Howell lands Odd Fellows home contract at Elkins
At a meeting of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows committee in Parkersburg the contract for building a home for indigent members at Elkins was awarded to P. Howell of Clarksburg for 64 280 dollars. Eighteen bids were received. construction to begin within sixty days.
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Parkersburg
Grand Lodge
Elkins
P. Howell
Clarksburg
Sharon Lodge No
Odd Fellows Temple
Fifth Street
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
State
Rebekah
John A. Beck
Farmington
John M. Beckley
Beckley
Morris Chapman
Hartford City
C. S. McKinney
Fairmont
Septimus Hall
New Martinsville
Iand Lodge
Sadie Ruttencutter
Mason City
Rebekah Assembly
T. M. Silcott
Howell
Repeated Arrest Plea and Then Wary Divorce Plea
A domestic dispute led Mrs. Forbes to seek a warrant for her husband Ralph Forbes for brutal mistreatment and cruelty. The case was continued and then withdrawn as the couple reconciled, with Justice Lilly absent on United States court duties. The outcome remains unsettled until the judge’s return. Meanwhile the city sees a cleanup at Main and Latrobe streets led by Charlie Stolzenfels and a pending recount in Clarksburg elections. Weather and ads fill the rest of the page.
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Ralph Forbes
Lilly
Ralph
Mrs. Forbes
Forbes
Mr. Forbes
Justice Lilly
United States Court
Nail City
Senator Morris Platt dies in California
Morris Wellington Platt formerly of Meyersdale dies in Los Angeles at age unknown. He worked as a printer for the Republican newspaper and served as pressman in Grafton for the Sentinel era. Survived by his mother and several sisters, including Mrs Harry May and Miss Mayme Platt.
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Myersdale
Morris Wellington Platt
Los Angeles
California
Platt
Republican
Cumberland News
Grafton
Prohibition Wins Out In Midwest Elections
Prohibition was the leading issue in Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Nebraska ballots. Of 1,012 townships voting on local option, 828 went dry leaving 1,014 saloons closed. Prohibitionists made gains in Nebraska and smaller towns, while liquor men fared better in larger cities and in Wisconsin. In Lincoln Nebraska Prohibition lost ground as daylight hours favored saloons. Omaha avoided a prohibition impact.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Nebraska
Lincoln
Excise Board
Haviing
Omaha
A Fine Show At Brinkmans Tonight
The Yankee Drummers a new musical comedy starring the Lyman Twins has made a decided hit. It tells of a young drummer who loses his job over a wrong order of Uneeda Biscuit. He poses as Judge Goodalls son, causing mistaken identities, a dutch detective, and rapid comic turnabouts across three acts. The show is well staged with a pretty chorus and many jingling numbers, making it a season hit.
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Yankee Drummers
Lyman Twins
Judge Goodall
Swisher Gets Another County in Republican Mass Convention
Charleston voters select delegates for state conventions and name C. W. Swisher for governor and other nominees including Clark May for attorney general Shawkey for schools superintendent Hughes for congress C. C. White for senator Tra Robinson and W. N. Miller for supreme court judges Federal grand jury in Huntington directed to investigate peonage cases, focusing on lumber firms, with indictments expected. Shoes shine offer and Coliseum rink schedule noted.
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Swisher
Charleston
Logan County
C. W. Swisher
Clark May
Shawkey
Hughes
Congress
C. C.white
Highth
Tra Robinson
W. N. Miler
Supreme Court
USS
Huntington
Kellar
Secret Service
Morgantown
W.H. Hearne
Arnold [Scherr
Mont* Topping
John Harris
J. 8
Durst
J. K. Hall
W. G. Conley
A. R. Stallings
Clark W. May
New Car Barn Nears Occupancy in Grafton Traction Line
The Grafton Traction Company on Fast Main street nears completion of a new car barn that will hold six cars. As summer cars arrive, they will be installed. The business has grown strongly, meeting promoters’ expectations, with plans to improve this spring and extend the line to more city areas, including a South Side expansion approved by the council.
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Grafton Traction Company
New Cigar Factory Commences Work
Messrs Frazier and Reed open the new cigar factory and operate with a full force. Visitors tour the plant as "The Idle Hour" leads the line of brands likely to be popular with city smokers.
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Messrs
Frazier and Reed
Frazier
New Manufacturing Company
Duke Goes Back to Navy in Rome Amid Engagement Rumors
Rome April 9 The Duke of Abruzzi resumes command of his battleship Regina Elena after a family conference on his engagement to Miss Katharine Elkins. Italian press says marriage is likely but a formal announcement is withheld. denial may be issued within a week. rumor of Elkins consent to Catholicism swirls as reports of a Rome summer residence for Senator Wikins circulate.
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Rome
Katharine Elkins
Duke of
Abruzzi
Spezia
Italy
America
Miss Elkins
Wikins
Petit Jurors for April Term Drawn for Circuit Court
The April term petit jurors for the circuit court to meet on the 28th include George L. Jolliffe James A Holt Kert E Fresh M L Abbott C R Ison Chas Steel J M Phillips D N Morgan George W Luther William E Leonard A Page Roach William J Chambers Garrett G Proudfoot Albert B Brown A B Gall George W Freeze Pierce Bailey Clark Huffman Arthur Robins N W Newbrough Henry P Humbro Lee A Faust Pat W Fleming Ison J Shroyer Lawson Starcher Jeff D Newhouse Ed Steel Isaac Wilson John A Keener Anthony Ipplett Robert L Clark William Nestor Thos Waller Jr Geo W Miles John L Bragg Columbus C Brown Thornsberry Bailey Jr Anestor A A Atha C B y James H Cornwell Joseph Reed J W Sayre Wesley W Post James Warder Parker Anderson H Church Amos S Powell
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Circuit Court
George L. Jolliffe
James A. Holt
Kert E H. Fresh
M.L. Abbott
C. R. Ison
Chas. Steel
J. M. Phillips
D. N. Morgan
George W. Luther
William E. Leonard
A. Page Roach
William J. Chambers
Garrett G. Proudfoot
Albert B. Brown
A. B. Gall
George W. Freeze
Pierce Bailey
Clark Huffman
Arthur Robins
N. W. Newbrough
Henry P. Uumbro
Lee A. Faust
Pat. W. Fleming
Ison J. Shroyer
Lawson Starcher
Jeff D. Newhouse
Ed. Steel
Isaac . Wilson
John A. Keener
Anthony Ipplett
Robert L. Clark
William Nestor
Thos. Waller, Jr
Woodyard Is Named In Parkersburg Convention
April 9 Parkersburg Terrapin hosted a congressional convention nominating Harry Woodyard for another term by acclamation. Delegates endorsed Senators Elkins and Scott and Congressmen Hubbard Sturgiss Gaines Hughes and Woodyard Governor Dawson and state administration. Rhodenberg of East St. Louis gave a Republican speech. District delegates were chosen and a Taft presidential resolution adopted. Curtin and Lininger named district delegates. Lowther named district elector. Pope endorsed for Chicago convention as part of the big four.
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Parkersburg
Terrapin, Park
Harry Woodyard
Elkins
Scott
Hubbard
Sturgiss
Gaines
Hughes
Woodyard
Dawson
Rhodenberg
East St. Louis
Taft
Gem G. W. Curtin
Curtin
J. H. Lininger
Harrisville
M. R. Lowther
B. 8. Pope
Chicago
AT THE CASI CasI Theater Tonight Strongest Bill Yet
The program at the Casino tonight features Dan A Anderson and Ruby Reynolds in a refined singing and talking act. Billy Moore the Ebony Comedian and eccentric dancer will provide laughs. Ord Weaver sings Dixie Land in an illustrated song. New moving pictures shown. Matinee Saturday at 8 80.
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Dan A. Anderson
Ruby Reynolds
Billy Moore
Ord Weaver
Big Increase In Receipts On Kanawha and Michigan Line
Charleston reports a surge in tonnage on the Kanawha and Michigan line between Charleston and Gauley Bridge for the past month, showing an increase of more than one third over the same period last year.
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Charleston
Kanawha and
Michigan
Gauley Bridge
Two Men Die In Briar Creek Mine Collapse
Charleston reports a Briar Creek mine fall fatally trapping two married men, Thomas Young and French Thurley, yesterday afternoon. Both victims, American, left behind wives and two children each, as officials probe the accident scene.
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Charleston
Dnieper Becker
Briar Creek
Thomas Young
French Thurley
Dick Lloyd Too Slow and Returned Home
Cincinnati dispatch reports Dick Lloyd, a youthful southpaw, failed in his first fast pitches, drawing scorn for lack of speed and talent. The article notes prior praise from Elks and Eagles managers and Lloyd’s harsher reception in fast company after a Grafton summer. It also mentions local union organizing and a tragic death by fire of Zepha Miracle, plus a shoe shine ad fragment.
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Cincinnati
Armour
Dick Lloyd
Lookout Mountain
Harlem
N. Y
Lloyd
Chattanooga
As A
Lioyd
Flaryr Armbruster
Buster
Toledo News-Ree
Grafton
Young Piedmont Man Faces Post Office Check Forgery Charge
E Roberts of Piedmont Mineral county stood trial in Wheeling federal court after noon yesterday accused of stealing a letter from Piedmont post office, opening it, stealing a check and forging it to obtain funds. He was arrested in Keyser last Saturday night by Deputy Marshal Brown and brought to Wheeling for hearing.
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E. Roberts
Piedmont
Mineral County
United States
Wheeling
Roberts
M. Stanton
Keyser
Marshal Brown
Annual Meeting of Grafton Presbytery in Fairmont
The Grafton Presbytery plans its annual gathering at the Presbyterian church on Jackson Street in Fairmont next week. Ministers and delegates will report on the past year’s work and gifts. Rev J C Bly of Morgantown moderates and opens with a sermon. Tuesday features Brotherhood events with Rev J A McClelland presiding and talks by Rev L A Lindemuth and Rev R A Ramsey.
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Fairmont
Grafton
Presbyterian Brotherhood
J. A. McClelland
L. A. Lindemuth
Mannington
R. A. Ramsey
Kingwood
George W. Pollock
Buckhannon
Big Four Is Selected for New York Democratic Delegation
Inland reports from Tammany circles name the Big Four representing New York Democrats at the national convention in Denver. McCarren is dropped. Parker and Chanler are considered acceptable to factions. Connors Murphy and Parker oppose Bryan though others may back him. Delegation expected to avoid instruction, eyeing Gray or Thompson on first ballot. Also, Morgantown lists May 2 primary hopefuls for governor and other state offices.
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New York
Tammany Hall
Deniven
Patrick H. McCarren
King’s County
Alton B. Parker
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler
William J. Connors
Democratic State Committee
Charles F. Murphy
William J. Bryan
Parker
Bry
An. Connors
Bryan
Murphy
Chanier
Tompson
Minnesota
George Gray
Delaware
Give Negroes Fair Treatment
Attorney General Bonaparte will move against southern railroads not offering equal accommodations to colored passengers paying first class fare. The Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis line is first targeted after Roosevelt forwarded an Interstate Commerce Commission report showing noncompliance with the commission’s June 27, 1907, order. The president urges enforcement to ensure equal comfort and facilities for colored travelers, invoking Alabama law on equal but separate accommodations and proposing injunctions if needed.
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Washington
Bonaparte
Nashville, Chattanooga and
St. Louis
Roosevelt
Department of Justice
Interstate Commerce Commission
Nashville
Chattanooga and St. Louis
State of
Alabama
Theodore, Roosevelt
Missing Boy in Wheeling Sparks Fear of Foul Play
Harry Armitage, fourteen, of West Wheeling, has been missing for two weeks arousing parental concern amid suspicions of foul play. A later item advertises photos by W R Loar & Co with fifty cent price mention.
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Wheeling
Harry Armitage
West Wheeling
Elks Present Gingerbread Man Arrives At Brinkman May 1
Arrangements are complete for the No 1 company The Gingerbread Man to appear at Brinkman Opera house in Grafton Friday evening May 1 under a heavy guarantee The Elks urge a full house and first class attraction for the theatre going public New store The Famous to open in Dent building East Main street with a full line of gentlemen outfits City Attorney seeks appeal in Kunst case over Barrett street damage in Grafton Parkersburg suit awaits higher court decision
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The
Elks
Grafton
Brinkman, Opera House
the Elks
Thesupera House
Pit
Dome
Dent
East Main Street
Sentinel
Gene W. Ford
Parkersburg
J. N. Miller
State Supreme Court For Law
C. F. W. Kunst
Gradi Barrett Street
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Charlie Stolzenfels
Main
Latrobe
Stolzenfels
Grafton Wood Working Co
O. G. Augh
W. R. Loar & Co
Prohibition
Middle West
Brinkman’s
Brinkman
W. Main
Coliseum
Fazier & Reed
Duke
Navy
Press
Petit Jurors
Wilson
Fast
Toledo
Thomas H. Flynn
American Federation of Labor
Flynn
Pittsburg
Zepha
Miracle
John Miracle
Main Street
Grafton Presbytery
Rev. J. McClelland
Big Four
Tammany
Denver
Judge Parker
Railroads
South
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