Grafton Society Notes Highlight New Year Events
The Now and Then Club hosts a New Year’s party at Mrs Lola Wagner’s East Main street home with Christmas gifts to be exchanged. Quota Club postpones its Christmas party due to the president’s family death. Mrs A D Cox and daughters plan a winter in Washington with Virginia attending art school. Other locals visit relatives, with Gene W Ford in Kingwood for a special court session and Sheriff Williams impeachment case in Preston county noted.
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N Ow
Chile
Ciib
Lola Wagner
East Main Street
Quota Club
Rhea Fisher
Greensburg
Grafton
A. D. Cox
Virginia Cox
Mary Cox
Washington, D. C
Paul F. Davis
Nancy Ann
Middlebourne
Ernest Hart
Fairmont
Isadore Riteman
Clarksburg
Gene W. Ford
Kingwood
Judge Sump
Elkins
Sheriff Williams
Preston County
Holiday visitors and family gatherings across cities
The notice lists numerous individuals visiting relatives over the holidays, including Dr. John J. Prendergast of Detroit and Miss Helene Prendergast, Misses Sara Belle Harper and Roberta Shaw in Cincinnati visiting Shaw's brother, Bayley relatives in Wheeling, and others returning to their city homes after visits with Bayleys, Morgantown travelers to Charleston, and social calls among Bayley, Barnes, Waller, and Davis families on West Main Street.
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John J. Prendergast
Detroit
Michigan
Helene Prendergast
McCabe
West Washington Street
Sara Belle Harper
Roberta Shaw
Cincinnati
Ohio
Clarksburgh
E. L. Barnes
D. I. Bayley
Margaret Bayley
Smith
Bayley
Dia Waller
Flemington
Owen Solomon
Baltimore
Jorge Peer
Maryland University At
West Main Street
Mary Wilson
William Robinson
Morgantown
Charleston
Wilson
Jane Lang
Cumberland
T. M. Davis
P. D. Costello
Cry for Third Party Cooling Over Country
Washington observers report that calls for a third party have cooled, with forecasts of continuity through 1932. Western Republicans show signs of realignment in legislative matters, led by Borah and Norris, while many independents remain in the Republican fold and no new party appears imminent. The crisis signals a shift more in policy than in overt partisan headlines.
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Washington
Borah
Idaho
Norris
Nebraska
Do You Know That Buying on Price Basis Is Folly
Do You Know That Buying on a price basis is folly and dangerous. Cheap drugs, though labeled alike, may differ in quality and effect. The ad warns against selling or taking cheap drugs and urges consulting a doctor and buying from a trusted drug store.
Love Drug Co Promotes Service With a Smile
The Love Drug Co promotes its image with manager H L Potts endorsing customer care. The piece cites political contention around Norris and Lucas within the Republican Party, noting Nye’s defense of a national committee account described as a slush fund.
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The
Love Drug Co
Norris
Roosevelt
New York
Moses
New Hampshire
Robert 2. Lucas
Republican National Committee
Lucas
National Committee
Consord
Miami Beach
Pla
Nye
Republican
North Dakota
Campaign
Nutt
Frozen River Draws Crowd For Weekend Skate Scene
The river froze to a safe thickness creating a popular open air skating trail from Pottery Bridge to the traffic span between South and West Grafton. Early reports noted a thin spot near the boom and more than twenty people enjoyed the glassy runway about 300 yards long and 60 feet wide. A few attempted jumps near Pottery Bridge from Gratton Park to the South West Side bridge, but few ventured it.
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Pottery Bridge
South
West Grafton
Jcé
Gratton Park
Y M C A Board Meeting Postponed to January 6
The Y M C A board of directors meeting, slated for tomorrow night, is postponed to 8:30 PM on January 6 after prayer services. The event, organized with Grafton churches for National Prayer Week, aims to align with post holiday schedules and inventory considerations.
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Young Men's Chrisian Association Board of Directors
Six
Association
Grafton
Prohibition Forces Split as Drys Face Desertion
Washington reports from December 29 reveal calls for reorganizing anti alcohol forces and warn of setbacks for the dry movement. Stanley High, editor of the Christian Herald, cites a canvass indicating at least 40 House members ready to desert the dry cause at the first strategic opportunity.
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Washington
Stanley High
The
Christian Herald
Prohibition Fight: Dry Leaders Split Over Funds
The Washington scene foresees trouble as $2,000,000 more is urged for next year’s prohibition enforcement. High warns laymen feel outside the dry leadership, calling for a lay conference while 500 additional agents may be needed. Police guard Times Square after a theft spree targets Henry Slack and Philip S. Franklin Jr., with $15,000 stolen from two homes.
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High
Washington
Woodcock
Law Enforcement Commission
Times Square
Peron
Paramount Building
Pole
Henry Slack
Philip A. S. Franklin, Jr
International Merchantile Marine
Youth Holds Up Theater For Weekend Receipts
The Paramount Theatre in New York was robbed when a beardless youth held the treasurer at gunpoint after patrons laughed at Tom Sawyer. Police reported a single assailant and no injuries as the suspect fled with weekend receipts.
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New York
Tom Sawyer
Paramount Theatre
Lyle for Mayor Campaign Moves to Larger Field
Chicago crime crusader Judge Joh H. Lyle, linked to a Republican designation, aims to expand his anti crime efforts by running for mayor. The prose notes his leadership of a gang fight and his broader political ambitions.
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Associated Press
Joh. H. Lyle
Chicago
Money Saving Event and Two Day Clearance Sale
The ad promotes a seasonal clearance with unusually low prices across departments and mentions a Money Saving Event. It offers two days to apply sales slips from December 10 through December 31 to win two modern Globe Tone radios, with delivery to the largest totals. It invites customers to pay accounts by the first and promises benefits for timely payments.
Glorified Rice and Breakfast Menu Recipe Copy
A breakfast and luncheon menu lists Glorified Rice with grapefruit, poached eggs, bacon, coffee, tomato soup, crackers, pickles, celery, cookies and tea. Then a cookie dough recipe uses fat sugar eggs sour cream vanilla lemon extract salt nuts flour soda, with cream steps and two hours chilling, then bake twelve minutes.
Tart jelly blend headline in old time vernacular
A fragmentary phrase notes a tart jelly or Jani currant blend with hot biset tolls in a dated style. The readable text mixes food terms and garbled wording, offering minimal clear facts about any event or person.
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Coral Parrish Montgomery
Society Haltor
Grafton Sentinel Society
H.L. Potts
Amos ’N’ Andy
Majestic Lowboy
Washington Society
Henry L. Doherty
Helen Lee Eames Doherty
Lyle
Pwhats
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Luke Lea
Associated Preay
Tennessee
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