Corner Stone For New High School To Be Laid Friday
Charleston prepares for the corner stone ceremony of a new high school on the Mercer site this Friday at 2 pm under the Board of Education and Masons. The project, costing about 900000, will serve 1606 pupils from Central Lincoln Elk and Woodrow Wilson and nearby districts, with classrooms for arts, manual training, and a 2600-seat auditorium.
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Charleston
Mercer “School
Mercer
Rleeton
A. G. Higginbotham
Bhoola
Central
Lincoln
Elt
Woodrow Wilson
W. Sw. Wertz
S. E. Weber
Henry Ciz
B. PB. Taylor
C. N. Williams
Mother of Health Commissioner Dies in Fayrmont
Fayrmont May 16 Mrs Nannie Henshaw aged 79 former seat of Martinsburg West Virginia died this evening at the home of her son John Henshaw a local attorney widow of William S Shaw early settler of the east panhandle Two sons survive Slam T Henshaw of Charleston health commissioner of West Virginia and John Henshaw Fairmont The body will be taken to Martinsburg Sunday afternoon and burial will be there Monday.
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Fayrmont
Nannie Henshaw
Martinsburg
W. Ve
John Henshaw
Williams. Shaw
East Panhandle
Slam T. Henshaw
Charleston
West Nia
Masburg
Oldest Musical Manuscript Heard by Berlin Scholar
Berlin on May 16 a report states Dr Cure Sacha, a Berlin university musician, has heard the oldest known musical manuscript of Babylonian origin. The artifact, inscribed with ideographs on a tablet found at Assur Asia Minor, is said to date to the second century B C. The piece uses five tones, with a harp of 18 strings providing accompaniment.
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Berlin
Cure Sacha
Berlin University
Assur
Asia Minor
Music Masters in Italian Gardens at Villa Abst
In Rome on May 16 a special music program for American students will be held in the grounds of the Villa Abst. The course runs July 13 for a limited period with noted artists Respighi Console Corti Valeri among the names linked to composition and performance. Special fares are offered by an Italian steamship line for students.
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Rome
Abst
Pivell
Italy
Inra Ars Respighi
Console
Corti
Valeri
Wnambera
York Zoo
High Prices Blame Sharp Marriage Decline in New England
The district shows a marriage drop since 1922 while New England divorces rise 25.7 percent. Registrar Edward O W McGilennion cites high rents and living costs, wage gaps, and unemployment as key factors. many couples consist of working wives, and immigration patterns also influence household formation. The data reveal a marriage rate of 3.1 per 100 in the center and 11.9 in New England, with economic strain driving couples to live apart.
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New England
United States
Edward O W. McGilennen
Dye
Phese
New Gland
Memorial Day Speech Set by Beckley Legion Post
Senator Johnson of Whacleston has accepted to deliver the Memorial Day oration at Beckley on May 10. Hon. Q Hutchinson of Beckley will assist. Gold Star mothers are invited to attend with the Legion's auxiliary hosting. Local groups will march to Wildwood cemetery for the planned program.
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Beckley
W. Va
Clycle AL. Johnson
Whacleston
American Legion
Thor Johnson
Q. Hutchinson
Legion
Gen
Ashworth
Chevaux
Woman's Auxilary
Rotary
Kiwanis
Elks, Masons
Knights of Pything
Odd Fellows
Wildwood Cemetery
Legion's
Auxiliary
Sweden Plans Road System With American Techniques
Sweden will apply American road building methods and machinery to expand and improve its highway network to handle growing automotive traffic. An international testing laboratory opens next June, led by Ragnar R Schuler, who studied U S practices. Sweden allocates most automobile tax revenue to road reconstruction and new bridges and machinery.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Ragnar R. Schuler
United States
King George accepts Welsh castle legacy for order of Jerusalem
London May 26 The king to receive Gwyrc castla in Wales and 250000 for upkeep bequeathed in trust by the Countess of Dundonald. estate valued over 1 million. Because of the will’s bequest, the castle passes to the Order of John in Jerusalem for use as a priory. The item notes Roman emperors and legacies to private estates. Miss Florence Masterson’s suicide note laments life and lack of personality in Chicago.
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London
George
Gwyrc Castla
Wales
Countess of Dundonald
England
Order of
John
Jerusalem
Georg
Augustus
Irish Women’s Illicit Birth Trends Spark Debate
From Dublin May 16 officials release statistics on births outside wedlock in Ireland. 1908 saw 2,603 such births nationwide. 2023 figures show a smaller rise, with Connaught the exception, while the Bree State and Ulster show comparable totals despite population gaps.
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Daniel Wcownedt
Dublin
Colleen
Ireland
Bree
Northern Ireland
Connaught
Coonausht
Brea
Ulster
Motor Buses Aid Suburbs Across England
Lontion May 16 A motor service movement begun years ago aims to ease housing pressures in London and other cities. Estimates show about miles of omnibus routes across England with services expanding and housing growing along new lines.
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Lontion
Mator Ainni Bu
London
England
Theng
Violence Rife in Lisbon as Red Legion Strikes
In Lisbon officials report the Red Legion, a secret society of malefactors, has terrorized the capital with daylight robberies and assassinations. A collector was robbed in a busy thoroughfare and police arrest principal members amid subsequent dynamite blasts causing property damage and injuries but no deaths. The police chief defends the force, citing victim cowardice as a factor.
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Lisbon
Stedl Legion
Pletola
Jarre Bank
Jem
Red Legion
Commissioner-General of Police
Ife
Busl Nese
Charleston man elected to Bell chapter council
About 275 members attend convention as Charleston man Onartes Mo Slick of Charleston wins a seat on the executive committee of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone company chapter. Washington officials and other officers named include igius O. Cain TH. Webbax W. Soldings and Miss Anna Lennon. Attendees from West Virginia Virginia Maryland and DC include Miss Dorella Sabultber and Harry L D Reese. The group spent the afternoon at a circus.
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Gorette Waatlixton Mureauy
Muildine
Washington, D.C
Awashington
Onartes Mo Slick
Charleston
Phant Wire
Chsapeake Aid Fotaning Telephone Company
Execuliiy Connuttien
Washington
Alfred «Acerge
Baltimore
Ethelyn Goodman
Tynek- Lue
Chesapeake and Totemac Telephone Company
West Virginia
Virginia
Maryland
Metrict
Columbia
West
British trading outlook worries UK economy says Sir Horne
London May 16 A gloomy view on the overseas banks outlook was voiced by Sir Habere Horne after a tour. He warned Britain faces a worse position today than six months ago noting anxiety over shipbuilding coal heavy steel willow and cotton trades. He urged all sections of society to unite for a solution to the problem.
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London
Habere Horne
Te Overseas Banks Association
Robert
Hye
Peereses greet dress cost cuts in London court fashion
Tracts made gowns will appear at court functions this season for the first time to suit customers among writedges at Neerhanes. The dressmakers report many youthful daughters of earls and ditties welcomed this new index of exclusive models. Some have found fashion employ among artists of order and scissors, with costs as low as $40.
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London
Mer
United States
Neerhanes
Ealen
German blind school work praised in Aldan May day dispatch
Report from Altlin cites Betty Sulach praising German methods for educating blind children and argues against separation from sighted students. Mentions Kehoe for the blind fund, Wilhelm, and a critique of limited opportunities for blind youths to prove themselves. Also notes a Chicago drug offense and a walking cigarette stand arrest in brief items.
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Altlin
America
Mikh Betty Sulach
Kehoe
Lind Fundud
Iernians
Gehelmrat Silex
Ne Oly
Alia Cote Reeves
Laval
Ghent
Paptia
Alowa
Willusden
J. S. Crone
Samuel Dervis Deutin
Darvia
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William 5S. Henshaw
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Hutchinson
Gold Star
George Balks
Royal Residence
Florence Masterson
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Portugal
Council OF Bell
Charles M. Slack
C. and P. Company
Robert Horne
Peeresses
Nation
Chicago
Janey Sheldon
Bre
D. J. Morrison
New York
O. J. Morrison
Morrison
Gloria Swanson
Slyea
Gibbons
Roen
Cildren
Bette
Airaw Beite
Panteeo
Moss’ Tixebatt Walter
UV Wear
Jong Ronde
Ae Rien
Wielt
Polaire
Nonbie Ba
Curonin Scotia
Blevinch
Windsor Keinkty
Terry
Ity
waRort
Salta Yi
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