Grafton Social News Busy With Guests and Travels
Mrs C W Hoffman and her two daughters Mary Elizabeth and Margaret depart Grafton for two weeks in Washington DC to visit Hoffmans mother. Fred Whitlock and family visit Grafton. Catherine Morton shops. Mary Horton travels to Elkins to organize a Daughters tent. Roswell Reid hosts in Buckhannon. other residents visit for business, shopping, and leisure. Travel and local social calls fill the day as residents move about Ohio and Indiana itineraries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Hoffman
Mary Elizabeth
Margaret
Dewey Avenue
Grafton
Washington, D. C
Hoffman
Fred Whitlock
Kingwood
R. C. Jones
West Side
Catherine Morton
Arden
Mary Horton
Wheeling
Elkins
Daughters of the Union Veterans
Roswell Reid
Grafton Press
Buckhannon
George Perkins
Philippiy
Children and drinks to watch for in meals
A physician urges mothers to supervise what children drink noting many adult beverages are unsuitable for youngsters. He praises a real food valued drink, compares orange drinks, and warns against imitation flavorings and artificial colors in children’s beverages.
Residents and Visitors Across Grafton and Nearby Towns
Various brief notes of residents and visitors to Grafton and area towns including Mrs James C Sister and daughter Jeanne Harrisburg PA visiting relatives on West Main Street, Arthur Welch leaving for Baltimore for chemical warfare training, Misses Davita and Dorea McCabe visiting Steubenville and Pittsburgh, Miss Caroline Fawcett in Clarkburg, Robert Curtis from Clarkburg visiting, Edward V Brown from Fairmont in town, Arthur Smith from Buckhannon en route home, the Batson family moving to Park for summer, Bernice and Beulah Salisbury visiting, C F Moore from Simpson in town, Sam Musgrove from Wickwire, J W Woodford from Pleasant Creek, Charles Riggleman from Pleasant Creek, J A Kennedy from Baltimore calling on trade, Madeline Shackelford from Maple Avenue in Tunnelton for business, Paul Murphy and Joe Grinnan visiting Clarksburg, Mrs Lem Haslip returning to Wheeling after sisters visit, Miss Lucille McCafferty visiting Fairmont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
New York
James C
Jeanne
Harrisburgh
Grafton
Lee Bennett
Weat Main Street
Arthur Welch
Baltimore
Edgewood ‘Arsenal
Reserve Officers
Park
Bernice
Beulah Salisbury
Clarksburg
C.F. Moore
Simpson
Sam Musgrove
Wickwire
J.W. Woodford
Pleasant Creek
Charles Riggleman
J. A. Kennedy
Madeline Shackelford
Maple Avenue
Tunnelton
Paul Murphy
Joe Grinnan
Lem Haslip
Wheeling
Charles Wilmoth
Ray Hawkins
Lucille McCafferty
Pairmont
Danzig Row Delays League Council Decision
Geneva June 17 The forty fifth League of Nations session adjourned without settling a dispute between German Foreign Minister Stressemann and British Foreign Secretary Chamberlain over Poland s rights in the free city of Danzig The issue was Poland s right to a munition depot at Danzig Citizens of the free city worry the depot threatens public safety Decision postponed until next session to allow Senor Villegas of Chile to study the matter and prepare a report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League Council
Danzig
Geneva
Council of the
League of Nations
Stressemann
Germany
Senor Villegas
Chile
Womans Christian Temperance Union meeting in Tunnelton
The WCTU league in Tunnelton held a lively Wednesday evening gathering at Mrs Hugh Bonafield home with papers and discussions. Circle Three plans a June 25 supper at the Methodist Episcopal dining hall to benefit a worthy cause. many tickets sold. Various Local social notes follow with multiple residents visiting Morgantown Zanesville Newburg and Cumberland and returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tannelton
Womans Christian Temperance Union League of
Tunnelton
Hugh Bonafield
Ladies Aid Society
Circle Three
Methodist Episcopal Church
L. Bert Hartman
Mary Cool
Evelyn
Zanesville
Ohio
H. A. Staats
R. V. Keener
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Junior Cool
Evelyn Cool
Newburg
John Kelly
John, Jr
Evelyn Miller
Ted Kelly
Masontown
Harold A. Staats
W.L. Miller
Cumberland
Baltimore and Ohio officers visit Buckhannon for bid on Western Maryland shops
High ranking B&O officials including John J. Cornwell and Edward W. Scheer attended a Buckhannon Chamber of Commerce gathering to discuss adopting by laws and a constitution and to signal interest in erecting Western Maryland shops destroyed by fire at Elkins Upshur County. The visitors toured the area and planned to return to their Baltimore offices, with Scheer proceeding to Cumberland to assess rail and equipment conditions along the right of way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Pany
Buckhannon Chamber of Commerce
Grafton
John J. Cornwell
West Virginia
Francis X. Mitholland
Edward W. Scheer
J. M. Scott
Mr. Scheer
William Trapnall
Weston
Charleston Divise
M. Scott
T. K. Faherty
Las Baltimore
Scheer
Cumberland
Farmer Will Reveal How Masked Band Beat Him
Atlanta June 17 Bart Singleton a farmer says threats of death kept him silent for two months after a hooded group beat him. He identifies W G Acree Bostonvill e high school principal as a possible assailant and plans to go to Atlanta to press a U S attorney. He believes four others also beat him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Bart Singleton
Farmer
Singleton
W. G. Acree
Acree
Bostonville High School
Ansley Bowers
United States
Lindbergh's Flight Passes Over Multiple Ohio Towns
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh flew in the Spirit of St. Louis with escorts over Reading East Reading Lebanon Brownsville Cambridge Zanesville and Columbus on June 17 as part of a nationwide itinerary. He passed near several landmarks including the Wright Aeronautical plant and the State House, with sightings reported from Brownsville Springfield and other communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Calohel
New York
Metropolis
Amara H. Byrd
Paris
J Boys
New York City
West Point
Army
Richard Blythe
Raymond Orteig
Ot. Laws
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Middlewest
Albert B. Lambert
Lambert Flying Field
John Paegelow
Scott Field
Belleville
Mississippi River
Sam A. Baker
Victor Miller
Harry H. Knight
Evangeline Lindbergh
Knight
Dwight F. Davis
Air Service Reserve Corps
United States Army
Forrest Park
Paterson
Charles Lindbergh
Reading
King, Pa
East Reading
Lindbergh Viaduct
Lebanon
Brownsville
Ohio
Cambridge
Byesville
Here
Pleasant
City
Guernsey County
McMechen
Moundeville
W. Va
Zanesville
Caldwell
Shenandoah
Columbus
Field
State House
Paxton
Norton Field
Springfield
Charles Lindberger
London
Taylor County Men Named on U S Grand Jury List
Three Taylor County men J Of Jaco Walt Rogers and J Sinsell are named in the federal grand jury for Elkins convening Monday June 21 Others summoned in Elk for jury duty include Joseph A Porman Jerome Boyl A D Zirkle Philip T M Ridenour etc Advices from Elkins say about 25 felony cases will be heard many involve postal and federal narcotics laws It seems unlikely the first case will be C T Hireshew former Parkersburg banker charged with breaking federal banking laws
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Eluins
Jaco
South Gratton
Walt Rogers
Route 1
J. © Sinsell
Flemington
Symons
Elk
Joseph A. Porman
Moatsville
Jerome Boyl
Belington
A. D. Zirkle
Philip
T. M. Ridenour
Kingwood
Witer
A. Sharps
Newbury
A. Ca Eron Wilt
Aurora
James W. Jons
Parsons
Bronson Hart Davis
Frank Kalar
Lis W. Brooks
French Creek
D. Zickafoose
Queens
Theo
Farneworth
Buckhannon
Fowler
Beverly
D. A. Earle
Bins
B. Harmer
Elkins
W.keplinger
Leslie Long Elkins
M. J. West
Wamsley
Dh. Shaver
C. T. Hireshaw
Parkerburg
Fragmented dialogue hints at marital pressure and hesitation
An unclear, partial exchange shows a tension between a man pressing marriage and a woman doubting or delaying. The fragment suggests emotional stakes around commitment and social expectations without a clear resolution or names.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Burton & Sitter’s
W. Main St
Grafton, W. Va
Adelaide White
Lucille Strang
Strang
B. F. Clark
Ernest
Grafton Park
William Arehart
Thorton
George Keller
Ted Kunst
Mannington
C. V. Miller, Jr
Keyser
Keyser Echo
A. 8
Reece
Washington, Pa
W. H. Reece
Pearl Street
Ralph Larue
William Murphy
Parkersburg
Joseph Murphy
Mayme Carroll
James Burke
Bertha Bradley
Route 6
Sentinel
C. A. Michaels
Fred Shaw
Indiana
Paul Smith
Philippi Road
Leff
Lancaster
Philadel
Biel Catia
Haller Beverage Company
Philippi
West Va
Empire
Bata
Tunnelton News
Buckhannon Meet
Lindy
Crim
Porterhouse
Schenk's Honey Brand
Muller’s
Arbuckle
Maxwell House
Veryone
Dean
Doan
Ker
U. 8
F.friedman & Son
Kuppenheimer
Central
Horner - Gaylord’ Co
Foy’s
Lee, Bennett & Son
W. Main Street
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