Grafton Social News Details Weddings and Gatherings
The Grafton Sentinel society page lists engagements and nuptials including Adele Reitman to Isadore Bettman with guests from New York. Beulah Rebekah Lodge met with out of town visitors and a Hovatter reunIon is planned at Cheat River Park. Missionary and Loughry family events are announced with schedules and baskets for a large turnout.
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Grafton Sentinel Society
Kah Lodge
Beulah Rebekah
Evet
Hovatter
Cheat River
Loughry
J. Wesley Loughry
Ruth Marrifield Loughry
Trustee Sale Notice for Home Furniture Company
Public sale announced at Main Street Gratton West Virginia for a 90 inch spring item at a price of 5.75 dollars. The notice lists creditors and auction details as part of the home furniture company winding down.
Helen Moody Accepts $20000 Inheritance For Tennis Fame
The Sun quotes Bobby Jones stating Helen Wills Moody would accept the $20,000 left to her in Senator Phelan's will as a reward for her tennis. He questions why she should hesitate and notes an heir has every right to accept. Lawn Tennis Association officials ponder the impact on her amateur status.
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New York
the Sun
Bobby Jones
Helen Wills Moody
Phelan
California
Atlanta
Helen
The
Lawn Tennis Association
Dismiss Manslaughter Charge Against Powell
Welch West Virginia August 22 2 Burgess justice of the peace dismissed manslaughter charges against R H Powell of Gary McDowell county deputy sheriff in the death of Mrs Avery Roark near Wilcoe who was struck by Powells automobile Evidence at the preliminary hearing showed the accident was unavoidable
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Welch
W. Va
S. M. Burgess
Justice of the Peace Today
R. H. Powell
Gary
McDowell County
Avery Roark
Wilcoe
Grafton Hosts Wide Round of Visitors and Travelers
A stream of guests and travelers fills Grafton as Mrs. J A Kimble hosts Ruth Carr and Nellie Schlobohm of Wheel ing, and numerous families visit from Carbondale Parsons Buckhannon and beyond. Distant trips include Deep Creek Lake Maryland and Atlantic City with multiple locals taking vacations and business visits.
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J. A. Kimble
Maple Avenue
Ruth Carr
Nellie Schlobohm
Wheeling
Business visitors in Grafton and nearby cities
Ray are spending a two weeks stay in Virginia. Charles Shahanb Keyser is spending time in the city tending to business. W. S. Tooney Cumberland B and O man is in the city today. James N. Depenay Charleston is a business visitor in Grafton today.
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Ray
Virginia
Charles “‘Shhanb
Keyser
Tooney
Cumberland
James N. Depenay
Charleston
Grafton
Hughes Urges States to Resist Encroachment
Chief Justice Charles I na Hughes urged states to resist encroachments on their authority in an American Bar Association address in Chicago broadcast by radio. He said the nation needs improvement in the administration of justice, especially criminal law, as the meeting welcomed foreign visitors.
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Chicago
Charles I Ns Hughes
United States
American Bar Association
Police Crackdown Bans Shorts in Mexican City
The mayor ordered police to arrest anyone seen in the streets without full length trousers to end the custom of Indians wearing shorts resembling loin cloths. The Aug 22 order targets lax attire in Pueblo Mexico as authorities enforce traditional dress.
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Pueblo
Mexico
Condemned Prisoners Saw Way Out of Prison
Atlanta, Aug. 22. Fred Pair, condemned slayer of a policeman, and Sam Aiken, under death sentence for killing his wife and her alleged lover, escaped last night from a tower cell where they had read the Bible together. They sawed two cell bars, lowered a 15 foot rope of blankets, crossed a courtyard, and climbed a 25 foot outer wall with a ladder. Nine hacksaw blades were found in the cell. Nearby inmates claimed ignorance of the escape.
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Atlanta
Fred Pair
Sam Aiken
Five Wagonloads of Turtles Dumped Into West Fork River
Clarksburg reports a farmer, J. M. M. Beeghley of Lightburn, found about five wagonloads of turtles while draining a three acre swamp. He hauled them to the West Fork river and dumped them, a curious incident reflecting his dislike for turtle soup.
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West Fork River
Clarksburg
J. M. M. Beeghley
Lightburn
Beeghley
West Fork
State inquiry opens in case in New York
Attorney General Hamilton Ward formally opened today the state's probe into the charge that George F. Ewald paid 12000 for his 1927 appointment to a city magistrate bench. He appeared in the supreme court to seek a special grand jury, taking the inquiry from the district attorney. Crain promised cooperation in the state's investigation.
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New York
Hamilton Ward
George F. Ewald
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Ewald
Thomas Co. T. Crain
Ward
Schneider On Second Lap In West-East Flight Record Chase
Eddie Schneider 18 leaves Albuquerque for Wichita on the second leg of his bid to break the junior West-east Might record of 28 hours 5 minutes set by Frank Goldsborough. He plans to reach New York tomorrow, with Albuquerque to Wichita time of 7 hours 28 minutes hindered by mountains gas load and compass failure.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Eddie Schneider
Wichita
Kan
Frank Goldsborough
Lehneider
New York
Los Angeles
San Bernardino Mountains
Eaton Denies Causing Steel Merger Action
Cyrus S. Eaton testified in Youngstown that he did not cause International Shares to sue over the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Bethlehem merger nor personally underwrite the action. He said he co operated with directors to file, discussed expenses with associates, and would bear share if dissenting stockholders did not voluntarily pay.
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Youngstown
Cyrus S. Eaton
International Shares Corporation
Youngstown Sheet and Tube-Bethlehem Steel
Cleveland Capitalist
Luther Day
Newton D.’ Baker
Eaton
International Shares
Executive Committee of
Mandelbaum
Burwell
International
Baker
David Jenkins
Sheet and Tube
Capital City Theatre Threat as Musicians Strike Looms
Washington reports contract tensions between managers and musicians threaten to deprive the capital's motion picture theatres of stage shows and all motion staff. Managers refuse to fix orchestra size in leading houses, delaying new contracts due September 1 as booth operators warn of withdrawal unless terms are met. Operators' contracts also expire.
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Washington
Motion Picture
Gerard Adds To First List Of 69 Rulers Of U S
James W. Gerard former ambassador to Germany expands his list of 69 men who rule the United States with five additions. The items were telephoned to the New York Times from Newport Rhode Island where Gerard is a guest of General Cornelius Vanderbilt.
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New York
James W. Gerard
Germany
United States
New York Times
Newport
R.L
Gerard
Cornelius . Vanderbilt
Forty men who rule the United States proposed by Gerard
The item discusses Amadeo P Giannini of Bank of Italy fame and leaders of the American Federation of Labor amid a pamphlet endorsing Beaverbrook and Cothermere for empire free trade. Gerard names 40 men he claims could shape U S fortunes in ten years with British tariff support.
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Corn Exchange Bank Trust Company
Amadeo P Giannini
Bank of Italy
Drafts-America. Corporation
Bank Securities
William Green
Matthew Woll
American Federation of Labor
Lord Beaverbrook
Cothermere
London
United States
England
New York Times
Gerard
Ten Die In Prague Area Plane Crash Near Iglau
Ten people die in a crash on the Prague Bratislava route near Iglau on the Bohemia Moravia border. Nine Czech citizens and one German perished. two passengers were seriously hurt and one slightly. The crash occurred during a storm en route to Palo Alto. a steward recalled earlier dining room assurances to President Hoover and Mrs. Hoover.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Iglau
Bohemia
Moravia
San Jose
Hoover
Bratislava
Paloed
Alto
Fang
Taft
Steward Says Taft Ate Most
Edward S. Fang recalls feeding presidents since Grant and Wilson and Harding. He recalls Hoover smiling at a white house call about Herbert Jr. in San Jose. Fang notes McKinley easy to please Roosevelt hard to feed Coolidge a light eater and mentions Confederate service badges observed by Hoover.
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Washington
Edward S. Fang
Grant
Wilson
Harding
Hoover
White House
Herbert, Jr
San Jose
Cal
Executive Mansion
Fangs
McKinley
Roosevelt
Coolidge
Lang
Virginia
Fang
Naval plants may be closed in Virginia and West Virginia
Acting Secretary Jahnecke recommended closing the torpedo plant at Alexandria Virginia and the armor plate factory at South Charleston West Virginia as part of the navy economy program He also weighed a possible closure of the Charleston West Virginia navy yard with costs for 1929 listed and shipper activity noted for Scotland County North Carolina where farmers have sent almost 15000 carloads of watermelons this season
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Washington
Jahnecke
Navy
Alexandria
South Charleston
W. Va
Charleston
8. C
Navy Yard
Jahneke
Adams
S Suth Charleston
Charleston Navy Yard
Charleston, Navy Yard
Scotland County
North Carolina
Trustee Sale Notice at E Main St Grafton West Virginia
Furniture Company sale alert lists an Electric White Rotary Sewing Machine formerly $99 now $65 at E Main St just above the stoplight Grafton WV. Auction of home contents proceeds as a trustee sale indicated by the ad.
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E. Main St
Grafton
W. Va
Man Crushed to Death In Sand Pile Collapse
Pt Pleasant West Virginia August 21 1940 M B Snodgrass 49 of Galetown was crushed to death when a sand pile collapsed on him. Fellow workers dug him from the pile as sand was being moved in trucks for a road construction project nearby.
Rev Metzner To Preach At St Pauls This Sunday
The Rev Harold Metzner son of Mr and Mrs C P Metzner from McGraw avenue will fill the pul pit at St Pauls M E church Sunday morning He is visiting his parents while on vacation from his pastorate in Waterville Maine home to Colby College
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Harold Metzner
C.P. Metzner
McGraw Avenue
St. Paul's M. E
Waterville
Maine
Colby College
666 Relieves Headache of Neuralgia in Minutes
A patent remedy claims rapid relief from neuralgia headaches within minutes and a first day improvement against cold symptoms, with malaria addressed in three days. The ad touts quick cures and lists no medical endorsement or evidence.
Reverend Metanerge’s Chatauqua Tour Ends in Russia Study
The Rev Mr Metanerge spent two years with the Chautauqua circuit and five years as a student pastor in Maine at the University of Maine. He recently finished a Burg tour focusing on social conditions in Russia. He returned this week aboard the SS Bremen. Sunday morning he will speak on The Virtue of Mistakes.
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Metanerge
Dent Pastoratex
Maine
Univeral of
Stein
Graftonmans
Russia
Bremen
McCormicks Stand on Day Law Unknown
Springfield Aug 22 The Republican Senatorial candidate Ruth Hanna McCormick faced uncertainty as party leaders convened in Springfield after a long caucus led by Gov Louis Emmerson. A spokesman said copies of McCormick's convention address would not be released until after the session report. In Chicago anger rose over prohibition repeal and party leadership divided. In Germany President von Hindenburg reported a notable hunting achievement killing a large chamois buck.
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Springfield
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Catill
Louis L. Emmerson
Frederick A. Smithy
McCormick
Newsapermen
Dictranpaell
Germany
von Hindenburg
Lowho
Tod Wan
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Thtaity
Reitman
Home Furniture Company
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Elizabeth F. Knotts
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Connellsville
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Prumtytown
George Murphy
Addison Street
Asa Richard Campbell
Dewey Avenue
Baxter County
Virginia Wilson
Arthur Wilson
LeRoy
A.D. Cox
Mary Cox
Parsons
John W. Mason
J. M. Rogers
Leonard Street
C. L. A. Howell
Independence
J.H. Sharp
Buckhannon
Percy Sharp
Dawson
Mattie Herbert
Ohio
A. J. Torrey
Deep Creek Lake
Oakland
Maryland
George Sorge
Newark
Harold Sorge
Dwight Connor
Ellen
Deckster City
Carl Nusum
Margare
B. F. Schroeider
W. Washington Street
E. L. Long
J. N. Tregellas
Washington Street
Mountain Lake Park
W. J. Booth
John
J. B. Leamon
East Washington Street
Scottdale
Atlantic City
Eva Gerkins
A. P. Lavelle
Dan Coyne
H. R. Gibson
Monongah
Canada
Russell Dotson
Gibson
Hughes
Schneider
Goldsborough
Caroling
Bohemia-Moravia
Metzner
St. Paul’s
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J. Walter, Jr
McOrmick
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