Charity Club Meeting At Wren's Nest In Clarksburg
Members of the Girls Charity Club met Monday at the Wren's Nest on Clarksburg e. A six thirty dinner was served for members and guests including Mrs Severn Mrs Clarence Leith Mrs A A Miller Miss Mary Kerty Miss Ada Heironimus Carrie Kate Fleming and Miss Sara Smith. Next meeting is in August with Mrs Virginia Stavely at her Grafton Park home.
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Girls’ Charity Club
Wren's Nest
Clarksburge
Severn
Clarence Leith
A. A. Miller
Mary Kerty
Ada Heironimus
Carrie Kate Fleming
Sara Smith
Virginia Stavely
Grafton Park
Emily Williams
Juanita Phillips
Nina Wilson
Wilson
Lucille Jackson
West Main Street
A. J. Ramsey
Pennsboro
R. Eb, Parkhill
J. O. Parkhill
A. V. Parkhill
H. M. Haislip
Wilda
Hilda Mahaney
Grafton
Hugh Roderick
Claud Ramsey
Newark
Ohio
W. Mahaney
W. K. Ramsey
Tom Ramsey
Bill Rausic
Zed Riddle
A.J. Ramsey
The Old Home Farm Poem by W. W. McDaniel
A reflective verse about the old home farm near a mountain stream. The speaker recalls raising children there, aging parents, fading crops, and dwindling income, while cherishing memories and a strong, unbreakable bond to the land.
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W. W. McDaniel
Woman Found Slain In Room With Estranged Husband
Pittsburgh report: Mrs. Sarah Thompson, 30, slain in the bedroom of her estranged husband’s rooming house after neighbors heard screams. Police found her wrists slashed and throat cut. husband Charles Thompson, 36, present with similar injuries. He muttered incoherently and claimed it was the end.
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Pittsburgh
Sarah Thompson
Outlaw Escapes After Gun Fight in Iowa Hideout
Dexter, Iowa July 25 Clyde Barrow, Texas outlaw, engaged in a machine gun battle with police in a wooded hideaway. He fled west with a stolen car along with a wounded man identified as Jack Sherman and a woman. A vast network of planes, armored cars, motorcycles, and cars aided the chase via wireless. The group had stocked 16 machine guns 34 automatic pistols and five revolvers in a week long wild west style refuge.
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Dexter
Towa
Clyde Barrow
Texas
Cutlaw
Iowa
Jack Sherman
Dolores Elaine Jenkins Born to Mr and Mrs Jenkins
Mr and Mrs John B Jenkins of 317 Dewey avenue announce the birth of a baby girl Dolores Elaine weighing eight and a half pounds born Saturday afternoon July 22 at 2 o'clock The father is a prominent dry cleaner in the city.
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John B. Jenkins
Dewey Avenue
Dolores Elaine
Fashion description of a coat dress ensemble
A loose swagger coat falls between hip and knee with a scarf neck and short sleeves. The square neckline dress features shoulder bows and a coat suitable for town wear on hot days. Accessories include a sailor hat and short cotton gloves.
First hotel to rent rooms to individuals opens in Boston
Collier's notes a landmark 1829 Boston opening that ended the era of shared rooms. Prior inns routinely rented one room to multiple travelers who slept in a single bed, prompting a major shift in lodging norms and innkeeping practices worldwide.
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Collier's
Boston
Counties Represented at Regional County Board Meeting
Twenty one counties were represented at a regional conference in Fairmont with W. W. Trent presiding. Dr. Frank Butler Trotter gave the invocation as discussions centered on the county unit school law and moves toward unified state education standards and funding distribution.
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Fairmont
State Department of Education
Frank Butler Trotter
W. W. Trent
Trent
State Board
Trent Lands Board
F. Ray Power
Chilton undecided on United States senate candidacy
Charleston July 25 former Senator W E Chilton said he did not know how he would feel next year about a possible senate bid. He added that no one is big enough and he is not cowardly enough to say he will not respond to a call of the people at the proper time. Senator M M Neely called Chilton one of West Virginia’s greatest statesmen in replying to a local press inquiry about a possible candidacy.
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Charleston
United States Senate
W. E. Chilton
Senator Pays Tribute To Beloved Colleague In Farewell Speech
In a 1934 race context, the speaker recalls Thomas Grey's seven years for an elegy and says it would take seven weeks to voice admiration for Senator Chilton, but time does not permit expressing full appreciation of his friend and colleague.
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Thomas Grey
Senator Chilton
West Virginia to ratify repeal at convention today
Charleston dispatch reports Governor Kump opening the West Virginia repeal convention urging citizens to back federal repeal of the 18th amendment and support the blanket labor pact while delegates prepare to formally ratify repeal following June 27 voters’ mandate.
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Charleston
National Recovery Administration
Kump
West Virginia
Vie
House of Delegates
Delegates Pledged to Support Repeal of the Eighth Amendment
The twenty delegates are pledged to vote for wiping out the Eighth Amendment. This move signals a push to overhaul current constitutional protections and frame a new legal approach. The pledge aligns with growing advocacy groups urging reform.
Beauty Tip Uses Ice Pack For Eye Lines
A screen actress recommends placing shaved ice in a soft cloth pouch over the eyes each morning and evening to reduce tired lines from studio glare. Do not keep the ice on for more than 30 seconds, then dry thoroughly.
Old Age Pensions Petition Filed in Ohio
In Columbus on July 25 petitions with about 130000 signatures urged a November vote on an initiated old age pension bill. The plan would grant up to 25 dollars monthly to needy seniors 65 or older who have 15 years residency and no qualifying relatives or prison record.
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Columbus
Ohio
Secretary of State
Personal notices from Grafton area social calls and travels
Grafton daily social life is shown with several callers including A C Gainer Route 2 H B Seranage Pruntytown W W McDaniel Cecil and B W Wyckoff Simpson. Pastor Dr Samuel C Jones spends week at Mountain Lake Park teaching a religious school and will return to Oakland. Mary Whalen visits parents on East Main Street after studies at Mount St Joseph College and Good Samaritan Hospital. Grafton attendees at Jack Wilson funeral include Ben Wilson Homer Wilson and others. Genevieve Murphy of Brooklyn visits her parents. Clyde Kimmel and family visit Wellsburg relatives. Marie Faust returns to WVU after six weeks with expedition. William Bolmer leaves for Alliquippa Pa as a rail car inspector. Mrs E R Warder and son Wilford visit Akron residents before returning home.
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A.C. Gainer
Route 2
Grafton
H. B. Seranage
Pruntytown
W. W. McDaniel
Cecil
Wyckoff
Simpson
Samuel C. Jones
Andrews M. E. Church
Mountain Lake Park
Oakland
Mary Whalen
James
East Main Street
Miss Whalen
Mount 8Th, Joseph College
Cincinnati
Ohio
Good Samaritan Hospital
Jack Wilson
Pennsboro
Ben Wilson
Homer Wilson
Walter Beall
Cody Grow
Myrtle Knotts
Richard Graham
Zeppa Bolmer
Edith Madeira
Virginia Madeira
D. Bolyard
Wilson
Warren
Genevieve Murphy
Brooklyn
N. Y
James T. Murphy
Maple Avenue
Murphy
Brooklyn Trust Company
Clyde Kimmel
Wellsburg
John Kimmel
Lee Bennett
Marie Faust
West Virginia University
William Bolmer
Alliquippi
Pittshoreh
Lake Erie Railroad
E.R. Warder
Hospital Notes Report City Hospital Event
Norman Deakins of East Washington street underwent a minor operation at City hospital this morning. Mrs Nola Satterfield was discharged from the hospital yesterday.
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Norman Deakins
East Washington Street
City Hospital
Nola Satterfield
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Ann Comp
Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2:30 from the First Brethren Church for Mrs. Mary Ann Comp who died Saturday night at the home of her son A. D. Comp 318 West Wilford Street. The Rev J B Sheffer pastor conducted the obsequies. Interment followed at Blue Lake cemetery with Bartlett Company in charge.
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Mary Comp
First Brethren Church
Mary Ann Comp
A. D
West Wilford Street
J. B. Sheffer
Blue 1
Bartlett
Miss Jones Injures Wrist After Slippery Mount Storm Fall
Miss Strawslé Jones and companions Miss Ruby Bonafield Miss Ruby Graham along with Mr and Mrs Ona C Jefferys spent Sunday picnic at Mount Storm. A slippery stone after heavy rain caused Jones to fall fracturing a wrist and rupturing a blood vessel requiring medical attention.
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Strawslé Jones
Ona’c. Jefferys
Ruby ‘Bonafield
Ruby Graham
Mount Storm
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Kingwood
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Lois Cover
H. E. Flesher
D. E. Fawcett
Blueville
Mary Alice Beavers
Union
Central State
Buckhannon
Elizabeth Dance
Buckhan
Central
Jackson Mills
John Hart
Trans-Allegheny
Weston
Paul O. Reymann
Wheeling
H. G. Kump
S. O'Brien
Elizabeth Dane
Elizabeth Cummins Jackson
Lawler Chapel
Orlyary
Somnck
Lawler
M. F. Church
McGee
Diana Onin
Trent Says
Chilton
Senate
W.va
Ee. Kamp
Notes
Ben H. Franz
W. Main Bt
Miss Jones
Iday
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