Grafton Council Agrees Levy for Current Year Budget
The August 8 1922 council session in Grafton West Virginia concluded a budget plan and property levy to raise 52325.01 for regular municipal purposes. The report lists current receipts including water rents hospital and licenses and details salaries street and police expenses and street maintenance. The levy approved is fifty cents on each one hundred dollars of assessed property value with real estate 5147890 personal property 2686170 and public utility property 2630043.45 totaling 10465003.45. A.C. Love Clerk certified the plan and stated it conforms to the council order.
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West Virginia
Taylor
Grafton
Jarrett
Latrobe St
W. Wal
Bell Telephone
Thomas H. Cather
A.C. Love
J. R. Morgan
General Expense Police Department
General Expense Fire Department
General Expenses Health Department
Teeta Eens Sre
Ape Alonond
Setariets
Seeese
General Fund
Webbe Eeree Reese
Weeee Ae Oy
Ate
I. A. Co
Towit
County Court of
C. S. Montgomer
John M. Ross
Systein
Ireb Wise Nce Secnto
Dudeie
Sureere
Court House
Taylor County
Smh
Follo Real Estate
State
Frank Bennett
Said
Frank Bennep
Taylor County Estimating Levy for 1922 County and Road Funds
Taylor County Court met August 8 1922 to estimate levies for general county purposes and district road funds plus special court house and jail needs. It lists receipts and disbursements totals including salaries, road construction, and public welfare, with assessed property values and proposed levy rates.
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Department of State Tax Commissioner Bee
Grand Army
Fetterman
Imate Kor
Court House
Fifeeen
Flemington
Ier
Ksax
Valley Falls Picnic and Camp Rustic Park News
Crowds gather at Valley Falls each Sunday with picnickers and bathers enjoying fine water. Families from Bridport Fairmont and Mannington camp nearby at Rustic Park and Camp Victoria. A dance at Rustie Park Spavill drew a large turnout while obituaries note the passing of Ed Harmon amid community reminiscence.
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Valley Falls
T. J. Brown
Knotts
Hridgeport
Hugh Hart
T. C. Henry
Fairmont
Rustic Park
Dave Victor
Camp Victoria
Victor
John Kingsworth
Youngs
Rustie Park
Waynesburg
Spavill
John Carpenter
Ree
Camp Reese
Donley Jones
Mannington
Obituary tribute to Capt John C Felton by I M Lock
Obituary tribute extols Capt. John C Felton as steadfast honest reliable and generous, praising a life of deeds and patriotism. The piece reflects on death, memory, and the giver of help, ending with farewell and heavenly devotion. Also notes marriage notices for Lawrence Newton to Ocie Marie Vance in Toledo and Dorothy Evelyn Michael to Gerald Newton in Oakland, plus meetings and social events in Morgantown.
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Jno
C. Felton
I. M. Lock
John €. Felton
Eiger
Newton-Vance
Lawrence Newton
Ocie Marie Vance
Toledo
Ohio
George W., Vance
Mt. Morris
T. J Newton
Morgantown
News Jon
Newton
149Th Air Squadron
Wor
Oakland
Dorothy Evelyn Michael
Terra Alta
Gerald Newton
Mra
T. J. Newton
Curtis M. Michael
Tomorro
J. J. Cassell
Wet or dry dominates Peoria race in 16th Illinois district
In Illinois 16th district incumbent Ireland is defeated by W B Hull a former distiller who runs as a wet against Jesse Black the dry Democratic nominee. The campaign centers on prohibition with Wheeler noting past votes. New York and Massachusetts primaries loom as broader sentiment shifts. Also reports homecoming at Webster honoring Mr and Mrs George Brittort their son George Jr and Kate Johnston.
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Peoria
Illinois
Ireland
W. B. Hull
Hull
Jesse Black
Wayne B. Wheeler
New York
Massachusetts
Cove district Sunday school convention draws crowd at Locust Grove
Several hundred people attended the Cove district Sunday school convention at Locust Grove last Saturday with music and preaching. Rev Marsh Loar and others led services at Otterbem chapel next Sunday with 3 pm preaching and a nearby baptizing. Funeral for John Felton held at Taylor's Drain last Thursday attended by Oran Hamilton, George Martin, Sheriff Forman. Numerous local visits and gatherings noted including Hamilton, Reed, and Bolyard families. Mary Hoffman obituary at Mt Union reported, services conducted by Rev Swawn and Rev Loar.
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Cove District
Locust Grove
Ot [Terbem Chapel
Marsh Low
Sinckair
Roy Smith
Grafton
William Bolyard
Floyd Runner
Elkins
Mary Hoffman
Francis Hoffman
Marquess
Mt. Union
Swawn
M. E
Evansville
Marsh Loar
George Shaw
Paul Fraxter
Feaily
Charles Shaw
Willis Bolyard
Sinclair
Harmon Dies of Tuberculosis
Ed Harmon a longtime janitor at the county court house in Grafton and city worker died of tuberculosis at Denmar sanitarium. He was about 60, known as a joker who could still crack a joke in his last days. He had no local relatives, only a sister in Philadelphia.
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Glenn Plumb
Plumb
Plum Plan
Labor Board
Laci
Allie
Middle West
Ed Harmon
Court House
Denmar
Grafton
Denmar Hospital
Harmon
Philadelphia
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Senate
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Germany
Reichstag
Great Britain
House of Commons
America
Miss Martin
Izeetta Jewell Brown
Kansas
Miss Robertson
Congress
Washington
Sey
Alice Dyer Miller
Palpurrom
Itti
Sae Tees
TSM
Attaw Cos
Atuag
Semener
Zante
la Societie Des 40 Hommes
Sol Compton
George Brttort
George, Jr
Kate Johnston
Webster
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