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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1925
Page
4
The editor surveys legislative topics for Kanawha County and the state public finances, detailing calls for road bond issuance, potential tax changes, and funding for a new capitol. The piece weighs economy versus expansion, noting concerns about the old capitol site, state debt, and the role of Kanawha County officials in shaping fiscal policy.
The Myers Taxi Co operating Elkins to Philippi announces a complete schedule with four round trips daily. Trips take about two hours each, with a 4 20 a m Philippi to Elkins leg. Departures from Philippi at 8 40 a m 2 40 p m and 8 p m and from Elkins at 3 20 a m 12 20 p m 5 20 p m and 11 00 a m. Stops include Lantz Store Stalaker s Store Knapp s Garage Hayes Howell s Cross Roads Belington Thorn Hill Dartmoor Junior Gage Harding R Junction Aggregate Crystal Spring Pleasant avenue Elkins 3rd Ward School R R Crossing and Elkins starting station.
The passage discusses routine job placements that any capable person can fill. It notes some workers receive high salaries, with some having served 30 years and becoming millionaires. It suggests it might be time to offer others a chance at these positions.
A reflective verse celebrates mothers as the one who truly understands when a youth faces trouble. It urges telling problems to Mother for comfort though others may offer sympathy but not understanding. The poem ends urging perseverance and shared support from family and friends.
Sometime Tuesday night Spot Cummings and Orval Starcher pried open a Webster Springs West Virginia post office window entered and looted mail. They sought money from the First National Bank shipment but only found a small change. A large volume of outgoing letters was torn open and damaged in the basement of the courthouse. Parcel post room packages remained untouched. A warrant issued Wednesday led to their confinement in the county jail. The loot likely totals only a few dollars but checks and papers involved could be worth thousands. Disposition of the youths was not known.
In Rivesville Fairmont West Virginia six tickets vie in the January 1 municipal election. F F Prickett runs for mayor on the Boosters Party line, Hamrick appears on Citizens Progressive and Taxpayers tickets, J W Williams seeks mayor on Peoples Party, Strang Freemen is recorder candidate for Citizens Progressive Peoples and Taxpayers, T M Rider heads the Boosters Party slate for sheriff, and Walter Phillips runs on the Improvement Party ticket.
Washington reports the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa moves north through ice and gale to reach two Maine fishermen stranded on a Nova Scotia island before heavy winter cold endangers their lives. Orders were issued for the rescue. conditions described include frigid seas and wreckage.
Nyack New York Dee 2 Supreme court justice Tompkins awarded Alice Jones Rhinelander $300 a month temporary alimony pending trial of the annulment suit brought by husband Leonard Kip Rhinelander following their October marriage. Rhinelander a wealthy heir alleges the wife is part Negro and misrepresented her race. Mrs Rhinelander was also awarded $5 000 counsel fees.
A maritime disaster at Otartt harbor near Hokkaido causes a large powder cargo blast. Reports say several hundred casualties and a disastrous fire erupted from the explosion, impacting the business center of the island group.
Flemington's M. P. church unveiled two art works by local painter Geo L Blaney of Grafton. The Ascension is an 8 by 16 foot oil shown at a special service led by Rev. Jackson. Blaney accepted the painting with a brief remark of thanks. A second painting, Christ Knocking at the Gate, after Hoffman, measuring six feet, was planned for Bailey's Chapel on New Year’s night.
Salem West Virginia December 27 Modern Window Glass Company will shut down at noon today due to high gas costs making operation unprofitable. The closure leaves 176 workers unemployed with a directors meeting set for January 10 to decide on continuing operations or other steps. About 187 stockholders in the area are affected.
T W Engle superintendent of the Pittsburgh and West Virginia Gas Company reported in Grafton that gas pressure remains good and lines in excellent shape amid the recent extreme cold. He noted no complaints and that millions of cubic feet are burned daily in homes and businesses while water was blown out and defective lines repaired.
Temple Texas December 27 Mrs Miram A Ferguson Governor Elect of Texas petitioned the district court of Bell county yesterday for removal of all legal disqualifications in making contracts that might arise from her status as a married woman Friends say the step aims to prevent any contractor document from being tainted as invalid due to Texas law restricting married women from certain actions.
Hundreds of Gratton men women and children sit around fires on Christmas Eve as they discuss the gifts Santa brought. A large table holds ample food for many, with enough to feed a dozen more families, while some households still face hardship.
Five men learned of a starving Latrobe street family with gas off, no food, little clothing, and a burn patient child. They bought groceries, clothing, and toys, and delivered them, noting the parents would not seek alms. The episode underscores urgent poverty and community aid.
Neighbors and the Barlow family saved the house at 5 Market Street when a fire started in the living room around seven. The blaze, fueled by a gas grate near a Christmas tree, destroyed furniture, bric a brac, and nearly all the Christmas presents, with insurance expected to cover most losses.
Paris dispatch reports the allied council agreeing on a letter to Germany postponing Cologne evacuation to a date not set by Versailles. Five ambassadors will present a united note from Berlin and delay signings until Wednesday as debate continues on withdrawal timing.
The group agreed to notify Germany that evacuation cannot occur on January 10. A final report from the mission will guide next steps, with a collective note from France Great Britain Italy and Belgium to show no breaches in the agreed position.
An earthquake of moderate intensity registered early today on the Georgetown University seismograph, about 500 miles from Washington. Father Torndorff estimated the vibrations began at 6:56 a m and lasted past 8:00 a m, with no distinct measurement shown.
In New York December 27 heavy buying of Magia Copper convertible bonds pushed prices up six points to 126, extending the week to 166 points. Copper securities led the rise while rail shares showed mixed moves with New York Central Chesapeaka and Ohio Denver and Rio Grande Seaboard and New Haven up, St Paul down after weak November earnings. French government bonds slipped to 22 4.
Dr. R. D. Stout of Flemington has opened ophthalmic and ENT offices on the second floor over the Grafton Drug & Chemical Co. store in Dentimnding. He has modern eye ear nose and throat equipment and occupies the former Rohr suite. He will reside in Flemington at least through the winter season.
Saltville Virginia December 27 with fourteen bodies recovered the muck line deposit in the Holston river valley is being searched to account for eight missing after the Christmas Eve disaster. Over two hundred men continue the sweep while Saltville plans burials and half the workers who perished are from the Mathieson Alkali Works plant responsible for the dam break.
A bobbed haired young woman aided a man in holding up James Rutter a national bank messenger, stealing $1,160 as he took money to the Cudahay Packing Company bank deposit in Kansas City Kansas.
A Washington story from December 27 describes a tourist’s sighting at Glider National Reservation of a mother bear nursing cubs while they feed from Bossy the cow. Ranchman Charley Black reported the tale to the Bureau of National Parks as John Ninekirk and Bart from Webster circulated the rumor in town.
Washington delegates from the American Publishers Association told the joint congressional committee that rising second class mail rates would curb newspaper circulation and hurt rural subscribers. They argued past increases boosted department revenue but reduced mail volume, urging a graduated weight scale and fuller cost study before any hike.
Marshall W. Mall, longtime Associated Press day correspondent in Newport for about 20 years, died at Newport Hospital after a long illness. He and Frank M. Wheeler helped report the unheralded appearance of the German submarine U-53 in October 1914 and its raid on Allied shipping near Nantucket and Vineyard. He was sixty. His wife and daughter survive.
Portsmouth New Jersey December 27. Fleet submarine V-2 the second in a series of seagoing submarines built for the United States Navy will be launched today at Portsmouth Navy Yard. V-1 is a sister ship, launched here last July. Twice as large as any previously built in the United States, they are the first of nine submarines authorized by Congress in 1916.
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