Explosion at New York Central power house kills and grievously injures
A massive blast at the New York Central power house on Fiftieth Street and Lexington Avenue killed two women and seven men and left about seventy injured. Police fear the death toll may rise with more victims buried in debris. Estimated property damage exceeds 11 million dollars as investigators trace the cause to a broken gas feed pipe torn by an out of control electric train. Names of the dead include Edyth Offner and Mary Polk. other victims listed with railway and express company affiliations.
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New York
New York Central Railroad
Fiftieth Street
Lexington Avenue
Holtheusen
Albert Seagroat
Seagroat
Edyth Offner
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Mary Polk
Nicola Duluth
B. B. Livermore
Charles Roberts
Adams Express Company
Thomas Stagg
Patrick Jordan
New York Central
Grafton Population Figures and Oakland Md Wedding News
Official census figures report Grafton's population at 7 563 while a wedding in Oakland Md last Tuesday drew attention in Grafton. Lorena Maddox and George W. Ollum married as he studies medicine in Baltimore and plans to visit Grafton during holidays. The bride has many local friends who extend best wishes.
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Oakland
Grafton
Lorena Maddox
J. W. Maddox
South Side
George W. Ollum
Waynesburg
Baltimore
Monumental
Tacky social at the Protected Home Circle a success
The Webn hall event hosted by the Protected Home Circle drew a good crowd last night. Miss Lena Poe won for tackiest costume and Miss Mahaffy for best dressed. masks came off at 9:30 amid laughter. Refreshments followed and a neat sum was raised for Christmas charity.
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Ween Hall
Daily Sentinel
Webn Hall
Lena Poe
Miss Mahaffy
Big class initiated into Elks last night
Grafton Lodge of Elks No 308 welcomed 20 candidates as a first wave in a planned 50 member expansion. The initiation ran from 7 30 to after midnight followed by supper at Busy Bee. A future banquet is planned and a new Elks home may be built opposite the Willard Hotel as growth continues.
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Daily Sentinel
Grafton
Busy Bee
Elke
Grafton Lodge
Elks Lot
New Willard
Ol. John T. McGraw
Elks Lodge
Clarksburg
Fairmont
Mannington
Elkins
Grand Festival of Oagred Song Promises High Musical Christmas
Church choirs from jetty parishes rehearse nightly for a Christmas festival noted for artistic merit. Grafton boasts abundant local talent as choirs from each church prepare special services for Christmas Eve and morning. Pastors will preach Nativity themes, urging broad attendance across congregations.
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Grafton
Coal plant sold at receiver's auction in Newburg
In Newburg West Virginia on December 20, the Manufacturerg Coal & Coke Company plant and all coal machinery, mine equipment, and livestock were sold at a receiver's sale. The Philadelphia Trust Company bid 60 000 for the entire plant excluding leasehold and personal property, which was bought by Mr Fretz of Philadelphia for 2500. The coal holdings cover 4825 acres valued at about 40 per acre, but the sale averaged 23.95 per acre.
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Newburg
W. Va
Postmaster to Attend Conference on Postal Savings Banks
Dr. B. L. Love postmaster leaves tonight for Washington to join Postmaster General Hitchcock at a conference of postmasters. The meeting concerns postal savings banks opening on January 3 in eight locations per state and territory, expanding gradually nationwide. Grafton chosen for the first bank in the state.
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B. L. Love
Washington
Hitchcock
Péstaires
Grafton
Bandit Vega Leads Armored Band in Northern Mexico
Reports from Northern Mexico say Francisco Vega, a well known bandit leader, has formed a 25 man cavalry and is preying on both government and Insurrecto factions. Vega allegedly bears 27 notches on his gun, each marking a killing. Pasque Orezko, a mining man guiding the Insurrectos near Pedernales, orders his men to kill Vega on sight.
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EL Paso
Texas
Mexico
Francisco Vega
Insurrecto
Vega
Pasque Orezko
Pedernales
Population shifts show Fairmont tops five cities
Census figures reveal Fairmont leading among Grafton Clarksburg Morgantown and Elkins with 9 711 residents, while Clarksburg and Morgantown trail. Grafton grows 3 8 percent to 7 563 and Morgantown up 160 9 percent to 9 150 as Elkins and Fairmont also rise. In a separate report two men die and a third is dying after a coal mine fight in Tacoma Virginia with urban labor ties.
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the Sentinel
E. Dana Durand
Census Department
Grafton
Fairmont
Clarksburg
Morgantown
Elkins
Eiking
Elking
Eikins
Glarkaburg
Ministerial Association
Elkine
Postmasters Face Unchanged Appointments in West Virginia
Washington dispatch reports Judge Mason’s White House visit tied to Clarksburg and Fairmont postmasters. Postmasters A Howard Fleming and B C Denham, with others, urged reappointment but no action likely before March. Party figures Sam Matthews and Alexander Campbell seek Wheeling postmaster job amid protection for well‑rated postmasters.
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Washington, D. C
John W. Mason
White House
Lkely
Post Office Department
Sam V. Matthews
Republican Party
West Virginia
Alexander Campbell
Wheeling
Campbell
Senator Scott
Clailm
Hall
Empty Stocking Club Benefit At The Dixie
The Dixie hosts an afternoon and evening charity event for the Empty Stocking Club. Admission costs a nickel with proceeds supporting the club. a liberal attendance is urged for both matinee and evening performances.
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Dixie
The
Baltimore and Ohio earnings November 1910 compared to 1909
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad reports November earnings of 7.47 million for 1910 versus 7.52 million in 1909, a drop of 54,504. Expenses rose to 5,646,725 from 5,014,671, up 63,054, leaving net earnings of 1,828,361 in 1910 versus 2,509,939 in 1909, down 686,568. For the first five months, gross earnings climbed to 40,154,550 from 38,043,200, up 2,111,350, while expenses rose to 28,817,056 from 24,796,374, up 5,520,982. Net earnings fell to 11,837,494 from 13,246,826, a decrease of 1,409,232.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Boy narrowly avoids injury as horse kicks sledder
Daily Sentinel reports on Walnut street West Side near 6 pm when Paul Grow, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Jake D. Marple, coasted under a passing horse. The horse kicked over the boy’s head but he sustained no injuries. The incident marks a second such mishap since the snow fell, prompting parents to supervise sledding more carefully.
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Daily Sentinel
Walnut Street
Paul Grow
Jake D. Marple
Aged Lady Eliza Costello Dies at 70 in Barbour County
Mrs Eliza Costello aged 70 died Saturday at her home on Stony Cove Barbour county after long illness. She was buried Monday at 11 am in Radcliff cemetery on Brushy Fork Pike with Rev Curtiss Bridgeport officiating. Funeral carried out by Mc Grumphy Brothers Simpson Undertakers.
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Eliza Coatello
Stony Cove
Barbour County
Radcliff
Brushy Fork Pike
Rev. Curtiss
Bridgeport
McGrumphy
Last Appeal to Governor Glasscock on Death Penalty
Charleston West Virginia papers publish a letter from Thomas McKinsey of Battle Creek Michigan urging execution by electric chair. He laments worsening life in a state that will not execute criminals and asks to be killed in a state chair for a painless death.
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Charleston
W. VI. Dee
Glasscock
Thomas McKinsey
Battle Creek
Michigan
McKinsey
Centennial celebration bill for Perry victory at Put in Bay
A favorable report was ordered by the House committee on industrial arts on the bill to appropriate 260000 dollars for a centennial celebration at Put in Bay Ohio in 1912 to commemorate Perry s victory on Lake Erie.
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Washington, D. C
House Committee On Industrial Arte
Putin Bay
Ohio
Perry
Lake Erie
Explosion Kills Three at Middleton Mine in West Virginia
A gas ignition caused a local explosion at Consolidation Coal Co.’s Middleton mine near Fairmont wounding two but killing three men among the day shift as they entered the mine. The incident halted work as officials investigated inquest in Musgrave morgue and the mine was cleared for resumed operations. A second gas explosion at the Enterprise mine injured John Mey, with recovery uncertain.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Middleton
Consolidation Coal Co
Juill
Evang
Te Ruma BA
Jim Mandy
Mike Mandy
Mandy
Musgrave
Enterprise
Consolidation Coal Company
Here
John Mey
Preston County Man Had Thrilling Time
In Preston County a Gladeville merchant Simon Greathouse survived a coal train pilot strike near Independence after being knocked forward and found uninjured, later taken to Cook hospital in Fairmont for checks though no injuries were found. Also noted: Ballinger-Pinchot inquiry costs through June cited by senate secretary with stenographic and witness expenses.
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Daily Sentinel
Simon Greathouse
Gladeville
Prestonianty
Independence
Preston County
Greathouse
Ee ‘Wan
Cook Hospital
Fairmont
Washington, D. C
Secretary of the Senate
Wtar
Bower Em
Henry K. Tove
Fairbanks
Alaska
Teach Men to Wash Dishes in Spokane
In Spokane on December 21 a Washington Political Equality League promoted cooking lessons for men. Mrs. F F Emery, a suffragist, joked at a Sunday dinner that men must wash dishes, then offered to teach them cooking. She noted the dishwashing has been learned and promised to proceed with kitchen duties training.
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Spokane
Wash
Washington
Washington Political Equality League
F. F. Emery
Mrs. Emery
Fannie
Holden
Boyd Strost
Belphone
Frank Deane
Clark
Box Car Burned in Third Division Tracks Fire
A box car on the B and O Third division tracks burned last evening near 7 o clock. Fire fighters arrived after the blaze had gained substantial headway and could do little to stop it. No injuries or cause were reported.
Outlaw Deitz Bail Pledged by Wisconsin Merchants
In La Crosse on December 20, following Miss Myra Deitz daughter of John F Dietz personal solicitation business men of Cameron Dam Wisconsin pledged in writing to furnish a $22 000 bail for her father to secure his freedom on the three remaining counts against him.
Davis Engagement: Grace Davis to Charley Hoover
Mrs Anna Davis announces the engagement of her daughter Grace to Charley Hoover of Grafton The wedding is set for Christmas Eve Miss Davis is noted as one of Newbury’s popular ladies Hoover is associated with the B C railroad line noted in local circles
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Anna Davis
Miss Grace
Charley Hoover
Grafton
Miss Davis
Newbury
Hoover
Dloyo
Lawyer Clellan McVicker Visits Local Friends
Attorney Clellan McVicker of Woodward Oklahoma famed for a large legal practice spent a few days in the city last week en route Cecil to visit his father Captain B F MeVicker. He was returning home from New York after professional business and his many Taylor County friends were glad to see him. The note added that early shoppers will have a hard time being early.
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Edna Kimball
Pleasant Valley
Chas. Kimball
H. B. Plecher
Newburgh
Mollie Seranage
J. T. Whitescarver
Graffton
George M. Whitescarver
Woods
West Virginia Reform School
Hardy County
Floyd
Wells
Mildred
J. Z. Whitescarver
B. N. Rector
Grafton
James Whitescarver
L. Reynolds
Morgantown
Nomé Fine
Messrs. Stephenson & Lakin
Board of
Catrol
Reform School
Clellan McVicker
Woodward
Oklahoma
Cecil
Capt
B. F. MeVicker
McVicker
New York
Taylor County
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Tacoma
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Pairmont
West
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