Alleged to be cause of general shooting at Brady mine
Morgantown June 19: a fiery clash at Brady ten miles south of Morgantown left one pin wounded and the Union hall burned. Four men arrested by Sheriff Yost say the fight began with a cross lit inside the settlement by a group calling itself the Regulators, triggering a battle between mine guards and miners amid open shop tensions.
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Morgantown
Union Hall
Brady
W. M. Yost
You
Brough
Union
A. Huber
Byrons
Posten
Democrats Seek Dark Horse Bid At New York Convention
New York readers watch the Democratic National Convention unfold with 18 000 seats at Madison Square Garden and about 86 delegates facing a two-thirds rule. The piece notes McAdoo and Smith as leading hopefuls, division over wets and drys, and the uncertain path to nomination amid multiple delegates and possible rule changes.
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Silas Bent
New York
Pires
Manhatttan
Wall Street
Bryan
Antha
Madison Square Garden
del Gates
Actal
Democratic Party
Calvin Coolidge
Dark Horse
Chicago
Franklin Pierce
Underwood
Roosevelt
McAdoo
Smith
Oie
James M. Cox
Ralston
Ferris
Jonathan M. Davin
Rovinao
John W. Davis
Ritchie de
Charles W. Br
Conmmings
Onset
Sainlsbury S
Wendrick Ao
Meadow
Wilson
Marshall
St. Louis
Wheeler
Intier
Estion
J Smith
Texas
Andrew Jackson
Martin van Buren
van Buren
Canny
Jackson
Stephen A. Douglas
Lincoln
Douglas
John C. Breckenridge
Kentucky
John Bell
Tennessee
Tacom
Lohd
Democratic Convention Stakes and the Two Thirds Rule
The piece surveys delegate selection methods and the impact of the two thirds rule on nominations, weighing McAdoo and Smith prospects, shifts in platform focus on corruption, tariffs, and prohibition, and the New York convention backdrop with figures like Smith and Tammany. It also outlines potential vice presidential contenders and the political dynamics shaping the 1924 Democratic ticket.
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Ce Blok
Smith
McAdoo
McjAdoo
Wiseacres
Horatio Seymour
General Grant
Wall Street
Money Trust
New York
Tammany Hall
Seymour
Mour
Blair
Father Knickerbocker
Madison| Square Garden
al Smith
Gates
Twelve Apostles
Urey
Ralston
Glass
Cummings
Davis
Cox
Sauuel M. Talston
Toi Tageart
Indiana
Coolidge
Svlt
Carter Glass
George White
Democratic National Committee
Cordell
All
Democratic National Organization
John W. Davis
New York City
James M. Cox
Ohio
County 6.0 P Ex Committee Is Organized
E F Clark reelected chairman of Taylor county Republican executive committee at a June 16 meeting. Mrs T W Engle elected secretary and P F Gillespie treasurer, formerly secretary. Eight names certified for November election ballots in Flemington and Boothscreek districts, including Byron Ross and Walter B Ledeh.
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E. F. Clark
Taylor County
Republican Executive Committee
T. W Engle
P. F. Gillespie
Gillespie
Ballo
J. Sidney Burdette
Flemington
Byron Ross
Justice of the Peace
Chilies Wraeze
Court House
Hobart
Lake
Grafton
Walter B. Ledeh
Earl C. DeMoss
Fred Kelley
Board of Education
Boothscreek
Addie Keener
Boothscroek
J. L. Patton
Bomb Aimed at Governor General of India Explodes
Three people were killed when an unidentified assailant threw a bomb at guests during a reception at the Victoria hotel in the foreign quarter. The attacker escaped, and the Governor General was unharmed.
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Gov. Gen
India
China
Victoria Hotel
Metin
No Reduction in Miners Pay Says J. Lewis
Indianapolis June 19 AP John L Lewis president of United Mine Workers pledges no wage cuts. He says strikes under Jacksonville agreement continue until settlements reached and wage levels held. Union says operators in other districts refuse to sign, causing wider strikes.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers’ of America
International Organization
West Virginia
Jacksonville
Keyser Woman Made Secretary State Home Missionary Society
Wheeling June 19 Mr. C B McDaniel Keyser was elected statistical secretary of the West Virginian Woman's Missionary Society of the United Lutheran churches in the forenoon session of the state convention here today. Misses Martha and Nell Shain who have been visiting Marguerite and Vance Kinney Parr street have returned to their home in Salem.
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Wheeling
C. B. McDaniel, Keyser
West Virginian Woman's Missionary Society of the United Lutheran Churches
Martha
Nell Shain
Marguerite
Vance Kinney
Parr Street
Salem
Hartsoook Dies After Typhoid Pneumonia Illness
Elmer Win don Hartsook, 51, longtime bookkeeper for Pugh-Waters Grocery, died at 8 15 am after a ten day bout with typhoid pneumonia. Born in Venton Ohio, he lived in Grafton about twenty years and is survived by his parents, a wife, two children Elmer Jr and Margaret Ruth, and six brothers and a sister. He previously worked in Terra Alta and came to Grafton in 1907.
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Elmer Windon Hartsook
Pugh-Waters, Co
Maple Avenue
Ile
Richard Hartsook
Fostoria
Venton
Ohio
West Virginia
Mountain State Business College
Terra Alta
Ihe Auffett & Lakin Department Store Company
Grafton
Pugh & Beavers Grocery Company
Pugh- Waters Company
Elmer W. Jr
Margaret Ruth
Sherman
William
Alfred
John Hartsooke
Walter Hartsoole
Columbus
Luther Hart- Book
Real Estate Deeds Reported In County Clerk Office
Four large deed transactions totaling 16100 were recorded this week. Louis Rauscher transferred Maple avenue lot 205 by 318 feet to John F. Rauscher for 7000. M A Lynch family sold jet corner of Center and Bailey streets East Rosemont for 3600 to Steve and Teresa Benisky on June 9. Dennis I Ramsey sold Knotts avenue plat lot 6 55 by 182 for 3500 to Archie N Bigby. Mary Yates deeded Lot 28 on Fetterman plat to Laura Virginia Lambert for 2000. dated June 14.
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Louis Rauscher
John F. Rauscher
Maple Avenue
M. A. Lynch
Steve
Teresa Benisky
Center and
Bailey Streets
East Rosemont
Dennis I Ramsey
Archie N. Bigby
Knotts Avenue
Mary Yates
Laura Virginia Lambert
Fetterman
New Governor Dismisses 147 Aides in Tsingtao
In Tsingtao June 19 Governor Kao En-hung launches a sweeping purge, dismissing 147 officials and advisers. The former leadership resists, while the police chief's resignation follows bribery ties to an opium fortune holder. Only D. T. Lin, American specialist in forestry and agriculture, remains.
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Tsingtao
China
Kao En-hung
Germany
Japan
Kao
Wallies
Thae Io
D. T. Lin
Forestry and Agriculture
Small Fire on Pearl Street Causes Minimal Damage
A cigarette stub likely started a small fire at the Hoff boarding house on Pearl street around 10 PM. Firemen extinguished it quickly with little damage to the hallway wardrobe area and surrounding home clothing. The fire chief urged motorists to keep streets clear near fires to avoid hindering hose deployment.
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Hoff
Pearl Street
Six Die as Auto Hits Lakeshore Interurban Wreck
In Ohio near Toledo three women a man and two children all Sandusky residents were killed when a Lakeshore Interurban Limited crashed into their car ten miles east of Toledo. Wreckage scattered along tracks for about two hundred yards with clothing stripped from four victims and witnesses saying bodies were thrown into the air.
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Toledo
Ohio
Lakeshore Interurban Limited
Sandusky
British Charge Will Quit Mexico Post Forthwith
June 19 British Prime Minister MacDonald announced in the House of Commons that arrangements have been made for the withdrawal of Herbert Cummins the British charge in Mexico City from Mexico. Mexican gov ernment ordered to expel Herbert Cummins the British agent was halted upon President Obregon’s arrival in Mexico City after talks with Foreign Minister Sagazz and fear Britain had ordered the withdrawal.
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Cummins
Mexico
City
Herbert Cammins
Bris
Pres. Obregon
Mexico City
Sagazz
Great Britain
Grafton Baseball Team Abandons Local Schedule
Graf ton unit manager Crowley announces no more baseball in Grafton this season. He cites losses on every home game and says the team will play away from home while keeping players organized. further games will be booked out-of-town while crowds are hoped to improve.
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Crowley
Grafton
Hlmaker
Te Aix Jous
Frisco Veterans Bureau Chief Cleared in Probe
Washington reports Director Hines of the Veterans Bureau approved the majority report exonerating Lewis Brant district manager of Francisco in the Bureau s 14th district. A minority report warned Brant failed to win beneficiary confidence and should be retired.
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Washington
Hines
Veterans All- Tea
Lewis Brant
Francisco
Bureau
Brant
Parachute Jump Near Dayton Ends Narrowly For Lt MacReady
Lieutenant John MacReady, a veteran flyer, narrowly escaped death when his plane burst into flames at about 1500 feet, forcing a parachute jump near Dayton, Ohio. The close call occurred during a late night cross country flight as authorities investigate the incident.
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McReady
D. Dayton
John MacReady
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