West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-07-04
Terrs Alta

| N""'N ." NNNns inc guests OF relatives.
Miss Clara Bccrbowcr. OF St. loo. was /,
town several days last week yisitnI
friends.
Mrs. Shrewsbury and son Richard. o
Parkersburg. are at Mrs. Cloyd Crane
for tho season
MesSIs. A. J. aud Guy Elliott were
kingwood on Friday last attending to som,
legal business.
Miss Matte Wouing. OF Grafton, is IA,
guest this week OF Mir. aud Mrs. G. A
Boldeu in the grove.
Mrs. Guy Elliott aud Miss Gertic Beer
bower spent Tuesday night with relative,
aud friends at ST Joe.
Squire FELTON, from down in the dis.
tricL came in Monday and will remain
| until after the Reunion.
| Ray Fraley. a II. 4 o. brakeman. is spend
ing the present week as the guest OF his
father John Fralcy near Amboy
MIR. and Mrs :. Rinard and son Ralph,
who have been up near Beverly for some
time past, are attheir pleasant home. sun.
set Hall ON visit
DR. Meyers. a leading physician OF Mcy.
| erSdalc. Pa, was a business visitor m Terra
| Alta, Monday coming to this point to see a
| patient in the country.
The shtrtwaist man is becoming quite
numerous in Terra Alta. number OF our
young folks having donned the Rugby
waist for the heated period
Squire Thchenol is at Geo. w. wiies'
this week, experimenting the framing OF =
large barn, which MIR w. expects to have
| completed In the near future
X L. Burke and Chas. Trcmbly, who
have been assisting Assessor Jackson FOR
several weeks past on Saturday completed
the compilation of the personal books
Chas. I, Kelley, who recently purchased
the property on State street. near the
| school building. known as the Thos Elliott
| property. is this week having the house re.
paired in many ways.
Mrs. VIM. !. Rinard. OF Bluc6eld. VIVA.
and Mrs. Mary DoiiDaugh, of Bedford Pa.
arc guests this week of Mr.. and Mrs. s.
Rinard and family at Sunset Hall" and
will remain until after the lth
b. r. Fralcy, Lud NJ. Benson aud VIM
Bishop made another large catch OF bass
ont az Lake Terra Alta Wednesday last.
capturing just 30 lbs. OF these fine fish.
Some OF them tipped the scales at a. lbs
Mrs. John Watson. son CLYDE and daueh
ter Cecilc. arrived in town Monday aud are
the guests of Mrs. WIS parents MIR and
Mrs. NJ. Stuck, on High street Mr.. Wat.
son also came over from Kingwood to
spend the 9TH
Mrs. l.. V. Reed and children returned
Friday last from Athens and other points
I'm Ohio after pleasant visit of three
weeks with relatives. They were met at
Parkersburg 10y MIR. Reed. who accompa.
| MED them home.
MIR. and Mrs. Ed. King prominent among
the districts oldest and iollicst inbabl-
tants. went TO Oakland. Saturday last.
where they are the guests OF Nj, and Mrs
Ed. Smouse and other friends They will
be away week or more.
Miss Aurelia Fortune. mliner for
Cornell & Crane at their Terra Alta Store.
completed her season here last Friday. and
that night departed for her Southern
home. She made many friends here. who
greatly regret her departure.
On Saturday last Mr.. Josh Whuohair
the we'll known Preston county sheen
dealer. made his first shipment OF carload
of bne sheep and calves from this point.
The product went to eastern markets and
brought good price
Miss Nina 4. Frey who had been in
Washington city for some months past. en-.
gagged In the millinery business, returned
home Thursday evening last and will spend
her vacation with her parents DR.. and
Mrs. X. Il. Frey, on State street
The little yearol daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Asbury Shaw who reside on High
street. died last Friday night. aud was in.
TERED Sunday in the Terra Alta cemetery.
after appropriate services AZ the house.
The little one had been III all its life.
Those from Terra Alta who attended the
funeral Of los Hooton. at Rowlcsburg.
Sunday afternoon, were MIR and Mrs los.
Pugh. Messrs. w. a. Beavers. C.W.Worth.
ington, Frank Hinebaugh. S. J. White. G.
II Nestor, John skinner. L. II. Kelley and
ID. +, Shroyer.
On Monday the thermometer here
registered % degrees in the shade. and we
heard some OF our older inhabitants say
they had never felt il so warm in the
mountains. especially this early in the
season. The heat was intense for several
hours, but when the shades of evening"
gathered, the cooling breeze sprung up
and waited away much OF the heat Of the
day.
Washington Wles. OF the Braham Set.
Element. was in town Monday. before the
Board OF Education, seeking the erection
OF a school building in his ncighborhood.
good school house has long been a ne.
cessity in the Braham Settlement. and the
Board Of Education should not longer keep
the voters and their children out Of what is
theirs by right.
Many Terra Altans were greatly gfieycd
to learn Of tho death Of Postmaster Joseph
IIooton. Of Rowlcs5urg which sudden and
sad event occurred last Thursday evening
Mr. Hooton was we'll and fayorably known
here. and had been affiliated in time past
with the !. o. .. +. and the X OF =. being
a member OF both these organizations. and
was greatly liked by all who knew him. Mr..
iiooton was an uncle Of Mrs los. Pugh Of
Terra Alta
Ed ~ Kelleys fine. large and friendly
Billy goat ate some laurel leaves last Fri
day evening and the next morning Billy
passed peacefully 10 the land Of deceased
goats greatly TO the regret CD Of all who
had ever known him By sight. touch or
smell Billy had many good traits Of char.
actcr but all were counter balanced By
the perfume he used so lavishly Like his
half.brothcr who dwclls in the woods
You may kill you may Danish the skunk II
you will. but the scent Of the pole.cat will
cling round him still"
DE- Hattie y. Jones. Of Wheeling. arrived
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