Annual Barbour county singing set for August 26
Philippi June 23 The annual Barbour county singing school convention which usually attracts over two thousand persons will be held on Sunday August 26 this year announced by A C Wilson of Nestorville president of the corn organization The location will be announced later He urges every church in the county to send a choir to the meeting Enters School Mrs A G Waddell and daughter Louise of Main Street Phil Apps and Miss Dorothy Newman of Maundeville left for Staunton Virginia to enroll at Mary Baldwin school for girls for the coming year They will return Tuesday Mrs Filva Murphy wife of Dr B Murphy formerly of this city and her little daughter Frankiete of Akron Ohio are visiting at the home of Mrs Murphy s parents Over thirty members of the local Kiwanis Club with their wives and friends left for Laurel Mountain to join the Belington club for a meeting at the summer home of J A Harrell of South Main Street Philippi.
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John C. Carpenter
Philippi
Barbour County
Singing School
A. C. Wilson
Nestorville
Corn Organization
Wilson
A. G. Waddell
Louise
Main Street
Phil Apps
Dorothy Newman
Maundeville
Staunton
Virginia
Waddell
Kiwanis Club
Laurel Mountain
Belington Club
J. A. Harrell
South Main Street
Week's Weather Forecast for Ohio Valley and Tennessee
For the week beginning Monday in Ohio Valley and Tennessee scattered thundershowers will start the week. Showers become more general by Wednesday or Thursday with cooler conditions early on, then warmer later in the week.
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Ohio Valley
Tennessee
High Wind Storm Causes Minor City Damage
A strong wind and heavy rain struck the city around 7 30 last evening and caused only slight damage. Mayor Charles O King said a poplar tree on West Main near the Methodist Episcopal church broke West Penn lines and a Denney avenue telephone pole fell. City lights were shut off in the First Ward and West Side from about 8 30 to 10 30 for safety during repairs.
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Charles O. King
West Main Street
Methodist Episcopal Church
West Penn
Denney Avenue
First Ward
Lutherans of City Plan to Attend Meet at Jackson's Mill
Lutherans from the city prepare for Luther Week at Jackson's Mill opening Monday June 25. Delegates include Rev E F K Roof pastor of St Pauls and president of the Lutheran district conference. Miss Dorothy Nye presides at the Luther League convention Tuesday to Friday with Miss Lucille Grannenman as life service secretary. The Bible drama The Sacrifice will be staged Friday night with Rev Roof as Abraham and Mrs Roof as Satan.
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Lutheran Week
Jackson's Mill
West
Virgin
Synod of the
United Lutheran Church
Women’s Missionary Societies
Grafton
E. F. K. Roof
St. Paul's
Synodical Committee
Nye
Dorothy Nye
Synodical Luther League of Young People’s Societies
Lucille Grenneman
League
Synodical Women’s Missionary Society
Katherine Koelz
George E. Granneman
Lutheran Brotherhoods of
West Virginia
Western Maryland
Synodical Brotherhood
Bess Robey
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
David Kinsler
Evelyn Wittman
Luther League
Frederika Donaldson
Missionary Society
William F. Manley
Jackson’s Mill
Rev. Roof
Abraham
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The report notes calls to retain him amid strong support and declares charges unfounded. Local authorities frame the matter as resolved with no actionable charges, citing solid public backing and the need to maintain stability.
County Industrialized Taylor County Welfare Reform
The speaker outlined changes in Taylor County's industrial classification affecting welfare payments. Rural areas previously paid in kind will receive cash. Stillman urged pushing the rehabilitation program to reduce relief burden and ensure thorough case investigation. He noted monthly relief grants, including labor, direct relief, and personnel, would be about 27,500 for the remainder of summer.
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Day
Taylor County
Stillman
Aged county citizen Samuel Norris dies at 73
Samuel Norris, 73, of Pleasant Creek, died at home after a five month illness. He was a son of Wilmer and Eva Norris and lived in West Hill for 3p years. He attended West Hill Methodist Episcopal church. Survived by widow Sarah and six children Okey Denzel Sheba Dorsey Bessie Noah, all at home or in Zanesville, plus three sisters Catherine Amy Rush Elizabeth Shipman of Zanesville. Funeral at Mt View cemetery Sunday at 2:00 p.m. with Rev Fred DeCost officiating. Bartlett Funeral Company in charge.
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Samuel Norris
Pleasant Creek
Wilmer
Eva Collins Norris
West Hill
Noah Norris
Zanesville
Catherine Norris
Amy Rush
Elizabeth Shipman
Mt. View
Fred DeCost
Bartlett Funeral Company
Buffalo Man Fined for Traffic Violation
Russell B. DePoe of Buffalo Y was fined five dollars and costs after arraignment before Magistrate Ona C. Jefferys on a traffic charge. He drove a motor truck used to transport cars with a nonoriginal gasoline tank connected to supply gas, violating state law. Trooper W. G. Wamsley arrested him.
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Russell B. DePoe
Buffalo, Y
Ona C. Jefferys
DePoe
W. G. Wamsley
Valley Falls plans eyed to draw tourists
Valley Falls continues detailing a project started by Capt. W. H. Arnold to establish a transient camp and improve roadways to the falls. Officials discussed plans that, if implemented, could bring hundreds of tourists to the region, according to Mr. Beehler.
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Beehler
W. H. Arnold
Long Missing Woman Found in Texas City
Sibyl Fidanque a 39 year old San Jose radio entertainer was found in a Texas City hotel after missing since June 16. She described a kidnapping by a man and a woman who forced her into a car, drugged her, and dyed her hair, and recalling a claim of a murder linked to them. Her 19 year old son Jack hurried from California to be with her.
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EL Paso
Tex
Sibyl Fidanque
San Jose
Cal
Jack
California
Fidanque
Panama Canal Zone
Maizie
Jim
Chief Henderson Searches Washington for Missing Teen
Chief Wallace N. Henderson traveled to Washington D C in a renewed effort to locate 16 year old Sarah Mason, daughter of Mrs Cecil Mason of West Boyd Street, who vanished after leaving Grafton High School on May 16. Police traced her to U S Route 50 before she left the area. Washington police found no trace. A warrant was issued for her arrest by Judge Herbert W. Dent, and a $100 reward was offered for information leading to her whereabouts.
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Wallace N. Henderson
Washinston
D. C
Sarah Mason
Cecil Mason
West Boyd Street
National Capital
Miss Mason
Grafton High School
Mason
Henderson
Washington
Herbert W. Dent
Circuit Court
Trial of Wilhelm a constable over missing funds
Trial of W A Wilhelm, former constable on a misdemeanor charge of failing to make proper returns on an execution, heard by Magistrate Ona C Jefferys. The case involves $68 collected for Mrs Blanche Dalton, with $500 alleged to have been improperly accounted for, leading to arrest after a complaint by Mrs Dalton. Attorneys J Guy Allender for the plaintiff and W F Samples for Wilhelm.
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W. A Wilhelm
Ona C. Jefferys
P. Mayle
Blanche Dalton
Wilhelm
Grafton
Calf With Two Mouths Has Complex Existence
Spokane reports a six week old calf owned by Nels Nelson with two fully formed mouths. It uses both mouths to eat hay, while milk is drawn from one, and it emits a bawl that seems to come from both throats. Weighing eighty pounds, the animal appears healthy and well.
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Spokane
Nels Nelson
Bothi
Baruch Urges No Profits for Industry in Wartime
Baruch, financier and WWI Industries Board chairman, urged complete government control of all wartime industries. He called for elimination of profiteering, government seizure of excess profits, and federal control of prices goods rents wages and services tied to war efforts.
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Washington
Bernard M. Baruch
World War Industries Board
Army Industrial College
Baruch
Germany Considers Reply to Great Britain Offer
Berlin is weighing a response to Britain's invitation to discuss German debt payments. Official circles focus on who should represent Germany, with options including H. J. Almary Schacht or other leading figures acting on their own authority.
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Germany
Great Britain
Berlin
Reich
H. J. Almary Schacht
Reichsbank
Abduction Tale From Drugged Woman in Decatur
Laura Ellis, 49, beauty shop operator, told doctors at Decatur hospital she was abducted by three men after leaving a labor meeting in Kansas City. She recalled nothing of the incident until she was dumped from a truck and found semi conscious with shock.
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Decatur
Atory
Kansas City
Laura Ellis
Mrs Maggie Stanton Breaks Leg in Fall
Mrs Maggie Stanton suffered a fracture of her left leg in a fall at home on the side. She was taken to City hospital where doctors report she is resting well. The fracture was reduced by D C Peck.
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Maggie Stanton
Newburg Youth Hurt When Panel Gives Way
Newburg on June 23 a porch bannister panel on an unused building near the home of Richard Frang adopted son of Mr and Mrs Alan Rugg swung loose as he played and struck him causing bruises to his arms.
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Newburg
Sune
Richard
Frang
Alan Rugg
Typhoid Traced to Stockyards Fire in Chicago
Dr Herman N Bundensen president of the Chicago Board of Health traced the typhoid fever outbreak to the stockyards blaze. The fire caused one death, that of Edward Donlan son of a fire department captain, and at least twenty six people were stricken with severe exposure at the scene.
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Chicago
Herman N. Bundensen
Chicago Board of Health
Edward Donlan
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