RACE CONFABS '10 BE HELD ON PACIFIC COAST
Convention to be held in Seattle Washington in June will focus on how to prosper through expanding American foreign trade. Delegates from the Pacific region including China Japan India and the Philippines will tour Seattle and other Northwest cities to view growth and visiting sites.
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Pacific Coast
China
Japan
India
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Philippines
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Spokane
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Focal Chambers of Commerce
Galloway Man Arrested on Two Complaints
Frank Billy of near the Blocky Pitts mines near Galloway was arrested early this week by State Police Privates Alkire and Grose for drunken and disorderly conduct and taken to Philippi. He pleaded guilty to the first charge and was fined. He is held on a second charge of distorting non union workmen and throwing stones at miners. A mine guard who attempted to quiet Billy beat the alleged maltreater in self defense. He faces a second trial on this charge.
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Blocky-Pittsburgh
Galloway
Alkire
Grose
Philippi
Silly
Billy
Blocky-Pitts- Hargh Coal Company
Billy Wil
Pioneer Braxton Co Man Is Dead
Wade H Tierney and Mina Juapita Tierney of 427 West Mat Street were notified today of the death of J H Eakle of Sutton Va who left here on the train to attend a funeral in Tesla W Va April 16. Mr Bakle a Braxton County farmer and lumberman was 86 and well known in the state. He is survived by his wife four sons a daughter and several grandchildren.
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Wade H. Tierney
Mina Juapita Tierney
West Mat Street
J. H. Eakle
Sutton
Teslo
Bakle
Braxton County
Funeral services for Mrs Tucinda Wyckoff of Mannington
Funeral services for Mrs Tucinda Wyckoff of Mannington will be held at 11 o clock Thursday morning at Simpson Baptist church. The church pastor Reverend Batley will officiate. Burial will be in the oak woods cemetery.
First News by Telephone Changes Newspaper World
A 1920s era look at how telephone aided reporters and editors, from Salem coverage of Bell’s lecture to Harding death, showing rapid news relay, portable circuits, and wide use for corrections, ads, circulation checks, and urgent alerts across distant towns.
Trouble man of electric co. killed by shock
Cumberland Maryland April 15 Wilbur W Ash a 40 year old married trouble tester for the Potomac Edison Company fell from a pole and died It is believed he was shocked Chester Gatehouse who worked with him observed a sudden jolt He had head and hand wounds but no bleeding details were given
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Shock
Cumberlan
Wilbur W. Ash
Potomac Edison Company
Chester Gatehouse
May sky gazing season opens with Saturn viewing
Washington reports the May sky gazing program begins May 2 as Saturn reaches opposition with the sun in Virgo, rising at sunset and setting with the dawn. Uranus and Neptune remain distant while Mira stars as a front page feature with a 165 light year distance and 250 million mile diameter.
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Regulus
Virgo
Antares
Hollanders Fearless Over Restlessness In East Indies
The Hague April 15 communism fears grip Holland as reports claim closer supervision of political gatherings across East Indian colonies. Minister De Graaff says native discontent is overestimated and measures target preservation of law, not suppression of communism, noting many so-called communists understand little of the doctrine. Incitement to revolution would not be tolerated.
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St Ted
Penn
Mrs Sarah Hite Dies in Virginia
A letter to Mrs C M Cartright of Orchard Street announces the death of Mrs Sarah C Hite in Strasburg Virginia on March 17 after a brief illness. Her widow Atwell Hite formerly worked for Pit tsubush and West Virginia Coal in Grafton and they had lived on Orchard Street. She left Grafton years ago to settle in Strasburg with friends and relatives left behind will mourn her passing.
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C. M. Cartright
Orchard Street
Sarah C. Hite
Strasburg
Atwell Hite
Pittebuseh and West Virginia Cas Company
Jett
Stratberg
Grafton
Bribe Dawes Plot Tied to Chicago Dinner Story
A Chicago report claims a Steel ticket was used to bribe Vice President Dawes to suppress a story about retired General Pershing recounting a dinner incident. Pershing described ordering Dawes to discard a cigarette and button his coat, Dawes allegedly refusing and joking about being taken away to stop the tale. Both left for the circus afterward.
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Chicago
John G. Slavning
Charlee G. Dawes
86Th Ivii |Sion
Pershing
Dawes
Circus
Arming Vigilant Community To Protect Town From Bandits
Kansas City on April 16. Distribution of arms to vigilant committee members to guard banks proceeds. Two hundred fifty rifles sawed off shotguns and .45 revolvers go to neighborhood guards. Alarm systems installed at each bank with multiple trigger points. When alarm sounds guards take positions and open fire on bandits.
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Lawmakers Consider Pistol Toting Restrictions in Bill 244
Charleston April 15 The Boley bill Senate bill 244 seeks control of pistols revolvers and high power rifles like poisonous drugs. It requires licenses for dealers and buyers, prohibits concealed carry without license, and mandates records and delays on purchase. Peace officers and military exempt. licenses issued triply with secretary of state copy.
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Twenty Two Births in County for March and 21 Deaths
The March vital statistics to the county health department show 22 births and 21 deaths. Birth reporting lags deaths, with all March births recorded as white. Causes of death include influenza, bronchopneumonia, asthma, convulsions, pancreatitis, septicemia, purpura, prematurity, chronic bronchitis, senility, meningitis, and heart or vascular disease.
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County Health Department
Kurdish Rebel Leader Said Captured in Constantinople
Reports from Constantinople say Sheik Said, Kurdish rebel leader, was captured by Turkish forces aiding the suppression of the Kurdistan revolt. The claim appears in dispatches from April 15 and notes ongoing Turkish actions in the region.
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Kurdistan
California Si Cures Local, OF "Plu" 4 Dr. ange titles
A travel letter from J. 8. Whitescar describing a Southern California tour with stops in Los Angeles and Grafton, noting warm weather, blooming flora, and visits with friends. He mentions travel through Oklahoma and California’s climate, plans to visit Portland and Seattle, and the intention to return north, praising the state and the people met.
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Grafton
Perggie Hopkins Joye Engaged in Hollywood Frat Scene
A fragmentary society wire notes Pagnie Hopkins Joye has become engaged to mature Pete in a fraternity production project. The item mentions a forthcoming signing and notes several days of arrangements before the union or formal announcements.
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