Robison Reunion and Socials Highlight Local Notes
The Grafton society page reports Mrs Genevieve Jackson and Mrs Frances Clark visiting New York for shop buys. The Robison family reunion is set for August 7 at Brown Church with J. I. Robison presiding. A First Presbyterian picnic occurred at Grafton Park with about 45 attendees and Lenda-Hand voted to pause luncheons until September 7.
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New York City
Genevieve Jackson
Hain's Style
Frances Clark
Fairmont
Robison
Brown Church
Wickwire
J. 8
First Presbyterian Church
Grafton Park
Pinchot Hearing and Bonus Army Camps in Johnstown
Gov Pinchot continued testimony from page one as a coroner's inquest into William Hushka's death was postponed while grand jury witnesses appeared. In Johnstown 3000 hungry marchers camped on the outskirts awaiting food amid exhausted mothers and gaunt children, many without milk or supper after a week of marching.
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Pehlman D. Glassford
William Hushka
Chicago
Johnstown
Washinon
My Beauty Hint By Marguerite Churchill
Marguerite Churchill shares her skin care routine advising against soap and water. She emphasizes nightly cleansing with a cleansing cream and tonic, followed by a nourishing food, and suggests using ice rubbing to reduce shine in dry climates.
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Marguerite Churchill
Personal notices from Fairmont and nearby towns
Mrs Dana Barker and her daughter Patricia Sue visit at the home of Mrs Barker’s parents in Pearl street. C F Hannon and family travel to Terra Alta for Miss Anna Nuzum’s funeral. Several residents retire from Akron visits and travel to Martinsburg Oakland and Washington Pa. The Los Angeles decommissioning note ends with a listed flying time of 4342 hours.
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Dana Barker
Patricia Sue
Fairmont
Martinsburg
Nell Fahey
McGraw Avenue
Oakland
Annette Johnson
Anna Hetlin
Tom Montgomery
Keyser
Grafton
James R. Montgomery
Maple Avenue
Smallwood
Clarence Smallwood
Roy Smallwood
Latrobe Street
Olive Keane
Washington, Pa
Fred Ringler
Washington, D. C
Guy Ringler
High Street
Rank Henry
Ros: Street
J. W. Portroff
Isabelle
Bonusers Near Grafton Pushing Toward Washington March
Twenty three veterans from a 150 strong California contingent camped near Grafton and plan to converge in Johnstown before a march on Washington. Commander Sam McGinnis says the group aims to pressure Congress for a bonus, praising public support and detailing their caravan logistics and fundraising methods.
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Washington
California
Finnegen's Rock
Sam McGinnis
110Th Street
Los Angeles
Johnstown
McGinnis
Congress
Grafton
Redhouse
Arizona
New Mexico
Economy bills aim to cut state workforce and taxes
The measure would slash government employment by 20 percent across agencies except fire departments and small offices. Two bills would cap tax collections at 85 percent of 1931 receipts and abolish the bridge commission transferring duties to the road panel. Legislature advances 11 of 14 economy bills while debate over property classification continues. Governor Conley not commenting on possible voter submission.
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Conley
Senate
House
Cholera Toll Mounting Amid Yangtze Floods and Flooded Canton
Reports from Shanghai and across the Yangtze Valley describe a spreading cholera outbreak with high death tolls as Yellow River floods devastate vast areas. Ho Nanfu and Hankow report severe losses while Western Shensi endures heavy rains and Canton faces major housing destruction and dozens of fires with about 200 deaths.
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Shanghai
Yangtze Valley
Yellow River
Canton
Honan
Nanking
Honanfu
Hankow
Hupeh
Shensi
Slantu
Canton Dispatches
Allocation of Funds For Dams Approved
Secretary Hurley approved $624,000 for operations and care of the Dashiels dams in Pennsylvania and for rocks and dams Nos 4 to 13 across Pennsylvania and West Virginia on August 1 193? The funds cover maintenance and supervising costs for the dam system along the Ohio region.
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Washington
Hurley
Dashiels
Pennsylvania
Rocks
West Virginia
Ohio
Jellied Vegetable Salad and Dessert Menu Notes
A vintage dinner menu lists Jellied Vegetable Salad, Peach Conserve, and Chocolate Filled Cake with Coffee. Includes detailed recipes for mashed potatoes, peach conserve, Jellied Vegetable Salad leftovers, and chocolate filling for a white cake, with measurements and preparation steps.
Card of Thanks for Frank Fromhart loss
Mrs Frank Fromhart thanks friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during her bereavement. She thanks those who lent cars for the funeral and those who sent floral offerings. May God bless them all.
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Frank Fromhart
Hospital Notes Brief Surgery List
Miss Beulah Williams surgical nurse at City Hospital underwent an operation for appendicitis this morning. Other hospital notes list Mrs Shafferman 305 Virginia Street major operation, Mrs Stella Harris Belington route 3 major operation, Mrs Ethel Towner 124 West Boyd Street major operation, plus discharged patients Miss Louise Workman Philippi and Mrs Lula Goode Belington.
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Beulah Williams
City Hospital
Weston
William “Shafferman
Virginia St
Stella Harris
Belington
Amusements Leave City After Weeks of Fun and Trouble
Amusements have cleared out from Grafton after stays ranging from a week to four weeks leaving the city and environs to resume peaceful normal life. The Elleville carnival departed Sams day for Weston leaving reports of trouble at games of chance along the midway. A man from Cannibal Island swished a razor blade, electric light bulbs and fish fights sparked interest at the show grounds and in a local hotel. The last medicine show was to leave this morning with the red man of full blood having performed for spiders and others a few more than the quarter who rode Bishop’s lot.
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Grafton
Elleville
Bishop
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Coral Parrish Montgomery
Grafton Sentinel Society
McCloskey
B. E.F
GOV. Pinchot
W. Va
Alc
Bridge Commission
Road Commission
Prohibition Department
Herold
Braxton
T. ¢. Townsend
Walter S. Hallanan
Republican National
Senate Journal
China
Liggert & Bye
Mrs
Alexander George
Hospital Notes
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