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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1900
Page
6
A New York World and Baltimore Sun dispatch from Monongah West Virginia reports a secret group called the Home-Makers encourages wife beating to defend home life. Members supposedly pay fines for aggressors and enforce harsh norms as a remedy for unhappy homes and cheered children.
The funeral of Albert Lewis in Martinsburg West Virginia drew superstitious reactions as gravediggers failed to find graves on arrival. A second trip saw the coffin lowered without incident after a pallbearer’s mishap. Amid warnings of omens some mourners prepared for further misfortune. An unrelated ad asks readers to mail 2 cents in stamps for a poultry disease book from the Associated Press in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia dec 19 former President Grover Cleveland contributes to this weeks Saturday Evening Post an extended article on democracy and the party's fate since 1914 He warns the party against betraying its principles and urges a renewal of the creed to face new conditions Also mentions a youth prank incident and a smallpox quarantine advisory affecting trains and ticket offices.
Trains run daily on multiple branches including the Cincinnati route arriving in Wheeling and Parkersburg by afternoon. Services from Grafton to Belington and Morgantown branch offer daily departures with Sunday gaps and varying times. Stops include Fairmont, Morgantown, and Cambria areas with mixed morning and afternoon timetables.
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