Park View Mud Quandary Stalls Egress From Homes
Park View residents face a mud drenched stalemate with no clear escape path out of the neighborhood. They seek a traffic bridge across the river to connect to Grafton, but county finances and road issues delay relief. Local dialogue notes jail projects and road plans but focuses on the urgent need for Park View access amid deteriorating winter roads and landslides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park View
Ol Dobbin
Grafton
Pottery Bridge
Swinging Bridge
South Grafton
Gratton
Hag
Kittle
Sentinel
Maple Avenue
Jarge
Parit View
Boost of Congressmen Wage Hike Sparks Taxpayer Cost
From Washington comes word that congressmen voted a pay raise, boosting the total cost of government action to 10 995 389 dollars when including printing and other overhead. The article cites Senate and House expenses for 1926, lists salaries, allowances, and staff costs, and notes repeats of per diem and franking privileges plus family payroll padding in the Capitol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Observer
Washington
Jesut
Coolidge
Samuel
Senate
House of Representatives
Congressional Action
Government Printing Office
Budget Bureau
Legislative Appropriations
Capitol
Capitol Police
Joint Committee On Printing
Legislative Counsel
Library of Congress
Congress
LaFollette
Robert LaFollette, Jr
Marie B. Manly
Basil M. Manly
People’ Legislative Service
Senator Smoot
Utah
Hiv
EB. W. Smoot
Perennial scandal over clerks’ underpayment in Congress
The text notes a practice where congressmen pay clerks less than the allotted salary and secretly demand a percentage of the clerk’s pay. Clerks who refuse to hand over the extra money risk losing their jobs, illustrating a covert form of extortion in congressional patronage.
Moonshine Case Opens Circuit Court in Bigamy and Moonshine Trials
The circuit court opened with Judge Kittle presiding after a recess. Olin Farr was found guilty of operating a moonshine still on Ed McDaniel’s Knottsville area farm he leased, with appeals likely. Ralph and Curtis Kinney face related charges as Farr’s case proceeds and Helen Walker awaits bigamy trial following Kinney proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Kittle
Olin Farr
Ed McDaniel
Knottaville
Purr
St Clair
Gratton
Taylor George
Philippi
W. Merle Watkins
Nell Holt
Ralph
Curtis Kinney
W. P. Samples
Furr
Forrest
McDaniels
Farr
Kinneys
Ralph Kinney
H. J. ‘Custer
Teynoia Eobs
Clard Post
W. C. Lawler
W. Ft. Shackelford
W. L. Towles
Calvin Overfield
Odus Curry
O. J Bartlett
Walter Shaffer
Helen Walker
Kinney
Stokes Trial Sees Defense Hint At Honest Suspicion
Chicago March 3 P Attorneys for W E D Stokes the New York millionaire on trial with three others for conspiracy to defame his wife Helen Elwood Stokes planned to have him testify in his own defense. The defense opening statements suggested Stokes acted with honest suspicions and conducted a lawful investigation into whether his wife before marriage belonged to the Everleigh club. Charles R Thompson was a business visitor at Fairmont Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
W. E. D. Stokes
New York
Helen Elwood Stokes
Howard Gore Chosen Governor Amid Praise and Restraint
The poem praises Howard Gore for choosing to remain governor despite a higher paying office. It contrasts the view that many officials are dishonest with Gore's proven integrity and willingness to stay in state leadership, honoring his public service.
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Howard Gore
Murdered recluse killed for Christmas money confession
Ralph Richards of Long Run Doddridge County confessed to Pinkerton detectives that he shot James Powell, a 65 year old recluse, on December 23 1924 to get Christmas money. Richards named Roscoe Cross and Samuel Elliott of Pennsboro as accomplices and all three are jailed in Harrison County awaiting April grand jury action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Richards
Long Run
Doddridge County
Pinkerton
James Powell
Long Ran
Richards
Roscoe Cross
Samuel Elliott
Pennsboro
Harrison County
West Union
Richard
Four Monongah Vets Honored With 50 Year Medals
Four Baltimore and Ohio veterans were honored at a joint meeting of the Baltimore and Ohio Veterans Association and the ladies auxiliary at the Moose. John Conley Louis Rauscher Joan B. Kimmel J. Frank Shoemaker M. S. Kopp received 50 year service buttons. Generals and officers from the B and O attended. The evening featured the local B and O orchestra and readings by Miss Primm Ada May Beall and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore & Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio Veterans ‘Association
Ladies Auxiliary
John Conley
West End
Parkersburg
Monongah
Louis’ Rauscher
Grafton
Joan B. Kimmel
J. Frank Shoemaker
Clack Smith
M.S. Kopp
Veterans Association
Baltimore and Ohio
Gratton
George W. Sturmer
Baltimore
Grant
Sturmer
Baltimore & Ohio Orchestra
Primm
Ada May Beall
Claude Reger
Anne Litterback
Gledhill
Claim
We Egan
John M. Garvey
Garvey
Frank Howard
Newark
Otto Walburg
Lima O
Lima
C. C
W. Egan
Harry H. Williamson
March winds herald spring in quirky locals column
A mix of social notes from Morgantown area includes Moose lodge feed and smoker for completion of the building fund, a small bridge party hosted by Miss Ruth Cather at 224 Pearl Street, a farewell for Mr and Mrs Malone moving to Greenyburgh, Pa, and a Morgantown wedding update. Also listed are Queen City club and charity group meetings, a Royal Arch gathering planning March 5, and remarks on Miss Virginia Shurtleff and Eugene Keighton marriage in Oakland Md with ties to Fairmont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Ruth Cather
Pearl Street
Alta Wagner
Miss Cather
Ould St. Patrick
Virginia Bee
Mise ‘Alta Wagner
Dorothy Church
Floyd Hamilton
Marlon Skaggs
Mra
Fred Malone
A. A .Holt
Holt Apartments
Mrs. Malone
Greenyburgh
1 Malone
Armour Company
Virginia Shurtleff
Fairmont
Eugene Keighton
Morgantown
Oakland
Archi
Bald Moore
Methodist Episcopal Church
Richard B. Berry
Fairmont High School
Fairmont Normal School
Keighron
D. C. Keighron
University Avenue
Morgan Town
Madeline Anna McPridge
Buffalo
N. Y
Everett Shure
Margar
New Dominion
Charity Club
Margaret Béabout Hancock
East Washington Street
Reabout
Clut
Ruth Jackson
West Main Street
Views of Broaddus College Gym A Key Tournament Site
The Broaddus gym in Philippi West Virginia is touted as the tri state region’s largest and best. It features a 70 by 90 foot main floor a running track 24 showers private lockers and extensive facilities. The high school tournament will be held there March 6 and 7 with seating for about one thousand spectators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broaddus
Tristate
Philippi
West Virginia
Broadus
Tyearts
Country Club Chooses Three New Directors
The first meeting of the stockholders of the G Country Club was held at eight o'clock in the town, with most present. Three new directors were chosen James Kenn, B Wyckoff and H Bay after noting a satisfactory financial report. Plans include a new double tennis, bath house, a new green and improvements to the golf course. Club membership is expected to reach 1 by midsummer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clubers
Itoal Harry Murray
Jed Robison
James Kenn
B. Wyckoff
Grafton
Rogers
Local Residents Attend Visits and Trips Across Cities
Philipp residents mix social calls and business trips as families and individuals travel between Fairmont Morgantown Grafton and Pittsburgh attending inaugurations, illnesses, hospitalizations, and civic duties. Notables include Miss Stavely visiting Mes Graw avenue home, Mr Tinney to York and Philadelphia, and Mrs Heflin in Fairmont for business.
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Col
Deanteon
Philipp
Nessie Hegderaon
Fairmont
Mes Graw Avenue
Wade H. Tinney
Davis
Morgantown
John Keener
Walnut St
Kington
Coolidge
Anna Heflin
Osgood's
W. R. Wolfe
Charles McDaples
Tin Grafton
Elsworth McVicker
Webs
Louise Davis
Horgahy Town
Ruth Pitzer
East Avenue
William Mitchell
Mapia Avernue
Wolata
Florida
Woman's Home
Missoni
St Paul Church
Price’Co
Gall
J. Darnett
Simpson
Attatrs
Mra
J. E. Maxwell
West Union
E. W. Walters
Panel Street
Pittsburgh
Har
Maymé Pracht
George D. Hardin
Creek District
Blanche Blackman
Citypital
Michige
Phil Ot Pras Newan
Enterdia
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Olin Furr
Stokes
Charles R. Thompson
W. W. McDaniel
Sors
Elliott
Cross
M Powell
Eiliott
Saint-Guise
Winter
Btrickling
Gillian
Moose Lodge
Davey Kunst
Quota Club
Anna Treflin
Emma Reed
Copestone
Royal Arch Magona
Magenie
Walter Chatt
Philipps
Ung
College
Broaddus College
Philippi, W. V
Broaddus Gymnasium
Philippe
Broaddus Campu
Country Club
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