Newburg Young People Enjoy Moon Picnic
Newburg on June 28 hosted a moon picnic by local youths at the Hofera da sore cae deme. The event featured bonfire games and refreshments under chaperones including Mr. Jessie Wright and Archie M. Several residents such as Ellon Renshaw Genevieve Wolfe Flowbelle Fromhart Thelma Engle Mabel Burke Thelma Cassaday Leo Broderick Or ey Shay Joe Shatferman Carl Silcott James Poulson James Annan Wilbur Fromhart Kenneth Laren James Ranshaw and Robert Ball attended.
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Newburg
Hofera da Sore Cae Deme
Essie Wright
Archie M
Ellon Renshaw
Nellie Stuck
Genevieve Wolfe
Flowbelle Fromhart
Thelma Engle
Mabel Burke
Thelma Cassaday
Leo Broderick
Orey Shay
Joe Sha
Grafton Shoppers and Visitors Reported During Week
Friday and Saturday saw multiple residents and visitors in town. Magella left for Keyser to visit relatives. others shopped in Grafton including Mrs. Plummer, Mrs. Shrader, Mrs. Definbaugh, Rev. Dotson, and Miss Wilkins. Visitors from Maryland, Pittsburgh, Akron, Tunnelton, Evansville, and Fellowsville were noted among the local social rounds.
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F. C. Fortney
Dr. Fortney
8. C. Fortney
R. W. Patterson
Washington, D. C
Ardith
Arreta Shuttlesworth
Victor Lucas
Morgantown
J. N. Berthy
Cowan
Ill
A. B. Vanzant
Queen of
Inez Wilkins
Joe Kelley
E. Lewis
MacHenry
Carl Saunders
Baby Helen
Pittsburgh
John Geldbaugh
Junior Shaffer
Tunnelton
Abbi Tompson
Akron
Women Join Jail Storming in Beaumont Lynching Attempt
A mob of about a hundred, including several women, tried to storm the Jefferson county jail to seize Rainey Williams, a 39 year old Black man who had confessed to eight attacks on Port Arthur white women. Police used tear gas and water hoses. the mob retreated after two hours with a rope trailing from a car.
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Beaumont
Tex
Jefferson County
Rainey Williams
Port Arthur
Williams
Enhanment
Porter Rites Set Monday for Porter
The body of Congressman Stephen G. Porter rests in a plain casket at his brother L. K. Porter’s home in Emsworth. Funeral next Monday with Pennsylvania delegation as honorary pallbearers. President Hoover sent condolences. Also noted is a 20 million year old petrified forest in Arizona to be put under government control.
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Pittsburgh
Stephen G. Porter
L. K
Emsworth
Pennsylvania
Highwood Cemetery
Common Pleas Court
Porter
Hoover
Baron
Arizona
State Briefs: WV News Roundup From AP
AP State Briefs report a Columbus steel worker dies in a 40 foot fall. Reynoldsburg liquor seller jailed six months. Morasky of Moundsville dies in bout from head impact not from opponent. AG tackles voter registration date muddle. Welch bank embezzlement charges against four officials. Miss Hattie Stein seeks Republican seat in sixth district. Former Gov Morgan travels to Fairmont over WV senate bid. Death by own action verdict in hotel shooting of Joe Miller. Ambrose Ellis sentenced four years for parole violation. Shaffer of Grafton and Luther League officers install at candle light service.
Revival Ends At Parkview Church With Lula Kell
Evangelistic services at Nazarene church Parkview conclude Sunday night led by evangelist Lula Kell of Akron. Miss Dora Gell contralto and Miss Lallian Haan soprano provide special music at each service.
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Nazarene Church
Parkview
Lula Kell
Akron
Dora Gell
Miun Lallian
Haan Bring
Mining magnate Colonel William Boyce Thompson dies at 61
Yonkers New York June 28 Colonel William Boyce Thompson a mining magnate and philanthropist died at his home of pneumonia after four years of inactivity following a stroke. He directed mining in Montana Africa and Texas Sulphur interests and sat on the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Thompson served as presidential elector in 1912 and as a delegate to Republican national conventions in 1916 and 1920. He was envoy to Peru for its centennial and advised American arms control talks.
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Yonkers
N. Y
William Boyce Thompson
Montana
Africa
Texas
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Wall Street
Virginia City
Mont
Roosevelt
Harding
Peru
Road Opened Between Harpers Ferry and Winchester
The Virginia Highway Commission announced the road between Harpers Ferry and Winchester is open to traffic. The Terryville end of the birchway is expected to be open by July 4.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Virginia Highway Commission
Harpers Fry
Chalee Town
Winchester
Tereyville
Governor Dingley Strikes Submerged Object Off Machias
The steamship Governor Dingley reported a collision with a submerged object off Machias Maine damaging the propeller wheel. Captain J W Ingalls said the vessel anchored and passengers were safe. The ship, with about 300 aboard, would be towed to Eastport Maine for further inspection.
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Boston
Governor Dingley
Machias
J.W. Ingalls
Eastport
Caldwell Denies Insurance Holding Plans In Nashville
Rogers Caldwell, head of Caldwell and Company, denounces a St. Louis report that he and William R. Daly are considering forming a 250 million dollar insurance holding corporation. He calls the report premature and indecorous. The statement was issued from Nashville, Pennsylvania, on June 28.
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Nashville
Penn
Rogers Caldwell
Caldwell and Company
St. Louis
William R. Daly
Cleveland
Tlis and Company
Smiling Pathé Star Eddie Quillen Plays Night Work
Eddie Quillen, a popular young SMILING PATHÉ star, appears in his first seller role in a sialoges comedy titled Night Work. The piece notes his rising appeal and the film's light humor within Pathé productions.
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Eddie Quillen
Sialoges
Dunlap Wins Intercollegiate Golf Championship
George T. Dunlap Jr of East Orange New Jersey and Princeton defeated Lawrence Moller of Notre Dame to win the Intercollegiate Golf Championship of America in Oakmont Pennsylvania. A 16 year old automobile with 145000 miles has been added to Henry Vord's museum.
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Oakmont
George T. Dunlap
East Orange
N. J
Princeton
Lawrence Moller
Notre Dame
Henry Vord
Woman to recover from copperhead bites in Wheeling
Emma Johnson, 18, of Powhatan Ohio, was bitten six times by copperhead snakes on Thursday. Her doctor said she will recover after a serum from Philadelphia arrived by air and was administered to help save her life.
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Wheeling
Emma Johnson
Powhatan
Ohio
B. F. Mowry
Philadelphia
Savig
Schroder Taken To Site Of Charred Body Discovery
Indianapolis dispatch reports H. Schroeder of Mobile Alabama was taken to a secluded spot where the charred body of a man was found May 1. Authorities conducted searches and investigations at the scene seeking clues about the death.
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Schroder
Indianapolis
H., Schroeder
Mobile
Ala
Schroeder
Old hard fist tactics favored by new Chicago police heads
In Chicago the new police leadership backs old‑school methods. Commissioner John H. Alcock and Chief of Detectives John W. Norton pledge a return to street presence, shoe leather policing, and three times as many officers on patrol to deter crime.
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Chicago
John H. Alcock
John W. Norton
Alcock
Ireland
Man Boy
William’ Russall
Alferd Lingle
The
Hee
Jare
Force
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