Philippi Ladies Aid entertains at church home
Philippi residents report a Ladies Aid Society gathering at Mrs. Floyd England’s North Philippi home. Officers were elected for the year: President A B Harsh, Vice President C S Upton, Secretary J B Ware, Treasurer Grover Lutz. A church fundraiser social and bake sale was planned for August 28 with all participants contributing a dollar and sharing how earned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Rey, Tate
Ellihne Edmond
J. B. Ware
O. J. Upton
Raymond Stemple
A.B. Harsh
Stanley Harsh
Ida England
Lillie McGoy
Grover Lute
Henry Morrall
Ada Fitswater
West Virginia
Parkersburg
Robert Caverlee
Logan
F. E. Brinninstool
Charleston
A. B. Withers
George White
Philippi
Radio Program Listings and Card of Thanks
A dense radio schedule lists stations from New York to Nashville with programs and times including orchestras, bands, talk segments, and light entertainment. The notice ends with a gratitude card from Mrs. Ethel Ransom for support after her husband’s illness and death.
Hopi Indians Continue Ritual With Venomous Messengers
Report notes the Hopi Indians continued a ceremonial ritual where venomous snakes are washed and anointed on the Kivas alters. Hundreds of white spectators watched while excluded from the ceremony. No dancer was bitten and a 24 hour feast followed.
Local Notices and Personal Visits Highlight Busy Week
The article lists numerous residents visiting relatives and attending events across towns. Names include M. D. McCoy, Mrs. James Woodford, W. F. B. Mitler, Bertha Mitler, Tacy, Arden, Frank Poling, G. W. Digman, R. L. Poling, Olive Hill, Rev. Graham Ware, J. Blackburn, L. E. Poling, Miss Mary Powell, Miss Charlotte Carpenter, L. Owen Smith, Frank Sigley, P. L. Lovett, Boyd Viquesney, Forrest Poling, Weston, Jessie Carpenter, Thelma, Evelyn Ware, Ruth Ware, Mamie Gall, D. W. Gall, Barbara Jean Baker, Jackie Baker, and T. M. Davis. People travel to Clarksburg, Cumberland, New Hampshire, and Washington, D. C., for visits, institutes, and fairs.
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M. D. McCoy
oVigas
James Woodford
Walnut Street
W. FB. Mitler
Bertha Bf
Tacy
T. L. Reed
Arden
Frank Poling
G. W. Digman
R. L. Poling
Olive Hill
Graham Ware
Middlebourne
J. Blackburn
Ware
Church Street
New Hampshire
Mary Powell
Fairmont
Charlotte Carpenter
Garnett Street
L. Owen Smith
McIntyre
Frank Sigley
Belington
P. L. Lovett
Boyd Viquesney
Forrest B. Poling
Clarksburg
John Carpenter
Weston
W. H. Carpenter
Simon Carpenter
Thelma
West Liberty
Jessie Carpenter
Evelyn
Ruth Ware
Teachers Institute
D. W. Gall
Mamie
Washington, D. C
Munitions Blast and Assassination Plots Reported
A 19 car munitions train explosion near unspecified location caused unknown casualties. Sir Charles Tegart police commissioner survived a bomb attack on Aug 25 in Calcutta. Washington reports a building blast injuring J. Boyd Herndon. An Egyptian premier plot was thwarted by a Berber assailant. Geneva criticizes British Palestine policy while an Evansville jockey dies from prior injuries. Danzig notes a counterfeiting ring tied to a Chicago-based American company.
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Tegart
Calcutta
Bengal
India
Sir Charles Tegart
Sir Charles
Washington
Southern Oxygen Company
Boyd Herndon
Cairo
Egypt
Sidky Pasha
Alexander
Evansville
Ind
Jack Berry
Berry
C. W. Moore
Dade Park
Lexington
Berlin
Danzig
Chicago
Europe
First truck load peaches in Grafton Saturday
The first truck load of peaches from the peach growing country east of here arrived in Grafton on Saturday but few peaches sold as the price asked for the first load was three dollars and fifty cents per bushel basket. Fresh fruits peaches and apples grown in West Virginia are gaining market presence and hucksters will soon sell door to door.
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Kiwanis
Kiwanis Club
A. T. Robinson
New York
Broaddus Assembly
D. W. Gall
Washington, D. C
Barbour County
Waddell
Kaplar
Clarksburg
Ki‘wants
Philippi
Dr. Robinson
West Virginia
William H. Walls
Kiwanaha
Phillips
C.C. Lambert
Here
Grafton
Deaths Madison Wis Justice E Ray Stevans Visiting Clarksburg
Justice E Ray Stevans 61 of the Wisconsin Supreme Court is mentioned. Mrs G B Walden and two children are visiting relatives in Clarksburg for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison, Wis
E. Ray Stevans
The
Wisconsin Supreme Court
G. B. Walden
Clarksburg
British U S Track Stars Clash In Chicago
British Empire and United States track squads converge on Soldier Field Chicago for an international meet led by Ley with a 14-event program. From Hamilton Ontario the Empire sends over 50 stars, while 66 from Pittsburgh head west. Scoring favors running events for Britain and field events for the United States.
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Chicago
United States
Ley
Soldier Field
Hamilton
Ont
Pittsburgh
Amateur Athletic Union
Uncle Sam
Mrs Amanda Sharp 78 Dies At Marlinton W Va
Mrs Amanda Sharp 78 mother of George W Sharp secretary of state died at her daughter’s home in Marlinton W Va today She leaves six children including George W Sharp Mrs Williams Summers H Sharp Frank Sharp Austin J Sharp and Mrs Carter H Harrison The Pocahontas circuit court judge was among relatives
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Marlinton
W. Va
Mary Amanda Sharp
George
W. Sharp
B. B. Williams
George W. Sharp
Willams
Summers H. Sharp
Pocahontas Eee Circuit Court
Frank Sharp
Wichita
Kan
Austin J. Sharp
Frost
Carter H. Harrison
el Paso
Tex
Taxi Crashes Into Door of Parked Auto
Russell Curry stopped his father's Whippet sedan before Lilly's shoe store to discharge a companion when his car moved east striking the open door of a parked auto. William Powell, passing by in a taxi, crashed into the door, knocking out the glass. No injuries reported. Patrolman DeMoss filed the case with Chief Selvey. Dorsey Poling of Oakland, Md., spent the weekend at his home here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Curry
Lilly
Wiliam Powell
DeMoss
Selvey
Dorsey Poling
Oakland, Md
Royal Birth Expected in Italian Line This Winter
Brussels Aug 25 Princess Marie Jose now Piedmont crown princess of Italy is expecting a baby who will enter direct succession to the Italian throne. The child is due in January about a year after her marriage to Prince Humbert. The couple plan autumn at Castle Racconigi in Piedmont, a stronghold resembling a British castle where a new princess was born last week to the Duchess of York.
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Brussels
Marie Jose
Piedmont
Italy
Prince Humbert
Raconiger
Mms Castle
Duchess of Yorks
Prince Hunil
Financier S. W. Straus Improves After Illness
New York August 25 financier S W Straus at the Hotel Ambassador experienced a marked improvement in condition after a three week illness due to an enlarged spleen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
S. W. Straus
Ambassador
Straus
Flemington Tax Levy Estimate for 1930 Council Session
Flemington West Virginia Taylor County Memington district notes a regular August 12 1930 council meeting. The estimate outlines receipts including delinquent land sales taxes and general licenses and details disbursements such as salaries city buildings jail maintenance street upkeep and election expenses. It lists officers present including acting mayor recorder and council members.
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State of
West Virginia
Taylor
Memington
Flemington
Taylor County
Stanley Fleming
D. L. Freeze
John C. Knight
J. D. Martin
C. F. Monroe
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Louisiana Arcadi Center
Baton Rouge
Corinne
Try
Longfellow
Brossard
Evangeline
Ofe
Indy
Morrison
Is. A. Society
Baptist Assembly
By Odie Mae Poling
B. G. Scott
Eleanor
Guy Haddix
West Philippi
Baltimore
A. G. Waddell
Broadwiay College
Standara Guile
P.M. Voleke
Liars
Uncle Abe
David
Rosalie Wolfe
Capital
Gypsies
Suckle
Wendell Hall
Narrator
Phil Spitalny
Rapp
Stone
WABC
Evangeline Adams
Léviton
Henry Burbig
U.S. Navy
Toxcha Seidel
Guy Lombardo
Grand Opera
Observer
Heywood Broun
Vicrito’s
Tremaine's
Esther Leaf
WIZ
Mormon Choir
Sagat Trio
Floyd Gibbons
Amos 'N
Andy
Jeateray
PRN Cook
Roxy's Gang
Amos ‘N
O'Hara's Orchestra
WBAL
WJZ
Soprano
Newark
Fraternity Row
Argentina
Southernaires
Newsy Orchestra
the Moonbeams
KDKA
the Jesters
Orchestra
Schenectady
WEAF
WBZ Springfield
Central and Southern
Cincinnati
Visionaires
WIZ R. FP
Burnt Corkers
aVriety Wiz Or Viety
Detroit
Cecil & Sally
WSB
Atlanta
WHAS
Louisville
Joe and
Capt
WEAP
Jack Turner
Little Symphony
WSM_ Nashville
Orch
Oreh
Mrs
Ethed Ransom
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Innning
Ticket Agt
Baltimore & Ohio
the Fair Department Store
E. Main St
Grafton, W. Va
Will Rosenshine
Dinefield
T. M. Davis
Mary Wilhelm
Barbara Jean Baker
Jackie Baker
Cumberland
Cumberland Fair
Honan
Critain
Geneva
Mandates Commission
League of Nations
Palestine
Grafton Printing Company
Good Printing
the Sentinel
Latrobe St
U.S
Amanda Sharp
Red Cross Pharmacy
Fred Rose
Francis Street
Care Sentinel
Eee
Sentinel
Lost Run
Booths Creek Dist
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H. H. Holt, N.C. Musgrove Inc
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Otaleee
Plemiington
Frettington
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