Keefover Tragedy On Lincoln Street Involving Auto
Archie Keefover aged six on Lincoln street was struck by a car driven by Miss Allie Gaines while near Mrs M F Hickman. He was knocked down and run over but not fatally touched. The boy, a son of Mr and Mrs Will Keefover, faced a fragile prognosis with brief improvement then decline. Witnesses say the accident was unavoidable and Gaines is absolved of blame. The incident interrupted his anticipation of city school opening next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sentinel
Gaines
Cty
Will Keefover
Lincoln Street
Clarksburg Aviator Killed in Texas Air Crash
Lieutenant Fernando A. Robinson 23 of Clarksburg died in an Laredo Texas airplane crash with his mechanic Norman Roddy sustaining a broken leg. The Eighth Aero Squadron cited engine trouble as the cause. Robinson had enlisted early in the war and served about two years. His family, in Winchester, Virginia, learned of the tragedy after a searching trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
W. Va
Laredo
Texas
Fernando A. Robinson
Associated Press
Winchester
Robinson
Benjamin F. Robinson
Army
Norman Roddy
Orcers
Eighth Aero Squadron
Local Guests and Community Whirl At Pruntytown
Mrs Rebecca Alexander and Miss Gertrude Rector of Clarksburg visited Miss Lena Woodyard for several days. Lee Wiseman and family of Akron Ohio stayed with Mrs Geo Jones last week. Miss Rubie Robinson is ill with typhoid fever. Shafer attends her. Mrs Nettie Woodyard Pratt of Parkersburg and her little daughter visit here. Mrs Frank Woodward and four children of Weston arrived Saturday to stay. Walter Holdsworth and family, guests of Mrs Helen Bainbridge, left for home Sunday after a pleasant Mae White of Fair guest of Metta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Alexander
Gertrude Rector
Clarksburg
Lena Woodyard
Lee Wiseman
Akron
Ohio
Geo. Jones
Rubie Robinson
Shafer
Nettie Woodyard Pratt
Parkersburg
Frank Woodward
Weston
Walter Holdsworth
Local visitations and social guests noted in area homes
Mrs Dorsey Cooper hosted Friday guests including Dratton iee and Bra Mays from Kentucky. Mr and Mrs Joe James of Shinnston also stayed with Mrs Cooper. Lanham Reunion attended by Mrs EB Hall and daughter Florence at Seranagh Farm Harrisony Grove. Cecil Towles of Clarksburg to visit aunt Jane Kemble early next week. Grate Whitescarver as Sunday guest. Goldie Wiseman visiting Read Wiseman in Sugar Grove. George Bainbridge spent Sunday at home. Mrs Helen Bainbridge reports a well drilled by Herbert Tucker. Loetta Fawcett of Illinois visiting D Fawcett. Robert Faircett and wife also guests. Eleanor Newton still ill. Emma Helms with Master Charles Fox of Wheeling visiting George Pfrnact.
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Eb.hall
Florence
Lanham
Seranagh
Harrisony Grove
Cecil Towles
Clarksburg
Jane, Kemble
Grate
Whitescarver
Goldie Wiseman
Wiseman
Sugar Grove
George Bainbridge
Helen Bainbridge
Herbert Tucker
Loetta Fawcett
Illinois
D. Fawcetts
Robert Faircett
Faircett
Eleanor Newton
Emma Helms
Charles Fox
Wheeling
George Pfrnact
Heavy Rain Impacts Local Community Activities
A recent heavy rain affected neighborhood events last Saturday evening. The box supper at Clemtown drew a crowd despite showers, and Thomas Smith the champion wheat grower threshing last week. Mrs. Moats visited Fairmont, Rev. Kenney was unable to preach at Elizabeth Chapel. Sunday school at Elizabeth remains closed with no explanation.
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Thomas Smith
Weston
Clemtown
Harry Newton
M. H. McVicker
C. C. Moats
Fairmont
Kenney
Elizabeth Chapel
Trey. Ambrose
Elizabeth
Mok Tale
Bailey Ridge Allshop Aid Factory Law Debate
A local report notes coal workers under the eight hour day rule while foremen stay under the fourteen hour limit. Mrs. Sarah Hunt and her son George shopped in Newburg last week, and Mr. Grimes and the boy and girl club agent visited the area Saturday. A humorous aside questions if praying can coincide with wood cutting, while Dr. Frank Crane jokes about upright apes. Mrs. G W Davis and Eugene returned from Morgan town after a ten day visit, and Bryan Armstrong was laid off briefly for a tooth issue.
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Allshop
Sarah Hunt
George
Newburg
Grimes
Bill Hohenzollern
Frank Crane
Doc
G. W. Davis
Eugene
Morgan Town
Bryan Armstrong
Food spoilage in rail cars prompts Cox to seek unloading limit
Ohio Governor Cox urged Railroad Director Hines to set a 24 hour unloading limit after inspectors found perishable foods in Cleveland Cincinnati Toledo and Dayton held up to 10 days on tracks and spoiling. State officials warned of seizures and pending prosecutions amid arrests of alleged hoarders and profiteers.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cox
Hines
Atae Utilities Commission
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Tornedo
Dayton
Genral Palmer
Guv. Cox
Cal
Greensburg
Department of Justice
Greensburg Grocers
Special Grand Jury Sought for Moonshiner Murder
West Virginia Prohibition Commissioner Hallanan asked Judge Estep and Prosecutor Chafin to empanel a special grand jury in Logan County to probe the murder of Will Farley, a state employee. He described the crime as malicious and cruel and urged swift action before the bar of justice.
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Charleston
W. Va
Walter
Hallonan
C. L. Estep
Bvenit Court
Logan County
John JH. Chafin
Will Farley
Hallanan
Bar of Justice
Philadelphia bank looter arrested in bank wreck case
Philadelphia August 18 Charles A Ambler was arrested today charged with conspiring with Ralph E Moyer cashier of the wrecked North Penn Bank and others to loot the bank Ambler went there to surrender after a warrant was issued on Saturday in a case that involves planned theft amid the bank wreckage
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Charles A. Ambler
Todey
Ralph E. Moyer
North Penn Bank
Ambler
Proposed French treaty not unconstitutional opinion released
Washington August 19 The proposed treaty to aid France if Germany attacks is not a constitutional conflict according to the Senate Judiciary Committee statement issued today. The panel said the agreement would not violate the U S Constitution and outlined its reasoning for reassurance to lawmakers and the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Franer
Germany
Senate
Slayers of Day Officers Surrender After Weeklong Manhunt
Charles Spray and Joe Martin, linked with Tom Mullins in the Will Farley murder case, gave themselves up to a Logan county posse after a five day search across Logan Mingo and Wayne counties. Mullins had earlier surrendered. all three face a preliminary hearing before Magistrate White in Logan. Farley, a deputy prohibition officer, was killed in Hart's Creek, Lovan County, as he slept with his wife.
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Charleston
W. Va
Charles Spray
Joe Martin
Tom Mullins
Will Farley
Prohibition
Logan
Mingo
Wayne Counties
Ranger
Guyan
C. and C
Logan County
Walter Hallanhan
White
Mullins
Farley
Hart's Creek
Lovan County
Fowe
Spray
Ant
Many Visitors At Business Lunch Today
The Business Men's Association meeting at the Central Hotel drew a large turnout from distant and local members. Reports covered Latrobe street assessments, road plans by City Engineer Finley Barber, Boy Scout organization efforts, and overcrowding at City Hospital prompting city action.
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Uly Sentinel
Business Men's Association
Central Hotel
Jed W. Robinson
Harry Friedman
Latrobe Street
Finley Barber
Committee On the
Boy Scout Movement
W. A. Beavers
Council of Boy Scouts
J. B. R. Ellis
Costs in Ford libel suit capped under Michigan law
The jury awarded Henry I ord 6 cents in damages against the Chicago Tribune and under Michigan law the total costs the loser may owe cannot exceed 50. Alfred Lucking, senior counsel for Mr. Ford, said little attention had been given to costs and he would review the relevant law before stating how much the plaintiff could receive. A new automobile tire pump with three roving metes, yettes and springs is described as being cheaply marketed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Clemens
Mich
Henry I
Chicago Tribune
Chicago
Michigan
Alfred Lucking
Ford
West Virginia site eyed for new plant
A Paris representative toured multiple cities in West Virginia seeking a factory site and expressed favorable impressions of Grafton’s prospects. The issue of a $12,500 deficit from the city water and light plant was raised, with a plan to cover it through rate readjustments or other non tax methods, and a committee was formed to discuss options with city commissioners while preserving the plant’s self sustaining status.
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Paris
West Virginia
Grafton
Nothiing
Sentinel
Lloyd George Says War Cost Forty Billion Pounds
London August 18 Premier Lloyd George declared in the House of Commons that the war cost forty billion pounds. He said most of this sum was for destruction and that the shift from war to peace would take as long as the move to war. He noted a warming adverse trade balance and that import restrictions expiring September 1 give British manufacturers a chance to produce goods from domestic sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Probable fatal accident near Pottery at Carr China plant
Linn Kirkwood a youth of about sixteen to eighteen employed at Carr China Company near Grafton Park was fatally injured while attempting to board a freight train on the Baltimore and Ohio. He fell under the moving cars and both feet were mangled. doctors at City Hospital found amputation unnecessary but the shock left him in a precarious state. He recently moved to the community and has two uncles named Cunningham in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Sentinel
Linn Kirkwood
Carr China Company
Grafton Park
Grafton and
Belington
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Kirkwood
Peck
Bucklew
Cunningham
Daylight Saving Repeal Passes House Over President Veto
Washington August 19 The House voted 223 to 1 to repeal the daylight saving law overriding the President's veto. Supporters hailed the victory and now push for Senate passage. The tally reflects a strong majority despite the veto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Rail workers press 35 to 65 percent wage hike
In Cleveland Aug 18 800 general chairmen of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen adopt a wage scale demanding 35 to 65 percent raises for 117000 firemen and hostlers across the United States and Canada. They seek mechanical stokers for coal engines over 200000 pounds and two firemen on all such locomotives, plus broader overtime and service rate changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Canada
Brotherhood of Locomotive
United States
Wage Committee
Nebraska voters to decide on prohibition ratification
Lincoln Neb Aug 18 The voters of Nebraska have the right to vote to reject or approve the action of the state legislature in ratifying the federal prohibition amendment and until vote is taken cannot be said the legislature ratified it. The court here held today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln, Neb
Nebraska
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Pruntytown
Dratton
Kentucky
Dorsey Cooper
Joe James
Shinnston
Cooper
Stonehouse
Bailey Ridge
Burley Tobacco
Martin
MONS
Brotherhood OF Locomotive Firemen
Dublin
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