Campaign of suspense as voters brace for final night
The article details a tense campaign race in Grafton with a closing night at 9 o'clock Saturday. It highlights the secret ballot, last minute voting, and the second payment plan allowing extra votes. Officials anticipate a dramatic count, with anonymity of final writers preserved and winners to be announced after judges tally the ballots. It also notes railroad earnings and air conditioned trains boosting passenger totals into the new year.
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New York
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Weather and crop prospects in Barbour County and statewide losses
Statewide frost and cold spells hit crops with peach, pears, plums, and cherries badly damaged by late frosts. Winter wheat in Barbour County shows 82 percent of normal, while overall conditions lag. 1934 hay on farms stands at 11 percent of 1933 levels, with 170 000 tons of last year’s hay remaining May 1. Planting was late due to March cold and April dryness. Expenditures on road maintenance rose well above 1932, and equipment costs increased sharply. Amortization reported at three percent this year.
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Barbour Co
Barbour County
Man Fined in Mayor King's Court Saturday
William Scott was fined five dollars for fighting on West Main street several days ago with Charles Gillespie. Scott was not captured until Friday after fleeing an approaching officer. Gillespie also received a five dollar fine when arraigned last Monday.
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King’s Court
William Scott
West Main Street
Charles Gilespie
Scott
Gillespie
Arcademe
Mrs J Haney Dies Former County Resident
Mrs Zoe Haney wife of June Haney died Sunday evening May 13 at 10 oclock at her home in Barberton Ohio from complications. She was born in Fairmont to French Cooper and leaves a husband, father, stepmother, two sisters, one brother and two half brothers. The body will be brought to Harmony Grove church Wednesday afternoon with funeral services at two and burial in Harmony Grove cemetery.
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Zoe Haney
June ‘Haney
Barberton
Ohio
Haney
French Cooper
Fairmont
Thhis City
June Haney
Wade Curry
Albert Batson
Webster
Charles
Odbert
Leo Cooper
Harmony Grove
Poisoning alleged in Colley family deaths in Saline County
Ohio lawyers report continues on page one with a court mandate to Governor Futrell to set a new date for the Ohio attorney's electrocution. The case concerns Shank charged with poisoning four Colley family members during a Saline County picnic last August. He was apprehended by officers who arrived after Colley tried to seek help as poison acted, dying at the wheel of his car.
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Futtrell
Ohio
Colley
Saline County
Shank
Death Claims A Local Youth At 19
The death of Emory Lovell Phillips Jr. occurred at 12:10 p.m. after he collapsed in a waiting room before a Baltimore hospital trip. Born March 1, 1901 in Fetterman district, he lived on Cherry Run Headwaters with his parents, worked on the family farm, and was a member of the Christian church. Survived by his parents, three brothers Odrey L, W Brooks, Robert Samuel, two sisters Elsie Shackelfond and Missy Phillips, plus several aunts and cousins. Funeral services will be held Tuesday from the family home with Rev. B. E. Hanes, and interment at Moran Cemetery under Bartlett Funeral Company.
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Fetterman
Baltimore
Emory Lovell Phillips
Laura Rogers Phillips
Cherry Run
Christian Church
Odrey L
W. Brooks
Robert Samuel Phillips
Elsie Shackelfond
Knottsville
Missey Phillips
Cleek Withers
Luther. Reese
Albert Sinsel
J. F. Carrothers
B. E. Hanes
First Church of Christ
Moran Cemetery
Bartlett Funeral Company
Suspects Nabbed in Cor Hijackers Dragnet
Two suspects fell into police dragnet after a page one alert. One carried a loaded revolver and a crude map detailing the intermediary’s progress. Detectors said both would be released after grilling, though no reason was given.
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