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Newspaper
The West Virginian
Location
Fairmont, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1915
Page
2
Unclear fragments mention Montay with simmer school notes and a period term possibly starting soon. Readers are left with limited readable details about timing or location.
An unclear OCR text describes a Virginia church event with mentions of pastors, a Sunday service, and a police matter involving a charge related to an infant and an animal incident. The fragmentary report lists places and names, but the exact details are obscured by transcription errors.
A speech urges residents to back a campaign for a better Fairmont charter. It criticizes the Democratic ring, notes expense to pursue appeals in state and federal courts, and calls for voluntary contributions to cover costs. Citizens are asked to donate to the city committee and acknowledge remittance by mail.
Two colored men Sim Jim and Bowlog Jackson were arrested after a morning fight in a Washington Street restaurant. Jackson was beaten. Sim Jim was held for a war trial and the case continued to 7:30 PM. In a separate case Mike Dracke was fined six dollars for striking a coworker with a dipper at North Dekota Lane and restrained by Justice of the Peace R. Leigh Fleming.
Messrs and ladies from Barnesville Uniontown and Morgantown are mentioned in a string of social updates. Mrs Cornwall and Mrs V. Cornwell are listed as ill at home on Jacobs Street while a Children’s Day program is planned at the Mond Dismond Street church. Hope Sewing Circle entertained by Miss Virginia Barnes. News covers visits, callers, and family movements including the Wilsons of Barnesville Ohio and Mrs Lake Satterfield’s death in Smithtown.
The notice lists upcoming services at multiple churches including Pica Broomfield’s temple and Diamond Street M E Church. Details mention church events, Sunday School, Epworth League, baptism of children, devotional and prayer meetings, and gatherings led by pastors such as Rev. Gibson and J Workman.
Mrs J L Shriver of Jollytown Pennsylvania is ill at the home of her daughter Mrs J Lantz on Fifth Street. The notice records a family illness with location in Jollytown and mentions the daughter as caregiver.
Hugh Bhrears Marquis of Taylor County died after gallant battle with illness. A 87 year old farmer and Republican official, he served as secretary of the county Republican executive committee. Survived by wife and two children, he was active in Knights of Pythias. Funeral arrangements set for Morgantown and Grafton with burial near Grafton.
Coal Run column notes H S Rona elected president of the chamber of commerce and presiding at the meeting. Other officers named include First vice president J Walter Barnon, vice president R Hite, treasurer Marty Hastiey, and secretary Charles W Evans. A resolution supports paving over Coal Run ravine instead of a bridge by Matrimont residents represented by C D Robinson.
The Fairmont Chamber of Commerce urges Jas on Watson president of Fairmont Gas to respond within thirty days about an eight cent gas rate controversy. The notice notes配 concerns over location of a glass plant and impacts on growth and development in Fairmont.
A brief society note from the Atchison Globe praises a recent entertaining event described as a lively success. The piece emphasizes the crowd’s response and the overall enjoyable atmosphere for attendees.
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