Purebred Livestock Seen More Profitable, Survey Finds
A survey of 6653 farmers in 45 states shows purebred livestock marketed directly for breeding and slaughter at higher rates, with 63 percent of cattle, 75.1 percent of swine, and 62.6 percent of other stock sold as purebreds or grade. Farmers favor rigid culling and registration to improve quality, noting higher profits and faster gains with purebreds, though some stress color as a sale factor.
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Bureau of Animal Indus
Phe Concensus
Nebraska
Loan Shark Bill and Dr Suddarth Letters
Charleston senator Suddarth defends Senate Bill 291 known as the Loan Shark Bill. It licenses and regulates small chattel loans under $300, bans banks and private lenders from high rates, and imposes state banking department oversight. The letter notes local criticism and cites the Rusell Sage Foundation support. Also reports the marriage of Max Rau to Grace Mills in Brunswick Maryland and planned return.
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the Sentinel
Suddarth
Senate
Charleston
State Banking Department
Thetate Banking Department
Russel Sage Foundation
Rau-Mills
Max Rau
C. E. Rau
Walnut Street
Grafton
Grace Mills
J. D. Mills
Brunswick
Maryland
Episcopal Church
Detroit
Flint
Mich
Ran
Herrin Elects McCormack Mayor Promises Peace
Herrin Illinois April 22 The newly chosen mayor Marshall D McCormack pledged peace and unity after defeating Ku Klux Klan candidate Thomas Welty on the citizen's ticket by a strong margin. He said Herrin must go forward with an administration free from favoritism serving all residents.
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Herrin
Ils
Williamson County
Marshall D. McCormack
McCormack
Thomas Welty
Ku Klux Klan
Tomother
Taylor County rural schools certified as first class standard
J D Muldoon state supervisor of rural schools and Dellett county superintendent inspected Taylor County rural schools. Five schools were standardized and awarded first class certificates, bringing the county total to seven. Läs includes Wilson, Simpson, Court House, Webster, Blueville, Fetterman and Park View. Certificates cite meeting state requirements and were signed March 25, 1925 by Geo M Ford.
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Taylor County
J. D. Muldoon
Dellett
Newton
Wilson Schogottsqite
Simpson
Court House
Webster
Blueville
Fetterman
Park View
Knottsville
Wilson
State Board of Education of
West Virginia
Geo. M. Ford
Muldoon
San Lick
Leach
Monthly Alien Arrivals Totals 24,000 in U S
Washington reports 189 002 immigrants in eight months under the new act averaging about 23 700 per month. State by state tallies show California 14 810 and New York 49 488 leading entrants with varied regional patterns by race. Japan sent 493 students and professionals while Alaska registered 1 652 immigrants.
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Washington
New York State
California
Illinois
Massachusetts
Michigan
New Jersey
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Texas
Washington State
Immigration Bureau
Alabama
Arkansas
Colorado
Georgia
Ana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentuck
Missippi
Maryland
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Utah
Wisconsin
Florida
Idaho
Massachusettts
North Caolina
Oregon
South Carolina
Tennessee
West Virginia
Alaska
Minnesota
Montana
North Dakota
Wyoming
Arizona
Louisiana
Nevada
New Mexico
Connecticut
Marin
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont
Delaware
New York
Philippine Islands
Novadad
Virgin Islands
United States
Body of Floyd Collins freed from Sand Cave after long entrapment
Cave City Kentucky April reports the removal of a 75 pound rock that pinned Floyd Collins, his body recovered from Sand Cave after seventeen days entrapment, with details of rescue efforts and the cave’s conditions. Separate note from Charleston West Virginia outlines a fourteen million dollar state building program funded by a 10 cent levy over six to ten years.
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Flow Collins
Ne Ist JR
Utah
OM Cave
Cave City
Sand Cave
Floyd Collins Iles
Cave
Crystal Cave
Collins
Floyd Collins
W. H. Hunt
Central City
Hays
Smith
William B
Skeets) Miller
Courier Journal
Charleston
W. V
Teeny Bers
Joint Legislative Committee
Mam
Peasion
Capitol
Pullman Planes May Be Latest Mode of Travel
Chicago report reveals Pullman Company plans to build a fleet of long distance airliners to be used in transcontinental service. Chief engineer Peter Parke says planes will mirror Pullman sleeper operations with ships leased to operators under contract. Planes would be crewed by Pullman staff but piloted by leasing firm pilots for overnight runs such as New York to Chicago or Chicago to Miami.
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Pullman Company
Chicago
Peter Parke
Te Company
Pullman
New York
Miami
Fla
Limosine seized in Minneapolis case involving Mrs Smith
Prohibition agents yesterday seized a $27,000 automobile belonging to Mrs. L. G. Smith of Buffalo New York and arrested chauffeur Charlow O'Neil after finding a patton can of aleco hol in the car. Mrs Smith was en route to Dos Moles Cotteetion Arming Inc.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Prohibition
L. G. Smith
Buffalo
N. Y
Charlow
O'Neil
Mra. Smith
Taylor County court trims funds and buys two trucks
Taylor County Court reduced road work allowance in Court House district from 2000 to 1500 and authorized 891 for two trucks a standard half ton and a Ford one ton dump body. The county will repaint the ware room in West Grafton and end rent payments for Mrs. Laura, adjust notary appointments, and consider additional land sale. Dellet Newson urges Taylor Countians to back American Legion fund drive seeking 2590 with 1536.45 raised so far. Correction notes: Harry Tucker 2 and Miss Elsie Ringler 2.
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Taylor County
Court House
A. J. Knight
West Grafton
Dellet Newton
American Legion Fund
Newton
American Legion
Dellet Newson
Harry Tucker
Elsie Ringler
Heavy April Snow Buries Butter Montana City
Butter Mont April 28 a 14 inch snow blanket covered the town as a storm that began last night continued. It ranks among the heaviest snowfalls ever recorded here causing partial jetty traffic disruption. Other parts of the state saw heavy rains that turned to snow in some areas.
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Butter
Mont
Butte
Come Polnta
Duel Ends In Mexican City Death Of Two Men
In Mexico City suburb Tacuba, two men, Carlow Carilo an engineer and Professor Joao Ezquir, faced off at four yards and killed each other with pistols. The duel arose from a quarrel over details of a commission’s work.
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Mexico City
Carlow Carilo
Joao Ezquir
Aldermhante
Tacuba
Dawes Goes Home for Aunt's Funeral
Vice President Charles G. Dawes and Mrs Dawes arrived in Parkersburg at noon today on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and left for Marietta Ohio to attend funeral services for his aunt.
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Parkersburg
Charles G. Dawes
Jury Cannot Agree in Auto Wreck Case
In Webster area justice court a jury failed to reach a verdict in State vs Stanley Kennedy Galloway charged with violating state road law. A new trial is granted to Tuesday afternoon. The collision occurred Sunday two miles south of Webster when Kennedy allegedly entered a branch road onto a state highway and struck another car causing minor damage. He did not provide name address or license details at the scene and was arrested on a warrant by J G Ringler. The jury consisted of S B Kinter J E Guth Fred Keener A V Blake Scott Crayton and Angus Ferguson.
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Stanley Kennedy
Galloway
W. B. Leach
Kennedy
Webster
J. G. Ringler
Elkins
S. B. Kinter
J. E. Guth
Fred Keener
A. V. Blake
Scott Crayton
Angus Ferguson
First Feminine Filibuster Reported in Vienna
Vienna April 23 Emmy Freundelich socialist deputy in the Austrian parliament claims the distinction of the first feminine filibuster in parliamentary history. For seven hours she spoke in the session of the rents committee to block measures protecting tenements against landlords. Her colleagues relieved her with a male long distance talker.
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Vienna
Emmy Freundelich
Christian Socialist Party
Bulgarian War Too Much Even For the Soviets
Moscow reports widespread Soviet press and government resentment over accusations tying terrorism in Sofia to Moscow. The Communist International denounces Bulgarian premier Tzankoff and his government, calling the claims falsifications and blackmail.
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Moscow
Sofia
The
Communist Internationale
Tzankoff
Bulgaria
Comintern
Trankoff
Stnelf
Court Dismisses Case In District Of Columbia Supreme Court
The final order dismisses the plea of the Pacific Mall Steamship Company for an injunction against a Wd shipping board. Justice Hitz signed the order in the District of Columbia Supreme Court on April 22.
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Washington
Pacific Mall Steamship Company
Wd Shipping Board
Justice Hitz
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
Local notes show a busy day with illness and travel
Grafton residents report many visitors and small care changes. Mrs Ple Avenue and Mrs J C Jaco are confined at home with influenza while Claude Wyckoff visits the city on business. Several residents including Ben Hoying Claude Wyckoff and W H Goodwin attend to affairs, with others traveling to Morgantown Uniontown Parkersburg and Washington for funerals repairs or work.
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Ple
J. C. Jaco
High
E Ben Hoying
Clarksburg
Claude Wyckoff
Ahe Town
G. W. Malone
Clarksbuy
Grafton
Shriver
Pruni Iteaton
Charles
Frances
Lynch
Horner Street
Burg
Little Lynch
St. Mary's Hospital
W. H. Goodwin
Claude
Busta Lloyd Wathern
Albright
Helen
Chenoweth
South Grafton
John Musgrove
Main Stret
May
Thayer
Ee Town
Walter We
Catheine, Mason
Monville
Sheer
Herneice
Kate Baker Evans
Flrst National Bank
H. D. Custer
West Virginia
Morgan
Reserve Corps
Richard Phelps
Gov
Bay
Wade Tinney
Washington
John R. Hardy
West Street
Lee Iarr
Boothsville
W. C. Kidd
Philadelph
McDermott
Ginger
Parkersburg
Treet
Ilne
Wilbur Hamilton
James 8. Hamton
Hast Miremont
Bing
J. Mi Nton
Mira Mattie Jace
Riggs
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Dr. Suddarth
Howard H. Holt
Grafton Sentinel
W. Va
Howard
MansHor
U. S
Explorer
State University
State Capitol
West Vic. University
State Penitentiary
Eighth Circuit
Mercer County
Barbour County
Brooke
Montgomery
Wyoming County
Pennsboro
Princeton
Kanawha County
Saltaire
Great Salt Lake
Offigin’s
Saltaire Beaai Company
Origis
Atiff
Foller
Saltaire Resort
C. H
Clara Wilson
Laura Ds. Nets
Dave Haaat
Walter
Currey
Andy J. Morgan
Arthur G. Yates
Harvey A. Tobiss
Brooks
Martin
Pruntytons
Flemington
Sympson
Legion
Dawes
Charlies
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