The Great Woods of West Virginia and Its Spring Flora
In spring, West Virginia’s primitive forests glowed with blooms from service trees to dogwood and tulip trees. The text notes wildflowers, fruit trees, berries, and nuts native to the Monongahela valley, detailing strawberries, grapes, haws, cherries, pawpaws, persimmons, and diverse nuts, plus ginseng, all contributing to abundant sustenance and commerce.
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West Virginia
Bill
Johnny
Ain-The-Tal
Uma
Maubre
Mononsahela
Providence
Postage on Husband is Very Heavy
Detroit May 22 Anthony Merz fifty eight sought a wife and money in a rush by mail order. A marriage followed after an exchange with a bride from a matrimonial publication, and a divorce case looms as he seeks funds and a new restaurant plan fell through. The tale notes a judge and pending circuit court filing amid financial demands.
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Detroit
Mich
Anthony Merz
Lso
Mondar
JuHn Bekeke
Tim
Highland Bros and Gore Prompt Spring Shoe Show
The ad invites customers to visit tomorrow to see new Spring Boots and Pumps and to experience the store’s service. It promises correct stock, pleasing shapes, profitable values, comfort and satisfaction, and expert fitters who help customers find the right shoes and oxfords.
Elkins Man Plans Film Studio and Theater Venture
RH Telbett, manager of the Grand theater in Elkins, is creating a modern film manufacturing company named Talbott Film Manufacturing Company to operate with the theater. The venture aims to produce and release films from a new studio equipped with up-to-date laboratories and appliances. Local notes report diverse happenings from marriages to local events and civic activities, including a high school senior picnic and college tennis plans.
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Wecas
Elkins
RH Telbett
Grand Theater
Talbott Film Manufacturing ‘Compenre
Local News Roundup From West Virginia and Beyond
A mixed local update notes court actions with Judge WB Kittle in Pattpsi and Judge W G Bennett in Weston. Mentions Wilson B Rector in hospital for appendicitis and WG Wilson in Washington for state business. Reported a light mountain snowfall near Chautauqua Take New York. West Virginia legislators J W Weir and Senator 26 Keim attend a special session in Charleston. H G Kump called to Rommey. Elkins gun club second August tournament sees Richard Gerstell score 246 of 150 in a special event. J F Phillips of Fairmont second with 145. A C Collett third with 22.
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J. W. Weir
Keim
Chsreston
West Virginia
Elkins
Turkish Sailors in Modern Sea Action Recall Old Gas Plans
London dispatch notes Allied writers recall Dundonald proposed using sulphur fumes to smoke out foes during siege operations. A Constantinople diary claims Turkish sailors aboard a ship near Odessa endured mine damage and sinking, detailing brave acts and lifeboat drills as the vessel foundered in the Black Sea in April.
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Associated Press
London
Dundonald
Constantenofple
Pic
Sebastopol
Constantinople
Bea
Odessa
Bosphorus
Black Sea
Rex
Gutr
Aznar
Abraham
Comzal
Achmet
Mehmet
Adalia
Mustafa
Ayamik
Ismail
Yussuf
Brousa
Brescue
Ivebelt Asafior
Graduation ceremonies planned for Shinnston High School
Shinnston High School prepares for commencement with a May 23 sermon by Dr. Elkanah Hulles at the opera house, a May 24 Literary Society contest, and a May 27 class play and May 28 graduation exercises. Diplomas will be awarded to a list of named seniors.
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Shinnston
Shinnston High School
Opera House
Elkanah Hulles
Broaddus Institute
Deleste
United States
Cestie Cunningham
Clement. McMarver
Hugh Shawhan
Virgil Hertos
Castle Cunningham
Cowen
Fracklin
Pearle Leirt
Pansy Morgan
Merry Jube
Vincent
Paul “Harrison Pigott
Robert William Lowe
Luther Smith Righter
Margeret Estelle Rober
Pearle Eleanor Laird
Victor Selby Omfartin
Okey Shreve
Barrie
Virgins Stichardson
Orphs Dorethy Weeter
Carrie Bretta Jaynes
Laune Goodwin
Virgil Ross Hertos
Howard Leslie Sandy
Lor Edgar Grifin
Nellie Larie Blartin
Alice Clare Robinson
Ella Wedell
Dare Daron Swiger
Miss Theresa Cox Ends Capitol Switchboard Era by Marriage
In Minneapolis the Minnesota Statehouse chief telephone operator Theresa Cox, famed for decades of flawless service and handling massive shift calls, resigns to marry Henry Jopling. A wedding shower among state house staff marks her retirement from the post she held for ten years since the capitol opened.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Bier
Theresa Cox
Minnesota State House
Lever
Capitol
Miss Cox
Henry Jopling
Dan Cupid
State House
Oxford University elects Dr James W. Baldwin honorary professor
The Associated Press reports in Oxford England that Oxford University has elected Dr James W Baldwin, an honorary professor, among new appointments.
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Associated Press
Ospord
England
Oxford University
James W.beldwin
Bavarian Art Bureau Renovates Old Paintings
The Bavarian government bureau for art conservation aids needy artists by employing them to renovate old mural paintings and architectural armaments in churches and chapels. Similar projects have been undertaken in other German states.
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Berlin
Bureau For the Conservaton of Art Works
Loss of Civil War Uniform Becomes Case for $500
Osenneapols May 23 A widow, Mrs Mary Heintelman 75, sues Hennepin County for 500 claiming the loss of a faded Civil War uniform once worn by George Heintelman of the Fors seventh Pennsylvania. She kept the uniform and letters in a trunk as her sole solace after his death and years of hardship. A blaze last week destroyed the cherished relic, leaving no trace of the garment or its correspondence.
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Osenneapols
Mary Heinteelman
Pm County
Geinteimar
Hennepin
George Heintelman
Fors
Pennsylvania
Kate Deen
Snnsbend
Heturzelman
Trank
Prisoner Paroled to Wife for Clothing Establishment
In Wisconsin, a prisoner under statute has earned $16,775.55 in this county. Dependents of imprisoned persons received $10,7651 and the county $121,049. The man was paroled for a year to his wife to conduct a clothes pressing business.
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Wisconsin
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York
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United Brethren Church
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Cambridge
George Cunninstam Farm
Jast Sewrdar
Anna Fanster
Yeers
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Beckworth
West Virginia State Medical Association
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Pattpsi
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