Grafton Social Notes Report Quiet June Wed
Cordie Weaver wed Claude E. Gough in a quiet Sunday ceremony near the city. Plans for their future home are not definite but they will live near Grafton while the groom works for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Various social items note charity balls, clubs, and engagements in the area with details on events, attendees, and dates.
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Caverssough
J. R. Fweaver
Cordie Weaver
Claude E. Gough
F. A. Gough
Grafton
Napier
Arden
Bny the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
They Prey Upon the Innocents
A citywide warning exposed deceptive soft drink practices toward children. It contrasts Orange Crush with cheap imitations using imitation extracts. The piece urges mothers to teach children to demand Orange Crush in Krinkly Bottles, asserting the drink contains real orange juice and pure ingredients.
Love Drug Company Incorporation Authorized by State
State secretary George Sharp issued a certificate dated June 3 to Love Drug Company with $215,000 capitalization and 210 shares at $100 par. Incorporators include Gene W. Ford Ada Haldeman Ford Herman Potts Louise Potts and W Merle Watkins each holding one share. The business was recently sold to Gene W. Ford for an undisclosed amount, Potts remaining active head. former owners were Herman L. Potts Carl G. Lowe and Mrs. French Helms.
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Love Drug Company
George Sharp
Secreary
Gene W. Ford
Ada Haldeman Ford
Herman ‘Potts
Louise Goudy Potts
Women Help Restore 200 Year Old Fort Niagara Hall
The Abigail Filmore chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will furnish the new entrance hall of the 200 year old Fort Niagara, now being restored. The furniture will be of the Colonial period.
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Youngstown, N
Abigail Filmore
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Fort Niagara
Maine Uni honors pole vault captain in intercollegiate win
Orone Me Roy C Hobson captain of the University of Maine track team won first honors in the pole vault helping the college secure its first intercollegiate recognition. Congress appropriated 15000 dollars for exterior repairs to be done by the War Department with Fort Niagara authorities cooperating.
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Congress
War Department
Fort Niagara
Orone
Roy C. Hobson
University of Maine
Hobson Leads Bowdoin to New England Meet Victory
Hobson and three teammates won the New England Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship for their university, a first in 28 years. Hobson set a 12 feet 3 inches mark at the meet after a 12 feet 1 4 inch record the prior week in the state meet. Bowdoin finished second as Maine led 24 to 21.
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New England Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Hobson
New England
Bowdoin
Entertaining College
Maine
Birthrate in West Virginia 1926 Census Report
The 1926 birth rate in West Virginia fell 1.4 percent from 1925 while deaths totaled 43 936 with 3 595 deaths in infancy. Huntington led births at 1 681 and Wheeling led deaths at 948, with Charleston and Wheeling among top infant fatalities. Nationally, 1926 birth rates dropped in 26 of 28 states. Montana had the lowest rate and Florida the highest.
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West Virginia
Department of ,Commerce
Bureau of the Census
Washington
Bluefield
Charleston
Clarksburg
Fairmont
Huntington
Martinsburg
Morgantown
Moundsville
Parkersburg
Wheeling
Infants Die Rates Shift Across States 1925 to 1926
The 1926 death rate peaks in Florida at 15.3 per 1 000, while Montana is lowest at 7.8. 1926 infant mortality generally higher than 1925 with 21 of 24 states rising. Delaware shows highest infant rate at 92.8, Oregon lowest at 51.6. City data cover 48 large cities. 27 saw higher 1926 rates, Richmond Virginia highest at 207.4 and Portland Oregon lowest at 33.7.
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Florida
Montana
Delaware
Oregon
Richmond
Portland
Summer Arrives Under Generally Fair Skies
Chicago reports today marks the official start of summer at the solstice with the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. Despite the change, the weather will feel unchanged for about a week as frosts and freezes are not anticipated.
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Chicago
Smuggling Plot Unfolds on Coast Ties Judge to Arms Ring
Federal investigators probe four men charged with conspiring to smuggle millions of dollars worth of guns and ammunition into Mexico. The group, tied to a California judge and ship owners, allegedly moved a $2,000,000 arms shipment past the border. Captain Andrew Olsen of the schooner Prospector was arrested near the dock where the contraband was offloaded.
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Los Angeles
Mexico
California
Southern
Republic
Andrew Olsen
Prospector
Motor Designer Photo in New York of Wright Whirlwind
A photograph from New York features Charles Lawrence, designer of the Wright Whirlwind sir cooled motor, whose engine powered transatlantic aircraft with Lindbergh Chamberlin and Byrd. The design is hailed as a leading recent advance in aeronautical engineering.
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New York
Charles Lawrence
Lindbergh
Chamberlin
Byrd
Earthquake in Chinese Province Reported
London dispatches from Shanghai report a May 23 earthquake in Liang Chow northern Kansu near Mongolia. The chief magistrate and many were killed and the city towers gates and two pagodas 2,000 years old were demolished. The region had a 1920 quake that killed over 100,000.
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London
Liang Chow
Kansu
Shanghai
Daily Mail
Lutheran Delegates Attend Missionary Conference
Mrs. M. J. Kinney of East Main street and Mrs. John Keefe of St. John street left today for Wheeling to attend the missionary conference opening soon there. The ladies were sent as delegates from the Lutheran church.
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M. J. Kinney
East Main Street
John Keefe
St. John Street
Wheeling
Lutheran Church
Rude Interruption Delays Noticed Hanging of Wet Paint
The fragment shows a hurried interruption as a person tries to finish a notice about wet paint. The readable lines reveal an implied public display or warning paused mid action, reflecting a hurried municipal or property notice.
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