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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1909
Page
4
Local ad letters praise Peruna remedy for kidney, catarrh, and general health. Grafton notes include gas company plans, gas supply drives, and Taylor County fair development, aiming to attract manufacturing and keep dollars at home in the town.
The Grafton Lodge No. 308 of Elks held a memorial Sunday at the Brinkman Opera House at 2:30 PM. Judge Samuel C. Burdett delivered the address. Vincent's orchestra played. a choir and readers performed as the lodge honored departed members and reflected on Charity Justice Brotherly Love and Fidelity.
The text notes the lasting popularity of Dr Pierce medicines, asserting they have "made good" for over two decades and have not produced drunkards. It touts a good honest square-deal medicine of known composition and suggests wide esteem among many friends and hundreds of thousands.
In Clarksburg West Virginia supporters report the idea of an extra session of the legislature is not favored by the Prohibition party. The brief note signals political stance and local response to legislative calls amid December discussions. Actions and opinions reflect party position and regional political dynamics.
Fairmont W Va December 8 A Philadelphia company well on the Liger farm in the Shinston field gushes over 400 barrels per hour and 10 000 barrels daily while streams run thick with oil Thousands of dollars of oil escape into the nearby streams making the field the greatest producing area in the world as 20 000 barrels a day are reported and E K Wallman wells from South Penn are due this evening
Elijah B Glenn of the First ward died Saturday evening at his home after Brights disease illness. Born June 7 1836 near Morgantown Mongala county he served the Baltimore and Ohio railroad from youth until 1895. Survived by wife three sons James A Glenn and others and a daughter Anna M Evans. Funeral at West Main Street MB church conducted by Rev L W Roberts with interment at Pruntytown cemetery.
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