Russo Allied Force Outnumbers Bolsheviks in Archangel
Archangel reports that Russo Allied troops, though outnumbered two to one or more, press on under General Edmund Ironside in brutal winter fighting. American officers voice frustration at home politics but praise frontline grit and decorations rising among troops. British airships R-34 and R-33 successors expected for trials. R-34 prepared for potential U.S. use.
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Archangel
Associated Press
Nothern
Atacka
Washington
London
Faris
Russia
Edmund Ironside
Uncle Sam
Camp Custer
France
LNDON
America
Woman dies after bichloride poisoning in Lovelorn case
Fairmont May 22 Margaret Walker is dead today after suffering tortures from swallowing bichloride of mercury. Authorities say she acted alone and that the death appeared self inflicted in a suspected case of unrequited love.
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Fairmont
Margaret Walker
Guicldal
Ford Libel Trial Hears Evidence Scope Debate
In Muent Mich a session focused on evidence limits in Henry Ford libel suit against the Chicago Daily Tribune. The jury was excused until Monday as Ford’s lawyers argued the Tribune headline calling Ford an anarchist lacked justification. Tribune defense contended the article reflected a study of Ford’s public stance, not every factual detail in a brief editorial.
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Tribune
Ford
Elliott G. Stevenson
the Tribune
The
Mallet Engine Drops Into Turntable Pit At Local Yard
Wrecking crews from Fairmont Keyser and Grafton battle to free the Mallet No 7100 after it rolled off the turntable pit leaving the round house engines tied up. Two men in the engine’s fire box escaped with minor injuries as traffic and operations were halted.
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Fairmont
Keyser
Grafton
Round House
Conscientious objectors being freed in Britain
London April 26. Conscientious objectors in increasing numbers are being released from English prisons while about 500 Quakers and other objectors remain under ward labor sentences. Since April 8, 450 have been freed. 6,135 resisted conscription, 5,596 court-martialed. Notable releases include Fenner Brockway and Walter Ayles as well as No-conscription leaders.
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London
Associated Press
War Office
Fenner Brockway
LABOR
Walter Ayles
Bristol
Independent Labor Party
D. Ludlam
French Aviator Roget Begins Paris to Morocco Flight
Paris May 24 Lieut Roget the French aviator who in April flew nonstop from Lyons to Rome started this morning a flight from Paris to Morocco aiming to cross the Atlantic to Dakar as the starting point.
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Paris
Lieut, Roget
Lyons
Rome
Paria
Morocco
Atlantic
Monn
Dakar
Defaced US Flag At Latrobe Street Undertaking Parlors
A 5 by 8 flag hanging in front of John H. McCabe's undertaking parlors on Latrobe Street was cut with slits and grease prints left behind. McCabe offers a $100 reward for evidence or identification of the guilty party, with bystanders angered by the cowardly act and urging legal punishment under special protective laws.
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United States
John H. McCabe
Latrobe Street
McCabe
aBllimore & Ohio
Miss Helen Colburn Teaven Accepts Fairmont Bookkeeper Post
Miss Helen Colburn Teaven will move to Fairmont to take a bookkeeper position with a local construction company. She has long served in the clerical staff at Baltimore and Ohio offices and will be missed by many friends and colleagues.
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Fairmont
Helen Colburn Teaven
Colburn
Baltimore & Ohio
Spooks Walked in School Belief Reported
Readers share tales of a haunting at a West Side school where an auditorium ghost reportedly played piano. Principal downplays the event as mass nerves while witnesses recount eerie noises and a frightened girl waking from sleep.
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West Side
Echoe
Recelt Strack
Long remembered conclave ends in Grafton WV
The 45th Annual Conclave Knights Templars of West Virginia concluded with officers installed and participants joining Shriners in a parade and ceremonies at Brinkman's. Visitors praised Grafton hospitality, city appearance, and the warmth left in hearts of all.
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Knights Templars
West Virginia
Templars
Shriners
Grafton
Resigns as Armour Bookkeeper to Join Smefiat Cream Co
Migs Havel Morrison of East Washington Street has resigned as bookkeeper for the Armour Company to accept the same role with the Smefiat Cream Company on the South Side. The move keeps Morrison in the same capacity with a different employer.
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Migs Havel Morrison
East Washington Street
Armour Company
Smefiat Fee Cream Company
South Side
War veteran George W Chambers ash scattering at wife’s grave
A Civil War veteran, George W Chambers, died in the Old Soldiers Home in Washington D C and was cremated. His ashes were carried to Bluemont cemetery in Grafton where a Knights of Pythias parade accompanied the burial. The will directed cremation and ashes sprinkled on his wife’s grave with band music and ceremonial escort.
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George W. Chambers
Grafton
Old Oldiers
Washington, D
Washington
Chambers
Knights of Pythias
Bluemont
Bartlett
Perine, Bartlett & Co
Bhofc
Page AE
Knights of Pythias Endorse Salvation Army Campaign
Local Knights of Pythias members receive telegrams from A A Wormwood grand chancellor urging support for the Salvation Army Fund Campaign. The message praises wartime service and calls on members to subscribe and aid the fundraiser nationwide including Ohio.
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Knights of Pythias
George R. Campbell
Atien Army
A.A. Wormwood
Knights of Pythica
Ohio
Order of Knights of Pythian
Salvation Army
Pythias
Business Men Association Hears Lively Debates At Luncheon
Twenty members of the Business Men's Association met at the Central Hotel to a livelier discussion than in weeks. They discussed the Ex ecutive Committee report on a Welcome Returning Heroes banner painted by George L. Blaney. Debates covered Pruntytown road costs, court bid sums, and added items raising the price by about 20,000 dollars. A One Cent Letter Postage Association notice urged backing a congress vote to restore one cent postage. The group voted to recommend business closures on Memorial Day afternoon from 1:30 to 3:30, balancing convenience with crowds.
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Central Hotel
Business Men's Association
Wm. Morgan
Lanner
Pasenger
George L. Blaney
Bliremont
Buriet
Pruntytown
Awyer
Con Clork
Postige Association
Reid ‘Irging
Congress
Morgaty
Watkins
C. A. Keefer
Board Purchases Alkire Barber Shop in Latrobe Street
Robert C. Board, noted Latrobe Street barber, buys the Fred Alkire shop on East Main Street and will assume possession June 1. His current Leitrim Street location, Truslow's barber shop, will stay open for now. Alike, ill health ends Alisiy’s tenure, with Board retaining East Main Street staff for continuity. Georgia Sandridge reappears from Wheeling to visit relatives. Joe Newham returns from France after honorable discharge to reside with uncle Garson Newham in Gratton.
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Robert C. Board
Latrobe Street
East Main Street
Board
Rob
le Trabe Street
Truslow
Beard
Gratton
Alisiy
Alieiré
Georgia Sandridge
Wheeling
Coust
Charles W. Bonneson
Joe Newham
France
Europe
Joe
Garson Newham
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George Chambers
Alkire
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