Grafton News Recap of Crime War Era and Public Health
John Harrison led a mail robbery aboard the Baltimore and Ohio Express in 1915, later arrested in Texas with unsigned notes hidden in a shop. The B&O expands parlor dining cars on the Grafton to Elkins line. Local leaders push for mayor and city commissioner campaigns ahead of March 6 primaries. Civil War veteran reflections and memorials surface from Kokomo, Missouri, with plans to visit in 1918. Extreme February cold and a fatal bridge collapse trigger wartime style local calamities. Infantile paralysis prompts quarantine, church closures, and public health coordination. Groundhog Day spurs local verse, while gas transmission concerns drive legislative lobbying. Notable obituaries include Mammy Spriggs and memorial notes for local veterans.
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John Harrison
Baltimore & Ohio
Central Station
San Antoniio
Texas
Attar
Baltimore and Ohio
Grafton and
Elkins
Belington
Seu B
England
J. M.R. Forty
Charles Chadduck
B. F. Sayre
Byron
Dilworth
Thomas F. Lanham
Charles Stolzenfeld
L. E B. Sharp
Albertus Summers
James A. Lincell
S. A. Shroyer
Marion D. Allender
W.C. Byers
W. C. Hanway
Joseph J. Remlinger
Frank B. Cather
Joe Matlick
Grafton
Kokomo
Missouri
Reno
Grand Army of the Republic
Baily Brown
United States
Reno Post No. 7
National Cemetery
Charles Y. Pickett
Tygart Valley
Chim N. L. Lock
Webster
Hazel Atlas Glass Plant
the Sentinel
Taylor County
Graham
Chadduck
Fortney
Robinson
Luzadder
Burns
King
J. Lester Bush
Warder
Shaffer
Bilis
Travis
Warden
Ogden
Peck
Bucklew
Lanham
A. A. Doak
Business Men's Association
Grand
Opera House
Spriggs
Alexander Spriggs
A. S. Warder
West Grafton
Robert
Willie Roberts
William
Colored Institution
Huntington
Charles E. Burke
West Virginia
Charles Pit Guard
Konjola credited with cure claims and political notes
Mr Joseph F Wilson of Martinsburg testifies Konjola cured his twelve year digestive kidney troubles after taking two bottles then two more. The ad notes Konjola sold in Grafton at Grafton Drug and Chemical Co and by local druggists. The piece also includes political equity notes, a Senatorial bill discussion, and a Taylor county farmers meeting recap with Vandervort remarks.
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Joseph F. Wilson
Konjola
Joep F
Wilson
Queen
Burke
Martinsburg
Grafton
Grafton Drug and Chemical Company
Charles A. Sinsel
Taylor County
Court House
Vandervort
College of Agriculture
Permanent Organization Of Assessors Formed At Meet
At the final session in Charleston on December 13 West Virginia county assessors formed a permanent organization Swiger of Harrison County was elected president and T Newcomer of Kanawha County was named secretary The group endorsed the Townsend tax program seeking legislative action to classify property and to require deeds to show true and actual value The resolutions were forwarded to Secretary A A Lilly and the governor was urged to call a special session for the proposal The conference also endorsed Townsend tax program in a final address
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Charleston
West Virginia
Gras
Swiger
Clarksburg
Harrison
T. Newcomer
Kanawha
T. C. Townsend
Conley
A. A. Lilly
Predict Re-Election Of Royal E. Cook As Traffic Head
Royal E. Cook of the H. J. Heinz Company in Pittsburgh appears poised for re election as general chairman following yesterday's Allegheny Regional Advisory Board meeting. Shippers and carriers forecast improved business conditions across the district that includes parts of Pennsylvania West Virginia and Maryland.
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Pittsburgh
Royal E. Cook
H. J. Heinz Company
Allegheny Regional Advisory Board
Allegheny
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Missouri star Derry pleads guilty in theft case
Louis Lee Derry, Missouri halfback, surrendered and pleaded not guilty to stealing clothing and jewelry valued at 123 dollars from fellow student J. Carrol Combs last May. Preliminary hearing set for 3 p.m. Monday. He was released on 500 dollar bond posted by Columbia football fans.
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Columbia
Dery
Louis Lee Derry
University of Missouri
J. Carrol Combs
Theodore Gary Offered GOP Senate Committee Post
Theodore Gary of Kan talist has been offered the leadership of the national Republican senatorial committee in a move signaling party organization shift. The offer positions Gary at the helm of GOP strategy ahead of national campaigns.
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Theodore Gary
National Republican Senatorial Committee
Scout Award Honors Darien Man for Heroic Beach Rescue
Robert Couch of Darien Connecticut received the Gold Award the highest Boy Scouts honor for saving two men at a Los Angeles California beach. The Associated Press photo caption notes his bravery and quick action in the incident.
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Associated Press
Robert Couch
Darien, Conn
Boy Scouts
Los Angeles
Cal
Big Haul Recovered in Prohibition Law Raid in Canaan Valley
Parsons reports Walter and Charles Teter jailed after a Canaan Valley raid on dry law violators. Officers H D Ancell H B Donaldson and William Meveigh led the effort. The pair pled guilty to possession as officers confiscated a fifty gallon still.
Court fines and sentences for drug offenses detailed
Readable fragments indicate three gallons of confiscated ug Wor led to a $300 fine and costs. A 60 day sentence in fall for manufacturing and a $200 fine and costs, plus 30 days in fall for possession.
House approves expansion bill for federal buildings
Washington December reports House public buildings committee passed the Eldt bill enlarging federal construction funds to 220 million dollars plus existing authorizations for post offices and other federal buildings. A Cuba company letter to President Machado claimed Hoover instructed Shattuck and Smoot to confer, read at senate lobby hearing.
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Washington
House Public Buildings Committee
H. ‘In
Cuba Company
Ma+chado
Cuba
Hoover
E. P. Shattuck
New York
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Lobby Committee
Vice President Curtis Remains At Home With Cold
In Washington on December 13 Vice President Curtis stayed home nursing a heavy cold for several days. He was reported much better and expected to return to the Senate shortly.
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Washington
Curtis
Senate
Express bank formed in New York by American Express
The American Express Company announced formation of a New York bank to be called the American Express Bank and Trust Company. It will have a paid in capital of 10 million dollars and surplus and reserves of 6 million dollars and is expected to begin business next April.
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New York
American Express Company
American Express Bank & Trust Company
Acquitted of Murder in Downey Riot Case
Salvatore Accorsi was acquitted today of murdering State Trooper John J. Downey during a riot after a Sacco Vanzetti demonstration in Aemetonia in 1927. The jury deliberated 18 hours. Accorsi, a miner, testified he was miles away from the scene. He had been arrested in New York City and brought back.
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Pittsburgh
Salvatore Accorsi
John J. Downey
Aemetonia
Accorsi
Downey
New York City
Droped from Directorate of Church and Drama Group
New York December 13 motion picture leaders Will H Hays and Carl B Milliken were dropped from the board of directors of the Church and Drama Association as announced today by Rev George Reid Andrews native secretary.
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New York
Will H. Hays
Motion Pictures Producers and Distributors of America
Carl B. Milliken
Church and Drama Association
George Reid
Andrews
West Virginia Hotels Association opens with Green speech
Thomas D. Green, president and executive director of the American and Canadian Hotels Association, delivered the principal address at the opening session in Wheeling. About 150 hotel managers and representatives from across the state attended the event.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Thomas D. Green
American and Canadian Hotels Association
West Virginia Hotels Association
Veterans Hospital Bill Authorized for Expenditure
Washington December 12 The House Veterans Committee instructed its chairman Royal Johnson of South Dakota to report a hospital equity bill to authorize a total $13.7 million in appropriations. The measure would provide $11.5 million for new veterans hospitals $1.15 million for a hospital at Hot Springs Arkansas and $0.7 million for another project.
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Washington
House Veterans Committee
Representative Royal
Johnson
South Dakota
Hotsfings
Ark
Confesses Slaying In Atlanta Newspaper Office
A Hartwell Georgia schoolteacher Iede A H Johnson confessed to fatally shooting cigarmaker Elwell L Hardegee inside a Atlanta newspaper office. Johnson walked in and stated the act, leading to an official confession and ongoing investigation.
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Associated Press
Elwell L. Hardegee
Atlanta
A. H. Johnson
Hartwell, Ga
Government sues for income tax in West Virginia
Notice of a suit for 500000 was filed in federal court today by the government against Merton B. Kinsley of Lego Raleigh county. District Attorney James Damron said the suit seeks taxes allegedly due the government from the defendant.
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Charleston
W. Va
Merton B. Kinsley
Lego
Raleigh County
James Damron
Plaster Fall Endangers Pupils At Shadyside High
In Shadyside Ohio fifty pupils were trapped under falling plaster in the general assembly room at the high school. A rush for exits followed the collapse as Principal L M Garrett attempted to reassure students, narrowly escaping another fall that nearly buried him.
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Shadyside
L. M. Garrett
Chesapeake and Ohio railway 20 mile branch planned
The Interstate Commerce Commission was advised to allow the Chesapeake and Ohio railway to build 20 miles of new construction from Edwight to Raleigh County West Virginia. The commission was urged to require trackage rights for the Virginia railway so both systems can serve the mining area. At Martinaburg Dunn Woolen Mills suspended operations for three months and will reopen for one week to provide Christmas pay. Naomi Childers Reed was granted a divorce from Luther A. Reed in Los Angeles Superior Court.
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Washington
Chespeake & Ohioe Railway
Edwight
Surveyor
Raleigh County
W. Va
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cheaspeake & Ohio
Virginia Railway
Martinaburg
Dunn Woolen Mills
Los Angeles
Naomi Childers Reed
New York
Superior Court
Luther A. Reed
RockfLil teacher slain in apartment during dispute
Cordelia Gummershelmen a 5 year old school teacher in Rockf lil is slain in her apartment. She was beaten with a gas pipe as custody of an 8 year old was granted to the mother for $250 a month. The case follows a nine year marriage and a separation.
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Associated Presa
Cordelia Gummershelmen
Rockf Lil
Wood
Sértion
Reed Deaget
Nye Resolution Motioned For Senate Departure
Washington December 13 Ble Chairman Shortridge of the elections committee called a meeting for Monday to address the Nye resolution to discharge Leph R. Grundy Pennsylvania from the senate membership. No witnesses have been called and early reports anticipate a swift path to the senate.
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Washington
Ble
Shortridge
Colt
R. Grundy
Pennayl
Senate
Slayer 18 Sought In Indiana Farm Killings
Police hunted a man believed linked to a double homicide at the Heath farm four miles south of Munele Indiana. George F. Heath, 80, and his wife Elizabeth, 62, were found killed with crushed skulls, the coroner said. The death appears to have occurred overnight.
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Munele
Ind
George F. Heath
Elizabeth
Heath Farm
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