Poe and McVicker Reunions Highlight Corral Parlor Event
Society notes report the Poe reunion at Deversgrove with Harvey Poe and Ira Poe leading the program. Guests enjoyed music by Emmett Poe and sons, readings by Mrs. Harold Cole, Walter A. Wood, Rosemary Carrothers, and the Daugherty trio, plus a noon picnic. Also announced: McVicker reunion at Rowlesburg on Sunday, September 2 with Truman McVicker presiding. Lawn Fete sponsored by First Brethren church Christian Endeavor at Fisher's filling station on August 30. Pierce family seventh annual reunion September 2 at W. C. Pierce's home near Grafton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poe
Deversgrove
Harvey Poe
Mr. Cleavenger
Ira Poe
Christian Endeavor Society of the First Brethren Church
Fisher's
Route 50
Edgar Williams Visits Baltimore Parents This Weekend
Edgar Williams of Baltimore spent Sunday visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. Grant Williams of Knottsville Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Williams
Baltimore
Mrs
Grant Williams
Knottsville Road
Haymond Methodist church hosts old time festival
The ladies of the Methodist Episcopal church in Haymond invite the public to an old time festival at the church Thursday evening. Attendees are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Methodist Episcopal Church
Haymond
Personal notices from the week include travel and visits
Mr and Mrs J S Cleavenger and their children toured Virginia towns and Luray cave. Mrs William Everly of Akron visited relatives here. Virginia Ellers Jo Ann Simmons and Miss Ellers will visit Chicago and attend the World’s Fair. W W Knotts and sons travel to Chicago for a World’s Fair visit. Dorothy Morgan of Fairmont returns from a stay with Pearl Kyte. Harold Morgan visits grandparents Grant and Mrs Williams. Charles Rogers from route 2 calls in Grafton. T B Henderson and Rosemary and C Bambridge attend Roe reunion. Rev C D Payne, once local MP pastor, now Mooseheart chaplain, visited. Sarah Bambridge of Fairmont has returned home from a visit with grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Cleavenger
Paul
Pauline
Virginia
Luray Cancerns
William Everly
Akron
Ohio
Anna Lee Ellers
Jo Ann Simmons
Ruby Gillespie
Chicago
W. W. Knotts and
William
Wayne
Joseph Montgomery
Wickwire
Dorothy Morgan
Fairmont
Pearl Kyte
Beech Street
Harold Morgan
Roe
Devers Grove
C. D. Payne
M. P
Max Bernotat Academy of Beauty Culture Ad
Young men and women are invited to choose beauty culture as a profession taught in all branches including personal hair cutting. Located on the third floor of Clarksburg Trust Building in Clarksburg West Virginia, the academy promotes a hopeful future in the field.
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The
Max Bernotat
Beauty Culture
Campus Costume couples and visitors from Blueville and Belair
Campus Costume members report Mr and Mrs John R Beall of West Wilford Street, Homer Wilson of Blueville has returned home improved after Baltimore hospital care. Mrs Hugh Warder of Maple Avenue returns from Youngstown with Mr and Mrs Moran. Mrs B B Wilson of Blueville visits sister Mrs H D McQueen at Kankakee while attending Century of Progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Beall
West Wilford Street
Homer Wilson
Blueville
Baltimore
Hugh Warder
Maple Avenue
Youngstown
Ohio
T. E. Moran
Moran
Daley
B. B. Wilson
Ben
H. D. McQueen
Kankekee, Ill
Century of Progress
Joseph P. Kane
Bellaire
Peggy Joyce
Pittsburgh
Federation of Labor Holds Annual Meeting in West Virginia
Logan Aug 27 Members of the West Virginia Federation of Labor opened their annual convention with president John B Easton declaring the federation a real power in the state. He cited a recent contract cancellation after a company refused to employ union men and praised President Roosevelt as the greatest. Easton noted 27 federation members are running for state legislature and urged members to identify those candidates before November voting.
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Logan
West
Roosevelt
Federation
Parents Refuse to Let Doctors Treat Youth
Fort Payne Alabama August 27 Parents of Wallace Doyle Sharp eight today refused to allow a physician to take the child to a hospital in Gadsden Alabama for an operation on his infected leg after they had been warned that further delay might prove fatal More than 150 persons surrounded the Sharp home this morning praying for a faith cure of the infection which had swollen the boy s leg to twice its normal size Deputy Sheriff Rufus Smith and Dr BR J Guest were informed the boy will never be taken from this house except by force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Payne
Ala
Wallace Doyle
Sharp
Gadsden
Rufus Smith
BR. J. Guest
Eleven Prisoners Escape From Hamilton County Jail
In Chattanooga Tennessee on August 27 eleven inmates seized control of the Hamilton county jail, overpowered jailers and trusties, and fled as officers fired a fusillade. Three of the escapees were later recaptured.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Hamilton County
Sales tax totals for July reported by Charleston
Consumers tax returns for July amount to 550 170 05 with a grand total of 2 320 053 26 collected since the tax began April 1 H I Smith head of the revenue bureau announced Col H C Greer Morgantown publisher named chair of a 16 to 32 member advisory committee at Huntington during a Republican Executive Committee meeting
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
H. I. Smith
Revenue Bureau
Col. Greer
Htad G.0. P
Morgantown
Col. H. C. Greer
Huntington
Greenbrier Valley Fair Opens In Lewisburg
The fourteenth annual Greenbrier Valley Fair opens tonight at the fairgrounds and runs through the week. Harness and ignaces are held daily with stalls representing entrants from West Virginia Ohio and North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewisburg
Greenbrier Valley
West Virginia
Ohio
North Carolina
Dam Clearing Nears End Ahead Of Wednesday
US engineers report the timber and brush clearing in the Tygart Valley river basin above the dam site nears completion with about 120 workers remaining. The project previously laid off 183 workers last week, including 145 from Taylor county and 38 from Barbour county.
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Tygart's Valley
Sentinel
Taylor County
Barbour County
Grafton Park
War Department
Federal Department
Democratic Committee Lacks Quorum to Meet
The Democratic executive committee failed to transact business as quorum was not reached at the Saturday meeting at the courthouse. Only W. J. Gates J. E. Hibbs and William Moran appeared, with rumors the panel aimed to dabble in appointing a local postmaster, though no confirmation could be obtained.
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Democratic Executive Committee
Court House
W. J. Gates
J. E
Bob) Hibbs
Booths Creek
William Moran
Simpson
Gates decline to discuss New York tradesmen 1785 celebration
The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen in New York holds their annual Fourth of July celebration. The statement notes that Gates declines to discuss the event, set in the long history of the society’s commemorations beginning in 1785.
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General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen
New York
Menus of the Day from Finland
The menu features a ham souffle called Kinkkukohokas among six daily offerings. A Finnish themed selection highlights hearty, traditional dishes.
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Finland
Vispattua and Cranberries Recipe Fragments Noted
Fragmented instructions describe Vispattua Mariapauroa with whipped berry pudding and a ham cheese sauce, plus a cranberry raspberry juice jelly and sherbet pairing. Recipes include butter flour milk sauces, egg yolks, and baked dishes with detailed steps and substitutions.
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Coral Parrish Montgomery
McVicker
Rowlesburg
Truman McVicker
Dolph McVicker's
Sears-Roebuck
Sears
Mary Isola Hatcher
Clarksburg Trust Bldg
Clarksburg
W. Va
Associated Press
Federation of Labor
Coletta Mulvihill Creen
South Sea Island
Democratic Committee
Man Gates
Alexander George
Eva Coe
Harry Wright
M. K. Peake
Franklin
Wright
Copperstown
N. Y
Rainey
State
American Legion Guard
Henry T. Rainey
House of Representatives
Greene County
Mt Carrollton
Til
Triste
Fdr
Herbert Bayard Swope
New York State Racing Commission
NRA
Love Drug Co
Gillette Razor
Gillette Blue
Bromax
Phillips
SKRIP
Love Drug Company
Chas. M. Wells Wehn
Mo McCrory
Harold 0. Etz Company
Fannie F. Holden Franz
Burka
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