Social and Church News from the Grafton Sentinel
Dinner at Cafeteria honors Grand Army of the Republic veterans with a large table and Memorial Day decorations. Ladies Auxiliary officers present include Mrs. Ira Beavers Mrs. ES Lizac ier and Mrs. J. A. Carroll. Church Luncheon by Ladies Aid at the lst Protestant Church Friday at 11. Valley Inn hosts busy dance floor with Virginia Stompers playing late into the night and dancing from 9 to 12. Chicken dinner served all evening with other refreshments available.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Ira Beavers
ES. Lizacier
J. A. Carroll
Ladies Auillary
Valley Inn
Ion
Virginia Stompers
Pershing Addresses Peace Message At French Cemetery
In Thiancourt France on May 3 General John J Pershing spoke to French and American listeners at St Michiel cemetery after schoolchildren laid flowers on American graves He criticized the belief that war secures national greatness and urged durable peace through understood agreements and deterrence to future war.
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Thiancourt
France
John J. Pershing
St. Michiel
Pershing
Personal notices from Morgantown and nearby towns
Miss Maude Brown hosts visitors from Morgantown and Fairmont while others travel guests in Gratton. Clarence McDaniel visited Grafton and Dale Hynnett returned from Fairmont. Maria Kirkpatrick returns after Clarkshuts visit. Evans Jewelry sale runs this week. Leon Watkins family back in Dayton after months with Bownd family in Morgantown.
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Roy Green
Morgantown
Maude Brown
Rip Ward
Mildred Saterfield
Fairmont
Gratton
Walnut Street
Clarence
McDaniel
Grafton
Dale Hynnett
Pairmont
Data Pol
Sentinel Election News Crowds Grafton as Returns Lag
Sentinel Election News proves popular as Lutroby Street floods with discussion while county figures display on two boards before the Sentinel building. State returns slide screens run as telephones stay busy into the night. county No. 5 led in reporting with rents said to be falling, though not yet visible.
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Lutroby Street
Grafton
Sentinel
Grafton No. 5
June Jubilee Plans Mature at Loyal Order Lodge HQ
The Loyal Order of Moose at 45 West Main Street continues June Jubilee plans with registration drives and a push to engage voters post elections. Lawrence Planagan led a street effort to boost the list of registered babies, promising to publish a complete list tomorrow.
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West Main Street
Gentral
Loyal Order of Moose
Moose
Lawrence Planagan
Beatrice Rosenbaum Body Found 20 Miles From Youngstown
Police indicate Beatrice Rosenbaum 19 was abducted from her home in Youngstown Ohio and left to die in a ravine after being carried away by two farm boys. A map shows the crime location.
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Youngstown
Beatrice
Rosenbaam
Ald Ravine
Parade Honors Nation at Memorial Day Observance
Memorial Day events featured a Legion drum and bugle corps, patriotic songs, and a keynote by Rev. Dr. Wilson praising Civil War veterans and modern troops. A granite monument dedication, riverfront club opening, and a Memorial Day baseball game were announced, with remarks stressing national unity and future peace. Birth announced: eight-pound girl to Mr. and Mrs. Beverlin Jr. of Maple Avenue.
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Uniformed Legion
Corbin
Fough
Opera House
Riverside
Bluemont Cemetery
Olan McCorick
Boston
John B. McCormick
Wilson
H. W. Beverlin Jr
Maple Avenue
Shortcake and Hope Chest Notes from the Era
A fragmentary column suggests making strawberry shortcakes with biscuits and crushed berries. A London novelist advises every girl to keep a hope chest, while stray lines reference a handy box for bridge decks and dangerous items, hinting at eclectic domestic and social ideas.
Furniture Beetle Pest Worsens This Spring
Washington reports a growing spring infestation of the furniture beetle, first seen in the White House chair from 1905. Entomologist A E W Back notes adults appear March to June, with brown, white, and yellow scales. He urges thorough fumigation of the house or affected pieces to combat the pest.
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Washington
White House
A. E W. Baek
Bureau of Entomology
Department of Agriculture
Back
Amerie
American Museums of Natural History
Russia
Bureau
Heavy fighting along Chinese railway between forces
Heavy fighting reported along the Ye Pekine to Hankow railway with northern troops and Shansi province forces allied to the Nationalists. The Saturday clash cost about 6 080 lives as Shansi aims to draw northern forces west to weaken allies elsewhere. Gen Peng Yu Hsiang linked troops to break east of the railroad toward Holjenfu, about 70 miles southwest of Tientsin.
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Genard Peng Yu Hsiang
Holjienfu
Tientsin
Runoff Water Varies by Land Type in Missouri Study
Experiments by the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station over six years show run-off water differs greatly by land type. Seven plots including sod and cultivated land yielded 796 cubic feet per year on barren land and 187 on sod. Findings suggest sod absorbs rainfall via crop interception and root channels, reducing erosion risk.
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Columbia
Missouri Plate Experiment Station
Berkley County First In State With Returns
Berkeley county in the eastern panhandle was the first to report complete vote today in the West Virginia primary. In 44 precincts the results show Republican president Golf 2412 Hoover 1707 Democratic Gore 1503 Hatfield 2283 Rosenbloom 117 and Republican governor Conley 1 ... plus a note on a British shooter Mrs W L 8 Alton scoring a possible at 200 500 and 600 yards totaling 105 points.
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Charleston
Berkeley County
Panhandle
West Virginia
Golf
Hoover
Democraticeed
Smith
Gore
Hatfield
Rosenbloom
Conley
Yaugh
Med Bisley
England
W. L
Alton
Natonal Rifle Association
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Bridgeport Building Block CO
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New York
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Wilmington
Del
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Milan
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