West Virginia Birds Worth Millions To State
A study by West Virginia ornithologists outlines the economic and ecological value of native birds. It notes 260 species identified in the state, with many insectivorous birds crucial for pest control. The report urges public education and stronger protection to reduce crop and forest insect damage, citing potential losses and the birds’ outsized role in guarding ecosystems.
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West Virginia
Virginia
State Department of Agriculture
United States
West Vir Vy
Bailey Named President of Merchants and Mechanics Bank
G E Bailey of Courthouse District was elected president of the Merchants and Mechanics Savings Bank of Grafton, succeeding the late W R De Dent, at a Thursday board meeting. Lidbert Dent was elected director to replace his deceased uncle W B Dent. Bailey, a leading Taylor county businessman with coal, mining, and stone plant interests, also owns large farming and grazing lands in Texas and West Virginia.
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G. EL Bailey
Courthouse
Merchants & Mechanics Savings Bank of
Grafton
W. R de Dent
Lidbert Dent
W. B.D. Dent
M. & M. Bank
Taylor County
Bailey
Texas
West Virginia
Tan
Martin Bow
Decoration Day Parade Plans For Grafton May 30
Plans for the Decoration Day celebration in Grafton on May 30 were finalized on Thursday. The parade forms at Station Square with a line of march including First Division speakers and city officials, Minters, Bannera Drum Corps, and veterans groups. Members from Grafton and South Grafton schools participate across divisions with bands, legions, auxiliary units, and marching civic groups. The route runs Main feed Street to Walnut and to the cemetery.
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Station Square
Grafton
Clay Poller
Bannera
G. A. Keed
Sons of Veterans ‘American Legions
Taylor County Lines
Grafton Hand
South Grafton
West Grafton
First Ward
Corbin Band
Central
St. Augustine's School
East Grafton
Legion Police
Walnut
Metery
Youngest Son of Jude Ane Holt Receives Graduation Invite
The youngest son of the late Jude and H Holt received an invitation to the Chicago Law School commencement on Saturday June ninth at eight o clock in the Oriental Consistory. Neal plans to take the Illinois State Bar exam the following week to qualify for admission to practice law in Illinois.
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Judeane
H. Holt
Chicago Law School
Neal
Giddy Girl Slips On Primrose Path After All Night Drink
A reportedly 17 year old girl is found by William Bol near his Blueville home. She is doped and intoxicated, brought to the police, wrapped in a blanket, and later examined by Dr. Suddarth who attributes her condition to liquor and dope. The girl is held for treatment as authorities investigate the incident.
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Sillman
William Bol
Blueville
Bolyard
Silman
Cather
Suddarth
Local notices and social chatter from Grafton area
IL D Cornwell moved to Shaw farm purchased a year ago. W D Wilson and family shopped in Graf ton. Friends mourn Mrs John S Miller of West Liberty who died last Tuesday night. J N Forman and family shopped in Grafton. Mrs J N Forman had visited her aunt Mrs Mister and attended the funeral. C M Sinclair made a regular tip to Grafton. Pleasant Valley Sunday School held a Mothers Day program. Lola Suroye shopped in Graf ton. Moats and Fridley of Philippi planned to resume bridge work. Rev Gawthrop preached at Otterbein Chapel and spoke on Mothers Day. Myrtle Sprin has typhoid fever. Gusta Hamilton improving. Virgil Hamilton returned from West Liberty after Mrs Miller's funeral.
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IL. D. Cornwell
Shaw Farm
W. D. Wilson
Delbert
Ruby
Grafton
John S. Miller
West, Liberty
J.N. Forman
Tuth
George
Mister
West Liberty
C. M. Sinclair
Pleasant Valley
Lola Suroye
Messrs Moats and Fridley
Phiippi
Gawthrop
Evansville
Otterbein Chapel
Myrtle Sprin
Gusta Hamilton
Virgil Hamilton
West Liverty
Tribute to memory of W R D Dent in bank notice
The Merchants and Mechanics Savings Bank of Grafton West Virginia records high esteem for W R D Dent longtime president. The board call him faithful untiring conservative and credit his wisdom for the bank's strong condition. They extend sympathy to his friends and relatives.
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Mercants & Mechanics Saving
Bank of
Grafton
West Virginia
W. RB. D. Dent
Woman Injured In Suspected Car Incident Near Gratton
A woman was either ejected or fell from a passing car in Bineville early Friday. Police have the vehicle’s number and expect further developments. She cannot be questioned due to injuries, and a Gratton resident is considered unlikely by Police Fletcher.
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Bineville
Chick
Fletcher
Gratton
Laugh and Grow Fat and Cold Compliment Puzzle
A harsh winter scene shows a Black sender at a New York post office delivering a surprising parcel to his Alabama girlfriend and boasting it is something she has never seen. The page then shifts to a string of short, dated jokes about family life, weather, and school mischief.
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New York
Cleveland School
Camden
Kershaw
Columbia
Few Girls Qualify For Ziegfeld Follies Show
New York May 18 Beau type’s annual spring rush to Broadway begins as five thousand hopefuls from across the nation gather to try for the Ziegfeld Follies. Ned Wayburne will judge access to fame or disappointment in a process that may trim the pool from an initial 80 to a final selection.
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New York
Beauty
Broadway
America
Union
Ned Wayburne
Wayburne’s Broadway Judging Casts On Misses From Coast to Coast
Piquant judges Weyburne surveys a parade of beauties from many Main streets. He critiques ankles, hair colors, waists, enunciation, and mouth gold as Misses Kansas City, Portland, Minneapolis, Chicago, Atlanta, Omaha, Pittsburgh and Indianapolis vie for Broadway. Margery Leet from Indianapolis shines with "expression" as Weyburne selects two finalists from about 150 contestants.
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Ang Winifrede
Wey
Pine Bluff
Arkee
Wayburne
Kansas City
Wayburner
Portland
Minnneapolis
Chicago
Atlanta
Downerie
Grove
Omaha
Pittsburgh
Broadway
Margery Leet
Indianapolis
Weyburne
Moose lodge seeks bids for new home in West Virginia
Vaughn M Kerr secretary will receive bids from contractors for a new lodge auditorium grill room and to enlarge the Moose hall on Main Street in West Virginia The project aims to relocate the lodge to a site near Main Street and to create a combined lodge room and auditorium with enhanced comforts and visitor accommodations Increases in membership and pending initiations accompany the plan with further applications expected at the next meeting
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Moose Line
Vaughn M. Kerr
Ker
Someother Place
Main Street
West Virginia
Moose Lodge
Boy Scout Chief Arthur Letts Dies in Los Angeles
Arthur Letts vice president of the National Council Boy Scouts of America and a noted American merchant died in Los Angeles after a short illness. He was 61.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Arthur Letts
National Council Boy Scouts of America
America
Tragedy at Cleveland School Play Murders Dozens
A school play at Cleveland school near Camden South Carolina ends in tragedy as an oil lamp explodes, fires destroy the wooden auditorium, and a crowded exit collapses. More than seventy die and many are injured as families gather for a graduating event. Rescue work and identification of victims continue as funeral services are planned.
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Camden
8. C
A. P
Kershaw County
Clevland School
G. L. Dixon
Cleveland
Associated Press
South Carolina
Grafton
Fiendish dynamite case arrests in West Virginia
Three arrests were made by McDowell county authorities in the North Fork dynamiting of Saltte Thompson’s home. A thirteen year old boy was injured, a woman killed, and windows shattered. Suspects unnamed, two others confined in jail as investigation continues. Authorities pursued motive with deputies and officials involved all day and night.
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Bluefield
W. Va
McDowell County
Saltte Thompson
Northfork
Tom ‘Toler
Gittiink
Keystone Coal and Coke Coy
W. J. Hatfield
Undergrads in Riot With Philadelphia Cops
Philadelphia May 18 A wild riot erupted near the University of Pennsylvania as undergraduates celebrated Hay Day defying dispersal orders and clashing with authorities Two thousand students attended the event prompting damage to property and terror among residents Police and a detachment controlled the demonstrations with shots fired into the air while crowds dispersed calmly afterward Several civilian injuries were reported and the scene was described as a disorderly graduation celebration in progress.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Edim
Nead Vanier
Bik
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J. W. Brown
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Corbin Bang
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Wyckett
Quanon
Howard Sutherland
Perry
Varade
Beech Street
Dent
Herbert
W. Rd! Dent
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Decras
Grafton Bank
WR. D. Dent
Merchants & Mechan
Ank of
Wwe
L. B
Neil Holt
Palmer Canfield
Graf‘vossola
James Cornelius Holt
Eter
MOOSE
Rural School
Hole County
Phila
Hay-Dax
J. de Flemington
Walter” F Fairmont
George Lucas
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