Automobiles and Agencies Move in 1919 Ford Market
Charlee E Miller & Bro notes Ford touring cars sold to Dr. Louis A Walker Dr Grant Barnhart William K Ellw and James B Weat. L P Dorsett Co secures Mitchell agency for 1919 with three models priced from 1350 to 2000 plus magneto and standard equipment. Napoleon Hill buys Mobile College stake to run school. Industry-wide price rises and rubber shortages impact costs. Route plans for a New Orleans road race fund and national highway tests outlined with multiple cities cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlee E Miller & Bro
Ford
Louis A. Walker
Grant Barnhart
William K. Ellw
James B. Weat
Toadates
O. Howss
Changston
L. P. Dorsett Company
Debate over auto race rules and classification outlines
Ford Motor Company president voices objections to American Automobile Association rules favoring weight over displacement and criticizes economy tests. He argues for classification by cylinder displacement and notes Ford cars are excluded from Class B due to weight and displacement. The piece also mentions the transcontinental auto run from Philadelphia to Seattle carrying President Taft's greeting and Alaska-Yukon-Pacific expo interest.
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Ilenry Ford
Ford Motor Company
Lgher
Ford
Philadelphia
Is City
Seattle
Waah
Philadelphia Press
City Hall
Taft
Campaign in Virginia and Democratic meeting reports
The campaign in Virginia featured Taylor Ellyson of Richmond chairing the state Democratic committee in a conference with Braunton Democrats. Large attendance and favorable reports followed. A Bristol Democratic executive group approved a rule allowing only qualified Democrats to vote in the primary, with support for state-wide candidates and the party ticket.
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Taylor Ellyson
Richmond
Democratics State Committee
Braunton Democrate
Tive Boyd
Ani Lass
Democratie Ee
Bristol Democratic
Monument Unveiled At Point Pleasant Marking Indian War Battle
At Point Pleasant West Virginia on October 3 a state and federal monument shaft was unveiled commemorating the Battle of Point Pleasant fought about 15 years after the Kanawha engagement. A large parade, Grand Lodge of Masons ceremony, and speeches by state and national leaders highlighted the four day observance. Thirteen descendants pulled the cord to unveil the shaft, west of the Alleghenies, as a crowd watched.
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Washington
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Wyandotte
Kanawha River
Point Pieddunt
Cornstanley
Virginia
Alttad-Lewie
Grand Lodge
Masons
Feriplate
Sauntington
Gharfeaton
Gnilipollia
Prthias
Efron Ravatswood
Stee
Piticlalé
Sody
Tuendie Wet Park
Gradd Lodge
Thirtaen
Alleghenies
Addresa
Atkinger
Court of Clarms
Wnited
Rehator ‘Ott
Gov
Gleascock
Hughes
McCorkel
William @. Chilton
Reed
Darst
Wil’ Cross
Atdhson
Contempt injunctive action continued in Clarksburg court
In Clarksburg West Virginia United States court Judge Dayton continued the injunction for contempt of court against Baltimore and Ohio striking teachers for distorting employees of the road. Hearing resumes in December at Philippi. The Grafton Window Glass plant was leased for four years at 6000 dollars annually to an Ohio concern and will resume after a two month shutdown. The plant employs 20 men. First Methodist Episcopal Church in West Virginia will be dedicated today with several bishops and pastors in attendance. Snakes placed in J A Bartholow’s window were released by school children causing a general scramble and damage. The state board of control reports reduced expenses by about 420 thousand since last July, with further reductions in Romney, Spencer, the penitentiary, Weston, and the Girl's Industrial School at Huntington.
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United States
Clarksberg
Dayton
Baltimore and Ohio
Philippi
Grafton Window Glass Company
Yeaterfay
Oho
J. A. Bartholow
Board of Contrnt
Dyoraus
Romney
Spencer
Penitentiary
Weston
Girl's Industrial School
Huntington
Trustees seek land for Broaddus Boys dormitory
Land is offered to the trustees of Broaddus Bible Institute at Philippi to build a boys dormitory with the condition that the trustees raise 49000 to cancel debt from moving the school from Clarksburg to Philippi. During the Pittsburg Free Methodist session in Cheater, Rev. William Long of Bridgeport Ohio said his weekly family of eleven lives on 3. He reportedly asked for a transfer to a higher paying charge. Post Want Ada Are Free. Use the classified columns of The Post and secure results. No charge for the advertising.
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Broaddus Bapiisl Institute
Philippi
Clarksburg
Ttme
Pittsburg
The
Free Methodist Church
Cheater
Wiliam Long
Bridgeport
Ohio
His Son's Brother-In-Law Wedding in Virginia
Frederick A. Usesyan, a Virginia farmer, wed Mary Carrie A. Clevengers, sister of his daughter in law, in Winchester on October 8. The ceremony, at the bride’s parents home in Clearbrook, followed Friends Society rites and was attended by about 1 guest.
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Virginia
Winchester
Frederick A. Uses Yan
Cochran
Marriet Mary Carrie A. Clevengers
F. A. Cochran
Pape's Diuretic Promises Kidney Relief for All
Out of order kidneys cause backache and bladder misery but a few doses of Pape's Diuretic are claimed to relieve pain and restore function. The ad asserts rapid improvement in kidney and urinary symptoms, promotes a fifty cent treatment, and cites widespread availability through druggists. It urges readers to seek the remedy at any store and to trust the product as a universal healer.
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Pape
Page
Pepe Thompson & Pope
Cincinnati
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First Methodist Episcopal Church
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