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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1913
Page
5
Premiums has opened a premium department in its circulation office at 13 Latrobe Street. On display are Pure Aluminum Combination Cooking Sets in 9 pieces and 42 to 100 piece Dinner Sets guaranteed not to craze. Also featured are a Ripping Set for sewing, Folding Umbrellas suited for travel, and a Crocodile Wrench with six handy tools.
State public service commission schedules a hearing for Fairmont and Clarksburg Power Co. to obtain a permit to condemn lands and erect dams on the Tygart Valley River. Objections due within 30 days. hearing set at Charleston capitol on September 9, 1913. Publication required weekly for four weeks in newspapers across Marion Barbour and Upshur counties.
The Grafton Sentinel reports rules held in the Taylor county circuit clerk’s office with several attachments and debts listed. Cases include E B Harwood, H C Wolfe, N B Wolfe, and Warder & Robinson representing various plaintiffs in debt and attachment actions. Also commentary condemns corrupt officials and lauds facility reopenings like Columbia Tile and East End glass plant, urging revival of Webster Woolen Mills and a countywide development push.
A West Virginia county case filed for the first Monday in August 1918 shows The Kane and Keyser Hardware Company suing on its own behalf and as creator of interests in East Grafton Coal. The action seeks legal remedy against the corporation and associated parties.
Notice to teachers announces the Taylor County Teachers Institute meeting set for August 25, 1913, at the First Presbyterian church in Grafton. Professors J. Frank Mark and Q. G. Wilson are listed as instructors, signed by Dellet M. Newson.
The Webster Springs case concludes as Judge O'Brien sentences convicted legislators who took bribes, ending a protracted scandal that tarnished the state’s name. The sentence signals a strong moral stand against corruption among high officials.
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