Homemaking as a societal foundation for educated women
Dr. Binder argues that higher domestic science education signals a shift in society toward scientifically managed homes. He asserts the home remains society’s foundation, welcoming women with college degrees to lead in cooking, cleanliness, child care, and health, while not abandoning expert involvement. The trend supports women as capable homemakers rather than drudges, shaping future manhood and womanhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. M. Binder
New York University
V Hinder
Dr. Binder
Binder
Selma Laegerlof
Christopher Robin Prayers and Local Social Highlights
A fragment recounts Christopher Robin reciting prayers with family figures named Mummy Daddy Nanny and Bib. The page also notes a Moose Club luncheon bridge event with 14 tables, prizes won by May Deegan and Mrs J R Burchinal, plus several out of town guests. It mentions a Male Chorus debut at West Main Street Methodist Episcopal church and a Knights Templar banquet with plans for late dancing and a guest list from Clarksburg and Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iutdge
Moose Home
Washington Street
V. J. McGonagle
Mya
John Gorkina
M. Deegan
J. R. Burchinal
Fairmont
Buesty
Grafton
West Main Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Chamber of Commerce
Gladhill
Manquet
Bull
William H. Wade
Bluefield
Knights Templar
West Virginia
Masonic Temple
West ‘Pike Street
Fred. Delbridge
Seimo
Delbridge
Mim
John A. Bowe
Clarksburg
Fred
Valentine party and marriage notices in local items
Valentine party scenes and social events fill the page, including a morning program with refreshments, decorations, and entertainment by Misses Bennett Kerr and others. Birthdays at the Hall home and a marriage announcement for Eva Janet MacLeod to John Wyer Ault are detailed, with homecomings and future plans. The Secret Seven Club hosts a Valentine gathering with friends, games, and a late dessert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jrafton High School
Elizabeth Dean
Ruth Welsh
Evelyn Welsh
Eloise Kerr
Willa Cater
Roneta McKeen
Frances Noble
Dorothy Nicola
Dorig Mathews
Dorothy NyeMiss
Louise Holt
Barbara Gather
Lorin Kunst
Sherman Freeman
Sylvia Gertrude Remlinger
Lester Linn
West Knotts Avenue
Florente
Mary Alice Linn
T. 8. Hall
Gay Street
Velma Lesta
Hall
Mona Hall Squires
Miss Hall
Gladys Sly
Virginia Fawcett
Beullah Snider
Trene Carroll
Ruth Wallace
Helen Coffman
Juanita Pinney
J and William Glover
Gordon Rosier
Burht Mason
Ottis Shroyer
John Roy Hargett
Harry Gooda
Eva
Janet MacLeod
John W. Ault
A. TW. F. MacLeod
Eva Janetto
Leona Zumbra
Secret Seven Club
Fetterman
M Ata
Lena Lough
Elizabeth Tough
Mery Ree
Lillian Blanes
Hester Poling
Stella Morgan
Metta Heiner
Circuit Court Opens Session This Morning
The February term of Circuit Court opened in Grafton with Judge Warren B. Kittle presiding. A large docket includes chancery, felony, misdemeanor and civil cases. The grand jury was impaneled and instructed, with J. P. Poe named foreman. Landowners redeemed back taxes at noon as chancery reports urged actions for delinquent 1921 real estate taxes. The Weekly case against Grafton Bank seeks stockholder liabilities from its 1914 insolvency. Several days needed to resolve numerous chancery matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren B. Kittle
Grafton
Philippi
R. B. Gall
Paul Peppers
George Wiseman
Scott Dawson
W. E. Tamblyn
James R. Glenn
Lee Shackelford
Will E. Wilson
Walter 5. Rogers
B.W. Perine
W.B. Cruise
John J. Hechmer
B. F. Poe
O. S. Montgomery
Benjamin F. Sayre
B. F P. Clark
J. P. Poe
Chancery Court
Virginia
Grafton Bank
George M
Frank Wilson
Circuit Clerk's
Doughboy Repays Dog That Saved Him in War Tale
Horace Love, wounded in the Argonne, was saved by Bolivar the dog from the German Red Cross. Love later rescued Bolivar, now missing after a hike, until a stalled search led to a police stop and a revelation that Love and Bolivar may still be united.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doughboy
Chicago
Horace Love
Love
Northwestern University
Argonne
Bolivar
Red Cross
Neense Tag
Wold
Local Girls Lose Clothes in Weston House Fire
Miss Nellie Haymond Miss Oma Findley and Miss Ygennis Haymond were visiting Mrs Patton in Weston when a kitchen fire started from a shorted wire. A $60 wrist watch and about $140 in clothing were destroyed along with the dwelling. Mrs Patton was ill with flu and confined to her shed. The girls had attended a Grafton Weston basketball game and stayed over weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie
Ygennis Haymond
Oma Findley
Haymond
Maud Patton
Weston
Grafton-Weston
Fire traps Patton family escape in house blaze
Patton house fire shocks the family as they barely escape with only a house dress left. Squire L C Haymond traveled to Weston to clothe the girls and bring them back to Grafton after a telephone call yesterday morning.
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Patton
L. C. Haymond
Weston
Grafton
Tea for sick man comeback ends in moonshine raid
A county raid across Simpson Flemington Wendell and Rosemut yielded large mash and moonshine equipment, six sticks of dynamite, and five violators arrested. One suspect transported liquor, claiming a jar of tea for a sick man. Dinamite seized, arrests in multiple locations, fines pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swipson
Flemington
Wendel
Rosemut
Simpson
Rosemont
Andy ‘Alligan
T B E. Stafford
Maryland Coal Company
Morgan
Tebert Carder
Squire W. EB. Leach
Carder
Cardor
25 Decisions Yesterday at Local Revival
Crowds filled First Baptist Church as a 22 day revival wrapped with about 25 decisions reported yesterday. Rev Harrington's upcoming sermons include How a Flapper Danced the Heal Off a Great Preacher and The Man Who Came Back. He warned of God turning away those who refuse salvation and cited blasphemy against the Holy Ghost as an unforgivable sin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Harrington
King’s
Dr. Harrington
Upham Dies After Stroke in Palm Beach Home
Frederick W. Upham of Chicago, long a leader in Republican finance, died in his Palm Beach winter home Sunday after a cerebral stroke. He was 64. Funeral services planned in Chicago, burial in Thorne, Wisconsin. Wife Helen Upham and relatives accompanied by Chicago friends will handle arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palm Beach
Fla
Frederick W. Upham
Chicago
Tharne
Upham
Helen Upham
Frank Ebehardt
Rippon
Wis
65 Year Old Judge Die By Suicide In Minneapolis
Federal Judge John Frankli McVes of Minneapolis was found dead in his chambers at the federal building. He was 65 and a pistol with one exploded cartridge lay beside him. health issues are believed to have led to the suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
John Frankli McVes
Temple
Local Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits and Travel
Knottarlee business visitor L H Ayer was in town for a day. West Virginia University students Clay and Hen Miller returned home with relatives on Walnut street. Many residents from Clarksburg Fairmont and surrounding areas spent weekends visiting friends and family in Grafton. Local residents plan short trips to Clarksburg Gunsan and Weston while others attend county court meetings and stopovers in nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Ayer
Knottarlee
Clay
Hen Miller
West Virginia University
C. Wy
Walnut Street
Henry Zumbro
Jet
Erma Sellows
Eee Ton
Emma
Luzadder Street
Dorsey’ Cole
Pleasant Area
BE. H. Robey
Farmington
Fred B. Watkins
Paitmont
Wynona
Hilda Bell
Hartmont
William Hammond
Clarksburg
Grafton
Edna Bunner
Fairmont
Rena Priam
Ona
W. H. Goodwin
Claude
R. M. Thorn
Virginia Davisson
Anna’ Heflin
Gunsans
Ida Taylor
Guern
Jed Yates
Maple Avenue
Tabara Lockhart
Winfield
John E. Gantz
Parrmont
Ting
Walter Gants
Robert White
Luther Boston
Falkimont
Dorothy Rowland
Lloyd Grayson
Cumberlad
Anna Korte
Lucy Korte
Kingwood
Eva Brand
We Beverlin
Howe
George Solliéret
New York City
State Prison Sets New Inmate Record 1610 Mark
Moundeville report notes 1610 inmates at the state prison after recent arrivals. Thirty two prisoners added last night from Raleigh, Cabell, Summers, and Kanawha counties. Sixteen more coming from Mingo County expected Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Prison
Moundeville
W. van Feb
Raleigh County
Cabell
Kanawha
Mingo County
Poppy Plant Is Called An Aid To Civil War
Geneva February 16 delegates from Japan denounced Finland’s proposal to link opium overproduction in China with illicit arms traffic at the Internations Opium Conference. England voiced opposition and Finland withdrew the resolution. The debate touched on over cultivation of poppy in China and its use to fund civil conflict.
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Geneva
Japan
China
Suplymure
Hil Bean
England
Finland
Chigwag Regie
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Hildren
Church of Christ
O. P. Sterling
O. F. Sterling
B. A. Hinkins
Harter Bunner
Newburg
Allen
Strickers
Tunmelton
Red” Sherretts
Knight
H. A. Gatrell
N. E. Gatrell
Christopher
Robin
Mummy
Vath
Daddy
Nanny
Mate
Sara
Christopher Robin
AL AL Milne
Ion
J. R. Burehinal
Clance Statler
Sallie Deveney
Vairmont
P. J McGraw
James Hoover
Keyser
G. A. Golden
Sutton
Valentine
Morrine
Matilda Fenton
Ada Gall
Wilda Knight
Rutt
Welsh
John Kunst
Roger ‘Gennett
Josephine Black
Willa Carter
Carrie Bennett
Elroy Dotson
yVaugh Kerr, Jr
Clara Bennett
Honera McKeen
Evelyn |Welsh
Hloise Kerr
Charles Wilmoth
John Wyer Ault
W. Va
D. D. du Bois
Wheeling
Paul Ferguson
A. E. MacLeod
M. Ault
Brookside
C. and P
Fred Petty
Clyde Lewis
Merch
Buffalol
Circuit Court
Old Grafton Bank
Misses Haymond
Miss Findley
Tony Gallo
Christian Natels
H.B. Newton
A. R. Bolyard
Pfizer
W. E. Leach
Dwight Butcher
Frank Shultz
Coffman
Butcher
Squire Leach
Shultz
Fred W. Upham
Republican Party
Racine
Seeney
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