Capital Politicians Bow To Will Of Teddy Roosevelt's Daughter
Mrs Alice Roosevelt Longworth wields influence in Washington, guiding Congress and executive decisions through invitations and counsel. Her marriage to Nicholas Longworth augments her power as she steers policy and lines up influential figures, shaping national politics from the heart of the capital.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Charles P. Stewart
Washington
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Indice
Longworth
Congress
Nicholas Longworth
Lonssworth
Glasninston Ife
Mrs. Longworth
Ives
Matilda Fenton
Vincent Gainer
Mildred Sdie Bell
Francis Gaston Gainer
Tanner
W. Va
Irene Malloy
Harry Wilfong
Henrietta Kathryn Gainer
Morgantown
Claybourne D. Wilfong
Glenville
Peter Flynn
Gainer
Kathryn Gaston Gainer
Highland Avenue
Glenville. Normal School
Hope Natural Gas Company
8. J. Bell
de Kalb
Glenville State Normal School
Wilfong
Ottis Wilfong
Glenville Normal School
Davis and Elkins College
Wallace High School
Gupid
House of Representatives
Local Post Hosts New Year's Eve Cabaret Dance
Clarksburg dancers pack Carmichael Auditorium for the Eighteenth Division Veterans' association New Year’s Eve cabaret. Tables on the dance floor expand to fit a large crowd with guests from surrounding towns and lawyers from a recent bar convention planning return visits.
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Clarksbury
Clarksburg
Carmichael Auditorium
Eighteenth Division Veterans’ Association
Juvenile party and two weddings in town
A Saturday afternoon birthday party for Jeane Menear at Washington Street featured seven candles and gifts for the seventh birthday. Separate notices cover Lena Spiker and Everett Hackett’s wedding at Andrews Methodist church and Lillian Powell with Frank Morgan’s church ceremony, with postnuptial dinners and plans to reside in town.
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W. G. Menear
Washington ‘Street
Jeane
Carolyn Rendle
Sarah Mason
Betty Lee Beard
Helen Snider
Juanita Fornash
Lena Tack
Mary Moore
Rosalyn Proudfoot
Lena Spiker
Everett Hackett
Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church
Fred Bishop
C. F. Clark
Knotts Avenue
Virginia
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Pather M. J. Hinnon
Hilda Bishop
Karl Nurum
Miss Powell
Aaron Ward
Miss Bishop
Mrs. Morgan
No. 4
Philadelphia
Washington
Mixa Helens ‘Pornay
Bride and groom establish new furnished home
The bride formerly worked in the accounting department of the B. and O. offices here and the groom runs a plumbing business with a shop on Latrobe Street. The couple awaits occupancy of their new fully furnished residence.
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B. and O
Latrobe Street
Farmer decries high butter prices and merchant profits
A Taylor County farmer writes a letter to merchants urging fair pricing. He recounts bringing butter to Loyd alay and Hugked ty, facing stores that refuse cash, while retailers reportedly buy butter at 30 to 35 cents and sell at 45 to 50. He travels to Clarksburg for 40 cents cash, notes church visits, and accuses local traders of unethically profiting from farmer labor.
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Merchant
Loydalay
Clarksburg
Ike
Taylor County
Move Against LaFollette Group Likely To Hitch Congress
Washington December 1. After a six months rest the sixty-eighth Congress reassembled for a short session to renew turmoil and strife from its first gathering. Initial brief meetings set a program of prayer, roll call, swearing in, and a committee to notify the President the Congress is ready for communications. Adjournment is out of respect to deceased members. President Walton and leaders foresee a heavy year of appropriations and divergence on many measures amid party tensions spurred by La Follette actions.
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Walton
Coolidge
Vinpiinen
Senate
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Senate-Side reshuffle looms as new congress opens
As the new session begins the article notes shifts between regular and insurgent Republicans, possible delays in legislation, and a looming extra session. It highlights moves in the Senate leadership, committee chairmanships, and the budget process, with focus on Muscle Shoals, farm aid, and interior department appropriations.
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la Follettee
Senate
Lutherans of City Mark 50th Anniversary at St Pauls
The St Pauls Lutheran church observed its fiftieth anniversary with morning and evening services. Rev W A Shipman of Johnstown Pa delivered notable sermons. The event honored the church’s continued growth and the congregation filled the services with a memorable memorial occasion.
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St. Paul's Lutheran Church
W. A. Shipman
Johnstown
Revival Ends at U B Church in Grafton
The United Brethren church in Grafton closed a revival with two strong sermons by Evangelist Reese. Morning and evening services led to three and six conversions respectively, and a four hundred dollar freewill offering praised his work. The event featured Prof. Groves and a large chorus, with new members welcomed and memories lasting for the church.
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United Brethren Church
Reese
Evangelist Reese
Grafton
J. F. Groves
Rev
Prof
Groves
West Virginia trio escapes from federal prison farm
Dec 1 report from Atlanta states two WV prisoners Mack Brawley 31 and George Phillips 22 escaped from the federal penitentiary farm Sunday. A third prisoner George Phillips quietly walked away Friday and has not been recaptured. Brawley was sent from Abington WV to serve two years for forgery. his term ends February 1 1926. Phillips was sentenced from Bluefield WV to two years for using the mails to defraud. his term ends April 1 next year. Walker was to report to the penitentiary in December 1923 for 18 months after a ruling on interstate commerce violations.
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Atlanta
Mack Brawley
George Phillips
West Virginia
Federal Penitentia
George
Brawley
Abington
W. Va
Phillipa
Bluefield
Walker
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Mary Jo Moran
Edith Chadduck
Alice Preiss
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Uttle
Joan
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Doris Lee
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Roy M. Thorn
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Otterbein College
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Father
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Terra” Alta
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G. C. Kelley
J. E. Plum
Telatives
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Delaware
Addizon Street
W. M. Carr
Dale Martin
Chester Proudfoot
Marietta
William McFarland
Lelia Ware
Anna Foley
Margaret Rose Moore
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Glenn Miller
Mary, Margaret
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