Railroad Co Not to Blame in This Case
Supreme Court sustains verdict for railroad in case arising from a March 25, 1925 incident at Hatfield Mingo County where a suit for 40000 was dismissed. Court notes train crews must exercise caution to protect trespassing children on moving cars. Additional rulings: Turlow Hardware Co v Spencer affirmed. Mekow vs Gray Silver and related cases, reversals and affirmations listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hatfield
Mingo County
Supreme Court
Turlow Hardware Company
Spencer
Roane County
S. H. Mekowam
J.C. MecKowan
Herkeley
P.E
Thief Neely
J. W. Soxton
John B. Neff
Dancing girl breaks down in Bombay murder trial
Begum, once a dancing girl in the Maharaja of Indore household, tearfully identified bloodstained garments linked to Abdul Kadir Pauls, a Mohammedan merchant slain at Malabar Hill. Nine men deny guilt as trial opens in Bombay High Court with details of her decade under royal care revealed.
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Bombay
Mumites Begum
Maharaja of Tudore
Abdul Kadir Pauls
Malabar Hul
Nauties Glile
Maharara
Bombay Big Court
Mumtter
Mahajara
Indore
Mohammedev
Train Riders in Limelight Court Hearing for Road Violation
Ten persons appeared before W E B Se in justice court acting on road law violations and training charges. Columbus Ohio natives Mullings Young Ramble Dix and Kelsey faced fines for trespassing on B and Q property and train fines. several could not pay and were jailed. Additional cases include speeding and lack of proper vehicle tags with fines issued.
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Justice Court of
W. EB. Se
John Mullings
Claud Young Samuel Ramble
William Dix
Columbus
Ohio
William Kelsey
Cleveland
Samuel Ram
Peper Jonday
Lonnie Sithurons
Ee Venta
Alexander
Wayne
Anagosta
Pwey Lake
Ivy Roach
Coats
Clarence Sil
Quota Club Marks 1st Birthday With Grafton Event
The Quota Club of Grafton celebrated its first birthday with a banquet at a local home. Highlights included a formal reception, speeches from members and visiting clubs, a talent program with Mrs Maude Bush and Mrs Mary Leeds, and decorations featuring blue and gray tones, flowers, and candles.
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Quota Club
Uet
M.pe
Atfair
Bersam Rs
Grafton
Hazel Shuttlesworth
Pred
Tishop
Andrews
Florence [Wilkinson
Mooseheart Legion
Maude Bush
Mary Leeds
Earle Wilkinson
Raymond Prahar
Wheeling club charter members listed with officers names
The Wheeling club reveals charter members from Clarkaberg and other areas. Named attendees include Kathleen Courtney Bertha Parker Edyth Satterfield Josephine Snider and Ada Brown among many others. The document also lists officers directors and honorary members such as Anna Heflin Florence Wilkinson Susan Sayre Hazel Shuttlesworth Virginia Stavely Cleo Weston Mary Moran and Amanda Abbott.
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Kathleen Courtney
Bertha Parker
Edyth Satterfield
Josephine Snider
Bileeh Ahern
Agnes Mont
Ruth Eddy
Bertha Lucas
Ada Brown
Wheeling Club
Clarka-berg
Nellie Carrol
Bruce Fapus
Pearl Queeh
Dorothy Fowler
Lillian Cain
Martha Johnson
Belle’ Leatheman
Minnie Reed
Icy M. Taylor
Dorothy Watson
Carrie Brown
Maud Bush
Margaret Foley
Ethel Foley
Florence Donohue
Seva Doll
Allie Gaines
Leota Griffith
Blanen Guard
Anna Heflin
Ada Heironimus
Revina
Kenney
Mary Leeds
Pearl J ‘Nson
Hazel Shuttlesworth
June Sterfield
Susan Sayre
Edna Sturm
Hallie Stealey
Virginia Stavely
Margaret Thayer
Claud
Virginia, Stavely
Cleo Weston
Maud
Bush
Misa
Mia
Mary Moran
Amanda Abbott
Reorganization of Prohibition Unit Decried as Harsh
Washington says a new field marshal will oversee the Prohibition Bureau to streamline work and weed out crooks. Assistant Secretary Andrews, in a study over the month, rejected claims that the plan would be hard boiled, stressing its aim to support trusted workers and enforce law and order.
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Prohibition Law
Washington
Secy
Andrews
Prohibition
al S
Kaw
Poems and party notes amid West Virginia social life
A jumble of verse fragments, meeting notices, party reports, and society items covers Morgantown and Grafton areas. Highlights include Mildred Warner entertaining guests for sister Mrs Jones, a Grand Army meeting, Odd Fellows history, a bi county temperance talk, May Day dance invitations in Grafton, a surprise party for Mrs Hardie, Rotary Club dinners, and Miss Rosemary Foley entering Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in Baltimore.
Huntington Nominees in City Primary Vote Record Set
In Huntington on April 27 a city primary produced the heaviest municipal turnout. Dr Wa B Neal, Republican, won the mayoral nomination by 1190 votes over Colonel Tyree. Harvey Taylor, Democrat, led A J Wilkinson by 2600 votes for the other mayoral nod.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huatington
Dr. Wa.b. Neal
Harvey ’. Taylor
Huntington
Matt Miser
O. J. Duntee
Homer L. Weich
James Murphy
Wer
Dr. Neal
Poh
Tyree
Taylor
A. J. Wilkinson
West Virginia
Board of Education
Grafton B and C officials meet at Fairmont gathering
Representatives of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad company met in Fairmont to discuss freight claim prevention and public relations. Attendees from Grafton and Fairmont included M. S. Kopp, T. F. Maherty, J. Maher, C. O. Hull, A. T. Cassiday, and many others, forming the freight claim prevention committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
My Tyson
Clarksburg
J. Trenest
Belington
C. T. Ford
Grafton
J. Donachie
A. B. Cutright
C. 8. Spears
Fanlymont
Q. A. Annon
Connellaville
Coxley
Ernest Bartlett
W. R. Skinner
M. K. Smith Belington
Waybilla
H.C. Miller
He Egtatton
Unclear OCR Fragments Spark Sparse Names and Roles
Fragmentary OCR lists individuals and roles such as Gante Gretton car foreman Long Meadowbrook agent P Robey Salem 2gent H Y Harper Fairmont terminal traimmanter. No clear event, date, or place. insufficient context to form a full news item.
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Gante
Gretton
Long
Meadowbrook
P. Robey Salem
H.-Y. Harper
Communists of Russia Discuss Economic State at Kremlin
Former Minister Trate ky delays departure from Solume for a fort night to finish a book and eyes a political return. The convention will tackle the co operative movement metal production agriculture taxation and revolutionary movements while foreign correspondents are excluded from sessions and delegates focus on Russia’s economic state.
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Kremlin
Trateky
Solume
Promintern
Lwitch
Russia
Posse hunts murder suspect in West Virginia shooting
Wayne County officers and posse pursue Frank Watts after a Sunday shooting near Ranger that killed Gil bert Spence and wounded Arbit Pack. Pack and Spence were walking home when Watts allegedly fired, exposing a grave risk to the victims with an uncertain chance of recovery.
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Huntington
Wayne County
Ager
West Virginia
Frank “Watts
Connecion
Gil’bert SI
Spence
Chesapeake and Ohio
Pack
Spenceweg
Press
Laurel Cregle
Ranger
Watts
Road crews repair Grafton-Webmer road breaches
Rebsinger Road district crews repaired concrete joints on the Grafton-Webmer road. They filled low spots with asphalt, cleaned ditches, and leveled berms after wet sunshine caused concrete expansion. Workers chipped off high sections and rebuilt with line stone and asphalt at several joints near Tygarts Valley.
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Court House
Grafton-Webmer
Naga
Tygarts Valley
Eskimos Seek Guarded Reservation Plan in Canada
Ottawa April 28 Dr Knute Rasmussen Arctic explorer recommends establishing a reservation system for Eskimos of the Canadian Arctic as a step to ease harsh living conditions. He told the government conditions vary by region with some bands having plenty while others face starvation. Rasmussen, who recently explored northern Eskimo areas to study dire baby mortality, declined to generalize findings due to vast distances.
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Ottawa
Knute Rasmussen
Rasmussen
Funeral notices and local social updates
The text records a funeral notice and a string of local social notes. It mentions Mrs Clyde Bake visiting at her sister Mrs Hingeslea’s home in Manash and various residents and shoppers in the city, with names including Rae Kidwell Davis, Mrs Drea Alta, George D. Hardin, and Max Pearlman. It also notes Miss Irene Kunst and Virginia Hanwy who plan to resume studies at Fairmont Normal, Mrs F B Kinney returning from Parkersburg, and Paul McClung state police as a business visitor.
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Clyde Bake
Manash
Hingslea
Jesse H. Lam
Rae Kidwell
D.re Alta
J. Webb
Davis
Fairmont
George D. Hardin
Morrow
Max’ Pearlman
Mama
Irwin
Findley
Route 5
C.F. Monrow
Flemington
State Police
Rien
Mra
R. L
Wilsins
Arizona Women Club Faces Distance and Diligence
A desert zone gathers Arizona women who travel vast distances to meetings, showing steadfast self improvement while confronting husbands ruined by gambling. Their dedication underscores social progress despite isolation and hardship.
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Woman's Club
Trion
Arizona
Dale
Baldwin Sees No Arm In Conah Soon
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, asked in the House of Commons about possible Sammonlig armament, replied that no arms program or conference related to early talks would be undertaken. He underscored that there is no immediate plan for further military buildup.
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Baldwin
Conah
Jondon
Stanley Baldwin
House of Contmoris
Local reminiscences and visits in Thorntum and Grafton
The article records residents and relatives visiting distinct towns. HY Howatier unloaded fertilizer at Thorntum last week. Luther Wolfe, Herward Wolfe, and Mrs Earnest Huffman were in Grafton on Wednesday. JoN Foraman attended court week at Philipp nat. M Cornwell and My Sim Dick Hamilton and wife visited Grafton last Saturday. Gene Wilson of Clarkeburg visited his brother W B Wilson on Saturday and Sunday. J N Foreman and family visited J W Clarkson Sunday afternoon. Local residents hauled lime from Thornton last Saturday. M Hamilton of Morgal ie wrote a note. Romer and kin are spending a country week at a homestead.
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J. W. Clarkson
Thornton
M.wamilton
Morgalie
Romer
Wit Kis
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H. A.rice
Esty — Schools
Harry E. Plesner
Rotary Club
Women's Music Club
Beatrice Grow
Girls Charity Club
C. F. Schroener
Grafton and Taylor County Hospital Association
Charles P. Guard
Wheeling Quota Club
Bruce Pain
Agnes Lamont
Tey Taylor
Heflin
James J. Moran
Woods Fern
Swert Williams
James B. Moran
Ford
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Baskiere
Sentinel Office
Villegras
William Cullen Bryant
Warner
Jones
Terra Alta
Farr Young
Mary Smith
Dorothy Church
Alfa Wagner
Ruth Cather
Earl Young
Loraine Painter
the Grand Army
Shed
Odd Fellowship
of Virginia
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Morgantown
Taylor and Preston Women's Risitan ‘Temperance Union
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Blanche Pickering
Rowlesburgh
Moose Inge
Victor Willaid
Tubby Pracht
Paris
Moose
Willhyde’s Collegians
Tubby” Pracht
Lawrence Flanagan
Warder
A. A. Holt
H. Willbide
Wim
Hanway
N. T
Grafton Drug, and Chemical Company
F. M
First Baptist Church
Miste Hardy
Hardie
Ardle Algo
Mrav
Rosé Murphy
Mercy Hospital
Loyola College Hall
Calvert and
Madison Streets
Baltimore
Maryland
Michael J. Curley
Ballimore
Miss Foley
Afton Girk
John J. Foley
Danking and ‘Trust Company
Wilkinson
Neale
Communists of
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