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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1913
Page
1
The piece urges buyers to study daily jewelry advertisements in The Sentinel to ensure integrity and value. It stresses patronizing advertisers who publicly guarantee quality, likening it to stamped sterling silver. Readers are advised to review ads before shopping to profit from informed choices.
James Morton Callahan of West Virginia University delivered a detailed history of Gratton and surrounding towns, linking the post office ceremony to regional development. He traced settlements from 1772 through rail expansion and Civil War relevance, noting Gratton’s growth spurred by timber, mills, and transportation. Local visitors included Mrs. Harry Wagley of Cumberland and W. E. Jones of Wheeling.
Mexican capital reports General Mercado leads seven Huerta era commanders fleeing Chihuanhuan border area toward Presidio across the Rio Grande to escape rebels. Villa moves to intercept, while Diaz is reinstated on active duty and Tampico is named temporary capital as federal troops recruit. Female servants drafted into army amid bustling conscription. a police raid clears a movie house crowd forced into service. Juarez hosts Dr. Howard lunch with YMC A menu and ten cent plates.
Miss Margaret Wilson was named chairman of the local Spugs during a mass meeting in Washington. More than 1,000 women attended to organize a Society for the Prevention of Useless Giving under the National Civic Federation auspices. Speakers included Mrs. A. Hopkins and Mrs. August Belmont.
Dr John H Howard will speak Thursday evening in the M.G.A. rooms on The Condition of Life Between Death and the Judgment or the Intermediate Stage. The regular class lunch will be served promptly at 6 15.
A civic club movement began in Grafton at Willard’s Hall as prominent women gathered to organize the Woman's Civic Club. Officers named include President Mrs A R Warden and Vice President Miss Rose McGraw with plans for a membership drive, by laws, and an executive board to unite various city organizations in civic improvement efforts.
The annual Surgeon General Geo H Torney report notes remarkable progress in military sanitation. In camps at Texas City Galveston and along the Mexican border not a single typhoid fever case occurred amid constant infection exposure.
SELBEYSVILLE Ind Dec 3 The state sought to disprove death by own action in Dr William Crate case by presenting witnesses who testified the neck wound on Helene Knabe began on the right side. Coroner Charles Durham and Dr Chappell supported two strokes needed to inflict the wound, a claim not shaken on cross examination.
December 3 report says union officials push for tentative contract with ten day horizon. Key demand is a $ minimum scale and no discrimination against union men. A coal wagon attack near noon left Rexene Ludledge 18 shot in the leg, non fatal. Five wagon guards named George Williams, Harry Monroe, James Todd, Charles Kelley of Chicago and T. J. Clifford of Whiting, Ind.
Civic clubs in Grafton unite to clean plant and beautify the city replacing unsightly sights with beauty natural or otherwise. Citizens should support the ladies in their commendable efforts aiming to make Gratton the gem city of the central West Virginia.
Plymouth reports preparations for the arrest of militant suffragist leader Mrs Emmaline Pankhurst on arrival from the United States aboard the Majestic. Police to block rescues as suffragists plan a chase with a special police tug and a rescue troop. only permit holders admitted to the tender. Local anti tuberculosis seal drive in Grafton promotes two million American Red Cross seals for charity.
Twenty seven men were killed when a fire swept the upper floor of the Aecadle hotel lodging house in Bolton. Many others were burned or injured leaping from windows. George H. Adams of South Boston was identified, and George Harris of Chicago is among the injured. Two investigations were begun, a grand jury examining building owners and lessees for fire regulation compliance, and a city building inspection inquiry ordered by Mayor Fitzgerald.
President Wilson's push for direct primary elections for presidential candidates sparked a Senate debate lasting over an hour. Senators Bristow Cummins and others urged Democrats to back the reform, while Senator Martin claimed Democrats align with the titular head. Bristow and Cummins urged endorsement of progressive Republican bills. A. Hargett, a Thornton merchant, was in the city this morning.
A package with 87 500 000 in German bank notes was stolen from an express train leaving Brussels for Cologne. Thieves forced a safe in a car of the mail train, and another mail train arriving in Brussels shortly after was robbed of several valuable packages. Reports also mention Emmeline Pankhurst’s potential arrest in Plymouth for serving a prison term she had temporarily escaped.
Robert Huber, a Chicago jeweler, is found not guilty of murder in Cincinnati by reason of insanity. The jury's verdict follows his claim that he was driven to kill after his wife confessed alleged abuse by Kunzelman, and he says he only meant to maim. The court may refer him to an insanity commission.
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