Remarkable Bridge Hand Splits Hearts and Clubs in Duel
The Deschapelles Club in New York discussed George Dinwiddie’s bid and a double by East after a spade lead. Dinwiddie sacrificed by pursuing a seven heart slam, forcing West to discard seven cards while East misread protective cues. The hand hinged on West’s discard pattern and East’s misreading of the squeezes in clubs and spades.
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North
East
South
West
Dinwiddle
Hearts East
Dinwiddie
Ball Band Rubber Footwear Boosts Health and Savings
Warm dry feet stay healthier, so Miller's Shoe Store promotes new low prices on Ball Band rubber footwear. The ad argues dry feet prevent sickness and offer more days of wear, urging shoppers to buy now.
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Miller's Shoe Store
Vicks Colds Control Plan reduces cold costs study
Thousands of families report that the Vicks Colds Control Plan can cut the number and duration of colds and halve costs. The claim urges readers to prove the results themselves as instructed on each Vicks package.
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Vicks
Sanger appeals to Hatfield on birth control bill
Margaret Sanger asks Senator Hatfield to remove a tariff change from his birth control bill. The measure would amend Smoot Hawley to allow shipment of contraceptive information by physicians and hospitals. She wants the tariff portion dropped and mails opened to such commerce for now. Hatfield will consider the request.
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Washington
Margaret Sanger
Hatfield
W. Va
Sanger
National Committee On Federal
Local Merchant Max Pearlman Dies After Illness
Fairmont,Dec 19 Max Pearlman 47 prominent local merchant died Sunday morning at Cook Hospital after a bout with influenza and complications from an auto accident in New York City earlier that year He had been in business 28 years starting with Baughman then D M Osgood chain and finally his own dress shop He is survived by a mother a sister several brothers in Brooklyn Pittsburgh and Los Angeles His body went to Jones Funeral Home and will be shipped to New York for funeral services
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Fairmont
Max Pearlman
Cook Hospital
Pearlman
New York City
Pearlman Dress Shop
Mr.Pearlman
Pittsburgh
Jones Funeral Home
New York
Mr. Pearlman
Fairmonters
Mrs Current of Thornton Dies at 94
Mrs. Sarah Ann McDaniel Current, 94, died Sunday morning at 10 at her son W. C. Current’s home in Thornton. She died from senility and pneumonia. She was born September 6, 1838, in the Thornton community, where she had lived most of her life.
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Sarah Ann McDaniel
W. C. Current
Thornton
Current
GIRL SCOUTS HONOR MRS HOOVER RITES SET FOR THORNTON
Life long resident Mrs Hoover is survived by four sons Albert Isaac W C all of Thornton and John of Fairfield two daughters Mrs Miranda Thorn of Thornton and Mrs Elizabeth Weaver of Nedburg a brother Newton McDaniel of Philippi a sister Mrs Miranda Weaver of Moatsville. Funeral at Thornton Methodist Episcopal Church with Reverend Meyers officiating interment Payne cemetery Thornton.
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Albert
Isaac
W.C
Thornton
John
Fairmont
Miranda Thorn
Elizabeth Weaver
Nedburg
Newton McDaniel
Philippi
Miranda Weaver
Moatsville
Hamilton
Grafton
Thornton Methodist Episcopal Church
Meyers
Knottsville-Thornton
Payne Cemetery
New Discovery Returns Sight to Blind Again
Dr. William Feinbloom of New York told the American Academy of Optometrists in Chicar on December 19 that forty percent of the blind or legally blind may be returned to normal occupations through newly developed telescopic glasses. He described years of study and experiments supporting the device.
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Feinbloom
Galileo
Chicar
William Feinbloom
New York
Amer‘ican
Cademy
Optomets
Academy
A. J. Westfall Dies After Brief Illness at 69
Augustus James Westfall prominent Simpson farmer and deacon died at 10 this morning after twelve days with influenza. He was born October 31 1863 in Elkins West Virginia and resided in Simpson forty five years. Survived by wife Dora V. Westfall and children Harley A. Westfall Ward Westfall one sister Izetta Westfall and several half siblings. Funeral Wednesday at 11 from Union Baptist Church with Rev J W Kirby officiating burial in Simpson Cemetery Bartlett Funeral Co. in charge.
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Augustus James Westfall
Simpson
Elkins
W. Va
James Matthews Westfall
Lydia Shumaker Westfall
Dora V. Westfall
Harley A. Westfall
Baltimore
Ward Westfall
Izetta Westfall
Ernest Westfall
Florida
Perry Westfall
Oda Westfall
Pittsburgh
Cora
Westfall
Ohio
Minnie Westfall
New York
Union Baptist Church of
Prsident
Board of Education
Union Baptist Church
J. W. Kirby
Simpson Cemetery
Bartlett Funera Company
Tate youths face sentence
In Uniontown Pennsylvania on December 19 the Tate brothers George 15 and Sam 19 face sentencing for ambushing and killing their father Isley Tate. They admitted shooting him during a hillside ambush after taking about 200 dollars then helped locate the body. Their brother John 21 also faces charging for stolen goods. The district attorney seeks the death penalty though defense hopes for leniency. The youths declared they are unafraid and remorseful.
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Uniontown
Tate
George
Sam
Isley Tate
West Virginia-Pennsylvania Line
John
Wade K. Newell
Two Injured In Railroad Accident
Pittsburgh obituary recalls James Buckhanan Yohe 76 who rose from telegrapher to vice president of a railroad. In Chicago two miners suffered broken arms and others were cut as a Burlington train collided at a terminus near the tri state area.
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Pittsburgh
James Buckhanan Yohe
Chicago
Burlington “Railroad
Tri-State
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Union Sta
West Virginia
Yohe
Rall- Burlington
Biography of a railroad man from Bent Leyville county
Born June 24 1856 near Bent Leyville Washington County he joined railroad service as a telegraph operator with the Baltimore and Ohio. He rose through ranks to train master dispatcher master of transportation superintendent of telegraph and general manager.
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Bentleyville
Washington County
Baltimore and Ohio
Infant Released After Eight Weeks In Incubator
Chicago December 19 After eight weeks in an incubator a baby girl born after her mother died in a physician office was released. The Ceasarian operation saved the infant and physicians say she has every prospect of a healthy life. Baby Pauline weighed six pounds at release, twice her birth weight, and is declared a normal infant by her father J A Fitzharris.
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Chicago
Pauline
J. A Fitzharris
Principal Dies After Shotgun Discharge at Home
Belington December 19 Dewey Hobson Phillips 35 a grade school principal was killed when his shotgun accidentally discharged while he searched for a prowler at his home. He bumped a door and the weapon went off. Phillips was principal of Shockey grade school at Sugar Creek, three miles north of Belington.
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Belington
Dewey Hobson Phillips
Alma
Phillips
Shockey
Sugar Creek
Woman 84 Dies in Farm House Fire Near Couch
An 84 year old woman, Mrs. Susan Plants, was suffocated by smoke in a Couch area farm home owned by Clarence Hall. Her son-in-law was injured and nine others escaped uninjured as flames destroyed the residence today.
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Pleasant
Couch
Susan Plants
Clarence Hall
Mother and Daughter Die in Athol House Fire
In Athol Massachusetts on December 19 Mrs Anna Davenport aged 41 and her daughter Luria aged 9 perished when a fire destroyed their home. Three other family members escaped. A telephone operator raised the alarm after seeing the red signal and heard the fire and groans from the victims.
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Athol
Mass
Anna Davenport
Luria
Two Rhode Island Tots Die Of Burns
Two Rhode Island children Norman Gaudreau and Sheldon Gaudreau died today from severe burns after an oil stove exploded while 11 people huddled to escape the cold in Oakland. Jackson and four other children, plus their parents, escaped without fatal injuries.
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Rhode Island
Providence
B. I
Oakland
Norman’ Ggaudreau
Sheldon
Jackson
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