West Virginia Brevities: Local Man in Critical Condition
Theodore Donaldson of Magentown is hospitalized at Davis Memorial with a fractured skull and severe burns after a crash on Western Maryland tracks between Filkins and Parsons Tuesday night. He is accompanied by Arnold Johnson of Norway, Michigan, and Waitney Carter of Parsons, who were traveling toward Beverly and stopped along the railroad.
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Theodore Donaldson
Magentown
Davis Memorial Hospital
Maryland
Filkins
Parsons
Arnold Johnson
Norway, Mich
Waitney Carter
New Parsons
Donaldson
Beverly
Fire and train collision claims life during sleep
A freight train incident near the railroad track left Donaldson with a severe skull fracture and extensive burns after being struck while asleep by a Western Maryland light engine and knocked into a fire. Witnesses reported the crew unaware of the collision as Johnson and Carter woke to the emergency.
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Carter
Donaldson
Erecting New Cabin at Jackson's Mill Camp
Work has begun on Randolph county’s log cottage at the state Four-H camp beside the Monongalia County cottage decided last Sunday. Under William McFarland of Camden-on-Gauley, volunteers start the one story structure with a large room. Plans aim to roof it this summer and Randolph County will finish its own headquarters at Jackson’s Mill. The project places Jackson’s Mill on track to house a sixth of West Virginia’s counties with permanent homes there.
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Randolph County
William McFarland
Camdenon-Gauley
Jackson's Mill
West Virginia
Grafton Social Guests and Local Visitors Tales
Mrs. William R. Wolfe and two children visit her father R. M. Brown in the First ward. Hubert Parrish travels to Gallipolis Ohio to see relatives. Miss Sylvia Burgess and sister Rose stay in Grafton a week. C L Dawson heads to Washington and Baltimore to visit kin, later joining Air Service friends in Warren. Lester Butler of Bellaire to Newton Field then West Point training. Newton Johnson of Clarksburg tours Grafton with friends. Mrs. David Knode shop visits. Whitlock and R C Jones visitors on west side. C V Gough and wife of Kenmore visiting with T C Gough. daughters Marion Gough, Jack Kent, and Mrs C R Martin also in town.
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Morgantown
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High Street
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Baltimore
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Texas
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Clarksburg
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Pruntytown
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R. C. Jones
West Side
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Kenmore
T. C. Gough
Marion Gough
Post Graduate Hospital
New York
Jack Kent
Boston
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Fairmont
While London Sleeps at Opera House Starring Rin-Tin-Tin
The Opera House opened the Warner Bros production While London Sleeps, a fast paced drama set in Limehouse with Rin-Tin-Tin as a loyal dog torn between his gang leader master and a police inspector’s daughter. Helene Costello leads with Walter Merrill. Kath leen Key appears in Irish Hearts.
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London Limehouse
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Hot Weather Comes With Vengeance Across Nation
Chicago reports a nationwide heat wave spreading from Phoenix to many cities. The thermometer reached 98 in Phoenix with 96 in Washington and 94 in Chicago and Minneapolis. Other readings included 90 in San Francisco and 86 in Rapid City as cooling patterns were not evident.
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Sugar Exports Rise in London Demand for U.S. Sugar
The Board of Trade reports a notable rise in American sugar demand in London. In the first quarter of 1927 the United Kingdom imported 124,424 hundredweight from the United States versus 36,851 in early 1926. A speaker calls the newspaper “a poor man's university,” with the editor noting some subscribers seem to be working their war.
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London
United Kingdom
United States
Blueville Hosts Noteworthy 20th Century Carnival
Large crowds visit the Blueville grounds as the 20th Century Shows carnival ends its run. The event features unusual exhibits praised by hundreds for quality and clean sport. Local attendees report better than average returns and prizes won at booths amid engaging wrestlers and glove artists.
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Blueville
Pont Neal Es
Five Day Stand Offers Special Shows on July Fourth
A five day stand will be split into two sections with one part for her and Sutton. Special shows on July 4 will close the local show with three or four surprise tyres promised tonight and tomorrow, offering not only sport but also spectacular entertainment according to the organizers.
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Sutton
Wil Bang
Calf Produces One Gallon Milk in Canyon Texas
A calf at West Texas State Teachers College in Canyon, Texas, reportedly yielded one gallon of milk per day. The unusual finding surfaced after a caretaker observed the calf nursing a younger calf and began an investigation.
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Canyon
Texas
Weat
Texas State Teachers
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