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Newspaper
The West Virginian
Location
Fairmont, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1916
Page
2
Tomorrow marks the start of the annual Week of Prayer in Fairmont churches. Each church will hold its own services this year for efficiency, with invitations extended to the public to attend and support the revival efforts.
Mrs W T Smith hosted the Book club at her Clarksburg Street home at 2 30 this afternoon. Numerous personals note Miss Lutia Mason of Morgantown visiting, Delays and travel, and residents Ida Boulwell and Vera Gene heading to Ohio for a future home.
Norman C Lee, a New York boy aged 40, earned a bravery medal after serving in the American Ambulance corps at Verdun. He drove a wmd valance half a mile under fire then ran another half mile when the line was blown, to save a fellow ambulance driver.
Forty-two Ohio county residents face investigation next month following grand jury action on liquor charges. The Wellsburg News reports the county probe stems from a campaigned crackdown in Wheeling and surrounding locales. A. J. Crooka of Wheeling Junction will take over the Democratic paper January 1 after John C. Kerr sells the Wellsburg News.
All members of the school are requested to attend church activities including morning worship and an evening program. A New Year's greeting and sermon are noted with events at 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. Readers are directed to another notice for the full New Year message.
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