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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1925
Page
3
The Beni Kedem Temple in Charleston announces a Friday armory Jubilee with prizes from local merchants. Committees have organized entertainments including a Keown Umourlant drill, a street imperial council session drill, a chorus, vaudeville acts, and a Stanley Gill jazz orchestra for the dance.
The police department will begin today placing 20 new traffic indicators at key intersections from Court to Broad along Kanawha and Virginia streets and on Quarrier from Capitol to Broad. A Capitol and Virginia corner regulator will be installed soon after contract issues are resolved.
A fragmented 1824 Yelm yarn follows Fay Stepeneson through a mixed society tale of engagements and weddings. The piece sketches couples, dances, and social maneuvering with names such as Nan Vandewaler and Letty Moreetla, hinting at courtship, family alliances, and future plans amid a bustling mercantile setting.
Fragmentary OCR details recruiting push across branches with scattered names and places. Mentions Virginia and Indiana tones, hinting at a broad mobilization or recruitment drive across regions and units.
Fragmentary wartime note reports capture of a king named Albvort during a defense effort. Mentions danger from Goraans and a death toll. details are unclear and partially garbled.
The trial of Alex Morrison charged with the murder of his wife Gertrude Morrison at their home on Brooks Street opens in intermediate court. Prosecutor Burdette says no delay is anticipated. The victim, a longtime cook in W. G. Hubbard's home, died from multiple gunshot wounds after a quarrel when Morrison allegedly forced her to return home. Morrison, an elevator operator at Kanawha Valley Bank, fled to West Charleston with another man before the shooting.
The assault case against Carl Canvander charged with beating Percy Till was continued in police court yesterday. The incident occurred near Court Street in front of a taxicab stand. Witnesses described Will Hill with a cut above the forehead and multiple facial bruises.
The state compensation office awarded payments to workers including Gerry Hoover of Richwood for amputation related injuries at Sherry River Paper, $15.02 for 40 weeks. John Williams of South America for fingertip wounds at Pinkade Stock Cart, $11.00 for 12 weeks. Oris Lilly of American for a four finger loss at Lywin Coal, $14.50 for 40 weeks. Tom Milinkevich of Hore Q Machine for index finger amputation at Four States Company, $13.42 for 24 weeks. Adam Wardensky of Price HIM, sutorman for Price HUL Colliery, $16.00 for 20 weeks. Also notes a separate case of a British Christianfa incident: a Norwegian court fined 9 British trawlers for fishing in Norway’s territorial waters.
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