City Circus Show Brings New Acts and Training to Town
The circus arrives with Thompson at the lead and a mile long parade featuring brass bands and a Harding blue caliope. New acts showcase young animals trained for this season alongside seasoned performers. Clowns, human and animal, promise abundant entertainment as elephants perform the La Belle Fatima number and display the famous pachyderm band. The Huntington audience enjoyed the premiere amid a festive street pageant for thousands of children.
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Thompson
Huntington
Thieves Rob Local Store This Morning
Robbery occurred at F Friedman Sons clothing store on Main Street when thieves broke a rear window into the stock room. Fingerprints showed multiple intruders. fur caps and other goods were stolen, with value not estimated. Ben Poe noted the attempted entry at his own shop, but only the lower area was breached. The trap door remained locked, limiting theft to stock room items.
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F. Friedman Sons Man’s and Boys
Main Street
Ben Poe
Friedman
Poe
Simon Friedman
Village To Be Memorial To the Dead
Washington June 27 bel leau the small French village near Belleau Wood will be rebuilt by Americans as a memorial to those who fell in the 1918 battle. An American committee will have the names of every contributor inscribed in a book to be kept in the village hall while state by state lists honor the dead buried in Belleau Wood Cemetery. Prominent backers include President Harding General Pershing Secretary Weeks and the late Chief Justice White.
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Belleau
Bealleau Wood
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Marne
New Village
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Belleau Wood Cemetery
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Grafton Engine 2050 Runs Unmanned All Sunday
Locomotive 2050 crept along the track from Bentons Ferry to Collix with no train in tow. Officials said 2060, just out of Grafton shops, was tested to wear bearings and prevent overheating.
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Antrochtion
Fairmont
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Benton's Ferry
Collix
Nature Bathing Gets Gang Into The City Court
Five men three white two colored were arrested Sunday afternoon for bathing in the river near the West Side. They were fined five dollars and costs each in municipal court this morning after police retrieved them from the water. A separate case involved four colored men arrested yesterday in the yards playing poker with cards on the table and small change.
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West Side
West Virginia Has a Good Athletic Record
West Virginia University enjoyed an unusually strong 1920 21 athletics year according to H A Stansbury athletic director. WVU scored 2822 points to opponents 1651 in 114 events with four ties and several losses.
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War Virgina Cuiversity
H. A. Stansbury
University
West Va
West Virginia
Church Sentence Imposed On Boys
In Clarksburg West Virginia six Weston youths aged 16 to 22 percent began 90 day church sentences after being found guilty of disturbing the peace by singing a vocal concert past curfew. Each must attend a church every Sunday for three months and report to Mayor C J Harrison with details of services attended and perceived good done. The six named include Gidley Hall Arbogast Moore Kernes and John Doe.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Weston
C. J. Harrison
GR. Gidley
J. W. Hall
M. J. Arebogast
R. F. Moore
G. FP. Kernes
John Doe
Civic appeal voiced by local pastor in Grafton church
A Sunday sermon at the Presbyterian church urged civic welfare under Chamber of Commerce guidance. Rev. Beeman urged a model city built on righteousness, strong schools, anti gambling laws, Sabbath observance, and progressive business leadership, citing Nehemiah and Athens as contrasts. He urged community cooperation to improve labor, housing, sanitation, and education, highlighting Y M C A needs and a broader civic spirit.
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Presbyterian Church
Chamber of Commerce
Nehemiah
Mr. Beeman
Jerusalem
Athens
Rome
Grafton
Model City
Germany
Chambers of Commerce
Christ
Wells to Build New Home on Grafton Road Lots
W. T. Wells, a well known farmer near Prontytown, has purchased two valuable lots on the road between Grafton and the.
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W. T. Wells
Prontytown
Grafton
Park View Lot Purchases Lead To New Home Plan
A Park View section buyer, Mr. Wells, intends to build a two family style home with gas plant lighting and pipeless heater. The lots were bought from Roy G. Deffenbaugh for 425 dollars and construction will begin soon.
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City Park
Park View
Roy G. Deffenbaugh
Wells
Sugar price cuts cut to five cents per pound
NEW YORK June 27 The Federal Sugar Refining company announced another reduction of 10 points in the retail price of refined sugar to 5.038 cents per pound for fine granulated. This marks the lowest level in five years.
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New York
Federal Sugar Refining Company Today
Two Valley Falls Drowning Scare Ends With Rescue
In Fairmont West Virginia on June 27 two sisters Nora Ward 14 and Lillian Ward 12 were pulled from the deep pool below Valley Falls after being swept over the falls. Frank Austin and G R Redford reached them as undertow carried them over the brink, both girls saved with effort. Their father Thomas J Ward owns Ward Cement Block Works.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Valley Falls
Tygart’s Valley
Thomas J. Ward
Nora
Lillian
Frank Austin
Ward
G. R. Redford
Mr. Ward
Ward Cement
Fifth Street
Belt Line
Library To Be Started Next Month In New York
The cornerstone of the Louvain university library reconstruction will be laid in late July by Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler. Funded by American contributions totaling about 500000 dollars, the project involves leaders from Harvard Princeton and Columbia, plus J P Morgan and other prominent figures. Cardinal Morcier praised the plans as fitting the historic site and memorial intent.
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New York
Louvain University
Whitiney Warren
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Butler
Lowell
Harvard
Hibbon
Princeton University
J. P
Newbrary
Cardinal Morcier
America
Rippling Ribbon Skirt Captivates Atlantic City Boardwalk
Beachgoers in Atlantic City admire a new fashionable ukelele skirt described as a dreamy display of color and movement. The item trends amid a growing social buzz on the boardwalk, drawing attention from shoppers and fashion watchers alike.
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Atlantic City
N. J
June Beach
Consoras
Daring Beach Dames Stir Sabbath Peace
A fragment describes sea breezes and dancers on the beach provoking officials who enforce bathing-suit laws. Tension rises as a stern jury considers intervention to preserve Sabbath order while beachgoers resist.
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Stern
Wage trim extends to nearly all large railroads
The United States railroad labor board extended its wage reduction order effective July 1 to nearly every large railroad in the country. The decision covers 210 railroads and includes all employee classes named for each road, with marine workers adjusted differently.
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Board
Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
Railroad Board
Budget Plan Tops Big Meeting With Officials
President Harding will preside over a conference Wednesday afternoon on preparing expenditure estimates for Congress. Charles G. Dawes, director of the budget, called in all executive secretaries, heads of commissions, bureau chiefs, and department clerks for this preliminary step toward coordinating national government spending.
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Harding
Congress
Charles G. Dawes
Executive Department
Dawes
Labor Program Is Worked Upon In Denver Meeting
In Denver on June 27 the executive council of the American Federation of Labor discussed immediate action on the 1921 labor program. The council, convened at the order of President Gompers, reviewed resolutions and declarations from the federation's forty-first convention concluded last Saturday.
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Denver
Col
Executive Council
The
American ‘Federation
OM Labor
Gompers
Federation
Stillman Divorce Case Testimony Mention Paternity
Dr. H Russel osteopath testified in New York on June 27 that Mrs Stillman confided her husband was not Guy Stillman’s father a claim tied to the divorce case. Defense sought to strike the testimony as records were questioned by the referee and attorney for Mrs Stillman noted notification.
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N.Y
H. Russel
A. Stillman
Anna Stilman
Russel
Kingwood Coal Mine Taken By New Concern
FAIRMONT West Virginia June 27 The Eastern Coal Company of Cumberland Maryland announces purchase of the Mary mining plant of the Mary Coal Company at Kingwood Preston county. Consideration was 50000 The new owners will take charge immediately and have arranged to put the plant into operation Monday after a several weeks shut down The plant includes a tract of 125 acres of the Bakers town vein and adjoins the Cheat Mountain mine which the Eastern Company purchased recently The company is composed of Cumberland men and capitalized at 1000000 It is understood it is negotiating for the purchase of five or all other mining plants in the Kingwood section which when purchased will make the company one of the largest independent operating concerns in the state
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Fairmont
W. Va
Eastern Coal Company
Cumberland
Mary
The
Mary Coal Company
Kingwood
Preston County
Bakerstown
Cheat Mountain
Eastern Company
Funeral Held For Dead Hero Near Fairmont
Funeral services for Arlie Haught the first Marion County World War II casualty held at Barnettville road home to church. Color guard and firing squad led by Sergeant Okey Hawkins. ministers presided. Community mourns as body returns from France.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Barnettaville
France
Arlie Haught
Marion County
Okey Hawkins
Reerend R. L. Maness
J. D. Hall
Clarksburg
I. 8. Tyler
Fairview
Weather forecast predicts hot spell with scattered storms
Washington DC forecast June 1 to July 2 calls for above normal temperatures across North and Middle States with generally fair weather and scattered thunder showers. Ohio Valley and Tennessee expect above normal warmth with partly cloudy skies and scattered storms. Great Lakes region to be above normal with partly cloudy conditions and more thunder showers.
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Washington
D. C
North
Middle Soales
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Great Lakes
Daughters of Mr and Mrs Mathews Die This Afternoon
Nellie Kathryn Matthews the 2 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Elle Mathews of First Street died at 1 30 pm after illness of cholera infantum. Survived by parents a brother and five sisters Russell Mildred Evelyn Doris Gertrude and Ruth funeral arrangements not yet set.
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Nellie Kathryn Matthews
Elle Matthewn
Russel
Mil_ dred
Evelyn
Doris
Gertrude
Ruth
Two drivers arrested for speeding on Pruntytown pike
County trade officer J L Proctor arrested F W Herschel of Newburg and Howard Alexander of Ville for speeding on the Pruntytown pike toward Grafton. Herschel's car was clocked between 45 and 60 mph as he pursued a joy ride from Fairmont with friends, leading to a $25,600 fine after a traffic stop in Fetterman.
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J. L. Proctor
F. W. Herschel
Newburg
Pruntytown Pike
Grafton
Omecer Proctor
Pruntytown “Speedway
Herschel
Fairmont
Pruntytown
Officer Proctor
Mr. Herschel
Fetterman
Hersehel
Squire C. W. McCafferty
Howard Alexander
Ville
Atreeze
Iti
Trustees claim control after Spy's death affecting family income
The text claims trustees will control the business for years after Spy's death, with his son and daughter and all family income, while no definite provision for Mrs Snyder’s income or other family members is noted.
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Spy
Snyder
Chauffeur License Law Alert In Wheeling Arrest Report
A local driver was arrested for chauffeur license violations under post war road law changes. The case involves a man who paid another driver to take the license exam in Wheeling, with a pending prosecution after a hearing before Laurie H. McCafferty. State road officials expect stricter enforcement after the new year as drivers without proper licenses face required examinations. local traffic officers may be appointed to enforce the law. In other items, John [surname unclear] Hay died by drowning in the Ohio River, a year-old child of Mr and Mrs Hilton, with further details incomplete.
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Laurie
H. McCafferty
Ihan
Anothe
Elf
Arytion
Oll
Lcense
Whitey
State Raj Commission
Chanter
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Second Presbyterian Church
Aska
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Thor
Ted
Chamber of Deputies
Sacramento
Cal
Harold Page
Union City
Mich
Joseph ‘Weatherby
Fort Davis
Here
Visilla
Dublin
Milltown
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Washington, D. C
Federal Farm Loan Banks
Senate
House
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Pittsburgh
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Ad K Staly di
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Joby
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