Grafton Social and Health News Highlights
Misses Rita Riffee and Rose Ford visit Mrs Brooks Deberney and Miss Martha Jane Barry in Fairmont. Prof Warren R Good of the University of Michigan tours Grafton with his wife and children, remembered for teaching math at Grafton High School 1921-23. Various locals visit, attend funerals, and plan social events. Hospital updates include several major operations and tonsil procedures at City Hospital.
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Rita Riffee
Rose Ford
Brooks Deberney
Martha Jane Barry
Fairmont
Warren R. Good
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Mich
Brooklyn
N. Y
Harvey Scranage
Fairmont Pike
Leslie Riggleman
Truman McVicker
N. M. Brown
Virginia
Alice Riggleman Hawley
Manowa
Preston County
Morgan
New York City
Grafton
Robert Henry
Frances Anne
Henry
Robert Heflin
MceMechen
W. Va
Anna Heflin
Heflin
Helen Hess
Jeannett
City
Mildred Flanagan
East Washington Street
Miss Hess
Miss Flanagan
St. Mary's College
Notre Dame
Ind
Hary Lipscomb
Helen Louise Lucas
Route 2
Judy Miller
West Francis Street
Dotty Lou Miller
West Wilford
Local Socials and Reunions Highlight Busy Evening
Jerry Morgan reports from Printtown where the Christian Temperance Union hosted a gathering with talks on loyal temperance projects alcohol education and liquor control. School group notes cover meetings at United Brethren church and a bonfire with games. Upcoming reunions include Colebank Lindsey at Dever's Grove and Nicola, Pierce, and Ford family events across nearby towns.
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C. T. US
Honessis
Womens ‘Christian Temperance Union
Fairmont Pike
America
Martha Flestter
Blanche Bartlett
Katherine Trimble
Loyal Temperance Legion Projects
Virginia Mason
Lois
al Ciquor
Marthi
Colebank
Truffles Big Problem For Hunt In U S Growth Plan
Washington reports the agriculture department weighs how to locate ripe French truffles after planting trials near Leesburg Virginia Auburn Alabama State College and Knoxville Tennessee Dr E R Lambert notes truffles a tuber melanosporum highly prized in France bringing seven million dollars in year and outlines hogs dogs or flies used to scent them up to eight inches underground with training for future hunts and broader planting in Puget Sound irrigated western areas.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
E. R. Lambert
France
United States
Leesburg
Auburn
Ala State College
Miss
Knoxville
Lambert
Pugent Sound
Virginia Hunt
Leesburgh
Roosevelt Seeks Drought Plan In North Dakota Trip
President Roosevelt travels to drought damaged North Dakota for talks with state and federal officials and his drought committee. He advocates pasture use, crop insurance tied with a never normal granary, and soil conservation to stabilize the northwest economy amid the plains drought.
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Roosevelt
Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota
Northwest
Walter Walford
Elmer E. Holt
Montana
Wallace
Great Plains
National Grange
Economic Planner Sees Stable Costs With Ample Food
A policy analyst noted costs would rise only slightly above other living expenses, using 1828 1928 as a base. He asserted there would be no scarcity of food and supported steady affordability in the outlook.
91 Year-Old Editorial Writer Still Working in Altoona
Wesley Howe Schwartz, age 91, continues to write his daily column and multiple editorials for The Mirror in Altoona Pennsylvania. He says he is probably the oldest active newspaperman in the United States.
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Altoona
Wesley Howe Schwartz
the Mirror
United States
One Serious Incident Probed After Moonshine Run
Officers pursued suspects after a confrontation near Williamson where five men were involved. Rule England and Blankenship were hospitalized while four others vanished. A search followed as Rule learned from Blankenship the youth came from Kentucky to help run moonshine. Captain George Skeen of Beckley ordered a thorough investigation.
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Williamson
Rule
England
Blankenship
Fou
Kentucky
George Skeen
Beckley
Glass on Presidential Re election Support
U S Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, a conservative Democrat, tells reporters in Washington that he will vote for the president's reelection. He predicts Virginia will stay Democratic despite some disaffection, seen on the White House steps after a conference with the president.
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Virginia
Washington, D. C
U. S
Carter Glass
Glas
White House
Gldastote
Seven year old hurt by fall with fish bowl mishap
Parkersburg reports seven year old Mary Ileen Le Febvre suffered a deep arm gash after she fell while carrying a fish bowl. The incident occurred August 27 as onlookers described a nearby melee.
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Parkersburg
Mary Ileen Lefebvre
Sari
Contract Bridge Tips From a Famous Teacher
Central Press features E. V. Shepard, noted bridge instructor, explaining a hand where a nonvulnerable partner’s bid and the ensuing play yield a small slam in diamonds. He analyzes bidding, opening leads, ruffing, discards, and how best to reach the 1,690 point small slam versus a safer but inferior 300 point line.
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Central Press
E. V. Shepard
South
Dummy
Declarer
North
Dividend Rate Doubled By Wheeling Steel Co
Wheeling Steel directors doubled the dividend on 6 percent preferred stock from 50 cents quarterly to 1 dollar per share. The $1 dividend will be payable October 1 to holders of record September 12.
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Wheeling Steel Co
Wheeling
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Carrier Pigeon May Aid In Solution of Mystery
Sheriff Taylor in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, uses a carrier pigeon deputized three days earlier to help investigate an abandoned automobile found by neighbors near the Hugh Bailey farm. The car contained an empty bird cage and a leg band reading Wyandotte, Michigan. Wyandotte police denied knowledge of the car or pigeon, so the sheriff attached information to the pigeon's leg and released it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynesburg
Clarence C. Taylor
Hugh Bailey
Wyandotte, Mich
Wyandotte
Taylor
Veteran J B Sexton dies at 47 in Huntington hospital
J B Sexton a World War II veteran and prominent Huntington resident died suddenly at the U S veterans hospital at age 47 The death occurred in the veterans hospital and he was well known in the community
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Huntington
J.B. Sexton
U. S. Veterans’ Hospital
Doan's Pills Relieve Painful Backaches From Tired Kidneys
Doan's Pills offer relief from backaches blamed on tired kidneys. The ad claims kidneys remove acids and wastes and that a healthy person passes about 3 pints daily with 5 and more pounds of waste. It urges readers to ask their druggist for Doan's Pills as a long trusted remedy.
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Doan
Milliona
Doari
Building and Loan League Set for Logan Convention
The West Virginia Building and Loan League will convene in Logan for its twenty first annual meeting on September 15 and 16. Logan association secretary Tom G Moore said about 100 members will attend.
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Logan
West Virginia Building and Loan League
Tom G. Moore
Logan Association
Vogal Chosen as Second Vice Commander in Election
Vogal Chosen was selected as second vice commander with Ray Wiseman named adjutant succeeding Tarlock Rasmussen who announced the officers. Arthur G. Yates became finance officer and A. T. Miller served as service officer. J. L. Evans was chosen sergeant-at-arms and Crawford Compton named chaplain. C. Frederick Schroeder Jr. named historian for the Executive Group.
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Ray Wiseman
Tarlock Rasmussen
Arthur G. Yates
A. T. Miller
J. L. Evans
Local committee names elected for year
About 25 members attended last night’s meeting to appoint the executive committee for the year. The panel will include Sheriff Lee Bennett, A. J. Roe, M. B. Murray, Arthur G. Yates, Joe Halderman, Crawford Compton and Mak B. Rau. The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday September 9.
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Sheriff Lee Bennett
A. J. Roe
M. B. Murray
Arthur G. Yates
Joe Halderman
Crawford Compton
Mak B. Rau
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Marion Taylor
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Daughters ¢ America
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Pearl Husston
Quota Club
Judgen Guild of the Baptist Church
Guy Cole
Main Street
Laura Reynolds
Namoi Zumbro
Lena Ford
Order of Grafton
C. C. Moats
C. Abel
Davie Moast
Daughters of America
Jerry Lyall
Lost Creek
Winona
Lester Losh
West Milford
Clarksburg
J. Marion Smith
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Lost Creek High School
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King Edward VII
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Great Britain
Bay of
Martinac
Yugoslavia
Drough Belt
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Senator Carter Glass
Altattacas
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Dommy
Wasa
Brownbilt Shoe Store
West Main
Newburg
G. H. Silcott
Building & Loan League
Atlantic City
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