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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1899
Page
2
The Democracy plans to oppose expansion next year by proposing contraction as the sole method. The Grafton Sentinel editorializes on contraction while the Moundsville Herald argues the democracy will unite in convention to declare for financial expansion and territorial contraction, remaining consistent with forty years.
A cautionary exhortation urges young men to work hard, find an honest trade, and avoid loafing, followed by a list of unclaimed letters in Grafton post office dated Dec 4, 1899. The piece promotes The Youth’s Companion subscriptions for 1900 and advertises Christmas gifts and local drug store notices.
A Pennsylvania passenger train struck the Harwood stage at Cranberry crossing, killing Miss Emma Goedecke of 51 Davis Place Wilkes Barre and Miss Ada Davidson of Flemington West Virginia and fatally injuring Miss Elizabeth Beisel of the same city. The accident occurred about 4 30 am. A jury was appointed by Deputy Coroner Bowman to investigate with engineers, fireman, and conductor named. The driver escaped serious harm, horses were herded away, and the crowd gathered as hospital aid and undertaker arrangements followed.
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