Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-10-17
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LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
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Wednesday OH puSAless.
Miss Bernice Price of Elkins is here
this week visiting her folks.
G. C. Bartlett of Valley was here
on bushes Wednesday.
Ben Wilson of Philippi, was bus
mess visitor here Wednesday.
Lloyd j. Booth of Huntersfork was
here with load of produce Tuesday
L. N. Viquesney, of Junior, was
here on business Thursday morning
J. M. Hamilton of Morgantown, is
here visiting the family of irwin
Watts.
F. J. Coonts of Routed was here see
ing his son and son-in-law, the first
of the week.
The chestnut crop is reported good
from the outlying districts, and nuts
of an extra good quality.
Mrs. Alex Rusmisel and daughter,
Miss Pearl, of Enid, Okla, are here
visiting relatives.
Buy Bonds and Beat Bill (Kaiser)
it takes American Dollars to help A
merican Boys.
Porter Stalnaker is doing the NOV
ing "stunt" again this time he goes
to the city of Dartmoor
Postmaster B. B. Rohrbaugh is
confined to his home with influenza
He was taken sick on Monday.
Geo. W. Baughman, of Cross Roads
is here visiting his son-in-law, w. b.
Gall of the West Side, who is very i'll
Please don't pollute the fresh air
needed so much by convalescing pa
tients-by burning leaves and trash
M f. Shurtleff who has been i'll IN
Fairmont with influenza still contin-
ues very i'll at his home on Pike Ave
Jas. Stemple of Cross Roads was
here Sunday visiting his son, Lyman,
who has been i'll for few days.
A w. Brown of Detroit, Mich, was
here Tuesday in the interest of The
Masonic Insurance Co. of Worcester,
Mass.
]. M. McVicker has been improv-
ing time in picking apples and nuts
and doing some fishing during the
past week on Middlefork.
Capt. Jacob Harmon who has been
housed up at the Luzerne Hotel for
the past week with the "Flu" left here
for his home in Buckhannon, Sunday.
Granville Taft, former citizen OF
this county, but now of near Rich
mond, Va, is in the county visiting
relatives and friends.
C. J. Allender, formerly Of this city
but recently Of Buckhannon has been
here a couple of days the guest Of his
father. He is on his way to mis- new
home at Ripley.
Captain L. " Atha is the Ticket
Taker" on the B & O train at this
writing. He has not been marked up
for the Influenza Special as yet-and
the patrons are hoping he won't be.
Mrs. Geo. Price who has been Wis
iting her daughter at Cumberland, re-
turned home Wednesday evening
Mrs. Price says the people are dying
like flies in Cumberland with the in
fuenza.
The citizens meeting Tuesday even
ing to IKE steps to alleviate the misery
and helplessness in the epidemic in
vading our gates, referred the matter
generally to the Red Cross and Mayor
Viquesney.
A. ]. Stalnaker, Frank Luzader, w
3. Gall. Dennis Polling, B. 3. Rohr
bouqh, Roy Coonts, Lyman Stenple
Irwin Watts, Robert Logan, G. w
Rowan, are among the patients from
Influenza.
The odor of the burning leaves from
the forests of Minnesota and Wiscon
sin were plainly noticeable here Sun
day evening-so plain in fact tina
people looked for fires in their home
and in the town.
There was little stir in the uppe
end of town Monday when the HON
of Andy Wolfe was discovered to b
on fire. Quick work of bucket BRIG
ade~soon extinquished the flames wit
but little damage.
Grant Graham attended l. 0. O.
Grand Lodge in Parkersburg, the fir
of last week 1t goes without sa,
ing that this body would hardly
complete without Dock" being the
he is one of the faithful ones.
You can lock your door again
thieves, but you cannot lock your cha
acters against liars and gossip-mo
gers the ones who can always S
the faults in you are slow to. note t
faults in self. Look up their pa
records and see where they came fro
and who they are.
T. j. Humphreys, inspector from t
U. S. Food Administration of Whe'
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