West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-05-26
Local and Personal Briefs

Mrs. Harry Biddle, OF upper
Wells street, returned Saturday
from a months stay in Wheeling
where she was very Ill In the City
hospital.
The many friends of Mrs. E. ].
McJunkin, of Wood street, will be
relieved to learn that she Is now
convalescent from a siege OF ty-
phoid fever.
If you want to give your sweet
! girl graduate little present, send
around set of Ping Pong. Ycu
can buy them only at McCoy's
Book Store. 26 st
The Woman's Christian Temper
arce Union will serve dinner In the
Ankrom furniture store room on
Memorial day, instead of Thursday
as first announced.
DR.. G. S. Wells left the city this
afternoon for New York City where
ne will take post graduate course.
The doctor will be absent from the
city some thirty days.
Benevolent assimilation finds
Its later aspects revealed In an
echo of a famous order In our
frontier Indian wars: Kill every.
thing. Nits make lice"
Mrs. Maud Reid and little daugh.
ter of Washington, Pa, will arrive
here tomorrow for visit with Mr..
and Mrs. R. S. Sanders, of George
street, parents of Mrs. Reed.
Patrick Cunningham, a well
known young man OF this city, has
returned from the PHILIPPINE Is.
lands having seen two years active
service there. He enlisted here
three years ago and spent several
months In Cuba.
Wilson Curtis has returned to
this city and will resume his former
position In T. J. Deloe's grocery
store. Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis have
been residing In Allegheny for sew
eraf months. Their host of friends
will welcome their return.
Prof. J. c. Arnold has been en-
gagged by the Second Regiment
Band of Parkersburg to conduct
concert at Terrapin park In that
city on Tuesday next and left Sat
urday evening to conduct the nee
essary rehearsals. Mr.. Arnold will
be back again Wednesday morn.
Ing.
THE Kentons." by w. D. How
els. A story of the middle west,
New York and Europe. In which
the parents relations to a child's
duty and happiness enters prob
lem. The publishers consider 1t
one of Mr.. Howels' best novels
Price SIPS at McCoy's Book Store.
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A card from Evangelist Randall,
who Is In Sistersville, informs US
that he was never In such a place
in all his life. He considers the
place as heather from garnet to the
cellar. He says they take him for
"a United States detective and give
the whole town over TO him.
Marshal Herald.
"A Double Barrelled Detective
Story" by Mark Twain. A search
for a brutal husband by his son.
The author has insinuated Sherlock
Holmes into the story In a surpris-
Ing way. illustrated by Lucius
Hitchcock. Price 81 rs at McCoy's
Book Store. ~ ct
Hon. P. A. Shanor, wife and
daughters, Margaret and Hazel,
were here the latter part of last
week and the first of this week, the
guests of Mrs. Shanor's brother,
Charles Leasure, and family. Mr..
Shanor Is assistant editor of the
Sistersville OIL Review, and a gent
al and soclable gentleman. Cam
eron Tribune.
Potter Palmer. of Chicago, left
SIS, oo,ooo and every cent of 1t to his
wife. That was about right, if she
is past a manageable age. We'd
hate to leave that much to a young
and pretty woman, without she'd
take an oath to never cease to love
us, even though dead. Somehow
or other none of us like the Idea of
being forgotten by those we love.
Andy Bruner, Stewart Bros. and
a number of other oil men and cap
italist, have organized a company
for the purpose of supplying our
city with natural gas. They prom