Aged Woman Makes Long Walk From Jacksonville to Weston
Mrs. Fannie Strader 83, born in Virginia, reached Weston after traveling by foot from Jacksonville, Oregon. She asked for directions to Flatwoods and, with Patrolman Paul Zobrist, explained she intends to continue walking to reach her daughter Mary Keen in Oregon. Last year she left Virginia to be with his living daughter.
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Weston
Jacksonville
Oregon
Fannie Strader
Old Virginia
PaulZobrist
Flatwoods
Teken
Braxton’ i
Red
Ste
Iksburg
Relates
Mia
Mary’ Keen
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Schumann-Heink Sings On Radio Sunday Evening
Madame Schumann-Heink’s radio concert is noted along with a pledge from Enna dettick Shoes manufacturers. The ad claims quality and comfort, inviting listeners to try the footwear brand.
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Madame Schumann-Heink
Ennadettick Shoes
Elderly traveler's westward journey ends in Charleston
The memory of a true modern hitch hike tale follows an aging traveler who passed Weston on a western trip. She found her daughter’s family in hardship and chose to return to Virginia. With no funds, Red Cross helped with a Charleston ticket and a hotel room while drivers and motorists offered rides along the way.
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Weston
Annual Memorial Rites Planned at Mount Morris
The Mount Morris church in Cove district Barabour county holds annual memorial services on June 16 starting at ten in the morning. Graves will be decorated and a religious service observed. Prof I D Weeks of Aberdeen S D notes married women teachers are preferred to provide homes.
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Mount Morris Church
Cove District
Bar
Abour County
Prof
I. D. Weeks
Aberdeen
S. D
Local Readers Note Recent Deaths and Visits in Morgantown
The community shares condolences for Miss O Ted Bender who died after illness in Baltimore. Mrs Ladydon F Sawyer returned from Baltimore with Mrs Sawyer Grafton and friends mourn her untimely death. Local residents report visits from Gene Austins at Haymonds and Morgantown trips for shopping and doctor visits. Mary Margaret Sommerville continues recovery from appendectomy and Mrs H B Workman shows improvement after a fall.
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Ladydon F. Sawyer
Baltimore
O'Ted Bender
Miss Bender
Sawyer Grafton
Gene Austins
Haymonds
Dorsey Branton
Nat
Billy
Jack
Dorsey Brannon
Arcents
A. J. Bra Ion
Hégeh Street
Walter Chrissip
Waltut Street
Morgantown
Rufus Holden
Walnut Street
Ira
Alf Shoemaker
Mrs. Shoemaker
Chicago
Frank
Nellie Shoemaker
Arthur Poling
Wilford
Clarksburg
Gene
Walnut, Street
H.B. Workman
Weston hospital to see new superintendent take over
Weston West Virginia May 23 Dr Hartigan said he had not been advised of the appointment of Dr Cecil Denham of Sutton as his successor as superintendent of the Weston State Hospital Denham will begin July 1 for a term at the will and pleasure of Governor Conley Hartigan confirmed by the senate after Conley took office said he had no notice of removal or the grounds for action Denham has been connected with the Weston institution for about twenty two years Official notice of confirmation was received recently from M S Hodges clerk of the senate Governor Conley announced the appointment without comment
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Weston, W. Va
J. J. W. Hartigan
Cecil Denham
Sutton
Weston State Hospital
Denham
Charleston
Conley
Hartigan
Weston Institution
Hodges
Senate
Lager House
Monongalia County
Deniam
Annual confab of publishers starts in Huntington
Huntington May 23 newspaper men from all sections of West Virginia gathered for the eighth annual meeting of the West Virginia publishers and employing printers association which will continue until Saturday night. West Virginia members of the Association Press will meet Friday afternoon at the Frederick Hotel, headquarters of the convention. The first session opened today. CARD OF THANKS I thank friends and neighbors for kindness at the death of James Breedlove and for floral tributes and sympathy from Mrs Alice Cassel Breedlove.
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Huntington
W. Va
West Virginia
Printers Association
Association
Fredericks Hotel
James Breedlove
Alice Cassel Breedlove
Newspaper problems and publishing figures at Huntington session
Taylor represents the city and J H Long of Huntington Publishing Company with W Guy Tetrick of Clarksburg replying. The afternoon session lists talks on radio advertising, free publicity evils and remedies, newspaper mechanics, typography and typesetting costs. Also notes a Pittsburgh federal trial of six people, including Raymond Bittinger, for conspiracy to violate prohibition laws, tracing origins from Greene County Pennsylvania to nearby West Virginia. A North Carolina miner’s seven year old son, Ladie Pitman, reads newspapers and the Bible despite no schooling, taught by his grandmother.
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Linotype News
W. E. Ingersoll
The
Parkersburg Sentinel
Pittsburgh
Raymond +Bittinger
Scott's Run
W. Va
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Greene County
Ladie Pitman
Asheville
N.C
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Kelly-Bartlett Shoe CO
FTON
Fine Walker
Enna Jettick
Enna Jetticks
Mies
C. V. Miller Reliable Footwear
Grafton, W. Va
Smith Auto CO
Grand Street South Side
Glenn
West Side
Rae “Court
Tobias Building
Savage Washer & Appliance Company
Lugidder Street
Mount Morris
Manatee
Grand Theatre
Jimmie Valentine
Our Gang
Amelia Earhart
Veedol
Cide Water Oil Sales Corporation
Broadway
New York
N. Y
Sastern
N. B
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WBZA
WBZ
WBAL
WHAM
KDKA
WJR
WLW
WCFL
KWK
WREN
Bedoi
Mdelin Jensen
DR. Hartigan
Insane Institution
White Company Greenhouse
Fetterman
Grafton
Archdeacon Company
Men’s and Boys' Store
Grafton Drag & Chemical Co
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