Ex Artist Model Faces Murder Trial in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia Mrs. Catherine Rosier a former model faces murder charges for slaying her husband Oscar Hesier and for shooting her stenographer Mildred Geraldine Reckitt. The trial proceeds with urgency as the commonwealth plans to rest its case by Wednesday and the defense to follow. Rosier collapsed crying in court as Reckitt was named and the verdict read.
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Catherine Rosier
Philadelphia
Modiste
Oscar Hesier
Mildred Geraldine
Reckitt
Specifor
Mildred Garaldine Reckitt
Rosier murder trial front court events described
The trial unfolds with jurors sworn as witnesses testified on Mildred Beckett’s death. Prosecution portrays Rosier as a willful murderess and a plan to kill both her husband and a young stenographer, detailing weapon purchase, timing, and the brutal acts in the office and home.
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Frank’ Batchelor
Bib Tolin
Roster
God Men and True
Levi Hart
Rosier
Sue Reid
Ralph Chappelle
Richard
City Hall
Maurice J. Sperger
Arthur Rosier
Salaili
Bethany Eleven Unable to Stay Away From Home
In Bethany West Virginia on October 25 the Bethany Eleven football team members returned early from the Retgers contest. The student manager Leigh Darale noted many players could not stay away from home and described teammates back early from the trip with anecdotes about Shoamake Hub Townsley Kelly and Moyt Colter among others.
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Bethany
W. Va
Leigh Darale
Shoamake
Hub
West Virginia
Bila Lake
Townseridy
Kelly
Miler
Pany
Nativite
Townsend
Cleveland
Buffalo Creek Institution
Derato
Moyt Colter
Bethany Ead
Jove
Rutgers College Team to Meet West Virginia Prep Schools
The Rutgers College squad is slated to face a slate of New Jersey and nearby prep schools including Stamford High Calvert Phillipsburg High Rutgers Prep Curtis High New Brunswick Ridgewood Keyport Jersey City Roselle Erasmus Poly Prep Round Rock Plainfield Bayonne Erasmus Bloomfield Bethlehem Westfield East Orange Patterson Lincoln Union Hill Rutherford Amityville High in upcoming matchups.
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Stamford
N. J
Rutherford
Amityville
Hotel Grafton Plan Sees Major Remodeling And Rename
The Murphy hotel handlers, owner of the former Willard Hotel leased from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, announced drastic plans costing thousands of dollars before opening. The building will be remodeled and repackaged as The Hotel Grafton with new interiors, rugs, furnishings, and a ground floor lunch room beside an enhanced lobby and dining hall.
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Murphy Hotel
Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
J. B. Keith
Grafton
Bethany-Rutgers
New Brunswick
N. J
Bison Sridders
Bethany
Boyd
New York
Broadway
Travers
Main Street
Murphy
Keith
Ce Ee
Elkins
Colebank
Hall
Morgantown
Reddick
Grafton Team Gears Up For Elkins Eleven
Grafton high school football drills include short scrimmages and signal-play tong drills at legion field. Coach Colebank focuses on formations to meet Elkins next Saturday, aiming to counter a likely strong attack.
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Legion Field
C@feranks
Elkins
Colebank
Eheins
Mahrt Likely Out for Rutgers Game for Mountaineers
Morgantown West Virginia October 25 local belief holds Armin Mahrt the Dayton flash will miss the Rutgers College clash this Saturday afternoon. Coaches plan to lean on Spears ace who is expected to deliver top play despite Mahrt’s lingering injuries and a recent knock that sent him to the sidelines.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Armin Mahrt
Daton “‘Flash
West Virginia
Mountaineer
Spearsmen
Rutgers College
Spears
Mahrt
Cartmell
Eiverything
Charity Otuk
City's Commercial Expansion Reflected in Post Office Growth
Officials of the post office department report a steady two year rise in Grafton business, with daily mail handled rising to about 16,000 pieces including 10,000 foreign and 6,000 local pieces. The increase stems from local and foreign mail, and efficiency improvements. if major customers like the railroad and utilities routed stamps locally, the office would rise to first class.
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Grafton Posto
Grafton
Post Office Department
S ’ Postoffics
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Gas Company
Baltimore
Northwestern Football Team Insured for Injury Losses
Northwestern University has secured a blanket insurance policy covering all players for injuries during the football season. Dana M. Evans announces the policy guarantees a fixed sum for each injured or taken player and adds a 0 percent extra for each hospital admission. Five broken noses have already been compensated.
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Chicago
Northwestern University
Dana M. Evans
Prof to Speak at Parkersburg on Boys Life Work
West Virginia University Dean of Men H B R Stone will address the State-wide conference of older boys in Parkersburg on Friday October 27. He will discuss the modern college boy and his problems while urging reinstatement and guidance for youths facing financial worries rule violations or instructor difficulties. Other speakers include former Governor John J Cornwell Mrs Izetta Jewell Brown and Dr John Brown Jr The gathering runs Friday to Saturday afternoon with devotional periods and sessions led by Boy s Work secretary BL Johnson from Palemont WV.
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H. BR. Stone
West Virginia University
Parkersburg
Dean Stone
West Virginia
John J. Cornwell
Izetta Jewell Brown
Kingwood
John Brown
Morgantown
BL. Johnson
Palemont
Iw Va
Carter Club Meets at Mrs Donaldson Home
Local social notes describe Carter Club gathering at Mrs John Donaldson's Washington street residence with sewing and fancy needlework followed by refreshments. Also King's Daughters meeting at Art Reese's Ona street home featured a program and lunch, with Halloween decor and plans for next month's meeting at Dotson's Walnut street Par Mar. Masonic Temple hosts Mar Club invitation list for York City event. Hospital board for Huntington Methodist Church names officers and plans state survey to locate new hospital site. B Warren Howard of Cumberland attends.
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Carter Club
John Donaldson
Washington Street
King’s Daughters
King's Daughters
United Brethren Sunday School
Art’ Reese
Ona Street
Grace Reese
F. M. Bennett
Grace Adams
Hallowe'en
C. E. Dotson
Walnut Street
Par Mar
Pir Mar Club
Fairmont
America
Yorke
York City
Columbia Record Makers Masonic Temple
Huntington
West Virginia
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
L. $. Cunningham
Williamson
J. E. Rader
C. A. Slaughter
Ashland
B. Warren Howard
Cumberland
Good Literature Club Holds Meet
The Good Literature Club held its annual meeting at Miss Ida West Main Street on Tuesday night. Miss Allender led the program presenting notes on her work in Grafton through religious papers and tracts, reaching those with few opportunities for preaching. The evening featured a concert by the club orchestra and readings by several members, closing with a prayer by Rev. G. H. L. Berman.
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Stn
Sve
Willie ‘Towien
Perry Grimm
Florence
Beeman
Milwaukee
Christian Science
Movamonte
America
The
Good Literature Club
Ida
West Main Street
Milss Allender
Grafton
Mise Allender
M. L. Abbott
Sallie Hervey
George Jones
Tuesday Coal Loadings Fall From Last Week on B and O
The Monongah Division of the Baltimore and Ohio reports coal loadings Tuesday at 712 cars, down from 778 on the same day last week. Empty and loaded situations list numerous categories including idle mines, orders, and various regional load totals.
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Monongah
Baltimore and Ohio
Commercial
Curtis Bay
Lake
County Taxes Show a Slight Yearly Boost
Taylor county's taxes this year total 226 000, up from 213 000 in 1921, covering land and personal property only. The county tax rate fell while assessments rose, offsetting the rate cut. State Tax Commissioner Hallanan aims to adjust assessment and collection methods county by county amid taxpayer concerns.
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Taylor County
Hallanan
Princess Herminie Directing Wedding Preparations in Doorn
Reports from Doorn Holland state Princess Herminie actively directs preparations for her marriage to the former Kaiser next month. She plans installation of turnitars and decoration of apartments while keeping her presence at the chateau strictly confidential. She is expected to leave on November 1.
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Doorn
Holland
Get
Herminie
Chatau
Ehia UN
Union Protestant Denominations Seek City Union
Detroit Oct 28 A proposed union of several Protestant denominations was adopted by a local association. The resolution names the Allenites Presbyterians Baptists Congregationalists Protestant Episcopal and Evangelical churches but no concrete steps toward union have been set.
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Detroit
Union of the
Funeral for Howard H Denny Held Thursday
Howard H Denny died Monday at Hopemont Tuberculosis Sanitarium. Funeral services will be Thursday at J W Martins home with Revs J W Brown and F G Radabangh officiating. Interment in Simpson Cemetery. He leaves a mother Mrs Stumps of Belle Vernon Pa, a brother Park Denny of Monongalia Pa, a niece Mrs Bradford of Angeles Cal, three aunts and a cousin John B Denny of Beaver Falls Pa. Denny was born and raised in McKeesport Pa.
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Howard H. Denny Gormiet Graf‘ton Slassworker
Hopemont
Terra Alta
Grafton
J. W. Martin
Gay Street
Denny
Stumps
Belle Ver~non
Park Denny
Monongatilia
Bradford
Angeles
California
Bennett
Elasebeth Hart
Pittsburgh
Sarah Anna Magit
Brownsville
John B. Denny
Beaver Falls
McKeesport
Homer
W. Brown
F. G. Radabangh
Simpson Comets
Charity supper invites Buckhannon ladies Oct. 31
Local notices list numerous residents visiting, shopping, and attending business in Buckhannon. A Charity supper at the Baptist church on October 31 is advertised by Mrs. G W Shipman with her daughter Mrs. Robert Slack hosting. A rummage sale by Andrew’s Methodist Women’s Home Missionary Society is also announced in Latrobe Street Co operative store room.
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Baptist Church
G. W. Shipmai
Robert Slack
Buckhannon
J. R. Puller
Shipyaer
Calvin
William Overfield
Simpeon
J.H. Wilson
A. P.taylor
Horiton
Bob” Hibbs
Heptibah
J. Ben
M. Bonn Company
Pitts
J. C. Bishop
Clarksburg
Uffington
Ethel Southerland
Webster
Co-operative
Latrobe Street
Women’s Home Missionary Society of
Anddrew
Anna Shahan
Tunenéleton
John Brannop
St. Louis
Mies Mildred Stuck
Ah Newbury
W.rupee San i
Frank Sayers
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