Morgan’s Act Riles State Republicans
Charleston May 7 Republicans protest Governor Morgans move to nominate Grant P Hall as state tax commissioner to succeed Walter Hallanan while Senate confirmation hangs over the rest of his selections for public service commissioner and warden. The outspoken Wertz blasts Hall as a personal insult to West Virginia Republicans citing past campaigns and party loyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Kanawha County
Grant P. Hall
West Virginia
Dawson
Judge Robinson
Paul Huber Recovering After Brain Surgery
Paul Huber is slowly recovering after Saturday surgery at the city hospital to relieve pressure from an injured skull following a car crash. He was knocked unconscious when his head struck a telephone pole in the first ward four weeks ago. Doctors found the skull had been pushed in and removed a portion of the bone while closing the opening to relieve pressure and restore mental control.
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Paul Huber
Huber
Amos
Charlton
L. ‘BP
Yost
J. L. Mlocher
Faithful Dogs Sacrifice Lives for Master’s Family
Two bulldogs owned by John Tanner awoke the family as their Pittsburgh home burned. They barked and tugged at bedding until the master could rescue his wife and six children. The dogs stayed to guide the last member outside, then perished in the smoke. property damage totaled $10,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piptsburgh
John Tanner
Tanner
Germans Ave Hopes Bardens May 7 Report
Germans from Bardens report on May 7 that despite the tenuous ten of the French German foreism office, they are not inclined to view it as completely blocking the path to negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barden
Lusitania Disaster Observed On Eight Anniversary
Relatives mark the eighth anniversary of the Lusitania sinking off County Kerry Ireland after a German submarine torpedo attack. Of 1198 lives lost 124 were Americans. Richard Barnlett of Fairmont spent the weekend visiting relatives in New York.
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Veserved Tod
New York
Kidsale
Ireland
Richard Barnlett
Fairmont
Americans in China Victims Of Bandits
Reports from Shanghai and Peking describe brigand raids near the Shantung border that killed at least one foreigner and seized about 150 passengers including Miss Lucy Aldrich, sister in law of John D Rockefeller Jr. Several Americans are believed held, with men at grave risk. U S officials vow vigorous action, possible troop use, and demands for protection and indemnity.
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Shanghai
China
Shantung
Lincheng
Lucy Aldrich
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Peking
Shantung Province
Rothman
Robert Scripps
Inger
Rowland
Allen
Henry
Lee
Soloman
Levy
Behege
Washington
Mapjean
State Department
United States
Charles Coltman
John Powell
Pittsburgh
Aly
Aldrich
New York
John. D. Rockefeller, Jr
Winthrop W Aldrich
Wall Street
Providence
R. I
Warwick
Murray, Prentie & Aldrich
Rockefellers
Inter
Japan
Standard Oil
Orient
Miss Aldrich
See Miss Aldrich
Rockefeller
Seal Harbor
Associated Press
India
Europe
U.S
Tien Tsin
Drigands
Tien Phkow
Suimlay
Nelson W. Aldrich
Ian
Tsao-King
Shahtung
Boochow
Federal Day Office Moves West Virginia Capital
The Federal Prohibition Department will move its main West Virginia office from Wheeling to Charleston, with director J. A. Gadd announcing the transfer and planning to complete the move by early next month. A branch office will continue operating in Wheeling.
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Federal Day
Charleston
Wheeling
W. Va
Federal Prohibition Department
West Virginia
J.A. Gadd
Youths Admit Choking Girl 17 to Death in Detroit
In Detroit a 19 year old and a 17 year old confessed to choking Helen Yesh aged 17 in a vacant lot after she resisted advances. They said they found her fainting and later moved her to a house where she died. Her mother identified the body. The suspects were strangers to the Yesh family.
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Detroit
Mich
Max Novak
Edward Pryzlynski
Helen Yesh
Mary Yesh
Yesh
Fire at Conewango Refining causes heavy damage
Fire at Conewango Refining Co in Warren Pennsylvania caused about 15000 dollars in damage by mid afternoon. Sparks from a passing locomotive fed burning oil and threatened to wipe out the remaining refinery as authorities reported ongoing flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Conenango Refining Co
Church Needs More Ritual Says Pastor in Clarksburg
The Rev P M Baker of Central Christian church in Clarksburg argues for more meditation and communion in Protestant worship, saying sermons should not be the sole focus. He notes apostolic worship included communion even without a preacher and that adding ritual can foster devotion, though some congregants resist preface chants before sermons.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
P. M. Baker
Central Christian Church
Paul
Toras
Baker
Clarksburs
Mr Baber
Baber
West Virginia boys tied to Mounts death probe
Authorities seek Noble Ball and Vernon Bishop of Williamson W V as key figures in the Mount case after a skeleton was found beneath a lake pier at Evanston Illinois. The inquiry centers on hazing or suicide following a 1921 disappearance amid university investigations and calls for full cooperation from officials and students.
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J. Alien Mills
Mount
Edward E. Crowe
West Baden
E. J. Jones
Mills
Baron Kroopa
Williamson
W. Va
Alex. Bishop, Jr
Chicago
Leighton Mount
Northwestern University
Lake Michigan
Bishop
Altho Bishop
Arthur Persinger
Nobel Bell
Evanston
Noble Ball
Vernon Bishop
Persinger
Unir
Walter Dill Scott
George P. Merrick
Oscar Wolff
Misa Flossie Swisner
Fila
Mowat
Great Britain Rejects German Reparations Plan
London May 7 Great Britain will send a note to Germany within thirty eight hours disapproving the latest reparations proposal and urging a more practical liberal solution to the problem as tensions rise over postwar settlement.
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London
Great Britain
Germany
Guimet Wins New Honors In British Amateur Golf
Francis Ouimet of Boston won his first round match in the British Amateur Championship defeating A. H. Read of Sunningdale England 4 and 3. John Neville of San Francisco beat Viscount Maidstone 5 and 4. Other Americans George Roton Houston Robert Hunter Claremont and Max Marsden Philadelphia also won.
Blind Love Tragedy at Fairmont Courthouse
Grace Runkel of Fairmont and Joseph J. Kostic were central figures in a Saturday shooting at Marion County courthouse. Runkel remains in serious condition with five bullet wounds, while Kostic died Sunday morning after a self-inflicted wound. The incident, born of unrequited love and jealousy, occurred in the office of Prosecuting Attorney Frank R. Amos.
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Grace Runkel
Fairmont
Joseph J. Kostic
Marion County
Coo Hospital
Rupkel
Rogtie
Hin Calf
Cook's Hospital
Frank R. Amos
Rukel. Kostic
J. J. Custer
New Theatre
Pittsburgh
Runkel
Wille
de Adama Street
Pe Parymotha
Two Gun Ike Returns for Mother’s Funeral at Elkins
Wild West figure known as Two Gun Ike from Bitter Creek enters the wild forest near Osceola and after serving five years in Moundsville penitentiary, is allowed by Warden Terrell to attend his mother’s funeral. Ike, armed and defiant, is captured by state police and jailed in Elkins for moonshining. He visits Prosecuting Attorney Robert S. Irons when informed his mother has died, then returns to the penitentiary on time, traveling via Clarksburg and Middle Mountain.
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Elkins
W. Va
Ike
W. W. White
Robert S. Irons
Terrell
Warden Terrell
Middle Mountain
Ttr
Clarksburg
Ain
Personal notices from Grafton area residents
A long list of residents and visitors in Grafton and nearby areas includes John Clepful of Valley Falls, Mrs. Russel Demos visiting parents in Lantz, Ira Currey of Harmony Graybe, Allen Gawthrop of Pleasant Valley, Mig Pitzer of Fairmont, Miss Martha Jolliffe and Grace Hale at the university, Mrs. Mary Jane Painter of Thornton, Richard Bartlett of Fairmont, and Anna Demoss of Zanesville Ohio. Also mentioned are Reta Knight returning home, L. W. Weley and J. L. Weller of Kingwood, Magdalene Barlow e, Carl Hoyne, and Forest Hilsheimer in town on business or visiting friends. Additional notes cover Anna Heflin, M. A. Lynch, J. F. P. Ross, W. H. Goodwin, T. C. Newbrough, Charles Rilly, Virginia Holt, J. L. Rogers, Crowde, H. M. Moore, George Dadisman, J. Tighe, J. P. Brady, John Ward, Painfully Hurt In Tenth Auto Wreck, Cloud Cannon injured in a crash on Maple avenue, and general activity of residents visiting rural districts.
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John Clepful
Valley Falls
Russel Demos
Lantz
Ira Currey
Harmony Graye
Allen Gawthrop
Pleasant Valley
Mig Mery Pitzer
Fairmont
Pitzer
Ross Street
Martha Jolliffe Hies
West Virginia University
Grace Hale
Ie Walso
Mary Jane Painter
Thornton
Richard Bartlett
Grafton
Anna Demoss
Zanesville
Ohio
Crafton
Anna Angsdale
Langsdale
West Washington Street
Reta Knight
Weston
L. W. Weley
J. L. Weller
Kingwood
Magdalene Barlowe
Carl Hoyne
Forest Hilsheimer
Cyillicothe
Anna Heflin
D. M. Osgood
M.A. Lynch
Rosemont
Rosemont Coal Company
J. F P. Ross
Flemington
W. H. Goodwin
Claude
T. C. Newbrough
Charles R. Iilly
East Mainstret
Baltimore
Virginia Holt
Wesleyan College
JL. Rogers
Route 2
Crowde
H. M. Moore
George Dadisman
J. Tighe
Clarksburs
J.P. Brady
Widow dies on path near Mid dle Mountain rattling town tale
A cre 1 wif the 10 shiners dropped dead near the village of Wymer while returning with a girl from a mail land trip toward Lee Flanagan's home. Husband Wool Teter, a fugitive greenshiner, was arrested on Files Creek but went missing. The article also notes a wedding at St Anne’s Catholic Church between Miss Magdaline Barlowe and Carl Hoyng, and local social events including group meetings and a box supper event.
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Shiners
Middle Mountain
Wymer
Lee Flanagan
The
Wool Teter
Pendleton County
North Carolina
Files Creek
Uke
Wat
Pendleton
Ohio
Columbus
Lima
Torledo
Kate Shanley
Grand Street
Misa Barlowe
Mr. Hoyng
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Mound
Tke
Ike Tetor
John Ward
Gret
Cloud Cannon
Lawrence Gartow
Maple Avenue
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Cannon
George Poll
D. L. Phillipa
Route 1
Sartae
John Cole
Clackshats
Jennie Buei
Cole
Washington Street
Waoa
J. D. Huffman
Sal
Geo. K. Williamagn
John A. Fosters
Clarington
Margaret Davis
Wi ‘Washington Street
Mary Schroeder
Washington St
Guy Williams
West Side
East Side
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
J. W. Leith
Beech St
Miss Moore
Katherine Moore
University
F. Schroedes
Morgantown
Opera House
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