L M Murphy Dies at 85 in Clarksburg
Loran M. Murphy 85 traffic manager for Horner Gaylord Co. Clarksburg and former cashier at the local freight station died at his home after a months illness. Survived by wife Mattie Gay White four children and siblings. Funeral likely at First Baptist Church with Greenlawn Cemetery burial.
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Horner-Gaylord Company
Clarksburg
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John D
Martha Murphy
East End
Moatsville
Grafton
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
P. B. Phinney
Mattie Gay White
John Burns
Charles Loran
Chevrolet to Introduce New Models in Coming Year
Detroit December 23 The Chevrolet division of General Motors plans a new model program including a complete lineup to competitively challenge Ford. Officials indicate a broader range of products and updates across passenger cars and light commercial vehicles for the upcoming year.
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Detroit
Chevrolet
General Motors Corporation
Ford Motor
Comepany
Ida Holmes Jackson Discharged After Surgical Case
Mrs Ida Holmes Jackson, a recent surgical patient, has been discharged and returned to her home in the city. No patients were admitted for the 24 hour period ending at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The text notes the INSECTS FIGs as part of the reading but remains unclear.
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Ida Holmes Jackson
Chevrolet Announces New Model Howard Details Pending
On January 3 W S Kaudsen, president of Chevrolet, announced the company’s new model Howard. Production has been underway since December 12 in multiple assembly plants. No specifics on changes or prices for the body styles will be released until January 3.
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W.S. Kaudsen
Chevrolet Company
Howard
Miracle escape as car plunges into icy river
Loren Nutter and Petrick Tetrick escaped serious harm when a Ford roadster driven toward Fetterman bridge skidded off a curve on the Northwestern Turnpike and plunged 20 feet into the icebound Tygart River. The vehicle remained upright, occupants uninjured aside from bruises, and were able to drive to repair shops after rescue by tow crane.
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Fetterman Bridge
Ford
Loren‘zo Nutter
Russell F. ‘Tetrek
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Clarks
Petrick
Nutter
Fce
Tetrick
B. B. Bryant
Rosier
Bévant
Clarksburg
Four Chinese Reds Executed in Hankow Uprising
Hankow December 923 reports four Chinese Communists were executed for leading a Te cent red uprising in Tungshan thirty miles from Hankow where they overran the city and set up a peasants government. Russian detainees and bank agents face trials as labor union leaders are arrested and held for trial. General Pei Chung Chi arrived in Hankow with a 500 strong bodyguard.
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Hankow
Tungshan
Dahl Bank
Army
Pei Chung-Chi
Shanghai
Fake School Promoters Indicted In Washington
Three Washington residents and six men said to be chiropractors of New York City were indicted by the grand jury for embezzlement of funds obtained through fraudulent institutions of learning. Eighteen overt acts in furtherance of the conspiracy were cited. The German Athletic Board refuses to let Dr Otto Pelzer run in this country.
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Washington
New York City
German Athletic Board
Otto Pelzer
Vice President Hosts Upper House Pages Dinner Gift
Washington reports Vice President Dawes found a miniature White House and a new set of senate rules in his stocking by pages. The gifts were received during his annual dinner for pages and staff in the senate office building, with the rules granting him control over senate debate. A tale of a nonstop flight from the capitol to the White House aboard the plane Hello and Maria was shared.
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Washington
White ‘House
Senate
Dawes
White House
Capitol
Maria
Buggy Brings Sixty Cents At An Auction
At a disposal sale in Alburnett Iowa on December 23 a once popular buggy drew 600 spectators yet only one bid was placed. The gray mare humorously titled Ain’t What He Used to Be did not fare better as the auction failed to attract much interest for the aging team and wagon.
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Alburnett
Iowa
Plant High students return after strike in Tampa
Plant High School principal Milton W. Carothers reported that about 160 of 200 students who went on strike yesterday were back at their desks with apologies. The brief note notes strong attendance restored as talks or actions followed the disruption.
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Tampa
Fla
Milton W. Carothers
Pricipal
Plant
Christmas Holiday Reduced To One Week By School Board
Carothers says holiday shortened to one week instead of two. Action planned after holidays regarding a strike. The school board will consider next steps once students return.
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Carothers
General Death Rate Indicates Historic Lows in North America
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company reported that 1927 will show the lowest general death rate in the industrial population of the United States and Canada. Despite increases in drownings auto fatalities personal crisis reports and homicides progress is noted in reducing deaths from influenza pneumonia and tuberculosis.
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United States
Canada
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
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