Frank Morgan Gap Standers Honored At Plumbers Night Sermon
Frank R. Morgan of Grafton returned from Clarksburg where he attended the second annual West Virginia Master Plumbers’ Association convention and was elected a director for the evening year. The group backed a state plumbing code and adopted a code of ethics amid discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank R. Morgan
Grafton
Clarksburg
Master Plumbers’ Association of
West Virginia
Walut
H. A. Spencer
Association
J. R. Shankly
Charleston
C. V. Swan
Huntington
John A. Shatkin
J. B. Hagan
Fred J. Eichert
Welch
W. A. Weidebusch
H. E B. Neuman
Colored M. E. Church officers elected in Warren confer
In the fourth quarterly Warren M. E. Church conference held Monday, officers were elected for the year. W. P. Dabney chairs trustees include W. A. Dabney Joseph Ellington Floyd Stokes Arthur Holmes Charles McDonald L. J. Twitty and Thomas Tyson. Virginia Holmes is recording steward. Fellow officers include A. R. Ellington Sunday School superintendent Joseph Ellington choir director and Ladies Aid Society leaders Mrs Lila Howell and Daisy Twitty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren M. E
Colored) Church
W. P. Dabney
W. A. Dabney
Joseph Ellington
Floyd Stokes
Arthur Holmes
Charles McDonald
L. J., Twitty
Thomas Tyson
Virginia
Holmes
Jon. Twitty
Mary Jones
Arthur Miles
Bertha Lewis
W. A. Dabbey
Inéz Sharps
Lucy Simmons
Margretta Turner
Nannia McDonald
Julia Trimble
A. R. Ellington
Lila Howell
The
Ladies Aid Society
Daisy Twitty
Irene Dabney
Peaceful Workers Club
Hattie Beaver
Kate Wigan
Mis Car McDonald
Treacher
Benvolent
Virginia Holmes
Lula Singleton
Womans’ Home Mission
Trapped Cave Continues In Narrow Probable Rescue Effort
Rescuers labor in a 8 inch passage to reach Collins trapped 160 feet underground after nearly 100 hours of confinement. A telegram from New York urged endurance and grit as doctors warned that forceful extraction could cause rupture. Collins pleads for companionship as pain and loneliness mount while experts assess chances of survival over the next days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collins
Charlea
E. Feller
New York
C. W. Richards
Richarda
Bank Robbery In Kankankee Sees $5,000 To $6,000 Taken
Five armed bandits robbed the Bradley State Bank in Kankankee at about 11:00 a.m. today and escaped with between $5,000 and $6,000. Police units launched an immediate search as investigations begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kankankee
Bradley State Bank
Miners Strike Letter Challenges Md Coal Co Policies
A letter from the Miners Side of Wendel mine community in Grafton West Virginia questions the Md Coal Co open shop stance and alleges promises to hire local union workers were not kept. It claims guards are being used and calls for public clarification from company officials. Signed by mine committee members JOHN A GLENN JOHN BENDA MATT VUKOVICH of Scriti Union No 2999 U M W of A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendel
MD Coal Co
Seite
MD. Coal Co
W. Va
David Williamson
A. Ly
Stokes Goes Before Court in Defamation Trial
Chicago February 8 A five year prison sentence will be sought by the prosecution in the trial tomorrow of W E D Stokes a New York hotel owner charged with conspiring to defame Helen Elwood Stokes of Denver his former wife Mrs Stokes will be here for the trial The indictment of Stokes and Daniel Nugent his New York attorney arose from alleged attempts to obtain testimony that Mrs Stokes formerly ran a house of ill fame in the city Stokes nearing eighty years old was in town Sunday with a entourage
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
W. E. D. Stokes
New York
Helen Elwood Stokes
Denver
Master Mind Quiz In Wheeling Jewelry Store Robbery
Wheeling February 3 Frank Osterman aged 50 was arrested as a suspect in the December 12 1924 John Brecker jewelry store robbery where about 50000 in loot was taken. He was held on ten thousand dollars bond for hearing. Osterman suggests others were implicated. most of the stolen diamonds remain unrecovered. Joe Carney and Edward Ryan who did the hold up are in the state penitentiary serving terms for their roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
Frank Osterman
John Brecker
Inter
Osterman
Joe Carney
Edward Ryan
State Penitentiary
Seek Peace for Herrin in Williamson County
A five man committee in Herrin Illinois began efforts to restore quiet without martial law. A sheriff’s representative reportedly headed toward governor Small to request military command. The town hones in on the same night’s pistol duel that killed Glenn Young Alan Mquer velder Ora Thomas and a deputy with two others wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Ill
Williamson County
Gov. Small
Marion County Court House
Grand Jury
Joseph Phillips
Peace Committee
Glenn Young
Alan Mquervelder
Ora Thomas
Sherif
Two Alarms Reported Fire in Grafton Office and Home
Early morning fire in the Grafton Sentinel composing room near a gas stove caused smoke and minor heat damage before alarms. Fire crews used chemical hose, forced entry, and prevented water damage. A second, smoke only incident occurred at I F Davis residence on Barrett Street where a coat and underwear near a stove ignited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Sentinel
City Fire Department
Seagrave
Central Hotel
South Grafton
I. F. Davis
Barrett Street
Italy to discuss war debt with United States in Washington
Rome reports new Italian ambassador Giacomo De Martino will receive full instruction to press Italy's war debt settlement with the United States after arriving in Washington. Italy has yet to propose a settlement plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Giacomo de Martino
United States
Washington
Italy
Huntington Park Commission Is Named Today
Huntington Park Commission members were appointed by Governor Morgan to serve temporarily until regular members are selected under the recent legislative act. Named were C. W. Campbell, G. A. Northcott, J. N. Chaffe, Mike Brob, Boyd Jarrell, and J. W. Ensign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Huntington Park Commission
Morgan
C. W. Campbell
G. A . Northcott
J. N. Chaffe
Mike Brob
Boyd Jarrell
J. W. Ensign
West Penn Wins Line Right of Way
Charleston West Virginia February 3 The Monongahela West Penn Public Service Company exercised the right of eminent domain to obtain a line right of way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Penn
Charleston
W. Va
Monongahela West Penn Public Service Company
Supreme Court endorses right of way for electric lines
The Supreme Court of Appeals sustains two decisions granting a railroad operated street or interurban line power to exercise eminent domain for transmission lines. The Harrison County and Mingo counties cases affirm lower court rulings, holding the railroad corporation qualifies as a power company under the water power act to carry electricity without a special permit. The ultimate stock ownership is held by hydroelectric interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of Appeals
C. F. Cunningham Company
Harrison County
Marion Development Company
Monongalia County
Publi Service Commission
Local residents and visitors noted in Grafton area
A flurry of brief notices records business visitors and travellers in Grafton and nearby towns. Guy Williams of Flemington and Howard Sheely of Baltimore called on local contacts, while Bertha Waugh, Mary Paugh, and Allie Gaines returned or headed out for studies or visits. Moose Haven delegates travel to Florida and Lutherans consider a new women’s college site. many residents, family visits, and hospital stays are noted among local names and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Williams
Flemington
Grafton
Howard Sheely
Baltimore
Danial Miller Co
Bertha Wiugh
Morgantown
Edward Kelley
William Warden
Buckhannon
Als
W. P. Hendrickson
McGraw Avenua
Mary Paugh
Clarkaburg
Nell C. Holt
Friends
Elkins
Allie Gaines
H. A. Rice
Viking
Pat Moran
Piedmont
Hugh Warder
Maple Avenue
A. S. Hardin
Montegillo
Vaughn M. Kerr
Clark Wlideman
Moose Haven
Florida
P. Theo. Crickenberger
St. Paul's
Homer Stevens
Simp
W. A. Ridenour
Joseph Carder
Cumberland
Carders
Cumberland Hospital
Theatrical Producer Earl Carroll Hopes for Recovery
Baltimore February 9 Earl Carroll theatrical producer was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital last night with a heart attack. He reportedly passed a restful night according to his brother Norman Carroll who spoke about his condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Earl Carroll
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Norman Carroll
Mrs Elizabet Curry Dies in Parsons and Night Funeral Planned
The body of Mrs Elizabet Curry widow of James J Curry will be brought to this city Sunday evening. It will lie at Bartlett Undertaking Company chapel until Monday morning then be taken to Hep sibaentirel om ooths Creek district for a funeral service at 11 o clock. She died at home in Parsons and was about eighty. She was mother to Carl Curry longtime bank teller and Gration Leader manager and a Taylor county Democratic leader. The Curry family is prominent in Taylor county with many members living in the district beyond Pruntytown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. T. Crickenberger
Washington Street
Marcellus Compton
Route 1
John Miller
Coffman
Grafton
George Dermatis
Palace Cafe
Main St
Clarksburg
Parkersburg
James Copp
Lantz
W. Va
Maple Avenue
Frank Ludwick
Stone House
Hugh Warder
Neil J. Holt
Robert Warder
Philippi
G. W. Alt
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Wheeling
W. W. McDagiel
Cecil
Mike Freeze
Flemington
C. H. “Smog" Schwer
Pittsburgh
Junior Hechmer
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Wilselty
Blanche Deegan
Anna Korte
Korte
J.B." Korte
Jack Sitter
Burton and
A. L. Kesling
W. C. Barnes
Rosemont
Flossie Swisher
West Main St
Iley
Barbara Coombs
Morantown
James Davis
W. C. Riley
West Main Street
Bridgeport
H. Y. Clark
Crafton High School
Claude Mankins
Tunnelton
Grafton City
J. W. Turner
Hardman
W. W. Lake
Gladyean
Jehu’ Fast
Route 3
C. A. Harxitt
Thornton
Charles Talbott
O ‘Webster
Carl Thomas
Grade Run
W. T. Robinson
Knottsville
Russell McCartney
Glade Run
Elizabet Curry
James J’. Curry
Taylor County
Bartlett Undertaking Company
Hepsibaentirel Om
Curry
Parsons
Carl Curry
Merchants and Mechanics Bank
Wen Her
Parsons Bank
Clarkebury Trust Company
Mrz. Curry
Tayfr County
Pruntytown
Me Ag
State's Farm Crops Show a Drop for 1924
Toursville February 3 The total farm value of West Virginia's principal thirteen crops fell from 64 685 000 in 1929 to 63 320 000 in 1924 a decrease about 2.1 percent as per the US Bureau of Agricultural Economies yearly summary. Hay led with 20 818 000 while corn dropped to 18 918 000 with declines in apples potatoes tobacco and sorghum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toursville
Kay
West Virginia
United States Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Murdered man found on railroad track in West Virginia
Bluefield Feb 3 a coroner's jury says Monzo Demery a Black man was murdered near King's Siding Mer cer county and his body placed on the Virginian railway track to be cut by a freight train Jerry Davis and George Sims both Black men are named as his killers in the jury's report a two and a half foot track wrench was found at the crime scene
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Monzo Demery
King’s Siding
Kegley
Mercer County
Coro Oner
Jerry Davis
George Sims
Demery
Outsiders Credited With Coal Discoveries in West Virginia
West Virginia rose to become a leading coal producer with annual mine revenue in the millions. The article recounts early exploration from 1742, noting outsiders who first uncovered the coal wealth, from Salley and companions on Coal River to 1810 Wheeling mines. It covers Rogers' surveys, 1840 production, and the rise of coal companies after the Civil War, cementing West Virginia as a major bituminous coal supplier ahead of Illinois and Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
America
John Peter Salley
Virginia
Wheeling
Conrad Cots
Wheing
Pittsburgh
Moe Creek
Ohio
Nicholas Roose- II
Great Kanawha
John P. .Turner
Kasawica
William F. Hildreth
Marietta
Silliman
Journal of Science
Barton Rogers
Alleghanies
Clarksburg
Monongahele
Rogers
Little
Big Sandy River
Great
Kanawha
Brantz’s
Mineral County
William E. Gasscock
Jed Hotoh
Kis
Staunton
Lee
Araft
Norfolk and Western Road
Philadelphia
Code
Jamestown
Pennsylvania
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Frank Morgan
W Harrington
Baptist Church
Charles Harrington
Calvary Baptist Church of
Harrington
Colored M. E. Church
S. S
Stokes
Huntington’s Park Commission
Frances Hiehnert
Webster Springs
State Road Commission
Hebnert
Andrew J. Shroyer
A.M. Horst
National City Company
Nathan Henderson
Henderson
Ruth Huber
Fred Wade
Benjamin Maird
Frostburg
J. J. Britt
Charles Lowther
John Glenn
Dubois Crickenberger
J. P. Curry
R.R
Ladies Ald Society
Methodist Capal Church
Walter Laycock
Bo McDaniel
Ed Daniel
G. C. Sturm
Knights Templar
Clarksburg Commandery No
Masai Temple
West Pike
George Washington
Foreign Missionary Society
Women's Foreign Missiary Society
Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church
Archdeacon Apartments
Mison-Dixon
Valentine
Fai
Wignyy
Winnie Cole
Averett Rightmire
John Donaldson
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