Red Men District No 4 meets with large turnout
The third district meeting of District No 4, Improved Order of Red Men, was held in Hiawatha Lodge No. 9 wigwam. Deputy Great Sachem C. J. Duncan of Parkersburg spoke on order principles and future plans. D. W. Fast presided as district chief. discussions covered citizenship rights, voting for Native Americans, and plans to consolidate district meetings with the Pocahontas auxiliary. The meeting included a social with corn and venison and planned representation to the West Virginia Great Council in Huntington in May.
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West Virginia
C. J. Duncan
Parkersburg
Sachem
Junior Sagamore
Great Council of
D. W. Fast
Hiawatha Tribe No
Grafton
Eliins
Flatwoods
Monongah
Clarksburg
Fairmont
Morgantown
Ut Council of the
United States
LO. Ty M
Tentatizs
Pocahontas
Great Council of West Virginia
Huntington
the Thomas
Order of Red Men
Order of
Ter Men
Sons of Liberty
State Police Detail Assigned to Grafton and County
Captain I A Brown of Haywood Junction ordered three state police to Grafton with a court house headquarters. Lieutenant Gibson assumed charge, with Privates McClung Waddell and McClung to patrol county and state roads and aid local officers. Eight troopers will cover Grafton Simpson Browntown and surrounding areas enforcing road and prohibition laws.
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Grafton
Co. Court House
Gibson
Hubert A. Brown
Haywood Junction
Frank Gibson
Cabin Creek
Waddell and
Maclung
Weddell
McClung
Simpeon
Browntown
Hiert
Waddell
Sargeant Chipps
Tickles
Pomeroy
Simpson
Grose
Alkire
Chipps
Simpson Flemington
Sand Lick
Wendel
Prown Town
Galloway
Astor
Rosemont
Woddell
I. A. Brown
JAIL INMATES WORK ON TAYLOR COUNTY ROADS
Taylor county court moves to impanel prisoners for road work to cut county costs. Sheriff and deputy prepare prisoners and guards for assignments on county roads starting next week, with a truck to transport workers and a road overseer supervising. Washington discussions begin on shaping U S policy for Geneva traffic in arms conference with Kellogg coordinating with Weeks Wilbur and Hoover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Newton
Depty
A. R. Bolyard
Tod
Taylor County
Anden
A. C. Thomas
Knottsville
Washington
Geneva
Kellogg
League of Nations
Weeks
Wilbur
Hoover
League
Woman to Serve Life For Poisoning Husband in Toledo Reform
Emma Calavito of Cleveland was sentenced to life in the Marysville women's reform ory after conviction for first degree murder with mercy recommendation. The state supreme court refused to review the case on appeal, confirming the life term.
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Columbus
Emma Calavito
Cleveland
Marysville
Mariano Calavizo
Barrackville Mine Relief Fund Grows
Contributions added to the Barrackville mine relief fund include St. Pauls M. E Epworth League 8.00 A Girl Citizen 5.00 and a previous report totaling 110.00 bringing the total to date to 129.00. The community listing reflects local charitable giving fostering ongoing support for mine workers relief.
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Barrackville Mine Relief Fund
Woman defeats mayor in Iowa City election
Emma J. Varva loses re election as mayor of Iowa City to J. J. Carroll, a local businessman, in a contentious race. The vote tally shown as 2 876 to is incomplete, signaling a historic moment as the city’s largest governed by a woman taps a male successor.
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Towa City
Iowa City
Emma J. Varva
J. J. Carroll
Widow of West Va Colonel Dies in Huntington
Mrs Mary J Cammack 82 widow of the late Colonel John H Cammack died at her Huntington home after weeks of illness. Paralysis caused death following a Saturday onset. The Cam macks moved from Marietta Ohio to Huntington in 1876. Mr and Mrs A J Robinson of Pearl street visited Clarksburg relatives Sunday and returned home.
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West VA
Huntington
Mary J. Cammack
John H. Cammack
Cammack
Marietta
Ohio
A. J. Robinson
Pearl Street
Clarksburg
Alienists disagree on mental state in Ellingson case
San Francisco March 31 alienists for Dorothy Ellingson contend she suffered psychosis and was not always sane while prosecutors' witness argues her fainting spells show normal reaction to stress. The trial paused as a new jury is to assess her mental condition regarding killing her mother Anna Ellingson.
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San Francisco
Dorothy Ellingson
Anna Ellingson
Courh
Miss Ellingson
J.D. Ball
Joseph Eaton
Miss Elingson
Woman’s escape labeled inside job at Ohio reformary
Marysville Ohio March 31 declaring the escape an inside job matron Louise Mittendorf of the state reformatory questioned workers and inmates to learn how Mabel Champion 24 Cleveland tor- dancer escaped early Sunday at large but no clue found she planned it for months aided by guards and access to keys police were asked to watch midwest cities for her headed toward Los Angeles where her husband Ansley Champion was hanged for killing during a dice game she was serving a 20 year sentence for the July 26 1922 killing of carnival promoter Howard ODonnell in Cleveland
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Marysville
Maron
Louise Mittendorf
State Reformatory For
Humber
Mabel Champion
Cleveland Taurderess
Champion
Mrrs
Mittendorf
Los Angeles
Ansley Champion
Senator King to push bill cutting national tax by 500000000
Washington March 1 Senator King Democrat Washington said he would introduce a bill in the next session to reduce the national tax bill by five hundred million dollars He would cut shortages and abolish nuisance excise taxes.
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Washington
King
Wah
Braxton County Senator Calls 1923 Acts Suspect
Braxton County senator charges that 1923 legislative acts were tampered with after passage and requests a full probe. Coolidge remains unreceptive to altering U S policy toward Russia with respect to recognition of the Soviet government citing unchanged conditions and no warrant for change.
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Braxton County
Washington
March
Coolidge
Russia
Star witness in Chapmen case takes stand
Walter E. Shean, son of a wealthy Springfield family and the state’s principal witness against Gerald Chapman, testified under cross examination about his acquaintance with Chapman alias Waldo W Miller and with George Brown the latter’s casino of crime. Hean admitted friendship with Chapman despite knowing Brown’s criminal record, while defense counsel Grohl hammered his past as an alleged “stake producer” for crooks and his family’s role in keeping him out of prison. Chapman watched the nervous witness as he testified and refrained from note taking for long stretches, twisting a pen as the cross examination pressed him.
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Walter E. Shean
Springfield
Masa
Gerald Chapman
James Skelly
New Britain
Shean
Chapman
Waldo W
Miller
George Brown
Frederick J.grohl
Brown
Atlanta
Groehl
Grohl
Tien
Legion Meeting Focuses On Endowment Drive In West Virginia
A large turnout at the Elks home heard Arthur Yates open the session with remarks by Edward Spafford former New York Legion commander detailing postwar welfare duties. Mrs. Watkins outlined a six million dollar endowment drive to aid orphans and disabled soldiers with a West Virginia quota of fifty thousand dollars. James McGinnis and Engle joined the discussion urging support for the fund, which aims to place war orphans with adoptive legion or community families rather than building new institutions.
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American Legion
Ladies Auxiliary
Elks Home
Lennon
Arthur G. Yates
Taylor County
Edward Spallard
Department of the American Legion
New York State
Spafford
Q. J. Watkins
Pairmont
Ladies’ Auxiliary of the
American Lesson
West Virginia
Grafton
James McGinnis
Wath
Legion
Engle
Tal W. Engle
Yates
Michigan
Gratton High Girls’ Glee Club presents Midsummer Eve
A one night only operetta by the Gratton High School Glee Club titled Midsummer Eve. The performance is Friday at 8:15 PM with admission priced at 50 cents.
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Girls’ Glee Club
the Gratton High School
Miners Plan Three City Meetings for Hour Day Event
Ettor Delgazzo, UMWA international representative, says about 200 union members from Grafton Fleming ton Rosemont Wendel and Bear Mountain will travel to Clarksburg Wednesday for the Hour Day celebration. Main speakers include T C Townsend and William Green. Additional mass meetings will be held in Bear Mountain Wendel and Rosemont tonight and Wednesday.
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Ettor Delgazzo
United Mine Workers Union of America
Grafton
Flemington
Rosemont
Wendel
Bear Mountain
Clarksburg
T. C. Townsend
William Green
American Federation of Laor
W.T. Dadisman
James Peley
Inter
The
Union
Corbin
Leyi Porter
Bilor Dolguine
Wich
Wendal
Delgazzo
Gish Engagement Tale Told In Federal Court
In New York on March 31, Charles H. Duell testified about an unofficial engagement to Lillian Gish, later claimed as official and then broken. Gish covered her face as spectators wondered if tears appeared. Duell described a June 1922 start after his separation, an official phase after his divorce, and a 1924 breakup by mutual consent, including a ring he said he gave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lillian Gish
Charles H. Duell
Duell
Miss Gish
Forbes Condition Improves Moderately After Stroke
Colonel Charles R. Forbes former head of the Veterans Bureau showed moderate improvement after a February brain event described as cerebral thrombosis from a blood clot. Physicians say his condition remains delicate but stabilizing as doctors monitor circulation in the brain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R.forbes
United States Veterans Bureau
Col. Forbes
Dry measure changes cited as one bill in 29th legislature
Charleston reports that Senator Herrold of Braxi county introduced a resolution calling for a committee to investigate changes and additions to acts after passage. The probe targets the Shinn prohibition bill and licensing of chiropractors, with over until today for senate action due to Baker’s absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Senate
Herrold
Braxi County
Koventigalon
Baker
House of Delegates
Premature Mine Shot Injures Brydon Coal-Man
William Workman a coal shooter at Brydon’s Big Four Mines was badly burned when a prematurely discharged shot struck his face and hands early Monday. A nearby helper escaped injury. Workman arrived at Grafton City Hospital with facial and hand wounds. This followed other weekend mining incidents with Click pumper and E A Crosten both hospitalized in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Workman
Brydon
Weman
Waiman
Grafton City
Click
E. A. Crosten
Rose Hill Coal, Company
Rosemont
Crosten
Los Angles doctor finds are hhat lazy.
A scrambled item notes a Los Angeles doctor making a remark about laziness. The fragment hints at negligence or lazy behavior but provides few concrete details or names to identify a clear event or outcome.
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Los Angles
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