Victory Celebration Draws Twenty-Five Thousand In Three Days
A three day Victory Celebration attracted about twenty five thousand people to our city for parades contests and events. Despite heat crowds filled trains and streets as bands baseball games wrestling matches and aeroplane displays entertained visitors. The event showcased strong local participation including soldiers Scouts and Loyal Moose members, with hotels and shops reporting record business. A shortfall in advance ticket sales created a financial deficit the Twenty five member committee must cover, casting a somber note on the otherwise spirited commemoration.
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Old Sol
Taylor County
Europe
Hirch
Cumberland
Wheeling
Parkersburg
Belington
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Cilzens
Corbin Rnd
Thomas Barnhouse
Hoy
Lodge of
Loyal Moose
Charles Morris
Grafton
Gratton celebration hopes for donor support to cover losses
A local liberal businessman pledged $26 toward covering a shortage from Gratton's entertainment event and holiday crowds. He notes that businesses benefited from the celebration and argues shared responsibility could recoup the deficit without anyone bearing the loss alone.
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Gratton
Family Reunion Brings Patterson Brothers Home from War
J H Patterson of Hillsboro Oregon visits his parents on Grand Street South Side for first time in eight years. Brother N L Bert Patterson also returns from overseas with plans to join James in Oregon lumber trade after wartime Du Pont layoffs. Nathan to arrive soon completing long awaited family reunion with all sons back together for first time since elder’s eight year absence.
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J. H. Patterson
Hillsboro
Ore Xon
J. R. Patterson
Grand Street
N. L. Bert Patterson
Jim
Pacific
Bert
du Pont
Great Powder Corporation
James
Oregon
New York
Nathan
Albert Kelley Dies Sunday in Chicago
Albert R. Kelley former contract and business man of this city died in Chicago last evening at 9 o clock after a brief illness caused by carbuncles. The death notice was received by his daughter Mrs Ada Lee Harter, wife of Henry G. Harter, at the bedside it was learned his son Roy J. Kelley of this city and Ira N Kelley of Grafton survive. Funeral arrangements will be announced in the Sentinel. Kelley was prominent in Grafton business and social circles and married into a respected Taylor County family. The immediate cause was a carbuncle on the neck at the brain base and another malignant carbuncle on the face.
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Albert RB. Kelley
Chicago
Ada Lee Harter
Henry G. Harter
Rv Kelley
Grafton
Mollie Jones Kelley
Roy J. Kelley
Ira XN. Kel
Wir
Kelley
Gratton
Taylor County
American flag pulled down in city again
A large flag at Miss L M Smith’s window on West Main Street was torn down around midnight Sunday by a suspect likely same as Saturday’s incident at John A McCabe’s Latrobe Street business. The store was decorated for Victory Celebration. flag left in tatters, prompting calls to catch the culprit and prosecute.
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L. M. Smith
W. Main Street
Aerial voyage diary reveals romance and grit of R-34 flight
From East Fortune to Mineola the Maitland log chronicles a 8600 mile trip across storms and seas. It notes bold courage and human moments aboard the airship R-34 amid fuel worries, hammock sleeps, thunderheads, and a feline stowaway, ending with a victorious harboring at Mineola.
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Mineola
America
Edward M. Maitland
Dirigible
East Fortune
Atlantic
Northland
Long Island
Alcock
Brown
Newfoundland
Rumors Of Prohibition Rumors Debunked In West Virginia
Charleston July 8 records of the state prohibition department show no verified death of John Barleycorn in 1914 when the state went dry. Since July 1, 33 arrests for prohibition violations occurred and 2265 gallons of alcoholics were confiscated. Stills were seized at two locations as Independence Day celebrations included illegal distilling at Rileysville in Wyoming county.
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Charleston
John Barleycom
West Virginia
State Prohibition Department
Rileysville
Wyoming County
Hazel Atlas Glass Plant Runs At Full Capacity Again
The Hazel Atlas glass factory in the first ward resumed full force Monday after a partial postwar pause. About three hundred workers are employed. tanks 1 and 2 were upgraded after war use, then rebuilt to handle clear glass ware. The plant now operates at full capacity, aiming to maintain output as long as there is demand.
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Ranning Tull
Europe
Tong
German suitors’ folly cited as futile bid to frighten world
The commentary argues the German actions were dishonorable and lacked any strategic gain. It contends the event at Scapa Flow will be remembered as Germany’s misguided attempt to astonish the world and as a futile anti climax undermining trust in Germany.
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Germany
Scapa Plow
First state Police officer named in West Virginia
Charleston July 9 Colonel Arnold superintendent of public safety announced the first appointment for the new state Police providers. Captain Joseph Clarke Berry of Buckhannon will be lieutenant and comes with Army service in the 23rd Infantry Moros in the Philippines and the 98th Division in France. He was born in Lorentz Upshur county and is a rifle and pistol expert with national prizes.
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Charleston
W. Va
Arnold
State Department of Public Safety
Ipain Joseph Clarke Berry
Buckhannon
23Rd Infantry
Philippines
98Th
France
Old West Virginia First Regiment
Lorentz
Upshur County
Special Term Of Court Called For Tul Charleston
Charleston W V July 9 A special term of the supreme court of appeals has been called for next Tuesday to address important tax and election cases and the general accumulation of business. The regular term docket starts September 1 with 112 cases. the schedule lists 17 cases for September 3 on original jurisdiction and certified cases and 1 case for September 9 in the eleventh and twenty third circuits.
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Charleston
W. Va
Supreme Court of Appeals
Daughter of Pioneer Family Laid to Rest in Martins Ferry
Funeral services were held today for Miss Mary Kate Martin, daughter of Ebenezer Martin credited with founding Ohio's first white settlement. At 91, she was a granddaughter of Betty Zane, heroine of the Fort Henry battle. Local businesses closed for the funeral.
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Martins Ferry
Ohio
Mary Kate Martin
Ebenezer Martin
Bridgeport
Betty
Zane
Fort
Henry
Wheeling
Scapa Flow Sailors Honored Despite Betrayal Allegations
Reported reflections on German sailors at Scapa Flow hailed as honorable for their wartime conduct, while instances of broken trust and betrayal are noted in connection with their actions and pledges.
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Scapa Flow
Scapa
Local residents visit and travel near Philippi area
Pruntytown Mrs Allie McMinn and Tom Wood ford of Philippi were guests of Mrs Fred Whitescarver on the 4th. Rossett and family of Wendell motored to their home after visiting here. Stanley Davis greets friends on returning home. Will Altop and family of Kingmont spent the 4th here. Frank Barnes wife and two children of Fairmont left after a visit with Mrs Helen Bainbridge. Arthur Ford wife and daughter of Grafton, Mrs Della Rexroad and daughter Agnes, visited Mrs George Jones for several days. Charles Berkshire of Morgantown spent a week visiting relatives. Miss Phylis Robinson returned from Wendell. Mrs John Keener visiting J Gawthrop's. The little son Paul remains ill. Miss Kate Newton returns home after weeks away. D S Jones and family visited Metta Lincoln. H H Mason family spent Sunday at M Ford's. Miss Lena Woodyard leaves for Parkersburg Wednesday. Mr and Mrs L V Cover and two children from Akron visit Mrs Cover's parents, Mr and Mrs Harvey Seranage. Mrs Mary Seranage spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs EB Mall. Mrs Hannah Norris returned from Fetterman. Mr and Mrs Floyd Willis with Jessie Whitescarver left for Lumberport. Mildred and Hazel Willis to stay two weeks. Mr Dorsey Cooper and family moved to Kingmont Sunday. Ralph Patterson of Wendell visited Sunday. Riley Ali and family left for home after visit. Dorothy Tucker accompanied them home. Charles Kinset of Manington visited here.
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Allie McMinn
Tom Woodford
Philippi
Fred Whitescarver
Rossett
Wendell
Stanley Davis
Will Altop
King‘mont
Frank Barnes
Fairmont
Helen Bainbridge
Arthur Ford
Grafton
Della ‘Rexroad
Agnes
George Jones
Charles Berkshire
Morgantown
Phylis Robinson
John Keener
J. Gawthrop
Paul
Kate Newton
Jones
St Clair
Billie
Metta Lincoln
H. H. Mason
M. Ford
Lena Woodyard
Parkersburg
L. V. Cover
Akron
Ohio
Notice to Teachers Examinations Held July 17 18
Notice announces the final examinations for elementary and high school certificates on July 17 and 18 at the central school building starting promptly at 9 o clock Anyone taking the exam should arrive early Thursday morning to maximize allotted time This is the last opportunity for teachers this year Applicants from other counties must obtain permits from their home superintendent Walter R Leach Wage County Supervisor appears in the notice SpaneP ana We i in for A
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Eoo
Walter R. Leachwage
Suparinten
Spanep
Ana Wei
Popular fiction writer John Fox Jr. dies of pneumonia
Knoxville Tenn July 9 John Fox Jr well known novelist died at his home in Big Stone Gap Virginia after a brief illness of pneumonia He was famed for Mountain South life novels like The Trail of the Lonesome Pine and The Heart of the Hills Born in Bourbon County Kentucky he studied at Transylvania University and Harvard He lived much of his life in Big Stone Gap and belonged to the National Institute of Arts and Letters
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Knoxville
Tenn
John Fox
Big Stone Gan
Virginia
Mr. Fox
America
South
Kingdom Come
Trail of the Lonesome Pine,” “the Keittckian,” and “the Heart of the Hills
John William, Fox, Jr
Bourbon County
Kentucky
Transylvania University
Harrvard University
Big Stone Gap
Blue Ridge Mountains
National Institute of Arts and Letters
Dr Curtis and Son Die in Train Collision
Parkersburg West Virginia July 9 Dr Herbert Curtis and his four teen year old son John were killed when the entoib bile they rode in was struck by a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train near Little Hocking. A shoe found at the scene suggests another boy may have been in the party. The party had been visiting Dr Curtis' parents and was returning home when the accident occurred. The engineer said warning signals were sounded but the crossing is obscured by a sharp curve.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Herbert
Curtis
John
Baltimore and Ohio
Little Hocking
Parksburg
Equitable Trust Named Fiscal Agent for State West Virginia Bonds
The Equitable Trust Company of New York was appointed fiscal agent for West Virginia at a board of public works meeting. It will redeem one twentieth of the Virginia debt issue each year and monitor the stock market to buy bonds when values are low. The action supports investment and bond management for the state.
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Charleston
W. Va
Equitable Trust Company of
New York
West Virginia
Board of Public Works
Virginia
Board]of Public Works
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