Community picnic season highlights and park improvements
A July 4 celebration across Northern West Virginia featured informal gatherings, picnics, and road tours from Elkins to Parsons. Belington and The Pines parks drew hundreds, proving outdoor grounds drive community unity and serve as strong local advertisers. The piece calls for better Gratton Park facilities, park lighting, and improved streetcar service to boost town prosperity. It also notes teacher reassignment controversy at Grafton High School, praising science teacher G. W. Weaver and highlighting student achievements.
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West Virginia
Elkins-Parsons Road
American Legion
Davis
Tucker County
Morongahela
Quota Club
Belington
Parsons
Ely Park
Belington Park
The
Pines
the Pines
Gratton Park
G. W. Weaver
Grafton High School
Weaver
Gratton
Universit
Gladys Devers
American Chemical Society
Weave
Evans to Attend Chicago Furniture Show at Mart
J Lee Evans of Evans Furniture plans travel to the American Furniture Mart in Chicago for a biennial show. He cites modern furniture as practical and stylish, contrasting it with modernistic trends he dismisses as freaky. The Mart, the world’s largest building, hosts thousands of manufacturers from around the globe at this twice yearly expo.
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J. Lee Evans
Evans Furniture Store
American Furniture Mart
Chicago
Mr. Evans
Duncan
Phyfe Colonial
Queen Ann
Sheraton
Hepplewhite
Chippendale
United States and Allies Eye Naval Disarmament Plan
The United States and Britain expect Japan to back disarmament talks and a three-power approach. The yardstick theory proposed by Hugh S. Gibson would rate naval strength by age armor speed and other ship factors, with tentative plans already drafted as nations prepare their own formulas for a prewar commission.
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United States
Preparatory Commission
Many Are Dead From Lake Michigan Drownings
The deadly undertow and surf on Lake Michigan claimed ten lives at Grand Haven on July 5. Nine bathers at a city beach died as a giant breaker swept a group from a pier, trapping and drowning the others nearby. A broader casualty tally lists holiday fatalities by region, with autos and drownings the leading causes, totaling over 159 fatalities nationwide.
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Grand Haven
Mich
Lake Michigan
Thomas Lamont Explains Bank’s Role in German Loan
Thomas Lamont outlines the bank as trustee for creditor nations receiving and disbursing payments on the German external loan of 1924. It will market bonds, set contract conditions, supervise execution, and distribute proceeds per bond paration while safeguarding existing businesses from competition.
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Stout
Tragic Lake Michigan drowning toll from massive under tow
Nine swimmers swept from the shore of a lake pier are feared dead as a powerful under tow carried them far out into the water. Guards rescued four from the water and the pier, while authorities recovered four bodies. Names and ages of the deceased include Mildred Fifield and others, residents of Grand Rapids and Detroit.
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Mildred Fifield
Robert Schindler
Julius Tuseh
Leonard Kellogg
Carl Rohloff
John Giddings
Walter Schwartz
Frank Petrowski
Rudolph Pitulik
Erwin Pitulik
Grand
Detroit
Missfield
Pittsburgh Market Roundup From July 5 Hog and Produce Prices
Pittsburgh markets report a fairly active hog sale with receipts near 2500 head and top weights around 230 to 200 pounds. Cattle and calves show slight gains. sheep and lambs rise with bulk lambs at 14.00 to 15.00 and fat cattle around 16.50. Produce notes list cabbage steady, potatoes 61 cars, and various crates and sacks with mixed regional prices.
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Yestock
Pittsburgh
la Dra
Ohio
Virginia
Michigan
French Cabinet Reconvenes in Sudden Special Session
Paris July 5. The French cabinet was convened in an unexpected morning session to discuss opposition attacks that have pushed the government toward a ministerial crisis. The emergency gathering signals heightened political tension as ministers seek to avert a cabinet upheaval.
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Paris
All Grafton Will Give Held Fill the Spaces
Community fundraiser in Grafton lists donors and prizes totaling cash and items. Participants include Dr. D. D eek Gordy Bailey G W Loar C A Keefer T W Engle and multiple local businesses such as Smith Auto Co and William A Beavers. The notice outlines drawn spaces and prize assignments.
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All Grafton
G. W. Loar
C. A. Keefer
T. W. Engle
Smith Auto Co
D. W. Lawson
William A. Beavers
W. L. Reddick
Names listed in local tax or payroll ledger extract
An OCR fragment shows a long ledger or invoice-style list of names and entities with numbers. Entries include individuals such as R M Parrish, M Tomlinson, Dr Paul Warden, Jed W Robinson, Rev Johns W Brown, Dr A R Warden, Colonel W H Willhide, R H Kida, H H Holt, W R Loar & Son, G T Bartlett, J Fleming, Chas Brinkman, Geo L Jolliffe, Mayor C O King, Friedman, Love Drug Co, Cash, Union Drug Co, Richard Geratell, Evans Hardware Co, Eugene Kersting, Schroeder, Charles W Steel, S A Walter, Ray A Monroe, M Pierpoint for Furniture Co, Miller, McQueen, Robert Hiller, H L Rogers, Woolworth Co, Court Cafeteria, Brooks' Hy Galt, and others with several missing or partial entries. The list appears to document creditors, vendors, or participants in a municipal ledger or assortment of names tied to a financial or procurement record.
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R.M. Parrish
M. Tomlinson
Paul Warden
Jed W. Robinson
Johns W. Brown
A. R. Warden
Ww. H. Willhide
R. H. Kida
H. H. Holt
W. R. Loar & Son
G. T. Bartlett
J. Fleming
Chas. Brinkman
Geo. L. Jolliffe
C. O. King
Friedman
Love Drug Co
Cash
Dr. Stout
Eugene Kersting
Schroeder
Charles W. Steel
S. A. Walter
Ray A. Monroe
M. Pierpoint
For Furniture Co
Miller
Hi McQueen
Roert Hiller
H. L. Rogers
F. W. Woolworth Co
Court
Brooks
Hy Galt
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Grafton Sentinel
Grafton Sentinel Publishing Company
Grafton
W. VA
Howard H. Holt
Ininead
Latrobe Street
Grafton Printing Co
Associated Press
Republ
Elkins
Red House
Oakland
Pairmont
Clarksburg
Morgantown
Pottery Bridge
Ferry Landing
Niagara Falls
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
OF Lawler
Rock Lake
Grady Creek
Airmont
W. A. Lawler
Fairmont
Bolin-Hamilton
Erat Hue
Bolin
Hamilton Funeral Directors
England
U. S
First National Bank of
Bank Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank
Follo
Midwest
Northwest
Mountain States
Pacific Coast
Taylor
I. O. Jay Fleming
U. S. Morrow
Jay Fleming
Lee Reynolds
Arthur G. Yates
Thomas Lamont
Salvation ~ Army Fund
Imperial Ice Cream Co
Mary S. Rizer
Rebecca Bible Class
St. Paul's M.erch
Give
Main Street
Alden Beagle
Bath
Walter Street
W. Knotts Ave
Maria B. Hecumer
H. Wilfora St
D. D. Slade
Poultry Dept. State University
Kentucky
Hery
4Th St
Lexington
Car’ Sentinel
Philippi
Central Hotel
Méler
Cincinnati
J.B. Guth
Genera Insurance 331
R. M. & M. Bank Bldg. W.B Cruise
Insurance Agency
Yates Ave
Berkeley Run
Berkeley Run Springs
Simpson, W. Va
Dr. D. D.eek
Gordy Bailey
Carr China Company
Hazel Atlay
Knigts Templar
Grafton Musical Union
Lass Andrews Andrews M
Church, Ee
Eastern ‘Star
Accounting Office
Rebecca Lewellyn
St. Paul's
M. BE
Church
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