Officers Chosen for Taylor County Good Roads Meet
City commerce chamber calls vital meeting in court house to organize a Taylor county official group for Good Roads movement. Leaders elected include President T. W. Engle and multiple vice presidents from districts, aiming to push the state federation’s constitutional amendment and road improvements.
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Daily Sentinel
Court House
Oration Chamber of Commerce
Taylor County
Marx Flaherty
West Virginia
Good Roads Federation
Grafton
T. W. Engle
Clyde C. Richman
Gratton
William — Merson
W. A. Beavers
Clyde ‘Turner
W. J. Rowland
Booths Creek
A. B Corter
H. B. Seranaee
J R. Kearns
Chenoweth
Flemington
T D. Marlin
Flaherty
Parkersburg
West Virginia road bonds plan outlined by convention
A West Virginia convention urged state bonds to fund durable highways linking county seats. Proposals included serial bonds up to fifty million dollars, thirty year maturities, road districts, reuse of intact bridges, and state funding aligned with federal guidance. Speaker Mr Flaherty promoted a two dollar Taylor County quota and distributed literature detailing costs and methods.
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West Virginia
Ste
State Highways Commission
Health in Business Warns Corporate Health Checks
A WV health official recounts a businessman who demanded a thorough physical, praising his own vigor. The doctor cautions regular exams to prevent breakdowns, noting a rival firm suffered a major loss after neglecting worker health. The piece ties personal health to corporate success amid calls to conserve humanity.
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W.va
Experiment in Dental Surgery for Brain Insanity
In Missouri at St Joseph a trial using dental surgery to treat insanity is underway at the state hospital for the insane. Dr G B Bord and Dr Walton E B Taylor report several dentists and a throat specialist conducting the study with no state dental support. Only 724 patients have been treated, and while some improvement is noted researchers seek state cooperation to expand the program and test a theory linking dental issues to insanity.
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St, Joseph
Nosouri Hospital
G. B. Bord
Walton EB. Taylor
Joseph
Ford
T Hey
Taylor
Henry A. Colton
New Joravy State Hospital
Trenton
Davelapead
Colton
Brodice
Program announced for Labor Party convention in Chicago
The Labor Party of the United States outlines its convention program to be held in Chicago from July 11 to 12. Secretary Frank J. Bever announces the schedule with Sunday dedicated to the opening sessions and related activities.
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Chicago
Labor Party of the United State
Chicase
Frank J. Bever
Nonpartisan League Delegates Featured at Indo Canadian Convention
Fraternal delegates represent the Labour Party of Canada and the Nonpartisan League while internal participation remains limited. Governor Lynn J. Frazier of North Dakota will speak for the Nonpartisan League as Mex S Hays of Cleveland presides. Nominations for president and vice president and platform adoption are slated for Tuesday if ready.
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Ee Organiza
Ieee
Friends of Joinr
India
Proportional Representative League
American Friends of Irish Freedom
Lynn J. Frazier
North Dakota
Nonpartisan League
Esper
Labor Party of Canada
Mex S Hays
Cd. Cleveland
National Party
Stenger Resigns as Head of Manual Training at Grafton
Mr Stenger, three years head of the manual training department at Grafton High, resigns to take a similar post at Triadelphia district high in Wheeling. He will depart in August for a vacation before starting new duties. No successor has been named. Prof King, former Grafton principal, last held a Tr Delphia post.
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A. BY Stenger
Triadelphia District
Wheeling
Stenger
Grafton
Mrr. Stenger
Grafton High School
Hampton
Taylor County
King
Tal
Triadelphia
Two Appendicitis Surgeries Performed At City Hospital
Yesterday at City hospital on Beech street two young ladies underwent appendicitis operations. Miss Anna Langsdale of Washington street had a severe attack and is recovering well. Miss Rev. Road of Petersburg, staying with Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Ours, also had a serious case and is doing fine. Dr. F. S. Suddarth led the operations.
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City Hospital
Beech Street
Anna Langsdale
Washington Street
Rev. Road
Petersburg
West Side
F. S. Suddarth
D C Junior Red Cross Receives Grafton High School Furniture
A letter from C W Dickinson Jr of the American Red Cross Potomac Division notes two crates of furniture donated by Grafton high school's manual training class. The items are to aid French and Belgian refugees with the furniture to be forwarded promptly.
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A. B. Stenger
Grafton High School
C. W. Dickinson, Jr
American Red Cross
Potomac Division
Washington, D. C
Mountain Lake Probable WVU Camp Site Choice
West Virginia University football looks at Mountain Lake Park or Fairmont Country Club for fall training camp. Cheat River option dropped due to camp size and needs for eating and sleeping facilities. Mountain Lake Park touted for hotels lake climate and practice fields. Fairmont Club favored for inside state location. Coaches Melutiro and Stansbury to visit and present views to a special athletic committee.
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West Virginia University
Mountain Lake Park
Fairmont Country Club
Cheat River
Big Lake
No Extra Term of Court for Barbour Theft
The seven suspects tied to the M Elliott company chain store robbery in Barbour County face trial at the September circuit court term in Philippi before Judge Warren B. Kittle. Bonds range from 1,000 to 2,500. four remain jailed as the Bond Company detectives recovered about 2,500 worth of merchandise, with mastermind M Elliott and wife among those already arrested.
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Daily Sentinel Fridey
M Elliott Company
Philipp
Sher
R. W.S. Kennedy
Warren B. Kittle
Philippi
M. Ellisott
Barbour County
Pon Skidmore
Iva Gaber
Waltman Skidmore
Fred Booth
Bond Company
Detective Agency
Clarksburg
American Legion Post Named In Buenos Aires
The Buenos Aires American Legion post is named Spencer Ely Post. Spencer Ely, the first American in Argentina to volunteer for France and the first Argentine fallen there, served with the 165th regiment and died at Chateau Thierry after refusing to abandon wounded comrades as a dressing station was blown up. He was a Flushing, New York native and descendant of General Knox. His family had lived in Buenos Aires for about 12 years.
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Buenos Aires
American Legion
Spencer Ely
Argentina
France
Ely
New York
Chateau Thierry
Aly
Flushing
Kuilger
Ben Inos Aires
Anthracite Operators Accused of Profiteering in Scranton
In Scranton on June 25 the anthracite coal operators faced charges of profiteering as the mine wage commission opened. Phil Murray of the International Union led off with the claim, while District Presidents Kennedy and Dempsey spoke on recognition, the check off, and the need for the operators to deal openly with the United Mine Workers of America. Dempsey argued the contract links to a non existent organization and urged fair recognition of the union’s authority in the anthracite field.
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Scranton
Phil Murray
The
International Union
Murray
Thomas Kennedy
John Dempsey
Dempsey
Mmoosevelt
Anthracite Operators
Anthracite Mine Workers Organization
United Mine Workers of America
Dia Imets
United Mine Workers of Americ
Government to distribute Argentinian sugar in United States
The 34 400 tons of sugar Argentina allowed for export to the United States will be purchased under the direction of the Department of Justice with State Department input and distributed by government agencies to essential industries and households in the United States.
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Argentine
United States
Washington
Hfownd Figg
Renuoval
Argentina
Department of Justice
State Department
Irogoveu
New York
Uted
District session on mine wages and overtime rules
District President Kennedy pressed for all workers to accept responsibility under the contract while warning overtime is needed for miners to earn enough to support families. Operators present included Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company head .8. D. Warner and Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company leader W. J. Richards with other executives. International leaders Murray Tetlow and Staneway, and editor Searles attended along with district boards from the Hard Coal Field miners union.
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Kennedy
D. Warner
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
W. J. Richards
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron ‘Company
W. W. Ingles
Final Day of Convention Great Finish at Woman's Missionary Meet
The final day of the Woman's Missionary convention at St Pauls Lutheran Church capped three days of record breaking business and pleasure. Sister Clara from Baltimore gave the outstanding forenoon address while officers were reelected and installed by Rev Crickenberger. Afternoon featured Mrs Edgar Bowers reading on opportunities of the Missionary Society, plus a reading by Mrs Roy J Moyer, highlighting the convention's closing proceedings.
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Daily Sentinel
Woman’s Missionary Societies
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
L. A. McCord
Wheeling
Clara
Baltimore
The
Sentinel
J. L. Marvin
Bitlinger
Kate Hall
C. H Bloom
Bairmont
Bar] Fawcett
Grafton
C. A. Pilson
Fairmont
Oscar C. Wilt
Clarksburg
Theodore Crickenberger
St. Paul's Church
McCord
Roy J. Moyer
Pageant at Lutheran convention closes session
The closing evening featured a vesper led by Rev Crichenberger of St. Patrick v Crickenberger, a grand pageant “Hanging the Sign” by the women of the Lutheran Home and Forest Missionary Society, with 38 country representations and students to become medical missionaries. A solo by Miss Lelia Ware and thanks to hosts and the Grafton Sentinel followed, with next year’s convention planned for Wheeling’s English Lutheran Church.
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Patty v. Crickenberger
Womass Home
Forest Missionary Society
Ltheran
Lutheran Church
Carl Fawcett
Blueville
Florence Witman
Japan
Marie Cassell
China
Margaret Cassell Corea
Bolanche Witman
Africa
Leila Ware
Philipines
Ada Jouise Kunst
Madia
Adu Jdae Beal
Alta Wagner
St. Pauls
Lelia Ware
Crichenberger
Roy Keener Joins Norwood Club in Clarksburg
Roy Keener, veteran infielder and former National League player, becomes a member of the Norwood team of Clarksburg. He has aligned himself with the club as it competes in regional play, reflecting his long baseball career and local ties to the area.
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Roy Keener
Norwood
National League of Baseball
Clarksburg
Keener
Tier Grafton
Tastor
Bigamist Sentenced Two Years In Marion County
Judge Scott C. Lowe sentences Robert H. McCoy to two years in Moundsville penitentiary for bigamy after he confessed. McCoy married four young women in Marion county last winter while already bound to a wife in Kentucky.
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Moundsville Penitentiary
Scott C. Lowe
Marion County
Robert H. McCoy
Kentucky
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Wyoming
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Nother
Chamber of Commerce
Helen Lanham
Cheyenne
Health IN Business
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Mountain Lake
Cranton
Mr. Fike
Associated Press
Figg
Bryan
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