference at the Geyerland factory will run December 1 to 24 with dealers from across the country gathered in shifts. Names of those departing by night include J W Newman, J A Newman, B Farshore, Leo Williams, J A Williams, J Murphy, B D Dowell, J Live, H Turner, Roy Rymer, G K Caln, J Talbott, M Mitchell and others.

Overland Motor Car Organization West Virginia Auto Overland Hale Pennsylvania Inn Pittsburgh Pittshureh Talada Willya Over Land Company Gyerland J W J. A. Newroman Auto Bales Co Clarksburg B. Farshore Union

Fragmentary Local Names and Odds and Ends in Weimar Era

A garbled OCR fragment lists numerous surnames and places including St Marys Grafton Mannington Buckhannon Shinnston and Ninoll Motor Car Co. plus stray phrases about Edinburgh endowments and harvests. It reads as a rough collage of names, towns, and a few quoted maxims without a coherent event.

Teraville Chan Hiasifbotham Martinsville Uiovis St Marya Ruweell St. Marys FE. Watson Gordon P. Poush Penpabero Morenn Fairmont Walter L. Cook Grafton Virgil A. Brown Margatown J. K Woodley Gasmaway W. M. Michels Mannington Daha Eh Ardron Stinnstan Ray Long Shinnston RE. Rusk Camilen J. Mosler Harman Kingwood Ro Hines Buckhannon Baten James Spertalty Co Priemants Juhi Dao Pues Ville Jorm Nusum Ninoll Motor Car Co

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