Personal notices and travels of regional residents
Mrs W G Baldwin returns from Roanoke. Joan A Udy departs for Wheeling on business. Warry Clark leaves for Baltimore and New York for several days aiding the army and navy salvage store. Abe Schlossberg travels to Richmond. Mrs Emmet Lee of Roanoke visits relatives. A daughter Martha Grace Walker is born to Mr and Mrs W V Walker of Adams Street. Morris Long of Ashland Kentucky spends the weekend visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army and Navy
Abe Schlossberg
Richmond
Emmet Lee
Roanoke
W. V. Walker
Adams Street
Martha Grace Walker
Morris Long
Ashland
Local People on Trips and Visits Across States
Mrs Harman of Hieasley street and Mr and Mrs Robert Wilson left for a two week trip to Niagara Falls and Buffalo New York. K M Hornbarger of Roanoke visiting B H Lusk of Jefferson street. Carr returned from Morgantown where he attended an osteopathic state convention. Jescoat to visit Georgia and South Carolina. Moran of Mullens a circuit court candidate visited friends. Myrtle Vicars and Sanders Frye of McCready Va guests of Elizabeth Richardson. Mrs Martin returns to Kimball after illness. Judge Maynard returns from Chicago after attending the Republican national convention. Hawley of Bluefield Telephone Company leaves for Baltimore to study Maryland rate cases.
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William Harman
Hieasley Street
Robert Wilson
Niagara Falls
Buffalo
N. Y
K. M. Hornbarger
Roanoke
B. Hi. Lusk
Jefferson Street
K. W
HM. Carr
Morgantown
Mra. W.ick. Jescoat
Georgia
South Carolin
D. Moran
Mullens
Wyending
Mingo Counties
Myrtle Vicars
Sanders Frye
McCready
Elizabeth Richardson
North Mercer Street
G. Williams
J. &S. Matin
Kimball
Martin
J. Frank Maynard
Chicago
Judge Maynard
West Baden
W. P. Hawley
Bluefield Telephone Company
Baltimore
Hawley
Maryland
Thornhill and Wall Bride in Quiet Roanoke Church Ceremony
Miss Eliza Booker Thornhill wed James Raymond Wall in a Sunday afternoon ceremony at First Baptist Church Roanoke. Rev John F Vines performed the ring ceremony with only relatives and intimate friends present. The bride wore a midnight blue tricotine suit with matching accessories and carried a bouquet of brides roses and swansonia.
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Roanoke World-News
First Baptist Church
Eliza Booker Thornhill
James Raymond Wall
John F. Vines
Wedding Party Heads West After Roanoke Ceremony
The couple departed for a western trip and plan to return to Roanoke around July 1 to set up their future home. Out-of-town guests included Miss Hazel Wall and Mrs. Frank Wall of Tazewell Virginia, Miss Jennie Scruges of Scottsville, Mrs. Roy Beam and Mrs. C. W. Ewald of Bluefield West Virginia, and Mrs. C. C. Fleshman of Richmond Virginia.
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Roanoke
Hazel Wall
Frank Wall
Tazewell
Jennie Scrugses
Scottsville, Va
Roy Beam
C. W. Ewald
Bluefield
W. Va
C. C. Fleshman
Richmond
Boy Escapes Detention with Shackles Cut Off
Police hunt for the assailant after an inmate at the Juvenile Detention Home had shackles tried off at night. The youth crawled from the garage on Bluefield Avenue to the west end of the city, suffering severe leg discomfort before Officer Carter unlocked the damaged restraints.
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Bluefield Avenue
Carter
Death of Huntington Postmaster J W Hughes
James W Hughes former Huntington postmaster and father of ex congressman James A Hughes died at his son's home in Huntington after weeks of illness. Born November 11 1855 in Mayo Ireland he moved to Canada before 1872 and later settled in Huntington. He served as postmaster for fourteen years appointed by President McKinley.
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James W. Hughes
Huntington
James A. Hughes
Mr. Hughes
Mayo
Ireland
Scotland
Eilien McNulty
County Mayo
Pocahontas Pythians Elect Officers for Lodge 60
Pocahontas Lodge No 60 Knights of Pythias elected J B Whitehead C C 8 E Crowd V C C W Bult MM A Mac Graveley M W J R Young P R L Hollinger K R SS FLEB Wagner M F N M Counts M FE J A Macom I G M A Magrill 0 G FF EB Wagner grand representative J H Rye alternate A T Draper J R Young J A Macom trustees They will travel to Maybeury Wednesday with third rank team to confer Knight on a class at Invite of Maybeury Lodge No 49 District Deputy J R Young will chaperon the trip.
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Pythians
Pocahontas Lodge No. 60
Knights of Pythias
J.B. Whitehead
C. C
E. Crowd
C. W. Bult
Mac Graveley
M. W
J. R. Young
R. L. Hollinger
K. R
Fleb. Wagner
M. F
Maybeury Lodge No
Pocahontas Lodge
Plans for body armor in WWI era halted by armistice
The Home Sector notes armor experiments by the ordnance division to protect doughboys in France. Lightweight plates weighing about nine and a half pounds and a heavier twenty seven pound breast plate were tested abroad, but American soldiers rejected the concept of body armor and late war warfare.
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France
The
Stars and Stripes
Ordnance Department
Sir Galahad
Casey
Harvard
Yale
Dig for Egyptian Temples Fund Appeal Urges Reopening
The Egyptian Exploration Fund appeals from Boston for about $10,000 to resume the excavation of Egyptian sites after the war. The plan aims to clear the eleventh and eighteenth dynasty temples at Deir el Bahari and the Abydos Ostreion, halted as 683 fellaheen workers await completion.
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Egyptian Exploration Fund
Boston
New York Times
Deir el Banari
Thebes
Abydos
Merenpiah
Egypt
Fit Yourself to Conquer and the Power of Enthusiasm
The passage urges builders to embrace rainbows of the future, ignore clouds, and trust enthusiastic youth. It argues zeal creates its own light and that opposition strengthens a determined person who inspires crowds. It portrays enthusiasm as a godlike force driving inequality into martyrdom and growth.
Radio Network Expansion Planned for Patagonian Ports
The plan augments and devotes facilities to commercial use and existing government dispatch stations. New radio stations will be built at Gayman, Rawson, Puerto Buenos Aires, with future additions at Corrientes Bahia Blanca Comodoro Rivadavia and Ushuaia. Existing stations will receive higher power.
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Patagonian
Gayman
Rawson
Puerto
Buenos Aires
Corrientes
Bahia Blanca
Comodoro
Rivadavia
Ushuasia
Braner, Inventor of Corn Planter, Dead in Wheeling
J William Braner of Wheeling West Virginia inventor of a corn planter and other agricultural devices is dead. Braner was a noted figure in local farming circles and held several patents for farming implements. The obituary notes his contributions to mechanized agriculture and his prominence in the Wheeling community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
J. William Braner
Longtime agricultural figure dies at eighty two
A prominent agronomy advocate died tonight after a brief illness. He was affiliated with numerous national agricultural societies and contributed to farming policy and extension work across the United States.
Skin diseases blamed on topical fails seek blood cleanse cure
Flaming itching and skin disorders are said to suffer from ineffective local treatments. The ad promotes S. S. S as the direct remedy by cleansing the blood of impurities and germs to clear infections, restore skin health, and offers free medical advice from the Swift Laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
The Cynical Actress and the Pure Life Standard
A manager argues actresses should pursue simple, virtuous living. He recalls a cynical star who boasted she has faced six husbands leaving her, claiming she knows how much emotion to show in such scenes. The anecdote underscores harsh views of emotion in performance.
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London
Rye Honors Earl Beatty With Town Freedom
Rye remembers its Cinque Port roots and honors England's greatest sailor by granting Earl Beatty the freedom of the town. The piece notes Rye's historic ship contributions in Edward III's siege of Calais and blends old-world charm with present-day pride in its maritime heritage.
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Rye
Edward III
Calais
England
Earl Beatty
Christian Science Monitor
Argentina to set up radio stations nationwide
Argentina plans rapid expansion of radio services with new stations across the country. The effort aims to boost broadcast coverage in major regions from Buenos Aires to inland provinces as June plans advance.
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Argentina
Buenos Aires
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