McDowell Woman's Club to hear nurse report and health talk
The final 1922 meeting of the McDowell Woman's Club in the Memorial building will feature Miss Sumpter, the club nurse, presenting a full report of fall activities. County health officer Jr. J. G Camper will discuss club cooperation with the county health program. The group promotes Christmas Seals with proceeds split sixty five percent locally and thirty five percent to the state. McDowell county ranks high in the state for seals sales, last year placing fourth among fifty five counties.
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McDowell Women’s Club
Memorial Building
Miss Sumpter
J. G Camper
McDowell Woman's Club
McDowell County
McDowell
Eial
Welch Briefs From Templeton Swope Track Champion
Templeton Swope son of John Swope of the city helped Washington and Lee win the southern Atlantic track championship at Richmond last Saturday. He joined the team three years ago and was the first freshman to make the squad in many years. The Presbyterian church women plan a Saturday bazaar with noon opening and lunch for seventy five cents, offering fancy work dolls flowers and Japanese articles. The Gary basketball team could not secure the theatre for Saturday night causing the McDowell Post No 8 game to be postponed to December 15. The Legionnaires scrimmaged the high school squad in preparation for the home game against priced Independents on December 16. City council meeting postponed due to lack of a quorum illness and travel. Street renaming will be discussed. James Doss recovers from accidental schooling injury at Welch hospital. Rotary Club meets at the Baptist church at noon. Mr Dowell Post No 8 spring dance in Memorial building with Keystone Serenaders of Kilwood City Pa. The dance committee includes C C Sexton Bob Carnes and T A Johnston. No marriage license applications were filed at the county office yesterday.
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Templeton Swope
John Swope
Washington and Lee K
Richmond
Washington and Lee
Woman's Auxiliary
The
Presbyterian Church
Azaar
Kagaara
Gary
McDowell
Legionnaires
Dowell
Memorial Building
Mc Powell
Keystone
Serenaders
Kilwood City
C. Sexton
Bob Carnes
T. A. Johnston
Bear hunt ends as mother and two cubs are killed near Hell's Half Acre
A group of hunters led by Lee, James and Raymond Coffman bag a mother bear with two cubs in Hell's Half Acre near Stalnaker Run. After dogs drive the mother from cover, three buckshot shots kill the mother and the first cub, while the second cub escapes briefly but is later shot after a cliff fall and a tree landing. The party struggles to haul the game from the dense thicket.
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Bikins
W. Va. Dee
Lee
James
Raymond Coffman
Rley Good
T. J. Goddin
Frisco Melaniels
J. L. Goddin
Dad Oates
Harvey Woodford
Solomon Wyatt
Hell's Half Acre
Stalnaker
Red Cross January Membership Roll Call Planned in McDowell
The Red Cross is set to hold a January 11 to 18 membership roll call in McDowell County. A roll call drive committee led by chairman J Hoagland French will organize drives in each locality. Funds raised support county relief work and civic organizations are compensated for drive conduct.
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Erry
the Red Cross
McDowell County
J. Hoagland French
R. V. Shanklin
Gary
George W. Howard
Welch
Claude Boughner
Warren A. Wilson
Met
Palnceton High and Welch Start Basketball Season Tonight
Palnceton high school and Welch high school open the season on the local court this evening. The hopeful locals expect a win but face strong invaders as boys and girls teams take the floor and a record crowd is anticipated before the opening whistle.
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Palnceton High School
as @o
Welch High School
Princeton
Gary
Welch
Smith
Centen
Flanagan
Strother
Levinson
Herndon
Eckman Cotillion Club to Host Big Dance
The Eckman Cotillion Club announces a subscription dance at Community Hall Eckman on Friday December 5. The coal field dancing set recalls last month’s opening event and praises the hall. Wright's Saxophone Orchestra of Columbus Ohio will provide music.
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Eckman Cotillion Club
Community Hall
Eckman
Coal Field
Wright's Saxophone Orchestra
Columbus
Ohio
Welch Personal News Highlights Local Residents
Mrs Harry McDonald of Bristol visits sister Miss Clara Johnson in Welch Apartments on McDowell street. Gail T Carter and wife leave for Cincinnati on a shopping trip. W C Cook county superintendent returns today from Charleston state education meeting. A Almer manager of the Young Men's Shop is ill in bed. Ida Nichols Havace operated on at Welch Hospital to return home soon. Lewell Agee, daughter of Mr and Mrs L C Agee, recovers from grippe and can be up in her room. James A Henchey returns from New York after sister Mrs Mark Packard dies following an operation. interment at Alleghany New York family cemetery. John Stuart of Williamson was in Welch yesterday.
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Harry McDonald
Bristol
Clara Johnson
McDowell Street
Gail T. Carter
Cincinnati
W. C. Cook
Charleston
State Board of Education
A. Almer
Ida Nichols
Havace
Welch Hospital
Lewell Agee
L. C. Agee
Grippe
James A. Henchey
New York
Mark Packard
Buffalo
Packard
Alleghany
N. Y
John Stuart
Williameon
Welch
Gron Divorce Case Reveals Support and Affection
In Portland, Mrs Madeline Masters Gron testifies she often supported her Danish diplomat husband Niels Gron during poverty and once set an allowance of 100 dollars monthly. She recalls giving funds in a Chicago hotel and Harvard Club dues, while letters from 1917 1918 express longing and prayers for unity and their son.
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Portland
Madeline Masters Gron
Niels Gron
Gron
Harvard Club
New York
Sara Teasdale
Niels
Madeline
Christ
Sampaio Correia III Flight News From Para Coast
Lieutenant Walter Hinton in the seaplane Sampaio Correia III landed at Braganca near the coast at 10 PM after a 300 mile air voyage from Para. News from Maranhao says the aircraft had not arrived by 5 50 PM and the fate of the American aviators remained unknown.
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Associated
Preas
Buenos Aires
Walter Hinton
Sampaio Carreia
Braganca
Ara
Maranhao
Brazil
Sampaio Correia III
Para
Habeas Corpus Proceedings Filed Over Mine Rescue In Ohio
Columbus authorities opened habeas corpus actions to release three of fourteen former inmates from local institutions. The men were among a group rescued from the Turtle Creek mine near Pittsburgh during a raid at midnight November 28 by Ohio and Pennsylvania officers.
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Columbus
Turtle Creek
Bens Brothers
Common Pleas Court
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Hammer murderess Clara Phillips seen near Tijuana on escape route
A report says Clara Phillips the so called hammer murderess was spotted at a hotel in Tijuana, Lower California, as she fled toward interior Mexico. Sheriff Traeger and deputies plus reporters pursued the fugitive across the border in a renewed chase.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Clara’ Phillips
Tijuana
California
Mexico
William S. Traeger
Coal Tipple Destroyed By Fire In Lonaconing
A coal tipple belonging to the Georges Creek Coal Company near Midland was destroyed by fire in Lonaconing on December 7. Fire cause undetermined.
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Lonaconing
Georges Creek Coal Company
Midland
Veteran Rail Engineer R K Weller Dies at 76
Chicago December 7 veteran railroad engineer R K Weller age seventy six of the Baltimore and Ohio died today at Flora He drove the first engine from Springfield to Shawneetown fifty years ago in a long career marked by service to the railroad and its expansion.
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Chicago
R. “Kk. Weller
Baltimore and Ohio
Springfield
Shawneetown
Flora
Six Hudson mines remain idle in coal strike
Six Hudson Coal Company mines in the Larksville and Plymouth district stayed closed as 5 000 United Mine Workers walkout continued. No settlement talks occurred. Boilers were shut down except for pumps, a mass meeting at Larksville approved the strike again and formed a committee to meet W J Brennan in Scranton to discuss legality of the walkout.
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Wilkesbarre
Hudson Coal Company
Larksville
Plymouth
United Mine
Orkera
W. J. Brennan
Scranton
Former President Wilson Much Better, Wife Says
Baltimore, Dec 7 Mrs Woodrow Wilson addressed Maryland women Democrats at a victory celebration saying former President Wilson is much better than he has been since his illness though not fully healthy yet. She arrived from Washington with Mrs Edna Helm who served as secretary on Wilsons European tour.
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Baltimore
Woodrow Wilson
Maryland
Wilson
Washington
Edna Helm
James Meredith Helm
Penn U Waits On Wood Decision For Leadership
University of Pennsylvania authorities in Philadelphia say no direct word has come on General Leonard Wood's alleged decision about leading the university. Acting Provost Penniman's office notes that until official word arrives no statement will be issued. Alumni official Horace M. Lippincott says he was told by Wood's brother that duties would begin after pre Windsor, u. Willie Allen, eight one-half year-old twins, have as rated equal in the school marks, ai
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Leonard Wood
Penniman
Washington
Horace M. Lippincott
Windsor
Willie Allen
Poincare to Attend Allied Premiers Conference in London
Premier Poincare will leave Paris at noon to join allies in London for a critical prearmistice reparations conference. The Brussels financial plan and Ruhr issues loom large as Bonnar Law may accept seizure of German mines if France backs away. U S position and ambassadors in Germany and Belgium are also anticipated topics among the premiers.
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Associated Press
Paris
Veco
Poincare
London
Entente
Germany
France
Great Britain
M. Poinecare
Brussels
United States
Belgium
Questioned American Role in Conference Behind the Scenes
Officials weigh whether America will take a major behind the scenes part or act openly at the conference. Premier Mussolini adds uncertainty by demanding a larger Italian share of German indemnity. Germany’s August 31 respite expires January 15 with a 500 million gold mark payment. If London talks fail, France will not grant further relief without prior guarantees.
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America
Mussolini
Italy
Germany
London
France
France Profits 1.2 Billion Frances on German Coal
Essen reports France has made a profit of 1.2 billion francs from coal dealings with Germany. The AP notes France secured favorable terms amid postwar trade adjustments.
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France
Germany
Germany claims reparations coal deliveries undercut Ruhr supply
Dr. Klaus Scholl of Essen cited Le Progres Civique in a press statement claiming France bought 28 750 tons of coke and coal at an average 91.20 francs per ton. He says reparations credits used 61.70 per ton while a French committee marked up by 40 to 50 francs. He notes Germany delivered 3 100 000 tons of coke and 5 600 000 tons of coal to France, while France exported 2 300 000 tons domestically and 4 200 000 tons from the Saar, arguing that France does not need Ruhr coal.
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Germany
Armice
Klaus Scholl
Essen
le Progres Civique
Scholl
France
Sarre
Ruhr
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Manley Piano Company
Welch, West VA
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Contidential
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N.C. A
Welch Lumber Co
McDowell’s
Welch, W. VA
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W. VA
D. W. Griffith
Lottie Blair Parker
Griffith
44Th Street Theatre
Frank M. Booth
All Star
Graham, Pocahontas
Bramwell
Robinson
Columbia Orchestra
Northfork
Kimball
En Ways
Palace Theatre
Graham
Pocahontas, Va
Arcade Theatre
Bramwell, W. Va
Rialto Theatre
Keystone, W. Va
Lyric Theatre
Northfork, W. Va
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