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Newspaper

The West Virginian

Location

Fairmont, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 13, 1916

Page

2

Banquet For Woodmen In East Side

East Side News reports a Modern Woodmen of America banquet hosted at Palatine Baptist Church with eight oclock service and initiation by Oscar Poe. Also notes Hope Sewing Circle entertainment on Diamond Street and ongoing municipal and social visits across Clarkburg, Morgantown, and nearby towns.

Woodmen of America East Side Palatine Baptist Church Poe Oscar Poe Hope Sewing Circle Aude Edna Jenkingilk Hope Sowing Diamond Street

Mannington News Highlights Local Events and Visits

Mannington reports a Flag Day observance by the Elk lodge with a street parade and lodge ceremony on Market Street. Local parties include a birthday gathering with roses and a four course dinner, Episcopal Bishop W L Gravatt to visit, and visits by residents to Washington and Ohio for graduations and conventions. European war trophies are displayed in Claude Basnett's window on Buffalo Street.

Mannington Lodge of Elke Brother Elke Market Street Mannington’ Band Elks Lodge Toom Benner Lodge P. H. Pitzer E.R L. B. Huey Chaplin Columbia Episcopal Church W. L. Gravatt West Virginia Claude Basnett Buffalo Street

West Virginia primary law resists practical politics

Pittsburg dispatch staffer wires gossip from St. Louis about West Virginia delegates to the Democratic National Convention. Word links Col John T McGraw to supported ticket while Watson’s name is floated for committeeman, amid questions on legality of delegates under the state primary law and plans for a broad reform movement. Delegates listed include McGraw, Bennett, Contif, Byrd, Sutton, Graham, Stevenson, Beavers, Frantz, Stiles and others from Fairmont to Charleston, with debate on future practical primary rules.

Pittsburg Larry Gosxorn Dispatch St. Louis West Virginia Clarenes W. Watson West McGraw Wilson Marshall Jay Assembly Martinsburg Percy Byrd Clarkeburg John D. Sutton Sutton T. F. Graham Parkersburg John B. Stevenson Huntington James F. Beavers Matewan L. M. Frantz Malens Maynard F. Stiles Charleston Callison

Eagle Attacks Boy In Charleston Flight Fight

In Charleston West Virginia on June 13 an American eagle attacked a boy, George Jenkins’s son of Union Astrict Kanawha county. The bird’s talons sank into the boy’s leg and had to be broken to release him. The eagle measured 734 feet tip to tip.

Charleston W. Va George Jenkins Union Astrict Kanawha County

Eternal City at Grand Theatre shows in town

The Eternal City plays today and tomorrow at the Grand Theatre with matinee and night showings under The Eastern Star. The Rome filmed epic, based on Hal Cale’s novel, features seventy principals and ten thousand attendants, praised as a supreme screen triumph with life’s lasting value.

Hal Cale Rome Hich Broadway New York Iself

Girl Testifies She Was Voted in Mingo

Miss Clara Lester of Mingo county tests in Charleston on June 11 regarding alleged election frauds in last Tuesday's bi partisan primary. She says she was listed as Jim Lester after being given dinner by election officers at War Eagle precinct. Lilly faction asserts hundreds of similar cases and accuses their rival Jude Robinson’s followers of misconduct in the campaign.

Charleston W. Va Clara Lester Mingo County War Eagle Precinct Lester Jim Lester Lilly Iy Jude Robinson

Bonner Selected Chief Clerk In West Virginia

Charleston June 18 R Bonner principal of the Grafton High school has been selected as the new chief clerk to the State Superintendent. The vote followed a recount in about twenty precincts as some candidates claimed faults. The move fills the vacancy after W C Gist resigned to return to farming in Brooke County.

Br. P. Shawkey Lilly W. C. Gist Hrooke Bonner Charleston W. Va R. Bonner Grafton High School

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