Community Notes From Grafton and Surrounding Areas
The Grand Army of the Republic ladies meet at Modern Woodman hall tomorrow at 2 PM for regular business. Former Grattonians visit from Newark Ohio with motor trip after 40 years. Quotarians of Clarksburg and Grafton host dinner at Friends Place with music and readings. Ladies Aid groups of St Pauls and West Main Street M E Church plan meetings and bake sale. Hospital report lists two new patients and a discharge after injuries. Valley Inn hosts large dance crowd with Carl McElfresh orchestra. Virginians of Wheeling to perform Friday. American Legion Auxiliary to meet at Moose Hall tonight.
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Clarksburg
Grafton
Friends Place
Jackson
Lulu Jackson
Ladies Aid Society
West Main Street
M. E
Grace Frye
Tugaday
Carl’ McElfresh
Warrmont
Wheeing
Miss Lessie Martin Recovers From Blood Poisoning
Miss Lessie Martin has been confined to her home with blood poisoning for seven weeks and is slowly recovering. W C Balser of this city learned that his father Frank Balser of Sandyville West Virginia died Tuesday evening. Funeral services will be held in Sandyville on Friday. Mr and Mrs Balser and son Junior will leave for Sandyville. The column notes several local social visits and small advertisements including fresh dug potatoes and hats for sale, plus residents traveling to nearby towns and visiting relatives.
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Lessie Martin
W. C. Balser
Frank Balser
Sandyville
W. Va
Everting
Cheat River
B. F. Poe
Junior Chenoweth
Cincinnati
South
Rachel Bowers
Loveland
Elkins
Pries Low
Florence Poe Donohue
Blueville
Robert C. Madera
Morgantown
Grafton
West Main Street
Howard Fauley
Clarksburg
Rogers Cottage
Grafton Park
W. C. Hanway
Margaret
Oakland
Florence Poe
Donohue
H. H. Curry
Gladys
Willa Jean
Fairmont
W. P. Withers
George Wittman
Pruntytown
W .C. T. U. Institute
J. E. Ulm
Son Eamont
Charleston
Henry Kramer
Sommerset
Ill Blueville child Jean Orr improves. new promo offer
Jean Orr of Blueville, who have been quite ill for some time, are improving. With each $5 order for pictures of any child under six years, we will give an enlarged picture beautifully colored in oil. This picture alone is worth the price. 1266 W. Loar & Son, Grafton, W. Va.
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Jean Orr
Blueville
Scout Troop No 4 Enjoying Camp Life at Camp Y Rator
Scout troop No 4 encamped at Camp Y Rator enjoys their stay. Attending are Karl Hughes scout master James Ree assistant scout master and scouts Dorsey Newbrough Martin Newbrough Richard Glenn Fraley Lowden Harvey Donnachie Sandy Linn Richard Campbell James Robinson and Charles Robinson.
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Camp Y-Rator
Karl Hughes
James Ree
Dorsey
Martin Newbrough
Richard Glenn
Fraley Lowden
Harvey Donnachie
Sandy Linn
Richard ‘Campbell
James
Charles Robinson
Courthouse Renovation Stirs Wage Dispute in County
Renovation of the Taylor County courthouse halted briefly as a wage dispute erupted between J B Pitzer local painter and Alph Shaw contractor. Pitzer claims forty cents per hour is excessive while Shaw alleges damages from painter supplies. Magistrate J O Jaca deferred ruling as county court weighs labor costs and expenses.
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Taylor County
J. B. Pitzer
Alph Shaw
J.O. Jaco
Pitzer
Shaw
Jed Robinson
J. O. Jaca
Will Docket Case In Circuit Court Over Keo Award Parlor
The appealed case of L C Phillips charged with operating a Keo Award at the recreation billiard parlor and lunch room will be docketed in circuit court. Phillips was fined 100 and given a 60 day sentence after a hearing before Mayor Charles C. King. Charles Hyson of East Grafton testified he lost about 9 in a game Saturday.
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L. C. Phillips
Phillips
Charles C. King
Charles Hyson
East Grafton
Flight Man Held Admitted Slaying Swedish Flier Will Continue
Manderville F Friey held in county jail reportedly admitted shooting Robert Tipton 29 last night on Farley’s Ridge at Camp Creek. Farley claimed self defense after Tipton’s body was found. Corra Hatcher, a witness, was held as a material witness. Tipton's home is Chattanooga Tennessee. At Pebble Beach, the national amateur golf tournament opens Sept. 2 with about 200 golfers. In Stockholm, Ahrenberg may abandon a transatlantic attempt, favoring a return to Sweden amid fog and northern conditions debate.
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Man Held
Bluefield
W. Va
Manderville
F Friey
Robert Tipton
Farley
Camp Creek
Frley
Tipton
Cora Hatcher
Chattanooga
Tenn
Pebble Beach
Stockholm
Sweden
Albin Ahrenberg
Ivigtut
Greenland
New York
Atlantic
Ahrenberg
Iceland
Labrador
Ireland
South Atlantic
Open Telephone Offices Here For Inspection Of Residents
Chesapeake and Potomay Telephone Co opens its offices to the public for the first time, with managers and department heads guiding tours Thursday and Friday evenings from 7 to 9. Officials and staff will explain plant and operating rooms, while Chief Operator Miss Katherine Hussion and Wire Chief Clark Morgan answer questions. Guests receive souvenirs after the tour. A personal note recounts Sea man John Maxim seeking a gold medal from King George for aiding the Thames rescue in December 1924.
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Chesapeake and Potomay Telephone Company
Pulicc
J. W. Ault
Graftonians
R. T. Roche
W. A. Saunders
Clark Morgan
Katherine Hussion
John Maxim
Maxim
King George of
England
British Board of Trade
Springfield
Institute
Search for missing Sandlands captain after boarding incident
Jack Heath a Detroit elevator mechanic and cabin cruiser skipper, disappeared after a boarding by federal investigators and police. Mrs Maxine Heath said the Sandlands sank during a struggle when Heath refused to show credentials. Customs inspector Milto n Larson and Sandilands left the boat with Heath on board before all parties vanished.
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Jack Heath
Detroit
Sandlands
Heath
Gregory H. Frederick
Maxine Heath
Fredericks
Sandilands
Milton Larson
Atday
Séigure
Largo
Heaths
Sailor Discovers Medal in Sea Service Tale
New York aboard the Seaman's Church Institute bulletin board reads like an international newspaper for seafarers. A seaman named Maxim arrives from foreign parts and scans the list of missing men and ships, then suddenly finds a medal among the entries.
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Bulletin Board of
Seaman’s Church
New York
Belletin
Seaman's Church Institute
Oln Maxim
Mamim
Engineer Drowns on Hankow Run From Triumph
John Chekhaber of New Albany Indiana second engineer of the shipping board freighter Triumph drowned at Hankow and buried there with Mason icrites. The freighter arrived at Hankow with two cargoes of oil from Norfolk Virginia. The University of North Carolina refused to play its 1929 game with Georgia Tech at night.
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Shanghai
John Chekhaber
New Albany
Ind
Shipping Board
Triumph
Hankow
Norfolk
University of North Carolina
Georgia Tech
Questioned in Diploma Mill Scandal in Chicago
An assistant state's attorney who headed the indictment department was seized for questioning after investigators said he disclosed the state's plans to people involved in the medical diploma mill case. Clarenes E. Nelson admitted loaning a secret document to George Kohn, who used it to frighten Barrow into returning money to buyers of forged certificates.
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Chicago
Department of the States
Clarenes E. Nelson
George Xohn
Kohn
Wacrtionaal
Patrick Roche
Ivestigator
Nelson
Aobert Carl Barrow
Barrow
Bandits Raid Roadhouse Steal 20000 In Chicago Ash
A gang of about six bandits armed with three machine guns robbed Ridgeland Farm roadhouse in Chicago last night during a gala dinner. They took 20000 from guests and the proprietor, with 1000 from the cash register, while patrons cowered on the floor and some fainted. Stanley Coveleskie, once a star pitcher, lost his job with a Scot Bend independent team.
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Chicago
Ridgeland Farm
Stanley Coveleskie
Scoth Bend
Bombing planes forced landing near Winslow finish coast flight plan
Army headquarters received word that Captain George M. Palmer and Lieut. Leonard Haremann failed to arrive with other planes from Tangley Field Virginia. They reportedly made a forced landing yesterday at Winslow Arizona and spent the night there, with plans to resume the flight to San Diego today.
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San Diego
Cal
Army
Field
George M. Palmer
Leonard Hareman
Tangley Field
Winslow
Ariz
Girl Was Shot By Man In Pact To Kill Herself
Morgantown West Virginia Aug 7 Miss Louise Stine 26 formerly lived here with parents who ran a student restaurant near West Virginia University was found slain in Pittsburgh. Police say the man Pugh killed her and then died by his own action after plotting the pact last week. Three taxi drivers questioned saw the woman's body through an apartment window. Stine's former husband and the couple had discussed divorce and marriage. Pugh's widow is under a doctor's care.
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West Virginia
Pugh
Wilkevinsburg
Nat Gormen
Ben= son
L. J. McCarthy
Womah
Benson
Womean
Gormen
Gorman
Morgantown
W. Va
Louise Stine
Pittsburgh
West Virginia University
Dorsey Stine
Earl Smith
Stine
Ian Twidley
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Coral R
Parrish
Ladies Aid Meeting
Ladies Aid Society of
St. Paul's M. BE
A. V. Parkhill
Valley Inn
Ces Hospital
L. A. Sharn
Newbury
James Moore
Lewis Serelin
American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion Auxilary
Moose Hall
Ana Eto
C. V. Miller
Reliable Footwear
Osgood
du Barry
Love Drug Company
L. Potts
W. R. Loar & Son
Grafton, W. Va
Court House
Will
Haymond’s
Milady
le Monner
Sailor
Just
the Fair Department
Barton & Randolph Incorporated
Paige Witte
William Boyd
Pathe
United St Cavalry
Ray Harrie
Jungmeyer
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