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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1924
Page
2
Local police report fallout from the Franks case with warnings to parents as investigations continue. Amid rumor and fear, officers urge vigilance after a child’s disappearance prompts searches and community concern.
Interstate Commerce Commission places tentative values on freight routes or holdings with figures including 237,472,089 for VALUE N. & W. AT and 15,679,344 for Cumberland Valley ratio. The notice mentions Preston 4 Washington and Junto 28-A with references to timing and placement on the system.
Greensboro visitor W. W. Foster stays with relatives in Lewisburg. Miss Kate Goheen returns from New York. Minnie Leva Lacy comes home from Ginde Springs Virginia visit. Mrs. W. S. Moore hosts at Whits Sulphur Springs. Miss Nellie Gilchrist returns to Charleston after stay with Miss Jutin. Bob Williamson and R. R. Anderson visit from state road commission in Lewisburg. Shirley Lawton and Alvert dr. visit Lawton, Virginia. Minnie Arbuckle and Arnold Dank spend day in Charleston. Carolin Jnaper seeks treatment at University Hospital Charlottesville. Joe Phear visits from North Carolina. Tait and Mathews attend Democratic convention in New York. Prak Gourdecte back from West Virginia University. ute Brows in Baltimore. Mr and Mrs M. Austin return from Hot Springs Virginia.
Berlin reports a long-haired woman bandit preys on men in suburban trains and cars aided by a male accomplice. She overpowers victims, drugs are administered by the partner, and valuables including jewelry are taken. Police seek a clear sighting despite ongoing robberies. In lighter news romance returns to nobility with Prince Ernest Leopold Lippe engaging Fraulein Charlotta Eichen from Detmold. plans include marriage and residence at a Lippe castle near Detmold.
Mrs Hatta C Potsce of 105 Brea ford street died after a lingering illness yesterday at 7 a m in a local hospital. A Charleston resident for 26 years she is survived by two sons William C and Den A Polsue a sister Mrs Enoch Carver and a brother George L Clewell of Kinwaton FP Funeral services led by Rev C H Hayinghurat will be at the First Methodist Church on Monday at 1 6 o'clock with interment in Spring Hill cemetery.
Real estate transfers detailed in Kanawha county records include lots exchanged or sold in South Hills and Charleston areas, with varied consideration sums and notes on mortgages data. Transactions mention Buckeye Savings and Loan, CC Reary, and multiple grantor grantee pairs, plus notes on building insurance, frontage descriptions, and tax figures.
City health officials back a reclamation home plan to use part of Charleston General hospital quarters. The proposal, backed by Health Commissioner J B Golan and discussed with Mayor Wertz and Police Chief Britton, aims to rehabilitate at risk youth through a civic program, education, and supervised work, with self supporting operation.
The Charleston General Hospital quarters will be vacated in a few weeks as the city plans a first municipal park on the site. The building and land are city owned and will be prepared for park use. A special musical service is scheduled at 7:20 tonight at Henwood Presbyterian Church with patriotic decorations.
The trial of Thurmond Knight of Sadar Grove for the murder of his father, Thomas Knight, during a family quarrel at their home, will begin Monday morning in intermediate court. Knight was indicted by the April grand jury. The report mentions another case involving Tom Gillespie charged with shooting C. F. Quacken.
A garbled notice indicates Knight’s trial will span several days with the intermediate court session held yesterday. The piece suggests a Monday or midweek timing, though reachable status remains uncertain due to the quarrel on the south side.
In the annual readjustment of postmaster salaries effective July 1, 18 second class offices are advanced to first class offices and 234 third class offices advanced to second class. Among the second class offices advanced to first class are Storling Ohio and Etking W Va.
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