Out-of-town relatives attend Mrs. Howell funeral
The funeral for Mrs. Anne Howell drew in relatives from Greensburg Pennsylvania Chicago Illinois Fairmont West Virginia and Pittsburgh Pennsylvania including Mr and Mrs P D Costello and son Daniel Jr Mr and Mrs James Crogan Mr and Mrs Charles E Locke and sons Charles Jr and David Mr and Mrs Ray Howell and niece Mrs Mary Shanley Roberts Jones underwent tonsil surgery in Grafton City Hospital and William Wiley was admitted for medical treatment. Mrs Teddy Paugh and son from Washington DC visit East Wilford Street. Miss Mabel Wilson of Bristol WV visits Bertha Williams Knottsville Road. Mrs Clara Roeder of Cumberland MD and R V Smith of Windber PA were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs L A Smith. Grace Poling and Ed Young of Grafton spent a Saturday evening in Rowlesburg visiting Mr and Mrs James Dens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Howell
P. D. Costello
Daniel, Jr
Greensburg
James Crogan
Chicago
Charles E. Locke
Charles, Jr
David
Fairmont
Ray Howell
Mary Shanley
Pittsburgh
Shanley
Robert Jones
South Grafton
Grafton City Hospital
William Wiley
City
Teddy" Paugh
Washington, D. C
Paugh
Duffy
East Wilford Street
Mabel Wilson
Bristol
W. Va
Grafton Club Hosts Joint Meeting at St Pauls Church
A joint session of the Book Review and Literature and Art departments of the Grafton Women’s Club hosted guests from the General Club at St Paul’s Methodist Episcopal church in West Grafton. Luncheon at 1:30 preceded a program including Virginia Bennett and Mary Elizabeth Kelley performances and a poetry address by Mrs. C Edmund Neale. Out-of-town guests included Mrs Neale and several Buckhannon residents. a lengthy list of local attendees followed. A social calendar and Lend-A-Hand circle notes concluded the report along with details of the inter-state Quota Club meeting at Summit hotel near Uniontown, with WV and PA clubs participating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Z.L. Dean
E. F. K Roof
Buckhannon
Virginia Bennett
Batson
Rosalie
Mary Elizabeth Kelley
Neale
Jack
C. Edmund Neale
Mechling
Uniontown
F. K. Roof
Elizabeth Malone
H. R. Gibson
M. C. Hall
Z. L. Dean
Harry Friedman
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Summit Hotel
Clarksburg
Fairmont
Wheeling
Morgantown
Claude Reger
Claude Ebert
Margaret Ayer
Ebert
Grafton Club
Baron Munchausen
Shatz
Daily Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Items
Puzzle clues span across and down entries with mixed garbled OCR text. Readable hints include Chief justice, compass of US, Twice two, Walking with, Seamen, Embrace, therefore, upper limb, Positively not, Not high, Hand cover, Aurora variant, and evergreen. The scrambled lines resemble a newspaper crossword puzzle listing with missing letters and mis-scanned terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Compass
Goddess of Columbia Mischief University
France
Roman
Aurora
Ing
Puzsle
Mrs Bloom Elected President of Thorn ton PTA
The Thorn ton school Parent Teachers association met Friday night with Harry Bloom presiding. Officers for the coming year: President Mrs E W Bloom Vice president Emmett DeMoss Secretary Miss Mildred Travis Treasurer William Butcher. Program included songs readings prayers and an address by Supt E G Kuhn. Also notes on Now and Then club gathering with prize winners and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Boy
Margaret Hedrick
Ernest Bloom
Virginia DeMoss
Helen DeMoss
Susan Jane Hedrick
E. G. Kuhn
Park View Bridge Club Meets At Elva Gough Home
The Park View bridge gathering at Mrs Elva Gough home included Miss Meriam Isner, Mrs Grace Louden, Mrs Nips Sturm, Mrs Ruth Crouser, Mrs Sammie Camden, Mrs Mary Wagoner, Mrs Minnie Stillwell, Mrs Pearl Poling, Mrs Mary Relsinger, plus two guests Miss Charlotte Bloom and Newton Camden. At Mrs R Virgil Rohrbough’s home on West Francis Street, prizes went to Mrs Ernest Clark and Miss Jean Murray, with a dainty dessert served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sammie Camden
Meriam Isner
Elva Gough
Parkview
Grace Louden
Nips Sturm
Ruth Crouser
Mary Wagoner
Minnie Stillwell
Pearl Poling
Mary Relsingger
Charlotte Bloom
Newton Camden
R. Virgil Rohrbough
Bridge Club
West Francis Street
Ernest Clark
Jean Murray
Geneva Hilkey
Virginia Hanway
Ruth Turner
Irene Kunst
Fred Schroeder
John Burdette
Lynn Faulkner
Local Corporation To Run Market Is Formed
Charleston May 26 Two Morgantown firms received charters from the secretary of state. The Osage Coal Sales Corpora tion will mine coal in Cass district Monongalia county and may issue 5000 dollars of stock. Incorporators are 8. D. Brady Jr J Z Brady and W H Jenkins Morgantown. Brock Insurance Agency Inc stock also 5000 dollars with Agnes L Brock Esther B Brock and Robert L Brock Morgantown. The Grafton Sanitary Market Inc of Grafton may issue 5000 dollars stock formed by Earse1 Pepper H E Brestel of Grafton and E I Brestel of Fairmont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Morgantown
Osage Coal Sales Corporation
Cass District
Monongalia County
D. Brady, Jr
J. Z. Brady
W. H. Jenkins
Brock Insurance Agency, Inc
Agnes L. Brock
Esther B. Brock
Robert L. Brock
Grafton Sanitary Market, Inc
Grafton
Earse] Pepper
H. E. Brestel
E. I. Brestel
Fairmont
Riverside Drive Repair Work Begins Under Reed
This morning a crew under Street Commissioner James A. Reed began repairing Riverside drive by filling holes that have made driving dangerous for some time. The project was delayed from yesterday due to Sunday night rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside Drive
James A. Reed
Women Formally Thanked For Good Deeds Of 1895
Columbus Mississippi May 28 1898 women who sent boxes of goodies to departing Spanish American War volunteers are formally thanked by John A Holmes Jr life president of the Fifth Infantry Reunion Association in Birmingham Alabama the gesture recalled from 1895 and 1898 events
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Miss
John A. Holmes, Jr
Birmingham
Ala
Fifth Infantry Reunion Association
Darent
Doctor Taylor Dies After Long Clarksburg Practice
Dr. Charles P. Taylor, 68, died of heart disease in Clarksburg. He had practiced medicine here for over 30 years, leaving a notable mark on the local medical community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
Charles P. Taylor
Inoculation for Typhoid Advised Before Camping
The article urges typhoid vaccines for summer campers citing floods and groundwater contamination risks. It weighs four points on vaccination effectiveness and safety, noting historic troop data, and recommends repeat vaccination in youth if given in infancy. It cautions water and food sources as potential typhoid vectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wa.r
Generous Prisoner Pays Fines for Three Others
Dorsey C. Stone of Pittsburgh, jailed on a drunken driving charge in Morgantown, sent home for funds. While awaiting trial he befriended inmates and a $149 check arrived covering his own fine and the fines of three others including Thomas Cole for tax-unpaid liquor, Lawrence Peters for drunken driving, and Albert Yocum Jr for reckless driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
Dorsey C. Stone
Pittsburgh
Stone
Thomas Cole
Lawrence Peters
Albert Yocum, Jr
Ships Collide Impacts San Salvador Built 1924
The San Salvador, a 5805 gross ton vessel built in 1924, sustained damage in a collision. Registered in London, she is operated by Eagle Oil and Shipping Company Ltd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Salvador
London
Eagle Oil and Shipping Company, Ltd
Warrant raids probe Black Legion linked bombings
Wayne county authorities raided five Down River homes in Ecorse and nearby areas seeking Black Legion evidence tied to two recent bombings. Agents seized firearms and outlaw literature from ex councilmen’s houses as W F Effinger claimed the group has over six million members nationwide and aims to uphold American interests. He denied ties to the Ku Klux Klan and asserted the Black Legion would proceed without attempting to seize power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commnion
Howard Curtis
Milford
Wayne County
Down River District
Ecorse
W. F. Effinger
Lima
Duncan C. McCrea
Black Legion
United States
Klan
Harry Colburn
Detroit
Ku Klux Klan
Effinger
America
Paw
Dudley
Legion
Jackson
Harry Jackson
Michigan
Ray Emmett
Dice Hawley
Flint
Mich
Andrew J. Transue
Genessee County
Black Legion activities widen in Midwest probes
Investigators allege the Black Legion, led by Effinger as a western commander for Michigan Ohio and Indiana, coordinated bombings and intimidation. The Voisine home bombing is linked to a meeting with police officials and politicians present. Hearings target 12 men in Poole murder and kidnapping cases with John Doe warrants for 12 more. Dayton Dean confesses to shooting Poole and reveals his ambivalent ties to the group. Rabbi Franklin denounces the sect as pagan. state and local authorities push to exterminate the organization, while federal action remains unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Effinger
Black Legion
Michigan
Ohio
Indiana
William W. Voisine
Ecorse
Duncan C. McCrea
Wich
Voisine
McCrea
Volsine
Poole
John Doe
Dayton Dean
Dean
Black Robed Society
Leo M. Franklin
Flint
Pontiac
Jackson
Lansing
David H. Crowley
Oscar G. Olan
Fatal Forest Fire Claims New Jersey Firefighter
Ira Morey of West Creek a state firefighter and brother of Warden Morey died in the blazes. Stanley Carr 23 of Waretown was tentatively identified among the dead. Officials could not recognize all bodies. The deaths and missing persons came from New Jersey towns as crews battled the flames toward the sea and saved Tuckerton. Fire equipment reached from Atlantic City twenty miles away.
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Page One
Ira Morey
West Creek
Warden Morey
Stanley Carr
Waretown
New Jersey
Tuckerton
Atlantic City
Dionne quintuplets staff house planned amid care
In Callander Ontario on May 26 the Dionne family sees an eight room staff house to be built for hospital workers caring for the quintuplets. Funds from the quintuplet fund will finance the construction on government expropriated ground near the hospital. Dr Dafoe notes the staff house will relieve crowding as the five girls need more space and added guards and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callander
Dionne
Oliva
Elaire Dionne
Ohio strike updates drift through Akron and Marietta
The Amalgamated Association challenges the National Labor Act as it reports on a sit down at Goodyear ending after hours. The Ohio National Guard observers find a calm scene while 30 Goodyear workers face court on anti voting statute charges. Remington Rand plant in Marietta suspends operations as 125 shop workers remain on strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Tropa
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and
Tnled
National’ Nations Act
C. Caudill
Portsmouth
National Guard
Akron
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Goodyear
Remsington Rand, Inc
Marietta
Walter E. Gerhart
Steiké, Pe
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Elizabeth Cummins Jackson
Daughters of the American Revolution
Alice Chamberlain
Missionary Society of the United Brethren Church
Subject
Japan
The
Baptist Church
American Legion Auxiliary
B. & O. Trafic Department
Moose Home
Judson Missionary Society of the
First Baptist Church
Luella Powell
West Wilford Street
C. G. Turner
Isadore Sivins
Grace Wolfe
Harold Nobie
L. C. Mechling
Clyde Gilbert
R.T. Bartlett
R. P. Bell
Ida Leech
W. G. Chrislip
T. M. Deegan
John Edwards
O. Jay Fleming
T. W. Heironimus, Jr
Joe Jolliffe
J. B. Luke
Junior Hamilton
Eva Love
Belle van Kirk
Presbyterian Church
East Main Street
Stross
Handly
Frank Cather
Dana Barker
Miss Love
CLUB
Berry Brothers Circus
Fire Department
Daily Cross
Spain
Lula Evans
Knottsville Road
Riverside Dr
Logan Clendaivany
Clendening
Little Cas
Grarton
Philadelphia
New York
Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio
West Main Street
Batist
Miss Sim
Washington, D.C
Atlantic Beaches
N.england
Ozarks
Rockies
Texas
San Diego Exposition
Greybad
Greyhound
Americas
Agent Love Drug CO
W. A. Roberts
Carbide Chemicals
U.S. Pa
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