Birthday party and scout troop events in town
Lenora Hesser hosted a 13th birthday party at 544 Maple Avenue with friends enjoying games music and favors. Scout Troop No 3 held its annual party at Scout Master Warner Six’s home with Christmas decor card games and a luncheon. Moose Lodge hosted a round and square dance with Striker's Orchestra and plans for another dance and a basketball team next year.
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Lenora Hesser
Maple Avenue
Holt Ny
Lillian Mae Ad Leland Knight
Ruth and
Mattie Digman
Gertrude Matthew
Lula Engle
Ruth Jane Moore
Gladys Hesser
D. W. Moore
Durbin Allen
Edith Love
Mollie Dawson
John Lovejoy
Wm. Hesser
Scout Troop No. 3
Warner
Weal Knotts Avenue
Moose
Striker
Prima donna to sing jazz opera in Chicago
Rosa Rosa, a leading soprano with the Civic Opera Company, is slated to star in a three act jazz opera. A baby girl named Mary Alice was born today at City Hospital to Mr and Mrs J S Palmer. Palmer, editor of the Sentinel, hopes Broadway producer Arthur Hopkins will approve the project. Rosa argues jazz is the true American music and aims to compose American opera.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rosa Rosa
Chia
Civic Opera Company
J. S. Palmer Offike
Grafton
City Hospital
Iitw. Franke Harling
Uttle
Josor
Mary Alice
Palmer
The
Sentinel
Arthur Hopkins
New York
Broadway
Hopkins
Ounce
Weidemeir alias listed in marriage and fraud case
Chicago reports a chaotic tale of John KK Weldemer dubbed a professional husband with four marriages. A Chicago concert molinist, Mrs Elleter Brooks, claims Weldemer alias Weidemeir defrauded her and others of money after a Des Moines marriage. The tale includes aliases Lord Cornelius Beaverbrook Wallace Ker John Grey Sidney Runne and Sigmund ale Railroad Bail. The line between romance and crime is tangled in a single sensational case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John KK. Weldemer
St. Louis
Elleter Tiooks
Arthur Brooks
Jed E Lewis
Des Moines
Iowa
Brooks
Weidemeir
Rator Gallery
Lord Cornelius Beaverbrook
Wallace ‘Ker
John Grey
Sidney Runne
Sigmundale
River Frost Lets Skaters On In Seven Years
The Tygart Valley river froze solid enough to support skaters from the South Side bridge to the booms. People of all ages joined in the ice fun as ice thickness ranged from one to four inches in places. Falls were common as skaters tested balance on the first skating day in seven years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tygart Valley
South Side Bridge
Tao
Flowers To Fight Greb Within Thirty Days
The New York state athletic commission accepted Tiger Flowers s challenge to meet Harry Greb the middleweight champion. Flowers must have Greb accept within thirty days or be deemed ineligible. A $2,500 certified check binds the match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flowers
Greb
New York
State Athletic Commission
Tiger Flowers
Harry Greb
Walker Miller
Bride for Prince of Wales May Be Found
London society debates a possible match for the Prince of Wales as Princess Astrid of Sweden plans a Buckingham Palace visit after court mourning for Dowager Queen Alexandra ends. The twenty year old princess is popular with King George VI and Queen Mary, admired for charm, dancing, country life, and domestic knowledge.
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London
Prince of Wales
Astrid
Sweden
George
Queen Mary
Buckingham Palace
Alexandra
Prince Charles
Princess Ingeborg
Queen Alexandra
Mrs Brown Denies Marriage Claim In Authentic Statement
Morgantown West Virginia December 29 Mrs Izetta Jewel Brown at her Kingwood home said a Morgantown News item claiming she is not married and not engaged to be married was issued by her and is correct indicating she did issue the statement and confirms its truthfulness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
W. V
Izetta Jewel Brown
Kingwood
Enim
America
Fire destroys Keyser home in Monday blaze
Keyser, W. Va. December 29. The ten members of the Miers family were left homeless after a fire yesterday that totally destroyed the house and its contents. One boy started the fire and then went back to bed. The family was awakened by smoke with little insurance on the property.
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Keyser
W. Va
Farther Miers
Miss Martha Jolliffe Leaves for Washington as Guest
Miss Martha Jolliffe of Grafton departed this morning for Washington D C to be the house guest of Miss Eleanor Tropper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Jolliffe
Grafton
Washington, D. C
Eleanor Tropper
Hundreds of Lives Lost in Bad Floods Frontierside Dispatch
Dispatches from the Romanian frontier report a catastrophic flood sweeping through cities along the border. Vienna authorities quote officials saying hundreds have perished as waters carry bodies and debris through streets amid widespread devastation.
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Vienna
Tords
Grafton High Meet Tonight With Five Stars
The Grafton High School basketball team faces the Five Stars in a pre season clash at the gym tonight at 8 o clock. Both teams boast strong records as the Grafton five seeks another win while the visiting Five Stars mirror that success. The Five Stars lineup includes Virgil Jackson Hickman RE Russel Dotson Gull LF Dorsey Setler Dean C Howard Courtney Folfé RG Wayne Hall La Rue La E Wither will substitute for the Five Stars.
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Grafton High School
Five Stars
Grafton
High School Five
Grafton High
Virgil Jackson
Hickman
Russel Dotson
Gull
Dorsey Setler
Dean c
Howard Courtney
Folfé
Wayne Hall
la Rue
la. E. Wither
Girl killed by her lover in Brooklyn home
Harry Cowan described as a self confessed bad boy lay seriously wounded in a hospital after a spree that ended with the murder of stenographer Misa Edith Burton in her Brooklyn home. Police say Cowan killed Burton then wounded himself, possibly angered when she refused his advances. A charge alleges Cowan absconded with $12,000 from a hotel in 1927.
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W York
Harry Cowan
Strooklyn Hospital
Misa Ldith Burton
Brooklyn
Cowan
Smit H. Reimers
Miss Burton
Bootlegger Shot in Charleston Police Court Cases Began
L J Bear Cat Riggs, alleged bootlegger, was shot and seriously wounded on a Charleston street. Dell Silverman and Luther A Calvert were arraigned, with a January 5 hearing set. Silverman surrendered, claiming self defense. police suspect previous dance trouble involving Riggs and the Silverman family. Mrs. Gladhill of Grafton mourns brother Joe Stephen, a longtime telegraph operator, who died in Knox Indiana.
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Charleston
W. Va
L. J
Bear Cat" Riggs
Dell Silverman
Luther A Calvert
Silverman
John Britton
Calvert
Riggs
Sadie Silverman
Arthur Gladhill
Grafton
Knox
Indiana
Joe Stephen
Stephen
Tere
Parersburg Viscose Plant Starts Work in West Virginia
Ground will be broken tomorrow for a major Viscos Company plant at Parkersburg, West Virginia. When finished the facility will be among the state’s largest manufactories, with buildings costing about three million dollars and employing 3,000 workers, rising to 6,000 with additional units. Two miles of new rail tracks and bridges are being built, and county roads and trolley lines are funded to support the plant.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Viscos Company
Marcus Hook Pa
West Virginia
Little Kanawha
Wood County Court
Monongahelia
West Penn Public Service Company
Qualifications For Movies Listed By Studio Executives
Hollywood report lists ten requirements for aspiring film actresses with emphasis on character, personality, beauty, intelligence, imagination, grace, carriage, drama knowledge, environment, age, and training. Procedures include a walk through the office, hat removal, and style checks to judge poise and height.
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Hollywood
Galif
May Yokes Daughter Weds California Man
May Yoke actress and former wife of Lord Francis Hope announces her daughter will marry a San Francisco business man. The report notes Yokes interest in the story and mentions guests Katherine Curry and Bloise Hess staying with Miss Martha Jolliffe in Morgan town.
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May Yoke
California
Boston
Francis Hope
San Francisco
Alaia
Misees Bloise Hess
Morgantown
Katherine Curry
Belington
Martha Jolliffe
Bartlett Executor's Sale Announces Personal Property and Store Stock
On January 16, 1926, at 1 PM, in Webster, Taylor county, James M. Bartlett's executor will auction the deceased's personal property including a piano, beds, furnishings, and household items, plus a complete stock of groceries, dry goods, and hardware from the general store. Store stock offered as a whole with half cash and balance on six months credit. other property sold piece by piece for cash. Right to reject any bid reserved.
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James M. Bartlett
Webster
Taylor County
Bartlett
Ayas
Odd Lot Coat and Dress Sale Announcement
A brief notice announces discounted apparel with coats and dresses offered at significant reductions. Items include coats at half price and dresses at one third to one half off, with additional odd lots on the first and third floors and blankets for tables at reduced rates.
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Sentinel Orice
Vion
Prima Donna
Baltimore and Ohio
Wheeling
Market Auditorium
City
Fairmont
Parketsburg
Holloway
Fairmont Serenaters
Enbloyes
Pittsburgh
J.T. McGee Company
Penn Jewelry Company
Harter
M.C. Smith
L. B. Foster
CL. Landers
William A. Charleton
E. J. Kemple
PF. D. Keyser
A. B Williams
A. E. McWilliam
J. M. Scott
CB. Gorsuch
W. B P. CoRley
B. G
Quota Club
Anna Heflin
Arch- Geacon
Cassell's Bakery
W. Main
First National Bank
William Hallock Park
Bacilli
Footer
Cleaners and Dyers
West Main St
FoLey's
Foley & Co
Foley
D. E. Fawcett
Blueville
St. Mary's Hospital
Clarksburg
St Augustine
Matanzas Bay
Florida Power Boat Association
St. Augustine
Tampa
D. P. Davis
Manhasset Bay
L. 1
Browni CW Park
Parrish Realty Company
Whitescarver Block
West Main Street
Frank R. Morgan
Latrobe St
Mrs. Brown
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield
N. J
F.S. Smith
M. & M. Bank Building
Propare
Phony
West Virginia Business College
L. W. Cain
W. B. Cruise
M. & M. Bank
R. D. Stout
Parersburg Viscos
Madan
Auuay
Wey
Jolliffe’s
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