Local notices highlight weddings and reunions in city
Oak land paper lists the Garces of Miss Alice Sargeant and Earl Reginald Mymale as local newlyweds with the bride employed at the Strand theatre. It covers Protective Home Circle picnic plans in Paden City, Barnes family reunion at Saltwell, evangelistic work by Rev S. A. Smith, and several church and social events with dates and host families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymale-Sargeant
Oakland
Garces
Alice Sargeant
Earl Reginald Mymale
Strand Theatre
Protective Home Circle
West Virginia
Paden City
Ohio River
Wheeling
Parkersburg
Grafton Circle
Grafton
Cr. Hannon
Smith
Ohio
Fern Mimmieh
Indiana
Brethren Church
Mimmiet
Minnie Kirkpatrick
T. C. DeMoss
Boegh Street
Bernice
Herbert Losh
Alibert Ark
Flemington
Grafton High School
Ife
R. Losh
Webster
Crosier Wholesale House
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Waynesburg
Hagerstown
Cumberland
Grand Rapid
James Nisbet
Mary Nisbet
Frank Henry
Ada Holmes Jackson
Isabelle Potteroff
Dyspepsia Relief Promoted as Zex Magnesia Compound
An advertisement claims immediate relief from bloat and fullness after meals with Zex, a peppermint magnesium compound. It promises instant neutralizing of excess acid, stomach soothing, and bowel flushing, priced 60 cents at drug stores.
Dew Deodorant Promises Instant Breathable Relief
A deodorant product claims to stop excessive perspiration instantly and harmlessly while eliminating body odors. It states it can be used at any time, day or night.
Hoover to celebrate 55th birthday at Virginia camp
President Hoover will mark his 55th birthday Saturday at a Blue Ridge lodge in Virginia with family and close friends including Colonel and Mrs. Charles Lindbergh. No special observance is planned, with Hoover continuing his routine of rest and light recreation at the camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Ginia
Blue Ridge Mountains
Charles’ A. Lindbergh
Baskett Family Stops in Columbia on Motor Tour
Mr and Mrs W B Baskett of Columbia Missouri with daughter Mrs Cephas Rogers of Jane Lew West Virginia halted in Columbia this afternoon en route to Fairmont. They were accompanied by Edna Lee Baskett a former Sentinel society editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. 8. Baskett
Columbia
Cephas Rogers
Jane Lew
West
Gratton
Edna Lee
Baskett
the Sentinel
Fairmont
Baskett Daughters Plan World Flight Stopovers Journey
William S. Leeds, son of the late tin plate king, will circle the world aboard Graf Zeppelin. Miss Hazel Baskett, a Fairmont Teachers College faculty member, accompanies him. After the voyage, they will drive by motor via Wheeling and the Lincoln Highway to Missouri, visiting parents in Columbia for about a month before returning west in September. This is the Baskett parents’ first West Virginia visit in 40 years, after passing through Kentucky on their eastward journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presa
William S. Leeds
Hazel Baskett
Fairmont Teachers’ College
Wheeling
Lincoln Highway
Missouri
Columbia
West Virginia
Mrs. Baskett
Kentucky
Foleys Will Reside In Baltimore Md
Mr and Mrs J J Foley who never resided here for thirty five years are leaving for Baltimore next week to take up residence Dr Edgar Foley Dr John Jo Foley and Misses Roseard Helen Foley already in Baltimore Mr Foley retired shop foreman of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad here They will be located at 957 Warr ett street Baltimore Maryland after August 20th
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Foley
Baltimore
Edgar Foley
John Jo Foley
Roseard
Helen Foley
Foley
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Warrett Street
Maryland
Ice Cream Strike Threatens Chicago Supplies
Chicago August 9. An ice cream famine looms as workers at the ice cream union voted last week to strike starting today. If no settlement is reached immediately a shortage is likely this weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Tos Jay
Uni
Two Cars Collide on West Main Street No Injuries Reported
An automobile driven by W R Lear struck a parked car on West Main Street this morning. Both autos sustained damage but no one was injured. Herbert Losh owned the parked car. Vehicles were taken to Commercial Auto Company for repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Lear
West Main Street
Herbert Losh
Commercial Auto Company
Rooster Outwits Snake In Backyard Duel
Martinsburg West Virginia August 9 A rooster outwits a rattlesnake in a backyard contest the rooster feigns attack then sidesteps as the rattler strikes and drives his beak into the reptile sending it fleeing into the grass no injuries reported to people or pets
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
W.va
Investigate Scheme to Defraud State War Veterans Fund
Charleston West Virginia August 9 State Service Officer C M Jones disclosed one arrest made with others expected in an inquiry into an alleged scheme to defraud the State War Veterans fund Campbell L Baton of Chesapeake West Virginia was held under a federal charge of misuse of the mails Baton was arrested at the post office lobby when he called for his mail A search of his room yielded newspaper clippings accident reports and blank forms used in the veterans department Those involved allegedly watched papers for accidents and forged names on relief applications from the veterans service fund
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
C. M. Jones
State War Veterans’ Fund
Campbell L. Baton
Chesapeake
Batton
Jones
Veterans’ Department
Veterans’ Service Fund
French Flier Announces Long Distance Flight Record Attempt
At Le Bourget Captain Diudonne Costes prepared for a dawn takeoff in a bid to set a straight line trans Atlantic record from Paris to America. Airport field crews readied for a likely east west flight amid air ministry secrecy and favorable Atlantic weather outlook.
Joyce Sued For Divorce By His Second Wife
Chicago August 9 James Stanley Joyce third of Peggy Hopkins Joyce's millionaire husbands is sued for divorce yesterday by his second wife the former Mrs N Vail New York The bill charges cruelty Joyce and his second wife wed November 20 1926 five years after his marriage to Peggy Hopkins was dissolved The first marriage lasted a little over a year
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
James Stanley Joyce
Peggy Hopkins
Joyce
Trying to Collect Rent Man Is Shot In Buckshot Attack
Oliver Forshey, 47, shot while collecting rent in Wheeling by tenant L B Smith. Buckshot shattered his leg and doctors said his condition was serious. Forshey had both legs amputated today as a result of the injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
Oliver Forshey
L.B. Smith
Mother Fights Through Flames to Save Children
Barnesville, D Aug 9 Mrs Clyde Boyd rescued her two children as fire destroyed her home causing $6,000 in losses. She fought through the flames to reach the kids and save them, with $200 cash also burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnesville
Clyde Boyd
Dorothy Lewis Joins ABC Chain as Stah Contralto
After long success as a concert singer Dorothy Lewis becomes a star member of the ABC chain. She is among the most popular contraltos in western radioland and broadcasts from KYA to unseen audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Dorothy Lewis
Stah
ABC
KYA
Boy Dies From Eating Part of Meat He Was To Have Thrown Away
In Somerset Kentucky August 9 a 12 year old Samuel Stevens died after eating hamburger from discarded meat he was hired to haul away. His grandmother two brothers and grandfather became ill with two brothers in serious condition. The meat was cooked and served by the grandmother after he found it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
Samuel Stevens
William Stevens
Striking Grave Digger Killed In Queens Clash
A labor dispute turn deadly near Calvary Cemetery in Queens when strikers attacked a bus carrying strike breakers. Stanley Zasadzinski, 25, Brooklyn, was killed after police say foreman Philip Nunziato fired into the crowd as bricks and stones were hurled at the bus.
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New York
Gran
Calvary Cemtery
Queens
Stanley Zasadzinski
Brooklyn
Philip Nunziato
Calvary Cemetery
Nunziato
Referee Bribery Claim Ties to 1927 Dempsey Tunney Fight
Chicago reports the National Boxing Association chief Paul Prehn claims a gambler offered $10,000 to influence a referee for the Dempsey Tunney world heavyweight title bout at Soldier Field in 1927. Prehn says Dempsey was not involved and he rejected the offer and expelled the man. He described the commission turmoil leading to resignations and governor Emmerson’s actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Soldier Field
Paul Preha
National Boxing Association
Preha
Illinois State Athletic Commission
Prehn
Dempsey
Preba
Dempsey Wagpers
Two Inmates Escape From County Jail in Sistersville
Sistersville reports an escape from the county jail as Bar ton Collins and Delbert Marriman fled from the Middlebourne facility today. Details are sparse as investigators pursue the pair and security reviews begin.
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Sistersville
Barton Collins
Delbert Marriman J
Middlebourns
Gangs Control 90 Economic Industries in Chicago
John Landesco, director for the American Institute of Criminal Law, told Chicago researchers that gangsters control over 90 essential industries in Chicago. He cited Capone as an overlord who holds stock in enterprises to ensure protection, and he described a wide racketeering network involving police, prosecutors, and courts. He argued organized crime extends beyond prohibition, permeating politics, labor, and urban vice amid lax enforcement and entrenched corruption.
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University
Chicago
Institute of Public Affairs
John Landesco
American Institue of Criminal Law and Criminology
al Capone
Landesco
Illinois
Vicw
ICC Denies Rehearing in Terminal Case
Washington August 9 1921 The Interstate Commerce Commission denied the Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad a rehearing in the Cleveland Union Terminal case. The Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad had been granted permission to abandon its station and use the new Union Terminal by the Terminal Company. Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad had opposed the Wheeling Lake Erie move and sought to have the case reargued.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pittsburgh and West Virgin Railroad
Cleveland Union Terminal
Wheeling and Lake, Erle
Union Terminal Company
Pittsburgh Sac Waal Virginia
Wheeling Lake
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Coral R. Parrish
Barnes
Saltwell
Shin Nston
Dies Chrele
M. EB
Selah Tucker
Ficers
Womanns Christian Temperance
Womans Christian Temperance Union of
Pruntytown
Pruntytown M. E
Blueville Union
Virginia Fawcett
W. CT
Cora Alcorn
Martha Glenn Flesser
America
Lethaia
Sloans
Union
Henry Kramer
Moyne
Evelyn Arnett
Martha Glenn Beather
Rev. J. St. Arbogast
Mt Olive
Philippi
George S. Gall
Geneve Gall
Knottsville
Virginia Wilson
Ada Thomas
New York City
Mary Wilson
Tively
East
Alice Knight
Helen Howell
Sara Musgrove
Dorothy Newton
Zena Smith
Mary Smith
Losh DeMoss
W. R. Loar & Son
Grafton, W. Va
C. V. Miller
Reliable Footwear
W. V
Osgood
the Love Drug Co
H. L. Potts
Columbia, Missouri
Foleys
Baltimore, Md
Rooster
W. G. Chrislip
Grafton Hotel
al Mann
Sam Luzzo
Louis L. Emmerson
Silk
Sap
Burton & Randolph Inc
Windy City
Anne Arundel County
Jersey
B. F. Poe
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