Young boy charged with arson in Buckhannon
Buckhannon December 1. Policeman Kelso Root pursued Donald McDaniel a Moundsville youth after he robbed and set fire to Cutlip and Mossman drug store. Fire caused 15 000 to 18 000 dollars damage. McDaniel fled toward Clarksburg and is sought by local, county, and state police. Bloodhounds offered no results. A Studebaker car with plate 87864 is tied to the case and returned to Buckhannon pending clearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckhannon
Kelso Root
Ring
Donald McDaniel
Moundsville
McDaniel
Root
McDonald
Clarksburg
Man Drug
I. B. Chidester
Buckhab Now
Cutlip and
Mogs Man
0. S. Cutlip
Cutlip
R. W Mossman
Morgantown
Kidder
Youns Nes
JeVmiel
Studebaker
Wellabury
Hale Pawley
Nick Raschell
Dents
Wesleyan College
Battleship West Virginia Commissioned in Norfolk
The battleship West Virginia, fifth with electric drives and armed with eight 16 inch guns, left Newport News for Norfolk to be commissioned and soon joins the Pacific fleet after training. It displaces 32,600 tons, is 624 feet long, and carries 1400 officers and men under Captain Thomas Senn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jutland
Maryland
Colorado
North Dakota
West Virginia
Denby
Thomas Jones Senn
United States Navy
Hood
Newport Ews
Newport’ News Ship Building and Dry Dock Co
Norfolk Navvy Yard
Norfol Yard
New Yo
Pacific Fleet
German coalition names new cabinet under Marx
Berlin reports the new three party coalition led by Dr. Wilhelm Marx as chancellor begins today with Dr. Gustaf Stressemann as foreign minister and a full list of ministers including interior, defense, labor, finance, transport, food, justice, and occupied territories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Marx
Herr Schiele
Ebert
Aer Eee
Emminger
Lokal Anseiger
Beelzebub
Reicheta
Marx
Finance
Lst
Berlin
Wilhelm Marx
Gustaf Stressemann
Jarres
Otto
Gexsler
Heinrich Brar Uns
Hang Luther
Rudolph Decser
Count Kanitz
A. D. Tamm
Emminner
WVU Football Weekend Visitors From Morgantown
In Morgantown Thanksgiving day observers attended the football game. Carl Ford returned from Morgantown after the game. Robert I Jefferys a West Virginia University student and New Dominion editorial staffer spends the weekend with his father and sister on Walnut Street. Clay Miller Jr returned to Grafton Friday from Morgantown after the Washington Jefferson and West Virginia game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
Carl Ford
Robert I. Jefferys
West Virginia University
New Dominion At
Clay
V. Miller, Jr
Grafton
Washington-Jefferson
West Virginia
Former Grafton Lady Dies at Her Keyser Home
Mrs Laula Cheshire aged 54 died at her Keyser residence on Thursday. A former Grafton resident she lived there for years. Her husband, long employed by the B and C as an engineer, died years ago. She leaves two children Frank Cheshire and Mrs Helen Crush, both of Keyser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Laula Cheshie
Keyser
Frank Cheshire
Helen Crush
Old resident recalls Grafton city as he knew it in past
Jacob C. Stealey, former Grafton resident now visiting his niece, recalls 1871 house purchase near the old Catholic school, Odd Fellows activity, and local shop foremen. He describes boarding at Ward House in 1869, Main Street dirt roads, late rail travel, and the vanished Coonga trick building, noting many landmarks have disappeared with progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob C. Stealey
Grafton
J. S. Nicola
E. Wilford Street
Mr. Stealey
Akron
Messrs
J. D
R. L
James G. Stealey
Stealey
Granville B. Jarvis
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows
James H. Stout
Charles White
Stout
White
John Adair
Parkersburg
W. E
Porter
Waiters
Mélie
Slade
James W. Holt
Grafton Sentinel
Main Street
Fetterman
John Coonga
Personal notices from Grafton and surrounding towns
A roundup of local visits and movements includes Miss May DeVaughn in Grafton with hosts Mr and Mrs J Stanley Nicola, Mrs John Libach visiting in the first ward, and R B Knight at his mother Mrs George Knight in West Union. Others travel between Clarksburg Morgantown and Wheeling for holidays, jobs, and social events while several residents attend college or work, with mentions of Thanksgiving weekend gatherings and a hospital story noting a death in Greensburg PA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May DeVaughn
Sutton
Grafton
J. Stanley Nicola
John Libach
Bridgeport
Henry McFarling
R. B. Knight
George Knight
West Union
C. C. Plummer
Newburg
John Cole
Clarksburg
Richard Sinsel
Dennison University
Grantville
Ohio
Charles A. Singer
Maple Avenue
Victor Wilhide
West Virginia University
Jennie Cole
Washing‘ton
Joseph C
Farmer" Helms
Davey Tree Expert Company
Pittsburgh
Pator
Empire Construction Company
Nellie Wallace
Otterbein College
Westerville
Deaths From Gas Sickness Era Soldiers Exposed in France
Tuberculosis caused by gas exposure on French battlefields led to the death. Survived by mother, step-father Mr. and Mrs. Millard Kesser, sisters Vanley Shaw James Pye Glen Digman Edith and Anna Shaw, brother Clif Shaw of Detroit, grandmother Mrs. I. V. V. Wood of Grafton. Burial in Bluemont cemetery after funeral at Andrews Methodist Episcopal led by Rev. Fred S. Bishop. Funeral by Taylor County Post No. 78 American Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Millard Kesser
Vanley- Shaw
James Pye
Glen Digman
Edith
Anna Shaw
Clif Shaw
Detroit
Mich
I. V. V. Wood
Grafton
Bluemont
Andrews Methodist Episcopal
Fred S. Bishop
Taylor County
The
American Legion
West Virginia Teachers Association Elects Jackson President
JA Jackson, superintendent of Clarksburg public schools, was elected president of the West Virginia State Teachers Association by delegates, defeating W C Cook by thirteen votes. Miss Bess Anderson becomes vice president. B G Jacobs treasurer. W W Trent secretary. 1924 convention set for Bluefield with plans for October week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Teachers Association
Bluefield
Wheeling
JA. Jackson
Clarksburg
West Va
W. C. Cook
McDowell County
Jackson
Bess Anderson
Parkers‘burg
Association
Vanity leads to arrest of alleged killer
Los Angeles police arrest Loran Croston of West Virginia murder fame after a photo note hints he escaped via Clarksburg. Croston, 25, linked to the Lawrence Mayle case, is held on murder and Mann Act charges. He boasted film ambitions and once courted a Mack Sennett star, using a California matrimonial bureau photo.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Loran Croston
W. Virginia
Clarksburg
B. and O. Station
California
Mack Sennett
Croston
C. BR .Walch
the Deartment of Justice
George E Smith
Mayle
Walsh
Seventh Street
Croston Charged in February Murder of Mayle Near Everson
The alleged murder occurred last February when Croston shot and killed Mayle as he returned from work. Bessie Mayle has remarried since, becoming the wife of Jimmie Woofington of Fairmont, who is now jailed in Marion County on charges of violating the prohibition act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everson
Croston
Mayle
Bessie Mayle
Jimmie Woofington
Fairmont
Woofington
Pres‘ent
Marion County
United States Invited to Send Members to Paris Committees
Washington learns American participation on the two Reparation Commission finance inquiry panels is unofficially welcomed by Paris. Col. James A. Logan reports US hesitation to join a restricted inquiry while noting allied governments see US funds as essential to German reparations plans.
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Logan
Paris
United States
Germany
Washington
James A. Logan
Reparation Commission
Poincare
State Hughes
France
M. Poincare
Fugland
Teason
State Department
A. S
Confesses He Had Robbed Post Office Dept
Herman C. Davis admits to systematically robbing the Post Office Department of stamps valued at about $75,000 over nearly 25 years. He signed a confession and restitution offer, held on $5,000 bond. Inspectors say he netted over $100,000 selling stamps to Hussman Stamp Co officials, who were unaware of the theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Post Office Department
Herman Davis
Davis
Liberty
United States
St. Louis Company
ST. Louis
Post Office
R. A. Ward
Herman C. Davis
Hussman Stamp Co
Salvation Army to Aid Needy in Grafton Christmas Effort
Captain Clifford Miller announced the Salvation Army will distribute baskets and gifts to needy families in and around Grafton for a full Christmas dinner and cheer. The effort targets widows families old people and children with sickness in the home, calling for financial donations to Box 39 City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation of
Gralwa
Grafton
Clifford Miller
Mhenet
Alwayay
Sanivation Army
Sts mi
Joni
Salvation Army
Hinton Mayor Freed On Liquor Charge
Charleston dispatch reports Mayor George S. Abbott of Hinton was found not guilty by a jury in a waites State district court on charges of violating prohibition law. The jury deliberated about an hour before acquitting the mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
George S. Abbott
Ton
Waited States District Court
Also Mentioned on This Page
Young Boy
Donald
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary
Fairmoutt
Quota Club
Harry Wagley
Cumberland
Clyde G. Turner
Yates Avenue
Presbyterian Church
Morgan’s Raiders
FP. B. Smith
Alfred Morgan
Quekhannon
Reunison
Mary Mays
Madeline Shackleford
Miss Mays
Knotts Avenue
Lee Chambers
Eliabeth Stafford
Virginia Atha
Virginia Holt
Madelin
Shackleford
Rupert Sueet
Clay Miller
Ray Monroe
Wiliam Samples
Ben Miller
Bailey Wyckoff
Rotary Club
Andrews Methodist Epscopal Church
D. C. Peck
Harry Murray
Coolidge
J. Lee Evans
Tom Bartlett
Charles Brinkman
Mr. Bartlett
C. A Keefer
Robinson
Opera House
Elks
Elks Club
Joe Madera
Arthur Thomas Vivian
Thomas
William James
Charles Robinson
John Robinson
Chicago
Capt
Senn
Stresseman
Occupied Territories
Anton Hoefle
Jacob Stealey
Agals
City
Schroeder
Wm Hodel
Howard H. Holt
Annie
Susie Magill
Hott
Editors and Publishers
Harry Karl Shaw
Pete Moore
Co. H. 56Th Infantr
Evi
Pitvsim
Greensburg
Mens Hospital
Denver
Col
Harry Shaw
Lawrence Mayle
Jeverson
P. D. Dept
Department
Dec
Heath
Esther Cronin
Oneida Street
Duquesne Helgnts
Cronin
Blaubenville
Leouin
ARMY
Meller
Hinton
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