Funeral Services For Mrs Lona Digman Announced
Funeral services for Mrs Lona Digman 42 wife of Ira Digman will be held at 10 tomorrow from 126 Mackin alley with later services in Montrose Randolph county. Rev Lewis will officiate. Interment in church cemetery. Directed by Ilett Funeral Company. Mrs Digman died from influenza and complications yesterday morning. Survived by husband two parents four sisters and three brothers.
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Lonayn
Ira Digman
Mackin Alley
Mont
Randolph County
Byrthe
Lewis
Ilett Funeral Company
Philip
Elizabeth Skidmore Win
Montrose
Charle
Marl
Meadowville
Earl
Hikins
Stephen B. Weese
Thomas Deem
Aver
Infant Flu Victim Is Interred In Bluemont
Funeral services for Edgar Lee White three year old son of Mr and Mrs Arthur White were held at the grandparents home 115 West Wilford street by Rev P eo Crickenberger of St Pauls Lutheran Church. Burial in Bluemont cemetery. The child died late Sunday night from influenza and pneumonia after an illness of a few hours. The parents an infant mother and the grandparents survive.
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Edgar Lee White
Arthur White
Gilbert Trader
West
Wilford Street
P. Eo. Crickenberger
St. Paul’s
Bluemont Cemetery
Bolin-Hamilton
John Runner Funeral Held in Evansville Area
Last rites for John Runner 90 Civil War veteran and retired farmer were held at Mt Zion Methodist Church at 2 pm with Rev Lutte officiating. Interment followed at the church cemetery. He died Tuesday afternoon from influenza complications after illness since Friday. Survived by two sons William of Cleveland and Harry of Evansville. Out of town visitors included James L. McCue and Wm. Arehart of Thornton.
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John Runner
Evansville
Mt. Zion Methodist Episcopal Church
Lutte
Church
Bolln-Hamilton Undertakers
Runner
Taylor-Preston ‘County Line
William
Leveland
Harry Runner
Vansville
Adlerika cleansing ad promises quick relief for stomach gas
An old advertisement claims Adlerika relieves stomach gas within ten minutes and cleanses the bowels by removing old waste material. It urges readers to try the product and visit Central Drug Store for the supply.
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Adlerika
Ed Belland
Central Drug Store
Adv
Aged poetess Casandra Dyer dies at 92
Mrs. Cassandra P. Dyer of Hudson Wisconsin died of pneumonia at age 92. Her World War I memorial poem A Mother of an Unknown Soldier, written Armistice Day 1921, was published nationwide in newspapers via A Washington Bystander after she sent it to Kirke L. Simpson. The piece ends with a verse about the unknown soldier and rest in Flanders fields.
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Hudson
Wis
Cassandra P. Dyer
United States
Washington
Capitol Life
Kirke L. Simpson
Associated Press
Simpson
Father Held For Slaying Young Sons In Ontario Farm
In Belleville Ontario a father Charles He Twells was jailed on charges of killing his two young sons Kenneth aged 1 and Colin aged 9 at a farm home near Consecon. The killings followed an argument with his brother in law Arthur Corfield who was wounded during the dispute over farm property. Police noted no method of the slayings. A separate paragraph mentions a medical note about flat foot.
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Belleville
Ont
Kenneth
Colin
Charles He Twells
Consecon
Arthur Corfield
Twell
Corfield
Mystery man Chism fingerprinted after Grafton arrest
Albert Chism, a mute man, arrived in Graf ton about a month ago and was jailed briefly on a vagrancy charge. State Trooper H K Debendarter fingerprinted him after appeals for help from veterans groups. Chism claims World War II service with letters from army officials, but the War Department lists him as a private in the 28th company, 151st depot brigade with a denial number. Troopers will probe the case and seek placement in a government facility where he can be cared for. he is penniless and unable to work.
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Albert Chism
Grafton
H. K. Debendarter
Chitim
Army
Veterans Service Organizations
War Department
151St Depot
Chism
Nationals
Dayton
Ohio
Presney
W. Merle Watks
Three Estates Appraised in Bennett County Clerk Listing
Estates of John Bailey of Thaor ton Alice V Jennings Gravton and Thomas E Pendergast filed with Bennett county clerk. Bailey estate valued 37922.65 by Archat Travis and Hargett. Jennings estate valued 322607.67 by Bish Var Leytharidg. Pendergast tangible personal property valued 13974.10 by Pickett Guth and Walter. No real estate or intangible property reported.
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John Bailey
Thaorton
Alice V. Jennings
Gravton
Thomas E. Pendergast
Grafton
Tiéchin Wo
Bailey
W. M. Archart
Robert T.travis
Fred Hargett
Lynch Released and Companion Is Held
Justice Marion D Allender yesterday dismissed charges of transporting liquor against M A Brose Lynch of Clarksburg and held his companion Earl T Stephens on a getlow bond of 500 for a similar charge. The car seized on the Fet Temmian bridge December 23 contained 20 gallons of moonshine. The dealership and witness details involve Sidney H Somervile neel and Stephen Stephens.
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Marion D. Allender
M.A. “Brose” Liynehy
Clarksburg
Earl T. Stephens
Getlow
Taylor County
Eres
Sidney H. Somervil Neel
Témmian Bridge
Stephen Stephens
Lynch
Flemington
Held to Court in Moonshine Case at Clarksburg
George Wittman of the first ward was arrested near the Hazel Atlas crossing Sunday evening by local state police and held under $500 bond by U S Commissioner Harry Gordon for the April term of federal court in Clarksburg. Wittman faces charges of possessing two pints of moonshine liquor.
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George Wittman
First Ward
Hazel Atlas Crossing
U. S
Harry Gordon
Clarksburg
Wittman
Real Estate Transfers Top County Clerk Totals for 1928
In 1928 county records show 371 real estate transfers including deeds of sale and 27 wills filed. Officials note the 1927 totals were not yet compiled for direct comparison and state that the year saw fewer transactions than the previous year. An unrelated England note mentions one in three homes having a radio.
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England
Ithree
Money pours in for Flemington coal field relief
Contributions to aid Flemington district coal field families surge with gifts from the Shepherds Bible Class of Andrews Methodist Church for 52 dollars and Grace Lear for 16 dollars. Salvation Army notes urgent needs for children's clothing as adults are better clothed. Investigations deny rumors of exaggerated conditions while local officials and business leaders describe severe hardship. donations of money, food, clothing and medicines are welcome at Salvation Army headquarters.
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Flemington
W. H
Accol
The
Sentinel
Salvation
Artyman
Conditiense
Investigatonit
Adipag
Weeley
Rey Janie
Holt
Kasl
Db Nideum
Salvariga Ara
W. L. Reddick
Hazel Atlas Factory
Martin
Salvation Army
Nine Mile Railroad Challenges ICC Valuation Methods
A nine mile railroad today before the supreme court challenged the Interstate Commerce Commission valuation methods. The case centers on how the ICC values rail lines applied to the railroad's properties and operations. Washington, June 4.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroad battle over excess earnings recap in Taft era
The St Louis and O'Fallon railroad contests the commission’s method to recap excess earnings as invalid. Three Taft cabinet era officials, Walter, L. Fisher, George W. Lekersha, and Charles Igelo are among the railroad's counsel, arguing in a pivotal transportation dispute.
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St Louis and
O'Fallon
Jastice Taft White Taft
Walter, L. Fisher
George W. Lekersha
Charles Igel
Bolivian Acceptance Of Accord Announced
Bolivia informs Washington that the protocol should be revised with some changes but declines to discuss specific alterations. A Pan American conference committee meeting was convened to handle the Paraguay dispute, and Bolivian Minister De Medina was advised of the action by his government.
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Ington
Jan
Bolivia
Paraguay
Washington
de Medina
Two Men Jailed for Train Riding and Drunk Charge
Frank Chalfant and Frank Alexander were each sentenced by Justice John Wittman to 10 days in jail for train riding after failing to pay fines. Officer W A Garlow noted the charges. City Chief Joe Fletcher and Patrolman Clarence Salmon placed Tommy Terrill in jail for a drunk charge, with no hearing given that afternoon.
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Frank Chalfant
Frank Alexander
Mwere
John Wittman
Two Famous Keefe Brothers Die in Chicago Within Hours
Daniel J. Keefe aged 76, former United States Shipping Board member, and his brother Thomas J. Keefe, a retired capitalist, died in Chicago and Elmhurst within two hours. Daniel, long a vice president of the American Federation of Labor and Commissioner General of Immigration, was noted for his 1907 1908 anti Gompers stance and campaign for Taft, influencing his 1909 reappointment. Thomas began at Marshall Field and Company and moved into investments.
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Chicago
Daniel J. Keefe
United States Shipping Board
Thomas J. Keefe
Daniel
American Federation of Labor
Immig
Roosevelt
Taft
Elmhurst
Thomas
Marshall Field and Company
Samuel Gompers
Immigration
Pharmacist Working Long Hours At Local Drug Store
A busy pharmacist team operates around the clock to compound hundreds of prescriptions daily. Staff emphasize speed and accuracy to serve customers promptly despite high demand.
Mother Tries to Save Son in California Ranch Murder Case
Riverside, Jan 3. Sheriff Clem Sweeters said Mrs. Sarah Louisa Northcott urged him to press her son Gordon to plead guilty to indictments accusing him of murdering four boys at his ranch. The court granted a sanity commission for Gordon Northcott amid defense concerns. Mrs. Northcott, who pleaded guilty to Walter Collins murder, is in San Quentin serving a life term and says she was railroaded into prison.
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Riverside
Cal
Clem Sweeters
Sarah Louisa Northcott
Gordon
Northcott
Trotsky Rumors Denied on Health and Move from Alma Ata
Moscow reports that rumors of Leon Trotsky being ill or to be moved to a health resort were denied by authorities and travelers returning from Alma Ata affirmed his good health. They say Trotsky is writing and hunting in his spare time and remains active as former head of the Red Army.
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Moscow
Leon Trotsky
Alma Ata
Red Armies
Trotzsky
Plan to Clear Up Much Smoke in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh launches the most ambitious anti-smoke effort led by the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research the chamber of commerce and civic leaders to survey mills factories buildings railroads and homes. Officials say private homes burning soft coal ignorant of regulation cause most smoke with 100000 burned and city council urges households to switch to coke gas or smokeless coal.
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Pittsburgh
Mellon Institute of “Industrial Research
Chamber of Commerce
Miller parole denied by Attorney General in Miller case
Washington declares Attorney General Sargent disapproved the parole board recommendation to release Thomas W. Miller, former alien property custodian, from Atlanta prison. Miller, sentenced to 18 months after a 1927 New York conviction for defrauding the government in alien property dealings, had his release blocked without stated reasons.
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Washington
Sargent
Parole Board
Thomas W. Miller
Atlanta
Miller
New York
Weith
Funds Ag
Searl Resigns as Vulcan Flint Head in Portsmouth
C. M. Searl resigns as president and director of Vulcan Corporation airplane and products makers. Dowling elected secretary-treasurer and general manager. Searl cites duties as executor for the estate of W. J. Burke, founder of Vulcan interests.
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Searl
Vulcan
Flint
Portsmouth
C. M. Searl
Vulcan’ Corporation
Aairplane
Dowling
Sears
W. J. Burke
Vulcan Interests
Little Sleepy Glenn Marries Helen DeFenbaugh in Fairfax
An announcement from Morgantown dated January 3 records the marriage of Miss Helen DeFenbaugh of Washington DC to Marshall Glenn known as Little Sleepy, a West Virginia University football player. They wed August 22 last year in Fairfax Virginia and kept the wedding secret until returning to resume studies at WVU.
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Morgantown
Helen Defenbaugh
Washington, D. C
Marshall
Sleepy
Glenn
West Virginia University
Lnst
Fairfax
Jthay
W. F
Supreme Court Against Oil Nation. Sinclair Conviction Appeal
Washington January 3 The Supreme Court decided to review the entire proceedings that led to the conviction of Harry P Sinclair for refusing to answer questions before a Senate committee The court set the case for argument February 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Harry P. Sinclair
Senate
Society Leader Dies in Baltimore Hospital
Baltimore January 3. Henry Symes Lehr a noted Baltimore New York and Newport society figure died today at Johns Hopkins Hospital after weeks as a patient with a brain disorder. The well known social leader had long been prominent in regional circles.
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Society
Baltimore
Hiry Symes Lehr
New York
Newport Society
Johns Hopkins Hospital
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James L. McCue
Wm. M. Arehart
Thornton
Bennett
Flemington Relief Fund
J.c.penney
Main St
Grafton, W. Va
EightGlowers
Dollar Store
W. Main St
Bartlett Ambulance Service
Bartlett
C. Vv. Miller
Reliable Footwear
W. Va
J. C. Penney Company
Court” Pharmacy
Anita Page Mae Bush
Jack Conway
Dan Coghlan
Banana
Chaney
Strand Orchestra
Wm. Archdeacon Company
Men’s and Boys Store
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Leon Trotzky
Farole
Supreme
Opera House
Topieht
Young Hollywood
Erick von Stroheim, Jr
Tim
Jack Holt
Eileen
Pat O'Malley
Binly
Wallace Bela George
Hobart Bosworth
Mike
Col
Tom McCoy
Red Cross Pharmacy
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Court Pharmacy
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