Jauifte Third Day Charity Campaign Seeks Local Donations
A damaged 1920s-style notice urges readers to support the Associated Charities drive in Fairmont. It notes rain, reflection, and a push for gifts of money, food, clothing, and shelter. Donations to G.3 Wilson, Treasurer, City Building, are requested as the campaign continues with past totals and expenditures listed in a retrospective report.
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Associated Charities
Fairmont
Wilson
Asso
Ned Charities
Billy
Aken Durine
Jaya Adel
Ark
Taftics
Encom
Perses
Poetontin
Death Aboard Huron Captain Archibald Strikes at Port
An elderly sea captain Archibald Archibald died after saluting his crew aboard the steamship Huron upon docking in New York. He reportedly faced his final moments with duty intact, collapsing after completing the voyage.
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A. E. Archie Bold
Huron
New York
Archibald
Charles Evans Hughes A Storied Figure in U S Politics
Charles Evans Hughes secretary of state and famed lawyer born in Glens Falls New York sixty years ago educated at Colgate Brown and Columbia. He exposed gas company monopoly in New York in 1905 served as New York governor elected again in 1908 appointed to the Supreme Court by Taft resigned in 1916 to seek the presidency and later became secretary of state under Harding. He aims to become chief justice of the Supreme Court.
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Charles Evans Hughes
Glens Falls
N.Y
Colate, Brown
Columbia
New York
Taft
Supreme Court
Flughes
Wilson
Harding
Hughes
Siepreme Court
Observations on social mores and oddities of the era
The fragmentary text lampoons modern women, economics, love, and daily life with satirical quips about elevators, crowns, washing machines, and a Des Moines baby born with one tooth. Police note robberies at daybreak and shifts imply labor themes amid humorous asides.
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Des Moines
Obituary of Enos Brummage of Marion County
Enos Brummage, about 56, longtime Marion County resident, died at five this morning at his brother Bruce Brummage’s home on Campbell’s Run near Mous. He had been ill for years and recently consulted specialists in Baltimore at Johns Hopkins. Survived by wife who died a year ago. no children. Brother-in-law Robert Tucker of Sixth Street will attend the funeral with Mrs. Tucker. Services at the Methodist Episcopal church on Campbell's Run tomorrow at ten, burial in Arnett Cemetery.
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Enos Brummage
Wally
Marion County
Bruce Brummage
Campbell's Ruin
Mous
Brummmage
Baltmore
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Robert Tucker
Sixth Street
Tucker
Methodist Episcopal Church
Campbell
Arnett
Treasury reports October debt reduction of 460 million
The Treasury announced a fall in the public debt during October, totaling about four hundred sixty million dollars. This decline reflects debt retirement and redemptions as part of the government’s fiscal actions this month. The report highlights the ongoing effort to reduce the national debt and stabilize fiscal health.
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Dent
Washington
The
Treasury
Miners Ordered to Stay at Work Says UMW Leader
Frank Farrington, president of the United Mine Workers, telegraphed from Chicago to Springfield stating that since miners in the Tilinols coal fields have not yet abolished the check off system, workers should remain at work.
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Chicago
Frank Farrington
United Mine Workers of Tilinols
Springfield
HOUSES FOR RENT WITH FURNACES AT REDUCED RENTS
Six room houses with bath electricity gas and water are available at reduced rents. Units include single double triple and quadruple options with some furnaces. Rents from 25 dollars per month for non furnace inside house to 35 dollars per month for furnace single house. Appointments for inspection may be made by calling 1588/01:073. West Virginia Meal Products Corporation.
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Gtr
Callng
West Virginia Meal Products Corpora
Dedication at Friendship Settlement Sunday
Dedicatory services will be held at the Friendship Settlement on Washington Street this Sunday at 3 oclock. Mrs D B Street of Washington DC general secretary at deafness work will speak, with Rev H King of the First M E Church also addressing. A special musical program and thanks from Miss Misa Bateman complete the events as enrollment grows and classes begin.
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Friendship Settlement
Washington Street
D. B. Street
Washington, D. C
H. King
M. E
Misa
M. Bateman
Chouge
White Curtis
Retty
Uae
Prettyland
VTA
Kiwanis Club Sets Dues and Luncheon Plans
Kiwanis members will pay annual dues and attend quarterly luncheons in advance starting January first, totaling sixty dollars yearly. Ex service men sit at one table, with Hon. C. S. McKinney delivering a talk. The Annual Ladies Night Fete is moved to November 27 at the Masonic Temple to avoid Fatherland Son week, with Bert Leopold appealing for charitable funds.
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Bert Teopold
Hon. C
McKinney
Kiwanis Club
Lair ‘Minor
Dunham
Legal holiday to honor America's unknown soldier
Washington observes November 11 as a legal holiday to bury the unknown soldier in Arlington. The decision names the day a legal holiday and honors the unidentified serviceman, marking a national day of remembrance and public observance.
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Washington
America
Artington
English Leader David Lloyd George Dominant At Disarmament Talks
Welsh born Prime Minister David Lloyd George rose from reform advocate to key figure in Britain. He opposed the Boer War, served as chancellor of the exchequer, led as secretary of state for war, and became prime minister in the coalition. He shaped postwar diplomacy and peace efforts in Paris and faced Irish peace and unemployment issues.
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David Lloyd George
Great Britain
Police pursue and arrest bootlegger after downtown chase
Two suspects, a man and a woman, jailed after a dramatic pursuit on Washington Street. Officer Holt chased Mack Oner who fled with a revolver and threatened a man named McGill. Oner discarded the gun, later found underneath a house. The woman, wife of Will Moner, and James McGill testified. all three were detained by Mayor Conaway and turned over to county officers after a drunken night. The pair were bailed at $100 for witnesses. the other suspect remained jailed awaiting trial.
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Mack Oner
Will Moner
Pickhandle Hill
James, McGill
Lonesvile
Portolman Holt
Washington Street
New Bridge
Onor
Hull Alley
Quincy Street
Washington
Snider
Ford
Fleming
Oner
Momon
McGill
McGil
Holt
Conaway
Vaso Ebenort
Horse and Auto Mix Suit in West Virginia History
Morgantown November 2 Damages from a runaway horse overturning an automobile and becoming tangled in the top of the machine led to a suit in Monongalia county Circuit court Samuel Young alleges a high spirited horse owned by Clark Pisler wrecked his auto and seeks judgment Morgantown attorneys call the case unique in West Virginia legal history.
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Morgantown
Mononagua County
Samuel Young
Clark Pisler
West Virginia
Milk Strike Strands Thousands in Cleveland
Wire flash reports a major milk strike in Cleveland leaving thousands without milk as 750 to 800 wagon drivers and helpers walk off after failed wage talks dating to October 1. Other items include railroad strike actions in Houston court hearings, China's loan payment issues, President Harding's birthday, a Hoover conference kickoff, and a fatal shooting in Jonesboro Arkansas.
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Cleveland
Greater
Former Emperor Charles in permanent exile from Hungary
November 3 report from Budapest says former Emperor Charles and former Empress Zita left Tihany for Dunaföldvar on the Danube and then boarded a British gunboat, signaling their departure from Hungary into permanent exile.
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Budapest
Charles
Bis
Hungary
Tover
Zita
Tihany
Dunafooldvar
Danube
No Trouble At Local Mines Amid Indianapolis Injunction
Charleston reports no trouble at district mines today following an injunction against the checkout system. Acting district president H. P. Haptenstall of district 17 U M T A said no strike plans are contemplated in the absence of guidance from International headquarters or union council.
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Charleston
Indianapolis
H. P. Haptenstall
U. Mt. Lof A
Council
Work halted in Indiana field as mine walkouts spread
Indiana coal fields face near standstill as around 20 000 miners in roughly 300 mines walk out amid wage dispute over Anderson injunction. Union leaders report widespread disruption from Terra Haute to Indianapolis while a few small mines continue. Officials expect possible resumption if writ is set aside or modified.
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Indiana
Unions
Terra Haute
United Mine Workers of America
Anderson
India
Indianapolis
Wan
Indiana Teld
Teldcwas
Serre Haute
Indian Vituminous Operators’ Association
John L. Lewis
Iminera
Gecirions
Cancer Week Events Mobilize Public Health Efforts
A regional Cancer Week pushes education and early diagnosis. Dr Frank Hupp and Dr Carter Fleming lead the drive with meetings at Marion County High School and Kiwanis, Rotary, and East Silo High School talks. Officials urge attendance, literature, and motion pictures on cancer spread and prevention.
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United States
American Society For the Control of Cancer
Biatriets
Frank Lesdoyne Hupp
Carter
Fleming
Smedting
Marion County Med. Vical Society
Monongahela Valley Dental Society
Nurses Association
Frank Hupp
Wheeling
Kiwanis
Rotary
W. F. Boyers
East Silo
Shem
Steatura
Alrsmont
Airplane lecture to scouts at MB Southchurch
Scoutmaster G. A. McBiltresh led a talk on airplane operation at a McOUINE event with Hor Bey Scouts. Mr. Trvan Poling organized a troop of sixteen boys, some experienced, and plans for reorganizing the program were discussed, including the scout oath and laws.
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McOuine
Cey
Southchurch
G. A. ‘McBiltresh
Airesville
Trvan
Tate
Mutterings of discontent over coal strike rulings
The report notes rising discontent with Judge derson's ruling on checkoff a patent and hints at a general strike. Miners voice unrest as production concerns grow. several mines idle, coal cars moved east, and regional activity declines. Details show 194 mines idle, 778 cars shipped east yesterday, 456 cars produced, with 326 cars sent unconsigned and 134 unfilled.
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Derson
Nature
Makive Ted
Lever
Tenga
Monongaheta
Daltimore
Ohio
Oral
Wort
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Vonin
Penteylvenia
WeatWirth
Pen
Fragmentary college meeting notes from West Virginia region
Fragments indicate a student cabinet meeting at Broaddus College with participants from Fairmont State, Bethany College, and Wesleyan in November. The text suggests a gathering of student representatives or delegates from multiple colleges in the West Virginia area.
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Broaddus” College
Stovember
West
Fairmont
Bethany
State Normal
Einia_Wesleyan
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Friendship Home
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Cancer
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Peking
Continental and Commercial Trust and Savings Company of Chicago
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E. L. Hunt
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