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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1937
Page
5
Federal Judge Williams E Baker sentenced Fairmont attorney J B Blix Jr to four months in Taylor County jail after a ruling in a June term court.
A court convicts Blair on a plea of guilty and contempt of court in a bankruptcy proceeding. He is ordered to account for $5,163.20 in the case.
The eighth Lilly reunion at Flat Top will be held August 21 and 22, announced by the Lilly Reunion association. Originally set for August 14 15, the event features Rev D I Cadle of Indianapolis Indiana as speaker and A Lilly of Charleston as master of ceremonies. Association officers include A A Lilly president W L Lilly vice president Ira Lilly second vice president Ada Mae Lilly secretary and J H Lilly treasurer.
Union mission band conductor Orville Stroud led the newly formed group in its first practice at the mission auditorium. Rehearsals are planned every Wednesday at eight o clock with Pat B. Withrow sponsoring and Sunday services featuring concerts. Invitations have been issued to additional musicians not affiliated with other bands.
The Kana wha county Farm Women's Club plans its annual picnic at the Four-H fairgrounds near Dunbar on July 28. Phil M. Conrey spoke at the courthouse on Pioneering in West Virginia. Eleanor Bigelow was named chair of a committee to hire a manager for the club's Farm Women's Cafeteria at the Four-H Fair in September. Other members include Mrs. L. E. Sturgeon, Mrs. W. H. Guspie and Mrs. W. C. Edens.
In Mexico City on June 21 the senate urged deportation of former U S consular agent William Jenkins calling him a pernicious foreigner. Sen Alvaro Salinas pressed expulsion under the 1917 constitution and Mexico began proceedings to seize and parcel large U S land holdings for peasant small lots.
Thirty applicants for licenses to practice medicine in West Virginia will go before the public health council at Fairmont July 12. Dr A E McClue state health commissioner and secretary of the council said forty additional applications have been received from doctors desiring reciprocal permits.
Applications for a competitive examination for 10 positions in the state and federal reemployment service Wilber accepted by the state department of unemployment compensation until July 3.
Ida F Craven said to be the country only woman mining company president surrendered to Attorney General Bennett on grand larceny charges. The 49 year old head of Holmes Western Mining faced indictment by Mrs Marie R Dodd of New York for defrauding her of 3881 through mining stock purchases. She vanished after the indictment returned last June 10 and was tracked to Chicago.
An advertisement urges readers to treat kidney and bladder weakness with Gold Haarlem Olt Capsules. It promotes a 35 cent box, claims rapid relief from kidney ache and cramps, and touts Gold Medal as a genuine Holland product promising healthier kidneys and cleaner systems.
Local notice promotes sixty day treatment for hay fever catarrh and related ailments. Prominent product named Acr claims relief from symptoms and is advertised as a guaranteed remedy available at Potterfield’s.
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