Local Pastor and Mrs Brown Address Crowd at Flag Day
Several hundred Grafton residents gathered at the Agent Hike park for Flag Day exercises. Mrs Izetta Jewell Brown the former Senate candidate spoke on The Flag and The Home while Rev P T Crickenberger addressed The Flag and Citizenship. The Elia band played a concert and Madera's orchestra a dance. The local lodge organized the event and the ferry boat ran smoothly with no crossing trouble reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Mra
Izetta Jewell Brown
United States “Senate
P. T. Crickenberger
Lutheran Church
Grafton Park
Rosemont Health Clinic and Child Health Conference
The County Health Department will hold a clinic at Rosemont School on Tuesday June 17. At 9 a.m. the infant and preschool exam clinic runs, at 2 p.m. an adult exam clinic follows, and a 6:30 p.m. health talk by the Health Officer is planned. All residents, including missed school children, are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Health Department
Rosemont
Storm Lays Waste Across South Dakota With Casualties
A large storm sweeping South Dakota reached tornadic intensity in many localities, causing at least five deaths including two in Salem and one each in Pierre Canton and near Miller. Reports of additional casualties, widespread property damage, and ruined crops emerged as communication restored, with Bijou Hills White Lake Blunt and Wessington Springs among affected towns.
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Louix Falls
8. D
South Dakota
Salem
Pierre
Canton
Miller
Bijou Hills
White Lake
Blunt
Wessington Springs
Huron
Woonspe
Welsington Springs
Painter Roy Wilcox Dies. Gus Olaon Seriously Hurt
In Mttaburgh on June 16 a painter Roy Wilcox was killed and helper Gus Olaon seriously injured when a scaffold slipped from the seventh story of an East End apartment building. They were painting window sashes when the scaffold slipped and the fall struck the concrete sidewalk. Another worker, John Jones, lowered himself to a sixth floor window and escaped.
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Mttaburgh
Roy Wilcox
Gus Olaon
John Jones
Wilcox
Olson
Face to Face with John McE Bowman at the Biltmore hostels
Joe Mitchell Chapple profiles John McE Bowman, master mind behind six Biltmore hotels, from Toronto roots to New York leadership. Bowman shaped hotel culture and wartime food administration, stressing vigilance, goodwill, and lasting impressions as keys to hospitality success. He built Westchester Country Club, shaping a lasting hotel legacy across continents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Mitchell
Chapple
Holland House
Fifth Avenue
John Me
Bowman
Toronto
Canada
Ife
New York City
John McE
Lowman
John McE. Bowman
John McK. Bowman
United States Food Administration
Biltmore
Joe Mitchell Chapple
Th Hall of Fame
Mail Robbery Nets Bandit Gang $3,000,000
Chicago police and federal agents pursue a band of eleven robbers linked to a Thursday night mail train heist near Rondout Illinois. They report three women and seven men in custody with warrants issued for additional suspects and a hoped-for cache of roughly forty registered mail bags. Investigators say the stolen cash and negotiable securities exceed 3 million dollars, the largest railway mail robbery in history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rondout
Illinois
Morgan Collins
Paul Wade
Tulsa
Okla
Walter McComb
James Mahoney
Wayne
Martin Hughes
Hughes
Polle
A. J. Germer
Post Office
Federal Reserve Bank
City and
Federat
President Returns From Sunday Cruise Aboard Mayflower
President and Mrs. Coolidge returned from a weekend cruise aboard the Mayflower along the Potomac River to Chesapeake Bay. They were accompanied by several friends and passed along a calm summary of the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Huge Seizure of Drugs by Auto
New York, June 16. Drugs valued at more than 2 million dollars were seized last Saturday night on a truck off a Hoboken pier. H D Esterbrook said the raid uncovered an elaborate narcotics smuggling scheme hidden in scrub brush handles. Two men, Abraham Palowitz and Otto Anderson, both of New York, were arrested as cases were moved from the ship Pack. The seizure broke up a German syndicate that had smuggled over 5 million dollars in drugs into the United States in two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hoboken
New Jersey
H. D. Esterbrook
Treasury Department
United States
Roosevelt
Esterbrook
Treasury
Abraham Palowitz
Otto Anderson
Saute the
Seisure
Slemp Won’t Quit As Secy To President
Washington June 16 C Bascom Slemp secretary to President Coolidge announced in a formal statement before leaving for Cincinnati that he had not resigned and would continue actively assisting in the Republican national campaign The statement addressed persistent rumors of retirement due to a breach between Slemp and campaign manager William M Butler during the Cleveland convention last week Ohio
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
C. Bascom Slemp
Coolidge
Cincinnati
William M. Butler
Cleveland
Ohio
113th Engineers Meet in Fairmont Labor Day Gathering
The 113th Engineers from Indiana Kentucky and West Virginia plan a two meeting series starting Thursday evening at Charles Huhn Post Ameri can Legion hall to organize local participation in the annual Fairmont reunion on Labor Day. D W Fast reports Fairmont requests local aid and a June 22 trip to finalize plans. Old Company B joined the engineers in World War I, making a strong following with nearly 200 members in the area and Taylor county expected to be well represented at Labor Day.
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Mnette
Charles Huhn
American Legion Hall
113Th Engineers
Fairmont
D W. Fast
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Engineers Division
113Th
Taylor County
Indianapolis
Ind
Two Held in Brennan Case in Uptown Cabaret Shooting
New York June 14 two men charged with the fatal shooting of heavyweight boxer Bill Brennan were held without bail. The suspects, who gave false names Terrence O'Neil and Joseph Pioli, admitted their identities as James Hughes and Frank Rossi. State Trooper Cullen, Brennan’s ally, died from wounds suffered while trying to stop the escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bill Brennan
James Hughes
Frank Rossi
Terrence O'Neil
Joseph Pioli
Cullen
Brennan
U S Rifle Team Wins Olympic Meet in France
The United States Olympic rifle team clinched a victory at the international tournament in Rheims by 6284 points over Switzerland's 5184. The three day event highlights the U S team's dominance, with Swiss runner up. Local notes mention Mids Lovie Poe of Clarksburg visiting relatives on Bed Street and Mr and Mrs A R Smith of Glady Creek in the city for business. Ezra B Hanger of Terra Alta also in town for business matters.
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Rheims
France
United States
Olympic Rife
Switzerland
Mids Lovie Poe
Clarksburg
J. B. McCartney
Bed Street
A. R. Smith
Glady Creek
Ezra B. Hanger
Terra Alta
John W. Davis Emerges as Front Runner for Democratic Nomination
Democratic leaders gather in New York for the week of maneuvering before the national convention. John W. Davis, former ambassador to Great Britain, and Senator Ralston of Indiana loom large as possible standard bearers with Davis gaining broad southern and western delegate support and favored by West Virginia. Homer Cummings may head the resolutions committee drafting the party platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Homer Cummings
John W. Davis
Great Britain
Senator Ralston
Indiana
Mr. Davis
West Virginia
Ohio
Missouri
Farmer-Labor Party Not To Name Ticket
St Paul June 1 candidates for national offices will be nominated at the Farmer-Labor Progressive National Convention here starting Tuesday The arrangement committee chair William Mahoney of St Paul said the meeting will leave open to support Senator Robert M La Follette if he is endorsed for president at the Cleveland conference in July The convention will authorize endorsing La Follette or selecting another candidate if needed The threefold purpose includes ensuring a strong third party candidate a platform adoption and defining state activities The platform will call for government ownership of natural resources and transportation facilities civil rights and an end to wealth concentration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Minn
William Mahoney
St. Paul
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
Conference For Progressive Political Action
Cleveland
la Follette
Mahoney
Tetlow Takes Charge of DST District 17
Charleston West Virginia June 16 Percy Tetlow statistician for the United Mine Workers of America today assumed control of District 17, which covers most of the West Virginia coal fields. M Tetlow was named district president by John L Lewis and William Thompson of Fairmont was named secretary treasurer, with policy to align with lawful requirements to maintain harmony between employer and worker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Percy Tetlow
National Organization of the United Mine Workers of America
District 17
West Virginia
M. Tet
Ron
John L. Lewis
Willam Thompson
Fairmont
Indictments Nolle Pressed In Keeney Regime Case
Fayetteville West Virginia June 16 All indictments against C Frank Keeney former district president of United Mine Workers Fred Mooney district secretary treasurer and William Blizard sub district president in the 1921 armed march were nolle pressed by the state in circuit court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
W. Va
C. Frank Keeney
United Mine Workers
Fred Mooney
Keeney
William Blizard
Dead Bodies of Sailors Threatened in Morgue Raid
In San Pedro California on June 16 authorities guarded the morgue holding 48 sailors killed in last Saturday’s Mississippi explosion after threats of dynamiting the building were reported. The I W W accusation followed a raid on a radical meeting that left several injured as sailors and civilians clashed with attackers.
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San Pedro
Cal
U. S
Mississippi
Hollowell
Industrial Workers of the World
Mother Gives Birth to 22nd Child at 53 in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on June 16 Mrs. Martha Toombs, age 53, gave birth at the county hospital to an 11 pound girl, her 22nd child. She and her husband George describe a lifelong content home life with no doctor visits or cross words in 32 years of marriage, praising their children and marriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biltmore
Los Angeles
Atlanta
John McE. Bowman
Bimore
John McE
Bowman
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Sentinel
Martha Toombs
Clare
Young Slayers and Smart Alecks Riff in Leopold Loeb Case
Chicago June 17. Defense alienists say Leopold and Loeb are psychologically abnormal, arguing against hanging. State expert Dr. Krohn dismisses smart aleck as a trivial fault. defense continues intricate tests to be used at the August 4 trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Richard Loeb
Franks
William O. Krohn
College student-homeward notes and local visits
Miss Helen Rau returns from Otterbein College Westerville to spend summer with Mr and Mrs A Rau on Yates avenue. Robert Grimes returns to Clarksburg after a vacation at home in Grafton. Miss Margaret Shafer leaves Fairmont for Christiana Street. Angus Ferguson visits Fairmont yesterday. L D Boston of Fairmont visits Grafton Sunday.
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G. W. Reese
Fairmont
Edna Reese
George Lucas
Wade Lambert
Dana Beavers
Kingwood
O. F. Sterling
Yates Avenue
Miss Beavers
Fairmont Normal
Charles Sinsel
Rupert
Richard
Clarkaburg
Mary Onks
Pittsburgh
Charles Virta
Newburg
Grafton
Charles, Smith and Ruhl Catebank
Serra Alta
Daisy Moon
Newhare
E. H. Reppert
Flemington
Mintea Mary Pitzer
Lillian Squires
Miss Pitzer
R. L. Pitser
Helen Rau
Otterbein College
Westerville
Ohio
A. Rau
Robert Grimes
Clarksburg
Margaret Shafer
Christiana St
Angus Ferguson
L. D. Boston
John Irving Booth
John.n. Tregellas
West Washington
R. B. Madera
Ralph Madeira
Findley
Irene Vincent
N. F. Kendall
Maple
Quenue
Ray Shaw
Baltimore and Ohio
Newark
J. F. Bishop
Buckhannon
Mathilda Bryant
Ruth Squires
Cove Run
John Feeney
Clark
Rotary International Holds Canada Convention Fifteenth annual session opens in Toronto
Toronto Ontario June 11 Rotary International gathers delegates from around the world for its fifteenth annual convention the first ever in Canada. The four day meeting will elect officers and directors and hear reports on ethical practices in business and profession. Notable speakers include former Governor Frank C Lowden of Illinois and candidates for president Everett W Hill Harry Craddock and Frank H Lamb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Ont
Rotary International
Exposition Ark
Canada
United States
Edinburgh
Scotland
Frank C. Lowden
Illinois
Gang Boys
Rotary Club
Rotary
Everett W. Hill
Oklahoma City
Harry Bert Craddick
Minneapolis
Frank H. Lamb
Hoquiam
Washington
Chicago
Cleveland
Rio Dev Janeiro
Brazil
Gasoline price war agreement in Iowa collapses
In Iowa a reported agreement among gasoline dealers to curb price competition failed to materialize. By June 17 a Burlington note states gasoline was selling at thirteen cents a gallon, reflecting the ongoing price war.
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Burlington
Lows
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Mrs. Brown
Teven Story
Iss
Young Mee
Westchester Country Club
John Mee
Westchester-Biltmor Club
Mitchell Chapple
Milwaukee and St. Paul
James H. Watson
J. H. Wayne
Slemp
SECY
Butler
U.S
Farmer - Labor Party
LaFollette
Tetlow
Ummwofa
International Union
The
International Organization
W. W's
J. N. Chantman
Atarrh Sota
Ana
Visks
ILL. M. B
Iowa
Stag Surasti
Bennett & Son
West Main Street
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