Merry Matrons Picnic and Club Socials Highlight Thornton
Readable fragments describe the Merry Matrons club hosting a picnic at the Arlie Leonard cottage in Thornton with many families attending and thanks given for the evening. Additional items cover the Blar Sewing Club gathering on Thayer street, Jones Chapel all day meeting, a Tennerton park picnic with Weston and Clarksburg attendees, Webster M B church Ladies Aid Society meeting with program, and a Moose dance with Mallory’s ten piece orchestra.
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Merry Matrons
Merry Matrons Club
Arlie Leonard
Thornton
Blar Sewing Club
Spiter
Star Sewing Club
Thayer Street
Mildred Hilkey
Della Wittman
Grace’ Loudin
Pearl Hussion
M. Ella Barber
Mary Isber
Charles Renner
Della Witlman
B. Knight
Ruth Crouser
Isner
Jones Chapel
Curve Bridge
Riffee
Tennerton Park
Buckhannon
Weston
Clarksburg
Grafton
H. W. Fury
Charles
G. W. Fury
Leslie
Verland
Forest
Donanid
Harry Montgomery
Biernie
W. O. Fury
Goldie Gay
Margaret
Ladies Aid Meeting
Ladies Aid Society
Webster M. B. Church
Latta Getz
Lulu Reynolds
Pearl Felton
Moreda Gibson
Cora Wolfe
L. A. McNemar
Edna Felton
Ethel Prepton
Thelma Cooper
Margaret Felton
Velya McWillams
Orpha Friend
Mildred McWilliams
Mad Newton
Bertha Wolfe
Elaine
Georgia McDaniel
Irma Wolfe
Dortha Wolfe
Juania Getz
Mary Jo McVicker
Geraldine Gibson
Lila Workman
Edith Newton
Donald Newton
Herman
Mac Gels
Joe Friend
Moose
Order of Moose
Mallory
Mg. Mallory
Fairmont
Eddie Barrett
Community News Notes On Local Residents Travels And Health
Miss Dorothy Lee spends vacation with parents in Tunnelton with Mr and Mrs William Lee Rev Father Goshorn of Clarksburg and Agnes Flanagan visit Genevieve Critz. Madaline Hall to Morgantown as guest of Henry and Magg Newman. Mr Hall enrolled for second half of summer school at university. Mrs Amos Powell ill but now mobile on East Knotts. Dessie Lorraine Losh home four days later able to go out. Hansom Brown and Philadelphia visitors with G W Lucas family depart Front Royal for Steven Boyd summer cottage. Margaret Metz returns home after graduating June 5 from Davis Memorial hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Lee
William Lee
Tunnelton
Goshorn
Clarksburg
Agnes Flanagan
Parkersburg
Genevieve Critz
Madaline Hall
Morgantown
Henry Newman
Hall
University
Amos Powell
East Knotts Avenue
Dessie Lorraine Losh
Hansom Brown
Philadelphia
G. W. Lucas
John Collins
Collins
Front Royal
Virginis
Steven Boyd
Margaret Metz
Nettie Metz
Avenue
Davis Memorial Hospital
King George and Eldest Sons Student Farewell
A fragment from Elkins West Virginia notes a student, identified as related to King George and his eldest sons, having attended school for the past three years. The incomplete text hints at a local school or biographical item in a historical newspaper.
West Virginia debunks Pittsburgh hill-billy boys tale
Sheriff Harper reveals the so called hill-billy boys are Pittsburgh natives visiting their grandfather near Montrose Randolph County. They hitchhiked, bought corncob pipes and tobacco, rode buses to Pittsburgh, and were aided by a rural carrier and the sheriff while en route home. The piece preserves the local voice and humor of the misadventure.
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West
Allegheny County
Montrose
Randolph County
West Virgina
Pittsburgh
Sylvanius Harper
Tucker County
Parsons
Morgantown
Pitts
Burgh
Harper
West Virginia
Floyd R. Poe
Poe
Stani Poling
West Virgina Hill-Billy
Picture of Roosevelt Stolen Arrest Ordered
New Orleans police announce arrest of Arthur Romaguera on petty larceny charges for taking a portrait of President Franklin D. Roosevelt from the Choctaw club headquarters of the old regular Democratic organization. The complaint filed by Alic J. Burke, manager of the organization, follows a split with Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley as members align with Senator Huey P. Long.
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New Orleans
George Reyer
Arthur Romaguera
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Choctaw Club
Regular
Reyer
Romaguera
Alic J. Burke
T. Semmes Walmsley
Huey P. Long
Walmsley
Roosevelt
Probers Warn Employees In Telephone Investigation
Washington July 27 The communications commission warned all employees involved in the telephone investigation not to accept favors or gifts from company officials or employees. The note came as the senate lobby committee examined Rep Patton Texas finances and a mysterious newspaper wrapped package associated with a hotel room visit. The order urges strict avoidance of improper conduct and bans favors, loans, or club engagements linked to company sources.
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Washington
The
Communications Commission Today
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Senate Lobby Committee
Patton
Tex
United States
John W. Carpenter
Texas Power Company
Walker
Communications Commission
Telephone Adivision
Court House Engineer Locates Mystery Noise
Fairmont reports court house engineer George Decker heard queer noises in the county jail and notified deputies. Officers found Woodrow Wilson, 22, of near Parkersburg attempting to force bars on a third floor jail window, indicating a possible escape attempt.
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Fairmont
George Decker
Court House
Woodrow Wilson
Parkersburg
Great composer backed by stars in romantic city epic
Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy lead a dramatic film score set against Louisiana settlement themes. The narrative threads through pioneer struggles, the Marriage Auction of St Louis, Casquette Girls captured by pirates and rescued, weaving a sweeping tale of America's romantic city’s founding with music.
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Jeanette MacDonald
Nelson Eddy
Louisiana
St. Louis
America
G Men Film Set To Open At New Dixie Theatre
The article notes how federal agents, the G Men, chase gangsters and purge crime, lauding First National Pictures for its patriotic portrayal in the James Cagney film G Men slated to open at the New Dixie Theatre on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Underworld
United States
First National Pictures
James Cagney
New Dixie Theatre
Strand Theatre to Reopen Naughty Marietta Engagement
Strand Theatre brings back Naughty Marietta a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer screen transcription of Victor Herbert's operetta with romance drama and spectacle. The return engagement starts Sunday as audiences enjoy the charming music and stirring scenes of the film.
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Marietta
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Victor Herbert
Strand
The Fighting Code at Opera House with Buck Jones
Buck Jones and his world famous horse Silver arrive at the Opera House tomorrow for Buck’s Columbia feature The Fighting Code. The fast paced tale centers on mistaken identity as Buck is believed to be Helen James’s vanished brother and uncovers a gang that framed her father for murder and theft. Buck proves the father’s innocence, wins Helen, and the film promises twists and a surprise climax with a developed romance.
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Buck Jones
Silver
Buck
Columbia
Helen James
Helen
Eight Bells Opens at Opera House Starring Ann Sothern
Ann Sothern leads a romantic drama aboard a Shanghai-bound freighter in Eight Bells. Ralph Bellamy and John Buckler play the captain and first officer who contend for the heroine as a typhoon triggers a mutiny and the officer must steer the ship to safety.
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Ann Sothern
Ralph Bellamy
John Buckler
Columbia
Opera House
Parce
Shanghai
Sleeper Ship Suffered Foot Injury in Flight Crash
Trempage one continued as SLEEPER SHIP faced a rough landing. Pilot A R Perkins said he circled the field three times to avoid a collision before the plane struck bushes, snapped a phone pole, and hit a tree. A passenger suffered a possible fracture in the right foot while Miss McDaniel and Rae planned to resume travel on a later ship. The plane lost momentum, landing gear and right wing were badly damaged, and the left propeller bent with no fire after the flight.
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McDaniel
Rae
A. R. Perkins
Jeff
Truce extended in mine wage talks to September 15
Washington reports that with President Roosevelt’s inquest the anthracite producers and United Mine Workers agreed to extend the 1934 35 wage and hour contract through September 15. Deadlock remains on a new pact as talks stall after July 31. The union sought a 30 hour week and 10 percent raise while operators favored renewing the current scale and a 35 hour week until next April 1.
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Washinton
Roosevelt
Analachian
United Mine Workers
Guffey Bill
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