Ten Years Ago Today Notices On Damages Demanded Of City
Ten years ago today A J Fletcher and other property owners served notice on the city council threatening suits unless it acted to adjust damages from street changes. The council laid the notices on the table. Columbus Johnson returned from Atlantic City unhappy with the brine. Thomas P McDermott, a harber well known here, was adjudged sane at Weston and committed to the asylum there. The Carroll Comedy Company held a family matinée in Union Park. Billop Coadjutor W L Grayatt of Charles Town announced to be next morning in the fps.
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A. J. Fletcher
Thomas, P. McDermott
Harber
Asane
Weston
Billop
W. L. Grayatt
Charles Town
Nex
Moring
Local notes from Fairmont and surrounding towns
Dated items report community events, church activities, and local visits. Notables include Baptist and temperance meetings in Fairmont, marriages, business travels from Denver to Parkersburg, and Poor health updates for residents like Oliver Nay and Mrs Sayers. Families and workers move between Clarksburg, Wheeling, and Shinnston with remodeling needs noted for churches.
Local Social Notes Highlight Sturm Family Visit and Guests
Harold Z. Sturm visits from Defiance where he works for Ferguson Construction Company. Misses Beste and Jessie Hess and their cousin Louise Hamilton of Pairmont were guests of Mrs. Josephine Martin at Enterprise recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Z. Sturm Froisome
Defiance
Ferguson ‘Construction Company
Beste
Jessie Hess
Louise Hamilton
Pairmont
Josephine Martin
Enterprise
Japan Increases Foreign Machinery Purchases in 1932
Japan bought a rising amount of foreign machinery and engines in 1932, with total purchases valued at 14,175,089 dollars. The figure reflects expanding imports as industrial demand grew throughout the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Remarkable Historic Slipper Tradition and County Earthwork
A note on a long held French history of slipper throwing at weddings, traced to ancient origins and now noted alongside a major county project. The text mentions a vast earthwork in Clay County, covering 7 000 acres of land, with about 1 700 000 cubic yards excavated, and references an ultramodern German institution.
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Clay “County
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Oxford
Fifth Avenue
Osburn
Sea Peste &Re
Couiges
Bob We Pike
Odeon Theatre
Columbus Johnson
Atlantic City
Carroll
Union Park
Ghardhbert
Ing
Contrictor Blodgett
Iquerurbar
Mei
Michigan
Ter
Lewin E. Peters
Hapist
Stinion
Baptist Yom Peoples Union
Fairmont
Charles G Currey
Parkershire
Clarksburg
Fer
James Lanham
Flemington
Dinati
Ton
Duncan
Roughner
Denver
Scensé
John A. Long
Gera Dale
Harbert
Fastern Construction Company
Col. T. Moore Jackson
Frank
James Sims
Polieman Akonies
J Boll
Hésitett
J. Trea Dye Was
Cr Hete
Wallace
Arenes
Howe
Parkersburg
Salem Terminal Traction Company
Wairmont
Traction ‘Company
Wilsonburg
Salem
Miley
Minnie Shinn
Thurday
Ferguson Grove
Isda Davis
Famly
Siri Davis
Hartley
Walnut Street
Rome
Lairat
Ernest Shinn
Bridgeport
Christian Church
Methodist Protestant Church
Oliver Nay
Main Street
D. J. Carter
Williams
Carter
Robert R. Hardesty
B. F., Rowand
Shinn
D. M. Shinn
P. T. Davis
Columbus
Jay and Clark Pigott
Pegra
Mussell
Boothsville
Licyt Riley
John Sayers
Charles Street
C. C. Meredith
Shinnston
S. Oxfords
the Merchants Sales Co
W. Main St
The
Cat Price Store
Donohue& Johnson
West Main Street
Ecru
Copenhagen
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