The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-07-12

Sistersville-Ice Cream prices have
been boosted to 60 cents a quart.
Wheeling-The new brokerage firm
OF Dickerson, Oberman C Robinson
Inc, has opened for business.
Moundsville Tony Ambroski, of
MOundsville, was arrested by federal
authorities on a charge Of violation of
liquor laws.
Parkersburg-Ten cases Of measles
have been reported to local health au-
thoritles. The afflicted persons range
in age from 4 to Al.
Wheeling-J. Nicholas Jochum, %,
ice dealer, died of injuries he received
when an automobile he was driving
overturned on the Bethany pike.
DawSOn-It cost Harry Mitch, coal
miner, $51.60 for striking a Clarks-
burg police officer. Fine was imposed
in Police Judge McDOnald's court.
acknowledgements of 20 new
homes in the west end OF the city
is to begin simultaneously. A local
contracting company is undertaking
the project.
Martinsburg - James Michael, OF
Morgan county, couldn't swim, but he
ventured into waters over his head
at Sir Johns Run. He drowned, al
though several boys tried to save his
| life
Huntington-Dr Charles e. Jeffer-
son, pastor of the Broadway Taber-
nacle, of New York City, opened the
summer school session of Marshall
college here with an address at stu
dent cOnvocatiOn.
Wheeling-The resignation Of Rev.
| Percy E. Burt as pastor of the Wheel
| ing Presbyterian church has been ac-
cepted by the Wheeling presbytery.
| Rev. Mr.. Burt accepted a call to a
church in Sharon, Pa.
| Martinsburg- investigat-
ing the death Of James Blaine COpen-
haver, 81, who died in a local hos
pital of fractured skull concluded
the dead man ran into a parked auto
mobile on a side street.
Bridgeport-A we'll producing ,500,-
900 feet of gas was drilled in on the
j. ]. Layman lot here by the North
western Gas and Oil company. The
well is in the Big Injun sand, and
is the third largest, in point of capac-
ity, in this territory.
| Bethany-The authorization of the
| construction of an outdoor theater,
| the changing of the commencement
! date, and the creation of a third trust
fund for the handling of the college
endowment, were the features of the
annual meeting of the Bethany col
lege board of trustees.
Wheeling-The stockholders OF the
West Virginia Tobacco company will
be asked to pass upon the offer Of
the POllack Tobacco company to pur-
chase its fOur-stOry brick factory at
Eighteenth and Eoff streets. A meet
ing of the stockholders to decide that
matter was held June 26.
Huntington Four Huntington
youths were sent to the state reform
school at PruntytOwn. Names of the
boys were withheld. Two were charg-
ed with pocketboOk snatching, one as
fugitive from the school, and the
fourth was sent because of complaint
Of his mother that he was unruly.
Charleston - Burton Kersey, %
years DID, jumped Off the end Of a
John-boat tied to the bank of Elk
river at Little Sandy, eight miles from
here, and died of a cramp. His body
was recovered. Mr.. Kersey had been
employed at Poca for the last four or
FIVE years for Brown and Floyd
Charleston road engineers.
Beckley-Dr Robert A. Ashworth,
Of Moundsville, was elected president
OF the State Medical society at the
annual election. DIR. ID. A. McGregOr,
OF Wheeling, was chosen secretary
and Dr. Morgan Of Clraksburg, was
named counsellor. Dr. II. 2. Iinsz Of
Wheeling, was named delegate to the
NATIONAL convention of the medical
association at San Francisco the lattR
part Of June.
Charleston-Hunti is prepar.
ing to Join hands with Charleston
in a celebration of the opening Of
the Observation-Disclosures road July
4 Huntington's city officials and busi-
ness men are enthusiastic over the
I idea, and already they, like the
Charlestonians are making plans for
the get-together meeting at which the
hatchet will be buried and the two
cities will join arm I'm arm.
Martinsburg - Shortly before day.
break an incendiary sprinkled coal oil
throughout the interior OF the new
touring car Of Sheriff william Dean
The machine was set afre Flremen
extinguished the blaze after the top
Of the machine had. been destroyed
and the interior damaged Police
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