Salvation workers raise funds in Grafton drive
Capt Miller Lieut Pleas and other Salvation workers report volunteers placed nickels and caps to collect gifts this week under their direction. Contributions will aid the needy and provide cheer while funds total a few hundred dollars and are expected to grow through supporters of the charity.
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Grafton Penany Nickels
Clifford Miller
Grafton
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Miller
Amd
Dei
Say It With FLOWERS Say IT With FLOWERS a
A brief note highlights the offer or theme Say IT With FLOWERS as a promotional or decorative idea. The text emphasizes flowers as a gesture or display for communication or occasion.
Book Department Offers Complete Selection Today
A simple retail prompt encouraging readers to visit the Book Department for a full, detailed selection and to make a purchase today.
Gift items listed include Bibles and stationery assortment
A local notice highlights delivery of a varied gift pack featuring Bibles Testaments pens funder seems inconsistent yet appears to include stationery purses toilet and manicure sets games cards and related items for distribution or sale.
Hatfield Feud Leader At Large After Jail Escape
Five prisoners led by 70 year old Hatfield escaped Wise county jail in Wise Court House. They slid down a hose from the fourth floor and are pursued by a sheriff's posse in heavy snow hampering tracks in the Cumberland mountains. Hatfield, cousin of Devil Anse, is serving 20 years for murder. two escapees also face murder charges.
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Bristol
John Hatfield
Hatfield-McCoy
Cumberland Mountains
Wise County
Wise Courthouse
Hatfield
Anse” Hatfield
Stephen Wood
Alex Mullins
GHS Football Team Honored by School Cooking Club
Wheeling December report describes GHS football squad hosted by Domestic Science department for a banquet prepared and served by the student cooks nicknamed the cooking girls. The event featured a formal T shaped table, hand painted place cards, college-level music, and praise for the girls’ culinary skills matching the team’s success this year.
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HS School
Domestic Science
Wheeling
Wheeling Banking
Point Trust’Co
The
Grafton
High School
G. H
Clyde Hickman
Dean Williams
Missouri College of Journalism
West Virginia University
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Waldorf-Aatonia
Amer Lca
Eleien
Boys protest government neglect and demand state action
A legislative committee convened at 1 p.m. to address a movement led by boys who claim neglect by the government. They express deep dissatisfaction with their treatment and fear conscription or mistreatment as they were mustered out of service.
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Babe
Mrs Brown Returns From Europe Seeks Democratic Senate Nomination
Mrs Izeta Jewell Brown returned to Morgantown from eight months in Europe and said she has no plans but would seek the Democratic nomination for United States Senator if she ran. She noted she aims to attend to agricultural interests and learn the political situation. Brown previously lost in the 1922 Democratic senatorial primary.
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Morgantown
Izeta Jewell Brown
Kingwood
Europe
United States
Brown
Named New Commander of Veterans in West Virginia
Thomas H. Dennis of Lewisburg was named commander of the West Virginia Encampment of the Confederate Veterans by General W. B. Halderman of Louisville. He fills the vacancy created by the death of C. S. Peyton, with the announcement made public today in Huntington on December 14.
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Huntington
Thomas H. Dennis
Lewisburs
West Virginia
The
Confederate Veterans
W. B. Halderman
Louisville
C S. Peyton
Coolidge Campaign Headquarters Planned in Chicago
Washington dispatch reports General campaign headquarters for President Coolidge to be set up in Chicago on December 27. James Good, former Iowa congressman and now Chicago attorney, is chosen to manage the Coolidge campaign in the Middle West for the 1924 nomination.
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Good
Iowa
Middle West
Washington
Coolidge
Chicago
James Good
House
Ex Soldiers Plan To Field Ticket In Upshur County Race
Ex soldiers from Grafton and Taylor counties gathered in Buckhannon to organize a ticket for the upcoming campaign. They claim to command about 2,000 votes and aim to place ex soldiers in key offices including sheriff and assessor.
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Grafton
Taylor County
Randolph Enterprise
Upshur
Buckhannon
Toastmaster leads school roast with laughs and cheers
A lively school gathering featured toastmaster remarks and playful roasts about Harry Abbott Charley Steel and other students. Miss Lucile Majone sang delightfully, Supt. Rice delivered a rhymed history of G H S exploits, and Coach Colebank plus Jasper and Howard Holt added remarks. Helms named captain for next year amid gifts and merriment.
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H. A. Abbott
Harry
Charley Steel
Schol Board
Harry Abbott
Charley Stee
H. Y
Lucile Ma Jone
G. H
H. A. Rice
Grafton
Capt.Hickman
Clark
Clyde
Lawerence Hall
Colebank
Jasper
Ballance
Ken
Howard H. Holt
Jand
Lawrence Logh
Horace Helms
Helms
Flemington Lady Florence Monroe Dies After Cancer Battle
Florence Monroe of Flemington aged 75 died at her home after a long cancer illness. Funeral services will be held Sunday at her home conducted by Pastor Ray Bailey of Flemington Baptist Church. Body to be taken to Simpson for burial in the cemetery there. Widow of Thomas Monroe, a longtime Flemington merchant, she was known for charity and kind character.
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Florence Monroe
Flemington
Vilage
Ray. J. E. Bailey
Flemington Baptist Church
Simpson
Thomas] Monroe
Monroe
Christian Tharater
Widow of Flemington Man Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Monroe, wife of Lanham of near Flemington, with one brother M. T. Bailey of Buck Run, dies after a prolonged struggle with a chronic illness. The obituary notes she had been a patient sufferer for a long time before the final illness claimed her.
Air service link U S and Hawaii urged by Mitchell
Honolulu December 14 Brigr General William Mitchell assistant chief of the army air service says regular air service between Hawaii and the United States could replace five to seven day steamship trips within five years. He notes planes now under construction with 3000 mile range and eight to ten engines could carry mail and passengers. Hawaii would become a strong defensive arm of the United States in the Pacific and commercial aviation could be developed immediately between the islands.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
United States
William Mitchell
Army Air Service
Pacific
Prohibition Officials Call for Statewide Cooperation
J H Gadd federal prohibition director in West Virginia urged all law enforcement officers to aid enforcement. He noted only fifteen deputies in the state and sought broader cooperation from sheriffs deputies and policemen, saying more than five thousand officers are under oath to enforce the law and progress is being made despite contrary reports.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
J. H. Gada
Prohibition
West Virginia
Mr. Gadd
W. G. Brown
Gadd
Ardent Romeo Brings Bigamy Charge in Akron Case
Percy Grillam an Akron ice cream salesman known as a smooth talker was jailed for assault and bigamy after his first wife Minnie Lewis identified him from news reports and led police to his arrest. He had married Ada Reiche after threatening Minnie, then traveled to Cleveland with Ada. Wife No 2 sought arrest for assault, prompting the investigation that uncovered a third marriage.
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Percy Grillam
Akron
de Snve
Minnie Lewis
Lewis
Brittain
Ada Reiche
Shelby
Ohio
Cleveland
German charge seeks meeting with Poincare
Berlin announced Germany will seek direct contact with France over the Ruhr and Rhineland. Herr Von Hoesch, the German charge here, requests an audience with Premier Poincare. It is reported Poincare will meet the German representative tomorrow.
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Berlin
Germany
France
Ruhr
Rhineland
Herr von Hoesch
Poingare
M. Poincare
Communique on Insurgent Clash Near Vera Cruz
A communique from insurgent leaders reports that General Estrada with three battalions four regiments and ten airplanes engaged enemy forces near Vera Cruz on December 14 as federal forces clashed with insurgents.
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Vera Cruz
Estrada
Mexico
Federals Claim Victory in Clash at Ocatlan Site
Reported clash between federal forces and General Estrada's troops near Ocatlan northwest of Mexico City ends with a federal victory, according to advices. No further details on date or casualties are provided in the reachable text.
Rebel General Gallegos Captures Celaya Amid Mexican Turmoil
Reports from El Paso confirm severe fighting between rebel forces under General Gallegos and federal troops near the march toward Mexico City. Advices say Gallegos, allied with De La Huerta, has rebelled in Guanajuato and seized Celaya, a town linked to Obregon's summer residence.
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EL Paso
Texas
México City
De’La Huerta
General Gallegos
de la Huerta
Guamjuato
Celaya
Obregon
Commission reverses ruling on coal line extension
The Interstate Commerce Commission reversed a spring decision that blocked Virginia Railroad Authority from extending the Guyandotte River branch to serve Pocahontas Fuel Co. mines. The new ruling cites public convenience and necessity, noting Virginia can expand coal tonnage with added facilities and improved car service.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Virginia Railroad Authority
Guyandotte River
Pocahontas
Virginia
United States
Bandits Loot Town of Chaho in Hunan Province China
Three thousand bandits led by Chen Yen Teh and Wang Han Yin captured the town of Chaho in Hunan, burning houses and looting as they seized the magistrate, education commissioner, two officials, and over one hundred residents. The magistrate was slain after capture. residents fled to Kwelyang. Shangsha, the provincial capital, lies over one hundred miles north.
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Chaha
Hunan
Shangsha
Mail order houses show record retail growth in peace time
Washington reports that two largest mail order firms closed eleven months to November 30 with sales up 20.65 and 47.92 percent respectively over last year. Smaller mail order houses and chain stores also report tremendous increases, signaling a booming retail year in peace.
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Washington
United States
Rhode Island to Be Destroyed Off California Coast
The fifteen thousand ton dreadnaught Rhode Island will meet its doom at the mud flats near Oakland California today under the Washington disarmament agreement. The ship once a premier U S Navy vessel is to be destroyed by an acetylene torch in compliance with treaty terms.
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Rhode Island
California
Oakland
Cal
Al Smith Opposed by Minister as Civic Duty Urges Law Adherence
Dr Daniel A Poling of New York branded Governor Al Smith a disquieting figure beside Abraham Lincoln during a Federal Council of Churches meeting. He urged robust civic responsibility focused on elections and strict enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act, arguing voting abstention is a greater menace than corrupt officials. The speech pressed for renewed citizenship conscience and obedience to law at the polls.
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Columbus
al” Smith
New York
Daniel A. Poling
United Society of Christian Endeavor
Executive Committee
Federal Council of Churches
Abraham Lincoln
Dr.Poling
United States
Honest thief offers to repay fourfold in unsigned letter
A Charleston West Virginia letter dated December 14 describes a past theft of a ten cent paint brush from a Baird Hardware Co. showcase. The writer, unnamed, expresses remorse, seeks to repay fourfold and has sent a dollar with a frame for the letter.
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Charleston Stor
Charleston
W. Va
Baird Hardware Co
Bogus Prince Dupes German Hotels With Feigned Royal Title
Berlin police say a 24 year old salesman posed as royalty across North Germany, using titles like Prince Hat horat von Isaburg Bierstein and Count von Ohr to rack up hotel bills with bad checks. He traveled among cities, then fled before proprietors lost patience with 'royal' extents.
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Democratsc
Germany
Prince Hat Horat von
Tuberculosis Death Rates Appalling
The tuberculosis death rate is estimated at 130 per 100000, about 1946 deaths annually, with nine living cases per death. Two-thirds of deaths occur ages 15 to 44, reducing life expectancy by 2.5 years. Each case costs the community 250 dollars per person, with earnings losses totaling about 1000 dollars per year per employed person.
Rosemont man kills three hogs weighing over two tons
Captain John W. Barker, a retired railroad official from Rosemont, killed three hogs weighing 404, 428, and 442 pounds. The piece notes local chatter about high school football, Christmas plans, and a winter street project in Gratton, with a festive, diary-like tone.
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John W. Barker
D. & O, Railroad
Rosemont
Martinsburg Journal
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