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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-01
W.o.nl1llaln'st'S J
To The S! s.

e i f. IF
CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-Henry spen=
Ger, murdered of Mrs. Mildred Alli-i
son Reyroat, was hinged yesterday
in the county jail ut Wheaton. !.
Standing on thcstrap, Spencer re-
peated three psalms. NJ
Spencer murdered Hrs. Rexroat,
teacher of dancing, ten months ago,
Having lurcd her to a suburb with a
promise! ofiaprofessional engagement.
He shot her through the lead, took
her suit case and diamond ring and
placed the body on a railroad track.
Spencer, 'captred sbyiaccident after
. long search, confessed a score Of
unsolved sitmurders.. q, Investigation
froved.tllat Spencer was In jail most
Of lifetime he had saidlhe7wast but
numbering policemen and 3servant
girls. ~ -.1si,;{
Spencer was unmoyed by his con-
Tistion, which, came id: spit. of the
prisoners effortslto prove liimshNsih-
sane by shouting lat, the Judge and
witnesses andf1Sarranguing :fhe audi
Miss Hazel Book, of Pennington,
was 4 tlns tleseity today h.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-01

(. THE West Union. Record is now
making new record with {aswoman
at. the helm. Miss Minnie Kendall
Lowtlier, theaneWs editor is already
making the paper bloom forthSlike
q June rose and brighten like the
skies ofsssa golden sunrise. Thus
again does the suffrage cause ttri=
umph through brains and the mod
ern advance Of civilization, instead
Of the weapons 3ofs war rapine and
vandalism handed down from the
barbarict agesioft the past. More pow.
or to the. women Of America ana
i"knowledge is power Randolph
Enterprise. Is !.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-01
INSANITY INCREASING
Insanity Is increasinglinyyVes v

insanity Is Increasing in West Vir.
'ginity. There are now approximate.
observation-disclosures diffcrcntsin:
stitutionse for tile insane; Wetzel
Republican. 4 nv a.
We 8knewaf here was sSmethint
WRONG MI Vest Virgi nfa whehS tho
voters eiec ted "a man hi The fNirs,
con sress ianal dis tfiet ;Eetps aestrns
the protsctiy tariff hut We did no
quit stspderst md S@f III MAS Fhsrs
Is, are "a A Il tote, Evidence d
rs rel.'Hniag ganit 81
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-01


cratic county primary for the sole
reason that they have 1t. in their
minds and hearts to rebukes official
rottenness and political corruption
AS exemplified in Bud Bumgarnerz
ism chiltonized, and to bring about
this result &c need be- they will.vote
the straight Republican Progressive
county ticket from top to bottom;
they intend e. purge the Democratic
temple of the political cuttlroats
and Sbrigands that now and have in
tested IL for years.Fand will do 50 at
all hazards, and they fell that they
are none the less Democrats by doing
50: In fact, by pursuing this course
tEnot only makes them better Dem
ocrats but also better citizens. More
power to them Kanawlia News-tle
Official Democratic Newspaper Of.
Writ County.
sat- - 81 ..|s i 4
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-01
BACK TO NOAH

The Progressiyes Of the Second Con-
sressional district nominated a man.
for congress whose firstS nance is
Noah, the other part Of his name is
uhimportant.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-01
SAFETY FIRST. SAFETY sI;, AL

i ~ / = H
Sunday is prominently Dcath, Day
for automobiles. Long is the reg
lister on each Monday OF 'acicd entss
of injuries inflicted and sustained,
far. ,farttoo many of them on, account
of. carelessness5 and want Of due pre-.
caution and sound judgment on the
the part of heidrivers. Every!ow !;
Ter and every chauffeur should know
by heart the life saving recommenda-
Itions prescribed and circulated by:
the National Council for Industrial
Safety: a ~. 81 &. I. :. y r
Safety First, Safety Always. Auto
b Drivers. z
81. Be consideratc. So
III. Go slow: l. Passing chill
'dren;, 2. Passing vehicles; 8. APP
preaching crossings; 4. Turning cor
ners.
.IH. Stop: /; At railroad. cross
ings; 81 Behind standing street cars.
Nv. Use chains on slippery pave
ments. ii5,s 81; I
1: ~. When in doubtgo slower
STOP 5
Bywhat ma nification; Of type, Yby
what relief Of raised enamelled LETT
tiers, by what brillianee Of colors can
these rules be impressed upon the
mind Of multitude Of devil-wa gon-
teers? People that mean wells but
are too ready to: take chances II
they won't spare their own lives
tiiey3might ut least refrain from tal,z:
ling: chances with those OF other per-
sons. 81 ~ VT KS
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-01
In Hard Straits.

Forgive thcapnn, .butsif.this gencrsi
al European war lasts .vcry3iong
won't the G erman people have rs
hock something moro than the
kaiser? n,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-01
Natural Curiosity. !

-, - 4 IdIUIdI ROuT1UbILy, iYNl s,
5Polly-Hc actually begged mo to
kiss him! m. ...s,.l|
Doll -NYhat5didtyou saygl ".
Polly.15told him ! might5bc sorry
Tor itsafterward. n Z 4
SDolly-Andi were you? fudge. 3
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-01
InfBondag,e,.Yile.

Can yousimagin q any Hnickcr way
'toE bring the tears enhtsias down
manly checks than for somebody to
take fafp ronttIiont stand In tho halls
i !19 Il1l a ~
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-01
iWitA.nIdHun1or'

Lure Of the Country. 4
Don't you hear the country calling?
Don't you hear the voice today?
Don't you hear the birds all singing
In tile trcetops far away? (,
Don't You hear the brook n-bahbling
As IL tumbles down tic hill? s.
Don't you hear the gentle whistle a
or the-merry whippoorwillg
Don't = YOU hear tic hens a-eackling?
Don't You hear tlieSroostcrs crow
'iDan't,you lear the corn a-rustling?
Can't you hear the clover grow?
Come! Today the country's calling.
Come, and recreation seek.
For you know We need the money
And the boards 'stecn plunks a
Y week. 4
@Yonkers Statesman.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-01

Shall be sold or used for other pur-
poses than for building roads In Tie
state where prepared.
The bill was referred 10 the Judi
CARY committee and while IL Is not
expected TO pass at this session, Il is
believed it win be faserabl eonsidsi
cred next winter.
- M a8tsf 2 Is 8 81 =
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-01
viii Feel p Hon, 81;

oftsoitsS IN mis- war!!gris isis t .wass
not gotten ttphtfors hill, benefit hhY
Wien cx-Presideht iitlcrtaNhits En-,
rops, w9 q y b he feel niee and cenlt,y;22
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-01
.OH!SHUCKs
I AsY0UNG ORATOR /

= -. q Ae1UUWU lUNAIUh. lI77sT n
L r.. Ad Hall, the able editor Of the
Weston Independent has added TO his
fame by raising boy WHO can cleo
trtfya congressional convention with
his cloquence. FIX u
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-01

The Tickle Public.
In the PRINTS nowadays It is no
longer Nictoriano or Franeisco, but
William and Nick.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-01

1t is now dog days a nd The "das-,
!tarllyn rascal who blew up the.
water works isistnl4at large. What
has become of the detectives who
were or; Ibis trail? es.a
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-01

~. R: Hall, the young man who
placed Senator Geo. E. Whites name
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-08

boarding a train, "and as my health
and strength are slowly returning 1
must continue my work"
With the wounded leader went
Charles H. Tanner, auditor Of the
Western Federation, who was also
slugged and deported with Meyer.
They boarded the Copper Range
Limited" at the Western avenue sta
ton about II p. m.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-08

coats at Hong Fung Hos restaurant,
354 S. State st.
Edward Truta, 2, 1904 w. 18th ST.,
died at County Hospital Fell into
tub of boiling water.
Gottfried KoehI, 1863 -Menominee
st., fined $50 and months in Bride
well. Sent obscene letter to mother
in-law.
Gases of EsteIIe SayIor Keller, hus-
band, Robert, and Harry Shoup, ac-
cused of taking $1,7O0 worth of stuff
from department stores, continued.
Police called to remove body of
VIM. Bennett from Wabash Hotel.
showed life. Had been 8 days with
out care. Taken to hospital.
George Wilson, 35, III w. Austin
av., suicided. Gas.
Thomas PouIous, 1852 w. 47th St,
fined $25. Lonely. Flirted. Miss Della
Williams, POOL w. Jackson st., COM
plainant
Mrs. George KneisIe, Warrington,
awarded $500. Sued several sa-
loonkeepers for selling liquor to hus-
band, who died from drink.
DeIIipert Hapgood, merchant, Effie,
Mimi, missing. Detectives searching.
John Faith, indicted for murder of
Joseph H. Logue, to be tried Jan. 10.
MOVER AND TANNER HEADED
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-08
THE NEW NUT

BY Jim Nance.
We all have eaten hickory
We all have tasted wal
There's almond, hazel and pecan,
Why, sure, we know them all.
And now here's to the latest,
In society they butt:
Every dancer nowadays
Is quite a Tango Nut.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-08

BACK TO CALUMET
'Tm going back to finish my
work"
With this simple but clear state
ment President Charles H. Meyer, of
the Western Federation of Miners,
whom the Citizens Alliance of Calu-
met, Mich, shot down and foully as
saulted in their effort to break his
spirit, left for the scene of the shoot
ing last night.
While those who know Meyer
know that the gunner and sluggers
of Upper Michigan can't keep him
away, it was not expected that he
would return so soon, as he is still
far from complete recovery.
Quite naturally left a lot of work
unfinished as a result of my invo1un-
tary and hasty departure from the
scene of action" said Meyer before
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-17
An Odd Combination

One would at first scott at the Idea
of combining green and brown IN an
levening gown, and yet on woman OF
the right complexion IL is bewllderlng-
lly beautiful says an exchange. Al a
lball given at one or the fashionable
resorts such a gown was worn by
woman with auburn hair The effect
was not stunning; it was degree
lmore-electric All eyes in the room
were drawn by the perfect harmony
which was expressed by gown and
wearer. The gown itself was of leaf
green crepe meteor. The bodice was
combined with oak-leaf brown chif-
|fon. The draped skirt was without the
popular tunic, and yet one knew in
stinctively that the gown was not one
Iof last seasons, or even a hanger-on
from the beginning of the present sea-
SON The high draped waist line was
simply continuation of the skirt,
and the brown chiffon of the bodice
rested against the red-haired beauty's
white neck Angel sleeves hung from
the shoulders To below the waist line
about three-quarters of the
full length of the arm. Green silk
tassels weighted the long point of
each sleeve. A single topas hung from
a gold hairlike chain about the red
haired womans neck
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-17
ADVENTURES nv MATRIMONY
DALRYMPLE
of
$1,000 Ida NJ TarbeII andS.s q
BY LEONA DALRYMPLE-
=.-==:zss:===-==

Mary" l called again very sharp
1y, but again her sole answer was a
heavy stir and an instant relapse into
the heavy stuDor that had frighteneJ
me.
This time I shook her roughly by
the shouldNFnc but to no avail. When
first I realized that Mary was either
very ill OF unconscious / do not know,
/ merely remember that in panic |
rushed for the phone. And as usual.
when life is crowding painful minutei
upon you, 1t was out of order.
I banked the receiver hook wildly
up and down In vain effort to get
central, No answer came. l tried
frantically again and again to elicit
some life Tram dead wire, and
finally 9hapaened 1t. Certainly
could not leave my wife while I hur-
ried forth for a doctor, and thinking
thus, remembered Carey, and
banged upon his door. He did not
answer.
l tried the door and found 1t UNI
locked. Striding hurriedly into the
room, turned on the light, to FIND
every trace of my lodger gone. His
books were gone-everything in tho
room was just as it had been on the
day we had rented it. Carey plainly
had disappeared. Wildly excited by
now, I rushed downstairs and
awakened Alvin, the terrible old bear
with nerves, who always bangs on
my floor with q broom-handle wher
we make noise after O'Clock. He
came to the door in a nightcap with
revolver in his hand.
I'm sorry" told him curtly. "but
my wife is i'll, and my telephone oni
of order. You'll have to let me use
yours"
He didn't say anything, just gave
me a sort of scowling, unfriendly
glance.
Fine street, this" he volunteered
after a while, after 1 had given Dads
number to central and sat nervously
waiting. Fine street this for man
with nerves. What with the piano
going upstairs and Mr. Carey singing
and the millSman driving through
the street at god forsaken hours
l wheeled f1ercely upon him, struck
suddenly by an inspiration.
did you send me an anonymous
letter." l burst out so unexpectedly
that he Jumped.
And I knew by his guilty face that
he had.
(To be Continued)
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-17
Making the Worst of a Boy

Notwithstanding that for six months
had been associating with poolroom
loafers and other idle, mean and dis
orderly fellows where profanity was
heard on every hand and vice was
freely discussed, / never learned as
much evil in all those six months of
freedom as l learned in those first six
weeks in the reform school.
After the lights were out at night
we used to get together and talk |
learned more ways for young fell
low to get money dishonesty than /
ever dreamed existed, and as for
stories. heard the meanest, the low
est, the most vile stories that believe
were ever told from the lips of those
fifteen, sixteen and seventeen-year-
old boys.
My father and mother used to come
and see me once a month. 1t was a
rather painful event for me. Mother
used to weep and between her weep
ing she was always saying, II told
you So" or, 81 told you he would
come to some bad end, staying out
nights" and then she would weep
afresh.
Father used to keep saying, Don't
worry. don't worry, they'll make a
man out of you Jerry with this good
plain food and early hours and no
chance for deviltry, it will be the
making of him.
No chance for deviltry, indeed! Lit
tie poor father knew about 1t, says
the autobiography of a reform school
boy in The Mothers Magazine Little
he knew about the schooling in crime
that / was getting every day, or about
the vile stories / heard, and about
many other vile, unspeakable things
and practices that l cannot even
mention.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-17
Handmade Handkerchiefs

If you have the time it is a wise
idea to make your own handkerchiefs.
If you wish to be really smart, re-
member the handkerchiefs used by
the ltra-fashionable folk are en-
broidered or initiated in color, says
an exchange.
Usually the initial matches a color
in the frocl or the hat or some other
accessory, if the principal part of the
costume is white. 1t Is well to have
several handkerchiefs embroidered
in green. 1t being a neutral color, so
that they can be carried with those
froclxs for which you have no match
ing color.
Frequently white handkerchief
have border hens and an initial or
monogram of the hem color 1t is a
pretty custom to embroider about the
monogram or initial little wreath
or medallion frame.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-17
DIARY OF WELL DRESSED GIRL

to hang loosely from the shoulder as
If they were continually falling off
Other sets are made up with two
tight little shoulder capes, and I saw
several which were made with q deer
V-point in the back. Our styles O
last year were cut quite straight, you
remember, so this V cut is decidedly
new. The muffs are mediums sized
and some of them are made fiat and
square.
One girl who wore a gray-blut
velvet costume had a three-piece SCI
|of chinchilla squirrel-the dark stripe
of the fur made so that 1t stood on
against a light background He
|neckpiece fastened with an enormous
braid frog at one side of her throat
Her small fur hat was trimmed will
la fancy or silver braid.
Another girl, wearing a brow
Iduvetyn suit, attracted my attention
and / could not help but notice how
beautifully her Russian fitch fur
combined with the rich brown of hel
suit. The furs dyed in high color:
seem to have completely gone our
for the furs Of this winter depend q
their own natural beauty. Combins'
tons OF two kinds OF fur in the SAINT
set seemed to be very popular.
1 saw hudson seal, German fitch
mole skunk, Persian lamb ant
caracul combined in attractive sets
Ermine is being used in solid white
the black tails sometimes trimmlni
the edge of the muff like a. fringe
Fox and lynx sets were worn at th'
game, as well as gray summer ermin'
combined with strips of plain white
one OF the smartest novelties have
seen this season.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-17
FlneSSe

E'inesse is one of those wonderful
French words which seem to mean
so much and yet, when one hunts
them right down to their fundament-
al essence, turn out to mean really
nothing so very much at all.
The word finesse as originally in
troduced into this country meant the
maneuver in whist by which you
take a trick from your opponents
with a card lower than your highest
"a card inferior also to one pos
sessed by your opponents.
Speaking generally, without chas-
ing the word too near it's lair, finesse
means the art of doing things nifty
I find it necessary to refer con-
stantly to American slang in order to
get the best definition for subtle
French expressions.
Now there is, sisters and brethren,
an old saying which saith that 1t
isn't so much what you do as how
you do it. The thing has a tang of
the South about it, and | suspect
that 1t really isn't much older than
the Louisiana purchase; but, be that
as it may, to lift an expression from
the newspaper editorial writer's,
finesse has to do with how you do
things.-George Vaux Bacon in Green
Book Magazine.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-17
A Brides Monogram

The girl who embroiders her own
trousseau often wishes for set of
unusual initials, but often does not
know how to draw them herself. She
can easily solve this problem by buy
ing SOME tracing paper, sharp PEN
ell and some impression or transfer
paper at the artists supply shop. Then
at any library she can find books of
lettering and alphabets and by care
fully tracing off her own initials and
forming them into various mono
grams she can transfer them with the
Impression paper to her towels and
linen when she gets home, and not
have to pay the shop to mark it
for her.-Exchange
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-17


was lounging in our library he was
usually reading in his room.
Though 1t was early, Mary was IN
bed Still feeling tired and sick and
dizzy, went into my room and
turned on the light. Now, usually,
when Mary goes to bed before | come
home, the first ray of light awakens
her. Tonight, for some reason, she
did not stir. I halted before the mir
ror, struck by q certain haggardness
of expression, and stared with pain
fully impersonal criticism at the lines
upon my face. I was twenty-three,
and I looked middle-aged!
Standing there I was suddenly con-
scious of q curious odor In the room
faint and elusive, but a little I'M
pleasant. I shifted. 1t was sugges-
tive of some drug. Wheeling in al
together unreasoning alarm,
glanced again at Mary, wondering
why she did not stir with the light
brilliantly flooding the room. Usual
ly 1t was irritatingly easy to disturb
her. Then for the first time l real
lied how white she looked lying
there against the pillow.
With a bound I was beside her.
And, freakish as the emotions OF
humanity are, in that minute of APP
iprehension every bit of the love had
felt for her as an ardent, beauty
loving boy came crowding back to
lme. She was sleeping very heavily
Something unnatural about the sleep,
however, frightened the Icy grip of
fear that had sent me in a panic to
the bedside.
Mary" said.
| She stirred q little, but instantly
relapsed again into a heavy slumber.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-17
BY ADELINE CARHICK WELLS

PLY: "rakin' leaves makes you
awful hungry, doesn't it, Henry2"
Henry nodded.
But that amt no sign. as We'll
get anythin' for Norah," he said
gloomily 1T all depen's on how
she feels. If she's goodnatured
she'll give us mos anythin', but if
this is one O. her cranky days" his
gloom deepened, we cant even be
certain o. gettin the matches"
"Spose | ask mother for the
matches stead of Norah, suggest
S ed Davie, quite overcome by
Henry's picture.
Henry looked down at him
Il guess it'll be safe to ask
Norah, at any rate. I'm only
s'posin' that she might be cross. 1t
amt sartin, you know, Master Da-
vid. Nothin amt sartin bout
Norah." And he chuckled again.
you like her, though, don't
your said Davie, trying to take
steps as long as Henry's. Dor
othy said so. Dorothy said maybe
you'd marry Norah some day.
viii you, do you, think?''
Henrys grin vanished.
Miss Dor'thy better look out
what she's sayin,' he declared in
a cross voice, eff Norah should
hear a thing like that--s-sh!"
Henry held up a warming finger.
as they reached the back of the
house.
Norah was winding UP her after
moons work She was on her
knees, wiping up the blue and
white linoleum that always re-
minded Davie of his checkerboard.
When she saw Henry and Davie,
Norah sat up, resting on her heels
Don't you dare to come into my
kitchen with your dirty shoes, an
me Just after wipin' it up" she
threatened, what is it you want2''
Matches" said Henry, were
goin' to burn up the leaves We've
been rakin'.'
And cookies, If you're not too
cranky" said Davie politely
Cranky Who said | was
cranky" demanded Norah.
"N-nobody." said DaVie hastily,
..'only-only Henry said maybe you
might be-"
20. he did. did he! Wei, you'll
go somewhere else for your matches
an your cookies, too, so what do
you think o. that! Now clear out"
And Norah returned to her work
with vigor.
Henry looked at Davie. and Davie
looked at Henry.
II guess Wen have to ask
mother" said Davie at last, in a
meek little voice.
ITO be continued)