Grafton social and reunion notices headline week
Joint Picnic at Black White service station on route 50 is planned for Wednesday with a six o clock dinner and a cordial invitation to members and friends. The Gainer family reunion falls on August 11 at Elkins city park with a program starting at 11 AM and speakers and devotional services led by local ministers. Local society items also note various visits, illness, and attendances around Clarksburg and Philippi with multiple named individuals and places.
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Grafton
Gainer
Elkins
I A. M. Fredlock
Truman. E. Gainer
United Brthren
Clarksburg
H. L. Koontz
Northside
United Brethren Church
Epee
Birth of Daughter for Dwight Conner and Mary Schroeder
Mr and Mrs Dwight Conner of Parkersburg announce the birth of a daughter in St Josephs Hospital Parkersburg on Sunday July 24 Mrs Conner formerly Miss Mary Schroeder daughter of Mr and Mrs C F Schroeder of West Washington Street
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Dwight Conner
Parkersburg
St. Joseph's Hospital
Conner
Mary Schroeder
C. F. Schroeder
West Washinpaton Street
Prichard Couple Welcomes Eight Pound Girl Baby
Mr and Mrs Stewart Prichard of West Railroad street are the proud parents of an eight pound girl born Sunday morning July 24 The mother was formerly Marie Talkington of Wallace West Virginia.
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Stewart Prichard
West Railroad Street
Marie Talkington
Wallace
W. Va
Personal notes from Knottsville and Harrisville area
C Bruce Lake of West Wilford street is confined to his home ill of complications. Master Charles Frederick Mc Dermott is home from a week's visit with his aunt Mrs Ray Ben son of Clarksburg. M F Blaney returned from Charleston where he was under hospital treatment and is much improved. Carl Mullenix of Harrisville has returned home after visiting Mr and Mrs C F Kirkpatrick. Miss Minnie Kirkpatrick returned home after a week with friends in Harrisville W V.
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Gantown
James Findley Holt
West Virginia’ University
William Burdette
St. Albans
W. Va
Holt
Maple Avenues
Anne Korte
Clarksburg
Frances Murphy
M. F. Blaney
Charleston
Magistra
Wittman
Horace Helms
Baltimore
Park
J. C. Helms
Clars Reese
Fairmont
W.J .H. Grow
Boyle
C. Bruce Lake
West Wilford Street
Charles Frederick McDermott
Ray Ben
Mr. Blaney
Carl Mullenix
Harrisville
C. F. Kirkpatrick
Knottsville Pike
Minnie Kirkpatrick
Ww. Va
West Side Bakery Special for July 26
West Side Bakery at 104 Beech Street announces July 26 specials. Apple and Roisin Pie 2 for, home made bread and doughnuts dozen, spice cupcakes. Carter, proprietor.
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West Side Bakery
Beech St. Win
Carter
Trade Board of Chicago defies order in 60 day delay
Chicago July 25 The Board of Trade will not close its doors in defiance of a 60 day suspension ordered by three Washington cabinet officers. President Carey predicts appeal to the Supreme Court and vows to pursue all legal steps. He blasts the move as Hoover jobholders meddling and warns disruption could threaten about 85 percent of the wheat market.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Peter B. Carey
Chicago Board
Washington
Farmers’ National Grain Corporation
United States Supreme Court
Carey
Hoover
Frm
Farmers National Grain
Doumer's Assassin Put On Trial Today
In Paris on July 25, Paul Gor duloff a Russian alleged to have assassinated President Paul Doumer faces trial today. The case centers on charges of murder with intent and related political implications as authorities prepare courtroom proceedings.
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Doumer
Paris
Paul Gor‘duloff
Final Clearance of Coats and President Doumerit
May faced trial today for his life after two months in the Sante prison left him a shadow of the powerful man who fought off several attackers after killing the president. He entered the courtroom carrying a volume of memes he had written in his defense.
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Doumerit
May
Sante
Mellon May Quit Post, London Daily Herald Says
London July 25 The Daily Herald reports Ambassador Andrew W Mellon is expected to resign upon returning to Washington It is believed negotiations on war debts should be handled by a younger man than Mellon and presented to President Hoover
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London
The
Daily Herald
Andrew W. Mellon
Washington
United States
Prident
the Herald
Move to hold dollar wheat grows in North Dakota
Minot, July 29. The hold-for-dollar wheat movement spreads as farmers organize to boost returns. With North Dakota 1932 wheat crop projected at 124,000,000 bushels, about one sixth of U S production, price moves threaten conside rable impact. Aims include a one dollar per bushel target and an embargo on shipments to raise No 1 Dark Northern Minneapolis values. An official embargo was not expected. 1,200 attendees from 11 counties heard Governor Shafer and Governor Green decline authority to act.
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Minot
N. D
North Dakota
South Dakota
Montana
Minneapolis
G. F. Shafer
Nort Dakota
W. E. Green
Comprehensive study traces Confederate postal system history
The work outlines the Confederate postal service from its creation and transfer to Confederate control to its restoration under the United States. It is a technical thesis with human interest passages, organized in ten chapters using sources from the Library of Congress. Reynolds, a West Virginia University alumnus, notes unrelated incident details and recent police shootings in separate passages.
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Confederacy
United States
Library of Congress
Washington
Reynolds
West Virginia University
Motive Sought for Shooting in Restaurant Evarts Ky
In Evarts Kentucky a restaurant shooting wounded several people, three seriously, as witnesses described three volleys fired through the glass front. Victims include Dillard Middleton and Millard Slusher, with others named, while police search for a motive and a suspect linked to a labor-violence case.
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Jean ‘Turner
Asa Cusick
Theestaurant
Haye
Slusher
R Estaurant’ &S
Middleton
Draper
Mystery murders spark Communist probe in Queens
New York July 25 police sought clues in the slayings of Longin Kovtom a 48 year old tailor and an unidentified Russian in a Queens alley. Investigators traced possible links to a counter revolutionary group the Dniepro Club led by Koutouri and speculated the victims were targeted for anti Soviet activities. The second man was nicknamed the count and his identity remained unclear.
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New York
Longin Kovtom
Queens
Ben
Ukraine
Koutouri
Dniepro Club
Ward welcomes eight and half pound baby boy
Mr and Mrs Wilbur Ward announce the birth of their son born Sunday morning July 24 weighing eight and a half pounds Mrs Ward formerly Miss Mary Margaret Findley
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Wilbur Ward
Mate
Mary Margaret Findley
Thesis on Old South Postal System by Grafton Teacher
Cedric Okell Reynolds, a Grafton high school teacher of French, journalism and social studies, completed a master of arts thesis at West Virginia University. His manuscript titled Postal System of the Southern Confederacy was accepted with praise, and he will receive the A M degree September 1. He aims to develop the work into a doctoral dissertation.
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Cedric Okell Reynolds
Grafton High School
West Virginia University
Reynolds
Federal Reserve shows strong reserves amid foreign withdrawals
Washington reports stockpiles indicating resilient Federal Reserve System finances. June figures reveal total reserves of 2.762 billion dollars with 942 million in gold above legal needs. Banks pledged 607 million in securities under Blass-Steagall, freeing gold and funds for reserve notes.
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Washington
Pressuic
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve Banks
Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Federal’ Reserve
United States Treasury
Bard
Povern Dueuu Securities Nui Pleugen
Vine
Seunen
Bacardi Rum King Facundo Bacardi Dies From Wound
Facundo Bacardi vice president of Bacardi rum died in a Santiago hospital from a bullet wound thought accidental. A week earlier he took a policeman's revolver to inspect it. it discharged when he replaced it. He was forty and among four brothers who inherited the Bacardi distillery.
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Santiago
Cuba
Facundo Bacardi
Bacardi
Bacardi Family Rum Empire Marks Vast Global Reach
A U S and Caribbean rum magnate Facundo Bacardi built a plant producing 25,000 gallons daily and contributing 50 million dollars to the family fortune. The Bacardi business strengthened the family’s wealth and presence in the United States and beyond.
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United States
Ships Join Gold Quest in Virginia Salvage Mission
In Hampton, two coastal trawlers Sea Gull and Sea Rambler departed to join salvage ship Salvor off Winter Quarter Shoals in a quest for sunken Ward Linerорд Mor da cargo of gold and jewels. Divers will inspect the seabed as a drag line marks a wide path and crews await potential rich wages if treasure is found.
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Hampton
Winter Quarter Shoals
J. J. Lawson
Sea Rambler
Girl unconscious for six months regains weight in Chicago
Patricia Maguire, 27, emerged from nearly six months of coma in Chicago. Doctors report a 22 pound weight gain since February while she remained on a liquid diet. Hair growth and skin tone suggest improving health. physicians note the long unconscious period and unusual weight increase as remarkable signs of potential recovery.
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Chicago
Patricia Maguire
Chicaz
Allonaie
Favish Finds Fishing Good on Buckhannon River
George Favish, local merchant, fished Buckhannon River over the weekend and returned with a nice catch. He reported a 14 inch bass among his fish, noting the season is favorable for anglers in the stream.
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Favish
Buckhannon
George Favish
Summer Luncheon Menu and Diced Watermelon Recipe
A wartime style luncheon menu item lists Diced Watermelon and Jellied Salad in Pepper Cups with buttered peas, hot rolls, and Raspberry Sherbet. It provides a detailed recipe for Diced Watermelon, Minted Jellied Pepper Salad, and Raspberry Sherbet, including ingredients, quantities, preparation steps, chilling, and serving in lettuce cups. The text also describes preparing stuffed green peppers with meat stock, gelatin, onions, celery, parsley, salt and pepper, and finishing with mayonnaise on lettuce cups.
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Coral Parrish Montgomery
Tone
11 & M
Grafton Sentinel Society
Tradeboard OF
Grain Market
KRAFT
W. Main
Mellon
Dollar Wheat Move Grows
Troglen
Shiwher
Anse Bowling
Kentucky
Maytag
Newton Lova 'T
Philadelphia
North Broad St
Pennsylvania
SSS
C. O.‘Reynolds
WVU
Aos
Onarsiee
Square
Pera
Taylor County Hardware Co
W.va
Blue Bird Stores
Kellogg's
Kellogg's All Bran
Pillsbury Flour
Town Crier Flour
Blue Ridge
Scott Co. Sauerkraut NO
Pacakage Tilley’s
Meda Bakery
Reserve Bank
GOLD
Norfolk Trawlers
Mrs
Alexander George
Baltimore & Ohio
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