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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1929
Page
11
Town repairs continue after flood destroyes adobe village
Rio Grande flooding left about 200 residents homeless in a tent settlement as workers clear adobe mud in San Acacia. Crop loss in the 30,000 acre area is estimated over $100,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Grande
San Acacia
Father Charged With Murder Of Son In South Carolina
J P Thomas, 22? charged with slaying his son Maxie 15 after coroner’s jury ruled mysterious death. Maxie’s life insured for over 20000. The pair went to Saluda river to fish Aug 3. Thomas said the boy slipped and drowned. Dr B P Robinson Clemson chemist found traces of two poisons in the boy’s stomach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
S. C
Maxie
J. P. Thomas
Thomas
Saluda River
Clemson College
Union Baptist Church Homecoming at Simpson
The Union Baptist Church at Simpson invites the public to a Sunday homecoming and membership roll call on August 18. Built in 1802, it is among the oldest Baptist churches in the area. Rev. J. W. Kirby will lead 11 a.m. services. N. F. Kendall and other speakers will address the afternoon program. Dinner on the grounds. attendees urged to bring baskets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Baptist Church
Simpson
J. W. Kirby
Spekors
N. F. Kendall
Double Fate Stalks In Darkey's Path
Isaac Walker, a colored man about 10 o clock last night near 1032 West Main street, had his car collide with a trolley. His car was demolished and he was arrested for driving while intoxicated. Constable C P Green arrived at the scene and took Walker to the Taylor county jail for trial today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Walker
W. Main Street
Walker
C.P. Green
Wallace Henderson
Warl C. Demoss
Taylor County
Coffman Dies in Clarksburg Former Senate President Charles G Coffman
Charles G Coffman 54, a lawyer and former state senate president, died at his Clarksburg home after a nervous breakdown suffered while serving as senate president in early 1925. He had previously served as assistant federal district attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
Charles G. Cogman
State Senate
Coffman
Senate
Sound Sleep Aid Promises Restful Nights With Zex
An advertisement touts Zex the Pepsin ated Magnesia Compound as a remedy for nervous indigestion, stomach distress, bloating, and gas. It claims quick relief and sound sleep, noting it cleanses bowels. price 60e at drug stores.
Wax figures shape early New York history for museum
Dwight Franklin, a New York native, is sculpting wax tableaux for the Museum of the City of New York on Madison Square site. His figures depict Hendrick Hudson era scenes to Jimmy Walker days, with early Manhattan purchase and George Washington’s first inauguration among near completion. He notes later era scenes are harder to reconstruct from memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Maslock
New York
Madison Square Garden
Dwight Franklin
New Yorker
Hendrik Hudson
Jimmy Walker
Franklin
New Museum of the City of
Manhattan Island
Nathan Hale
George Washington
Remembering a City’s Past Through Wardrobe and Labor
The writer reflects on changing fashion from decades past and the fading memory of prewar dress. He compares Irish workers who built the city to later steel workers, noting how forgotten roles shape the skyline and personal recollections of Franklin, aged 41, recalling scenes from the century and the 1890s in East Side streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Washington
Wayo
Franklin
East Side
Landmark Wendel Mansion Secluded by 19th Century Fashion
Sun-tanned shoppers stroll Fifth Avenue as two workmen chip away decaying stone at the old Wendel mansion on Thirty-ninth Street. The 1856 brownstone stands behind a high wall surrounding a yard valued at about $2 million. Ella Wendel and her sister Rebecca, the last of six siblings, retain the site and resist selling or leasing despite a $300,000-a-year offer. The family fortune, from fur trade linked to John G. Wendel and tied to Astor relatives, remains rooted in unchanged traditions since 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue
Wendel
Thirty- Ninth Street
Ella Wendel
Irvington-on-the -Hudson
Rebecca Wendel Swope
John G. Wendel
John Jacob Astor
Army to review expenditures for possible economies
Secretary Good said the general staff report on possible means to affect economics on War Department expenditures would be ready about November 1. President Hoover had announced a commission of general staff officers would survey army organization and expenditures to seek economies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Good
General Staff of the Army
War Department
Hoover
Oil Well Brought in At Spencer Today
Spencer, Aug 15. The Heck Oil Company of Spencer brought in a new oil well on the H. W. Allen farm on the Seamon Fork of Reedy Creek Roane county. Officials estimate a 100 barrels per day output from the undeveloped territory and say 2,500 acres around the well have been leased by the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
Heck Oil Company
H. W. Allen
Seamon Fork
Reedy, Creek
Roane County
Heck Company
Five Ministers Figure In Wheeling Wedding
Miss Katharine M. King wed Rev. George S. Maxwell at the Cooperstown Presbyterian church near Franklin Pennsylvania. Three Wheeling ministers attended, with Rev Frederick Cropp Jr as best man and Rev Dr James Potter officiating. the bride is daughter of former county commissioner Charles W. King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin, Pa
Wheeling
W. Va
Katherine _M. King
George S. Maxwell
Cooperstown Presbyterian Charch
Frederick Cropp, Jr
James Potter
Cropp
Potter
Rear Admiral Niblack Ill in Nice France
Rear Admiral Albert P. Niblack retired and director of the international hydrographic bureau is dangerously ill at his villa in Nice France. It was not expected he would live through the night. Niblack had a distinguished U S Navy career including service as naval attaché in Berlin Rome and Vienna and participation in the Spanish American war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nice
France
Albert P. Niblack
International, Hydrographic Bureau
Niblack
U. S. Navy
Hech
Berlin
Rome
Vienna
Partici
Wheeling Society Girl Killed In Auto Crash
Wheeling, Aug. 15. Investigation opened into the death of Miss Holly Patterson, a Wheeling society girl, killed when an automobile crashed into a telephone pole near the battle of Nipe Bay. Krank Waterhouse, broker, drove the car, with Miss Lydia Good the third occupant, both slightly injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling Society
Wheeling
Holly Patterson
Nipe Bay
Krank Waterhouse
Amer
Jean Ships
Lydia Good
Ber
General Board
Commanded Squadron Two of Patrol Force in Gibraltar 1917
The record notes Squadron Two of the patrol force assigned to Gibraltar in November 1917 and the commander of U S naval forces in the western Mediterranean until after the armistice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibraltar
U. S
Mediterranean
Huntington Woman May Die From Injury
Mrs. Mary McCormick of Hargington West Virginia may die from injuries after an automobile wheel slid off the front axle of a passing machine, struck her on South Canal street, then was replaced and the car took her to a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Chicago
Mary McCormick
Hargington
W. Va
South Canal Street
Install New Equipment in Jarrett Building
The Ornamental Iron Work Company moves quickly to install fire escapes and equipment in the Jarrett building on West Main Street making it a prime office and apartment center. Occupied by Parrish Realty Company Gene W Ford attorney Grafton Electric Company Kember Music Company Tygarts Valley Traction Company and others, with new heating equipment recently installed promising improved uniform temperature before winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jarrett
West Main Street
Parrish Realty Company
Gene W. Ford
Grafton Electric Company
Kember Music Company
Tygarts’ Valley Traction Company
Revolt Leader Returns To Merida State
General Augustin Sendez, former Nicaraguan insurgent leader, arrived in Merida Mexico with his Mexico City representative Dr. Pedro Jose Zepeda after a brief stay at Tizimin. He said he plans to stay in Yucatan and become a farmer with other members of his former army arriving soon. He expressed hope for a free prosperous Nicaragua in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merida
Mexico
Augustin Sendino
Tizimin
Mexico City
Pedro Jose Zepeda
Yucatan
Diario
Nicaragua
Arraigned on charge against Wall Street tipsters firm
New York August 15 two members of the firm Anderson and Company alleged Wall Street tipsters were arraigned on charges of using the mails to defraud and held in ten thousand and seven thousand five hundred dollars bail. A Arthur Carter the alleged head of the firm was held on the higher bail and is being sought with two other members. Samuel Von Kessler was the other man arrested and arraigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Anderson and Company
Wall Street
A. Arthur Carter
John V. Anderson
Connecticut
Samuel von Kessler
Oriental Color Flows as Graf Zeppelin Departs
In Friedrichshafen Aug 15 a parade of Japanese women in colorful kimonos greeted the Graf Zeppelin as it prepared to depart for Tokyo. The group, friends of the three Japanese passengers, carried flags and a 15 year old girl raised a banner to present Commander Nishiro Fujiyoshi a Japanese doll for good luck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friedrichshafen
Tokyo
Nishiro Fujiyoshi
Weirton bookkeeper critically injured in park accident
Knowles Hobbs, 25, a Weirton Steel Company bookkeeper, was seriously injured after a 25 foot fall from a swing at Rock Springs Park. He suffered a fractured skull and arm. Winnipeg fires near timberlands in the Canadian northwest were brought under control today after weeks of substantial damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weirton
W. Va
Knowles Hobbs
Weirton Steel Company
Rock Springs Park
Winnipeg
Man
Canadian Northwest
Hunger strike by 39 Soviet officials in Harbin protest
In Harbin Manchuria on August 15 39 Soviet officials detained since last May after a Chinese raid on the Soviet consulate began a hunger strike. They protest 10 weeks without trial and their imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harbin
Manchuria
Morganton eliminated in regional by Washington at Legion tourney
In Philadelphia Morganton West Virginia fell to Washington 11 to 3 in regional play of the American Legion Junior Baseball Championship. Pergola of Morganton gave up 12 hits while Washington pitcher Russell limited Morgantown to six. Washington advances to face the Baltimore-Uniontown winner in tomorrow’s final after Baltimore won 10-9 over Wilmington earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Morganton
W. Va
American Legion
Washington
Pergola
Russell
Baltimore-Uniontown
Baltimore
Wilmington
Del
R.H. E
Morgantown
Russell and King
Pervola
Bryan
Troopers arrest Stewart Morgan and Russell Hayhurst
Trooper H. K. Debendarfer arrested Stewart Morgan and Russell Hayhurst on the Knottsville pike last night. Morgan was fined 41.60 for intoxication, Hayhurst faced a fine for operating an automobile with improper licenses at arraignment before Magistrate John L. Wittman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart Morgan
Russell Hayhurst
H. K. Debendarfer
Knottsville Pike
John L. Wittman
Morgan
Hayhurst
Debendarter
International Tangle Over Romanian Case Reaches Governor
In Canton Ohio on August 15 the mailing of records in the John Popovici case stirred an international tangle. Governor Cooper demanded a full report from Prosecutor H W Harter Jr after a state department protest was rejected by the Romanian legation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
John Popovici
Cleveland
M. ¥. Cooper
H. W. Harter, Jr
State Legation
Tog3er Department
Newspaper ownership suit seeks 2.5 million against IPCo
William La Varre, a recent witness in the investigation of ownership of newspapers by the International Paper company, sues the firm for 2.5 million dollars. The action centers on alleged control and rights tied to newspaper ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presa
William la Varre
International Paper Company
Investigation Calls After Alleged Legation Transfer
A report notes a legation was turned over to authorities for investigation with limited details. The snippet mentions a single entity and a vague action awaiting further inquiry.
City Orders Strict Rules for Street Jitneys
New Orleans on Aug 15 reports the city commission plans to enforce rigid regulations on jitneys operating on city streets despite objections from union leaders. The move aims to standardize routes, fares, and safety measures amid mounting disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
City Commission
Parker kills estranged wife then dies in Texas hotel
In Ramrillo Texas C H Parkie shot and killed his estranged wife Me in a hotel room and then killed himself. Mrs Parkie was found beside her bed with Miss Ludie Raynes as a roommate. Parkie died last night from his earlier injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramrillo
Tex
C. H. Parkie
Amend Complaint Aims to Annul Jackson Barnett Marriage
In Los Angeles on August 15 the government filed an amended complaint to annul the marriage of wealthy Indian Jackson Barnett and to seize all property and money held by his white wife Anna Laura Barnett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Jackson Barnett
Anna Laura Barnett
Bus Employees Strike Shuts Dublin Transit
Dublin August 16 1922 bus and tramway service halted as 2 000 employees walk out over a 10 percent wage reduction after a failed conference failed to yield settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Pila
Fat Wife Divorce Case Sparks Attention in New York
A divorce case in New York on April 4 drew wide notice over testimony that a wife had become fat and less attractive. An observer noted that many women lose beauty with weight, while an advertisement urged Kruschen Salts as a 30 day remedy promising weight loss, better skin, eyes and energy. The ad claimed a bottle costs 85 cents and lasts 30 days, sold by Grafton Drug.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Grafton Drug & Chy Co
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Eorge R. Kinsey
Carl Huston
Youngstown
Ohio
A. P. Rowe
Jamita Utt
Dirigible
Moscow
Germany
Jarrett Bldg
Rettt
Union Realty Company, Investment Bankers
Charleston
America
J.c.penney CO
W. Main St
Grafton
W. Wai
Wva
International Tangle
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