Memorial Elks Service At Brinkman Opera House
The Grafton Lodge No. 208 Elks held a grand memorial at the Brinkman Opera House. Col. John T. McGraw delivered the memorial address, praising deceased members and linking enduring values to Elks tradition as a large crowd filled the hall for the tribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Lodge No. 208
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Elke
Vincent
Order
J. J. Kaufman
Tyler
Lloyd EB. Warthen
Sidney H. Sommerville
John T. McGraw
B. F. Bailey
Thomas P. Kenny
William Brinkman
Simon J. Friedman
William Jennings
Willam ¥. Cruise
Chaplin
Aiste
Phil ©. Proies
H. F. Clark
Thomas ‘M. Deegan
Governor elect Glasscock heads agricultural exhibit train
Governor elect Glasscock accompanied by Prof. W D Working and state university extension officials arrived in Belington to join a Baltimore and Ohio rail line tour to promote Virginia's agricultural development. The special train visited Philippi Buckhannon Weston Lost Creek and Clarksburg for two hours each with speeches on corn growing contests and state farm products. The tour continues to Buckhannon and the Short Line towns toward the Ohio river before returning to Clarksburg and visiting larger towns toward Parkersburg.
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Rrcock
W. D. Working
Extension Department
The
State University
Philippi
Philipp
Barbour County
Elect Glasscock
Buckhannon
Weston
Lost Creek
Clarksburg
Ohio River
Clarkaburg
Parkersburg
Theodore Alvord to lead anti saloon league lobby
Theodore Alvord remains with the Anti Saloon League and will head its lobby in the legislature to push a prohibition amendment. He plans to shift to the legal end of the league and will pass presidency to a minister. At Parkersburg he said he retired from the superintendent role but resignation is not yet accepted and will be actioned on his own motion. He will pursue legislative work, believing a minister can head prosecutions better than a lawyer.
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Theodore Alvord
Anti-Saloon League
Parkersburg
Association
West Virginia
League
Champ Clark Chosen Minority Leader In Democratic Caucus
Washington Dec 7 In a Democratic caucus Rep Champ Clark of Missouri was selected as House minority leader nearly tying with Sharp Williams Williams lauded for party service as Clark pledged unity and cooperation to advance country and historic party interests plus urged sacrifice and self abnegation by all Democrats for effective leadership Gov Glasscock praised for steady administration and sincerity as Charleston prepares for a new governor noting his readiness to meet state needs.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Champ Clark
Missouri
Picosnear
Sharp Williams
Glasscock
Wm. B. Glasscock
Charleston
Road work in Blueville reaches county line progress mixed
The county court awarded contracts for improvements on the Blueville road to the city corporation line and for a section toward the old North Western. A near finished stretch shows gains but falls short of ideal road standards. Criticism centers on coarse stone, flat beds, and drainage. Government guidance favors a crowned, well rolled surface with finer crushed stone. A model road proposal, once urged, remains untried. Meanwhile West Virginia Senators clash over internal revenue collector selection.
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Blueville
Corporation
Northwestern
Sentinel
Iuiliding
Tne
West Virginia
Washington
Stella Hardin Dignity and a Block Talk
Stella Hardin recalls a man’s compliment about her dignity while recounting a block social scene from Youth's Companion. The dialogue reveals local youths’ casual view of dignity, with a mother’s amused approval as stories about behavior and self-perception unfold. Foxes' scalps and sermons prompt reflections from Kentucky legislators, preferring to keep gospel access linked to local livelihoods, then a science note explains feather structure with vivid details from St Nicholas.
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Stella
Glen
Stella Hardin
Eze
Astronomy Dreams and Binary Jokes in Classic Sparks
A slice of old newspaper humor and curiosities on vast cosmic distances and time. It weighs in on the enormity of space noting Polaris distance and light travel time, then shifts to social quips about a penniless nobleman and a witty heiress, followed by a businessman’s worry over wealth and vigilance.
Fragmented Safety Watch Quote and Reflections
A clipped newspaper snippet features a quirky safety watch line and a dialogue fragment about a safety match. It includes a humorous exchange and a nod to ideas on character, steadiness, and local roots attributed to David Starr Jordan.
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David Starr Jordan
Wreck at Harker Junction Affects Passengers and Freight
A Saturday evening wreck at Harker Junction involving the Berryburg to Elkins and Grafton line and a freight train left twelve passengers injured and several fatally harmed. Names listed include CHAS SHARKEDY and MRS SHARKEDY among the injured. two steel tank cars owned by Fairmont Coal Company left the track and were destroyed. Rescue teams cleared the line after hours, freight car toppled, and many passengers fled the scene in panic.
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St Poer Avery
Settoks
Tailtbad
t-Backer's Junction
Berryburg
Elkins
Grafton
Harker’s Junction
Chas
Sharkedy
Mrs. Sharkedy
Tody Zellers
Horfpt
Sam Brook
Jeg
Fairmont Coal Company
Twent
Vanley
Hackers Innction
Philippi
Gratton
Trafic
Grafton Man Fatally Injured in Wisconsin Work Accident
Jamesville Wisconsin December 6 Thomas Kiger of Grafton West Virginia died from injuries after falling from a pole while working for the Wisconsin Telephone Company a steel bar pierced his body and he was taken to a hospital His father and sister reside in Gratton and he had worked various jobs before joining Bell Telephone Company plans meanwhile mention a new paper for Fairmont by the Anti Seloon League in the state
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Jamesville
Wis
Thomas Kiger
Grafton
W. Va
Wisconsin Telephone Company
Kiger
George Kiger
First Ward
Wickwire
Fetterman
Gratton
Bell Telephone Company
Pittsburg
Orville Ioner
George Kiger, Jr
South Side
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Able
McGraw
Brinkman Opera
House
Chas. J. Ford
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Henry Gilbert Bruce F. Kinney
Clauss
B. Payne Frederick H. Gerkin
Andrew A. Carney
Stephen W. Joyce Roscoe
GC. Shuryleff James CG. Reardon
B.D. McKeown
John T. Flanery
Julius Karlin
Frank S. Creel
Otmore A. Riley
Thomas M. Hussion
John T. Cruise
Chas. A. Faust
James W. Jacobs
James Hanly, Jr, J. B. McNamara
James B. Moran
Women's Music Club
Claude E. Vincent
Mary Leeds
Moran
Sitney H. Sommerville
Sommerviller
Elks
Eles Club
Messrs
Job Jones
Harry B. Souders
Howard Hite
Milford Reeler
Thomas Haslup
William BR. Cruise
Wiliam Celson Ary- Ant
Thanatansia
Mr. Cruise
St. Augustine
Cruize
Frank Shuiltie
Grafton Snnee
Opera House
Col. McGraw
John R. Conk
Fairmont
Grafton Indee
Fairmont Lodge
Col
Cook
Westminster Abbey
London
Jamea
James A. McClelland
First Presbyterian Church
Mike
Simon J. Freedman
Lloyd E. Warthen
Thomas
Joyce
Glasscoge
Cehcttors
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J. Frank Wilson
B.F. Bailey
Shields
Flemington, W. Va
Issouri
Williams
Paron Thermtiansen
Fe Beram
John Herschel
Buiston
California
Manuel
Cincinnati Enquirer
England
Catholic Owning & Horse
London Graphic
Addison
Allan Ramsay
Mann
Italy
Horace Walpole
Florence
Uganda
George
Washington Star
Clara Morris
Erastus Pibkley
Miss Miami Brown
Kentucky
Argonaut
St. Nicholas
United States
New York Press
France
Count DE Bust
Helreas
Count
Chicago News
Mr. Henpecked
Kansas City Journal
Hagkerjungton
Tiheer
Iin
Anti-Seloon League
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