Annual State Fair Opens Saturday in Wheeling
Wheeling will host the 54th annual state fair starting Saturday with a grand opening and daily races through the week. The event, run by Tri-State Jockey Club, features a beauty pageant with regional winners, exhibits of industrial and agricultural products, and a large Labor Day parade expected to draw thousands.
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Rehabilitation committee to meet at FERA offices
Administrator Simon Friedman announced a rehabilitation committee meeting led by Chairman Will Grimes at 7 30 Friday evening at the FERA offices. Applications will be received and prospective purchasers will be discussed with the committee.
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Livestock Distribution Open to Taylor County Farmers
Administrator Simon J. Friedman announced that horses, cows, and pigs are available to farmers in Taylor County. Following a Charleston visit by EW. Coffindaffer, state rural rehabilitation director, prices were set for horses at up to 111 dollars and cattle shipped from the west at 5 to 20 dollars. pigs’ price was not fixed. Applications blanks may be pro-
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Simon J. Friedman
EW. Coffindaffer
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Freight Rate Hearings Open to Witnesses
The article notes petitions to be heard with witnesses informed to notify the commission by September 25 of intent to offer evidence. It calls for the number of witnesses, general character of evidence, and approximate time required for the initial hearing.
Assailing New Deal Tax Plans At Farm Picnic
An Iowa speaker denounced the processing tax funding crop control as unconstitutional and claimed producers bear 70 to 80 percent of it. He criticized Roosevelt era writings and the brain trust, urged keeping thrift in farming, and warned of a socialized era. The gathering drew farm families from Illinois and Wisconsin to a Northern Illinois picnic.
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Wisconsin
National party meeting opens with talks and banquet
Expect large ad from page one. Mrs. Clara L. Ebert, national committeewoman, and Walter S Hallanan, national committeeman, speak. Party congressional candidates will give brief talks. A banquet at 7 o'clock closes the first day. Reports of committees due Saturday morning while Saturday afternoon officers for the next two years will be elected.
Ada Stout Copney Dies After Illness at 40
Ada Stout Copney 40, colored, died at her Kingwood home at 9 yesterday morning after a 10 day illness from gastric ulcer of the stomach. Born October 9, 1893 in the city, she was the daughter of the late Leonard Stout and Celia Turner Stout. She attended local public schools and joined Warren Methodist Episcopal Church, where final obsequies will be held. She is survived by her mother and husband Henry Copney.
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Funeral rites set for Grace Rowland in Bluemont
Funeral services for Grace Rowland of Fairmont and Mrs. Hat, widow of Mal Armstrong, will be held in Bluemont cemetery with Bavett Funeral Company in charge. The notice also notes local church services and community advertisements, including feed stock move and coal trucking updates, with George Brown listed among the notices.
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