Legislature Adjourns After Special Session Actions
Charleston West Virginia March legislative adjournment follows a special session that approved a non par stock charter for corporations, a revenue measure, and votes on elections laws. Key items include state professor payments, a voter registration push, and possible constitutional changes tied to the 19th Amendment. Debate over profiteering and federal alignment continues.
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Fred Fox
House of Delegates
Young Sat Corporatione
Eet
Atnic
House
Cohen
Arnold Alteld
A Seherr
Elad
House of
Tiotefate Coberly
Hankin
Sunaturnold
Cornwell
Lie
Chapman
Martinsburg
Ravenwood Independent Schent
West
Near Robbery Scare Spurs West Side Residents
A late night alarm at West's Store sparked a West Side scare when an unidentified man attempted to force entry. Night Officer Green rushed to the scene but found the intruder frightened away without breaking in. Police hold a description and keep a lookout near the bridge.
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West
West Side
Green
Alliger
Mollie Jereun Passes Away at Gladesville Home
Mrs Mollie Jereun of Gladesville Preston County died yesterday at home. She was wife of Teer Truwatsinan, a prominent man in White. Funeral arrangements will be held at the residence.
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J. F. Castle
West Main Steel
Bfrs
Mollie
Deway
Gladesville
Prestalounty
Teer Truwatsinan
Taft Breaks Silence on Coal Confiscation Law
Cincinnati May 15 Taft declares government seizure of coal by the railroad administration and price controls illegal. He notes Congress lacks authority to fix wartime prices absent a president’s finding and says orders diverting coal and setting prices after April 1 are unsupported by the war effort.
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Jutius Fr
William Howard Att
West Virginia
Cuit Uy
Nyton
Middle West
Cedes
Taft
Fael
Garid
Congress
Ains Station
Boy Burns At Home In Fire Ordeal
Six year old Charles Davis suffered severe burns on his ankles to thighs when his nightgown caught fire at his grandparents West Main Street home. Grandfather B H Davis and Dr Campbell treated him then he was moved to Beechhurst City Hospital for intensive care as his condition worsened with fever and vomiting.
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Charles Davis
Neilie Holt Davis
B. H. Davis
West Main Street
Roetor
Campbell
Thompson Will Retried In Court For Bank Misappropriation
Thompson, former president of the defunct First National Bank in Ontario, faces charges of misappropriation of funds and making false entries. He will report to the United States Attorney in Newburg for the upcoming term but will not be tried at this term. Newburg closes basketball season with a doubleheader, Rowlesburg Independents and Newburg meet in decisive games, with notable performances by Frombart Humphries and Le Heraiman.
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Virginia
Supreme Court of the
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Josin ¥. Thompson
First National Bank
Lowry Holmes
Newburg
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Tast’ Ud
Frombart
Humphries
le Heraiman
Fis
Steatest
How
Shrader
George Shay
Berke
van Zandt
Tley
Murder and domestic tragedy shatters Barbour county home
In Flemington near Barbour county, Ralph Baker and his wife figure in a violent incident after a deadly shooting. The wife claims years of threats and a failed attempt to escape a life of abuse, while the husband contends she fired in a moment of rage during a kitchen task. Both held for the next Barbour county term.
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Sentine
Ralph Baker
Czerenzi
Baker
Hasbard
Iim Whch
Barbour County
Flemington
Philppin
Clarksbury
Philipp
Sam Oztrengi
Lisowite
Har Lasbart
Barbour County Court St Philipe
Taylor County Chooses American Legion Post No 78
A Sunday Strand Theatre meeting led by J Sidney Burdett formed Taylor County Post No 78 of the American Legion. About 200 ex soldiers attended, voting unanimously for immediate organization, with temporary officers Burdett and Knotts.
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Strand
Atorney
J. Sidney Burdett
Taylor County
Servce
Burdett
Lewis Carr
Clarksburg
Republic
National Organization of the American Legion
American Legion
Herbert Knotts, Jr
Unti
Sentinel
Tte
Nyrt
Handsome Edifice Soon to Grace the City
Grafton prepares for a new handsome church building by the Christian Church congregation on East Main Street. A prominent member bought land on Beech Street near the West Grafton bridge to locate the expanding worship space. The project reflects rapid growth and community support for the edifice.
Reynolds Daytona Letter Home From Winter Florida Trip
A 1920 letter describes a coastal journey from Daytona Beach to St. Augustine and other Florida stops aboard the Sea Gull, highlighting semi tropical scenery, rivers, and wildlife. The writer mentions visiting Fort Matanzas, oysters, porpoises, alligators, sea turtles, and plantations, with stops at Jathonville and Sylona Beach, praising Florida’s beauty and local produce while noting a desire for better roads and health. The author reflects on the trip as wonderful despite misperceptions in the Sentinel and notes friends in Ohio and Michigan.
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Sentinel
West Virginia
Hove
St. Augustine
Ser “Sea
Cresshu
Matanzas
Fort Matanzas
Ays
Jathonville
York Ohi
Florida
Orlando
Tampa
Moon
Wight
Sylona Beach
Grafton Christian Church to Build Modern Edifice on Tech Street
Plans call for a three story brick and stone church fronting Tech street and Yves avenue with a social wing, kitchen, parlor, classrooms, and separate minor rooms. The new building will include a sanctuary, choir room, pastor’s study, baptistry, two upstairs class rooms and a balcony, designed in Grecian style to be one of the city’s most imposing structures. The project elevates Yates Addition as a public center. the congregation organized November 7 1911 with 12 members, earlier worshipping in a Beech street store room and later on East Main street.
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Tran
Christian Church
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Beech St
West
Justice CW
Monres
Yates Avenue
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Yves Avenue
Moglernth
Christian Church of
Pennsylvania
Christan Church
Andy
Tas
Charles D. Pexton
Alm
Michigan
Miller
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