West Virginia to Virginia Midland trail road contracts awarded
Charleston April 3. State road commission awarded five contracts for road and bridge work totaling about 1.9 million dollars funded by the state legislature. The projects include surfacing 22 miles on the Princeton Bluefield road toward the Virginia line, and additional grading and concrete work across Calhoun Wetzel Mercer Jackson Doddridge Grant Ritchie Tyler Upshur Tucker counties. Wright and Hayes of Indianapolis received the largest award for the surfacing job.
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Charleston
Road Commission
Legislatire
Kentucky
Virginia Line
West Virginia
Wright and Hayes
Indianapolis
Princeton-Bluefeld Road
Ulphur
Eahid
Calhoun County
Wetzel County
Mercer County
Alk
Kathley
White Jackson County
Jackson County
Doddridge County
Grant County
Ritchie County
Woot County
Tyler County
Upshur County
Mardy County
Tucker County
Oldest Barbour Co Woman Dies in Flatwoods Harbour
Death claims Barbour county's oldest woman Mrs Susan Gall Shank aged 97 years 6 months 28 days in Flatwoods Harbour community. Widow of Jacob Shank a Mexican war veteran who died years ago at over 90. The piece notes long span of scientific progress during her lifetime.
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Barbour County
Susan Gall Shank
Harbour
Jacob Shank
Make Tramps Happy To Reduce Tramping
Ineaton Eng April. To discourage vagrants the local workhouse is turned into a work mansion. The casual ward is replaced by a bright room with wallpapers linoleum floors and comfortable chairs for travelers to sit at a long table. Books newspapers a steam heated room a piano and radio provide evening solace. Spring mattresses and toys for children await nightly visitors.
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Ineaton
Eng
London Adopts Bunks To Relieve Congestion
London forms a crowded city with 80 acute housing demand. Bunks stacked like ship berths fold away to save space in new flats. A six in one unit combines folding bed washstand chest mirror shoe rack and spice rack to store bedding when unused.
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London
Death sentence handed to John Gagnardi in Wellsville murder
John Gagnardi, 45, of Wellsville, was sentenced to life in prison at the Ohio Penitentiary by Judge Calvin H. Wood after his conviction yesterday of first degree murder in the death of 25 year old Rocco Benneto, also of Wellsville.
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Liverpool
John Gagnardi
Wellsville
Ohio Penitentiary
Calvin H. Wood
Rocco Benneto
Wheeling Candy Company Chief Dies After Heart Attack
Dalal C. Cochran aged 76 president of the Ohioa Wiley Candy Company in Wheeling W Va died at midnight from heart failure while at work in his office Thursday afternoon. Born - he was a prominent Wheeling businessman for nearly a century. He is survived by two sons and four daughters.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Dalal C. Cochran
Ohioa Wiley Candy Company
Flo
Dawes Donates to Legion Fund in Chicago Office
Vice President Charles G. Dawes, a member of the 40 and 8 division of the American Legion, contributed 1 000 to the Legion fund in his Chicago office at Central Trust Company. The donation supported recent fundraising initiatives by the organization.
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Chicago
April
Vicr
Charles G. Dawes
American Legion
Central Trust Company
Comelatheg
Aedes Laon
Uncle Sam's bonus job is nearing end
Washington reports the Federal Government is winding down one of its largest peacetime tasks by processing bonus insurance policies for about 4.18 million World War veterans. About 2 million have already applied, with certificates mailed at 16,000 daily and total policy value exceeding 1.78 billion dollars.
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Washington
War and Navy Departments
Veterans’ ‘Bureau
Veterans bonus payments and application rates rise
OLAY and Would Day in town pay up insurance totaling about three to four times the primary sum. Some 74,000 beneficiaries receive the first installment of 2,270 checks, totaling about 74,000 dollars. The Veterans Bureau reports 3,000,000 applications received and 1,768,000 certificates issued, with 1,200,000 more to act on by June 30. Applications arrive at roughly 65,000 daily across War Department Navy and Marine Corps.
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Veterans’ Bureau
Uau
War Department
Army
Navy Department
Navy
Coast Guard
Marine Corps
Maines
Veterans’ Service
Zome
Booster Club Formed to Promote Broaddus College
A Broaddus booster club formed by Philippi residents aims to broaden interest in the college and expand promotional efforts across the southern state regions. The banquet in Broaddus college dining hall drew 136 attendees including delegates from Grafton and Elkins. Speakers praised community morale, education progress in the Monongahela Valley, and planned future meetings in Wadestown, Kingwood, Lumberport, and Charleston during the Baptist state convention.
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Broaddus
Philippi
Kanawha
Noah
Broaddus College
Grafton
Elkins
Philipp
College
Hully
Broad Gas
Forest Poling
Find
Kanawa
Evelyn Tapp
Wadestown
Kingwood
Lumberport
Charleston
Morgan in Florida fracture needs more adjustment
Charleston April 3 Former Governor E. K. Morgan remains under care after an X ray showed the fracture from a recent fishing accident in Florida. Additional adjustments are planned and Morgan is not expected to return until this week due to a delay in travel arrangements.
Fire damages McLure hotel in Wheeling causing panic
Fire erupts in the basement and first floor of the ten story McLure hotel in Wheeling West Virginia forcing many guests to flee via stairways and fire escapes. Two firefighters are overcome by smoke while guests are evacuated and later return to rooms as fire crews fight the blaze for hours.
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Wheeling
W. Va
McLure
Mike Selma
Eugene Campbell
Schmidt Dry Goods
Mry
Kate Allison
Richard Gordon
Negra
Robbies
Miss Brock
Harry McLure, Jr
Engine Company No. 5
Engine Company No. 7
U S Armada Sets Sail for Six Month Cruise
Sightseers cheered in San Pedro as the U S fleet departed for a six month voyage beyond the world’s edge. The oil carrier Cuyama reported bearing damage but would sail with the fleet, with repairs planned if needed in San Francisco. The hundred vessel column aims toward San Francisco and then toward the Hawaiian Islands for anticipated anti military operations.
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San Pedro
Cal
Uncle Sam
Cuyama
San Francisco
United States
NY Anti-Saloon official lauds Mellon address
Arthur J. Pain, state superintendent of the Anti Saloon League of New York, praised Secretary Mellon in a April 8 address before a New York church gathering. Pain called Mellon a most distinguished detailer and lauded his payment panelation of church efforts and temperance advocacy.
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Mellon Kingstown
N. Yo
Arthur J. Pain
AntiSaloon League of
New York
the Treasury
Mellon
New York Ca
M. E
Easter Season Brings Social Rallies in Grafton
In Grafton Easter spirit sweeps social circles as pre Easter events fill calendars. Groups like Foreign Missionary Society and Ladies Aid meet at Andrews M E church and Prunytown, while Misses Judge and Murphy plan a Texas West tour. Local brands of civic life include Pythian Sisters planning district convention activities and bridge parties with Easter motifs.
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Powers
Grafton
Foreign Missionary Society
John Sayre
Andrews M. E
Hart
Lin
jCar
Glenn
Mre. Hart
J .T. Demos
Prunnytown
Ladies Aid Society
Pruntytown M, EB
F. A. Alcorn
MI Street
Dorothy J. Rooter
Margaret Frances Larencecames Lakin Flesher
Jasper Alcorn
Titusville
Gish Engagement Disputed in Perjury Case
Charles H Duell faces perjury charges amid testimony in a suit to bind Lillian Gish to make films for his company and potential disbarment. He claims a world’s worst witness moniker and that he and Gish were engaged, citing a mother’s letter and a coded radio message as proof. Judge Mack dismissed the suit and ordered perjury proceedings and disbarment actions.
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Gish
York
Lillian Gish
Glg
Charles H. Duell
Miss Gish
Duell
Mack
United States Court of Appeals
Knickerbocker
Ellt Root
Rosemont Miner Dies After State Fall Tragedy
Edward Crosten, badly injured in a fall at Rosemont Hill near Philippi last Friday, died at City Hospital at 38 45 today. Funeral services set for Sunday 1:30 pm at his Rosemont home, Welch Cemetery near Philippi. Survived by wife and three children Sanford Bradford and Melinda, plus three brothers G C W J T and W H Crosten of Philippi and two sisters Rosetta Mayte of Meriden and Laura Mayle of Lillian and two half sisters Myrtle Davis of Reavesville and Ethel Mayle of Meriden.
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Edward Crosten
Rose
Hill
Rossmont
Moss
City Hospital
Rosemont
Barlal
Welch Cemetery
Philippi
Crosten
Sandford
Bradford
Melinda
G. C
W. JT
W. H. Crosten
Rosetta Mayte
Meriden
Laura Mayle
Lillian
Ball Gisters
Myrtle Davis
Letters To Editor FEAL CKER States His Case Before City Mayor
Ashford McVicker recounts his confrontation with city officials after a March 1925 arrest for alleged city street waste. He alleges improper summonsing, biased handling by Cather, and a costly $50 fine with denied defense witnesses. He offers bond details and vows to prove city harm, inviting proof to his courtesy.
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Feal
Cker
I. A. B. McVicker
Dock Fletcher
Cather
Ute
A. B. McVicker
Guy Allenderr
Ashford McVicker
Quizz Miners In Probe of Fires At Wendel Plant
Approximately forty five miners from the Wendel area were brought before a deputy state fire marshal in the county court house to be questioned in the probe of the Pahey Bailey Coal Company tipple fire at Wendel. The inquiry spanned two days and may require two more to complete. Deputies have spent weeks seeking the cause and any responsible parties.
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Wendel
Pahey-Bailey Coal Company
Cups Company
Auto Driver Accused of Drunken Driving in 1925 Fatal
A Pallmont coroner's jury found that Miss Mary Deison of Clarksburg died in an auto accident on the Grafton road the night of March 16 1925 while riding with a driver intoxicated. The verdict credits I C Wyer as agent presenting the intoxication claim.
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Pallmonthon
Mary Deison
Clarksburg
Mary Disson
Grafton Road
I. C. Wyer
Oil Land Case Tossed Out By High Court
Washington April government effort to convict oil barons fell apart as the DC Supreme Court ruled indictments against Harold L. Fall and the Doheny interests void due to attorney general presence in the grand jury. The ruling affects the Fall Sinclair conspiracy case and shifts grand jury conduct limits. Chief Justice McCoy authored the decision. Oliver B. Pagan, longtime DOJ expert, was present during the grand jury proceedings.
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Washington
Bert B. Fall
el Western
hi _grand jury
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Edeward Doheny
Dohenys
Department
Moose Elect Bat And Initiate At Hoowe Lodge Meeting
At the Hoowe lodge weekly gathering on Washington Street last evening new officers were elected for the coming year. Officers named include SM Dignan dictator A1 Kosting vice dictator DR Lip Anger past dictator Reney prelate and Yaughert Korg secretary. An initiation followed with a class of candidates including George Jolilife Es Sayre T K Plahetty Charla Bing Delbert Woodyard and Win Lee Minor. The event concluded with a grand lunch in the grill room.
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Hoowe Lodge
Washington
SM. Dignan
A.1 Kosting
Lip Anger
Reney
Yaughert
Korg
Andes
George Jolilife
Es Sayre
T. K. Plahetty
Charla
Bing
Delbert Woodyard
Win
Lee Minor
Ait
Secretary Weeks Ill With Thrombosis
Washington April 3 Secretary John W Weeks of the war department is ill with thrombosis Doctors say a thrombus in a brain artery caused left arm weakness but no other symptoms. Weeks returning from Florida recently and will linger in office after medical guidance. General Girard Michado of Cuba will visit the White House April 15 during his Washington visit.
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Washington
John W. Weeks
War Department
B. L. Hardin
Weeks
Webke
Florida
Loven
Mer. Navan
Gyles
Girard Michado
Cuba
Press Coolidge
White House
Waston
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