Sand-Clay Highways Promise Cheaper Roads for Rural Areas
Farmers' bulletin from the office of public roads highlights sand-clay roads as cheaper to build and repair than macadam, noting occurrences across the United States. Pike county Alabama footnotes 120 miles of sand-clay roads costing roughly one sixth of macadam, with potential to connect remote areas. cost estimates vary by materials, labor, and grade changes, roughly 200 to 1,200 dollars per mile in the south.
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Office of Public Roads At
Washington
Farmers’ Bulletin
United States
Richland County
8. C
Pike County
Ala
Dallas County
Cumberland County
Atlantic and
Gulf States
Imad Wen
Bulletin
Michael Moran Dies at 75 After Suffering
One of the citys oldest and most respected residents, Michael Moran of Dewey Avenue, died Sunday at age 75 after months with a cancerous growth on the head. Retired B&O Railroad employee, he is survived by three daughters and two sons, including Clyde, who had been living with him.
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Amaes Moran
Dewey, Avenue
Moran
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Clyde
Flynn Wing in Preston Flynn Wing in Preston
Kingwood April 18 The largest vote ever polled at a Preston county primary showed James W Flynn defeating Senator Sam B Montgomery by an estimated 36 margin per managers. Weather favorable total 4200 vs 3200 two years ago. Spindler won sheriff race by 20. Watson nominated for circuit clerk by large majority. Everly led for county clerk by about 600 over Watts. Hughes nominated for prosecuting attorney by about 600 over Bra ay. Bitsy McCrum renominated over Hunt by about 800. Dailey named for house delegate. Shaffer won assessor by large majority. Flynn carried Tucker county by 426. Hardy delegates instructed for him. Preston likely to nominate Flynn. Grant reports indicate same. Primary calm. 38 precincts reported. returns late Sunday. Executive committee silent on governorship. no endorsement. plan to let other counties decide before Preston acts.
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Kingwood
Preston County
James W. Flynn
Sam B. Montgomery
John W. Watson
M. L. Jackson
BE. C. Everly
George A. Watts
A. G. Hughes
J. Ben Braay
A. Bitsy McCrum
James S. Hunt
Tunnelton
W. F. Dailey
House of Delegates
Fieorce L. Shaffer
Independence
Preston
Proston
Marion Republican Primary Election Ticket Nominated
The Marion county Republican primary on Saturday produced a hotly contested vote. The ticket nominated includes State Senate W. S. Meredith and House of Delegates W. E. B. Arnett A. H. Debendarfer W. H. Veach, Prosecuting Attorney J. A. Meredith Sheriff George B. Amos County Clerk Z. F. Davis Circuit Clerk R. B. Parrish Assessor A. J. McDaniel County Commissioner John W. Fleming Committeeman C. L. Musgrave Justice of the Peace E. S. Amos W. Boydston and Sweet Melody Flour listed as a line.
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Marion County
Senate
W. S. Meredith
House of Delegates
W. EB. Arnett
A. H. Debendarfer
W. H.veach
J. A
John W. Fleming
C. L. Musgrave
E. 8. Amos
W. Boydston
Night riders threaten farms in Lincoln county tobacco area
In Griffithsville area farmers report skull and cross bone postings from pranksters. Two youths allegedly attached a note to John Banford’s fence and were sprayed with buckshot by Bangard, who saw them approach. Farmers vow resistance. tobacco growers remain undeterred and expect a large harvest.
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Huntington
Lincoln County
Griffithsville
John Banford
Bangard
Phosphate Fertilizer Promises Higher Grain Yields
N. Musgrove on West Main Street advertises Double Eagle Phosphate claiming it will produce more grain or grass than any other fertilizer. The note ends with a remark that congress must decide on the home run record.
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Congress
Double Eagle
N. C. Musgrove
West Main Street
Methodists Debate Dances and Pastoral Tenure
In Worcester on April 14 the New England Methodist Episcopal Conference voted 107 to 42 to adopt a memorial urging the general conference to repeal to the article banning dancing card playing and attending theatrical performances. The body opposed restoring the five year pastorate limit.
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Worcester
Murderer Thurman Executed in Norfolk Scaffold Death
Leo Thurman the Kentuckian convicted of killing Walter P. Dolsen was hanged in the Norfolk jail yard shortly after 6 o'clock after governors and authorities considered his case. He faced the trap cheerful and unshackled, with Father Waters nearby, dying within seven minutes.
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Norfolk
Leo
Thorman
Walter P. Dolsen
East Main
Thurman
Virginia
Kentucky
Canada
Dolsen
Michigan
Lawler
Father Waters
Played joke on Elkin's on April Fools Day
Sheriff McDonald of Randolph County was away serving writs when his home received a baby girl. Neighbors then placed three more babies in the crib as a prank. The shocked sheriff fled to his office, later learning it was an April Fools joke and the newborn was real.
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McDonald
Randolph County
The Merry Widow Hat Straw Famine Sparks Fashion Panic
The Baltimore Sun notes the Merry Widow hat shadows streets and crowds, blocking traffic and alarming matinees. It reports straw hats will be pricier this year due to a resulting straw shortage and a fashion surge.
Magnificently Bred Ashgrove Stallion at Stud
Ashgrove, a 15.3 hands, 1050 pound stallion bred by Hugene Bowerman of Lexington, is described as handsome with style and substance. He stands to service at Boyd street, fee $20 to insure colt, owner Hiram Gaines. to be in service at Grafton, West Virginia.
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United States
Ashgrove
Hugene Bowerman
Lexington
Ashland Wilkes
Record
John R. Gentry
Sallie Toler
Pinchem Wilkes
Ash
Miss Gay
Thodore Shelton
Mayme Me
Gentl Breeze
Boyd Street
Hiram Gaines
Narrow escape for brakeman Mallory near Long Run
Clarksburg April 18. E. B. Mallory of Grafton is hospitalized after a near fatal accident at Long Run nine miles west. He opened a switch for a late freight and narrowly saved himself from a passenger train as he fell on the main track. He was found unconscious just before impact and rushed to Grafton. doctors expect recovery.
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Clarksburg
E. EB
Mallory
Grafton
Long Run
Here
Seamon Declared Bankrupt In Wheeling Court
A. J. Seamon of Moundsville filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in U S district court at Wheeling. Judge Paxton ordered Seamon bankrupt and referred case to referee Frank C. Cox. Seamon lists debts of 21.52 dollars and assets of 12 005.50 dollars, with many creditors having attachments. The G A R and Graf ton Board of Trade plan an elaborate Decoration Day observance to be the greatest yet in the city.
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Moundsville
A. J.seamon
E. D. Leach
D. B. Evens
United States
Wheeling
Paxton
Seamon
Frank C. Cox
Seaman
Grafton Board of Trade
Board of Trade
R. M. Parrish
Well Known Former Graf ton Engineer Dies in Portsmouth
Well known former Graf ton engineer John L Gibson died in Portsmouth Virginia Saturday after throat cancer surgery he was about 60 years old and survived by his wife and brother who accompanied the remans to Grafton they were taken to the home of L Lear Sentinels joins friends in offering sympathy and a fertilizer ad follows with a wry civic note about gilded families and divorce.
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Portsmouth
Virginia
John L. Gibson
Gibson
James
Grafton
L. L. Lear
Shortly Start In Business at Philippi
Frank Cole, long connected with Taylor B. Cole on Latrobe street, will soon enter undertak ing in Philippi and sell 5 and 10 cent novelties. He is in Philippi today preparing for the store opening and has purchased undertak ing material from Clarksburg via a National Casket Company representative. Also in this issue the Daily Sentinel announces Thomas C. Long as candidate for county commissioner, noting his 25 years in Graf ton county and strong local ties.
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Frank Cole
Taylor B. Cole
Latrobe Street
Philippi
Cole
Clarksburg
National Casket Company
Thomas C. Long
Long
Grafton
Local Social Notes From Blueville And Nearby
Blueville residents share a Sunday with relatives as Miss Minnie Phillips visits Grafton and Master Robert Rogers recovers from pneumonia. Visits end with Miss Lulu Demoss returning to Newburn and Miss Hattie Blue departing for Mannington. Family updates include Mrs. Anniel Kinsley and Zel la Whitman in Fairmont and Miss Lilla Lewis with grandparents in East End. Rev Allan preaches to a good crowd and Rev Marcellus Knotts set next preaching night with Sunday School at 4 p.m. all welcome.
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Minnie Phillips
Grafton
Charles Brown
Robert Rogers
Lulu Demoss
Newburn
Hattie Blue
Mannington
Anniel Kinsley
Zella, Whitman
Fairmont
Lilla Lewis
East End
John Keener
Scott Brown
Philippi
George Brown
Mary Hudson
First Ward
A. L. Blue
Allan
The
Christian Church
Marcellus Knotts
Mischievous Skate Night Near Ear Cutting Incident
Dick Gerstell, a coal man with little sawmill knowledge, narrowly escaped harm at the Coliseum skating rink Saturday when a skater in a Merry Widow hat sped past within four feet. His ear suffered minor damage while he lamented the headwear fad as a public nuisance and dangerous weapon.
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Dick” Gerstell
Coliseum
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West Side
Flynn
Buckwheat
Marion
Good
Frey
Childrem
H. & Ss. Frey
Baltimore, md
BOG
Methodists
New England
Ng Kentuckian
Elkin
Merry Widow
Rose
Baltimore Sun
Rayo
Standard Oil
Grafton, W. VA
Daily Sentinel
Blueville
Ayer
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