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Newspaper
The West Virginian
Location
Fairmont, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1920
Page
5
Readable fragments describe weather notes from Readings and Fairmont, scattered citations of places like Columbus Ohio Kansas City Omaha and Clarksburg, and assorted notices including court actions, dismissals, and an upcoming circus departure. The garbled text blends weather, legal notices, and brief items with numerous named places and people, but specifics are incomplete.
Local youth program plans a hike from the Y to a river destination next Tuesday morning. Boys twelve and older will travel light with bed of leaves for sleeping, meals of bacon and beans, and no tents, returning Wednesday evening.
A garbled OCR item notes a new president of the Mexican Republic with reference to a portrait and oath before Congress. It mentions a Sub President of the United States and relayed heraldic or literary lines. The text is fragmentary and includes stray poetical phrases and attributions.
The text describes a man named Eugene Quaker injured by robbers after a confrontation with a pipe, then fleeing to a police station. It also references Western Canada aviation boards revivals, Canadian air policy, and Japan, noting many applicants for telephones and housing installations, with scattered mentions of air travel and regulatory actions.
New York June 19 Willard G McAdoo announces he will not run for president if nominated by the Democratic party. He cites his family’s rehabilitation and stresses support for the League of Nations with minimal reservations and a firm domestic policy. He released a telegram to Jowett Shouse confirming his stand. Denver chosen for 1921 labor conference site by American labor delegates.
Kansas City dispatch reports Senator James A. Reed reelected to represent Missouri’s Fifty district after a contested party convention. The item also notes a sensational machine claim and a powerful new searchlight by Elmer Sperry, with brief mentions of tea ding Whiner families migrating due to house shortages.
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