Labor Day parade draws massive turnout at Ohio Valley
The Ohio Valley Trades and Labor Assembly held a grand Labor Day celebration with a large miners division marching sixteen miles to the State Fair Grounds. A packed crowd enjoyed picnics, races, dancing platforms, and various union displays while officials report orderly conduct and a thriving day at the fair. An accident injured Arthur Thompson of the McLure House, and a local youth was jailed for mental health concerns.
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State Fair
Ohio Valley Trades and Labor Assembly
Fair Grounds
E. W. Collins
Chapline
Sixteenth Streets
Pihioon
Lent
Ingram
Ritz
Trautwein
Bauer
McGuigan
Aten
Wolf
Zimmerman
Babb
Devine Ney
Bickerton
Kert
E.W. ‘Collins
Stat
A. W. Rader
Mer Teral
Hine
Main
Bell
South Front
South Penn
Plense
Ilege
Second Ward
Chemical Engine House
Aerial Standard Mill
la Fgle
Cigarmakers’ Union
Garfield Assembly
Milligan, Wilkin & Co
House & Herrmann
House Furnishers
Wendel Bros
Expressmen
Alex, Frew
Wheeling Bakery
Breummer & Hildebrand
Palace Furniture Company
la Belle Tin Workers
Aetna-Standard Tin and Sheet Workers
Phillip Albinger
B. Fisher's Stoves
Stone & Thomas
Glendale
Mason
Jackson
Goff
Main and
Eleventh Street
Arthur Thompson
McLure House
Thompson
Spirit of Sistersville Fair Brings Crowd and Construction Notes
In Sistersville on August 28, reports detail Dr W H Gillespie’s Parkersburg trip for legal business, plans for real estate investment in Pittsburg, and J A Ryan’s Parkersburg transit. Depot and eating house construction accelerates with completion hoped by October 29. The Tyler County Fair closes after a 5,000-visitor weekend as locals share stories. city building and Masonic temple progress alongside plans for Barnum and Bailey shows on September 23.
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Sistersville
W. Va
WH. Gillespie
Parkersburg
Chris Henderson
Ohio River Railroad
Pittsburg
J. A. Ryan
Hindman
Waverly
Frank Leasure
Wheeling
Foster L. Carroll
Adame Express
Wiliam Stewart
New Martinsville
Tyler County
Little Burg
George A. Burt
Hamilton
Parkershoro
Barnum & Esiler
Ereat Cigens
Masonic Temple
Iso
TRE GUNTRY CLUB TO SEEK CHARTER AND GROUNDS NEAR ECHO POINT
A large meeting in the Chamber of Commerce advanced plans for a country club to be formed in Wheelie West Virginia. A five member committee will apply for a charter and arrange preliminaries. Ground east of Echo Point, owned by Mrs. Albert Whitaker, is favored for a race track a bicycle track bus bail grounds and tennis courts. The club house designed by Franzhelm features a two story stone and wood building with a wide porch and large assembly room. No sleeping rooms and plans include gymnasium and bowling alleys with initiation named Pho Country Club.
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Chamber of Commerce
Gustave A. Aschman
Bernie K. McMechen
S. S. Bloch
Howard Hazrett
E. B. Franzheim
G. A. Aschman
B. K. McMechen
Echo Point
Albert Whitaker
Franzhelm
Franghelm, Glesey & Faris
Eil
Pho Country Club
Wheelie
W. Va
Isl and hintergarden opens at St Luke's Parish House
Miss Kate Myes will open the Isl and hintergarden and primary school on September 6 in St Luke's parish house. Labor Day observance by city officials brought graveyard quiet at City Hall. A deed of trust filed conveys a lot on South East street to August Munchmeyer from Charles Ebeling and wife for 2050 dollars. The Young Ladies' Outing Club of Upper Benwood plans a wagon picnic at Fulmer's grove today with about a dozen gentlemen friends.
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Petice
Kate Myes
Hintergarden
St. Luke's Parloh House
Hirteenth Street
South East Street
August Munchmeyer
Charles Ebeling
Young Ladies’ Outing Club
Upper Benwood
Fulmer's Grove
Boats and departures on the river from Charleston to Pittsburgh
River schedules show daily departures from Charleston Sistersville and Parkersburg with 7 am and 1 am times, and tomorrow’s listings for Steubenville and Parkersburg. Water level at last evening’s reading 3 feet 10 inches and falling slowly. Kept notices note the Fair Play replacing the Ben Hur at Marietta due to low water.
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Marietta
Muskingum
Cincinnati
Pittstore
Steubenville
Greensboro
Oil City
About People Going of Individuals in Steuben Ville Visits
Miss Alice Mackin from the South Side will visit friends in Steuben Ville next week. Misses Gussie and Annie Speaker return from a two week visit in Steubenville. Agnes McGinnis of Lonacon Ling Md visits Maggie Campbell of South Wood street. Mrs T H Morton of Pittsburg and Mrs Hobbs and son of New York are guests of Mrs O D Trueman on the stand. G Ed Mendel and family return from Hammondsport N Y after several weeks away. Mrs Peter Weidner and daughter Mary of Logansport Ind visit Mr and Mrs Patrick Campbell of South Wood street. Annie Fitch of Coshocton who stayed with Mrs Harden of North Main street has returned home. Mr and Mrs L Schempf Lilian Stoehr Marietta Herbert Stoehr and Wm Seamon return from a pleasant trip to Atlantic City and other eastern places.
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Alice Mackin
South Side
Steuben Ville
Gussie
Annie Speaker
Steubenville
Agnes McGinnis
Lonaconling
Maggie Campbell
South Wood Street
T. H. Morton
Pittsburg
Hobbs and Son
New York
O. D. Trueman
Lillian Stoehr
Marietta
Herbert Stoehr
Wm. Seamon
Atlantic City
Miss Alma Huggins Injures Ankle In Parkersburg Accident
Miss Alma Huggins of South East Street suffered a painful accident while visiting friends in Parkersburg. She mis-stepped and fell down stairs, bruising and cutting her body and badly spraining an ankle. Her injuries are not serious. she was brought home to this city Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Huggins
South Eaft Street
Parkersburg
Mann
Serious fall near new steel bridge injures man
Earl Beasley of the North End fell over a wall north of the new steel bridge last night, severing a head gash and injuring kidneys. Dr Sprage fears internal injuries. His hat blew off as he began to pursue it. A second hand Yellow Fellow bicycle, in good condition, priced at $35. Dillon, Wheat & Hancher Co.
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Earl Beasley
North End
Sprage
Dillon, Wheat & Hancher CO
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