Play reviews praise wholesome drama and moral lessons
The Grafton Weekly Sentinel lauds stage reforms promoting educational, uplifting plays over sensational fare. It notes a shift away from crime and sensationalism toward solid foundations while urging final approval of the Grafton Traction Company's bridge plan linking West Side, Flemington, and the county. The piece urges city-county harmony to fund the bridge, predicting progress and a booster effect for the region.
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Tygart Valley
Traction Company
Flemington
Grafton
Latrobe Street
Ancient Athens education praised for outdoor play and gymnasia
The article argues for outdoor school play drawing on ancient Athens where boys began with gymnastics and music at seven or eight in the palaestra, then pursued arithmetic and geometry later, and philosophy in adulthood, noting potential lessons for modern education and comparing Greek and English progress. It cites Francis Galton and discusses Greek empire, self-government, and cultural merits while urging balanced lessons from antiquity.
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Athens
Palaestra
Francis Galton
England
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Senator Nathan Ray Scott Champions West Virginia Resources
Senator Nathan Ray Scott spoke forcefully on the Senate floor for protective action, pledging to defend West Virginia natural resources as long as his state’s interests are at stake. A leading figure in West Virginia’s delegation, his advocacy is expected to carry weight in Washington.
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Nathan Ray Scott
Senate
West Virginia
Scott
Senator Scott
Washington
Victory for Grafton Team Sparks City Ad Buzz
The locals handled Wesleyan College with ease showing a trained squad that could advertise Grafton this summer. The first victory over college boys signals towns in the Pawva circuit to take notice as advertising benefits follow strong team organization and town support.
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Wesleyan College
Grafton
Pawva
Carnegie Hero Fund praised for aiding orphans and uplift
The Sentinel highlights the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission report praising its work and education of heroes' orphans. It lauds Andrew Carnegie’s generous efforts for America's uplift and dismisses slanderers who seek to undermine him.
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Collier remembered as a great American journalist
The obituary lauds P F Collier as a leading journalist and founder of Collier’s Weekly praising his library plan for poor farm boys and his influence on literacy. A Morgan town school bond vote of one hundred thousand dollars for four ward buildings is noted alongside Grafton’s demand for a new high school, signaling educational expansion amid a broader tribute.
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Collier
America
Collier's Weekly
United States
Normangood
Mr. Collier
Morgantown
Athens
College Town
Grafton
Two Grateful Women Praise Peruna Healing
A pair of letters from Nora Kelley of London Ohio and Pauline Winters Hausen of Duluth Minnesota praise Peruna for years of kidney and internal troubles relief. Other notices mention community issues in Grafton and Taylor County including a push for a new high school, road bills, and city financial disclosures amid ongoing municipal debates.
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Misa Nora Kelley
London
Ohio
Pauline Winters Hausen
West
Duluth
Minn
Cosmopolitan article sparks US university protest
A Baltor Sentinel reader urges readers to comment on a Cosmopolitan piece titled Blasting at the Rock of Ages. It argues Protestant colleges threaten America by teaching atheistic ethics, citing Yale, Harvard, Syracuse, and Chicago lectures. The letter warns of moral decay from campus reforms and urges patriotic action.
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United States
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California
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Republic
America
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Harvard
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Yale
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Syracuse University
Edwin L. Earp
Bolee
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Moses
Charles Zueblin
University of Chicago
Rockefeler
Supreme court upholds liquor salesman rights in dry counties
The supreme court rules a licensed wholesale liquor agent may solicit orders and have them delivered in dry counties as long as no money changes hands with the order. The decision reaffirms prior rulings and clarifies that forwarding orders to the principal and COD delivery do not implicate selling or soliciting violations.
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Wheeling News
Supreme Court
Heexsea
Iquors
Raisin Day at Fresco big railroad push in April
Fresno California April 29 The Rock Island and Frisco railroad systems with 18000 miles of track are distributing Raisin Day literature and promoting April 30 as the largest Raisin Day event in the country. More than twenty other railroads join in the effort spanning nineteen states.
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Rock Island and
Frisco
United States
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