Knight's Team Beats Athletics in Slow Practice Game
MANNINGTON June 24. Knight's team defeated Mannington Athletic Club in a seven inning practice at Blackshore Park. Ida May pitcher Beveredge held Mannington to scoring via putouts, while Idamay hitters found gaps for runs. Jowery, previously with W V U varsity, played second base. McCartney and Snodgrass pitched. Ash will join Ida may lineup. Knight plans an all star squad. Box score notes Beveredge 6 strikeouts. McCartney 4. Snodgrass 1. Three base hit by J Marshall.
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Mannington
Tmatay
McCartney
Snodgrass
Smanager Port
Knight
I Idamay
Ponce Plas
Ash
Wesleyan
Trattion
Idamay
Baier
ATS Tics AB. It. H. P. A. E
Mowery
Eric Collough
Stewart
Mannington Personal Notes Bring Many Local Visits
Mannington and Fairview residents and visitors fill the scene with names including George Golden Edith Stevens Oliver Perry and Louis Arpiar. Business and social calls ripple through the town as plans unfold for travels to Haverhill Mass Berkeley Springs and Matamoras Ohio while local commerce and a Carnegie Tech degree highlight community life.
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George Golden
Fairview
Gregs
Bss
Altie C. Atha
Go W. Swiger
Fair
Ravine Park
Mannington Churches Weekly Services and Schedules
A local church notices listing service times for Mannington M E First Christian Nazarene Presbyterian and United Brethren churches. Include Sunday school at 9:30 and sermons at 10 45 or 11 00 with evening services, midweek prayer, and youth programs led by pastors and superintendents.
Closing Program by Princess TeAta at Mannington Chautauqua
The closing entertainment at Mannington's chautauqua features Princess TeAta and three North American Indian girls from Chickasaw Sioux and Choctaw tribes. They present primitive songs legends panto mimes in native costumes with Dowanwin the contralto and Brabilia Dunn on piano. TeAta will pursue further dramatic work in New York after the tour.
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Mannington
Princess TeAta
Minnetonka
Hiawatha
Dowanwin
Brabilia Dunn
Redpath Chautauqua
Weiner Roast at Midway Mannington Delights Local Youth
A lively weiner roast drew many Mannington youths to Dewdrop Inn in Midway. The June 24 event, the second at the small park this year, was hosted by Glenn Rymer and Ed Haggerty with Victrola music, following a similar gathering by a Fairmont party last week.
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Mannington
Dewdrop Inn
Fairmont
Glenn Rymer
Ed Haggerty
Eight guarantors sought for Mannington chautauqua
In Mannington on June 24 efforts continued to secure guarantors for next year’s chautauqua. Thirty-two were already secured while forty are needed. Officials expect to meet the remaining eight, with a full ticket check due today but not yet completed. A final decision on proceeding could come soon.
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Mannington
Plattenburg Delivers Civic Uplift Talk At Chautauqua
Charles Howard Plattenburg lectured on The Old Home Town at Chautauqua last night and urged civic pride. He examined local conditions with tact, challenging Mannington to improve while avoiding offense, and his well received address aimed to boost progress in the city.
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Mannington
Charles Howard Plattenburg
Chautauqua
Plattenburg
Mr. Plattenburs
Friendly Enemies on Chautauqua Tonight in Mannington
Mannington June 24. Friendly Enemies, a big feature on the Redpath Chautauqua program, promises clash and humor as two lifelong friends debate amid love of family and country. Tomorrow Cotton Noe of the University of Kentucky features on Great America in Home. Dr Noe lectures on world travel and education.
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Mannington
Chautauqua
Wilson
Washington
King George
London
Belcome
Cotton Noe
University of Kentucky
America
Redpath Chautauqua
Noe
Greece
Italy
Switzerland
France
England
Scotland
Doctor Noe
Department of Education
Bellview Church Services and Local Happenings
Bellview reports Highland Avenue M E Church services with Sunday school at 9 20 a m and preaching at 10 30 a m Epworth League at 7 p m and a second sermon by Rev T G Mere on the church program. Men and Ladies Bible Classes host an event next Friday with a short program and contests. Refreshment chair R W Putnam reports a meeting. a new baby born to Brick Tipton and wife. Serenade honors Mr and Mrs Ross Price on Bellview Ave. they return from a two week East wedding trip. New residents Garrison family from East Park lease a Bellview bungalow built by Guy Waltz. Ladies Aid meeting to be held in Sunday school room next Monday. The Gances leave for two weeks in Belleville Ohio. Musical evening attended at Mrs Hallie Cotter’s in East Park. Mrs W J McGerry improves after ptomaine poisoning. R W Putnams entertain nieces Alva and Mary Acord of Clifton Forge and Emma and Helen Putnam of Grafton. Personal notes cover various relatives and visitors including Higginbothams, Grace Glasscock, Misses Heston and Hunsaker, Talkington, and others visiting Clarksboro, Pittsburg, Mannington, Chicago, and surrounding areas.
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Church of the Nazarene
W. M. McDaniel
Highland Avenue M. EB
R. W. Putnam
Brick Tipton
Meredith Springs
Garrison
East Park
Bellview
Guy Waltz
Ladies’ Aid Meeting
Ladies’ Aid Society
Highland Avenue
Ohio
Howard Gance
Thomas King
Belleville
Guy Satterfield
W. G. Ganoe
Weltha Ganoe
Hallie Cotter
W. J. McGerry
Liberty Avenue
Alva
Mary Acord
Clifton Forge
Emma Snd
Helen Putnam
Grafton
Mattie Higginbotham
Watson
R. Fi. Jennings
Newel
Lawrence Higginbotham
Bellview Avenue
Grace Glasscock
Mannington
A. B. Moore
Local Residents and Visitors Report Weekend Activities
Notices list residents like Mrs Ward Satterfield near Mannington and Mrs R C McServe visiting Youngstown. Guests include Miss Parcle Bowyer of Littleton and Miss Ivy Carpenter with James Carpenter. Others travel or host relatives across Sabraton, Glover Gap, Mononga h ah, and Bellview.
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Ward Satterfield
Mannington
R. C. McServe
Youngstown
Ohio
Parcle Bowyer
Littleton
Bert Jones
Highland Avenue
G. V. Talkington
Benston's Ferry
Howard Watson
Pruntytown
George
Glenn
Wilson
Sabraton Avenue
James
Carpenter
Elias Keenan
Glover Gap
Charles Hood
Bennett
Monongah
Faward Dennis
New Buffalo
Mich
Pere Marquette Railroad Company
Homer Carpenter
Earnhaw
Lillian Berry
Georgetown
Margaret Ammons
Pennsylvania Avenue
Lizzie Woods
Forrest Davis
Smail
William Lynch
Bellview Avenue
Harry Bainbridge
N. M. Malone
Accused of Murder of School Teacher in Freeport
William Creasey of Covington Kentucky was jailed in Mineola charged with murder after being alone with 22 year old Miss Edith Levoy of Tappan Lake New York in her home last night when she was shot. Creasey claims he slept on a couch and she shot herself. Assistant district attorney says death appears to be by own action and Creasey did not carry out the act.
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Freeport
N.Y
William Creasey
Covington
Edith EB. Leroy
Mineola
Creasey
Edwards
Roofs Not Replaced On Homes Of Union Miners
Miners in Tilrison County report Gibson Coal Co has not replacing roofs on several miner houses in McWhorter. Officials say no effort was made to restore roofs despite recent rain storms. two houses lost roof strips and one roof was removed from the treasurer’s home while the union president’s house also sustained damage.
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Gibson Coal Co
McWhorter
Til—rison County
Fairmont
United Mine Workers of American
Weston
Idamay Battles Fairview in Anticipated Diamond Showdown
Idamay faces Fairview on Blackshere diamond tomorrow afternoon as Port Knight plans an all star lineup to try to extend Idamay's lengthiest winning streak. The game promises a red hot clash with high stakes for both teams in Mannington.
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Idamay
Fairview
Mannington
Port Knight
Allstar
For Rent One Four Room Cottage in Clay ton Addition
A four room cottage is available for rent in Clay ton Addition. Apply Mrs. John Kuhn at Jefferson Street for details.
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Clayton Addition
John Kuhn
Jefferson Street
DALLAS SHAWNOT BELIEVED TO HAVE KILLED HIMSELF
Mystery surrounds the drowning of Dallas B Shaw a former Fairmont resident found near Hagerstown Maryland with two letters in his clothes to Miss Inez Gance and Mrs Hazel Shaw The letters hint at a suicide plan and request the letters be sent to the intended recipients Relatives doubt the self inflicted death and believe the letters were a blind to escape family ties Shaw is described as a former Singer agent and a son of Edward Shaw of Winfield He was raised in Marion County and had connections in Fairmont.
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Dallas B. Shaw
Hagerstown
Potomac River
Potomac
Inez Gance
Grafton
W. Va
Hazel Shaw
Miss Gance
Hazel
Shaw
Fairmont
Marion County
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Monongah
Edward Shaw
Winfield
Okie Shaw
William Shaw
Minister Shot As He Leaves Residence In Berlin Turmoil Follows
The German government announced extra courts for Nationalist plotters and a state of emergency for Prussia after the Foreign Minister Rathenau was assassinated. Reichstag debates erupted with left and right factions. protests and threats targeted Doctor Helfferich as ministers toured post‑assassination turmoil. Rathenau, renowned as the wizard of the German empire, had steered reconstruction and diplomacy with France’s Loucheur, shaping wartime import expedients and postwar policy.
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Deipburg
Africa
Rman
Wirth
Walter Simons
Doctor Hathenau
Louis Loucheur
Wiesbaden
Germany
France
Doctor Ruthenau
Genoa
Doctor Heifferich
Doctor Helfferich
Party of Representatives
Reichstag
Rathenau
Prussia
Walter Rathenar
German Empire
Shamrock Fuel Co to Seek Injunction in Miner Dispute
The Shamrock Fuel Co faces a potential injunction in Marion County Circuit Court sought by A Q Davis to restrain miners from marching to the Shamrock mine. Five marches have occurred as unions attempt to organize the non union plant which reportedly employs around ten cars of coal daily. Davis claims the Shamrock workers prefer non union status. A separate murder verdict was returned in Pittsburgh against John P Russ for killing a policeman last Christmas.
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Hoult
Shamrock Fuel Co
Marion County
A. Q. Davis
Uniontown
Hess G. & C. Co
Shamrock
Meredith
Haymond
Davis
New England Fuel & Transportation Co
Monontalia County
Morgantown
Lazzelle
Pittsburgh
John P. Russ
Joseph Acoghill
Notice Net Robinson Seeks Reelection To House
Net Robinson a present member of the house of delegates announces to the public that he will seek reelection at the coming primary.
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Net Robinson
House of Delegates
Oils and Rails Feature Sales In New York Market
New York June 24 oils and rails led speculative interests as Mexican Petroleum bounded 6 22 points on financial position and prospective earnings. Pan American Petroleum rose, California Petroleum and General Asphalt advanced, New York Central gained over 2 points, with leading rails and transcontinentals bought by commission houses. Market closed firm with about 400 000 shares traded.
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New York
Mexican Petroleum
Pan American Petroleum
California
New York Central
Rubber and Tobacco
Siles
Grain and livestock prices and Liberty Bond closes
Pittsburgh cattle receipts total 1,500 with steady demand for heavy hogs and lambs. Chicago grain markets dip amid rains and selling pressure as July wheat futures fall to 1.13 1/4 to 5/8 and September 1.14 6/8 to 3/4. Corn weakens with local liquidations. oats decline. calves and sheep show mixed steady figures. Liberty bonds end mixed with various closes around 100.10 to 100.26 across series.
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Pittsburgh
Chicago
Board of Trade
Mrs Taft Enjoying Busy Social Week in England
Mrs Willieamy Taft has spent a hectic week in London with numerous luncheons teas and shopping trips. The King and Queen treated the Tafts with marked hospitality and chatted privately with the Taft party at court events. Mrs Taft praised the Queen and King noting their friendly manner and interest in America while describing court life as unusually welcoming.
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Mrs. Taft
England
London
Byiths
Willieamy Howard Taft
White House
Taft
America
United States
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Floyd
Carnegie E of Technology
Pitts
E. ©. Hall
Matamoras
SU Athletics
Snington
Fanington Athletic Club
Athletics
Litton Mine
Glover Japatormert
jeeAthletics
Scisit
Eomannington
Near- Uiye
D. T._ S. Fala Company
Salt Sagain
M. E
John Beddow
L. S. Schwenck
Pau
Epworth League
First Christian Church
B._E. Hanes
Bible
Christian Endeavor
First Presbyterian Church
Charles W. Hurd
J. W. Koontz
United Brethren Church
S. E. Bauman
Weiner
Plattenburg Lectured
Highland Avenue M.E
John C. Hupp
T. G. Mereith
Dallas Shawnot
New York Exchange
New York Central Advances
Allied Chemical and Dye
Alli-Chalmers Amer
Amer
Car and Foundry
Hide and Leather
Aimer
International Corp
Sumatra Tobacco
Tobacco
Anaconda Copper
Atchison i
Alt
Gulf and W. Indies
Baldwin Locomotive
Baltimore & Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
Canadian Pacific
Central Leather Grandier
Motors
Chesapeake & Ohio
Mil
Pac
China
Colorado
Crucible Steel
Erie
Myers-Lasky
General Asphalt
General Electric
General Motors
Goodrich Co
Kennecott Copper
Louisville & Nashville Mexican
Miami Copper
Middle States Oil
Midvale Ste Missouri Pacific
New York Central N
NOW, & Hart
Norfolk & Western
Northern Pacific Okla
Pacific Oil Pan
Amer. Petrol
Pennsylvania
People's Gas Pure Oil
Ray Consol. Copper
Reading
Rep. T
Royal Dutch, N. Y
Sears Roebuck
Sinclair Con
Southern Pacific Southern Railway
Standard Oil
N. Studebaker Corp
Tennessee Copper
Texas Co
Annes
Texas & Pacific Tobacco Products
Gnion
Paol United
Real
U.S. and Alcohol
United States’ Rubber
United States Steel
Utshi Copper
Westinghouse Electric
Willys
Overland
Liberty Bonds
York
Scott Electric Shop
Market St. Mannington
Sigma Chi Fraternity
Clarksburg
First National Bank
Mannington, West VA
Federal Reserve Bank
Son
Milein
Owl Southern Pine Lumber
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