Roll Call In City Success Boosts Red Cross Drive
The annual Roll Call in Grafton led by Harold Rice, superintendent of city schools, neared the $800 goal with $753 reported and three districts yet to report. The drive emphasized individual subscriptions, acknowledging heavy effort despite not meeting the national $900 target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
Grafton
Harold Rice
Rice
Red Crosh
Natonal Organization
Distret
Tailoring and repair shop moves to home address
Removal notice stating the tailoring and repair shop has moved from 209 W Main St to 108 W Wilford St. The business will continue cleaning and repair work and take orders for salts. Phone 80 HH GERK 249-1.
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W. Main Street
W. Wilford Street
Dispute Notes In League Of Nations Session Offer
Aristide Briand as acting president may convene a special council session to address the Bolivia Paraguay dispute. Financials list multiple local group donations totaling 753.00 across Parkview Prontytown Webster Flemington Rosemont and Havel Alms Class Company with various chairmen and donors noted.
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Aristide Briand
League of Nations Council
Paraguay
Havel
Grafton Ministerial Association
Newburg Bridge Club Honors and Local School Closures
Miss Clara Smoot wins the ladies high in a Bridge Club gathering hosted by Miss Meryl Densmore at Mrs. Susan Smoot's home with John Warmick taking the men’s honors. The town’s high and grade schools close early due to a flu outbreak, with plans to reopen December 31 if conditions allow. Christmas program dates are set for M P and Lutheran churches, though committees face handicaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meryl Densmore
Earl Smoot
Edgar Smoot
Messrs
Charles Warmick
John Warmick
Tom Pendergast
Frank Burke
M. P
Lutheran
Local notes and travel in Morgantown area
Personal mentions include Rev I A Canfield returning home sick with tonsillitis after aiding a Smithfield revival. Eunice McMillan visiting in Morantown. Mr. Clifford McCulty attending a funeral in Clarksburg. residents visiting relatives in Wheeling Pittsburgh Keyser and Ringwood. Mrs Nation’s anti saloon legacy cited with historical note. a log skidder accident at a Preston County lumber camp leaves one dead and two injured.
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Eunice McMillan
Morantown
Robert White
Clifford McCulty
Clarksburg
John Martin
Nona Lea
Joseph
Buddy”, Horchier
U. S. Navy
Charleston
D. C
Rose Horchier
Lillith Stevenson
Wheeling
Pittsburgh
Albert Frazier
H. C. Definbaugh
Keyser
Ray Hager
Hubert Shay
Independence
Morgantown
Albright
Preston County
Frank Loran
William Jackson
Ax Smashing (Continued from page one)
Mrs Nation’s protest continues as Kansas City remains a hotbed of alcohol use and transport. The article recalls her arrest in Kansas City for blocking a sidewalk with a $500 fine, later stayed on condition she returns to Kansas. Nation appeals to saloon workers, urging them to quit the trade.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kansas Capitol
Mother Nation
Christmas Cards At Court Pharmacy West Of Courthouse
Ideal for far away friends this hand painted collection features festive imagery and warm greetings from Court Pharmacy located west of the courthouse. Limited stock available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court” Pharmacy
Courthouse
Steam pipe break injures workers at Etam plant
Garfield Haddock and another worker were bruised and scalded when steam escaped from a broken pipe in the Etam plant accident. Superintendent W. E. Sparks was thrown several feet by the machine failure but escaped serious injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield Haddock
Etam
W. 8
Sparks
Salem Wins Opener In Very Easy Fashion
Salem College, defending West Virginia Collegiate Conference champions, opened the 1928-29 season by trouncing West Virginia Business College 93 to 25. The Seventh Days were greeted by a cheering Salem audience as the champs of 1927-28 took the floor, with a full band and a special cheering program led by War ner and Mowrey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Salem College
West Virginia
West Virginia Business College
Warner and Mowrey
Welcome to Mr Hoover in Rio Janeiro 1925
Reports note anxious anticipation for an American battleship visit to Rio Janeiro for the Hoover party's arrival. The ship was due to arrive tomorrow afternoon after a four year gap, with local poets and citizens awaiting the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert
Janeiro
Hoover
Rio Janeiro
Hoover Welcome Amid Flags At Rio Branco Quay
An unsigned report recalls Hoovers visit with a welcome at the Rio Branco quay in Brazil. Flags flank a carpeted runway to the Praca Maya as Hoover travels from the customs building toward Guanabara Palace, with Lula and cabinet members anticipated to greet him. The piece also notes distant references to the old Hampton Court tennis court and an improvised note on an invisible ray being tested in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Chamber
Iim
United States
Herber
Hoover
Uteh
Aveni Rio Branco
Hoover Party
Praca Maya
Washington Lula
Guenabir’ Palace
Lenora Washiki
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Cohen
East Main St
W. Va
H.A. Rice
Red Cross
The
Eport
H. A. Rice
Roll Call
Hattie C. Heinlein
EB. M. Tomlinson
Second Ward
Anna Heflin
H. Hollen
C. E. Wyckoff
Wm. Madden
Thos. Sloan
D. G. Kunst
Karl Nuzum
C. F. Schroeder, Sr
Robi. Maloney
Edith Lewis
Lucille McCafferty
Margaret Cather
Virginia Mays
Third Ward
J. B. Leamon
Fred Malone
Ottis Parrish
Carl Goff
J. W. Brown
Maud Shafer
J. R. Riggs
Guy Allender
Fred Jackson
Carrie Brown
Lee Murphy
Lila Miller
Fourth Ward
Carrie Cole
Della Wittman
Opal
Bolyard
West Main Street
Star Shoe Shop
Biggins — Fuller
W. C. Byers
E. F. Redinger
H. M. Queen
L. J. Loar
H.H. Holt
C. A. Keeffer
F. D. Robinson
R.C. Sloan
Lawson Stareher
Mary M
Holden
Wm. Bott
E. O.waugh
Parkview
B.A. Barcus
Carr China Company
Prontytown
H. E. Plesher
Martha Glenn Flesh
Bettie Gaines Flesher
Webster
Ina Warder
Flemington
S. H. Haseldon
Rosemont
Hl, M. Queen
Newburg
I. A. Canfield
Smithfield
Dewey
Ax Smashing
Parsons-Souders
Merry Christmas
Parsons-Souders Co
Bree
Bae
Santa’s Castle of
Cogswell
Wirrors
Hiller's Furniture Store
MR. Hoover
Rio
Ido Janeiro
Otavida Ohne
Hampton Court
Henry VIII
England
Grea King Sins
Bevern's
Iuleo
Severa
G. W. Loar & CO
West Main St
B. F. Poe
F. Poe
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