Local Society Meetings and Reunions Highlight Park Events
Community groups meet at Parkview and First Christian church with prayers and readings. Picnic at Grafton Park features dancing by Hi-Jackers Orchestra and visits from Cumberland and Pittsburgh guests. Family reunions for Seranage Isner Shaver and other groups plan programs and baskets at Route 50 sites.
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First Christian Church
Grafton Park
Gand
J. M. Garvey
Garvey
McMackin
Yarnell
Cumberland
Lloyd Powell
Daughters
Pittsburgh
Beauty Hint From Marie Dressler on Natural Youth
Marie Dressler reflects that the first hundred years are the hard era and sixty-year-olds are entering their own. She urges older women to stop aggressive beauty rituals and embrace inner beauty, simplicity, and natural vanity as a path to graceful aging. She suggests passing on paint pots to younger generations and returning to soap and powder for a natural look.
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Marie Dressler
Myself
Dinner Honoring Mary Ford Before Baltimore Training
West Main street hosts Mr and Mrs B L Ford Sr for a dinner in honor of daughter Miss Mary Ford who leaves late month for Mercy hospital in Baltimore. Blue and white decor featured a white nurse miniature cake. Guests included Richard Tucker Miss Mabel Ayers Ames Bishop Irene Ford and the Ford family. Dinner served at one o'clock.
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B. L. Ford
West Main Street
Mary Ford
Baltimore
Mercy Hospital
Richard Tucker
Mabel Ayers
Morgantown
Ames Bishop
Irene Ford
R. L. Ford, Jr
Addie Hehnert
R. L. Ford, Sr
Robert Ford
Bonnie Ford
Ferndale Pavilion Hosts Delightful Dancing Party
Ferndale pavilion hosts a charming dancing party this evening with public invitation extended. Mrs P J O Connor serves as hostess at the pavilion.
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Ferndale Pavilion
P. J. O'Connor
Personal notices from Blueville and nearby communities
Teddy Robinson and Emmett Phillips of Blueville return from Cooksville Ohio after visiting Donald Vegon. Miss Norine Ann Sterling of Maple Avenue spends August in Kingwood with grandparents A W Beavers. Mrs Mabel Shaw and Miss Madeline Gets vacation two weeks in Atlantic City. Alice Margaret Holt undergoes appendicitis operation at Grafton City Hospital and recovers. Mrs W E Knotts and Miss Minnie Kirkpatrick return from Harrisville W Va, accompanied by Mrs S Starky. George F Norris and two sons Virgil Raymond and Clyde Dale return home after visiting Oakland Md and Deep Creek Lake. George Custer and Mr Norris join later. Ed Carr of Wheeling visits niece Mrs J A Kimble on Maple Avenue. Mrs Harry Beverlin of Grafton and Miss Willa Brand of Glenville visit Eva Brand on Levaland Avenue. Brand, a teacher at Glenville State College, plans Morgantown visit.
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Teddy Robinson
Emmett Phillips
Blueville
Cooksville
Ohio
Donald Vegon
Norine Ann Sterling
Maple Avenue
Kingwood
A. W. Beavers
Mabel Shaw
Madeline Gets
Atlantic City
Alice Margaret Holt
A. A. Holt
Grafton City Hospital
W. E. Knotts
Minnie Kirkpatrick
Harrisville
W. Va
Starky
George F. Norris
Virgil Raymond
Clyde Dale
Oakland
Deep Creek Lake
Norris
Harry Beverlin
Grafton
Willa Brand
Glenville
Eva Brand
Levaland
Brand
Glenville State College
Beverlin
Morgantown
Fairmont Times
Women fliers still in air in endurance attempt
New York reports Frances Marsalis and Louise Thaden breakfasting after 44 hours aloft in their flying boudoir. They refueled and continued the endurance flight at 9:40 a.m. E.S.T., aiming to set a new record for women. Also noted is the discovery of a petrified jawbone of a saurian at Eufaula, Alabama by Levy Threatt, a local fisherman.
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New York
Frances Marsalis
Louise
Eufaula
Ala
Rail shares push to new highs in summer rebound
New York traders bought rails in a brisk session with gains up to seven points for some names like Union Pacific Case Allied Chi Nor/folk and Western while the broader list lagged. O S Steel rose early but pulled back. American Telephone held firm afternoon highs. Other gainers included American Can Westinghouse Eastman American Tobacco B Liggett Myers B Consolidated Gas and New York Central. Coppers were sluggish. This photograph of President Herbert Hoover has been selected by the republican national committee.
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Union Pacific
Case
Allied Chin
Norfolk and Western
0. S. Steel
American Telephone
American Can
Westinghouse
Eastman
American Tobacco
Liggett& Myers
Consolidated Gas
New York Central
Chesapeake & Ohio
Southern Pacific
Radio
General Electric
General’ Motors
Standard of New Jersey
Duelshooting Takes Place In New York Hotel
New York August 16 a hotel shooting in Times Square ended with the death of a man identified as Matthew Kulus of Coney Island. An unclothed woman named Muriel Olwell, 35, who said she was shot in the jaw, was taken to a hospital in serious condition.
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New York
Times Square
Tivoli
Matthew Kulus
Coney Island
Muriel Olwell
Two Men Shot In Irish Gun Battle
In Kilrush County Clare Dublin newspapers report George Gilmore, a noted Irish Republican Army figure, and T. J. Ryan wounded in a revolver clash with police amid three months of labor unrest and bomb outrages. Gilmore had been held by a special military tribunal for political activity under the Cosgrave government and was released after De Valera became president.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
George Gilmore
Irish Republian Army
T. J. Ryan
Kilrush
County Clare
Gilmore
Ge Renear
Cosgrave
Hamlin de Valera
Potters Announce Signing of Accord
The United States Potters Association announces a new pact with the Brotherhood of Operative Potters, outlining terms expected to reduce wares costs and standardize production across member firms. The accord aims to stabilize prices and improve market conditions for ceramic goods nationwide.
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Potters
Tieareaat O
Aetacp
United States Potters “Association
Orath Meterhood of
Illinois Miners Plan to Picket Springfield
The Illinois State Register said today down state striking miners were en route to Springfield with intent to move on to Taylorville to picket mines where workers are on a new lower wage scale.
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Springfield
Tllinois’ State Register
Taylorville
Follansbee Glass Co to Resume Operations
Wheeling August 18 City officials announce Jefferson Glass Company Fol lasisbee will resume operations today after a four month shutdown. The plant normally employs about two hundred workers. Local officials also report water rate adjustments and related technical details.
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Wheeling
Jefferson Glass Company
Follasisbee
Lancaster's Murder Trial Ends In Closings
Miami August 16 Captain W N Lancaster on trial for the Haden Clarke slaying faced final arguments as witnesses wrapped a twelve day testimony. Prosecution charged Lancaster planned the murder after Clarke stole his woman while defense lauded him as unselfish and noble, arguing the state failed to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt. Clarke, a young writer, was killed April 21 in the home of Mrs Keith Miller, Lancaster's former flying partner.
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Miami
Fla
W. N. Lancaster
Haden Clarke
Clarke
Henry M. Jones
J. M. Keith‘Miller
Lancaster
Jones
Keith Miller
James M. Carson
William Newton
Carson
Haden ‘Clarke
Keith-Miller
Roosevelt says Walker may resign as New York mayor
The Philadelphia Record cites sources claiming James J. Walker plans to resign within days to avoid an unfair hearing. Roosevelt’s Albany office continues probing Walker’s fitness amid Sherwood related financial questions. Curtin argues Walker’s ties are private, but the governor stresses officials must disclose private income sources.
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Philadelphia Record
James J. Walker
New York
Roosevelt
Walker
Albany
N. Y
Russell T. Sherwood
John J. Curtin
Sherwood
Curtin
Thomas M., Farley
Tammany
Festival Princess Miss McCorkle Named at Mt State Forest Festival
Governor Conley appointed Miss McCorkle a festival princess at the Third Annual Mt State Forest Festival in Elkins from October 6 to 8. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs William G McCorkle of Charleston and has studied at eastern schools.
Indictments Arise From Bonus Army Clash at Capitol
Three men were indicted by a grand jury for roles in the veterans clash with police that drove the Bonus Army from the Capitol. Broaddus Faulkner of Kentucky faced felonious assault charges against Patrolman John Winters. Bernard McCoy of Chicago was named in felonious assault against Patrolman James Scott. John O Olson of Nebraska was charged with felonious assault against Patrolman Richard Bankett. Authorities indicated no further charges were expected and that the inquiry likely would close.
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Washington
Bonus
Broaddus Faulkner
Michigan
Philadelphia
Faulkner
John E. Winters
Bernard McCoy
Chicago
James E. Scott
Scott
Hoover
John O. Olson
Valpairaso
Nebraska
Richard O. Bankett
Snake Causes Ferry Boat To Upset In India
About 100 people believed drowned when a ferry boat overturned near Kolhapur as a large snake dropped from a tree into the crowd. Passengers and crew swung to one side, the craft capsize, with only some reaching shore.
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Bombay
Kolhapur
Iit'was
Slot Machine Money Turned Over to Poor Relief Fund
Chicago August 16 The wages of sin are going to the unemployed Capt Joseph Goldberg of Albany police station says money seized from slot machines in yards is being turned over to a poor fund for relief of people in the district.
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Chicago
Joseph Goldberg
Albany
Former Grafton Man In Serious Condition At Clarkburg Hospital
Dr A J Grant longtime Grafton resident and former drug business owner is seriously ill in Clarkburg hospital after an incident this forenoon. He previously owned the Shanabarger property on Washington street and ran a drug business in the Love Drug Company building about 20 years ago. He was a partner with Scott Jackson before selling the business to Be Grants and later to Ernest L Love.
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A. J. Grant
Dane ‘Lew
Grafton
Gift
Clarks
Acusion
Paraguay
Aters
Grant
Shanabarger
Washinon Street
Love Drug Company
Eeman Potts
Scott Jackson
Grants
Ernest L. Love
Piccalilli Recipe On Dinner Menu Card
Recipe style note shows a piccalilli variant with 8 cups chopped green tomatoes peppers and cabbage plus celery salt vinegar sugars and spices. Steps include washing chopping draining boiling and sealing in a stone jar. Includes related dinner items and a family favorite label.
Parker House Rolls Recipe From A Coffeehouse Era
A dated recipe for Parker House rolls with crumbled yeast, warm water, salt, sugar, and fat. It details heating milk, cooling to lukewarm, combining with yeast, adding flour, kneading till soft, rising times, shaping into circles, folding halves, rising again, and baking about 15 minutes in a moderate oven.
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Parker House
Date on 105th Birthday of Florida's Oldest Woman
Florida's oldest woman, Martha Weeks known as Grandma, celebrated her 105th birthday in St. Petersburg with a matinee in her honor. Her escort was a 01-year-old friend named Charles Eldridge. She woke early, enjoyed breakfast, and said she never felt better. She used a telephone to speak with a congratulating man in Illinois for the first time.
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St. Petersburg
Florida
Martha
Illinois
Venable Denied Testimony in Bath County Shortage Trial
George B. Venable, former Bath County treasurer, stands trial in Warm Springs Virginia on charges of public fund shortage. He is denied permission to testify that his failure to turnover eight balances to his successor resulted from not receiving unpaid tax tickets, as related in this fragment of testimony.
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Warm Springs
George B. Venable
Bath County
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Gladine Kirby
Ezd
China
Dewey Jones
Earl C. DeMoss
Lincoln Stuggt
Judson Missionary
Judson Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
Hazel Bartlett
Pruntytown Pike
Joymakers Club
Dawson's Camp
Cheat River
Mary Belle Richman
Margaret Bayley
Maxine Carr
Evelyn Summers
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Ruth Carr
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Atwell Summes
Mary Evelyn Shears
Gassaway
Mary Louise Brady
Vanderbilt
Seranage Famlies
City Park
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Abe Isner
Ames Isner
Louise Ringler
Miriam Isner
Grace Ringler
Paul Rogers
Charles Isner
Nathan Cole
Hubert Poling
James Isner
Dorsey Isner
Viola Cassidy
Weston
FM. Glenn
Rev
Funk
Marinello Beauty Shop & Prone
Beauty
West Va
Babe
Mildred
Call-Me-Babe" Didrikson
Dallas
Peabody
Mass
Associated Press
Herbert Hoover
N. Y. Hotel
Tllinois
Follansbes Glass Co
Ckaburg
Miss
Kurdistan
Armenia
Cauca
Margaret L. M’corkle
Trio
Mrs
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Piccalilli Parker House
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