Lad Pinckney Walker Drowns in Potomac River Near Romney
Pinckney Walker a 13 year old son of a college president in Spartansburg 8 C drowned in the South Branch of the Potomac near Romney last Thursday evening about 6 oclock. He was with relatives and family friends when he disappeared and his grandfather Judge R. W. Dailey and the father rushed to the scene but could not save him. The body recovered but life could not be restored. The mother arrived before the tragedy and the father was to join later.
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Pinckney Walker
Spartansburg
8. C
Potomac
Romney
R. W. Dailey
John B. Dailey
Huntington
William B. Cornwell
Winchester
William Trapnell
Pinckney
Dailey
Motion Filed For New Trial In Pearson Case
Thomas Pearson convicted of killing Charles Longerbeam on Berry's Ferry road seeks a new trial claiming newly discovered evidence and jurors talked with outsiders as Sheriff Smallwood allegedly exposed his opinion. Hearing postponed to September. bail of 5000 dollars renewed. Petitions allege jurors formed pretrial opinions contrary to court injunction.
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Thomas Pearson
Charles B. Longerbeam
Berry's Ferry
Whiting
Pearson
Smallwood
Have You Noticed This Too A Morarist Quote
A brief quotation notes that reckless driving is often caused by the driver rather than the vehicle, attributed to Amertenan Morarist.
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Amertenan Morarist
Human Fly Gardiner Performs Stunts for Winchester Legion
Thousands watch Harry Gardiner the "Human Fly" climb the Shenandoah Valley National Bank in Winchester to raise funds for the Robert Y. Conrad Post American Legion. He also plans to climb Handley Library Tuesday night at 7 after collecting about $140 from Saturday’s event. Proceeds aid firemen’s convention and Legion efforts.
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Harry H. Gardiner
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
American Legion
Gardiner
Handley Library
Harry Gardiner
Shena Valley National Bank
Winchester
W. H. Baker Chocolate Company
Legion
Cumberland Valley Firemen’s Convention
Cumberland
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Awards for Expressmen Chicago Aug United States Railroad Labor Board
The United States Railroad Labor Board will announce its wage award to 75 000 employees of the American Railway Express Company at 8 36 tomorrow morning. The terms are not given but expected to be retroactive to May 1. Mr Glenn R Poole of Oteto NY visits his sisters at 405 Fairmont avenue.
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Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
Américan Railway Express
Glenn R. Poole
Oteto
N. Y
D. L. Blakemore
Walter Shannon
Blakemore
Fairmont Avenue
Blockade to Be Put Up Despite Russian Truce Rejection
Dispatch reports no new Bolshevik advances near Warsaw for two weeks front. French war materiel and munitions arrived at the front on Saturday amid anxiety in London over the Russian government’s rejection of Lloyd George’s ten day truce with Poland. Renewal of war in Europe is feared by newspapers.
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Daily Mail
London
Lloyd George
Poland
Europe
Banker's Death in New York From Overdose
E. D. Grim a banker and merchant from Philippi West Virginia died in a New York hospital after being found unconscious in a rooming house. Opium and alcoholism are believed to have caused the death. Relatives and business associates arrived in the city and friends suspect robbery.
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Associated Press
New York
E. D. Grim
Philippi
W. Va
Funeral for Benjamin Franklin Keiter Held at Fairview Church
The county mourns Benjamin Franklin Keiter 65 a farmer who died at his Walters County home. A large funeral at Fairview Church was led by Rev. W. Tinsman with burial beside the church graveyard. He leaves a widow Miss Miller and a daughter Mrs. D. S. Miller.
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Keiter
Benjamin
Franklin Keiter
Walters
Fairview Church
W.tinsman
Keller
Miller
Keliter
Remedy for Rheumatism Through Blood Purifier 1900s
Advertisement urging use of 8.5.5 as a blood purifying remedy for rheumatism especially forms arising from germs in the blood. Claims the medicine cleanses the blood to remove the disease source and offers free medical literature from Swift Laboratory Atlanta. Availability stated through druggists.
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Swift” Laboratory
Atlanta, A
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