The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-09-21
PITIABLE
REGISTER -NUTTY EDITOR HAS
A FEW CONCLUSIONS.
Amuses the Public by ludierous
Ho~is-What an Accurate Com
parison Reveals.

was ample evidence that The Intelli-
gencers exposure of its pitiful at
tempts TO present news had struck n
sore spot In writing his reply the
Nutty Editor. OF whom the sheet is
so fond. must have been several de-
grees "nuttier' than usual. At any
rate. his attempts TO cover up the in
excusable failure OF his sheet would
have been excruciatingly funny had
they not been so pitiable.
With that sangfroid which only a
"nutty" editor can command. he re-
marks, just as though ne expected
long-suffering public TO believe II.
that his sheet had a reporter on the
ground during the Weimer fire The
lntelligencer leaves this matter to the
good sense OF it's readers. with this
question: II the organ had report
er at the fire. or had any KNOWLEDGE
OF II while IL was happening. why N
the name OF sense did IL not have the
story on the morning il happened
The fire started at 3: 80 o'clock and
was not too late. as the organ doeG
not go TO press until O'Clock, and
would have jumped at the chance -
make over page for such an import
ant happening. The Intelligencer haC
man on the ground who traced tn,
important event carefully from start
TO finish. obtaining his information
from William Weimer. who lives five
feet from the scene of the blaze
George Weimer. another member ri
the firm, and Mrs Sim. the heroine
OF the fire.
After founderinG through this tia.
mouthpiece 81 the organ changes his
Ira a a.
Grand Central hotel. which IA" Intel
liGencer carried exclusively. was al
vcrtiscd i'm his sheet for several days
rs the pinnacle of abSurditV this
takes IN" premium. Can anyona
imagine the spectacle Of suppos-dl,
live newspaper carrying one - d.
biggest stories Of the season IN its a1-
vertising columns for several dnVS
without getting next To tho fact that
II was a news feature" oh. pickles.
please pass the olives,
In his appended list 81 heats" most
Of which were dead ones. he places
right AT the head Of the list "a dope
story which began with the eNplana-
tton that u was tho contribution Of a
'nutty editor. about more asphalt
paving machines being needed Thou
h" gives IN advertisement uf "a n,w
"li-starting auto AZ a scoop" \cNt
comes story az wut"r works con
Vention al cleveland attended bV lp-
cal officials which his '\uttyship'
VIII md ia las saturdays lntclli-
Eenccr. n he cares to look and which
his sheet probably copied from that
source. Further down h. claims IN"
story 81 a. hoy being hit by Dr. class
auto as a scoop. while tho truth ia
that the Int",liEcncer had al tho same
time "a more complete story than his
sheet. Getting little weak IN tho
or eve. aren't you. \uttyH The at
tempted suicide Of woman from the
st"c! bridge has already been exposed
as fake.
Ills mention Of hoard Of education
committee meetings calls for special
comment. At a meeting IF the build
ings and grounds committee on Mon
day night the organ WAS apparently
afraid 10 trust 10 ordinary reporters
hut the only errors h. made We're
as follows. He stated that n was
M citing Of the board Of education.
whit" ~ was merely committee
meeting He said that "A rccommcn-
dation 81 the building and repair
committee was adopted. overlooking
th" unimportant fact that such com
mittee has never existed and probably
never will He said that IN. sum Of
$4,000 was apportioucd 20 each con
corn doing an iEsruancc business
while there were % companies and "a
total Insurance ~ only SeG1.iO4 We
will not be- too harsh about this. how
ever. as n may have been on" II thu
countless typographical errors with
which IN" sheet ~ usually fltd.
Th" whole story occupied only about
49," inches 20 space. or IN" errors
would probably have been more
NUMEROUS
Just whilr tahulations 81 exclusive
stories ar" in order IN" Intelligence
h'gs leave to call the attention 81 tn.
purr, Co IN" fulIpwinE ones which
have appeared in its columns during
wednesday. September IL.
sale ~ BOARD 81 Trade hlosk-biEreSf
[ local scoop Of tho season
sale ~ the Meudsl property 90 count,
court house
cas-" ~ T Riley ~. owen Mcranu
[ . al
/ Frinr ~ 5to.o.o damage suit o. T. sa-
W I.tIis..r iron N.sF. auI 900 other
..-rrf court prorerIlnR-
. Corlsrsrc" g. boo held Cos county SCHOOL
Hr'r.rtrnterf~ go lnrtI l.rl F,.roi
. W.. ~.sf 81 = sfavkcy
. ON CO., dnf". 20 seems arr-nrrlat. 90
I remark. f." Market street aNert present
OIL tp % rea4-r" portion ~ Boo. HNH people
90 Wh'rhrs .rf vicinity. tf- gorgeous
total &C five personal Items
Thursday, September "a.
scoop .r lI. teft between -rNsuh
I rnoSre n-u HrI WIeriir- can come
PAW
/ Tf.er county r-and iIrv senstuo-.
| PROPOSED audit ~ hr.He o. p'f' rr.r-
Itr sheriff
Circuit court decision 81. Vorefs7rs
ll caa" 7-f cd n-fer ,rrrf court proc
cCefirFr
Annual faI convention of r.-HarI..
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