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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1909
Page
5
Incomplete OCR reads like a public notice from W V with names and dates. Mentions Taylor and Sare, water office, bed tresses, and a fired or scattered collection. Details are garbled and not fully legible.
Mayor F. P. Stoy refused to receive a notice from Attorney General Wilson ordering closure of Atlantic City saloons on Sunday. A reform group served the notice. officials warn indictment if he fails to act within 10 days. Reformers vow arrest if he does not acknowledge the notice.
In Charleston West Virginia Judge Burdette granted an injunction prohibiting enforcement of the two cent fare law against the Norfolk and Western railway. The court ruled the statute unconstitutional and confiscatory on its face. The railroad must issue coupons for three cent fare tickets for the excess over two cents per mile until a test case is decided by the State Supreme Court.
B C Montgomery formerly with Guth barber on Latrobe street opens a new shop at No 18 Main Street in the Dent building. He invites friends to visit and predicts success based on past ventures.
In Coatesville Pennsylvania Miss Margaret Kaufman was critically injured when a strand of hair was pulled from her scalp by a paper cutter. Her head and face were badly cut and bleeding. she remains in critical condition. In El Paso Texas reports note Indian children dying of smallpox at Buejotzingo near Puebla with locals burning an elderly woman accused of witchcraft. Also mentioned are Miss Gay Zinn of Philippi and U S Marshal Elliott of Parkersburg visiting Elkins.
Jerome district attorney William Travers Jerome announced his independent bid for re election this fall. He will seek a place on the ballot by petition, needing two thousand signatures, arguing he acts to reflect elector desire rather than personal interest.
In New York on August 24, Mrs. Sarah Nagler, fearing rats and mice and believing her cat chased them toward her, fell from a third story window while escaping imagined danger. She lived with two grown children. Despite numerous pest controls, neighbors complained of rats recently and her cat’s frantic movement prompted the fatal leap.
Hundreds of catfish have been caught this season in the Tygart Valley river by camping parties and fishermen. Fish vary in size and some weigh from 27 to 30 pounds. Every evening river anglers arrive in the city carrying strings of the fish.
August 24 Pittsburg report describes troopers raiding striker homes. They searched residents and examined bodies for bruises to prove rioting. Wives faced distrust as soldiers dragged resisters and men were manacled to horses and jailed in boxcars. twenty five men arrested.
Washington August 24 Seizures of bleached flour will proceed despite requests to delay until a test case is decided. Acting Attorney General Wade Ellis and H F Dunlop of the Pure Food Board said seizures will continue. Large millers in Iowa and Nebraska had asked for suspension until litigation ruling. Bleaching via electrical and chemical methods affects purity and labeling per Pure Food laws. Northwest mills halted bleaching February 1. hard wheat yields whiter flour, while softer Middle West wheat does not.
Rev W H Meyers late pastor of St Matthias Episcopal church departs tonight for southwest Texas to take up an important charge at San Angelo. He has many friends in Grafton Buckhannon and other parts of the state who wish him success in the Lone Star state. Meyers is young active and vigorous and has accomplished much good during his stay in Grafton.
After the report of a decomposed dog found in the Tygart Valley river above the pump station, Frank A. Ross, superintendent of water works, removed the body from the river and buried it before returning to Grafton. He said he was unaware of the carcass until reading about it.
LOWELLSVILLE C August 24 Armed with a big knife William Smith a South Carolina hunter crawled into the den of five lynxes near here yesterday and killed the leader after a three hour battle The lynx measured six feet and had terrorized the community by killing stock and attacking people A posse aided by Smith fled in terror as the fight occurred in darkness in a den so small he could not stand upright
WHEELING August. Lewis president of the United Mine Workers spent Sunday at his Bridgeport home and condemned the McKees Rock battle report as an outrage. He cited Schoenville Steel car plant abuses and peonage in Alabama West Virginia lumber camps and Louisiana industrial centers. He urged a thorough government inquiry by people of integrity to uncover conditions shocking the nation, noting the problem is not universal but a blot on the U.S. industrial system.
Mr and Mrs J B Leamon returned from Pennsylvania where they attended Scottdale s 6th Graft family reunion and the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs George L Graft. The event at the Graft home drew 106 attendees. Miss Anna Flaherty of Parkersburg arrived in town last evening as guest of Mr and Mrs John Dolan.
The Tavern hotel at Wells and Diamond streets burned Monday afternoon, origin suspected from a gas pipe leak. The frame building gutted, adjoining property saved by volunteers. Insured and owned by Moeline Brewing Co of Cincinnati, the loss estimated near $20,000. One glassworker was lightly injured, treated on scene.
In Salem on August 24 local operators drilled a giant gas well on the Offutt farm near Morganville. The well is producing 20,000,000 feet of gas daily. Drs. B. and W. L. Strothers of Salem hold interests in the well.
Spokane reports estimate the 1909 apple crop for the United States and Canada at 35 million barrels, up 12 million from 1908, with wide regional variations. Canada gains 75 percent, Nova Scotia holds a bumper crop, and exports from the Northwest are expected to rise, while some states show losses yet overall supply looks large.
American aviators draw immense crowds as Wilbur Wright contract hinted for Hudson Fulton celebration flights. Curtiss impresses in France, lowering the 6 1 5 mile speed record to 8 minutes 36 2 5 seconds and planning further events including Gordon Bennett cup and Prix de la Vitesse.
Friends of Dellas C Gainer first baseman of the Grafton baseball team report he has met several Detroit club members and he likes them. He says he is well rested and will likely have an early opportunity to try out with the Detroit Americans.
Five acres were purchased by the Pennsylvania Aluminum Company in the Pritchard addition at Clarksburg West Virginia. The plan is to build a factory to produce aluminum for a large automobile factory.
State Tax Commissioner Townsend yesterday sent notices to assessors to extend the one cent levy known as the state road tax. The levy, provided for by chapter 877 of the 1909 acts, is claimed to have authority under section 2 of chapter 8. The Board of Public Works previously debated whether this levy should be included in the five cent state tax or taxed in addition, but left the matter unsettled.
Pittsburgh dispatch details a tense strike at McKeen Rocks where state troopers and the county sheriff enforce a strict no-weapon rule. Capt. William Marsh directs a search and shoot policy to quell crowds as seven men are reported dead and many injured. Miss Virginia Cofer visits Washington Street.
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