Dry world hinted during WCTU meeting
Baltimore, Md. Oct 4 The forty fourth annual Women’s Christian Temperance Union session opened with a forecast of world prohibition next year and protests against the high cost of living. Memorial tributes to Dr Aug Howard Shaw, Mrs Addie Parsell, and Miss Francis A Cathcart were observed. Mary E Haslup led the Friday session urging prayers for President Wilson and detailing evaltation work and future hopes.
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Baltimore
Women’s Christian Temper Union
St. John’s Methods
Ctestant Church
St. Paul and
Twenty-Seventh Street
Marylane Rauch
Annie. Starr
Women's Christian Union
World War I Hero Walter Wood Returns Home to City
Sergeant Walter A. Wood of Company 164th Infantry, 41st Division, American army in France, arrived home from Camp Dix New Jersey after honorable discharge. He served in France for over a year and is greeted with welcome honors in the city.
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Walter A. Wood
164Th Infantry
France
Camp Dix
N. J
Arther
Gooeh
Grafton Lady Named Grand Lodge Officer In Star Elected
Mrs Mary L Jemerys of Grafton was chosen as Grand Alecta in the Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star meeting at Bluefield. The session, ongoing since September 20 and adjourned October 3, named officers including Worthy Grand Matron Jo anna Bishop of Huntington and Worthy Grand Patron Dr A H Debendarver of Mannington, with Naomi’s Chapter No 12 of Grafton represented by Mrs Fred B Watkins.
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Order of Eastern Star
Bluefield
Grafton
Mary L. Jefferys
Joanna Bishop
Huntington
A. H. Debendarver
Mannington
Emma Gee
Weston
W. T. Workman
Julia Y. Jackson Ogan
Martha
Catherine Meade
Parkershoro
Grand Alecta
Mary L. Jemerys
Gratton
Grand Warder
Tie Tohmpson
Keyser
Grand Sentinel
Thomas Strickler
Ellenboro
Grand
John H. Charnock
Charleston
Fred B. Watkins
Naomi
Knights of Khorazzin Tour for Initiations in Clarksburg Philipp
Grafton Dra matic Order Knights of Khorazzin are in demand for initiations in nearby towns. A party from here joined Clarksburg to initiate 27 applicants and were treated royally. Later they traveled to Philipp for a large class, receiving a warm welcome and brief stay. Those present included Yates Albright Malone Gramneman Kinzey Kinney Sayre Summers Clayton McIntosh.
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Grafton
Dramatic Order
Knights of Khorazzin
Orya Ger
Clarksburg
T. Yates
P. Albright
Ira
Eorge Kinney
John W. Sayre
Ta Malone
F. Albright
LT. Yates
Atwell Summers
Leslie Clayton
Gordon McIntosh
Wealthy Wilkinsburg Boys Find Bank Loot Fragments
In Pittsburgh area Oct 6 a dozen Wilkinsburg youths flashed money and found about $6,500 of a $30,000 bank theft loot. Police recovered $2,500 from youths in a lumber yard and local constables noted more fragments of bills on streets, tied to the bank robbery that led to Frank O Clark’s arrest.
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Pittsburgh
Wilkinsburg
First National Bank
Frank O. Clark
Penn Avenue
Wallace Bishop F
George Clark
Thirteenth Ward
Bank Money Recovered Ties to Missing 30 000
Officers recovered the funds from two youths who had more than 300 dollars and 2000 dollars respectively. They deposited the money at First National Bank in Wilkinsburg where a conference with Chief Bishop, Constable Clark, and J E Peterson, the bank’s cashier, confirmed the bills belonged to the bank. The wrappers bore the bank’s name.
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First National Bank
Wilkinsburg
Bishop
Constable Clark
J. E. Peterson
Better Car Service Raises Coal Output in West Virginia
West Virginia mines show higher October coal production than September. Kanawha Shippers' Association secretary Max H Tomb cites car supply increases of 75 to 85 percent in many fields and faster empty movements from western lines. Tidewater congestion cleared, dumping back to normal, with October exports at high year level. Buyers seek only current needs, not stockpiling, amid sustained demand. strikes continue to curtail New River field output.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Max H. Tomb
The
Kanawha Shippers’ Association
Ie Sweek
Tidewater
Schwab Visits Moundsville May Build Zinc Plant
Charles M Schwab the steel magnate visited Moundsville for about two hours to inspect the United Zinc Smeltering plant valued at about one million dollars. He showed notable interest in the facility which produces zinc bars and sulphuric acid amid rumors of expansions or a new mill.
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Schwab
Moundsville
Wheeling
W. Va
Charles M. Schwab
United
Negro held in assault case near Huntington
Sheriff H F B Love holds a Black man who gave the name PD Anderson of Cordele Ga after he allegedly pointed a rifle at J Searberry and bound him, while Searberry's wife was searched and assaulted. The whereabouts of the suspect remain secret. the incident followed a nighttime disturbance at a distant foundry property. Police later recovered a second suspect nearby for identification by the Searberry couple.
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Huntington
W. Va
R. I. Blackwood
H. FB. Love
PD. Anderson
Cordele
Gilbert Searberry
Searberry
Prohibition
Erro
Fire Prevention Day Observed Nationwide October 5
Thousands of cities observe Fire Prevention Day on October 5 to promote rubbish cleanup and fire safety in homes and buildings. The National Fire Protection Association backs demonstrations by dealers and manufacturers, noting $290 million in property losses from avoidable fires in 1930 and urging school pupils clergy and stores to participate. Also reports Mr and Mrs Richard Brohard planning a move to San Antonio Texas for health reasons and Mixy Kate Gerkin returning home after a two week trip to Atlantic City Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington.
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National
Fir
Chicago
United States
National Fire Protection Association
T. W
Richard
San Antonio
Texas
Mr. Brohard
Brohard
Colorado
Mr. Brochard
Mixy
Kate Gerkin
Theo
Gerisin
Teilor
West Wilterd
Alton
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Claims slump in workshops puts up cost
Washington council of national defense reports after investigation into high living costs that the nation’s productive powers remain underutilized since the armistice. It says too few goods, notably necessities of life, have been produced and some pools have been withheld from the market due to the high cost.
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Reme
America
Baker
Daniels
Lane
Houston
Washington, D. C
Council of National Defense
Airman Killed in Aviation Accident Near Philadelphia
Colonel Townsend Dodd commander at Langley Field Virginia and one of the early American aviator officers was killed Sunday at Battleton Field near Philadelphia An accompanying mechanic survived The loss comes as Dodd was en route from Langley to New York and leaves a history of service with the expeditionary forces in France and the First Army air service He had worked with the Wright Brothers in early aviation experiments and held successive aviation commissions
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Washington
Townsend Dodd
Langley Field
Virginia
Battleton Field
Philadelphia
Air Service
Dodd
Haviland
Langley Vield
New York
Bustleton Mold
France
First Army
Pershing
Mexico
First Aero Unit
Podd
Coast Artillery
Wright Brothers
Signal Corpa
Marinee
Speargal
Solovel
West Virginia Stars End World Series Bid With 2 0 Win
The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Chicago White Sox 2 to 0 in game four, moving two wins from the title. Pitching by Jim King and Eddie Cicotte’s erratic defense defined the tense scoreless affair, with Reds fielding vigor and timely hitting turning the fifth inning into the decisive burst.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
Ollie
Chief Moran
Chicago White Sox
Reds
Sox
Eddie Cleotte
Jim King
Sahara
Bie
Innnings
Garry Herrimann
Diamond Athletics
Weaver
Cicotte
Gandil
Schalk
Duncan
Kopf
Jackson
Neale
Wingo
Ring
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Grand Lodge
Cardus
Cardui
Dra
Aebus
Omaha
Frank Fille
WU & UL
GE Nation
Charles I*. Albright
Inlaw
Lem Wagner
Theodore Gerkin
Wilford Street
Barracksville
al Dright
West Virgina
Greas Day
Rud
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