Garden Plans Contest At Cleveland Flower Show
A flower garden contest is planned for the week ending March and starting April at Cleveland's annual flower show. Participants request a miniature model of a single or suburban home to submit along with garden plans including surrounding lawns and hedges and there are prizes for the loveliest models. Garden clubs grow popular and ideal yards may rival estates as readers are urged to cultivate plants and enjoy the satisfaction of gardening.
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Cleveland
Flower Show
The Fortunate Class And Its Complex Joys
The piece argues that the moderately well to do enjoy more happiness than the very rich or very poor. Forbes notes that wealth often costs health or time, while the poor face material limits. The savored balance comes to those who earn modest comfort and family steadiness, avoiding extreme fortunes.
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B. C. Forbes
Solomon
Whiskers Recalled as Power Symbol by Pritish MP
Arthur Ponsonby urges young men to grow beards to reclaim influence over women. He laments whiskerless youths dominated by girls in cafes and restaurants, arguing facial hair signals virility. He contrasts old and new manners, claiming whiskers would improve masculine presence.
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Arthur Ponsonby
Pritish
Children and Money and Our Disappearing Forests
A reflection contrasts a child’s indifference to a dime with a boy pleased to have 35.00 to spend, highlighting lavish youth. The piece then warns that New England timber is heavily depleted, urges government land purchases and reforestation, cites sparse replanting and high fire losses, and notes state efforts including Pennsylvania and Michigan to restore forests through policy and research.
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Ohio Society
New York
Davy
New England
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
South
Pittsburgh Gazette-Times
National Forest Service
Mich |Isan
Senate
Pepper
Milady's Shoes Pinch Toes Of Near East Girls
Washington reports that American women were urged not to donate old shoes to Near East relief as they are too small. H. C. Jacquith, head of American refugee work in Greece, told a Near East Relief meeting that unless styles change the donated footwear cannot fit refugee women, likening them to Cinderella.
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Washington
Near East Reliet
H. C. Jacquith
Greece
Near East
Pet dog hero saves six in Carnegie fire dies in flames
A pet dog woke six occupants of a two story Carnegie undertaking shop owned by George F. Hackins, allowing all to escape before the animal perished. Fire caused about 5100,000 damage. Firemen failed to recover a mummified woman's body stored by the undertaker for 15 years.
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Pittsburgh
George F. Hackins
Carnegie
Hackins
Trio acquitted in federal fraud case over stock market mailings
A federal jury acquitted Charles A. Stoneham Ross I Robertson and Elmer D Dies on charges they used the government mails to defraud stock investors. The verdicts, reached after 10 hours and opened in federal court, leave Stoneham facing related perjury charges connected to testimony in a bankrupt firm case.
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New York
Charles A. Stoneham
Ross I. Robertson
Elmer D. Dies
Winslow
Stoneham
Cuba
Edward M. Fuller & Company
Giants
Charlee A. Stoneham
Horace A. Stoneham
Ross F. Robertson
Leo J. Bondy
Elmore D. Dier
BE. D . Dier & Company
Fred Andrews
Bernard A. Andrews
August F. Stroh
Dier
Dier & Company
Hughes & Dier
Bondy
Hernard
Andrews
Horace Stoneham
Stroh
Prince of Wales pays dues to pressmen union
New York February 27 The New York Newspaper Pressman's Union spared suspending its star member Prince of Wales by a $7 payment representing two months dues. The union rules provide for such action and details follow.
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New York
Pressman's Union
Prince of Wales
Member Dues Prompt Suspension For Wales
The record notes a member named Wales who paid dues late, triggering a grace period ending Saturday. If he had not paid, suspension would have barred him from union participation. Wales joined the union last summer and paid dues in advance through January 1.
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Wales
Edge Mary Defies Judge and Faces County Jail
Mary Mary asserts defiance to the judge, declaring he may fine her or imprison her indefinitely, stating she does not care about amounts or durations. She ends up in the county jail.
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Ant Mary
Jedge
County
Bastile
Rich clubman denies he set price on head of rich woman
San Francisco February 27 Washington police pursue claims that Richard Hotaling offered 3300 to Reed Reels and Lou Madison to kill his sister in law Mrs Fred Hotaling. Ralph King, a former Hawaii policeman, sparked the probe by saying Hotaling planned the murder after a dispute over his estate. Madison confessed he and Reels accepted funds but denies intent. Hotaling denies all allegations.
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San Francisco
Ralph P. King
Hawaii
Richard
Dick) Hotaling
Fred Hotaling
al Reels
Reels
King
Hotaling
Wred Hotaling
Lou Madison
Madison
Heels
Julian Fleming Founder of New Dominion Dies at 72
Julian E. Fleming, 72, founder and longtime editor and publisher of The New Dominion, died after a long illness in St. Petersburg, Florida. His body will be brought to Morgantown for burial. funeral plans await his arrival. Fleming helped develop Morgantown’s business and built the city’s early eight story “egggraper” building that housed the newspaper.
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Ntown
Julian E. Fleming
The
New Dominion
St. Petersburg
Florida
Morgantown
Fleming
Youths Receive Two Year Larceny Sentences
Huntington report states Byron Hood, 18, and R. H. Pos, 22, were found guilty of larceny in common pleas court. They were returned from Moundsville to serve two year terms, revised from an earlier one year sentence after prison officials advised the minimum for the offense. They were tried for allegedly stealing an automobile.
No Color Line In Magistrate Leach's Court
Mary Ervin, a colored woman from East Grafton, appeared in Leach's court on charges of possessing parsnip wine and mash at her home. The magistrate fined her $100 and sentenced her to 60 days in jail, reflecting the judge's even treatment of all defendants regardless of race or age.
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Squire W. B. Leach
Mary Ervin
East Grafton
Alaskan Dog Drivers Reward Fund Established
Seattle, February 27. Mrs. Wm. H. Schofield of Peterboro New Hampshire donates 300 for an Alaska dog team reward to be delivered by Bishop H. T. Rowe. The funds aid relay dog teams in a 50 mile race against death with anti toxin to combat a diphtheria epidemic in Nome Alaska.
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Seattle
Wash
Wm. H. Schofield
Peterboro
Alaska
H. T. Rowe
Hishop Rowe
Nome
Nevada Judge Seeks Easier Day Bill Plan
Reno February 27 Former Nevada Supreme Court chief justice Frank H Norcross urges Congress to convene a national constitutional convention to amend the eighteenth amendment He favors replacing it with a provision allowing Congress to regulate liquor imports manufacture and sale He argues for a national framework to permit moderate liquor legislation without returning to a saloon system and says states should call a constitutional convention to take politics out of the issue
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Reno
Nevada
Frank H. Norcross
Nevada Supreme Court
Congress
Canada
Norcross
Ut Tam
Judge Norcross
Simplicity Marks Rites for Senator Medil McCormick
The funeral service for Senator Medil McCormick at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago included only prayers, scripture, and hymns with no sermon. The body will be entombed at Graceland Cemetery before burial at Byron. His mother Mrs Roberts McCormick was in Florida and could not attend.
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Chicago
Medil McCormick
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Graceland
Byron
Roberts. McCormick
Florida
Widow Ruth S McCormick Funeral Attended by Family
Mrs Ruth Sanna McCormick widow accompanied the body from Washington and joined her three children here. Orders closed federal departments except post office during funeral and flags flew at half mast over public buildings. Senator elect Charles S Denen named to fill McCormick term planned to depart for Washington after the funeral.
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Ruth Sanna McCormick
Washington
Federal
Charles S. Denen
Len Small
McCormick
State Prison Probe Continues in Closed Executive Session
Marcellus Jolliffe testified as the principal witness before the special legislative committee in the prison labor contracts case. The hearing in Moundavile was held behind closed doors with no public statement issued.
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Moundavile
Marcellus Jolliffe
State Board of Control
Special Legislative Committee
Farmer dies in hydraulic machine accident at home
W. C. Payne, 55, a farmer of Darkesville West Virginia, was crushed to death when caught in a hydraulic machine used to lift water from a stream to his home. His widow and three children survive.
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Darkesville
W. Va
W. C
Payne
Local Notables and Visitors Reach Grafton Area
West Main resident Mrs Pauley is ill at home. Miss Rosalyn Fleming arrives to spend weekend with parents. Mrs Swisher visits Clarksburg on business. Mrs Atha and daughter Virginia go to Fairmont for a short visit. John B Kimmel returns from Newburg after funeral attendance. Mrs Heflin visiting her mother Mrs Wagner. Mrs Frazier leaves Baltimore after visit. Mrs Reisinger returns to Fairmont. Miss Genevieve Hayden returns from Baltimore and New York with spring hats for Hat Shoppe. Mr and Mrs Neil Henery visit Miss Margaret Foy. they were recently married. Mr Kilpatrick of Philippi attends Elks Circus in Grafton. Mr and Mrs Madera and Harry Conley guest of Philippi friends. B Cornor of Philippi visits friends in Grafton. Benjamin Kimmelsman from Pittsburgh attends business in Grafton. Miss Mayme Carroll returns from Keyser after funeral. R M Parrish leaves for Washington DC to visit brother Frank Parrish. Attorney Taylor George of Philippi attends legal business. Mrs Charley Monroe of Flemington confined at home in serious condition. French Holmes visits Parkersburg Sunday. J W Goodwin of Claude attends county court. Miss Mildred Matthews and Pearl Goff visit Philippi friends.
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W. N. Pauley
West Main Street
Qute All
Rosalyn Fleming
C. Jay Fleming
Walnut Street
Martinsburg
W. A Swisher
Clarksburg
L. V. Atha
Virginia Atha
Fairmont
John B.kimmel
Washington Street
Newburg
Charles Hollis
Robert Heflin
Gassoway
S. L. Wagner
West Wilford Street
William Frazier
Baltimore
O. Jay Fleming
John Reisinger
Nes
Genevieve Hayden
Beech Street
New York
Misa Hayden
Neil Henery
Margaret Foy
Henry
Frank Kilpatrick
Philippi
Grafton
Elks Circus
Joseph Madera
Harry Conley
B. Cornor
Benjamin Kimmelsman
Pittsburgh
Mayme Carroll
Keyser
R. M. Parrish
Parrish Realty Co
Washington, D. C
Frank Parrish
United States
Department of Justice
Fort Worth
Texas
Los Angeles
California
Taylor George
Charley Monroe
Flemington
French Holmes
Parkersburg
J W. H. Goodwin
Claude
Gratton
Mildred Matthews
Pearl Goff
Philippt
Margaret Shaffer
Charles Haymond ‘Thompson
Reynoldsville
J. H. Maquillen
Ruth
James
Maple Avenue
Galloway
C. E. Harwood
S. W. Lovette
Weston
High
A. B. Catright
Charleston
B. and C. Railroad
John Knight
Moatsville Mother of 13 Fights Death in City Hospital
Mrs. Mitchell a 38 year old Moatsville resident and mother of thirteen, married 17 years, was brought to Grafton City Hospital in serious condition with abdominal trouble. An operation occurred five weeks ago, and while improved, she remains hospitalized awaiting recovery before returning to their 30 acre Barbour County farm with husband E H Mitchell and their large family.
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Moatsville
City Hospital
Grafton City Hospital
Moatsville Row 3
Barbour County
Mitchell
E. H. Mitchell
Bailey
Philipps Pike
Gratton
Mitchell Strengthh
E. I. Mitchell
Local notes on hospital admission and weekend visits
Miss Margaret Shaffer was admitted to City Hospital this morning for appendicitis. Numerous residents visit kin and friends across Reynoldsville and nearby towns. several families, including the Maquillens and Harwoods, host and travel between Grafton, Clarksburg, and Wheeling. News covers travel routines, family gatherings, and illness, with multiple names and places cited.
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Thi Tat
Grafton Sentinel
Emovli
Sertoxel Pubtishing Compakt
Howard B. Holt
Publier
Ees
Criterial Rogens
Latrobe St
Grafien
Bell Telephone
Associated Press
Mildron
Grottar
Puatofioa
Eust Yeas
Latrobe Street
Ys Jong
Eeth
A Aia Petow
Hau Ter Xaert
Milady
FED
Charles Stoneham
Prince
Richard Hotaling
Julian Fleming
Leach
Squire
Nel
Mia. Mitchell
C. F. Cross
Ateden
West Virgiia
Cross
R. W. Shaw
Newark
Ohio
G. A. Berry
Elkins
J. Webb Davis
Fetterman
J. K. Hamilton
Wendel
Joe Korté
Homer George
Billy
Wheeling
E. R. Glenn
Will Hickel
Inez Hickel
W. Main Street
Dave Barcus
Dillendale
P. A. Barcus
Park View
Cumberland
Anna Korte
Fred and
Earl Breedlove
Fred Breedlove
Earl
Fred
Mildred Montgomery
East Liverpool
Deffenbaugh
George Pugay
Liverpool, O
Pugh
I Dan Pugh
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