Railroads Face Insolvency and Public Duty in M. and K. Case
The piece discusses the Morgantown and Kingwood line facing bankruptcy, urging railroads to provide consistent service as public servants. It notes government oversight, possible aid limits, and that short lines may trigger broader scrutiny of the industry’s viability and policy responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome J. Heddox
Ys Valley Thunderer
McAdood
Kingwood Railroad
Saan Eerie
Tateratate Commerce
State Line
Public Service Commission
Ite
Morgantown
Kingwood
Ana
Ieee
Railroad Administration
Firtt
Monongalia
Preston Road
Peace Terms and German Peace Offensive Threats
The passage discusses Attatria nearing collapse and warns Germany would be pressured to defend its front and face a potential peace offensive. It cautions that once German deception of its own people ends, the German people will seek to mislead others about peace terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Rhine
War aims and punishment proposals after WWI peace terms
A discussion advocating harsh postwar terms to dismantle German political power and impose sweet peace through a league of nations. It calls for removing the Hohenzollerns, redrawing borders, self determination for Poles Bohemians and Balkan states, German withdrawal from Russia and colonies, and a punitive occupation. It also supports trials for German leaders and demands indemnities and Alsace-Lorraine for France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Wilson
Briain
Austria
Balkan
Bulgaria
Rusia
Finland
What the war news and home front say in one page
A collage of wartime editorials and notices discusses German defeat policies and the futility of threats, praises defon ge County officials for Fourth of July planning, notes Canigny actions with Major Roosevelt, and reports submarine attacks on troop transports. It urges home front participation in War Savings Stamp Day and local observances.
Fourth of July Patrol in Patriot Spirit
A concise patriotic note urges safe Fourth of July celebrations, praising sane conduct and harvest or corn as fitting focus. It cites the idea of unwavering patriotism on the holiday. A separate verse calls sisters to knit for the soldiers serving overseas, while editorials from the President and Times-Record advocate compulsory useful labor for fit men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times-Record
Spencer Times-Record
What People Say and Some Side Remarks
Dr. E R Viekera of West Virginia University spoke to War Sayings Stamps campaign workers in Clarksburg last night. He denied Democracy claiming that democracy means that lie people can best do things for tem selves. He added never in history was war half as justified. Mayor Joe Craddock of Clarksburg discussed playgrounds and city issues, urging focus on children while noting talk about the wreck. He warned dollars have been seen as more sacred than the nation’s fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.R. Viekera
West Virginia University
Clarksburg
United States
Dever
Joe Craddock
Hamburg
Kaleer
Potsdam
Frederick the Great
Voltaire
Hussars
Charles Tar
Robert G. Ingernols
Hitle Clay House
Burns
Poetry Reflections Echo in Hamburg Dam Mystery
A reflective piece brims with quotation fragments about cultural figures and places. It links a mysterious dam in Hamburg to a claim about Potsdam and references Freidrich the Great Voltaire and Burns, weaving literary praise with conjecture on historical behavior and memory.
Courtneys Store News Drives Against Rising Costs
June 25 1913 Courtneys Store News urges vacation shoppers to buy now as prices rise elsewhere. They claim to shave profits to offer close to last year’s prices and reveal one price that will tell the story, continuing the drive against rising costs.
Wash Voile Linens and Gingham Ramie Linens Prices
The listing shows wash Voile wash Linens and stylish Scotch Gingham and Ramie Linens priced at 5.00 8.25 10.25 12.75 16.25 and 19.75.
War era notes and local labor unrest in Kanawha area
The report covers West Virginia wartime home front issues with local college men fleeing wartime duties, a jail labor strike over click removal, and sentences tied to vagrancy law. It also highlights military promotions for a Union artillery enlistee and plans for a large cement plant near Wilmington, with B&O railroad access and shale deposits shaping economic activity and capital interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbagilla
000
Wilmington
Phix
Baltimore and Ohio
Fragmented Rail Safety Notes and Odd Outbursts
The text hints at unexplained ideas about trains running in opposite directions on shared tracks, rail safety precautions being abandoned, and scattered mentions of boarding houses, pricing, and a disjointed restaurant note. It reads like a garbled snapshot from a newspaper column or diary item with unclear context and many missing details.
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Mowe
Wunday
End Publahing Company Sewer
Virginian
G, Adams and Quincy
Sta
Charles V. Redic
J. Monroe
Associated Press
Fairmont
West Nia
Mater
Western Union
Enews
Sherif
Fela
Great Britain
France
Alsace-Lorraine
Helgsim
Serbia
Pergel J
Catamin
Ceraloir
Europe
Weat Virginian
Theodore Roopevelt, Jr
Canigny
Pirot
Cantigny
Defonge
J. Walter Barnes
Foch
Clemenceau
Italy
Scotland
Hera
Noparae
Clus
Ee Love
Leary
Robert Burts
Courtneys
Torrnne
Theomue
Admund Byske
Oliver Goldemit
Wankind
Musgrave
Conley
West Virginia
Department of Schools
Peogenera
sclickiCe
Fayelute
Kanawha News
Stanford Thompson Pomroy
Tine
Field Artilley
Charleoton Gazette
Weres P. &. Conley
Lincoln
Marion County
Red Cross
Everett True
Condo
Waaay
the Peoples National Bank Capital
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