French Yank clash in Brest starts a riot
In Brest on June 20 a riot left two French civilians dead and five American soldiers badly injured, with about 100 hurt. The clash followed a drunken American naval officer tearing down a French flag. Civilians and sailors attacked the officer, Americans aided, a mob targeted the Hôtel Moderne, marines with fixed bayonets restored order, and French naval commander Admiral Salaun ordered the marines to their barracks. The city was quiet the next day.
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Brest
Henri Salaun
Wilson Signs Triple Treaty With France
Paris dispatch reports the Franco American convention signed to back the peace treaty with Germany. The covenant allows France to seek American and British aid for treaty violations. The signing aligns with broader Allied unity and economic reconstruction urged for France.
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Wilson
France
Gly Associated Bross
Paris
Ahi
Germany
Council of Four
Austria
Constantinople
Versailles
Marshal Joffre
London
Marshal Foch
Marshal Petala
Clemenceau
Pichon
Lansing
Col. E. M. House
United States
Balfour
Viscount Milner
Andrew Bonar Law
Great Britain
Tittont
Guglielmo Marconi
Mary
Baron Makino
Viscount Chinda
Japan
Wedded at Cumberland Surprise in Gratton Ward
Gratton residents may be surprised to learn that a young society man from the First Ward has just taken to himself a wife in Cumberland. The ceremony reflects local church and social circles, with family and neighbors noting the union as a notable event in the community.
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Cumberland
Gratton
President Wilson Fails to Lift War Time Prohibition
Washington June 20 President Wilson says he has no authority to end war time prohibition now and will act only after demobilization is completed. The attorney general and Secretary Tumultus stress Congress must act, while anti prohibitionists plan to push enforcement legislation after a May report.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Tumultus
White Hous
War Department
Congress
Woodrow Wilson
House Judiciary Committee
Gort Hall
Volstead
Judiciary Committee
House
Dyer
Missouri
Hoch
Kansas
Glass
Fall Attacks League in Senate Debate Today
June 20, Senate debate opened with Senator Fall of New Mexico assailing the League of Nations proposal to scrap the U S constitution while Senator Gerry of Rhode Island defended the plan as necessary to protect rights. Fall called the treaty with Germany a nonpeace alliance and warned he would not vote to ratify if it breached his oath. Gerry, freshly returned from Europe, urged the treaty as a path to new days of peace for HIer and America.
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Washington
Theeague of Nations
Senate
Fall
Repubican
New Mexico
America
Gerry
Demcrat
Rhode Island
Foreign Relations Committee
Germany
Geary
Death by own action near Thornton after Sunday evening unrest
Harry McCartney 36 years old shot himself at home between Thornton and Evansville amid worries over socialism and religion. He was seen in good spirits moments before, leaving a wife and child, a widowed mother, and a funeral set for Mount Pleasant church with Rey Miller officiating.
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Daily Sentinel
Harry McCartney
Mount Pleasant Church
Rey Miller
YANK TROOPS KILLED IN SIBERIAN FIGHT NEAR ROMANOVKA
Washington June 30 Eighteen American soldiers were killed and 24 more injured in a battle with anti Kolchak forces near Romanovka on June 26. Major General Graves of the American Expeditionary Force in Siberia reported the clash followed an attack on railroad guards by the Bolsheviks.
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Washington
Romanovka
Graves
Siberia
War Department
Theolsheviks
Miss Brooks Burned in Gas Range Accident
Miss Martha Brooks eldest daughter of Professor and Mrs M M Brooks formerly of Grafton suffered a severe kitchen gas range explosion at her parents Buckhannon home Friday evening. She burned her face and arms with no fear of fatal injury but concern grows over possible permanent disfigurement as doctors report the new treatment offers hope.
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Martha Brooks
M. M. Brooks
Grafton
Buckhannon
Business Men Want Results On Road Work
Seventeen businessmen met Monday at the Centra Hotel for a discussion on public improvements. They debated a suspension foot bridge at City Park estimated at eight thousand dollars with five thousand dollars for cables and supports from Roebling Bridge Co. and called for levy provisions in this year’s taxes to fund it. The group also pressed for urgent Cemetery road work and urged city officials to publish a full financial statement to justify higher water and tax rates to finance street and highway projects, including improved roads from Flemington Simpson and from Newburg Independence into the city.
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Centra
Roebling Bridge Co
Trenton
N. J
Itt
City Commission
Cemetery Road
Association
Flemington
Simpson
Newburg
Fire Destroys Millinery Stock on Main Street
A blaze near midnight Saturday gutted the rear room of Mins Kate McFadden’s millinery store in the Colecder block on West Main Street. Hats ribbons and feathers were ruined by smoke and water. The loss is fully insured and the building suffered fire and water damage.
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Main Street
Mins Kete McFadden
Colecder Block
West Main Street
Doctor Wilkins Dies by Hanging in Nassau Jail
Dr Walter Keene Wilkins, convicted Friday of murdering his wife Julia, hanged himself in the Nassau County jail bathroom Saturday night. He was cut down by guards, treated, and died despite efforts. Investigators note the rope was new and may trigger an inquiry into how it entered the jail.
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Mencla
Walter Keen Wilkins
Julia
Nassau County
New York
Carmen Plant
Sing Sing
John Mills
William Henderson
Dr. Wilkins
Guy Flugon
Nassau Hospital
Wilson Signs Railroad Bill at Sea
President Wilson signed the railroad appropriation bill the Indian bill and several minor measures at sea before July 1 at 8 A M Greenwich time. It marked the first time a US president affixed signatures to laws away from continental territory while technically remaining on American soil.
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Washington
Wilson
Mid Ocean
United States
Continental
Omission of Grafton Mayors Noted in Victory Celebration Sketch
In the Taylor county souvenir program for the Victory Celebration the names of four former Grafton mayors were omitted. Omitted were Samuel Todd the first mayor and John Dy Deck George Green and Charles Stolzenfels who served as mayor later. Of the four only Charles Stolzenfels survives as a respected Third Ward resident.
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Taylor County
Grafton
Samuel Todd
John Dy Deck
George Green
Charles Stolzenfels
Stolzenfels
Good Sanitary Job.
Six year old Sherwood claims to work as a blacksmith and shoe horses, but the reply questions the claim and reveals the unclear, garbled nature of the report. The brief item hints at a playful or mistaken assertion rather than a factual employment scene.
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Sherwood
Lutherans Hold Big Convention Near Oakland
The West Virginia Women's Mission Society of the United Lutheran Church met at Red House near Egton June 25 to 27. Delegates from Grafton Lutheran church attended. new officers were installed. memorials for two missionaries observed. a youth pageant closed the event with warm hospitality noted.
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Red House
Egton
West Virginia Women's Mission Society
United Lutheran Church
Edna Wagner
Wheeling
Mre. I
Meyer
Grace Lutheran Churst
Fairmont
Brothers In Christ
L. Breckinridge
E. Lowe
Fred House
Mission Society of
Grafton
Traction Co Case Continues In Federal Creditors Meeting
A creditors meeting for Grafton Light and Power and Grafton Traction was held at Referee Wyckoff's office seeking a sale agreement. Francis Garvin’s bonds tied to a Central Trust loan were assigned to Nicholas Brady, delaying action. The hearing was postponed to July 16 as Brady’s counsel entered, with several out of town lawyers in attendance.
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Grafton Light and Power Company
Grafton Traction Company
C. E. Wyckoff
Taylor County Bank
T. F. Lanham
Northern District of
West Virginia
Francis P. Garvin
New York
Central Trust Company
New York City
Grafton
Garvin
Trust Company
United States
Palmer
Nicholas F. Brady
Wyckoff
C. M.thorne
Brady
Altorn Heys
C. M. Thorne
T. 8. Riley
Jet J. Conitf
Wheeling
Arthur Ayton
Philippi
George McClintle
Charleston
Osborne Schwartz
Fairmont
Return of Emma Shorden From Vacation in Huntington
Miss Emma Shorden of the Grafton Drug and Chemical Co has returned from a several days vacation at Huntington and with her pay Rey, ape Mrs. ang, shordeh of Euaty.
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Emma Shorden
Grafton Drug and Chemical Co
Huntington
Rey
Ang
Shordeh
Euaty
Twenty Fourth West Virginia United Brethren Convention
West Union hosts one of the largest Brethren Christian Endeavor gatherings with delegates from across West Virginia. Notable addresses by J B Showers of Dayton and Bishop W M Weekley highlighted sessions, while dozens of local ministers and attendees were listed. A correction clarifies a marriage notice referenced in error.
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West Virginia
United Brethren Christian Endeavor Mee
West Union
T'ag
United Brethren Christian Endeavor
DU. B
Prat
J. B. Showers
Dayton
Ohio
Ohio, Wenlesday Afternoon and ‘Thursday Morning, and By Bishop W. M. Weeley
Parkersburg
Stanley Davis Shot at Camp Dodge Iowa
Report from the city says Stanley H. Dayly, a well known Grafton youth, was accidentally shot during target practice at Camp Dodge. The condition and seriousness of his wound are not yet known. a line about a parocpunale young soldier suggests confusion in the message. The report names George Bender and an unnamed party involved.
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Cumberland
Paul Jones
Fetterman
Stella Catherine Day
Oakland
Stanley Davis
Camp Dodge
Iowa
Stanley HE. Dayly
Grafton
George Bender
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