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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1909
Page
7
Fragmentary note on missing prisoner release and family names
A damaged OCR fragment references a prisoner release, a Friday event, and mentions of relatives or kin like a son and a place or prison. It is unclear and partially legible, with scattered names and dates, needing full restoration to confirm specifics.
Montana Democrat Brennen Aims to Head 1912 Ticket
Spokane dispatch profiles Robert J. Brennen of Columbus Montana a western progressive Democrat who seeks the 1912 presidential nomination. Born 1866 in Davies County Kentucky he rose from poverty to law editor and publisher in Indiana Minnesota and the Northwest solidifying Democratic unity against Republican divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Robert J. Brennen
Columbus
Mont
Kentucky
Davies County
Green County
Marion County
Ind
Ramsey County
Minn
Northwest
Democratic Party
Washington Street
Brennen
Bryan
Governor Johnson
Minnesota
Taft
Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Svaiana
Indianapolis
Hoosier
Finch & Finch
Guilford A
American Bar Association
Indiana
Congress
Overstreet
Taggart
Wm. J. Bryan
Madeline Madison
Chilren
Blueville notes from Grafton area social visits
Mrs. Emery Henderson visited Grafton. Mrs. Annie Clark of Grafton spent Sunday with her sister Mrs. Charles Brown. Miss Clara Brown and Clea Keener were guests of Miss Carrie Cassell Sunday. Effie Rogers and Cline Gough of Grafton called on friends Sunday. Ester Devers has cholera infantum but is better. J B Doltte of Independence visited Charles Brown’s family. Stephen Poe of Keener visited Amos Keener. Charles Cassell has a severe cold. Mrs. Joshua Robinson is improving. W T Brown and William Demoss butchered four porkers. Rev. Edgel preached at Blueville schoolhouse. good crowd despite bad weather. Juanite and Gertrude Johnson ill with bad colds. Henry Reece off duty with sore arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emery Henderson
Grafton
Annie Clark
Charles Brown
Clara Brown
Clea of
Keener
Carrie Cassell
Effie Rogers
Cline Gough
Ester
Luther Devers
J. B. Doltte
Independence
Stephen Poe
Amos Keener
Charles Cassell
Joshua Robinson
W. T. Brown
William Demoss
Rev
Edgel
Blueville School
Juanite
Gertrude
Homer Johnson
Henry Reece
Entertainment Tonight at Clarksburg High School
The literary society of Clarksburg Colored High School presents an evening program at 8 o'clock in Warren M. E. Church West Side. The event is under the Grafton colored schools auspices with all invited. A 15 cent admission helps cover expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Literary Society
Clarksburg Colored High School
Warren M. E. Church
Grafton Colored Schools
Toilsome Toad Tax Paid For Per-Toad Wisdom
Secretary Wilson publishes a humorous agriculture pamphlet praising toads as allies to farmers. It notes toads eat pests like ants and caterpillars, with an estimate that one toad can consume about 15 dollars worth of pests per season. The piece mocks fears about toads causing warts or harming infants and describes toads as loyal, easily domesticated workers in gardens and lawns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Solomon
Secretary of Agriculture
Spokesman seeks wife for wealthy Spokane widower
Spokane December article details William B. Niedermeyer of 528 Rookery Building offering deeds worth 250000 for a wife. He seeks a Catholic, good Christian woman under 35 with or without funds, declares plans for a world tour, four children, and promises careful consideration of every applicant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
William B. Niedermeyer
Rookery Building
Newark
N. J
Nebraska
Niedermeyer
Meanest Man in Morgantown Steals Salvation Army Can
A Morgantown man, unnamed for family reasons, stole a Salvation Army Christmas dinner fund can. The emptied can was found on the steps of a Chancery Row law office. The accused is described as utterly depraved, with the article condemning his alleged crimes and moral character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
Salvation Army
Chancery Row
Society of
Felons
Hades
Federal Cage Last Evening in Federal Court
Deputy U S Marshal E D Hupp and Mack Miller of Fairmont were taken into custody for selling beer without a government license in a boarding house for glass workers. Miller was held on a $500 bond to face indictment in Parkersburg, with detention in Wood County Jail if bond fails. Also, Miss Mary Cook returns from Cumberland Maryland with her sister Mrs Joseph Habig to spend holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Sentinel
U. S
E. D Hupp
Mack Miller
Fairmont
Charles R. Lilly
Parkersburg
Wood County
Mary Cook
West Side
Cumberland
Miss Cook
Joseph Habig
Trolley Line Progress Links Mannington to Pittsburg
Several hundred men will build a new street railway from Mannington to Pittsburg via Waynesburg and Carnegie with cars planned Mannington to Morgantown and Blacksville by April. West Virginia and Pennsylvania capitalists merge lines, rights-of-way bought by George Hook and H C Tennant, offices readied at Waynesburg’s Peoples Bank building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Sentinel
Mannington
Pittsburg
Waynesburg
Carnegie
Morgantown
Blacksville
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
George Hook
Wagensburg
H. C. Tennant
Wadestown
W. Va
Peoples’ Bank
Labor Leaders Debate Open Shop Fight Fund
At a Pittsburg conference labor leaders urged a nationwide levy of ten cents per member from every union in the United States to build a $200,000 fund to oppose the United States Steel open shop. EB L Hitchens of Cincinnati stressed the fund's moral and political impact, predicting a labor movement similar to England's Labour party if Congress fails to back workers against trusts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
United States
United States Steel Corporation
American Federation of Labor
Steel Trust
EB. L. Hitchens
Central Labor Council
Cincinnati
Great Labor Party
England
Congress
Bevo Becomes Focus in Latrobe Street Case
Squire Morris pressed for broad review of suspicious places as Bevo allegedly influenced patrons. Sheriff Hefner and Deputy Dilworth raided the Shuttlesworth establishment on Latrobe Street and arrested George Shuttlesworth on suspicion of handling stronger goods than Bevo. A search found only an old mixing bottle. key witnesses Mike Shaw Warthen and Pud Wilmoth were missing, and the case was postponed until Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squire Morris
Bevo
Hefner
Dilworth
Shuttlesworth
Latrobe Street
George Shuttlesworth
Mike Shaw
Big Head” Warthen
Pud" Wilmoth
Medical malpractice verdict in Charleston court
A Charleston court jury awarded $500 to Thomas Hall against Dru Schoolfield and Young for alleged malpractice after Hall sustained an arm fracture. The decision followed Hall's claim that the surgeons improperly cared for the wound, causing the injury to worsen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Dru
Marathon typing speed challenge by Spokane transcriber
H B Press, transcribing Cun ningham case evidence in Spokane, issues a world contest challenge for a speed, accuracy and endurance duel on a typewriter with stakes from 50 to 5000 dollars a side. He requires at least 60 words per minute for the entire trial and has written 65 to 80 wpm, often 100-word bursts, promising to outpace any operator anywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Press
Grafton Beats Terra Alta In Local Basketball Game
The Y M C A team defeated Terra Alta 18 to 13 in an evenly played contest. Welch and Abbott starred for Grafton with strong contributions from Lanham Cassell Stansberry Rogers and White led Terra Alta with Scott H White and DeBerry. Mr and Mrs L F Morrison and their son visit from Pt Marion Pa will stay with Rev A W Morrison. Fireworks advertised at Dolans City Bakery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terra Alta
Taht Town
Grafton
Welch
Abbott
Lanham
Cassell
Stansberry
Rogers
Scott
H. White
DeBerry
J. White
Cassedy
White
L. F. Morrison
Little Son
Pt. Marion, Pa
A. W. Morrison
Dolan’s City
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Castoria
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Elliott Commercial School
Elliott Commercial School Register Building
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