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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1925
Page
9
Clarksburg January 27 Following a hearing before a magistrate in Shinnston this morning the case against a Riverdale resident charged with attempting to assault Mrs Ralph Been was dismissed after witnesses failed to identify the defendant. The investigating officer said blood found at a home on Riverdale matched another man.
A report notes a man named Lowly Pretyli regained sight after four cataract operations prompted by viewing a solar eclipse with no glasses. The event, dated last Saturday, led to rapid healing and a return to using weaker eyewear after seven years of blindness. The piece also mentions embargos on poultry and a disease outbreak, with Turkey imports restricted to curb a flu-like issue.
Advert says Pape's Diapepsin cures indigestion and gas within moments. It claims quick relief from sour stomach, heartburn, and flatulence when foods disagree. A 60 cent package is guaranteed by druggists, and families are urged to keep it on hand for heavy meals or wrong foods.
Medical examiners Willon A. Sharman and Charles W. Stewart reported that Mixa Cleaman had been missing a week before her body was found near a moat two feet deep on the Adams reservation. Officials said the autopsy showed no marks of assault and are continuing inquiries with Private George F. P. Henderson held as a witness.
New York on January 27 reports gas deaths that claimed eleven lives overnight. Victims include George McQuarrie and wife Mary in Brooklyn tied to a gas range with shut windows. nine-week-old Rose Bogoshian died from gas fumes. Augustin Krell and others from Brooklyn and nearby towns perished from carbon monoxide exposure after leaks or accidental ignition.
The Harrisville Southern Railway seeks to discontinue its eight mile line between Cornwallis and Warriaville in Ritchie County. An application filed with the state Public Service Commission after a hearing cites loss of passenger service to Hog between Ebensburg Pennsboro and Harrisville as the reason. J B Westfall, secretary and general manager, testified the bus service has taken almost all passenger traffic. Sgt Powell represented the railway company.
John C Eastman owner editor and publisher of the Chicago Daily Journal died of apoplexy Sunday. His body will be cremated and ashes interred with his wife in West Alexandria Ohio per his wishes. Honorary pallbearers include Mary Garden Barret Haley and Gertrude Alden Nerly.
A radio message reportedly traveled 9000 miles from New York to Australia via KTUCA in Pittsburgh. The broadcast supposedly reached hundreds of thousands in Sydney and Rabant, with listeners in Malbourng noting words heard clearly, described as a historic achievement by Wiltinghouse company.
Annapolis report says no midshipman from the present class may resign from the service upon receipt of diplomas next June. The Navy Department will not consider resignations until graduates have completed at least two years of service.
In Los Angeles, Tarkington, author, won a $900,000 damage claim after a case brought by Miss Maud Creenwood of Palestine Texas alleging plot theft. The superior court dismissed the suit without Tarkington appearing in court.
President Conlidge sought at a White House breakfast today to pave the way for transmission to Congress of the agricultural commission's legislative recommendations. Attending were key senators and representatives from the agriculture committees, Secretary Gary, Senator Curtin of Kansas, and Representative Longworth of Ohio, Republican leaders in both chambers. Some proposals from the commission were to be acted on.
Jue announced publicly tomorrow as documents were sent to the capitol. Chairman Norris of the Senate Agriculture Committee attended the conference, signaling heightened legislative engagement.
Washington January 27 Red tape of the literal kind will be supplanted by white string in most government departments as part of an economy measure through standardization of government supplies Brigadier General Tord editor of the budget announced that red tape not only wasted string for wrapping purposes but suggested it might continue in thin form for other uses.
A general comments on the psychological impact of procedures in government offices and hopes for broader elimination of red tape from the federal service, signaling potential reforms.
A private in the Black Watch, Mackay, is sent for ten brothers in the army. A New York inventor has perfected a clove-based moth killer to protect gut moths with a simple home device.
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