West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-07-25
kingwood, July 20. 1901.
DR.. Alex Leeds, Dentist. Grafton.


Mrs. Gibson, of Bellaire, Ohio. is here
visiting Mr. and Mrs. c. W. Fawce,t
Emory P. Albright was GU, a, Mason,own
Tuesday taking up wool for his father.
Miss Mona Bosley. of Miami ngton, has
been here the guest of friends and relatives.
Don't fail to read carefully the biz ad.
vertisement of Charles Fowler in this paper
Misses Grace and Willard Clayton are at
fairmont this week visiting friends and
relatives.
Notice the change in the advertisement, Of
Shafter, Brown & Co, this week. They
are always right up-io-date.
big match game of ball will be played
~ Tunnelton, Saturday afternoon, between
the home team and Grafton.
Miss Julia Hayes returned Monday from
months visit to friends to friends and
relatives at Terra Alta and Deer Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Wright and children.
of Cadiz, Ohio, are here the guests Of Mr..
and Mrs. +. Heermaus, at The Pines.
William r ShaGer, OF Morcan,own.
arrived in Kingwood, Sunday, to attend to
some business and call on old friends
Miss Florence Bonn, of Baltimore, and
Miss Dove Adams, of Hendricks, are here
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. George a. Walls.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mcclure Mason. of Grafton
Pa, arrived here last week and are visiting
'fhe parents of the former down on the river
at St. Joe.
Sam. b. Montgomery. of Function.
Justice of the Peace, Base Ball Manager,
newspaper correspondent, clerk and all
around hustler was in town Sunday.
ON our first page this week will be found
an interesting article on the big guns of the
Navy Department ON exhibition at the
Pan-Ameriean Exposition at Buffalo.
The Wheeling Intelligencer says that
DIR. I. +. Lanham. of Grafton, member
OF the State Board of Health, has purchased
fine property at, and will move to Key.
ser.
j. w. Dorsey returned home last week
from East Liverpool, Ohio, where he was
working a while and figuring on going into
business there. He may return there after
awhile again.
Rev. John Beddow, pastor of the NJ L.
church at Grafton, was in Kingwood from
Saturday till Monday afternoon, when he
returned home. We acknowledge a pleas
ant call from him while here.
The Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad
Company has secured about I24 acres of
land at point in the mountains, II miles
from Morgantown, which will be converted
into park and summer hotel.
An aggregation Of ball players crediting
themselves TO Newburg, came down to
Tunnelton, last Saturday to play match
game with Judge Montgomery's sluggers
and got laid out about 3 toI.
Mrs. Sue L. Cowan, of Saint Louis, Mo,
and Mrs. Roberta Tichnor and son Charles,
of keokuk, Iowa, arrived in Kingwood last
Thursday to spend the rest of the heated
term visiting at Gus. ]. Cresap
Maurice Jackson and Alton Jackson left
Monday for Parsons TO play ball with the
Rowlesburg club. who are up along the
West Virginia Central this week trying to
get into the base ball excitement up there.
Mr. and Mrs. John Lowery aad Billey
Thompson, of Roscoe, Pa, returned home
last Saturday after visiting Mrs. Lowery
out on the pike mile west Of Kingwood.
J. 7. Garlilz drove them over to Morgan
town.
l.. NJ. Albright received telegram Sun
day morning from his brother Smith. who
lives at Mt. Pleasant, Pa, "to come at
once" and was driven to Tunnelton by his
sou Emory, that day. lie returned yester.
day morning, as his brother is much better.
Here is an item from the Charleston
Gazette
Duncan McRa, the Wheeling clerk in the
Office of Secretary of State, has been desig
mated by Secretary of State Dawson as
ehiet clerk, succeeding +. X. Reedy, who
mas lett the department to become Office
deputy In the Office of United States Marshal
John {. Thompson.
Mrs. Caroline Klauser celebrated her 10Th
anniversary by giving birthday party to a
number of her friends last Friday evening.
There were over thirty present and the
evening was spent very pleasantly. Refresh
ments were served and the hostess received
quite number Of useful and valuable
presents in honor Of the event.
The quota of teachers for the Philippines
allowed to Yves, Virginia was completed
Friday by the appointment Of Prof John l..
Harvey and c. +. Derbyshire Professor
Harvey, who has been teaching in Barbours
vile college, was for more than twenty
years, professor Of French and German i'm
the West Virginia University and was once
member Of the faculty Of the University Of
Virginia.
a neat little bookle, has been gotten out
and distributed around town. composed Of
directory tor the Telephone Exchange con
tanning all The subscribers Of the Kinewood
Company and advertisements Of number
OF the leading business men Of the town.
Several hundred of these booklets we're
gotten out by Mr.. G.. W. Biggs an expcr
fenced printer who has been working here
for some lime.
Wilbur +. Field aud Clyde strahin. came
in Monday from Herring and left on the
afternoon train for McCune's Station, Mo.
Strahim is a son Of John NJ. strahim who
has resided there since 1894, when he left