Golden Rule Day push gains world wide support
The Grafton Sentinel notes International Golden Rule Day set for next Sunday. People worldwide urged to trade elaborate meals for refugee rations to aid Near East orphans, with pledges from notable figures and leaders backing the plan. The piece recalls urging words from President Harding and calls for practical charity and unity through the Golden Rule.
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Near East
Coolidge
Harding
Denver
Col
Leson
America
Republic
United States
Witnesses Testify in Abbott Prohibition Case
In Charleston on November 30 two witnesses testified in United States district court about whiskey purchased from Hinton storekeeper Shirttail Meadows and brought to Mayor G S Abbott’s feed store in a sack of chicken feed. They described the Nov 14 raid at Hinton involving Abbott and eighteen others and details of Meadows’s deliveries.
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Charleston
Hinton
G. S. Abbott
United States District Court
Abbott
W. Wiseman
Meadows
D. G. Anderson
J. 2. Grank
F. W. A. Summers
Raiders claim clear path to box found with liquor jar
The raiders testified they followed a clear path to a pasteboard box containing a jar of liquor. Under cross examination the detective admitted they were deputized the night of the raid by United States Deputy Marshal Reynolds and had two months of prior investigation as employees of Burns International Detective Agency.
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United States
Reynolds
Burns International Detective Agency
Gotham Limited Wrecks Near Steubenville Ohio
East bound Gotham Limited passenger train 1254 derailed at Gould tunnel east of Steubenville Ohio. Six of nine coaches left rails. all steel cars likely saved many lives. Passengers evacuated by relief train. no serious injuries reported. worst injury a man with a spun ankle.
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Steubenville
Pennsylvania
St. Louis
New York
Gould Tunnel
Missouri Man Seeks Amendment Legalizing Low Alcohol Beverages
Representative Dyer of Missouri drafts a bill to amend Volstead’s Act to legalize beverages with alcohol up to 2.75 percent by weight or 3.45 percent by volume. He argues the drinks are not intoxicating and predicts most drinkers would favor beer and wine under the bill. He also plans a separate measure making liquor-law violations grounds for deportation of aliens.
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Washington
Dyer
Missouri
House Judiciary Committee
St. Louis
Roosevelt Denies Klan Endorsement For New York Governor
Theodore Roosevelt denied any Ku Klux Klan endorsement of his New York governor bid in a letter released to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He stated he never heard of such support and cited his Lincoln's Birthday speech opposing the Klan.
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New York
Ku Klux Klan
Theodore Roosevelt
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Roosevelt
Lincoln
Woman in Houston Kills Man Then Self in Street Car Crash
In Houston on November 30 Mrs. C. C. Fuller a wealthy widow struck Fred Hicks with her car hurling him thirty feet and killing him then drove head-on into a street car and died. The report also mentions Miss Agnes Gocke visiting in Clarksburg.
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Houston
Texas
C. C. Fuller
Fred Hicksman
Sorrowing mother defends sons amid bank murder case
Brooklyn mother Dora Diamond mourns her sons Morris Diamond and Joseph Diamond as murder charges loom after the shooting of two bank messengers and a $4,000 theft. Siblings, sisters, and the widow’s grief frame a community shaken by crime and suspicion. The tale traces Morris's past as a star athlete and dancer, contrasting family devotion with alleged violence and looming punishment.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Dora Diamond
Morris Barlow Diamond
Morris
Joseph
David
Maurice
Vid
Diamond
Sally
Elizabeth
Jane
Leona
Bensonhurst
Broadwi
West End Bank
Mrs. Diamond
New York
Davey
In Defense of the Busy Signal Giver at the Switchboard
An article defends telephone operators, detailing the tough switchboard training, procedures, and manners required. It notes six to eight months of practice, quiet speaking tones, and hands free via a transmitter, while highlighting public critique versus operator resilience. It also mentions office items like silk hose and a pickup of equipment prices.
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Arla
Polly
Jeis
Florence Poe
Donohue
Order and system in the maze of telephone switches
The piece explains how switchboard holes are arranged to show which connects with each number. It notes color marks for private switches and party lines, and describes tireless hours for telephone girls as they connect calls. It urges kindness to central workers who keep service flowing despite rush periods.
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Sam Firm
Wattshe
Central
Layoff Hit Over 70000 Pennsylvanians Workers
Philadelphia November 30 More than seventy thousand Pennsylvania Railroad shop employees will be affected by a temporary shutdown order to take effect Saturday Twenty thousand face an indefinite layoff period The railroad cites seasonal traffic reductions and a winter readiness program as the reason and notes surplus cars and locomotives available for service.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
American Alway Associattion
Pastor denounces smoking mothers in sermon
Columbus preacher Rev Dr Daniel F Rittenhouse of the First Baptist church deplored smoking mothers in a sermon on Home Life. He said women have the right to smoke but a baby grows best in a joyful mother’s arms and urged wholesome home life and faith in God.
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Columbus
Daniel F. Rittenhouse
First Baptist Church
Rum Che Revealed by Talking Parrot Parody
Southbridge police raid a West Main street block uncovering sixty quarts of contraband beer three gallons of moonshine whiskey a quart of gin and a five gallon copper still. A parrot cries there is more in the bedroom prompting a further search yielding a fifty gallon moonshine mash barrel.
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Southbridge
Mass
Prohibition
West Main Street
Local residents enjoy weekend visits and gatherings
W W Criss and family and C O Knotts and family spent Sunday at J W Foreman's. Miss Gusta Hamilton visited friends in Newbury and Kingwood. Rey Arbogast of Knottsville kept a regular appointment at Pleasant Valley with his wife and Siddwell. Opal Criss, Mary Watts, Jillian Matlick, Wilda Shroyer, William Matlick, and George Price, high school students at Fellowsville, spent weekend at home. Cecil Perine and wife of Graf ton visited Trlendy. H D Cornwell and sons Keith and Robert spent Sunday at P M Cornwell's. Mason Brows and wife visited Grafton. Foreman of Philippi spent Sunday at home. W D Wilson traveled to Evansville for business. Funeral attendance for Mrs Sarah at Mt Zion. Virgil Hamilton of Grafton stayed Thursday and Friday. Alice Miller and Lola Shroyer went to Wheeling for a teachers meeting.
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W. W. Criss
C. O. Knotts
J. W. Foreman
Gusta Hamilton
Newbury
Kingwood Rey Arbogast
Knottsville
Pleasant Valley
Siddwell
Sun- Foyer's
Opal Criss
Mary Watts
Jillian Matlick
Wilda Sbroyer
William Matlick
George Price
Sarah
Mt. Zion
Virgil Hamilton
Grafton
Alice Miller
Lola Shroyer
Wheeling
Personal notices from Grafton area social scene
Mr and Mrs Walter Stitt return from Wheeling to Grafton after visiting Morgantown for WVU versus W&J game. Several WVU students and locals visit relatives for Thanksgiving. Hats and dresses advertised at Mrs Florence Donohue's. Multiple locals attend WVU games, holidays, and weekends with family.
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Walter Stitt
Wheeling
Grafton
Morgantown
Youngsters Judge Stock in Chicago
Youthful stock judgers from eight states compete in the non collegiate live stock judging contest as a curtain raiser for the International Live Stock Exposition opening tomorrow. Teams include three youths from agricultural high schools or live stock clubs. last year West Virginia won the national trophy.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Aged widow Louise Roach dies of heart disease
Louise Roach age 80 widow of Page Roach died Wednesday at her son in law B E Batsop home of heart disease. Funeral services led by Rev M Jackson were held Friday at 10 30 at Simpson cemetery. Survived by brothers John Tutt Huntington James Tutt Webster and two grandchildren Norma Batson Noel Batson.
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Louise Roach
Page Roach
B. E. Batsop
Simpson
Rev. M. Jackson
John Tutt
Huntington
James Tutt
Webster
Norma Batson
Noel Batson
New German Cabinet Announced In Berlin
Berlin Nov. 30 An announcement named a three party cabinet with Dr Wilhelm Marx as chancellor and former chancellor Stresemann as foreign minister. The move preserves parliamentary government by a narrow margin and faces grave issues over food supply currency and taxation before early 1924 elections.
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Berlin
Germany
Wilhelm Marx
Stresemann
Marx
Coolidge Orders Freight Rate Inquiry On North Dakota Coal
President Coolidge directed the Interstate Commerce Commission to probe reports that increased coal freight rates in North Dakota were a conspiracy to ruin the state’s coal mining industry after telegrams from Governor Nestos and other citizens urged action.
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Washington
Nestos
North Dakota
Coolidge
Interstate Commerce Commission
Indiana governor indicted for forgery and embezzlement
Indianapolis November 30 Governor Warren T McCray was indicted by the Marion county grand jury on eight charges including embezzlement larceny forgery pretense fraud and false statement in a financial report Bond set at 25000 by Judge James A Collins of the criminal court
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Indianapolis
Warren T. McCray
Marion County Grand Jury
James A. Collins
Criminal Court
Chinese girls make 1000 kimonas for quake victims
Chinese girl students from eight schools in Tientsin have sewn about 1000 kimonas for Japanese quake sufferers. The workers donated their spare time after classes, aiding relief efforts.
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Tey Ggg
Tientsin
Lege
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