Murder conviction and new trial for Cassler case
Reports describe Cassler's conviction in 1927 for the murder of cabinet maker Wil Hap Lindstrom, his wife Descover and daughter Sally at home, with Mrs Cassler later winning a death sentence for a new trial. The piece also notes currency design changes to deter counterfeits and announces the death of Mrs Margaret Foreman, aunt of Mrs S A Shroyer, with burial planned in Knottsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassler
Gapsler
Wil- Hap
Lindstrom
Margaret Foreman
S. A. Shroyer
Weaverville
N. C
Foreman
Gratton
Knottsville
The WHEE-E-E! Boys and Girls in a Grand Comedy
A garbled theater row announces a lively stage show titled The WHEE-E-E! Boys and Girls featuring raucous slapstick and musical bits. The ad calls it the greatest, most hilarious wide entertainment with a redhaired leading performer and high energy comic routines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holly
LOVER SHOOTS GIRL AND SELF IN Moorestown
June 3 report from Moorestown, New Jersey states Ruth Monday Wilson and Horace Roberts Jr. died after a double shooting. Police suspect Roberts shot Wilson then himself. Roberts found unconscious, pistol in his hand, six bullets fired, no sign of struggle. Wilson, daughter of Camden financier John C. Wilson, had just graduated from Wilson College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moorestown
N. d
Ruth
Roberts
Wilson
Wilson College
Chambersburg
Engagements and friendships mark Grafton tale in 1928
In 1928 Miss Wilson, once engaged to Roberts who graduated Swarthmore in 1926, were sweethearts since childhood. Both aged 25. Police learned the engagement was broken two months prior but they renewed their friendship. Garfield Chaney, an old Graf ton resident now in Cumberland, spent the weekend in Grafton with friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield Chaney
Grafton
Cumberland
Scouting on Decoration Day Highlights Local Troops
Scouting groups from Y M C A Troop No 4 led by Earl Hughes and Kiwanis Troops No 2 led by Rev A J Torrey marched in fine force. They plan joint events and summer camp at Deep Creek Lake Oakland with sports, meals, and facilities prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Hughes
Kiwanis
Rev
A. J. Torrey
Dixty Bg
Jin Fine
Oakland
Deep Creek Lake
A. J
Sunday Is Quiet Day Officers Here Report
Police reporters noted a quiet Sunday in the region with a Justice of the Peace reporting several arrests for trespassing on railroad property. Five men were ordained as United Lutheran ministers at a convention in the hotel setting, while preparations for a 1930 scout convention and related meetings in Wilkinsburg and West Haven were outlined.
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New Ken
Sington
West Haven
West, Virginia
M. E. ‘Kleter
Reading
Bridgeport
Ne “Y Justice of the Peace
John. L. Wittman
Snodley
Johin Fields
Venizelos
Myron F. Clark
Zaimis
T. Morehead
Wheeling
United Lutheran Church
Eon
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Kelly-Bartlett Shoe CO
Mrs. F
Oreman
North Carolina
Lovietone News and Movie- Deville
Faramount
Glenn
Jred Cross Pharmacy
West Side
the “Court” Pharmacy
Tobias
Smith: Auto CO
Grand Street South Side
Eeeeartes
Savage Washer & Applie“ance Company
Inzadder Street
New Jersey
Grafton Drug & Chemical Co
Paris
Batiste
ABC
van Dyke
Wm. Archdeacon
Men’s and Boys’ Store
W. Va
Pyamed
United Lutherans
Magnesia
Grand Theatre
American Legion of Grafton
Dne
CR Ie
Enna Jettick Fashion
Webt Shoes
WLW
ENA
Reliable Footwear
West Virginia
C. V. Miller
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