West Virginia Lawyer W W Brannon Dies After Stroke
W W Brannon 74 eminent Weston attorney died at 2 30 Saturday at his home 143 Center Avenue after two prior strokes caused paralysis He practiced law fifty years served as special judge for Harrison County and represented clients including Standard Oil B&O Railroad and Hope Natural Gas He left a widow two daughters and was buried in Fairview Cemetery with funeral at 2 30 Monday led by Rev John S Alfriend
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Birk S. Stathers
Lewis and Harrison County
Brannon
Standard Oil Company
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Monongahela West Penn Public Service Company
Hope Natural Gas Company
George I. Davisson
Weston
West Virginia
Apple Pie Ridge notes recount visits and arrivals in Va
Apple Pie Ridge Virginia items list visits from Silas Dailey and family to Harrisburg Pennsylvania and daughter trips. Numerous local families host guests from Winchester Martinsburg and nearby areas. A Sunday school convention at Pleasant Valley Church and a late May storm and rain wrap the notes.
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Masters Charles and
Tevious Bailey
A. G. Clark
John Livengood
Louisa Dix
John Smith
Mildred
Bobby
Winchester
D. A. Smith
Herbert Fries
Dory Miller
Boyd
Betty Jean
Welltown
Isaac Miller
John Braithwaite
Martinsburg
Charles Braithwaite
Etta Robinson
Pleasant Valley U. B. Church
Explorer Major Simmonds Plans Ungava Journey This Summer
Major A. P. Simmonds, fellow of the American and Royal Geographic Societies, prepares for a solo Ungava expedition through northern Quebec. He will travel by rail to Moose Factory, then by boat to Fort Rupert House and onward by canoe and foot with three Indian guides, aiming to map and collect geographic data for the American Geographic Society before late September.
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Bol
Major Simmonds
North America
Ungava
Quebec
Hudson's Bay
Atlantic Ocean
Stemonds
New York
Moose Factorie
James Bay
Hudson’s Bay
Toronto
T. N. and
G. Railway
Fort Rupert House
Hudson’s Bay Company
Simmonds
Major S
Arctic Circle
Lake Nichigaan
American Geographic Society
Stmrmesds
Ste
Roosevelt
Baker
Raé
Measles confinement and community updates at Capon Bridge
Capon Bridge residents report Little Nancy Funkhouser and Helen McKee bedridden with measles but improving. Mrs. Conrad Gill shows nervous trouble improvement. Reverend Krouse of Romney to preach Thursday night. Mrs. E. S. Nixon plans an extended western trip to visit relatives. Mrs. D. A. Shuler visited. James Monroe remains home to care for ill mother. Horner Shuler of Cumberland, Md., briefly visits. Rodney Carper and Annie Carter visit Loring Cooper family, with Calvin Grubbs of Martinsburg visiting nearby.
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Capon Bridge
W. Va
Nancy Funkhouser
Helen McKee
Conrad Gill
Krouse
Church of Christ
Romney
E. S. Nixon
Horner Shuler
Cumberland
Rodney Carper
Annie Carter
Winchester
Loring Cooper
Calvin Grubbs
Martinsburg
Local Notes and Obituary Mention May 28
Sunday visits include Mr and Mrs Conrad Gill hosting seven camels and relatives. Baltimore visitors Mr and Mrs Ernest Whitlock stay with D M Whitlock family. Frank Shuler connected with Commercial Hotel passed through. D H Shuler improves slowly after illness. Road work near Hang ing Rock advances with hard surface. Ernest Shade of Martinsburg WV to preach at Church of Christ on second Sunday in June. Funeral of Miss Mary Ellen McIntyre aged 83 at St James Lutheran Church with interment at the adjacent cemetery. long time teacher and United Brethren member praised highly.
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Conrad ~ Gill
Ernest Whitlock
Baltimore
D. M. Whitlock
Frank Shuler
D. H. Shuler
Davis
Hanging Rock
Ernest Shade
Martinsburg
WW. Va
Church of Christ
Mary Ellen McIntyre
Jeff Brill
Mill Brook
W. Va
St. James Lutheran Church
W. P. Good
Capon Bridge
Miss McIntyre
United Brethren Church
Midway News from Midway Virginia Dispatch
Albert Snapp returns home for summer from Boston University School of Theology and visits Randolph Macon College to urge students on religious training. The Munsey era notes local visits and weekend trips among residents including Williams Orndorff Smoke White and Snapp families with memorial service attendees.
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Midway
Albert Snapp
Boston University School of Theology
Randolph Macon College
Ston University
Snapp
Boston
Bertha Williams
Kernstown
Charlie Wiliams
Grim Orndorfft
Leonard Williams
Herbert Smoke
Ben White
Godfrey Bly
Simon Snapp
Bessie Orndorff
Glenna White
Leroy and
Elwood White
Edgar Smoke
Howard Lamp
Winchester
Beulah Carpenter
Ruth Bucher
Loring Lineburg
Middletown
Obelia
Edwin Snapp
Ben “White
Local Social
Milton Sager visited recently. Glenna and Elwood White spent last Thursday at Neva Orndorff’s. Arthur Smith called on Maynard Snapp last Sunday evening. Mrs. Simon Snapp visited Pearl Bly recently.
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Milton Sager
Glenna
Elwood White
Neva Orndorff
Arthur Smith
Maynard Snapp
Simon Snapp
Pearl Bly
Greenwood Gleanings from Greenwood Virginia June notes
Community notes from Greenwood Virginia list visits and family gatherings. Families mentioned include the Gibsons Pope Carlisles Millers Owens Johnsons and Stillwell names along with multiple extended relatives visiting homes near Lenore and in Fisherville and Altoona with various trips to Pennsylvania.
Sunday visitors visit local families amid measles recovery
Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Miller included J W Hancher and family from near White Hall and George W Riley and relatives from Winchester along with Stella Hott of Cincinnati. Mrs George T Riley and daughter Reba called on neighbors on Monday. Six members of Mr Holmes Carper’s family, previously ill with measles, are now able to be out.
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Greenwood
Harry Gibson
Gibson
Fishersville
Edward Pope
Silas
Henry
Lorilla
John Johnson
William Carlisle
Harry Anderson
Harold Pope
Near Here
Fisherville
Pennsylvania
Altoona
Bill
Helen
Emily Marie
S. G. Newcome
Lenore
Grace ‘Gibson
S. E. Maley
George Riley
Alice Pope
Oscar Miller
J. W. Hancher
Joseph
Charles
Virginia
Near White Hall
George W. Riley
Hoye
Lena
Juanita
Brown Lovett
Brown, Jr
Winchester
Stella Hott
Cincinnati
Ohio
Riley
George T. Riley
Reba
Stouffer
Pennington
State Police Open War on One-Light Autos
Richmond reports the state police launch an intensive campaign against night driving violations with warnings to motor vehicle officers to target one-eyed autos and cars with improper or missing lights as nearly half of highway vehicles are found inadequately lit. James M. Hayes called for strict enforcement amid rising infractions.
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Richmond
James M. Hayes
Hayes
Virginia Leads In Army Officers With Commissions
From Charlottesville Virginia leads all states in commissioned army officers per population with 442 officers, one per 836 whites. South Carolina ranks second with 216 officers, followed by Texas and others. Military officials credit long standing Virginia Military Institute and Citadel College programs for the lead.
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Charlottesville
Virginia
South Carolina
Texas
Maryland
Georgia
Mippi
Alabama
Tennessee
Virginia Military Institute
Citadel College
Carolina
United States Army
Editors sent to jail for contempt in courtroom photos
Baltimore reporters are jailed for a day after being cited for contempt for publishing courtroom photographs from the Richard Reese Whittemore murder trial on May 19. Harold Elliston, Baltimore News editor, fined 5000 dollars. others include Harry Clark and Earl Deland, plus News and American photographers. Judge O Dunne allowed an appeal to the Maryland Court of Appeals.
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Baltimore
O’dunne
Harold Elliston
Baltimore News
Court Room
Richard Reese Whittemore
Harry Clark
the News
Baltimore American
William Klamm
William Sturm
The
News
Anmerican
Maryland Apeeulant
Wanted Clean Cotton Rags at Star Office
Advertises payment for clean cotton rags at Star Office. Offers best prices and urges contact for disposal or sale of rags.
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Star Office
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W. W. Brannon
Apple Pie Ridge
Silas Dailey
Billy
William Wallace
Jack
Helen Braithwaite
Harrisburg
Henry Pitzer
Pitzer
Charles Lupton
George Carson
Alaon Smith
Bruce Lodge
White Hall
Mrs. Rogers
Massachusetts
Longworth
Edith Nourse Rogers
Cowell
Congress i
Pied
Nicholas Longworth
New York City
Broadway
Twenty-fourth Street
A. P. Simmonds
Royal Geographic Society
Behak
Far North
Central Park
Ter
Seopa Ace
Tueraceite
Angeva
James W. Cail
Nettie Louise Cail
John
Greenwood Gleanings
Army
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