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Newspaper
The West Virginian
Location
Fairmont, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1915
Page
3
A fragmented note touts a shop as a safe place to buy stable goods at the lowest prices. It praises reliability and mentions a wide stability theme tied to the store’s offerings, though text is garbled and unclear on specifics.
Morgantown reports the discovery of a dead unknown foreigner on a railroad track near Opekisba. The sole identifying clue is a tattoo reading Piskes Jines on the arm. Baggagemaster J C Johnson stopped the train from Fairpont to Connellsville to bring the body to the morgue, where efforts to identify the victim continue. Elvis, W. Va notes a city park project with a concrete parkway, bandstand, fountain, lavatories, and flowers as part of beautification.
Mrs. Fred P. Deever and children return from Mansfield Ohio with relatives. Dozens of business visitors arrive in Fairmont and nearby towns. Weddings, birthday party gifts, and community notices mark a busy period in Mannington and surrounding communities with frequent trips to Wheeling Parkersburg Clarksburg and Buckhannon.
Several weeks pass with updates from parents on Buffalo street. Lewis Wright recovers at home after illness. A daughter was born June 17 to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jones of East Main street. Miss Claudia McNeely visited Wheeling on Thursday. Daniel Crosley from Bridgeport, Ohio, was in town for a business visit.
The Hammond Provision Company store at Hammond was robbed last night with a large quantity of merchandise taken. Robbers entered through a back window. Police received the report this morning and Hawkins bloodhounds were brought in to aid the investigation. Authorities believe a single perpetrator carried out the crime.
Rev W J Eddy pastor of First Baptist Church will preach a special sermon to the Knights of Malta next Sunday evening June 27 at 8 oclock. The Knights will attend the service in a body at the Baptist Church on Walnut avenue. AES ACCEPTS POSITION
Bruce Goodwin 29 an employee of a West Pike street restaurant died in a Clarksburg hospital from blood poisoning after a cut on his foot from kicking a milk bottle three weeks earlier. His body will be taken to Rosemont for burial.
The piece urges brides to be a true helpmate rather than a decorative doll. It warns that valuing a husband by his status or gifts risks losing respect and happiness. It stresses partnership, shared goals, and mutual support as the path to lasting harmony.
A wife writes of reassuring news that a baby may survive after a precarious condition. She describes hospital visits, a moment with a faint smile, and plans for home life. The narrative shifts to domestic detail about meals, money, class, and remarks on fashion and social aspirations.
Mrs. James Smallwood returned Thursday evening from Spencer where she attended the Foreign Missionary Society convention of the M. P. church. Officers elected include President Alice B. Jackson Jane Lew First Vice President Will A. Strickler Ellenboro Second Vice President Harper Spencer and Third Vice President Rollins Parkersburg. Recording Secretary Annie Welland Fairmont and Corresponding Secretary Underwood Ellenboro. Treasurer John S. Barnes Morgantown Auditor Lydia Shriver Morgantown Superintendent Juvenile Alma Newton Grafton Record Agent Thompson Spencer. Aluminum Shower Ada Talkington honored at Beulah Garner’s home on Vermont avenue with many young ladies and a refreshments spread. Social at Baptist Church pleases many as Palatine Baptist women host young men’s class after main class defeat. Personal notes record visits and moves among local residents including Henderson and son Clarksburg. Glenn Little and daughter visiting Colfax. Bailey Nuzum visiting Wheeling. William Arnett Little Falls visiting Gipsy. Evelyn Jones ill with tonsillitis near Diamond street. L R Summers at Garretts. Roland and family moving to Merchant street. Mrs. James Smallwood reported quite ill.
Betty Brown models a bright beach suit by Mme Margaruff of the Fashion Art League of America. Red, green and blue taffeta form a two toned outfit with a blue band at the bottom and on the cholera jacket. Sleeves are lace trimmed with blue silk and a blue taffeta bat wing cap completes the ensemble.
The quart size tin funnel cuff model appears on new coats with long narrow cuffs and sizable cuff links for a loose bust fit. The Dutch costume reappears in linen or ratine with wide roomy pockets and galluses, paired with a white blouse of silk or voile.
Miss Mary Hohmann of Howesville visits at East Ferry Street residence while Mr and Mrs George Hohmann host and Luther Carpenter returns from a short Colfax trip.
Parkersburg West Virginia June 19 Directors of the Parkersburg Ohio Bridge Company have ordered the first mortgage bonds totaling 250000 to be issued at once to Pittsburgh Fidelity and Trust Company. Purchasers promised funds when bridge construction reached a set completion percentage. Special services announced at Salvation Army Hall Main Street over Crane's Drug Store with Brigadier Albright and Staff Captain Blackburn from Pittsburgh participating.
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