Burglary tale ends with brave rescue in First Ward
A night intrusion in the First ward ended with a neighborly confrontation. Mrs Frazier and her father pursued the intruder using a revolver and shovel, subduing him after a tense standoff at an addition to a home. The well known offender, once in trouble for similar acts, escaped serious injury. Also noted: Buck Davis, a former janitor, admitted breaking into the Bell Telephone Co. office and stealing 25 cents, leading to his detention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Wesley Frazier
Toul
George Eiliot
Mr. Frazier
Buck” Davis
Telephone
Buck”. Davis
Castle Means
Bell Telephone Co
Grafton ‘Banking & Trust Co
Four prisoners escape county jail in Fairmont West Virginia
Four men held for grand jury duties escaped from the county jail Saturday night by using a heavy iron bar to force a door. Jailor Davis notified Sheriff Furbee and Alf Landis. bloodhounds trailed them for about two hours toward Hamilton’s Hill to Barrackville, where the trail was lost near the Italian district and the railway camp. no trace of Giles Ubano Uricchio Domenico found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmone
W. Va
Grand Jury
John Giles
Pasquale Ubano
Tom Uricchio
Attempp
Glenorio Domenico
Davis
Furbee
Alf Landis
Hamilton’s Hill
Barrackville
Fairmont
Mannington Street
Local Notes From Blueville and Surroundings
Mrs John Cassell suffers la grippe while Mrs George Trader and sons visited relatives. Otto Bolyard made a business call at Grafton. Hugh Watkins moved his family into the Rogers cottage. Mrs C H Brendle of Grafton stayed with Mrs John Cassell last week. Reece Boyce moved his family from Grafton into the Jacobs property. Miss Frances Ware of the East
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cassell
George Trader and Sons
Otto Bolyard
Grafton
Hugh Watkins
Rogers
C. H. Brendle
Reece Boyce
Jacobs
Frances Ware
East
Laura Lewis
Lila
East End
Ed. Cassell
Barton Long
Shinnston
Swindler
Clea Brown
Geo. , Brown
Philippi
Lizzie Brown
Wheeling
W. T. Brown
Carrie Cassell
Misse Hazel
Enola Wagner
Minnie Lucas
Misie Rogers
Kate Gerkins
Annie Kinney
Lizzie Kinney
Alberta Ware
Anna Balke
Lillie Demoss
Inez Demoss
Animal oddities on Captain Woodyard’s farm alarm residents
Capt Woodyard reports chilling farm incidents including a horse trapped by a wooden plank and strangled by a fixed neck hold, a colt’s savage kick causing a broken leg, and other remarkable animal quirks. A Sentinel man vouches for truthfulness, likening it to nature satire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capt
Woodyard
Sentinel
Wodyard
Rosevelt
Nature
Thomas Long
Shultz
West Virginia liquor amendment faces Senate defeat amid local option talk
The Charleston report notes prohibition sentiment grows in West Virginia as a Senate defeat of the liquor amendment dims Anti Saloon League hopes. It details possible later revival, local option prospects, and comments from a whisky firm about funding, plus social notices and minor court developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W.va
Senate
Anti-Saloon League
Theodore Alvord
West Virginia
Dawson
Life Sentence Guarded for Horse Theft Convict
James H. Graham, jailed for stealing a horse, faced sentencing before Judge Hervey in the circuit court. The case outlines a five year term as part of the punishment for the offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moundsville
C. E. Haddox
Graham
Hervey
Marshall Cou
Robert Evans
Parkersburg
Evans
Marion County
Cross
James H. Graham
Noted jurist William T. Ice dies at 70 in Philippi
The death of Judge William T. Ice, long time jurist in West Virginia, occurred at his home in Philippi at 6 40 this morning from a complication of maladies. He was aged over 70 and his passing prompts mourning in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Ice
Philippi
William T. Ice
Judge Ice
Remembered Judge Ice Known Honest Jurist of State
The piece honors Judge Ice as an honest upright man, a respected jurist and long-serving practitioner. It notes his age, learning, and high standing with the bar and public, plus his circuit travels by horseback across Preston Tucker Taylor Barbour and Randolph counties in pioneer days. It mentions he was father in law to State Senator Fret Blue. Engineer J F Waller of the ballast train plans to resume duties with a 2200 engine after a short rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Ice
Preston
Tucker
Taylor
Barbour
Randolph
Ice
Fret Blue
Philippi
J. F. Waller
Narrow escape as Woodyard hog wagon overturns in Grafton
Capt Thomas E Woodyard, a prominent local farmer south of Grafton, narrowly escaped death when his wagon tipped over on Railroad Street near the Central hotel. Driver B H Schultz remained calm as horses and wagon were freed, the team later eating their dinner unharmed. The incident follows recent hog losses Woodyard blames on contaminated slops, urging proper disposal and warning against feeding poison to stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas E. Woodyard
Grafton
Central Hotel
Railroad Street
Woodyard
B. H. Shultz
Capt
Woody
Taylor County
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First Ward
Bell Office
Mr. Elliott
South
Sand Lick Run
Taylor Co
Blueville
John H. Gerkin
Chas. R. Lilly
Ublican
Justice of the Peace of
Grat
Tom
Ambrose Snirley
W. 8. Robinson
Mr. Graham
Thomas EK
House
Peng
Western
Canada
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ottawa
HM. Williams
Gardner
Toledo
Pittsburg
REW Home Sewing Machine Company
Orange
Mass
M. Richardson & CO
Cleveland
Amb Det Sispen
Walia
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