Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-11-06
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS

VIM. RlQReNdy, Va
town on business Tuesday
W P. Ramsey, Of Route A. was III
town Monday on business.
q NJ Elliott was business VISITOR
at Meadowville Tuesday.
VIM. Yeager, of the West side' Is
very ill at this writing
Cleo Swecker, of Philippl, was mere
few hours Tuesday on business
f. S. Baker, of Weaver, was a DuSi-
ness visitor here Saturday evening.
Mrs. Monroe Phillips visited ner
son Cecil. at Phi1ippi on Friday last
Mrs Nestor, of this city, was the
Quest of her sister, Mrs. a. B. corn
well, last week.
Jas. F. Bennett, the insurance hus17
lor snent a part of this week IN
Parkersburg.
FF Coontz, of Route 4, is engaged
in painting NJ. L. Haller's house on
Grim Avenue.
Geo. Profit, formerly of this CITY,
but now of Clarksburg, was mere laS'
Friday on business.
Robb Keyser was painfully hurt IN
the foot ball game at Parsons FRIDAY
Isst week. Score stood to o.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, one of Amer
ica,s foremost writer's of poetry,
died this week in her 64th year.
Mrs. Karl Wagner returned to
Cumberland last Sunday after sew
eral days visit with her parents here
Allen Lindsey, of Hendricks, Su-
peryisor of the Dry Fork r. r., was
Belington visitor Wednesday eve
ming.
Oliver Typewriters were $500, now
S57. Few as good none better Call
on or address Grant Graham, Being
ton, w. Va. 81
The peach crop of 1920 is in danger
as this has been an autumn long to
be remembered, so far as Jack Frost
is concerned.
Mr.. ]. N. Huffman and wife OF
Moatsville, until recently residents OF
this city. are here visiting relatives
for a few days.
Mrs. NJ. E. Shurtleff, of Fairmont,
has been here visiting friends, left
here last Friday for Wheeling to take
some work in the Ladies' Shrine.
Tom Cleavenger, of Volga, was a
business visitor here for few hours
Tuesday, being on his way to Ran
dolph County in quest of cattle.
W. w. Brewer, of the Cunnock Coal
Co.. of Cunnock, N c. was here the
past week with his family. He has
returned to his labors in that field.
F. NJ. Glenn, of Parsons, who is
connected with the Electrical Meat
Cutter, which is being built at the
foundry, was here this week on bust
ness.
D. L. Brandon, of Chicago, dem
onstrator for the Austen Machine Co.
road roller, was here this week look
-ing over the Barker District road ma
chinery.
Miss Jessie Campbell who has been
making a two weeks tour of Bal
timore, Washington, Philadelphia
New York and Atlantic City, returned
here this week
Mrs. Fred E. Thompson, wife of
the editor of the Progressive, under
went an operation for appendicitis at
Buckhannon last week She is re
ported to be improving nicely.
Mrs. Amanda Cheneworth, of Ker-
ems arrived here this week from Pa.
where she has been visiting. She will
snend the remainder of the winter
with her nieces, the Miss Dentons.
Mrs. William Jarvis who has beer
visiting her son and daughter al
Rosemont has returned to her home
in the West side. She was also guest
of families in Clarksburg and Graf
ton
Lane Rohrbough, of New York City
is here visiting his mother for few
days Lane will leave here Nov. II
preparatory for sailing for India Nov
9th where he goes as special rep
representative OF the American Stee
Co.
Practically all the miners in thi
section are out on strike orders. The!
are asking among other things
hour day There is a question, witt
German subjects working II hour
per day, can we successfully compel
with them.
If a postmaster makes an error o
one cent he must make it good t
Uncle Sam. If traveller goes to
regular ticket office and fails to get
ticket. a United States conducto
filches 10 cents extra from him an
Mr.. Citizen has no chance to get
rebate.
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