West Virginia Observes Mothers Day By Proclamation
Gov. Glasscock urges May observance of Mothers Day across West Virginia through church services and public homage. The proclamation honors Miss Ann Jarvis of Grafton as originator, urging carnation wear for dead mothers and letters for living ones.
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Glasscock
West’ Virginia
Anns, Jarvis
Philadelphia
Grafton
Jarvis
Graf
Sind
West Virginia
Income Tax Bill Introduced In Senate
Senator Bailey of Texas added a three percent tax on incomes over 5000 to the tariff bill. The plan would exempt lower incomes and aims to raise about 100 million dollars. Manufacturers and other corporations would bear substantial shares under the proposal.
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Washington
Bailey
Texas
Senate
West
Middle West
Widget Wins Bride In Knox Midget Groom Story
Knox Indiana April 17 Che Hahr the 28 inch midget long with side shows and now retired to real estate has married Milas Nora Cleveland of Kingston Pennsylvania The groom is 61 the bride 41 and five feet tall Hahr touted as the smallest man in the world princi ples of circus fame and romance converge in this unusual union.
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Knox
Ind
Che Hahr
Milas Nora
Cleveland
Kingston
Hahr
Rival Glass Trust Formed By Independent Makers
In Columbus Ohio on April 1 a meeting of leading independent window glass manufacturers completed details for the Imperial Window Glass company. Headquarters will be in Pittsburg with a 25000 capitalization under West Virginia law. Fifteen directors were elected with Myron L. Case of Bowling Green Ohio as president and J C Sayre of Columbus Ohio as treasurer. The firm will buy output from independent factories. More than 2200 pots were represented, leaving about 204 outside the consolidation.
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Columbus
Imperial Window Glass Company
Pittsburg
West Virginia
United States
Weer
Myron L. Case
Bowling Green
M. J. Heary
Hagel Hurst
J. R. Johnson
Hartford City
Ind
J. C. Sayre
Bread price rise ends 3 and 4 cent loaves in Cincinnati
A stormy bakers meeting in Cincinnati announced a shift to only 6 and 10 cent loaves as wheat prices climb, with Springfield set to follow. The Ohio Master Bakers’ Association plans to urge senators and congressmen to address food price speculation and its impact on wages and consumer costs. Also reported is a violent arrest of 16 year old Miss Gladys Wiles by a constable and a Morgantown man on the West Side, condemned by the Daily Sentinel for its humiliation and calls for possible legal action.
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Cincinnati
Springfield
James Harrington Boyd
Toledo
Cincinnati Bakers
Taft
Ohio
Daily Sentinel
Gladys Wiles
Sandy
Morgantown
Grafton
Wiles
Humane Society
Frank Wiles
South Side
West Side
Hefner
Sentinel
Tinel
Alex Leeds
Dolan
Society
Grafton Baseball Team Ready for Pawva League Season
A group of players in the city practice for Grafton’s season in the Pawva league. The team is projected to be one of the best, drawing strong local support to publicize the city. The lineup offers solid talent to keep Grafton in the national spotlight as the season opens at Traction oary.
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Grafton
Wal
Pawva
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Traction Oary
Eieio Ens
Western Canada Big Crops in 1908 Draw Settlers
The article notes 100 000 US settlers moving to western Canada as new districts open. It cites wheat oats barley and other crops driving income with per-acre values from ten to twenty dollars. It mentions cattle quality value for Chicago market and lists B M Williams as government agent contact.
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Canada
United States
Chicago
Grafton Plans Summer Baseball Team Support
Grafton officials announce a summer baseball team with backing from the athletic association and city citizens. They urge boosters to keep up spirit, promote Grafton across West Virginia and Pennsylvania, and recruit top local players to ensure a competitive squad. If a loss occurs, focus on rallying for the next game.
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Grafton
The
Athletic Association
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Lumberman Found Starving in Preston County Mountains
Richard Goff, 62, a Kingwood Lumber Company employee, was found starving and scarred in a rock cleft near Trowbridge Ferry in Preston county after leaving Caddell in March. He alleges two companions from Pennsylvania robbed him and left him to die in the woods, where he survived by drinking from sugar trees and living off bark. He is slowly recovering and recalls little about how he reached the secluded spot.
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Kingwood
W. Va
Richard Goff
Kingwood Lumber Co
Cheat River
Preston County
Trowbridge Ferry
Caddell
Goff
Kansas
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kingwood Lumber Company
Monument Shaft to Rise 82 Feet at Point Pleasant
At a trustees meeting in Charleston on April 19 the fund for the Point Pleasant monument announced contracts closed and construction to finish by October 10, 136 years after the famous battle. The shaft will be 82 feet high costing $16,000, with two thirds covered by the federal government.
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Charleston
W. Va
Point Pleasant
Negro falls from fourth story window at Tavern
Griff Jones known as Big Boy, a Fairmont bar employee, fell from a fourth floor window to the court below yesterday. He suffered a fractured rib and was found unconscious amid a shattered barrel, then regained consciousness and described crawling to the ledge before losing his grip.
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Fairmont
W. Vai
Griff Jones
Big Boy
Grafton
Williams
Jones
An Awful Fate in Ohio Oil Fields
William Myers a workman near Scottown in the Ohio oil fields was fatally injured when a drilling machine started unexpectedly. The crank seized him, crushing his head and tearing his face and upper body. He was about fifty and left a wife and family.
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Sistersville
W. Va
William Myers
Scottown
Ohio
Terrile
Destruction of Mecklenburg Hotel at Chase City VA
Richmond Virginia April 17 The Mecklenburg hotel at Chase City a noted southern resort was wholly destroyed by fire just after noon yesterday. The hotel housed guests from the North and West. No injuries were reported many guests lost personal belongings. Building valued at 250000 with about 83000 insured.
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Richmond
Mecklenburg
Chase City
Bad Explosion at Gassaway Hotel in Elkins Morning Fire
A gas explosion at the St George Hotel in Elkins caused a rapid blaze that killed six and injured six, with eight to ten others buried in ruins and $125,000 in losses. The three story frame lodging house housed about 200 guests who fled onto roofs and fire escapes as windows shattered and the basement burned.
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San Francisco
St. George
Howard and
Eighth Streets
Cartwright
Salem
Ore
St. George Hotel
Elkins
W. Va
Hatel Gassaway
the Gassaway
Mr J O Little Hurt In Oil Derrick Fall
Mr J O Little, president of the Grafton Hardware Company, was badly injured in a fall from an oil derrick at Center Point yesterday. He broke a collar bone and two ribs while inspecting the well. He returned home last evening and is under a doctor’s care as friends wish him a speedy recovery.
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Daily Sentinel
Little
Grafton Hardware Company
Center Point
Quiet Wedding Unites Miss Maude L Myers and William E Bennett
A quiet wedding occurred at the Methodist Protestant parsonage at noon Sunday. Miss Maude L Myers of Montsville married William E Bennett of Fairmont in a ceremony performed by Rev A W Morris. The couple left for Fairmont to begin married life.
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Maude L. Myers
Montsville
William E. Bennett
Fairmont
A. W. Morris
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