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Newspaper
The West Virginian
Location
Fairmont, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1916
Page
5
A fragmented reminiscence on Christmas time in the city. The narrator contrasts friendly faces and crowded buses with petty temptations and the pull of money, noting a mix of humor, fatigue, and holiday cheer. The piece suggests people feel buoyant yet wary during the season.
The Today’s Manufacturers Record lists essential ventures and high capital projects in the Southern developmental effort of the past week. Included are glass bottle manufacturing, electricity generation and distribution, coal and graphite mining, iron and steel, smelting, lumber, meat packing, and related enterprises with hundreds of thousands to millions in investments across West Virginia Texas Oklahoma Alabama and other districts. Involved companies include Beechuk Lumber Co and several coal concerns in Fairmont Ragland and Wheeling, with capital scales from 100000 to 2000000 dollars, and plans for expanding and building new plants and facilities.
Industrial Fairmont reports cautious progress at the Uwe Glass and related facilities with bonuses aimed at boosting worker thrift. Ongoing delays in wiring, shipping, and Christmas delivery create impediments to completion of the White Way lights and the riverfront building exterior.
Obituary notes the death of Joseph Maple in Star City on Wednesday. Funeral services were held at the Mathie ofist Protestant church, followed by interment at Taylortown Cemetery in Monengalla county.
Philip Heck a long time Marion County resident died at his Parkerton home after a weeks long illness. He was 62 and the last survivor of fourteen siblings. Survived by daughters Riley Parka and Ellen Hayes and nephew F K Clelland. Funeral 1:30 p m Sunday at home with family cemetery interment. he was a longtime Methodist Episcopal South member.
Huntington W Va Dec 22 clocks of Ashland and Catlettsburg will be set forward one hour January 1 to correspond with Eastern Standard. The plan approved by the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad will reduce train time confusion as trains previously changed time at Huntington. Under the new arrangement the change will be maintained at Russell Ky to align with the Eastern zone.
An old newspaper ad touts Pape's Cold Compound as a fast cure for colds and grippe, claiming three doses every two hours clear the nose and head, stop discharge, relieve headache and feverishness, and cost 25 cents at any drug store. It emphasizes no quinine, easy taste, and no substitute.
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