Graham Gossip and council delays sewage action debate
Graham monthly town council met with eight members present. The sewage disposal issue dominated two hours of discussion and was deferred until the new Bluefield council takes office, amid calls for potential damages suits. Also notes on local visits, a mad dog scare, and regional rail merger chatter involving Morgan interests and several railroad lines.
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Graham Town
Smith
City of
Bluefield
Craham
Graham
Bluestone
Chas. Wagner
Parkersburg
William Mitchell
Shep Gillespie
Northfork
Walter Broomfield
Greenville
S. C
Mr. Broomfield
Graham College
Bluefield High School
Graham Grounds
J. W. Buchanan
Tazewell
Walter Wilson
Jaeger
Charles Stump
Pocahontas
W. R. Wimmer
Jared
J. A. Neal
Chesapeake and Ohio Figures in Big Deal
Negotiations are under way for purchase of control of the Chesapeake and Ohio railway to link with the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton system. The move would give C and O a coal distribution route to the middle states and lakes region, currently using the Ohio River ferry. P F Morgan and Co previously acquired the Kentucky and Ohio Bridge property from Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo & Ironton Railroad
Cincinnat, Nunilton & Dayton
Cincinnati
Hamilton & Dayton
Chesapeake & Ohio
Charles P. Mellen
Morgan Group
Fréderick H. Prince
Boston
Prince
George W. Perkins
Pete Mecquette
Pere Marquette
Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville
Toledo Railway & Terminal
Morgan
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company
Thal
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Chesapeake & Cio
Middle States
Ohio River
P. FP. Morgan & Co
Kentucky and Ohio
Detroit
Miners Escape as Norton Mine Floods after Explosion
Fourteen miners in Norton Ve Nos No 7 mine of Norton Coal Co narrowly escaped drowning when dynamite blasting tapped an underground lake about five acres, flooding the shaft. A trapper boy was overcome but rescued. water rose over his head. Also noted: Spring Coal Mining Co stockholders meet May 26 in Philadelphia to elect officers and direct improvements. Clock repair special offer by Will M. Bunt for May only.
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Norton Coal Company
Norton
Newrowly
Spring Coal Mining Co
Arcade Building
Philadelphia
W. H. Bradford
Will M. Bunt
A Californians Luck Noted In Curing Itching Piles
Chas I Budwn of Tracy California credits Bucklen’s Arnica Salve with curing years of itching piles after trying other treatments. The product, sold everywhere for 25 cents a box, carries a guarantee at drug stores. F G Stewart of Cedar View Mississippi touts Dr Kings New Life Pills as worth their weight in gold for constipation malaria or bilious disorders.
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Bucklen
Chas. I. Budwhn
Tracy
California
F. G. Stewart
Cedar View
Miss
Jeff 1784 plan for Washington state and wider Ohio valley
A historian quotes a Virginia educator recalling Thomas Jefferson's 1784 proposal to divide the north and west of the Ohio River into new states. The plan named places from Ohio and Western Pennsylvania to Florida, with names like Sighonia Michigania and Cherronesus. The bill never passed, but records remain in congressional archives.
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Thomas Jefferson
Washington
West Virginia
Congress of the
United States
Ohio River
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Virginia
Marietta
Pittsburg
Akron
Youngstown
Wheeling
Cleveland
State of
Mr. Jefferson
Mississippi
Lakes
Gulf
Lake Superior
Indiana
Miliafells
Michigan
Kentucky
Tennessee
Carolinas
Alabama
Florida
Saratoga
Sighonia
Michigania
Lake Michigan
Cherronesus
Metropotamia
Asseniapia
Illino
Congress
Naval battle on Big Sandy
Report from Fort Gay and Lounea details an unusual incident as John Varmer steals a gasoline launch from C W Dent and speeds toward the Ohio River, prompting marshals to station themselves on opposite banks of the Big Sandy to intercept him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Sandy
Fort Gay
Loulea
John Varmer
C. W Dent
Ohio
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Vulcanite
Implement & Machinery CO
Felenmeier Brew
West Vrginia Brewing Company
W. E. Stewart
Keystone
West Va
M. Smith Insurance Agency
L. G. Toney
Edward Cooper
H. C. Donaldson
Sec
M. Smith
S. M. Smith Insurance Agency
Kelly & Moyer
ED G
W. VA
Pharmacy
G. M. McCulloch
WV. J. Pearson
Ty and Treas
Isurance Agency
General Insurance
W. Wcargest
Agency
Follansbee
Bland Street
Graham Gossip
Chesapeake and Ohio
BIG
Big System
West
Levisa
Farmer
Fanner
Williamson
Hanna
Painy
Eureka Hardware Company
Reynolds & Shor, Keystone
Booker & Crenshaw
and & Kelly & Moyer Building
Altamont
B. M. Gohen
Kelley & Moyers Building
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