Hazardous material found at Gilchrist mine amid unrest
Elkinds July 15 reports say 165 sticks of yeamice with nitroglycerin caps were found at the fan house and generator of the Gilchrist mine near Hers, a West Virginia-Pittsburgh Coal operation. Officer Joseh Harper and Lee Wetzel found 65 sticks earlier. 100 more were later located. A strike employee, Tease Johnson, was arrested. The mine had operated on a non union basis since the United Mine Workers strike.
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Wellsburg
Gilchrist
West Virginia-Pittsburgh Coal Company
Tease Johnson
Offiesta
GU Christ
United Mine Workers and Company
Joseph Harper
Lee Wetzel
Mins
Elkins
Frank
Iiamines
Colliers
Brooke County
Ohio County Jnil
Federal District Court
Willam E. Baker
Wheeling
United Mine ‘Workers of America
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Richmond
Christ Paillis
South Charleston Club Holds Clinic and Prayer Services
South Charleston Junior department of the women’s club held a clinic at Darlington Methodist church. Rev F T Grose attended a prayer service at the Baptist church on John the Beloved Disciple. The infant daughter of Dr R H Dunn is seriously ill with a Boyd Memorial prayer service planned at the Dunn home. Circle No 1 of the First Baptist ladies aid plans a pie social at 7 30 tonight on R A Gibsons lawn. The infant son of Mr and Mrs Young of the Gun Club apartments is ill.
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South Charleston Woman's Club
Darlington
F. T. Grose
The
Baptist Church
Jonh
R. H. Dunn
Dunn
Mra. O. 1
Lawrence
Sixth Avenue
Boyd
T. W. Allison
Philip
French general refuses new counter offensive on Rif front
General Gull Jaumat declines to lead French Moroccan forces in a fresh Rif front offensive. He remains commander in chief of allied operations in the Balkans.
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Rhine-bas
Gull Jaumat
Balkans
Local News and Court Records Highlight Melbourne Divorce Session
The item notes social visits around Cox's store and Charleston with names like Theodore Hafst Henry Witty and Virgil Higein, plus travelers Big Noe and W. K. Thuchum. It also reports Justice Macfarlan disposing of 140 divorce cases in one Melbourne session, a record.
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Nitro News
Ladices and Society of the Methodlat Churen
Enka Aule
Cox's
Theodore Hafst
Henry Witty
Cevil Green
Virgil Higeinbotham
Wiliam Roberts
Lik
Big Noe
Fittsburgh
Kentucky
W. K. Thuchum
C. L. Mastere
Melbourne
Justice Macfarlan
Phillips Milk of Magnesia Ad Claims Quick Indigestion Relief
An old advertisement touts Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a fast remedy for indigestion and acid stomach. It claims physicians have prescribed it for fifty years and that a saturated bicarbonate solution neutralizes stomach acid and cleanses bowels without purging. A 22 cent bottle is promoted for purchase at drug stores.
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Rte
Acda
Phillips Milk
Phillips
Becaue
Philps
Banking Reserve Rules Change Set for July 22
A state banking notice from the banking commissioner outlines changes to reserve requirements under Senate Bill 253 and Chapter 44 of the 1925 laws. It sets new reserve ratios at 10 percent on demand deposits and 5 percent on time deposits, with provisions for borrowing from other banks to restore reserves if needed.
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Banka
United States
Gay Bank
Erate
Health expert urges Mercer full time health unit
Dr. David Lietlesohn, head of venereal disease bureau at the state health department, travels to Mercer county to press for a full time health unit in Mercer. Princeton court members reportedly favor the plan and may approve. Kanawha county commissioners are weighing a similar proposal from the state health department.
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Littlejohn
Princeton
Mercer County
David Lietlesohn
Bureau of Venereal Disease
Xtate Department of Health
Southern County
Kanawha County
State Health Department
Young Man Sentenced to Life for Garden City Girl's Murder
Winfred Meek 21 of Garden City was sentenced to life imprisonment after pleading guilty to killing Burl Healey a one year old girl in Garden City last Sunday night. The case stems from a tragic murder in the local area.
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Watertown
Winfred Meek
Garden City
Burl Healey
Man’s Will Shocks by Cremation Demand in Overalls
George Y. Basten, 61, a widower and carpenter, left a will requesting cremation in his overalls and blue shirt, a wish carried out after his death though the will opened late. In Sheffield England, a fund for Policeman George Smith injured in a street incident raised about nine and a half cents.
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ST. Louis
George Y. Bastan
Basten
Sheffield
Eng
George Smith
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Gilchrist Mine
West Virginia - Pittsburgh Coal Company
South Charleston News
Magnesia
West Virginia
Capitol St
Charleston, W. Vu
Zes
Clicquot Club Company
Millis
Massachusetts
U.S. A
Mercer
Manchester
F. W. Halliday
Young Lad
Elin Garvin
America
Georges L. Connors
Castoria
Ise
Diamond Shoe & Garment Co
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