Fingerprint evidence links four youths to city safed lootings
In a May 28 incident a safe at Malone-Singleton Motor Co on 115 Virginia St. West was robbed of 310 dollars. Bertillon Inspector Blessing secured prints, leading to arrests of Bill Lovett Oliver Moore Dhey rtin and Charles Lewis over several weeks. A fourth youth was later nabbed and all four confessed to a string of robberies including the West Virginia Poster Advertising Co Midland Oil & Gas Co S. D. Clock store John Gandy store Warren Belcher & Warren Union Meat Market and an Ohio & West Virginia filling station. The four await action by the intermediate grand jury and face new charges tied to these robberies.
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Malone-Singleton Motor Company
Virginia Street
West
Bertilion
George Blessing
Aater
Motor Company
Blessing
Charles
Lewis
West Virginia
M'idland Oil & Gas ‘Company
S. D. Clock
John
Gadd Seeks West Virginia Virginia Prohibition Post
J H Gadd long time West Virginia prohibition director is backed for the combined West Virginia and Virginia post. Headquarters would be at Hognoke with Robert A Fulwhler of Virginia also a candidate. Gadd has deep Mercer county ties and six years as Mercer county assistant prosecutor.
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J. H. Gadd
Prohibition
West Virginia
Friends
Mercer County
Family Lind of Tragedy at Rail Crossing
Alton reports a fatal accident as Thomas Knight was struck by a railroad train. His father and grandfather, both railway workers, had died in similar incidents.
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Alton
Thomas Knight
Ailments of Young Girls Chronicle a Woman’s Recovery
Les Verbena Carpenter of Evanston Wyoming shares how Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health after long menstrual issues causing bed rest and displacements. After treatment she regained strength, married, bore five children, and now handles all housework proudly.
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Pat
Lydia E. Pinkham
Gou
Verbena Carpenter
Evanston
Wyoming
Revelations of a Wife and a Hiding Plan
In a tense domestic scene a wife debates persuading her mother in law to accept her ex husband while her lover Dicky hides in a closet, plotting a city shopping trip with the mother and managing two children. Tensions rise as footprints on a veranda hint at a spying threat and a high stakes family plan unfolds.
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Madge
Dicky
Prain
Margaret
South
Mother Graham
Mia
Durkee
Marian
Marion
Junior
Katie
Jim
Graham
Lil
Van
Finn
Fines Imposed in Dr y Cases Across Counties
State prohibition agents reported numerous arrests to headquarters after enforcing prohibition statutes. Fines ranged up to 100 dollars with 30 day jail terms for possessing moonshine. Several defendants in Fairmont Donwood and Cedar Grove were fined 60 days and 60 gallons of mash were seized or destroyed. Some arrests were made while others resulted in no charges.
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State House
Stanley Klecych
Yora Ruski
J Fairmont
Fell
Pb. Justice PT
W. Yowell
Fin Daniel
Betty
Mont
T. W Powell
Hughes’ River
Arnold's Creek
Deddridge County
Luray County
Accaville
Acrocle
Fallon
Hubert Richard
Weat Union
A. C. Pratton
FB. B. Norton
Cedar Grove
Auto thefts reported to police this week
Two cars were reported stolen to police yesterday. A Ford roadster with license 88215 disappeared from a Bius U Drive It location at Welsh and a Ford touring with fleeway 74983 was taken from Mount Hope. Also noted was a runaway missing person case for Thelma Spencer and a wristwatch theft from a Minneapolis hotel room. A separate note mentions Ruth Owen in Manitoba, gored by a mad bull on her father's farm near Winnipeg.
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Bius U Drive It Company
Welsh
Herbert Sissler
Mount Hope
Thelma Spencer
Indiana Avenue
3. Williams
Minneapolis
Minn
Gores Ginn
Winnipeg
Ruth Owen Wat Faialy
National Horse Show to Feature Buy-At-Home Week
A Charleston chamber committee announced a Buy-At-Home Week during the national horse show week. The event features top horses from Touleville at Laidley Field with army cavalry demonstrations and an entertainment lineup. Plans include a seven-member executive panel and several specialized committees. A separate Mekim reunion in Tyler county is set for August 28 with invitations to 2000 guests.
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National Horse Show
Renator UT
T Hill
Tyler County
Him
Hill
Hearing Opens on Short Haul Freight Rates at Viking
The public service commission begins a formal inquiry into the reasonableness of short haul freight rates affecting Viking. Local coal companies appeal for lower first gone rates amid dispute with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad which denies the proposed schedule.
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Public Service Commission
Viking
Dtandemic County
Baltimore and Onto Railroad
Soloists Scheduled for Next Sunday's Municipal Band Concert
The municipal band will hold a concert next Sunday in the tent on the old capital grounds. The prior concert drew over 590 attendees. A soloist is planned to perform for the upcoming entertainment.
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Sundex
Old Capital Grounds
Stunt flier's body shipped to Ohio after drowning
Relatives claimed the body of Homer Stowers aged 22 a stunt flyer who drowned in the Kanawha river near Dunbar after a parachute descent from an airplane He will be shipped to Portamouth Ohio by Barlow undertaking. Stowers worked at Fletcher Evaniel company plant in Dunbar and had made several parachute descents before the fatal day officials believe cramps caused him to shed his parachute and drown
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Homer Stowers
Kanawha
Dunbar
Portamouth
Ohio
Barlow Undertaking Establishment
Young Stowers
Fletcher Evaniel Company
Bankruptcy Petitions Filed in U.S. District Court
In a bankruptcy filing yesterday in the U.S. District Court, involuntary petitions were filed against Huntington piano dealer Alfred Wiley. Creditors include First National Bank of Huntington, Mianke-AUer Supply of Huntington, and Branawiel-Cal Lending of Cincinnati, with listed indebtedness of 1496 dollars and an initial claim.
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Nate States District Court
Buntinge Tan
Gohen and Hughes
Baltimore
First National Bank
Huntington
Mianke-Auer Supply Company
Branawiel-Callender Cumpany
Cincinnati
Aled
Almfred Wiley
Nia
Iss
Creditors tighten grips as local bankruptcy actions rise
A rush of filings reaches Charleston court as J L Brown Huntington jeweler lists debts of 20201 and assets of 17046 including 8000 stock and 8009 in Brownstein and Brown. Guyandotte Coal Co. of Kitten en Logan and Lynchburg Va shows 991469 as debts with assets 36462.49 including a 1600 income tax claim. Logan county rail worker A Wood reports 1294 debt with 175 in assets. C Widener Thurmond driving engineer lists 2002 debts and 400 asset value. C M Harrington also files as part of today’s local batch.
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C. F. Templeton
J. L. Brown
Huntington Jeweler
Brownstein and Brown
Guyandstre Cont Company
Kitenen
Login County
Lynchburg
Logan County
A. Wood
Peach Creek
Charleston
C. Widener
Mine Foreman at Longacre Files Voluntary Petition
The Longacre mine foreman files a voluntary petition listing debts of 1002.30 dollars and assets of 29.71 dollars. Assets include a watch, clothing, and wages due.
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Longacre
Ristoric Rescue Rehearsed at Carlisle Cathedral Bell
The Carlisle Cathedral bell once rung 180 years ago during Charles Stuart’s time is to be refitted and rung again, reviving the historic tolling that marked a notable era in the region.
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Edinburgh
Carlisle
Charles Stuart
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