Roosevelts bag three lions in Africa hunt
Nairobi May 3 Colonel Theodore Roosevelt heads a famed hunting party in East Africa. He bagged three lions in one day with Kermit Roosevelt taking a single lion from within range. The Roosevelt camp reports a successful hunt with ten other game shows and plans to press southward for a giraffe.
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Nairobi
British East Africa
Theodore Roosevelt
Kermit
Nau Hills
Colonel Roosevelt
East Africa
Roosevelt
United States
Mrs Boykin G Smith Dead In Social Circle Georgia
Mrs Boykin G Smith a Graf ton West Virginia native and wife of Boykin G Smith died at Social Circle after years of headaches She passed peacefully in her sleep early Saturday morning with her eight year old son Boykin present The funeral was led by Rev W R Branham at the Methodist church and she was buried in Social Circle cemetery The town mourns her loss as a devoted wife mother and church worker with many floral tributes
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Walton
Georgia
Grafton
Boykin G. Smith
Mrs. Smith
Social Circle
Barton Hopeful For New Turkey
Boston May 3 Rev James L Barton secretary of the American Board of Commissioners welcomes Turkish parliament actions to investigate the central Turkey massacre and allocate relief funds He says such measures indicate a new Turkey and show change in the spirit of the country and support for constitutional orderly government among Turkish leaders
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Boston
Turkey
James L. Barton
American Board of Commissions
Mystery Woman Reappears in Boyle Abduction Case
Mercer Pa May 3 A new mysterious woman appeared in the Boyle abduction case registering as Mrs Anna D Forbes of Beaver Falls Pa She visited the jail asking to see James Boyle claiming to confirm if he was the same man who recently called on her daughter The woman attended Boyle's trial postponement and remains in town While Boyle's condition worsened to near collapse the jail physician spent hours with him and by afternoon he showed some improvement but may still be unable to stand trial
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Boyle
Mercer
Humes Hotel
Anna D. Forbes
Beaver Falls
James Boyle
8. H. Miller
Canton
Ohio
Miners Return to Rosemont Mines After Strike
One hundred workers resumed operations at the Rosemont Coal Company mines in Rosemont this morning. Output is expected around 700 tons per day with several orders ahead. The payroll remains sizable and prospects for continued work look favorable.
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Daily Sentinel
Rosemont Coal Company
Rosemont
Japanese Cadets Entertained in San Francisco Park
May 2 in San Francisco 200 cadets from visiting Japanese training ships Azo and Soya are hosted in Golden Gate Park with Oriental style tea gardens. City streetcar lines were extended to accommodate the cadets as officers and crews enjoy games and refreshments and praise California’s reception.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate Park
California
1500 Men Go Back to Work in Huntington
Huntington West Virginia May 4 Fifteen hundred men are affected by a C and O Railway order for resuming car shop operations. The plant will start Tuesday and run ten hours daily. Prospects look for a long period of operation after two years of idle production. The C and O plans to increase operating forces due to improved coal business.
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Huntington
W. Va
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
West Virginia Patents Reported by H B Dunlap
West Virginia patents listed by patent lawyer H B Dunlap of Wheeling and Washington report J Tallanan of Parkersburg assigned to Parkersburg Machine Co for a well pumping mechanism and J O Lafferty of Lowman for a casing or pipe wrench.
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West Virginia
H. B. Dunlap
Wheeling W. Va
McGill
Washington, D
J. Tallanan
Parkersburg
Parkersburg Machine Co
J. O. Lafferty
Lowman
Warm Days Bring Out Soda Water Girls at the Fountain
A Grafton drugstore soda fountain story unfolds as a young dispenser recalls the season of flirtations by customers, including a bashful young woman who orders ginger soda and hints at tipsy charm, as a clergyman observes the scene and departs.
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Knights of the Fountain
Grafton
Week of Tariff Oratory Closed In the Senate
Washington May 3 The Senate week featured tariff debate with no amendment work. Junior Senator Scott of West Virginia opened Tuesday’s session with a masterly address on natural resources manufacturing and agriculture. House members and newspapers praised his speech. Scott plans a coal paragraph amendment to set a sixty seven cent duty, while he continues to press for all amendments in the pending Payng Bill.
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Washington, DC
Senate
Finance Committee
House
West Virginia
Scott
House of Representatives
Representative Bates
Pennsylvania
Austin
Tennessee
McCumber
North Dakota
Mrs Cordelia Breedlove Dies After Illness at 44
Mrs Cordelia D Breedlove wife of Frank Breedlove died at her West Side home Sunday afternoon at 2 30 after four months of illness with several maladies She was 44 and leaves her husband a son and a daughter plus four brothers and four sisters Also surviving are her father Hamilton Isner and multiple relatives Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 20 pm at the United Brethren Church with Rev H R Hess officiating and burial in Bluemont Cemetery under Perlie Bartlett West Side undertakers.
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Daily Sentinel
Cordelia D. Breedlove
Frank Breedlove
West Side
John Isner
Barbour County
Abe
Aurora
James
Bert Isner
Grafton
C. M. Hoff
Harry Lingler
George Fries
James Boyles
Hamilton Isner
United Brethren Church
H. R. Hess
Bluemont Cemetery
Periie & Bartlett
Officer Saw Death by Own Action
Philadelphia May 3 Despondent over his lot in life Charles Sharps twenty seven year old night watchman at a factory basement well attempted suicide by firing a revolver as police watched. After a ten minute struggle he tried to raise the hand with the weapon to fire the remaining bullets before officers could reach him.
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Philadelphia
Ife
Chas
Sharps
Suieide
Churchhill
Sharp
Missionary Tells Story of Adana Massacres
Missionary Eliza beth S Webb recounts early days of the Adana massacres in Turkish city. She describes looting fires, guard challenges, and a siege as soldiers and civilians fought for safety. Two American staff members were killed while volunteers protected students and the building. Troops later arrived to relieve the Americans.
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Adana
Turkey
Constantinople
Elizabeth S. Webb
American Board
Bunker Hill
Tils
Mission Board
Chambers
Fire destroys Mr Loar home in Independence
The residence of Mr. R. A. Loar in Independence burned Friday evening, causing about $2,000 in losses with partial insurance. A defective flue caused the blaze as Loar, ill and in bed, narrowly escaped. He was aState Historical Society member and lost relics, mound builder artifacts, and rare books that are out of print.
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R. A. Loar
Large Pipe Line Is Now Planned
Pittsburg May 2 Estimates are being asked on a new 200 mile natural gas pipe line to be built by the Standard Oil Company extending from Weston West Virginia to Baltimore Maryland The steel pipe for the line is expected to be ordered within the next two weeks Another order being figured in the Pittsburg district involves sixty miles of fourteen inch gas main to extend People's National Gas Company service mains to Altoona Pennsylvania
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Pittsburg
Standard Ol Company
Weston
W. Va
Baltimore
People’s National Gas Company of
Altoona
Insane Man Hangs Self in West Virginia Home
Adam Moore of Poplar Lick Run disappeared from work Saturday morning after earlier being reported as unresponsive at dinner. Mrs. Moore found him hanging from a smoke house rafters. he had twice been an inmate of Weston insane asylum, and officials presume a relapse of insanity caused the tragedy.
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Elkins
W. Va
Adam Moore
Poplar Lick Run
Squire Henry Miller Returns From Ohio Visit
Squire Henry Miller, longtime Grafton resident and native of Taylor county, has just arrived from Covington Ohio where he visited his daughter Mrs Dr Miller. He plans to spend the coming summer with his son Waltman Miller on Maple Avenue. Though in his eighty first year he remains hale and hearty and intends many more years with relatives and friends.
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Squire Henry Miller
Dr. Miller
Covington
Ohio
Waltman Miller
Maple Avenue
Squire Miller
Taylor County
Grafton
Weekleys Seek Specialist In Parkersburg For Arm Affection
Mr and Mrs Ike Weekley of Pearl Street West Side traveled to Parkersburg on Sunday so that Mr Weekley could consult a physician about an arm ailment that has left him unable to use the limb for some time.
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Ike Weekley
Pearl Street
Parkersburg
Mr. Weekley
GONE TO TUNNELTON
Mr Albert Stewart, a recent city resident, has moved to Tunnelton to take a new job. In Grafton he was active at St Matthies Episcopal church and sang in the choir, earning many friends who will visit him in his new city.
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Albert Stewart
Tunnelton
Grafton
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Mr. Maurer
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Stephen’ R. ‘Trowbridge
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