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Newspaper

The West Virginian

Location

Fairmont, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 23, 1920

Page

7

Quiz style chaos from a forgotten page in Tallon Greece

An OCR fragment blends a chaotic quiz section with stray notes on whale biology, meteorology, and local notices. It mentions Thalys in Northern Greece, Pizarro, whale anatomy, and a weather column, then shifts to scattered names, surgeries, church notices, and holiday traffic concerns, all with missing structure and multiple garbled phrases.

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Christmas News and Social Notes From a Local Paper

A jumble of fragmentary items reports on Christmas plans and visits, attendance at a Mason lodge meeting, and several marriage licenses listed in a county clerks’ office. Names include Mrs Coonell, Mrs Scott, Sell Boott, Otto Dodd, Gladys Hawkinberry, Ida Violin McDonsid, and others across Athens, Fairmont, Farmington, and nearby towns.

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Millions For BR RB Equipment Loan Approved by ICC

The Interstate Commerce Commission approved a loan totaling 26,776,000 dollars to the New York Central railroad to finance equipment purchases costing 50,626,000 dollars. Recipient roads include Michigan Central, Wheeling and Lake Erie, New York Central, Cincinnati Northern, Toledo and Ohio Central, Zanesville and Western, Kanawha and Michigan, and Western, among others.

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Travel guide notes of railway routes and services

Fragmented OCR text lists various trains and routes including Washington to Baltimore to New York and Chicago fares, Pullman service mentions, connections through Morgantown and Pittsburgh. It reads as travel timetable fragments with train types, fares, and stations, lacking coherent narrative.

Transit schedule fragment from Maytown trip listing

Fragmentary OCR shows a transportation timetable with times and stations. Mentions United town origin, Pittrburen, Timah, and arrival windows around 1:00 and 6:00 with several unreadable names. Indicates a train or bus route with several stops and noted schedule irregularities.

Christmas Baskets Packed for the Poor by Salvation Army

The Salvation Army organizes Christmas baskets for the needy with help from many girls and volunteers. The effort features donated foods and goods, a war cry on the baskets, and a fundraising count toward a $2,000 total to aid charitable families through winter.

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Christmas Exercises Tonight at Gru Lutheran Church

The Gru Lutheran Church will hold its annual Christmas exercises tonight at 7:30 PM with school under the Sun Diay attending. The program features musical selections and demonstrations as part of the church event for the community.

Sundiay School Gru Lutheran Church

War Proclaimed By D Annunzio

London December 23 reports D Annunzio has proclaimed war between his Flame government and Italy. The proclamation forbids the population of Flame from leaving the city and directs residents to stay inside as a central Rome correspondent notes. The note adds that any opposition will be met with response. the warning underscores heightened tensions.

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Calder Committees Take a Recess Amid Inquiry Swirl

Washington reports say the Senate investigation into alleged graft and profiteering stalled as the committee adjourned for a recess. Chairman Alder plans resumption next week as officials like George Cabine of the American Wholesale Grocers Association are tied to the probe. The inquiry focuses on alleged government favors and illicit profits in distribution chains.

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Year Ending Coal and Rail Output Totals for 1920

The report records Monongah area rail loadings and coal output through December 14 1920. It notes about 84 000 cars loaded on the Monongahela line, 7 000 coal cars to the Pennsylvania district by year end, and roughly 2 000 cars of contained material along the Virginia and Maryland spur lines. Exports were heavy with 37 60 carloads of coal and coke by December 18, 1920, marking a strong year for the region's coal industry.

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Coal and lake shipments mark Monongahela division year

The article chronicles 1920 lake and rail coal flows from the Monongah division to Curtis Bay and other lakes, noting record carloads, peak months, and regulatory battles over rail car assignments and pooling. It also covers Fairmont operators, the Weat Virgin ia plan, and notable industry deaths.

Coal and railway notes from Monongahela region

A miscellaneous late 19th century update reports railway work restrictions for the Christmas period, mine payoffs across several coal firms, and corporate moves. It lists operations suspended on Saturdays, paydays at various mines, a directorate meeting in the Northern West Virginia area, and new company charters and acquisitions involving American Gas Coal, Jamison Cobb Coke, and Monongahela railway properties.

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