MacNair Feared to Be Ogden Murderer Identifier
Uncle John and Lucy seek Luther MacNair, famed detective, to take on the Jerry Ogden murder case. Lucy urges, with hopeful bravado, that MacNair can name the killer, despite the detective’s reluctance and the fear of implicating Jerry. A tense meeting follows in MacNair’s cluttered home as they press for help.
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Forien Macnair
Lucy
Uncle John
Deacon
Jerry
John
Hubbard
Luther MacNair
MacNair
MacNaabr
Samson
Mr. MacNair
Ogdens
Poolice
Ogden
Tably
Captain Booth to be Honored Early in June
The grave of Capt. James Booth on the Jesse Martin farm near Monongah is to be marked June 16 by the Marion County Historical Society. The society invites cooperation from patriotic groups in Northern West Virginia and asks Taylor County organizations to take part in the event. Booth led a company of scouts in 1778 in the West Fork area and Monongalia county coverage is noted by pension applicant John Cutright. The site lies near Coon's Fort, in present Harrison County vicinity.
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Capt
James Booth
Clem Shaver
Monongah
Marion County Historical Society
West Virginia
Withers
Jesse Martin
B. K. Martin
Booth
West Fork
Coon’s Fort
Kilarm
Harrison County
John Cutright
Monongalia County
Pennsylvania
Greene, Fayette
Washington
Taylor County
Naval officer victim in wreck profiled along with suspects
Dale Casto of Kanawha county prosecutor's office pressed charges against Lieutenant Cohan and H A W Happer, linked to Hoelscher in the insurance field, both released on $1,000 bail for a May 14 hearing. Hoelscher died en route to a hospital. His widow, Mrs Margaret Warrel of Cincinnati, was visiting relatives there. Police listed driving while intoxicated for Cohan and intoxicated for Hopper. cases moved to county authorities as the crash occurred outside city limits.
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Dale Casto
Kanawha County Prosecutor's Office
Cohan
H. A. W. Happer
Hoelscher
Justice of the Peace
W. A. Tully
Hoetscher
Margaret Warrel
Cincinnati
Hopper
Work for Women and the Iron Will Housekeeper
A California millionaire who set his drunken son in the care of a middle aged lady with iron discipline likely created a new profession, the housekeeper, as discussed in Parm and Fireside.
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California
West Virginia Prohibition Protects Highway Flora
A new law effective May 13 bans picking greens within 100 yards of public highways, including daisies and dandelions. Exceptions cover road maintenance, utility work, or written landowner permission. Offenses carry fines up to 50 dollars, with repeat penalties including jail. The measure aims to curb highway-side plant destruction and safeguard roadside beauty.
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EB. E. Meredith
Sauwday
West Virginia
West Virginia Legisature
W.E. Chilton
Charleston
United States
Garden Club of America
Ira. L. Smith
Palmont
Senate
Dele Payne
Kanawha County
House
Misa Frances L. Radabaugh
Wood County
Principal remarks on bill and school patrols with old vs young
Senator Smith says all Marion county principals have a copy of the bill and must explain it to students. He contrasts teaching the old with high expectations for the young, noting homes once set back from roads and flowered now show decay and neglect, urging better highway upkeep.
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Jerry
Lucy
Marion County
Smith
May Day Unrest Roils Berlin As Riots Kill Dozens
Weekly Cable Review notes Berlin riots on May Day with 27 killed 36 seriously wounded and 1,200 arrested. Strikes spread to provincial centers as 6,000 ant marchers showed in the capital. Reparations talks progress as Young plan discussed amid disarmament set backs and German stance on commissions.
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Savington Crampton
Associated Press
Berlin
Dirigible Experiment Fails Over Massel Works
Berlin reports a dirigido airship at Raab Kazenstein failed when a squall struck the Massel construction yard. The view type dirigible broke apart as the hollow steel keel snapped, a stabilizer tore loose and a motor was destroyed.
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Berlin
Montag Post Today
Raab-Kazenstein
Massel
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