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Newspaper
The West Virginian
Location
Fairmont, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1915
Page
2
The advertisement promotes dress goods with seasonable merchandise and new lines in women's goods. It claims very low prices, urging readers to inspect the stock and visit tomorrow while waiting for their car.
The Hen W Brumley evangelistic party will return to Salem for a protracted revival after a months’ vacation. The group previously held a large tabernacle meeting in Shinnston and now plans to start on August 29 in Salem, continuing for several days.
In Gulfport Mississippi John Keating was pronounced dead but awakened when a barber attempted to shave him. The startled man exclaimed not to cut him and leaped through a window escaping. Keating later appeared alive and well, ending the scare with a trick on the barber.
Fairmont residents will benefit from the new weights and measures law enforcing ice delivered by weight. Ice wagons must carry scales and weigh ice at sale, with specifics on capacity and tare. Deputy inspectors will oversee enforcement, and a Loop Park playground opening is postponed pending a further meeting.
R Kinney twenty two year old of Hundred died Saturday at Cook Hospital from injuries after a car left a sharp turn and careened down a twenty foot embankment. He was thrown against gas pipes breaking several ribs and puncturing a lung. Emsil Mackey was in the car but escaped injury. Kinney was survived by seven brothers and sisters and his body was taken to Hundred for the funeral arrangements pending arrivals of two brothers from Morgantown West Virginia University students.
Fairmont businessman Mr. Levi B. Harr will be principal speaker at a Bible Class No. 3 meeting at the church Tuesday. Al Richmond is the class leader with Mrs. Sally Pitzer as secretary and Prof. White as teacher. Special music readings and refreshments will be served.
A long list of residents and visitors appears, noting Mrs. Arthur G. Clayton in Fairmont and many others from Glover Gap Hundred Farmington and Wheeling. Memorial services for Lodge No. 64 K of J were held, Graves adorned. Birth notice for a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Harlen Randolph of Salem is announced.
Dr J Broomfield delivered the annual memorial sermon for the Knights of Pythias Lodge at the Temple yesterday morning. Members gathered at their hall and proceeded in a procession to the church for the service, honoring departed brothers with a text from Job and the promise of life beyond death. The Temple Orchestra provided music for the ceremony.
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