Grafton Council Sets Municipal Levy in 1913 Budget
Grafton West Virginia council adjourns to set estimates for the current fiscal year. The 35 cent levy on each hundred dollars plus 15 cent bond levy aims to cover salaries, police, health, streets, water and contingent expenses with total disbursements around 83 625.4 and receipts from various licenses, taxes, and water rents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Pracht
Water Department
Coveese
Board of Public Works
State of
West Virginia
County of
W. ©. Hanway
Grafton
West Va
Buckley and Cobb stabbing reported with arrest
The report states Cobb was stabbed under the left arm with a depth of three inches and a slash on the left wrist. Fred Temple, a local negro, was arrested by the deputy sheriff and is said to be in recovery, with conditions described as improving after the assault last evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sie Buckley
Cobb
Fairmont
John Cobb
Fred Temple
Negro
Sher-Jit
Negroes Among Rooming House On Meredith Street
A disturbance at a Meredith Street rooming house led to Temple attempting escape. He was captured after a struggle with Deputy Sheriff Buckley and jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meredith Street
Temple
Buckley
City Schools Open September Eighth Amid Preparations
City announces opening of schools on Monday September 8 with preparations in place. Superintendent L W Burns of Ripley WV, instructor at a teachers’ institute, reports nearly four hundred teachers trained and ready to begin. Official notices will inform teachers of the start date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Burns
Ripley
W. Va
Supt. Burns
Grafton real estate and light plant on the market
A decree sale offers three lots in South Grafton Taylor county West Virginia with a brick light plant and power lines. Rent terms require two thousand dollars upfront and remaining payments over five years with notes and security. If not rented to cover debts within five years, an additional parcel on East Main Street will be offered for rent. Meat price trends show slight drops with pork down about one dollar per hundred pounds and beef down slightly over two cents per pound amid reduced arrivals at major packing points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Taylor County
West Virginia
Grand Street
P. W. Burk
Tyrarts Valley
Thomas Cole
West End
Grafton & Greenbrier Railroad Company
Grafton Gas « Miectine Light Company
John L. Behl
Grafton Gas & Electric Light Company
East Main Street
City of
Grafton Hotel Company
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Said Street
Judicial Rental Auction In Grafton West Virginia 1913
Special commissioners set to rent a Grafton Gas & Electric real estate block on East Main Street and a second parcel, with cash and credit terms, under a Taylor county circuit court decree. If the rental fails to cover debts and costs within five years, a second public sale will occur with staggered payments, with title retained by the commissioners until full payment. The notices involve lien holders, fiduciary accounts, and public warnings in the Grafton Sentinel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Valve @ Manufacturing Company
Graftos Gas & Electric Light Company
Taylor County
West Virginia
Gratton
Sald Grafton Gas & Electric Light Company
John L. Ruhl
Wit
East Main Street
G. W. Ford
John G. ST. Clair
M.D. Allender
T W
Notices in Grafton Sentinel court and institute items
Public notices from Taylor County West Virginia detail the Taylor County Teachers Institute meeting at Grafton on August 25 1913 with instructors J Frank Mark and C G Wilson and legal notices in the Circuit Court of Taylor County including debt actions against H C Wolfe and N B Wolfe and a chancery cause involving D B Taylor and others. The notices require defendants to appear, report real estate liens rents and other matters, with the publication to be in the Grafton Sentinel weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Holt
Co-Operators Insurance and Real Estate Company A Corporation
Taylor County
West Virginia
Anguay
J. Frank Wilson
Eugene Sommerville
Nethan Bolyard
Circuit Court
Wathan Bolyard
Nathan Bolgara
Grafton
Taylor
Lee Benett
E. EB. Harwood
Assumpsit
E. B. Harwood
E. E. Harwood
Taylor County Teachers Institute
First Presbyterian
J. Frank Mark
C. G. Wilson
Delle
Newson
L. W. Wolfe
J. I. Kunts
H. C. Wolfe
N. B. Wolfe
N.B. Wolf
J. L. Kuntz
Citizens National Bank of
amMdavit
Grafton Sentinel
Thin County
M. D. Allender
Warder & Robinson
Plaimat
Circuit Court of
Corporation
George W. Mallones
D. B .Taylor
Real Metate and Improvement Company
Baltimore City
R Barr
West Vilginis
D. B. Taylor
Real Estet
Shell
Chance
H. & Eugene Sommervilem
A. F. Richardson
M. L. Richardson
Gratton Sentinel
Howard H. Holt
Della Beavers
Nathan Bolyard
Taylor County Bank
J. C. Lewellen
Thomas F. Welsh
John ©. Shroyer
G. W. Ford
J. C. Sturms
C. L. Curry
Alexander Bolyard
Rebecca Ghoff
Rosa Martin
Merchants & Mechanics Savings Bank
Said
Chancery
J. Prank Wilson
Chancex
Eugend Sommervilla
Public Service Commission permits dam project lands takings
Public Service Commission of West Virginia grants notice for Fairmont and Clarksburg Power Co. dam construction along the Tygart Valley River. Hearing set for September 9, 1913 in Charleston. Objections allowed within 30 days. Publication required weekly for four weeks in newspapers in affected areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Fairmont and Clarksburg Power Co
Public Service Corporation
Public Service Commission
A. D
Capitol
Charleston
Tygart Valley
W. W. Whyte
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. P. Withers
R. E. Blaney
E. F. Clark
Sach
Eek Ae
Polce
Total, Fire Department
Total Health Department
L. B. Bryden
Deer Park
Jacob Morty
John T. McGraw
D. B.taylor
Tate
East Grafton Coal & Coke Company
Guardian Savings & Trust Company
East Grafton Coal & Coke Co
Cleveland
Ohio
Triona Coal & Coke Company
East Grafton
Guardian Savings & Truat Co
Triona Coal & Coke Co
Notich
A. W. Burdett
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