Rand McNally founder William Rand dies in New Haven
William H Rand longtime head of Rand McNally died at his daughter's home in New Haven Conn after a long illness He helped found Rand McNally and Co and contributed to the Linotype project He survived by five children and was active in Chicago charity circles The Knights of Pythias plan a large reception and dance in his honor with a 300 member lodge presence and music by the Farrmont orchestra.
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Associated Press
New Haven
Conn
William H. Rand
Rand McNally Company
Henry W. Chappell
Quinn& Mass
John Rand
Womminister
Franklin
George
Rand, Avery & Co
Boston
California
Cape Horn
John A. Lewis
Southern
Los Angeles
Harriet Robinson
Bath
Rand
East Milton
Mass
Martha's Vineyard Island
Whitelaw Reid
Melville E. Stone
Stilson Hutchins
W. H. Smith
Commercial Club of
Chicago
Charles E. Rand
Otto T. Freer
Charles E. Springer
William Rand, Jr
New York
Carrol Curry buys seven passenger Hudson car
Monongah news notes local purchases and visits. Carrol Curry of this city purchased a seven passenger Hudson car. Ed Fleming bought an Over Col. T. G. Price and son James left for Parkersburg to drive home in a new Hudson. Various residents, including Miss Beulsh Tootman and Miss Mae Sturm, were visiting relatives or returning home after weekend stays.
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Carrol Curry
Beulsh Tootman
Annabelle
G. Leonard
Ralph Fimple
Edgemont
Ed. Fleming
T. G. Price
James
Parkersburg
Devina Watkins
Clarksburg
Adran Talbott
John Talbott
Salyatti
Morris Silverman
Albert James
Patsy Pelligrini
Valley Falls
Effie Evans
Fristburs
A. E Reppert
Fairmont
Mae Sturm
Yesterda
Ruth Leason
George
Whitman Quiet on Becker Clemency Question
Governor Whitman offered no comment on possible clemency for Becker the former New York lieutenant now under death sentence. He arrived from the Panama Pacific Exposition and declined to discuss Becker’s side of the case.
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N. Yuu
Whitman
Becker
New York
California
Laying Concrete For Main Street Paving
Main street paving progresses rapidly as concrete foundations go in between Monroe and Madison. A steam roller compacts the left side as workers grade for finish. Officials hope the road opens to traffic by July 1 with added $100,000 funding to complete the project.
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Main Street
Fairmont District
Monroe Street
Madison Street
Slayings Shadow Illinois Prison Inmate in Solitary
Joliet Illinois June 21 a negro convict held in solitary confinement after the murder of Mrs Edmund M Allen wife of the prison warden whose burned body was found in her apartment Campbell a Chicago killer under indeterminate sentence is the last known person to see Mrs Allen alive Officials believe she was killed by a blow and burned in her bed fingerprints found in the room will be examined by a Chicago expert about eleven convicts including Campbell are held in solitary confinement in connection with the crime
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Ei Assocition Press
Joliet
Iil
State Penitentiary
Edmund M. Allen
Joseph Campbell
Chicago
Campbell
Allens
Allen
Temple Bowlers Plan Tonight Match at Local Alley
The Temple bowling team will meet Park Ingram's Clarksville squad tomorrow night at the local alley. Both clubs have high percentages and appear closely matched as they prepare to bowl duck pins. A second event sees the Dore bowling team visiting Thursday night for another duck pins contest at the same venue.
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Temple Bowling Alley
Park Ingram
Clarksburg
Dore
Reverses Decision In Railroad Suit
The Supreme Court reversed a New Jersey district court dismissal of the Sherman Law and Commodity Clause suit against the Delaware Lackawanna and Western and its coal subsidiary. Also noted is that Adam Budrack of Granttown faces a late afternoon trial on a warrant from John Baknio, who reportedly bears a black eye from a dispute over bad whiskey.
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Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court Today
Federal District Court
New Jersey
Delaware, Lackawanna Western
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Coal Company
Adam Budrack
Granttown
J. Frank Russell
John Baknio
Baknio
Long Distance Swim Across Monongahela Highlights Fairmont
Lonnie Merrifield swam from the forks of West Fork and Tygart Valley rivers to the Monongahela river bridge pier, covering about one and a half miles in 50 minutes with Sam Vaughn and Charles Riggs in a rowboat. Local boy John Clelland plans a seven mile swim from Camp Comfort Colfax to Fairmont on July 4, aiming to break the local record.
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Fairmont
Lonnie Merrifield
West Fork
Tygart Valley
Monongahela River Bridge
Merrifield
Sam Vaughn
Charles Riggs
John Clelland
Camp Comfort
Colfax
Clelland
Newcomer Garage Delivers Three Automobiles From Toledo
Three new automobiles purchased through rush orders arrived from Toledo Ohio last Saturday. A six cylinder 1916 model was driven to Fairmont by Harry Wilson in a record 20 hours. Four cylinder 1916 models were driven in by Max Wilson and R. W. Morgan.
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Toleo
Ohio
Newcomer Garage Company
Toledo
Fairmont
Harry Wilson
Buckhannon
Newcomer Company
Max Wilson
R. W. Morgan
Postpone Meeting of Board of Affairs
The Fairmont City Board of Affairs adjourned the regular meeting from this morning to tomorrow due to lack of a quorum. Water Commissioner Ira Smith and Street Commissioner A L Lehman were absent serving on bond issue election boards.
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Fairmont City Board of Affairs
Ira Smith
A. L. Lehman
Voting Patterns In Fairmont Bond Election Of 1915
Voters cast open tickets on a $100,000 road bonds measure in Fairmont District Marion County West Virginia. Support comes largely from businessmen property owners and foreign born residents who see higher land values and more work from road spending. Two ballots marked for bonds and for a four and one fourth percent levy to fund interest and sinking balance.
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Fairmont
Marion County
West Virginia
Railroad Briefs Show Crews and Line Preparations
Conductor shifts occur on Paw Paw and Shinnston turns as crews fill in for absences. Buckhannon and Northern station shed work nears completion, with a butterfly shed pending arrival and tariff approvals from the Pennsylvania Public Service Commission delaying passenger service. Local Chamber of Commerce expects a celebration on opening day soon.
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A. B. Cassiday
Paw Paw
C. O. Reed
Worth Knapp
New York
C. T. Higginbotham
C. C. Reed
Jean Garretts
A.B. Cassiday
Curtis Malone
Morgantown
Pittsburgh
F. R. Higginbotham
Shinnston
Seefelt
O. Miller
M. Ry
Fairmont Chamber of Commerce
Pennsylvania Public Service Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Important City Has Narrow Escape From Watery Grave
The Fleegie, a Mt de Chantal Academy graduate from Wheeling, was saved from drowning in the Tygart River at Grafton Park by James Guth and Okey Austen as they plunged in while playing tennis nearby. Miss Fleegie had been visiting her aunt Mrs. W. T. Hooke.
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the Fleegie
Wheeling
Mt de Chantal Academy
Grafton
W. Va
Grafton Park
James Ursula Fleegie
Jen' Guth
Okey Austen
Guth
Austen
Miss Fleegie
W. T. Hooke
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Morris
Standard Garage
Pennsylvania
Monongah News
Temple
Monongahela
Board of Affairs
Agency
Schloss Bros
Blumberg Bros CI
Bain
Nicholas
Vinenna
Paris
Arras
Alsace
James Adolph Israel
Sultan Mehemed
Frank A. Lloyd
Ralston
Oxfords
Cooper’s
Eas
Rowand
Main St
Hudson
Newcomer Motor Car Co
Fifth Street
Fairmont Avenue
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