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Newspaper
The West Virginian
Location
Fairmont, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1920
Page
5
Reading pane shows scattered phrases about aides and an oath section with names like Cindy and Li Shen. The text is incomplete and noisy. No clear event or outcome emerges from the readable portions.
A garbled, OCR laden page mixes weather data with scattered notices and local events. It references a temperature segment for California, mentions a weather tester and a Sunday forecast, and lists items like auctions, graduation notices, memorial services, church communion, and local board activities.
A precursor Kiwanis gathering in Fairmont selected potential officers and members for a permanent club. Notables from Wheeling and Charles Town attended, with Fort H. Ward and C. Kitkead among early organizers. Prominent figures from Chicago Baltimore and Wilkes Barre connected to the effort, aiming to form a qualified local body despite some influence from influential members.
The article outlines a wedding social page with Mrs Fisher notable in local circles, her West Virginia University ties, musical teaching work, and family lineage. It notes groom John Barr and plans for a journey to Ranger Texas, plus visits by Edie Fisher and Margaret Laughlin, with background on local pioneer families and military service.
East Side News reports a lively evening and a musical program. The T. A. S. club met at Mrs. Coleman’s home, with no meetings until September. Notices from Palatine Baptist Church mention evocation and a children’s day program at First Methodist Church. Local residents include Mrs. Howard Rice, Mrs. Guy Utterback, and the Satterfield family visiting Pittsburgh. Grace Jacobs of Morgantown and Sarth Wilson of Pittsburgh are also listed among visitors as MT.
A garbled police blotter item reports a reckless driver fined five dollars after a collision on Movadih Street Saturday afternoon. The report mentions an insured car and unclear details about injuries or operators. Further specifics are unreadable in the text.
Sabadella, four and a half, daughter of Joseph Sabadella of Bluefield West Virginia, died at Coots Hospital after two months of illness following severe burns from an open stove. The child had been staying with an uncle in Sprangsteaet since the tenth. The father planned to arrive tonight for the funeral arrangements and charges.
Two examinations for rural mail carrier positions were conducted this morning at Civil Service rooms in Fairview and Mannington. An additional clerk-carrier test is planned by the Civil Service Commission, with wages noted to have risen since the previous exam.
Personal notices list Mr and Mrs John Dorsey arriving from Stores Connecticut with relatives visiting and health updates. Several readers are named including Mrs Hallfix Mrs Alw Ball and children Josephine and Maxine. Other items note Martina Clelland visiting Clarksburg and Beaker family from Wheeling, various relatives visiting Jefferson Street, Virginia Garrett nee Milas Gage, and Taber Debenger from Connellsville among others.
Mica Hagmeier of Redpath Chautauqua Bureau canvasses in Fairmont to urge guarantors to remove tek jets for smoother operations. A.J. Cash, MC general secretary, and the committee chair request lifting the disruptions to facilitate this year’s event. last season had 451 persons signed up.
The notice lists several real estate deeds including transfers to and from authorities and individuals in Manning, Manning area parcels, and a coastal town, with stated considerations around $100 or similar nominal sums. The legible portions reference transfers of land parcels and associated parties.
Report of new charter filings in Parimont county outlines the formation of a company led by Martin, with authority granted by Frank Amos, and a capital stock of 500 dollars, 50 paid in. The incorporators include John Pearle and George Jorbaar, with names and roles listed among the officers and signatories.
Ten carloads of cement and ten carloads of sand and gravel for the River bridge are due tonight. The material will finish the middle span and allow paving to begin Monday morning if deliveries arrive on schedule. Four days saw 100 cubic yards of concrete poured, equating to 2700 tons gravel 1400 tons sand and 10800 sacks cement, enough for a 15 foot roadway one mile long.
Mayor Coma announces police court will report for trial at 9 0 am and at no other hour. Speed violators and 30 others have recently appeared, with some paying fines or failing to show. Mayor Conaway highlights enforcement against spenders and violators, urging prompt reports for trial.
At the seventh annual convention of West Virginia United Lutheran Woman's Missionary Society held at St. Pauls Lutheran Church Richmond, Mina Elsie Dito of Priniyy chisvek Wheelin was chosen for Africa mission work. Officers elected included Mrs. C. H. Bloom Fairmont as second vice president and Mrs. Charles A. Filson as recording secretary. Rev Roy Sever of Grace Lutheran Fairmont delivered greetings. delegates from Grace Lutheran joined in. sessions discussed party platform divisions and future convention plans in Chicago.
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