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Newspaper
The West Virginian
Location
Fairmont, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1920
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR passage mentions Barrett John Glover and a confrontation near Mononesh with a female Gib and Deputy aid, implying a violent standoff. Details are garbled. no coherent events, dates, or locations can be confirmed for a proper card.
Fragmented text shows a recipe style mix with cream soda tomato juice cheese flour and eggs, plus a cake recipe with butter sugar yolks and milk. Also mentions a caper sauce with butter flour and water and pepper, salt, and capers. Contains odd phrases about Alice in Wonderland and Mad Tea Party.
A committee of colored citizens met at Trinity M E Church and elected F A Jackson president and W B Crenshaw secretary to launch a permanent body. They plan a community house for colored children, report by March 23, and seek support from local groups. About 5,000 has been raised over two years, much for war work, with plans to involve young people in a better environment.
A confused tale from Fairmont centers on five hundred dollar Liberty bonds in an envelope at the National Bank. A mistaken window exchange led to two bonds remaining, while a patron recovered three, sparking a disputed incident that rippled through the local hoarding house. An unrelated note from the American Chamber of Commerce in London cites 126 percent higher food costs in Logland since January.
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