United Woolen Mills Reopens In Columbus After Parkersburg Fire
W A Hersch guides rapid reestablishment of United Woolen Mills after Parkersburg fire that destroyed the Parkersburg plant. Within three weeks, Columbus operations were live with cutting rooms and pants shops. by ten days coat and suit departments ran, and by three weeks all had resumed. The firm, founded 1902, employs hundreds and runs twenty stores across four states.
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United Woolen Mills Co
Parkersburg
W. Va
Decem- 2
East Gay Street
Central Ohio Paper Co
W. A. Hersch
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Columbus
Express
New York
Local Social Notes in Richlands Area Report Visits and Events
Residences and relatives in Richlands area list visits from Mr. and Mrs. Underwood and R. B. Blanken ship family. Miss Susie Hickman and Miss Louise Wells stop by relatives. dances and dinners in Tazewell and Bluefield. grippe illness noted. Dr A M Byrd conducts business in Roanoke. Rev Clyde Douthat returns from Bluefield. ex Governor Henry C Stuart hosts. church and family gatherings highlighted.
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T. Underwood
Margaret Lee
Stelle Wren
Bluefield
Henry C. Stuart
Rosedale
Hendricks
Tazewell
W. R. Williams
Wade H. Peery
North Tazewell
Francis McCall
West Texas Courts Governed by Sutton Brothers
In west Texas Judges J. F. Sutton and R. Sutton, brothers aged 34 and 37, took jurisdiction of 28 564 miles on January 1. The vast territory equals seven eastern states in size and they are among the youngest jurists in the United States.
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West Texas
J. F. Sutton
R. Sutton
United States
Columbus Chamber Backs Regional Machine Industry Move
The Columbus Chamber of Commerce under President Robert Schryver and secretary James T. Daniels offers full cooperation to President Hersch and the company for a permanent Columbus facility. Parkersburg, West Virginia seeks to keep the industry, believing it cannot afford to lose the established institution.
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Hersch
Columbus
Parkersburg
W. Va
Columbus Dispatch
Methodist Church Schedule and Community News in Bramwell
The Bramwell Methodist church lists Sunday school at 9:45 led by W J Beverage, with preaching by Rev E H Yankee at 11 am and 7:30 pm, Lord’s supper in the morning. Weekly events include teachers meeting Tuesday 7:30, Epworth League 6:30, midweek service Wednesday 7:30, and a women’s missionary society meeting Thursday at Mrs FE Woody’s home to elect officers and plan the year. The Thomas property sold to Edward Cooper will be occupied by R M Kent family. Stockdale family moves beside W J Peters. The pastor’s home was recently renovated by the church ladies. Mrs John Cowen, formerly Nannie Christian of Richlands, Va, died. funeral at Holiness church. interment at Oakhill. Watch night service was a success with Epworth Leaguers and Dr Yankee. Refreshments served. attendees left with resolves for 1925.
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Methodist Church
W. J. Beverage
E. H. Yankee
Epworth League
Woman's Missionary Society
FE. W. Woody
Thomas
Edward Cooper
R. M. Kent
W. A. Lammers
Stockdale
W. J. Peters
The
John Cowen
Nannie Christian
Richlands
Bramwell
George Cowen
Holi
Dr. Yankee
Miss Lovesick
Fizem Quick
Fix’em Quick
Cecil Thompson
Margaret Dillon
Annie Brooks
Roland Perdue
Yankee
Walter Powell
Gertrude Ellwood
Martha Ellwood
Annie Tabor
Local society notes and student movements across towns
A crowded page records visits and returns of students and relatives across Roanoke Greenbrier College and nearby towns. Others travel to Pittsburgh Columbus Cincinnati and Nashville for schooling or extended trips abroad. A tragedy closes the item with Elena Mailli committing suicide by leaping from a cliff.
Bramwell Personalities Return to Studies
Misses Fannie Vincent and Edith Smith have returned to their studies in Bramwell.
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Bramwell
Fannie Vincent
Edith Smith
Mexico City clears path for divorce seekers travel
Mexico City reports that foreign divorce seekers will face no obstacles from the federal government to disembark at Progreso en route to Yucatan for obtaining a divorce. Assistant Secretary Benitez says travelers just must prove they earn their living honestly to use Yucatan’s streamlined process.
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Mexico City
Progreso
Yucatan
Benitez
Department of the Interior
Mr. Benitez
Germans Develop Fakes in Government Stamps
Berlin January 4 report notes counterfeiting of rare postage stamps has become a profitable and well developed art in Germany. The law penalizes only on selling stamps as genuine, allowing noncirculating reproductions to escape prosecution.
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Berlin
Germany
Robbers torture woman for jewelry in Hall Eng burglary
In Hall England burglars bound and tortured Mrs. Joseph Claren to force disclosure of a hiding place for $10,000 in jewelry. The report notes the crime as part of a string of burglaries and includes an odd English superstition claiming a bride’s sneeze on her wedding day is a sign of happiness.
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Woman Hall
Eng
Joseph Claren
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Kentucky
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Princeton
Bramwell, W. VA
Pets Business College
Ame
New Smeer
Joe Bennett
Roanoke
Gordon Lee
James Ellwood
Greenbrier College
Nestor Perdue
Pittsburgh
Byron Craft
Emma Peck
Garfield Burton
Bess Badger
Ida Perdy
Harold Perdue
Francis
Alfred Craft
Springton
Ethel Bowen
Elizabeth Jones
Col
Jas. E. Jones
Janie Ellwood
Radford
Chattanooga
Ward Belmont
Nashville
Tenn
Ethel Tabor
Bilefield
Joe Vincent
Albert Jones
D. C. Jones
M. Buck
Margaret Curry
Virginia College
Mary McConnell
Nice
Signora
Elena Mailli
Mexico
McCall Patterns
On ‘Honaker
Airdale
Ecru
Dmain
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