New Year Ball Behind influenza Hop Brightens Grafton Event
The New Year Eve ball organized by the Women's Music Club of Grafton drew over a hundred couples to the Elks Home despite influenza setbacks. The Broadway Buddies provided modern music while J Brooks Gall led the ball, which opened after 9 and closed at 1 with Home Sweet Home. A Redmen district meeting and other local events followed, including Junior Order elections and a wedding notice for Jacobs and Satterfield.
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Gritton
Elka
Broadway
Buddies
Wheeling
Sweet Home
J . Brooks Gall
Ainess
Nelson Maple
West Virsihla
Order of
Redmen
Grafton
Pianner
Parkersburg
Clarksburg
Elkins
Fairmont
New York Police Promote Young Force and Oust Veterans
Police Commissioner Grover A. Whalen announced the promotion of 41 officers and the dismissal of 350. Seven members faced complaints for minor infractions, with one deputy visiting and four captains retired for age limits and long service. Dr. Louis T. Wright was named police surgeon, first of his race to hold the post. Whalen aimed for a "young and vigorous" force by elevating youths and removing older, less active personnel.
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New York
Grover A. Whalen
Louis T. Wright
Mauretania Set for Transatlantic Run After Refit
The Mauretania, after a major overhaul described as thoroughly revitalized, is expected to gain two knots in speed. Engineers say the liner sails from Southampton tomorrow for New York.
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Mauretania
Southampton
New York
Bookmaker Raid Targets Downtown Betting Hubs
Salt Lake City dispatch reports David J. Pugh former deputy treasurer was accused of stealing 100000 dollars to finance race betting and received a maximum 120 year sentence. Police chief Burbidge ordered a special detail to wipe out horse race gambling. raids hit eight downtown stores and clubrooms acting as bookmakers headquarters with several arrests.
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Salt Lake City
David J. Pugh
Pugh
Joséph ‘E. “Burbidge
Treaty Ready Journal From Page One Initiates Protocol Signing
The journal notes the Bolivian and Paraguayan delegates aiming to complete the protocol for signature. Doubts remain about Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay joining the conciliation court, making it likely the protocol could be signed today without finalizing which nations will form the adjudicating body.
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Argentina
Brazil
Uruguay
Conciliation Court
Thoxine Cough Remedy Promoted Over Dangerous Prescriptions
An old advertisement touts Thoxine as a safe quick relief for coughs and sore throat, claiming it contains no chloroform or harmful drugs. It promises double action to soothe irritation and stop coughing almost instantly, with a money back guarantee and prices of 85 cents to 1 dollar.
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Red
Gratton, Drug and Chemical Co
Strug
Influenza Affects Numerous Taylor County Residents
Notes from West Main and Maple avenues report Miss Mary Virginia Robinson and Miss Virginia Lambert convalescing at home from influenza. Other residents including Carl Bryan, Lila Walters, and Virginia Anway are ill, with several traveling or returning from visits. Bartlett Ambulance Service advertises its modern ambulance only service with phone contact.
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Mary Virginia “Robinson
West Main Street
Carl Bryan
Bartlett Ambulance Service
Taylor County
Marlon Virginia Lambert l
Hera Jackson
Frances
Virginia Campbell
Fayetteville
B. A. Tharp
Elizabeth
Mary
Elizabeth Hart
Washington
Ind
Fred Graham
Baltimore
Virginia Anway
Central’ School
Maple Avenue
Lila Clare Walters
West Grafton
Linn Mays
Joe Harper Made No Confession Claim
Spencer January 1 Prosecuting attorney and defense counsel stated no confession was made at yesterday's hearing for Joe Harper charged with his nephew's murder. Harper pleaded not guilty through T P Ryan, whose remarks implied rebuttal of a purported confession though the record lacked such a section. Prosecutor W S Ryan said the statement would be used at Harper's trial.
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Spencer
PhieBoth
J Joe Harper
Roane County
T. P. Ryan
Harper
W. S. Ryan
Har[pers
American Woman Shot in Afghanistan under American Flag
The Daily Mail reports Mrs Carol Isaacson was wounded while driving an automobile under the American flag in Kabul Afghanistan. She was rescued by a British plane to Peshawar India where the injury was described as slight and healing.
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London
Daily Mail
Carol Saacson
Kabul
Afghanistan
Isaacson
Peshawar
India
Mail
Smith Ends Public Life In New York Governorship
Albany January 1 Franklin D Roosevelt became governor of New York as Alfred E Smith retired after a third term. Smith, four times governor and Democratic presidential candidate, will return to private life. Roosevelt spoke of a cloud on the horizon wishing Smith were here. The retiring governor promised to be available at five minutes notice.
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Albany
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Roosevelt—Theodore
Franklin
Alfred E. Smith
The
Happy Warrior
South
Roosevelt
Smith
Houston
Frank
Executive Mansion
Secretary of State
Dorothy Mackaye Released From Jail at San Quentin
Dorothy Mackaye Los Angeles actress was freed from San Quentin after 10 months for concealing facts in the death of her husband Ray Raymond. The prison board had set a one year term, reduced by good behavior, while Paul Kelly serves in the same case. A separate note reports a son born to Mrs Bowes Lyon, cousin to the future king, increasing royal line connections.
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San Quentin
Cal
Dorothy Mackaye
Los Angles
Miss Mackaye
Los Angeles
Ray Raymond
Paul Kelly
Bowes Lyon
Duchess of York
Higabeti
Prince of Wales
Secretary Davis Bags 45 Geese After Hunt Visit
Secretary of War Dwight B. Davis and his party returned from a hunting trip at Madamuskeet Lake displaying 45 geese. They include a snow white bird among the bagged game. Governor McLean assigned James Wardeng to guide Davis' party on the hunt.
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Washington
Jan
Dwight B. Davis
Madamuskeet Lake
McLean
Deaths Hy The Associated Prows Mason Georgia
George Lafayette Mason of Macon Georgia died at 74. Credited with the invention of the first electric tablets used by the New York Times and the New York World in announcing returns of the Hayes Tilden election.
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Associated
Prows
Macon
George Lafayette Mason
New York Times
New York World
Hayes Tilden
Reno Becomes American Gretna Green for Marriage
Reno, Nevada reports 1928 as a record year for marriages with 3 404 licenses issued, up about 2 000 from 1627, attributed to California three day notice laws. Divorces granted rose to 2 100 from 1 952 in 1927, spotlighting Reno as a popular divorce resort.
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Reno
Nev
Chicago
California
Bomb explodes in Chicago coffee shop door
A bomb described as black powder pinsapple detonated at the doorway of Gus Fragis' combination coffee shop and barber shop in Chicago just after midnight. Damage was slight. The chaotic dispatch notes confusion over-year end events and press schedules.
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Chicago
Gus Fragis
Woman Traveler Sees Modern Life in Afghan Capital
Miss Jeanne Van Coover recalls entering Kabul, meeting the Amir and the queen, and witnessing Afghan women’s seclusion. She notes education for girls expanding, with a shift sparked by the queen’s influence and a reformist mood despite resistance.
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Washington
Afghanistan
Jeanne van Coover
Miss van Coover
India
Khyber Pass
Frontier
Kabul
Misa van Coover
Nadirdshan
Timk
Ise van Coover
Mie Quren
Jeannie van Coover
Wor
Ler
Rain postpones Philadelphia Mummers Parade
The annual Mummers parade in Philadelphia was postponed due to rain. Director H Bart McHugh said costumes, some weighing 160 pounds when dry, could not be carried if soaked. Prizes totaling over 25,000 dollars await winning clubs and individuals.
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Philadelphia
H. Bart McHugh
Moncada Becomes Nicaragua's Chief Leader
Managua reports Jose Mario Moncada sworn in as president with the oath administered by a supreme court justice on a platform crowded by congress members, the diplomatic corps, and American and marine officers. The event drew a large audience and marked a new era in Nicaragua's government.
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Managua
Jose Mario Moncada
Nicaragua
Jday
Ina van Elty
Congress
Diamatic Corps
Governor Did Not Want Lynders Shot In Mississippi
Jackson Mississippi January 1 Adjutant General J M said today he ordered home the officers and men of the national guard after a mob seized a negro convict Charley Iti herd and burned him to death. Hairston explained that with Governor Bilbo away he ordered a search for Shepherd who killed J D Duvall and his 18 year old daughter. Guardsmen had been called to organize the hunt not to kill people trying to capture the murderer. He said he was 30 miles away when told at 1 o'clock that the mob held the negro and made no effort to find him before ordering the troops home.
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T. A. Ellison
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J. B. Marten-he
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