Church Programs Share Children Day and Union Service
Churches in Grafton observed Children’s Day and Father’s Day through varied programs. Dr W M Shults preached at St Pauls West Grafton and West Main Street Church, Haymond Chapel hosted a sermon, and a union WCTU service at Andrews Church featured Mrs Morence Ewell Atkins urging temperance and opposition to erosion of the 18th Amendment. Special music complemented the day across venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
First
United Brethren
St. Paul's Church
West Grafton
West Main Street
Haymond Chapel
Haymond Settlement
Andrews
St. Paul's
M. B
Andrews Church
Morence Ewell Atkins
Edwin T Meredith a Democratic leader and publisher
Edwin T Meredith built a publishing empire starting with Farmers Tribune and Successful Farming, later creating Better Homes and Gardens and The Dairy Warmer. He influenced Des Moines business and politics, served on the Board of Excess Profits Advisers, joined the Industrial Conference Commission, and was Secretary of Agriculture under Wilson. He sought the Democratic nomination for president in 1924, receiving significant support at the convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Tribune
Meredith
Successful Farming
Better Homes and Gardens
Des Moines
United States
Iowa
William McAdan
Secretary of the Treasury
Mr. Meredith
Excess Profits Advisers
Wilson
Commtission
David F Houston
Mered
John W. Tavis
Oscar W. Underwood
Candi Geto
Meredith family roots in Iowa politics and marriage
Edwin Thomas Meredith, born December 3 1876 in Avoca Iowa, was son of Thomas Gliver and Minnie March Meredith. He married Idna C Elliott of Des Moines in 1896 and they had two children. The passage notes his alignment with Governor Alfred E Smith of New York during a preconvention campaign and his success in the Iowa primary election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred 5. Smith
New York
Iowa
Edwin Thomas Meredith
Avoca
Thomas Gliver
Minnie Minerva March Meredith
Idna.c. Eliott
Des Moines
Rains Heighten Arkansas Flood Threats Across White River
Heavy rains along the Little Red and other tributaries raise flood concerns in Arkansas. Jackson county sees 40000 acres under water after a levee break south of here. A 19 inch fall in the river eased danger at Nimans while a second break near Kennett, Missouri, looms. Refugees live in tents as men shore up levees and Sunday worship is held in a sail church built for high water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport Ark
Little Red
Black
White River
Arkansas
Jackson County
Stephens Levee
Here
Daner
St. Francis
Nimins
Ark
Kennett
Cotton Plant
Parkerburg Civil War veteran Captain J T Piggott dies
Parkerburg June 18 Captain James T Piggott 8% civil war veteran and past commander of the Grand Army of the Republic of West Virginia died today He was also a past commander of the Protected Home Circle of West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
James T. Piggott
Grand Army of the Republic of West Virginia
West Virginia
Wounds Officer During Break at Jail
In OC Pa, June 18, John Yidders of OM City, held since Saturday for liquor violations, pressed a pistol against Desk Sergeant Walter Vowell and fired a shot that struck the sergeant in the right arm. Yidders then fled through a rear door while Powell was treated at a hospital. authorities suspect a visitor smuggled the pistol in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OC Pa
Walter Vowell
John |Eighers
OM City
Powell
Lee
Gidders
Yidders
Iowa City Bids Hoover Welcome In Campaign
Iowa City invites Herbert Hoover to set up presidential campaign headquarters in his birth state. West Branch and Cedar Rapids offer their facilities for a front porch campaign. Transportation and communication facilities featured, with proximity to West Branch ten miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa City
Iowa City
Herbert Hoover
West Branch
Cedar Rapids
Seibert Drops Contests In Democratic Delegation
Martinsburg June 18 Cleveland M Seibert of Martinsburg withdraws his election contest in Monongalia county over alleged irregularities. He had charged ballots were mishandled after losing a bid for the second delegateship to Samuel T Spears. He will challenge the results in court and before the Democratic National Committee, saying party harmony requires it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
Cleveland M. Seibert
Houston
Monongalia County
Seibert
Samuel T. Spears
Blins
Democratic National Committee
Smith
New York
Democratic National Convention
Monongalia
Man Kills Wife and Another Man Then Wounds Self
Clarence Pepples shot and killed his wife and Walter Forster at Incline near Boone Iowa after failed reconciliation efforts. He then seriously wounded himself and was reported near death. The report notes a sensational line about a talking mechanical man and mentions the presidential year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone
Iowa
Clarence Pepples
Walter Forster
Incline
Pepples
Rotary Convention Opens in Minneapolis
Delegates from around the world gather for the 19th annual Rotary International convention in Minneapolis. More than 5,040 delegates registered with President Arthur Sapp predicting 12,000 by close of business. Fourteen foreign countries attend with 238 delegates. Preliminary business fills the day as James Hamilton Lewis, former senator of Illinois, is set to address the Rotarians tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hamilton
Lewis
Illinois
Cables From Officials Honor Amelia Earhart Flight
Washington cables from President Coolidge and Secretary Kellogg congratulate Amelia Earhart on her successful North Atlantic flight. They praise Earhart as the first woman to span the Atlantic by air and extend praise to co pilots Wilmer Stultz and Gordon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coolidge
Kellogg
Amelia Earhart
North Atlantic
United States
Wilmer Stultz
Gordon
Stultz
Bold Robbery by Middle Aged Woman Shocks Chicago Store
A middle aged woman in a black coat robbed Mrs. Mary Stuebe at her candy shop in Chicago. She produced a pistol, emptied the cash register, and fled causing residents to fear for safety in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mary Stuebe
Serious Field Blaze Fought In California
A pair of fires scorched grain fields and farm equipment worth about half a million dollars in northern California. Farmers and firemen using chemical apparatus from Arbuckle Grimes Colusa and College City battled the blazes as the U S Weather Bureau warned of rising fire risk. Over 6000 acres burned south of Colusa near College City, with the latter fire described as out of control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Cal
California
Arbuckle
Grimes
Colusa F
College City
United States Weather Bureau
Colusa
College Ity
Farmer Arrested After Fleeing Into Forest Near Marion
Elmer T. Martin, a Alabama farmer who vanished with his two young children after declaring he would live 40 days and nights in the wilderness, was captured near Marion, Arkansas, and jailed. The children, unharmed, were safe with a private home. Blount County residents reported his statements about being pursued and the wilderness as the Lord’s choosing, prompting a large volunteer search across the county hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ark
Elmer T. Martin
Alabama
Blount County
Martin
Amherst Honors Attorney General At Commencement
Amherst College awarded the honorary Doctor of Laws to Attorney General John G. Sargent during the commencement exercises. Among graduates was John Coolidge, son of the President, who earned an A B degree from the college where his father studied 33 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst
Mass
John G. Sargent
United States
Amherst College
Dot
John Coolidge
Brown awards honorary doctor of laws to Dwight Morrow
Brown University today conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws upon Dwight Whitney Morrow American ambassador to Mexico and Owen D Young noted economist in a formal ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Brown University
Dwight Whitney Morrow
Mexico
Owen D. Young
Orsons Injured Bomb Blast In Downtown Detroit
June 18. A bomb exploded in the county building center downtown injuring at least nine people, three seriously. The blast shattered windows and sent many workers, mostly women, into the streets. A man found the device in a men's restroom and threw it aside before it detonated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Woman Arrested After Shooting Husband in Bluefield
In Bluefield on June 18 Mrs Maud Price was arrested on charges of shooting her husband J J Price a merchant through the hip Saturday night Authorities report the husband claimed an unidentified Negro attempted a holdup The wife denies the charge and the man is expected to recover
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Maud Price
J. J. Price
Price
New Bedford Organizer Fined for Picket Song Disturbance
Miss Elizabeth Donneley organizer of child pickets for textile mill committees was fined twenty dollars in district court for disturbing the peace by leading children in singing strike songs she appealed today in New Bedford Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford
Mass
Elizabeth Donneley
Army flyer killed as second parachutes to safety
Rome June 18 A military aircraft came under fire at 3000 feet killing one airman and prompting another to jump to save himself Major Curry landed safely by parachute while Sergeant Garavastia died after his chute opened too late as he attempted to save the craft
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Curry
Conan Jon
Garavastia
Alley Hoover Supports Dad at Kansas City Convention
A Hoover backer, Alley Hoover, youngest son of the secretary of commerce, refused to switch candidates at the Kansas City convention, staying loyal to his father’s chosen campaign amid the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Reed Smoot
Uteh
Hiram W. Bingham
Connecticut
Hoover
Alley Hoover
Secretary of Commerce
Gold Strike Sparks British Columbia Creek Rush
Reports from H Chambers of Champagne detail a gold discovery on Squaw Creek near the British Columbia border. Dig Jim and Paddy Duncan are named as discoverers, with Indians aiding the rush and workers hired to extract gold from the initial claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squaw Creek
New Feld
British Columbia
Jim
Paddy Duncan
H.’Chambers
Champagne
Chambers
Horse Itsef
Also Mentioned on This Page
Edwin T. Meredith
Good Boy
Atte
Y. P. Freeman
Enid
Okla
Benjamin Harrison
Francia
Varney River
National
A. R. Seal
Wilbur
Congress
Annapolis
Science
Standard Oil Company OF
New Jersey
Middle Atlantic States
Tem
Broadway
New York City
Rotary
Minneapolis
Orsons
Uoll
Prike
H. C. Watson
Tipton County
Indiana
Fort Benjamin, Harrison
Olympic Fields
Aeak
Theiclubhouse
Soman
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!