Personal notices of visits and house guests
Billie Morgan of Belle Vernon Pa visits grandparents J W McDaniel and Custer family of Weirton W Va with Custer’s parents in Lincoln Street. Avanelle McDaniel hosts Janice Stansbury Philippi. State Trooper W G Wansley and family hosted by M B Shepherd and children of Miami Florida. Crane and Rowan return from Buckhannon. Mrs Leo Crane to Mountain Lake Park and Crellin Md. Carolyn Brown returns from Sistersville with Jean Maxwell. Helen Renzinger of Weston visiting in Grafton. Mrs Marie K Pritts of Trenton N J visits E W Obelz. Mrs John Geldbaugh of Newbury shopping. Lee Adlington on Route 2 attends to business in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billie Morgan
Belle Vernon
J. W. McDaniel
Knottsville Pike
R. L. Custer
Weirton
W. Va
Mr. Custer
H. A. Custer
Lincoln Street
Custer
Weirton High School
Avanelle McDaniel
West Washington Street
Janice Stansbury
Philippi
W. G. Wansley
Land Family
West Main
M. B. Shepherd
Jehildren
Miami
Florida
Porrest Crane
Wellington
Rowan
Buckhannon
Leo Crane
Robert
John
Mountain Lake Park
Crellin
Carolyn Brown
W. E. Brown
West Main Street
Sistersville
Jean Maxwell
Helen Renzinger
Weston
Grafton
Marie K. Pritts
Trenton
N. J
E. W. Obelz
West Washington ‘Street
John Geldbaugh
Newbury
Lee
Social Gatherings Highlight West Virginia Community
J B Ward and family hosted friends in Clarksburg with a Sunday trip to Norwood Park and races followed by a farm dinner served around 1 15. Relatives from Akron and Chicago prepared to visit and attend the World's Fair. Reunion events and family gatherings populated the week with notes on activities at Seven Islands and Rowlesburg, plus a Sanford party in Prunty with Virginia Daugherty visiting Akron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Ward
Ward
5. E. C. Reid
Clarksburg
Norwood Park
Withers
Riley-Withers
Bad Baptist
Lloyd Shriver
Inflationary Fever Visits Financial Markets
New York traders saw a brief inflation scare with U S Steel and New York Central leading activity. U S Steel held about half its gain while New York Central gained two points and Case thrashing advanced three. Johns Manville Westinghouse Industrial Rayon Standard Brands National Steel and Bethlehem Steel rose, but alcohols and utilities were tentative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. S. Steel
N. Y. Central
Case
Deeree
Johns Mansville
Westinghouse
Industrial Rayon
Standard Brands
National Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Heiress Leaves Husband Prince After Five Days
New York reports Janet Snowden heiress to oil millions and Prince Don Caravita of Italy separated after a five day honeymoon. The prince says she married “for spite not for love,” and she reveals she loves another man older than her. The Princess, 19, wired her mother in Maine and claimed the marriage was short due to conflicting affections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York American
Janet Snowden
Don Caravita
Italy
Princess Rospiliosi
Caravita
Rospigliosi
Poland Springs
Maine
Birth of Seven and Half Pound Girl in City Hospital
Mr and Mrs Homer M Nichols of West Main announce the birth of a seven and one half pound girl on Monday morning at City hospital. Both mother and baby are doing nicely. Father is manager of the Standard Filling Station at Fetterman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer M. Nichols
West Main Street
City Hospital
Standard
Fetterman
Jury Deliberations Extend Over Two More Days in Lamson Case
Prospective jurors count for Lamson as seven of twenty challenges used. Names on the box will decide if he faces death at San Quentin or a life sentence. The Memorial Day murder of his wife at a Stanford campus cottage features in the charges. Nearly twenty prospects questioned. original six men and six women reduced to six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamson
San Quentin
Stanford
Galloway Boy Falls Twenty Five Feet
Donald Costello nine of Galloway is in serious condition at Davis Memorial hospital Elkins after a fall from a Baltimore & Ohio railroad trestle near his home He and companions were playing on the trestle when he slipped and plunged to the rocky riverbed suffering a skull fracture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Costello
Galloway
Davis Memorial Hospital
Elkins
Tabert Costello
Baltimore & Ohio
Simpson Creek
Lamson Tense As Jurors Are Being Called
San Jose California August 23 David A Lamson nervously watches as jurors are drawn for the trial of the Stanford press representative charged with murdering his wife Allene Thorpe Lamson secretary of the campus WCA. Despite repeated examinations and challenges many jurors were excused or rejected leaving the panel incomplete at day’s end in Judge B R Syer’s court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Cal
David A. Lamson
Stanford University Press
Allene
Thorpe Lamson
B. R. Syer
Mt. Savage Exam Board Names Four Applicants
In Allegany county the Frostburg examination is announced with a salary of 1500 dollars. The applicants listed are Charles W Carney Joseph Blake Miss Omer Thompson and Mrs Bertha W Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Savage
Allegany County
Frostburg
Charles Wcarney
Joseph Blake
Omer ‘Thompson
Bertha W. Martin
The Dress Buckle Trends and Hospital Notes
The feature discusses simple dress designs with standout buckles in geometric, carved, and color-block styles. It notes round, carved, and oriental motifs, a white pin resembling a screw, and a new oxford with loop button fastening. Hospital notes report major operations at City Hospital for W M Overfield and Mrs Atwell Pitzer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tive
Oxford
W. M. Overfield
Simpson
Atwell Pitzer
Ross Street
City Hospital
Mayor King Goes Places
Mayor Charles O. King and his family left for Fort Wayne Indiana for ten days to visit relatives and then plan a trip to Chicago for the Century of Progress exposition. Street Commissioner W P Withers will serve as acting mayor during the absence as provided by the city charter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles O. King
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Chicago
W. P. Withers
Examinations set for five Maryland postmasters
Washington reports five third class postmaster candidates from Maryland will face exams on September 2 at Keyser West Virginia. Names include Joseph L. Mansfield Charles L. Connell Warren Hart Rose M Flanagan Joseph P Guy and Robert M Durham. Also George Freeman a colored man was jailed after being fined ten dollars for driving a vehicle without a license, arrested by Trooper W G Wamsley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maryland
Westernport
Allegany
County
Keyser
W. Va
Joseph L. Mansfield
Charles L. Connell
Warren Hart
Rose M. Flanagan
Joseph P. Guy
Robert M. Durham
George Freeman
Ona C. Jefferys
W. G. Wamsley
Shirley Sauce And Desserts Menu Feature
Menu items include Shirley Sauce for meats and a peach sherbet. Recipes detail Shirley Sauce using tomatoes peppers onions celery mustard seed sugar and vinegar. Also cover peach sherbet sour cream jumbles custards and nut bread sandwiches with baking guidance.
Galloway Man Breaks Back After Fall From Truck
Louie Manfredo of Galloway, about 55, is a patient at Myers hospital Philippi with a broken back. He was injured Monday afternoon when he fell backward from West Philippi while trying to avoid a truck. The injured man is reported to be in a precarious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louie Manfredo
Galloway
Myers Hospital
Philippi
West Philippi
Missing Boys From Konettsville Leave Home
No word has been received from Roy Poling aged 16 and Robert Collins aged 17, who disappeared from their Konettsville home on August 15. State and county efforts to locate them have yielded no results to date, and their parents see no reason for the youths to leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Poling
Robert Collins
Konettsville
Prohibition Enforcement Shakeup in Districts Announced
A sharp shake up in the prohibition enforcement organization was announced by S. R. Brame, investigator in charge. Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia will be incorporated in the district with headquarters at Washington. West Virginia moves to the western district of Pennsylvania with Pittsburgh as hub, and North and South Carolina consolidate with headquarters at Charlotte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Brame
Prohibition
Virginia
Maryland
Columbia
Washington
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
North and Beaty Carolina
Wit
Charlotte
Man Stabbed To Death In Car Crash Hastings Street
In Detroit at 5 15 a m an speeding automobile plowed into a Hastings street store. Police found the occupant Dr Henry Gi Noben a 51 year old osteopath inside the car had been stabbed to death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Hastings Street
Henry Gi. Noben
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Howard Jett
Gordon Clark
Betty Losh
Fsinsel
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Western Turnpike
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Charles Isner
Dorsey Isner
James Isner
Hubert Poling
Abe Isner
Charley Isner
Nathan Cole
Lou Hoff
Orval Isner
Grace Ringler
Mary Isner
Bessie Poling
Grafton Park
Ralph Redinger
Elizabeth
C. E. Ray
Walnut Street
Vivian Thomas
Beulah Riley
Ada Burnside
Rosaline Sponagle
Helen Rozinger
Helen
Jean Delaney
Junior Bestel
Frances Powell
Cecil Hawkins
Robert Jones
Richard George
Richard Redinger
Elizabeth Retinger
Shell Sale
Galloway Boy
Ben H. Franz
W. Main St
Mayor King
Century of Progress
Fairmont
Charles G. Corbin
Chevrolet
Fisher
Chevrolet Motor Company
Mich
B. Flint
Se Une
Tygarts Valley Chevrolet Company
Grafton, W, VA
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