Mother's Day founder tied to Pennsylvania origins
The report credits Anna M Jarvis as the widely recognized founder of Mother's Day and traces a related idea to her mother in Grafton after the Civil War. It notes Jarvis died at 84 in a West Chester sanatorium and mentions a West Chester connection to the idea's germ.
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Anna M. Jarvis
Ann Reeves Jarvis
West Chester
Pennsylvania
Miss Jarvis
MacLeod
Mothers of
Grafton
West Virginia Chiefs of Police Press for Higher Police Pay
West Virginia police chiefs meeting in Morgantown urged higher wages and better equipment to attract and train personnel. Joe Mask represented Morgantown while Huntington chief H. Garten led the association, calling underpaid officers across the state and the need to compete with industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiefs of Association of West Virin
Morgantown
Lhe
Joe Mask
Frondly
Ing
Presi H. H. Garten
Pol- Huntington
Marion County Voters Decide Three Year School Levy
In Marion County today voters decide whether to renew a three year school levy aimed at yielding about $300,000 annually for school purposes. A majority vote is required for passage.
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Marion County
GOP Predicts Trouble Ahead For Fair Deal
Republicans predict trouble ahead for the Fair Deal as two presidential reorganization proposals fall before the Senate. The Labor Board change drew opposition from Southern Democrats and most Republicans, while the treasury reorg proposal failed 65 to 31, led by Senator A Willis Robertson. Party leaders including Senate Majority Leader Scott Lucas voted against the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Senate
National Labor Relation Board
Treasury Department
Treasury
A. Willis Robertson
Virginia
Scott Lucas Ofllinois
Labor Board
Ohio
Entire Blaine coal town Fire Threatens Blaine W Va
The Blaine coal mining community near Keyser was threatened by a fire this morning. A large two story frame building housing stores and lodge rooms burned, previously a Hamill Coal co store. The Western Maryland railway station and other nearby buildings were scorched. damage estimated at 16 thousand dollars. Oakland Md and Keyser helped respond. Blaine has no fire department.
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Blaine
W. Va
Keyser
Hamill Coal Company
Western Maryland
Oakland
Maryland
Truman Attacks Taft Hartley Act in Butte Speech
President Truman assailed the Taft Hartley Act as a clever law undermining unions during a Butte Montana stop. He urged reorganization of the National Labor Relations Board to restore authority under the Wagner Act while opponents shouted in the crowd. page 5
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Butte
Montana
Truman
Taft ‘Piartley
National Labor Tons Board
Labor Board
Grafton Man Completes Radio and TV Training School
M Boyd B Nestor of Grafton has earned a diploma from the National Radio Institute Washington DC after completing a course in practical and theoretical radio and television with passing grades and is to be cited for this achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M Boyd B. Nestor
RFD
Box . Grafton
Brinks Truck Robbed In Thompsonville Connecticut
State and local police set roadblocks around Thompsonville after a Brinks armored payroll truck robbery. Four men with shotguns beat guards and escaped with an estimated 20 000 to 25 000 dollars. Guards taken to a Springfield hospital for evaluation. Police screened workers at the Sanford Bigelow Carpet plant but found no sign of the robbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompsonville
Conn
Brinks
Sanford-Bigelow Carpet Company
Springfield
Massachusetts
Wilkes-Barre
Pennsylvania
Boston
Hall Sentenced to Up to Ten Years for Jewelry Store Break
Wilbur Z. Hall, about 32, of Grafton, was convicted by a Taylor County Circuit court jury of breaking and entering Caplan's Jewelry store with intent to commit larceny. The judge gave a prison term of one to ten years at Moundsville penitentiary but allowed him to remain in the county jail until the September term to testify in the trial of Dorsey Mayle, who was jointly indicted. The April term closure included several minor cases. The jury recommended leniency.
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Wilbur Z. Hall
Grafton
Taylor County
Caplan
Hall
W. Merle Watkins
Moundsville
Dorsey Mayle
Point Pleasant
Charleston
James Stanley Wright
Mason County
Lewis H. Miller
Wright
Millard Good
Charles Johnson
Liberty
Quota Club Marks to Honor Anna Jarvis in Grafton
The Quota club of Grafton completes a Mother's Day tribute by installing regulation size roadside markers at city entrances. State Road Commission made the markers after appeals to Harley Haller and Kenneth Griffith. Signs label Grafton W Va home of Anna Jarvis founder of Mother's Day.
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Grafton
Quota Club
Anna Jarvis
W Va
State Road Commission
Har
Kenneth Griffith
Clarksburg
Allene Cutright
Miss Jarvis
H. K. Debendarfer
Outright
Morgantown
Philippi Road
Debendarfer
Governor to Receive Honorary Degree in May Commencement
Charleston dispatch says Governor Patteson will be awarded an honorary Doctorate of Laws May 30 at West Virginia Wesleyan College during its 60th annual commencement. He earned a AB degree in 1920. Four others will receive doctorates including divinity for Charles Culpeper Henry High and R S McClung and pedagogy for Phares Reeder.
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Charleston
Patteson
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Wesleyan
Charles R Culpeper
Wayside, Methodist Church
Vienna
Henry R. High
Weston
Central Methodist District
R. 8. McClung
Beckley
Methodist Church
West Virginia Education Association
Phares Reeder
Dunbar
Plan Exhibit Anjart Show Nears With Community Involvement
The Students League of Associated Arts plans a near future exhibit at the Presbyterian church and a Shaw home business session with Ray Shaw hosting photographers. Members and nonmembers are invited to display oil paintings water colors pastels ceramics and other crafts with Mrs. W C Lawson coordinating and inviting participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Students League of Associated Arts
Presbyterian Church
Ray Shaw
Yates Avenue
Shaw
League
W. C. Lawson
Oakland Maryland to Open New Hospital Monday
Pioneer businessman George W Loar left a bequest that funded the Oakland area hospital now ready to begin operations. The $535000 facility with 34 beds plus cribs and bassinets will open Monday from 9 am to 5 pm with a Sunday 2 30 pm dedication planned at the hospital grounds unless weather shifts to the Oakland High School auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graftod
George W. Loar
Loar Jewelry
Oakland
Maryland
Lear
Oakand
George Coulson
Abe Tackett
Oakland High School
Bahama Islands
Garrett County Memorial Hospital
Blue Cross Service
Lie Talks With Vishinsky in Moscow Conference
United Nations Secretary-General Trygve Lie conferred for an hour and a half with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky in Moscow. It was Lie's first meeting with senior Soviet leaders since his arrival from Prague, reported in two back-page Mos cow stories without comment. The meeting provided the Russian public's first news of Lie's trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
United Nations
Trygve
Lie
Andrei
Auxiliary Vets Aid Needy Wife. Legion Meet Discusses Rules
At a bi monthly American Legion Auxiliary meeting Mrs Ottie Poe said the group donated fifty dollars from the poppy fund to aid a needy veteran's wife for hospital treatment. President Mrs Mayme Foley led a brief session and refreshments followed as members and husbands discussed eligibility rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Ottie Poe
Mayme Foley
United States
Soloist Miss Richardean Parkhill To Sing At Senior High
Miss Richardean Parkhill daughter of Mr and Mrs James Parkhill of Gay street will be guest soloist with the A Capella Choir at the Senior High School auditorium Friday May 12 at 8 15 p m She is a student nurse at Union Protestant hospital in Clarksburg and a Grafton Senior High School graduate class of 1948 She will perform Indian Love Call and Because highlighting her civic and community musical contributions.
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Miss Parkhill
Union Protestant Hospital
Clarksburg
Grafton Senior High School
H High School
Mary Velma LeRoy
Peabody Conservatory of Music
Baltimore
Grafton
Gianni Schicchi
G. Puccini
LeRoy
Carmen Huber
Peabody Institute
Carel Ann Reed
Huntington
Wheeling
Flowers Arrive by Truck for Andrews Mother's Day Service
Flowers from across the nation arrive in Grafton destined for Andrews Methodist church the Mother Church of Mother's Day. About 30 wholesalers and growers have sent tributes to adorn the Auditor ium for the May 10 1908 service. The public is invited as doors open 8:30 am to 8:30 pm with canaries in cages among arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Grafton
Andrews Methodist Church
Mother Church
United States
Max E. Rau
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Idle Railroaders Strike Expands Amid Widespread Layoffs
The third day of a strike by 18,000 firemen against the Pennsylvania New York Central Southern and Santa Fe has led to expanding idle ranks. About 200,000 workers are idle, including 150,000 railroad employees, as service remains skeletal on three lines while Pennsylvania operates west of Harrisburg only. Violence reports on the Southern line spurred cutoffs in Knoxville division. injuries and stone-throwing are alleged by pickets in the Knoxville yard. An international vice-president of the Brotherhood of Railway Employees comments on the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Southern
Santa Fe
Harrisburg
Southern Railroad
Knoxville
The
Brotherhood of Railway
Hunt Ex-Con For Murder
Police in the Kentucky West Virginia Ohio tri state area seek ex convict Charles Cameron on a murder warrant issued by Greenup Kentucky County Judge William Adkins. Cameron, 43, is described as having spent about half his life in prison. Officer Clarence Mee mach was killed yesterday morning while attempting to place a suspect in a jail cell. Adler, then grappled with.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Kentucky-West Virginia-Ohio Tri-State
Charles Cameron
Onese
Cameron
Greenup
Kentucky
William Adkins
Clarence Meemach
Adler
Firemen Bring Talented Artists Here In Concert
A local event features firefighters hosting a concert by a group of artists. Despite scattered garbled text, the readable lines describe a community gathering where firemen present performances to entertain residents and showcase local talent.
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Paris
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Italy
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