Story of France Today explores grit amid war
George Randolph Chester delivers a wartime vignette for The West Virginian series. The tale contrasts American resolve with French expectations, detailing stretcher bearers and the blunt practical ethic. Chester reports from France for The West Virginian and the Newspaper Enterprise Association, publishing daily.
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George Randolph Chester
Wallingford
Chester
France
West Virginian
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Lenine Trotsky fugitives said to flee to Riga
Berlin reports German forces entered Dvinsk and Russians failed to blow the Dvinz bridge. Austrian war office says Lutsk captured without fighting. London notes rumors Petrograd Bolsheviki government toppled by Social Revolutionists led by M Tchersoff with Lenine and Trotsky said to have escaped to Riga.
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Berlin
Dvinsk
War Office
Dvinz River
Vienna
von Linsingen
Austrian War Office
Lutsk
London
Bass
Petrograd
M. Tchersoff
Politiken
Copenhagen
Nikolai Lenine
Leon Trotsky
Riga
American visitors in Paris reflect on French attitude
In Paris on February 19, 1918, American correspondents note French confidence toward Americans as calm and superior. A committee on costumes and properties is formed aboard a steamer with Lieut Bill as chair, tasked to list needed items, disregarding wartime restrictions.
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Paris
L. A. Ermit
Fairmenter Held For Shooting In Baltimore
Fairmont man Charles B. W. Chapman, claim agent for The Monongahela Valley Traction, shot George E. Osborn at Osborns boarding house in Baltimore while trying to extract a promise to leave Osborns wife alone. Chapman surrendered to police. Osborn expected to recover. Chapman, recently transferred from Parkersburg, had lived on Maple Avenue in Fairmont before traveling to Baltimore.
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Baltlmore Charlies
B. W
Death of William Howard at Fairmont Hospital
William Howard a 40 year old colored man died yesterday at 4 30 p m at Fairmont Hospital No 3 He was employed by the Orr Coal company at Wilsonburg Ford and Carpenter are in charge of the funeral services
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William Howard
Fairmont Hospital No. 3
Orr Coal Company
Wilson‘burs
Ford and Carpenter
Daily War Savings Stamp Sales Hit Nearly 3 Million
Associated Press report from Washington on February 12 notes tense receipts from War Savings Stamps reaching 2,840,525 for the day and lifting February totals to 25,134,923 while campaign totals grow to 29,359,921,107.
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Associated Press
Washington
Judge Sturgiss Refires In High Court Case
Charleston February reports explain Chief interest in the Supreme Court session centered on Price versus Sturgiss in prohibition from Morgantown. Judge George C. Sturgiss appeared as his own counsel and asked for more time to examine late exhibits filed in the petition. The writ aims to bar Sturgiss from trying certain cases with issues allegedly matching those in which a special judge was recently agreed upon.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Supreme Court
Price
Sturgiss
Morgantown
George C. Sturgiss
Catholic Rector of Moundsville Dead in Wheeling Hospital
Rev Father Francis Flaglason of Moundsville died in Wheeling hospital of meningitis this morning. Rev Father Flanagan had succeeded Rev Father Boutleu as rector of St Peters Catholic Church at Moundsville. He was known in Fairmont for frequent visits. Funeral set for Thursday at 10 a.m. in Moundsville.
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Father Boutson
St. Peters Catholic Church
Wheeling
Francis Flaglason
Moundsville
Father Flanagan
Father Boutleu
Fairmont
Moundsviile
Mayor Bowen Offers Spruce to Uncle Sam
Mayor Anthony Bowen writes Col Brice Disque of Portland asking the government to use spruce from his Washington land in Pacific county about four miles from the current spruce camp. The trees are highly valued yet Bowen wants them cut for airplane use and the land patent bears Grover Cleveland's handwriting. Government inquiry may lead to a spruce camp setup in the area.
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Anthony Bowen
Col
Brice Disque
Portland
Oregon
Washington
Pacific County
Bowen
Grover Cleveland
Jimmie McWilliams Injured in October 1918 Incident
Uncle Jimmie McWilliams, a well known Fair monter, is hospitalized at Fairmont with a broken hip. He holds to a belief he will die within October 1918, despite current spirits, and recalls prior angel warnings of death before 1915 and later ten months of life.
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Jimmie McWilliams
YMCA Membership Campaign Gets Good Start
The YMCA membership drive opens with strong early returns as volunteers, led by a group of working girls, kick off recruitment efforts. Local branches report growing interest and pledge drives aimed at expanding youth and community programs.
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Y.M.C.A
Y M C A Membership Drive Opens With Rival Teams
The Reds and Blues clubs engage in a morning push for memberships at the Y M C A. Teams are fully organized with four committees each and a plan to cover the entire city. Dinner and an annual meeting follow, with nominations for directors and advisory council, as the campaign continues.
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Reds
Hasting
Blees
Hom-Dinger
T M. Cc. A
Te M. C. A
J. W
Young Business Men
Young Women
Young Women's Department
Dorcas Prichard
C. E Hutchinson
A. G. Martin
John G. Smyth
The
WJ. Wiegel
Blues
Young Women’s Department
Fairmont Young Men's Christian Association
J. M. Hartley
R. T. Cunningham
Joseph Rosier
Hugh Smith
Glenn F. Burns
N- E. Jamison
C. Henry
C. E. Hutchinson
J. M. Jacobs
J. W. McDonald
J. H Row
George DeBolt
John Gordon Smyth
Kemble White
W. I. Lydie
R. L. Kingsland
Louise Nichols
Ethel Prickett
Nettle Johnston
Virginia Gaskill
M R. Frantz
Jame Montgomery
Ruth Kelley
G. H. Colebank
Clara Leamar
Y.M.C.A. Campaign Support From Marine Recruit
Guy Crigler, once principal at White school and now in training at Paris Island, urges Superintendent Hustead to back a Y.M.C.A. 31C. A. campaign in Fairmont, saying it is the only homefront approach and essential for the men everywhere.
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Guy Crigler
White School
Marine Barracks
Paris Island
South Carolina
W. A. Hustead
East Side
Hustead
Fairmont
Coal operators urged to speed up cost reports in 1916 17 18
The Fairmont district coal operators face delays as car supply fluctuates and a luncheon at The Fairmont hotel plans to discuss compiling cost figures for 1916 1917 and January 1918 to present to the United States Fuel Administration. TL Lewis urges swift action and cooperation among operators to boost production and ensure coal cleanliness.
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Feirmont
Fairmont Coal Club
Fairmont Hotel
TL. Lewis
Splint & Gas Coal Association
Charleston
Fairmont
Central ‘West Virginia Coal Operators’ Association
United States
Washington's Birthday Programs Set for Fairmont Schools
Community war work efforts in Fairmont plan Washington's birthday observances at multiple school auditoriums Friday evening. Miller school hosts a patriotic show Thursday, with lessons repeated at Friday gatherings. speakers bureau expands to countywide service excluding Mannington. Mayor Bowen coordinates arrangements. Hutchinson school considered as a meeting point. East Park excluded.
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Washington
Fairmont
Miller School
C. E. Goodwin
C. W. Evans
J. Walter Barnes
Mannington
Metz
Downs
Marion County Council of Defense
Blake Neely
Hutchinson
Marion County
Lincoln
Anthony Bowen
East Park
German Offensives Likely On Western Front With Tanks and Gas
British forces brace as German aims on the Arras to St Quentin sector threaten a surprise push. Reports from captured prisoners outline new tactics using tanks and a mysterious gas, with Hindenburg and Ludendorff shifting from prolonged bombardment to rapid, heavy infantry assaults. German troops express skepticism and fear being used as cannon fodder in renewed offensive plans.
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Associated Press
France
Arras
St. Quentin
von Hindenburg
von Ludendorff
Galicia
Riga
Tragic Domestic Shooting Ends in Mass Fatalities
In Columbus Ohio on February 18, Forrest Bigelow shot and killed his wife Lena 38 his six year old daughter Anna bell 6 his sister in law Hazel Steele 25 and mortally wounded mother in law Sallie Cruitt before turning the gun on himself dying instantly Domestic troubles are blamed for the tragedy
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Associated Press
Columbus.o
Lena
Annabell
Hazel Steele
Sallie Cruitt
Forrest Bigelow
Oath
Rotarians to Hold Evening Meeting at Fairmont
Fairmont Rotarians skip noon lunch this week to convene Thursday evening at 7 20 for remarks by Pittsburgh leaders Stewart C. Mc Farland Anthony W. Smith Clarksburg president Sam Bentley and Wheeling district governor Will H. Hare with words expected from several members.
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Fairmont
Stewart C. McFarland
Anthony W. Smith
Pittsburgh
Sam Bentley
Clarksburg Club
Will H. Hare
Wheeling
Supt Wilson to Attend NEA Meetings in Philly and AC
Otis G. Wilson city schools superintendent departs tonight for Philadelphia and Atlantic City for ten days to attend national educational meetings. In Philadelphia he will join the National Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education February 21 to 23. Next week he attends the National Superintendents Association gathering in Atlantic City through the week. Wilson attends these meetings annually.
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Otis G. Wilson
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Philadelph
Wilson
National Society For the Promotion of Industrial Education
Wilsom
Consolidation Coal Urges 70 Vaccinate At Mines
The Consolidation Coal Company promotes smallpox vaccination for all employees and their families at its mines, led by Monongah Superintendent John Riggins. An open appeal orders unvaccinated workers, wives, and children to be vaccinated immediately, with company doctors providing free vaccination.
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Monongah
John Riskins
Hei
Riggins
John C. Riggins
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