Newton Diehl Baker served as a director of the Cleveland Trust Company and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Walter Barnes became president of the West Virginia Education Association
The Beckley Register began publishing twice a week
Bluefield became the second city in the nation to adopt the city manager form of local government via charter
International Nickel Company plant opened
Blenko Glass established in Milton
State Capitol Commission was created
Louis W. Chappell received appointment in English Department at WVU
Drs. Romie and W. F. Walker's stately home on Virginia Street in Charleston became the Mountain State Hospital
The Viscose Company established a plant in Nitro
West Virginia legislature enacted anti-lynching legislation
The Game and Fish Commission was created by the legislature
John W. Davis resigned as ambassador to England
John W. Davis began law practice in New York
Levi Dean became the 19th architect licensed under the West Virginia licensing law
Dunbar was incorporated
John Easton became VP of West Virginia State Federation of Labor
Governor Morgan appointed first woman, Lenna Lowe Yost, to serve on the state Board of Education
William H. "Teepi" Kendrick established and directed the first state 4-H camp in the U.S. at Jackson's Mill
Fairmont High Level Bridge was open for traffic
The Glen Rogers Mine opened as one of the state's largest
Legislature expanded the state road commission to three members and classified all roads as state or county roads
Howard Gore was hired by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop a plan for government marketing of livestock and livestock products
Federal Highway Act directed each state to recommend for federal designation a connected road system
Frank Keeny and 550 others were indicted for murder and treason after the Miners' March on Logan
Harold Houston represented the UMWA leaders who were accused of treason during the Battle of Blair Mountain
Interwoven Mills had opened branch plants in Hagerstown, Maryland, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania and Berkeley Springs
Jackson's Mill became the location of West Virginia's state 4-H Camp
Musa Kaleem was born Orlando Wright in Wheeling
Herman Kump was elected mayor of Elkins
Supreme Court ruling Ex parte Lavinder moderately tempered the power of the executive branch to use martial law
Reported 99 out of 124 members of the West Virginia Legislature were Republicans
Clarence Frey came to Logan County
Ned Cline was born
Joseph Long left the Huntington postmaster position
Occupation of the present courthouse in Madison began
Mannington was incorporated as a city
Marshall College awarded its first baccalaureate degrees
Walter Martens moved to West Virginia and opened an architecture practice in Charleston
Louis Marx & Company acquired toy manufacturing facilities of its own
John Matheus received an A.M. degree from Columbia
Annie Brake of Valley Head began midwifery
The Fairmont Electric Light and Power Plant changed its name to Monongahela Power and Railway Company
Sawmill at Hominy Falls was moved to mouth of Deer Creek.
The West Virginia Preparatory School (now Potomac State) became a junior college and began offering the first two years of the baccalaureate programs and certain vocational programs
Funding for maternal and child health began in West Virginia
Benjamin Rosenbloom began representing the First Congressional District
The Franciscan Sisters of St. Francis Hospital in Charleston were recalled to New York
Morris Shawkey became superintendent of Beaver Pond School District of Bluefield
Spruce Knob was acquired by the U.S. Forest Service
Greenbrier Valley Fair was first held
State police helped defend Logan County in the Miner's March
State Police field structure grew to four companies
West Virginia replaced the corporate excise tax with a business gross receipts tax
Clint Thomas joined the Lincoln Giants baseball team in New York
T. C. Townsend was hired by the UMWA to defend miners and union leaders in the March on Logan
W. W. Trent received an A.M from Columbia University
St. Joseph's Hospital (Upshur County) was founded by the Pallottine Missionary Sisters
Architect H. Rus Warne established a partnership of Warne, Tucker and Patterson was established
The Watoga Land Association was organized
Huntington expanded corporate limits into Wayne County
Phil Conley began working with the American Constitutional Association
The Engineering Experimental State was established at WVU
The Schmulbach Building building was taken over by the Wheeling Steel Corporation
Wheeling Steel began providing company housing for its coke plant workers
Williamstown was incorporated
The West Virginia Trades School became the New River State School (now WVU Institute of Technology)
Cyrus H. Martin became president of New River State School (now WVU Institute of Technology)
Lenna Yost represented the U.S. at international congresses against alcoholism in Switzerland
Hack Wilson started his pro career playing for the Martinsburg Blue Sox
