Physicians Elect Officers at Grafton Sanitarium Meeting
The Taylor County Medical Society met at the Grafton Sanitarium at 2 PM to elect officers for 1908. Dr D C Peck was named president, with Dr A Warden vice president, Dr John H Doyle secretary, and Dr C A Sinsel treasurer. Dr Warder to serve as delegate to the state convention in Clarksburg. The group discussed a bill to compensate physicians when summoned to court, aiming to protect doctors who lose time away from practice.
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I. Davison
Flemington
Deering
Medical Society
Sanitarium
Miss Taylor Will Leave for New York City
Miss Helen Taylor of Montreal visiting Grafton for about a month with her sister Miss Jessie Taylor departs tonight for New York City, to be joined by Miss Jessie for a week. After visiting friends in the city she will return to the Dominion. Alice R. Hall and Loretta McGary will oversee the Sanitarium during Miss Taylor’s absence.
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Helen ‘Taylor
Montreal
Canada
Grafton
Jessie Taylor
Grafton Sanitarium
New York City
Helen
The
Dominion
Miss Taylor
Alice R. Hall
Loretta McGary
Metropolis
Girls to Be Pitied Opinion Piece Cites Middle Class Daughters
A Madame writes that many well to do middle class families educate daughters only to launch them into a sea of gaiety with pretty clothes and smiles to captivate husbands, arguing social pressures and gender roles.
Kanawha County backs Topping for secretary of state
Special to the Sentinel Charleston February 5 Kanawha County executive committee endorses in the primary that delegates from Kanawha support C L Topping for secretary of state securing 59 delegates at the state convention. The move dispels rumors of home county weakness and prompts a countywide canvass after the legislature adjourns. Also notes Dr M F Compton sermon in Criminal Court and a larceny case trial of Donald Miranda in Parkersburg Journal.
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the Sentinel
Charleston
Kanawha County
C. L. Topping
Topping
Kanawha
House of Delegates
Showalter
Compton
Donald Miranda
Parkersburg
No Thirst in Munich Statistic on Liquor Establishments
Munich with a population over 540000 averages one liquor establishment for every 319 residents excluding the floating population, a sizable number.
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Munich
Blazing Coke Fires Herald The Return Of Prosperity
The Arden Goal and Coke Company lit over a hundred ovens for the first time in six to eight weeks, signaling regained activity and hopes for renewed business. Travelors report brighter outlooks as coke production resumes, suggesting factories nationwide may follow the revival. Grafton notes a shorter dull season and signs that conditions are improving locally.
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Arden
Arden Goal & Coke Company
Grafton
Suit For False Arrest in 1906 Circuit Court
In a 1906 case A Mead Grow, then a police officer, faced assault charges for striking Angelo Farcelli who tried to pay his son Fred Farcelli's fine after a minor offense. The incident occurred as Grow attempted to remove the boy. witnesses disputed threats. The Farcellis were jailed briefly and the bake shop lost bread. The jury found Grow guilty as charged.
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Newton
May Grow Cork Trees In California Experiment Progress
San Francisco report describes United States cork oak trials at Chico California. National Plant Introduction garden propagates fifteen thousand cork oaks from Spanish acorns. First American attempt to grow cork oak commercially aims to supply bark used for corks. Trees take about twenty years to reach commercial bark production.
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San Francisco
America
Chico
Cal
Spain
Need of a Market House in Grafton
Sentinel urges city council to create a public market near the west end of the county bridge between Latrobe Street and Beech bounded by McGraw Avenue and Yates Avenue. With street cars on Main Street, a market would aid farmers and buyers, supporting local subsistence and commerce.
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Sentinel
County Bridge
Latrobe Street
Beech
McGraw Avenue
Yates Avenue
West Grafton
South Grafton
Grafton
McCormick
Taylor County Medical Society
Opera House
Pennsy Boys Will Wrestle Princeton in opener
Philadelphia Feb 5 Pennsylvan ia opens its wrestling schedule tomorrow against Princeton Ralph Waite manager reports the squad is strong in heavy weights but weaker in lighter events Captain Folwell to wrestle at 175 pounds with Draper and Pike contending for heavyweight honors Upcoming matches include Columbia at New York February 15 Cornell at Philadelphia February 28 Princeton at Princeton March 6 and the Intercollegiate championships in Philadelphia March 20.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Princeton
Ralph Waite
Folwell
Draper
Pike
Swarthmore
Columbia
New York
Cornell
Hearing On Change Of Venue In Trust Officers Case
New York reports a motion for change of venue in the case against John G. Jenkins Sr and Jr Frank Jenkins and Frederick Jenkins, indicted officials of Williamsburg and Jenkins Trust Cos. The defendants face conspiracy charges over alleged illegal use of funds and seek a fair trial away from Kings County due to local sentiment.
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New York
John G. Jenkins, Sr
John G. Jenkins, Jr
Frank Jenkins
Frederick Jenkins
Williamsburg and Jenkins Trust Companies
Mineola
Kings County
Thaw verdict highlights insanity plea in White murder
The jury finds Harry Kendall Thaw insane at the time of Stanford White’s murder and to be confined in Mattewan Insane Asylum. The verdict, believed a compromise, followed a long deliberation with a split prior to decision. Court yesterday adjourned after night recalls and the case ends with public relief. Col Tom Deveny praised for facilitating a streetcar project. Leroy Watson sentenced to one year in the state penitentiary for burglary at Flanagan’s saloon Latrobe Street. Advertisement notes cabinet photos offer.
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Stanford White
New York
Harry Kendall Thaw
Mattewan
Justice Dowling
Grafton
Col
Tom Deveny
Col. Deveny
Leroy Watson
Holt
Flanagan
Latrobe Street
Watson
Moundsville
Resigned Rural Carrier From Grafton Post Office
Mr. C. C. Brown, rural route No 1 carrier at Grafton post office, resigned after a knee injury from a fall two months ago. His departure creates two vacancies, prompting a civil service examination at the city post office soon to fill both positions at Thorn ton and Grafton.
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C. C. Brown
Grafton Post Office
Brown
Thornton
City Post Office
Pretty Son
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Cleveland
Benjamin Franklin Sayre
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