Numerous marriage permits issued in Taylor County
With five days left in June the Taylor County court clerk reports 19 marriage licenses granted this month. Couples listed include Darrell Pratt and Josephine Poling of Grafon, Barrick Teets and Thelma McCord of Wend el, Victor Potts and Irene Brown of Graf ton, and many others from Grafton Taylor County and surrounding towns.
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Taylor County
Darrell Wayne Pratt
Josephine Poling
Grafon
Barrick
Teets
Thelma McCord
Wendel
Victor Henry Potts
Irene Lucille Brown
Grafton
John C. Riffee
Anna Florence Pilot
Stanley Roguchl
Mary Shaga
Rosemont
Kenneth Gallaher
Bertie Drennan
Walter Kester
Sadie Wilks
Johnson P. Fleming
Thelma Barker
Flemington
John Comfort
Marian D. Lee
Lemuel R. Mason
Delpha Hilton Tenny
Thomas C. Hickman
Clarksburg
Margaret Knight
Martin Luther Rice
Edna Ellen Summers
Theodore Carroll
Mary M. Dwyer
Walter W. Ball
Lola Moran
Joseph W. Kleptha
Lessie Barcus
Norris Eugene Boyd
Elwood City
Pas
Jennie M. Jackson
Virgil Charles Tacy
Bessie Juanita Kirby
Ford Calhoun
Marguerite Deisher
Card of Thanks for Kindness After Illness and Loss
We thank many friends for kindness during our husband and father’s illness and after his death. Special thanks to neighbors, Evangelist A. E. Harper, Blueville Church of Christ singers, Mr. Tom Bartlett, and those who sent flowers. Mrs. George Luzadder, Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Luzadder, Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Watkins.
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Evangelist A. E. Harper
Blueville
Fetterman Youth Breaks Leg After Box Car Fall
Jack Nuzum, a Graf ton High School sophomore from Feterman, fell from a box car yesterday afternoon and sustained a knee injury when his leg caught a rod. Carried to his grandmother’s home on West Main Street, he was transported to Grafton City Hospital for surgical treatment by Dr. Paul P. Warden and Dr. Harold Nobie. His mother is Mrs. Rena Henderson. his condition was reported good today.
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Jack Nuzum
Feterman
Grafton High School
Belle Henderson
West Main Street
Grafton City Hospital
Paul P. Warden
Harold Nobie
Rena Henderson
Former Local Man Dudley Pryor Dies in Pittsburgh Accident
Funeral services were held for Dudley Pryor 56 a former city resident at Bartlett Funeral Home on McGraw avenue with Rev William Knox officiating. Pryor was killed Sunday in Pittsburgh when struck by an automobile. He was born in Grafton and lived here about 20 years before moving to Pittsburgh. His body returned from Pittsburgh with widow Charlotte Kiefer Pryor and children Velma Thompson Virginia and Ronald Pryor. sister Ada Macabe of Hazelwood survives. Interment in Bluemont cemetery.
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Dudley Pryor
Bartlett Funeral Home
McGraw Avenue
William Knox
Andrews M. E. Church
Pryor
Pittsburgh
Wesley
Jennie Peacock Pryor
Grafton
Bartlett
Charlotte Kiefer Pryor
Velma Thompson
Virginia
Ronald Pryor
Ada Macabe
Hazelwood
Bluemont Cemetery
World powers in early disarmament talks and visits
A historical overview recalls key figures who attended or hosted naval and economic discussions. The roster includes Lloyd George Clemenceau Orlando and Hoover era visitors Ramsay MacDonald Laval Heriot Bennett. Coolidge’s 1928 Havana Pan-American trip is noted for its limited participation.
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David Lloyd George
England
Georges Clemenceau
France
Orlando
Italy
Hoover
White House
Ramsay MacDonald
Pierre Laval
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington
London
Edouard Herriot
Richard Bennett
Canada
Harding
Coolidge
Havana
Roosevelt in Canada Advocates Frank Cooperation Among Nations
President Roosevelt visited Quebec on July 31 meeting Governor General Tweedsmuir and Prime Minister Mackenzie King. He urged frank dealing and mutual give and take to solve global problems, emphasizing greater cooperation between nations.
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American
United States
Roosevelt
Quebec
Lord Tweedsmuir
Canada
Mackenzie King
Two Arrests In Railroader Slaying At Altoona
District Attorney Chester B. Wray filed murder and highway robbery charges against William Weber, 23, and Carl Busco, 25, in the death of 60 year old railroad worker John Matthews. Matthews' body was found by motorists beside a roadside on August 10.
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Altoona
Chester B. Wray
John Matthews
William Weber
Carl Busco
Matthews
Roosevelt Sleeps During Nine Minute Pittsburgh Halt
President Roosevelt spent nine minutes in Pittsburgh asleep in the last car of a Baltimore and Ohio special train en route to the drought area. The pause from 7:30 to 7:39 a m was used to inspect wheels boxes and axles and refill the cooling system with ice.
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Pittsburgh
Roosevelt
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Middle West
Boston Medic Goes to Dern for War Secretary Dern
A noted heart specialist Dr Fritz Meyer flew from Boston to Washington by President Roosevelts order to attend Secretary Dern who is seriously ill at Walter Reed Hospital. Meyer, said to be Europe’s leading heart surgeon, had previously saved Edward A Filene in Moscow. Complications from influenza now threaten Dern as physicians monitor heart and kidney issues. Family members stay at the bedside as the president follows results.
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Washington
Boston
Roosevelt
Dern
Walter Reed Hospital
Fritz Meyer
War Department
Dr. Meyer
William C. Bullitt
Paris
Bullit
Meyer
Europe
Edward A. Filene
Moscow
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Utah
Negro Woman Jailed for Drunkenness in Taylor County
Mamie Hale of Barrett street was sentenced by Mayor E Otto Waugh to three days in Taylor county jail after failing to pay a $5 fine for a drunkenness conviction from police court. Erwin Lee of Rowlesburg was also charged with drunkenness but his case was delayed.
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Mamie Hale
Barrett Street
Taylor County
E. Otto Waugh
Mamie
Erwin Lee
Rowlesburg
Calf Sale Set to Open October At Tygart Valley Yards
Ellins Randolph County Farm Agent C M Underwoood announced the annual feeder calf sale will start on October 14 at the Ty garts Valley Livestock yards. In Wheeling Marie Haase Wheat longtime social welfare figure and Danville native died after a life spent in the city since 1890.
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Elkins
Randolph County
C. M. Underwoood
Tygarts Valley
Wheeling
Marie Haase Wheat
Danville
Pythians Open Business Sessions of Convention
In Wheeling 1000 Knights of Pythias and the Pythian Sisters began business sessions after a joint meeting and memorial service addressed by James Dunn of Cleveland. Mayor Schultze welcomed delegates at a banquet with grand chancellor O G Sanders and grand chief Mrs Genevieve M Sampson presiding and responding.
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Wheeling
Knights of Pythias
Pythian Sisters
James Dunn
Cleveland
Charles Schultze
O. G. Sanders
Terra Alta
Genevieve M. Sampson
Sanders
Knights
Sampson
Miner Killed in Brooklyn Mine Accident at Oak Hill
James Hall died after a fall in the Brooklyn mine at Oak Hill. Workmen recovered his body buried beneath an 1800 pound stump, authorities reported.
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Oak Hill
James Hall
Brooklyn
Loyalist advance and Alcazar siege amid Spanish conflict
Describes Alfonso favored insurgents while denouncing a monarchist drive, notes his exile five years ago upon royal request, and reports a white flag at the Toledo Alcazar as Loyalist forces attempt to resolve a split among 1,700 rebels amid mutual gunfire.
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Alfonso
Spain
Toledo
Alcazar
Spain War Reports Guerrilla Actions Across Regions
Reports describe siege at mg siege scene with flag raised, fighting west of Toledo, and reprisals as government planes strike rebel cities Oviedo Zaragoza and Teuel. Jose Giral Pereira, Madrid premier, asserts daily military gains for Madrid while diplomacy hovers over prisoner executions and international reactions.
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Toledo
Oviedo
Zaragoza
Teuel
Jose Giral Pereira
Spain
Coal for Sale Opens Season at Sharp's Mine
Sharp's Coal Mine begins the season with Forked, Mine Run, and Slack Coal available. Phone 724-5 for orders and inquiries.
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Sharp
Slack
Grafton Drug and Chem Co Ad Promises Fresh Pure Drugs
A local drugstore advertisement proclaims only fresh pure drugs are used in prescriptions. It urges customers to bring prescriptions to Grafton Drug and Chemical Co for filling and delivery. Lowest prices claimed.
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Grafton Drug & Chem. CO
Hagan
Grafton Drug & Chemical CO
W. Main
Rightist Leftist showdown over Spain accord
Britain faces a high tension standoff as France, Russia, Italy and Germany join a hands off Spain accord. The accord signals a bloc agreement to refrain from intervention while Spain confronts internal political divisions.
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Great Britain
France
Russia
Italy
Germany
Spain
All Day Opens Campaign Rallies For State Office Seats
All Day outlines policy on government management as Judge Sharp argues for a three man road commission and highway improvements. Republican gubernatorial candidate is described as a forceful speaker whose remarks could sway votes. Other leaders including Phil Conley, Philip L Hill, Homer Holt, R Worth Shumaker, Vernon E Johnson, Enoch Ellison, and C S Musser are invited to speak on various state offices and the second district congressional race.
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Judge Sharp
Grafton
Phil Conley
Charleston
Philip H L. Hill
Homer’ Holt
R. Worth Shumaker
Free Schools
Vernon E. Johnson
Berkeley Springs
Enoch L. Ellison
Beckley
C. 8
Musser
Shepherdstown
Rally at Belington Park Promises Full Day Event
Sponsors announce a full day program from 9 a m to late evening with an all day picnic and ox roast at Belington Park. Parking space will be provided as local candidates attend including W Merle Watkins for Circuit Judge, Dallas Wolfe for Taylor County sheriff, James C Holt for state attorney, A Leuthardt for House of Delegates, Ed N Lock for assessor and others. A large crowd from Grafton and Taylor County is expected.
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Belington Park
W. Merle Watkins
Jn. Judicial Circuit
Dallas Wolfe
Taylor County
James C. Holt
A. Leuthardt
House of Delegates
Ed. N. Lock
Grafton
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Jos. Cawthorn
Paul Graetz i Aene Nagel
Willa Mase
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Railroader
Strand Theatre
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Eae
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Paramount
Mary Boland
Julie Haydon
Donald Woods
Wallace Ford
Roger Imhof
FOX News
Mrs. Wheat
Pythians
Loyal
Autonomous
Barcelona
Madrii
Tokyo
Japan
Portugal
Madrid
Tawel
East Main Street
Taylor County Hardware. Co
Main
St. John
Easilene
Esso
Standard OK Company OF
New Jersey
Essolene
Happy
Moose Rome
F. M. Glenn
Baker Coal Company
H. B. Newson
Brydon
Sand Lick
Simpson
W. Va
E. Ellers Transfer CO
Opera House
Autry
Jean Parker
Frank Albertson
Fred Stone
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