Farewell Sermon for Rev C L Queen at Grafton Church
Rev C L Queen D D delivered a farewell sermon to a large M P church audience in Grafton as he prepares to leave for a broader field. The congregation adopted resolutions praising his four years of preaching and announcing his new role as secretary treasurer for the Board of Home Missions, with prayers for him and his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Queen
D. D
M. P
Queen
Grafton
M. P. Church
West Virginia
Weston
Board of Home Missions
Methodist Protestant
W. Va
Doctor Queen
Brother Queen
Holy
Fitzgerald 10 Be President Fitzgerald 10 Be President
A Norfolk dispatch reports that Thomas Fitzgerald, current manager for the receivers, may become president and general manager of the reorganized Norfolk and Southern railway. If Pennsylvania Railroad wins control, an independent feeder system into North Carolina would continue. Fitzgerald is noted as a highly capable, practical railroad man with a wide circle of friends.
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Norfolk
Norfolk & Southern Railway
Thomas Fitzgerald
Pennsylvania Railroad
North Carolina
Sears
New York
Philadelphia & Norfolk
Pitegerald
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Fitzgerald
Fulfillment of Destiny in a Dreamer’s Shed
A fragmentary reflection on ambition and limitation. The speaker contrasts grand dreams of palaces and temples with the humbler act of raising a shed as a home or shelter, invoking Bre, Shelton, and Alexander Maclaren as aspirational or contextual names.
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Bre May
Shelton
Alexander Maclaren
Many Machinists Return to Work in Grafton Shops
The Daily Sentinel reports a $2,500 grant by B and O to run Grafton shops through August. About 30 additional workers returned to duties, boosting August pay prospects and signaling a strong outlook for full production in September as engine repairs resume to meet rising traffic demands. Officials anticipate a larger September appropriation, though it has not been officially announced.
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Daily Sentinel
Sentinel
Grafton
Baltimore
Dreness
Oldest Odd Fellow in the State Receives Tribute
Elkins August 24 Former United States Senator Henry G Davis spoke at the laying of the Odd Fellows Home cornerstone. Davis, 86, is the second oldest Odd Fellow in West Virginia with 60 years in the order. Gol Luther Haymond, 100 next February, is the oldest member. Davis lauded sixty years of friendship love and truth in the order.
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Gol Luther Haymond
Adelphi Lodge No.8
Clarksburg
Davis
Baltimore & Ohio seeks injunction against La Follette law order
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company asks the United States Circuit Court to suspend temporarily the Interstate Commerce Commission order requiring railroads to report hour violations under the La Follette law. The company seeks a permanent suspension after a full court hearing on the issue.
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Baltimore
Aug
Interstate Commerce Commission
la Follette
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
United States
Clarksburg Man Claims Police Mistreatment
Mr. J. J. Kidd of Clarksburg says he was mistreated by the city police and jailed unjustly, sending a lengthy communication to the Sentinel. He denounces police methods and says he served longer than his sentence warranted, urging authorities to address the alleged error with the visiting stranger.
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J. J. Kidd
Clarksburg
Sentinel
Kidd
Cornerstone laid for West Virginia Odd Fellows home
Elkins West Virginia August 24 the cornerstone laying of the West Virginia state Odd Fellows home drew many lodge members from across the northern section. Grand Master W H Cecil presided assisted by officers while Henry G Davis former US senator addressed the gathering recounting Odd Fellowship history and the order's charitable aims in relief and mutual aid across the states and nation.
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Elkins
W. Va
West Virginia
Odd Fellows
Grand Lodge of the
W. H. Cecil
Parkersburg
Grand Lodge
Elkins Lodge
Fairmont
Clarksburg
Henry G. Davis
United States
Odd Fellows of
Od Fellows
Odd Fellowship
Manchester
England
London
Baltimore
Thomas Willy
Willy
Washington
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Broadway
Green Mount Cemete
Oold Fello
Randolph
Grand and Noble Order of Odd Fellows
Num
United
Warning against J R Pinnell canvassing with my name
A notice warns all persons to avoid any association with J R Pinnell who is canvassing the county with a ticket bearing the speaker’s name and calling for photographs. The writer declares no agent represents them and will not recognize any ticket after a stated date. LOAR.
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J. R. Pinnell
Bla Date Ltd
Itw Wr
Lettered quarrel over city finances and a proposal
A. J. Wilkinson attacks the so called special committee over a claimed city shortage. He details alleged lies by Lanham Whitescarver and Welsh, offers a counter proposal to deposit funds with a panel of bankers to audit years in question, and states the plan to recover any true shortfall or return funds to the city treasury by the fifteenth.
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The
Daily Sentinel
Lanham
Christ
Grafton
Whitescarver
Tommy
Council
Leonard Mallonee
Charles R. Durbin
William Morgan
W. W. Tapp
C.J. Fleming
Whites
Carver
Lanham, Whitescarver
Welsh
Tam
Mr. Mallonee
Messrs
Durbin
Morgan
Tapp
Weming
Capt. Spiese
Thomas EB. Joyce
A. B. N. Means
Chas. M. Roach
J. F. Hickman
Themen
A. J. Wilkinson
Albert Kelly Escapes Weston Asylum Again
Albert Kelly, a dangerous escaped patient from Weston asylum, remains at large after breaking bars and using a blanket rope. Five officers pursue him. his family, from the First ward, fears a new rampage and retaliation.
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Albert Kelly
Weston
Hberty
Kelly
Asylum
the Sentinel
Justice Lilly
Pleasant party honors guests at Wildcat Rocks outing
Miss Ora Newman of near Wildcat Rocks Preston county hosted a Sunday afternoon party for her guest Miss Ruth McCammon of West Liberty. Mr. C. J. Burnside of Grafton attended. The group explored the rocks and cave sighting a grizzly and a teddy bear during the outing.
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Ora Newman
Wildcat Rocks
Preston County
Ruth McCammon
West Liberty
W. Va
C. J. Burnside
Grafton
Camping Party Heads for Yates to Seek the Funny Tribe
A camping party led by King Richardson includes Leslie Poe Harold Wilmoth Boose Sawyer and Mayes Williams. They departed last evening for Yates to spend a week and attempt to capture some of the funny tribe.
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King Richardson
Leslie Poe
Harold Wilmoth
Boose Sawyer
Mayes Williams
Yates
Funny Tribe
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