Grafton High School showcases home dress and crafts
The Grafton High School exhibition in the auditorium featured the Domestic Arts department led by Miss Lulu Lanham and assistants. Dresses and filmy items demonstrated student progress at a modest course cost of ten dollars, earning praise for pupil credit. Prof Frank Adamth waite’s industrial arts room displayed utilitarian pieces, highlighting skills in handcraft and cabinet making.
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Madamoiselle
Grafton
Lulu Lanham
Miss Lanham
Shooting At Adamston Store in Clarksburg
Four bandits held up the Adamston store of Jasper N. McVicker at 9 PM Friday. McVicker, critically wounded at St Marys hospital, recalls the robbers took less than eight dollars in change and missed $26 in cash. John Ancell, jailed after the holdup, claims ignorance. the motive remains unclear.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Jasper
N. McVicker
Adamston
McVicker
St. Mary's Hospital
John Ancell
Slater
Glass Plant Plans New Fuel Producer
FAIRMONT W V May 28 The Monongah Glass Company employing 1100 workers with a 1 000 000 annual payroll announces plans to install gas producers and coal hauling equipment at its plant The step is driven by dwindling natural gas supply at the facility and amounts to about 400 000 dollars
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Fairmont
W. Va
Monongah Glass Company
Upshur Court Lets Contract for Bridge
Upshur County Court awards the Buckhannon cow bridge contract to Tully Construction of Weston for 22,021 dollars. Work will begin next week. The state road commission sets bids for a steel bridge near Pratt in Kanawha County to be opened June 16.
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Buckhannon
W. Va
Upshur
Tully Construction Company
Weston
Buckhannon River
State Road Commission
Pratt
Kanawha County
Kanawha
Ex Governor Heads Virginia Marl Co
Organization of the Cornwell Lime Marl Company with former Governor John J. Cornwell of Romney as President was announced. The firm will operate under a West Virginia charter to develop lime marl west of Winchester along the Winchester and Western Railroad. C. J. Swank, an expert from Philadelphia, will run the plant with a 125 tons per day capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Cornwell Lime Marl Company
John J. Cornwell
Romney
West Virginia
Wincheser and Western Railroad
C. J. Swank
Philadelphia
Pennsy Special Arrives to Open Fairmont Bridge
Colonel James A. McCrea of the Pennsylvania Railroad will head a 250 member Pennsylvanians special train to Fairmont West Virginia on Monday to assist in opening the Monongahela river bridge. The city is decorated in national colors as preparations continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
W. Va
James A. McCrea
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Monongahela River
Samuel L. Puller
Lookout Held Up Police Chief As Players Escaped
FAIRMONT W Va May 28 After hearing the evidence in the action of the state against Joe Pachuta of Mannington Judge Showalter directed the trial jury to return a verdict of not guilty in the criminal court The case arose from an automobile accident last April when Pachuta s car collided with one driven by William M Michaels Pachuta was fined 10 by Justice Barrack for reckless driving and appealed the case Following this case the trial of the state against J Calvin Yost began A jury was sworn to try the case Yost is charged with interfering with Chief of Police Watson of Mannington during a raid on a poker game He allegedly grabbed the officer and held him until an alarm could be sounded and the room was found empty The case will go to the jury at noon today
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Fairmont
W. Va
Joe Pachuta
Mannington
Showalter
Pachuta
William M. Michaels
Justice Barrack
M. M. Neely
John W. Mason
J. Calvin Yost
G. W. Fetty
J.,d. Furbee
Joe Dillie
H. L. Garley
Homer Morrow
James W. Neel
J. A. Boyce
John W. Wolfe
Ross Berry
Grover Cochran
W. C. Baker
Mason
L. C. Musgrove
Yost
Watson
Episcopal Council Names Finan Board
MOUNDSVILLE W V May 28 The most important action of yesterday's diocesan council was naming the state finance board The board includes Rev R B L Strider Rev S R Tyler Robert L Archer J W Ewing C M Martin and C A Miller Dr R W Patton of New York spoke on the churchs nationwide move to increase membership Rev Henry A McNulty a returning missionary from China addressed the council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moundsville
W. Va
Protestant Episcopal Church
West Virginia
State Finance Board
R. B. L. Strider
Fees
S. R. Tyler
Huntington
Robert L. Archer
J. W. Ewing
Wheeling
C. M. Martin
Parkersburg
C. A. Miller
Martinsburg
R. W. Patton
New York
Henry A. McNulty
China
Frick Fifth Avenue Mansion Milk Cow Topic in Testimony
Testimony before Surrogate Foley revealed a milk cow kept in Henry Clay Frick’s Fifth Avenue mansion. The court heard whether Frick resided in New York or Pennsylvania at his death, with no decision yet. The animal’s quarters were part of the house while the rest of the narrative mentions visitors and relatives.
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Net
York
Maycoma
Fifth Avenue
Henry Clay Frick
James A. Foley
Mr. Frick
New York
Pennsylvania
Dulin Arrested Amid Plan for Rye Dew Trade in Grafton
John Dulin, once a Latrobe bartender, was arrested in Coffman by State Prohibition Officer Charles R. Lilly and an assistant while transporting two ounce bottles of Rye Dew liquor from Pennsylvania. A suitcase of liquor was seized and Dulin faces an 8800 fine and 90 days in Taylor county jail.
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John Dulin
Grafton
Charles R. Lilly
Coffman
Pennsylvania
Dulin
Taylor County
Latrobe Street
John Barleycorn
Braddock
Fairmont
Lilly
Cruise
Charles H. McCafferty
Five years for shooting berry picker near Everson
William Radke was found guilty of unlawful shooting in Fairmont after a Berry field incident last August. The trial heard state witnesses alleging Radke ordered the berry pickers from a rented field then fired, injuring 12 year old Pete Mullenax. defense argued an accidental discharge during a struggle with an armed man on crutches. The verdict carries a penitentiary term from one to five years or a jail term up to one year plus a $500 fine.
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Fairmont
William Radke
Pete
Mullenax
Everson
Radke
Amos
M. M. Neely
Fred M. Billingslea
J. D. Bowman
Brooks Hall
G. W. Fatty
8. C. Ewan
H. H. Hay
P. B. Severengen
Marshall Efaw
Ross Satterfield
P. D. Burton
M. Elliot
Ross Berry
Troy Mullenax
Mahala Mullenax
Jessie Mullenax
Ira Pyles
Ida Pyles
Dr. Keister
Pete Mullen
A.M. Glover
H. E. Woodward
S. Glover
J. H. Barrete
Bertha Radke
Annie Radke
Pete Mullenax
Hello Girl Shot by Jilted Suitor in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on May 28, telephone operator Stephanie Howard was shot and killed while walking with a college classmate. Police seek a discarded suit believed worn by the killer, a man who had twice threatened to kill her after she refused marriage. The student companion is detained as a witness.
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Philadelphia
Sephine Howard
Miss Howard
English coal folk submit peace plans
London May 28 The Prime Minister Lloyd George urged mine owners and the miners union to resume work soon, saying eight weeks have passed since the strike began and repeating the government offer of 10 million pounds to sustain the industry until a settlement is reached, with no increase planned.
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London
Associated Press
Lloyd George
Miners’ Union
George
Catholics Honor West Virginia Catholic Daughters Convention
The first biennial convention of the West Virginia branch of the Catholic Daughters of America closed with a banquet for visiting delegates. Elected officers include Jane Nagle Lear as secretary Ruth McGraw as advocate Ella Gilligan as monitor Bernadine Dorsey as treasurer and Anne Kenney as a delegate to the Detroit national convention. Additional delegates listed are Mrs. Charles Swint Mrs. Andrew Whitestead and others.
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Wheeling
West Virginia
Catholic Daughters of America
Jane Nagle Lear
Ruth McGraw
Clarksburg
Ella Gilligan
Charleston
Monitor
Bernadine Dorsey
Grafton
Anne Kenney
Fairmont
Detroit
Charles Swint
Weston
Andrew Whitestead
Parkersburg
Pruntytown Man Awarded 7000 for Auto Injuries
Evan A. Giles formerly of Akron now living near Pruntytown received 7000 as damages in an Ohio city court for injuries suffered June 13 1921 when his party changing a tire was struck by Norman A. Adams auto. Giles testified the crash left him unable to raise his arm and paralyzed his left leg below the knee. He sought 20000 and was a carpenter. he now lives with his sister E. A. Grove unable to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan A. Giles
Akron
Ohio
Grove Homestead
Pruntytown
Ohio City
Norman A. Adams
Giles
E. A. Grove
Minister Halts Lynching Party In Hattiesburg
In Hattiesburg Mississippi a masked mob aimed to seize Casey B Jones from a Methodist hospital. Rev GS Harmon wielded a pistol at the stairhead and refused entry, declaring he would die defending the hospital before allowing the mob upstairs. Officers arrived as the mob dispersed.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Gs.harmon
Casey B. Jones
Methodist
Jones
J. 8
Mosely
Harmon
Feeting
Elkins World War Hero to Be Laid at Rest Sunday
Funeral services for Claudel McDaniel of Elkins, who died while with the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, will be held at 2 30 Sunday afternoon at Point Pleasant church with military burial. The body arrived in Elkins this morning to await burial at home, with survivors including his father George McDaniel, sister Lilly, brother Emory in Akron, and aunt Mrs Charles Ludwick in Grafton.
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Claudel McDaniel
Elkins
England
Point Pleasant
George McDaniel
Gratton
McDaniel
Lilly
Emory McDaniel
Akron
Ohio
Charles Ludwick
Grafton
Penna License Law Upheld by State Court
Harrisburg Pa May 28 The Brooks license law Pennsylvania plan regulating liquor dispensing is not inconsistent with or antagonistic to Federal law The Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirms the conviction of Tony Vigliotti and seven other Payette County defendants in county courts The decision written by Chief Justice Robert Moschzisker closes the May term and addresses whether the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead Act annul the state law under which defendants were indicted for selling liquor without a license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Tony Vigliotti
Payette
Robert] Moschzisker
Will of Chief Justice Contained 51 Words
The report states the will of Edward Douglass White, former chief justice, was executed June 26 1915. It is two sentences long totaling 61 words, appointing his wife Lelia M. White as executrix without bond and bequeathing all property to her with full ownership and possession.
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Washington
Edward Douglass
The
Escataaiieless Wan Lta Sx
Lelia M. White
Excursions Called Off Over Damaged Yukon Boats
Seattle May 28 Excursions known as Midnight Sun to Fort Yukon Alaska will not be conducted this year due to boats carrying excursionists being crushed in ice last fall. The Midnight Sunners traveled by steamer to Skagway rail to White Pass and river boat to Port Yukon near the Arctic circle. Thorner Reelected In Wheeling Mayoral Race
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Seattle
Wash
Fort Pukon
Alaska
Yukon River
Skagway
White Pass
White Horse
Yukon
Arctic Circle
Sol Willte to be truant officer and state treasurer role
Clarksburg May 28 Sol Willte of Matewan West Virginia longtime ex state treasurer and lawyer has been elected State Post Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic. He will succeed Carl Cur as red commissioner and will take up duties at the Sentinel office on June 10 following his appointment and recent convention visit.
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Sol’ Willte
Matewan
W. Va
Clarksburg
E. Leslie Long
Grand Army of the Republic
Mannington
Charleston
Clarksburg Trust Company
Carll
White Ix
Tucker County
Sol
Parsons
Sentinel
Crum Released After Fight In Mingo Sector
Williamson West Virginia May 28 Witnesses in Matewan trial and the Felts Baldwin operatives case are tied to a clash in Nolan. Marshall Crum released from jail by Maj Tom Davis governor Morgan’s rep with condition he return when called. Two negroes jailed for firearms and a white man for insulting women. Coroner to open probe into drownings. Mason family obituary notes four children and several siblings.
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Williamson
W. Va
Associated Press
Marshall Crum
Kentucky
Rawl
Matewan
Felts Brothers
Felts-Baldwin
Tug River Valley
Three Drown at Fairmont Monongah Water Tragedy
In West Fork river at Monongah on Friday afternoon two boys ages 10 and 8 died after being swept into deep water while swimming on a gravel bar. Charles Mason, 57, drowned while aiding others, as four more people were saved after heroics by bystanders. The river was swollen and muddy from recent rains, with strong current, and the rescue continued through the night as boats and grappling irons were deployed locally.
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West Fork
Monongah
Charles Walter Mason
Frank Lapinsky
Raymond Lapinsky
Okey Watson
Charles McCain
Denzil Shaver
Frank Swanson
Jog Lapinsky
West Fork River
Mr. Mason
Mason
Rotarian to Attend Edinburgh International Meeting
Charles A. Singel, newly elected Grafton Rotary Club representative, heads to Edinburgh Scotland for the Rotary International meeting starting June 10. He will sail from New York on an African steamer. Rev. Richard Aspinall, Buckhanan district governor, also plans to depart next week with others from the area for companionship on the trip.
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Charles A. Singel
Grafton Rotary Club
Edinburgh
Scotland
New York
Richard Aspinall
Buckhanan
Rotary Clubs
Operators Protest Against Ruling By Railroads
Morgantown West Virginia May 28 coal operators in the Morgantown district protest the Interstate Commerce Commission ruling requiring coal cars be shipped only on lines owning the equipment. Operators must specify a railroad and await equipment, hindering district production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
W. Va
Interstate Commerce Commision
Washington
Morgantown District
Lutz to Face Death Sentence in Taylor County Court
A Taylor county circuit court mandate directs execution for Jacob Lutz, convicted of killing Police Chief Phillips on February 14 1919. Lutz to be brought from Moundsville penitentiary to hear Judge Warren B Kittle pronounce sentence likely Tuesday or Wednesday. Brennan seeks commutation to life, but prospects appear slim as jurors chose a death verdict with no alternative.
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Phillips
Taylor County
Agar
Jacob Lutz
Lutz
Moundsville Penitentiary
Warren B. Kittle
Ignatus Brennan
Luis
Kittle
French Colonial To Be Executed For War Crime
Paris May 28 Two Moroccan sharpshooters in the French forces in the Rhineland were convicted by the French War Council of murdering a German engineer at Hoeschl near Frankfort. The council found the act occurred while intoxicated. One shooter was condemned to death and the other sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor.
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Paris
Associated Press
Rhineland
French War Council
Hoeschl
Frankfort
Mayence
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