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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1914
Page
6
A national push seeks clearer play by numbering players and marking fields by ten yard intervals to show ball position. Proposals aim to shorten games, reduce measuring, and add spectator clarity, though big colleges resist and small colleges fear disruption. Some suggest eliminating the touchdown punt, changing goal attempts, and extending coaching advantages at larger schools.
Three hundred steam fitters walked off jobs in Pittsburgh as master plumbers refused to grant a wage increase of ten dollars per day effective January 1 1915. The strike cites demands for better working conditions and raises amid the dispute.
Baltimore January 1 Daniel Willard extends best wishes to Baltimore and Ohio railroad employees for the New Year. He notes 1915 faced extraordinary floods and widespread damage to bridges and business. Despite disruptions, repairs are advancing. he urges economy and safety first while restoring force levels as conditions improve. He emphasizes loyal service and cooperation.
The forest service logged forty thousand pounds of tree seed for reforestation covering about thirty thousand nine hundred acres. A strong push for a western tur pentine industry grows from gum resin of western yellow pine. California incense cedar attracts pencil makers as a potential new factory source. Government gifts of timber last year reached over one hundred twenty million board feet to settlers near national forests.
In Minneapolis on January 2, Herman F. Schneider and Eunice M. Mitchell wed in a hotel ceremony while Rov and Morris of the People's Church provided music for the couple who then danced the tango.
Detroit star first baseman Del Gamnor announces permanent retirement from baseball to devote time to his bowling alleys in Elkins. He cites injuries from a major league career, but recalls peak fielding and batting form. Ty Cobb calls him among the best first basemen. Gainor, famed in Grafton, was sold to Detroit by the local team in 1909.
Max Eastman editor of a magazine appeared for trial in General Sessions on libel charged by the Associated Press. His wife Ida Raub Eastman, practicing law, entered a not guilty plea with leave to withdraw. She secured his release on a $500 bond. The charge rests on a cartoon. The Eastmans have a one year old baby.
Washington January 2 Harold M Pitt president of the Manila Merchants association, once a resident on the islands, says the current policy will take 50 years to show results while predicting Philippine demand for American goods grows to 3000000 in five years.
Ira Kirby of Flag Run woke to a house fire near the Simpson miners line early Wednesday. He could only save a single bed after reaching the dwelling through a window as flames consumed the structure. The house, insured for 600 dollars, burned papers, and 20 dollars in cash along with his clothing. Kirby is brother of Mrs. Icio Phillips and has a sister in town, Miss Emma Kirby.
New Britain reports Mrs Jacop Detta of the city likely the first beneficiary as the workmen's compensation law takes effect at midnight. Her husband died in a coal conveyor accident. Frank Johnston is noted as principal stockholder of the company. Detta insured against accident and death. the widow receives funeral expenses of $100 and weekly benefits of $8 for six years.
At a December meeting Monongahela Valley Traction directors voted to gift each of its 250 employees with two years service one share of preferred stock. The $25,000 gift equals $100 cash and $5 in annual dividends, a national first with no strings attached.
A Grafton resident recounts chronic back pain and kidney woes ending after taking Dean's Kidney Pills. The testimonial cites restored kidney function, reduced pain, and improved mornings. Sold by all dealers, 60 cents, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY, sole US agents.
In Washington during the holidays Senator Pomerene and colleagues discuss a Canton cabaret dancer who playfully touched his hair and tapped his head. Some lawmakers offer bodyguard help while others joke about investigations to preserve dignity amid the season’s gaiety.
A piece extols the Boy Scout as the happiest and most promising boy, noting daily good turns and a vow to God, country, and the Scout law. It contrasts this with teenage examinations where many admit smoking or vulgar language, arguing that clean living and gentlemanly manners benefit health and society.
New York City tops London in population by 11 million, per figures released by Dr. W H Guilfer of the Hoard of Health. New York’s count is 5,176,966 based on presumptive growth since the last census. The London total excludes suburbia in the count.
Advance estimates from the United States Geological Survey indicate 1913 coal production rose in Maryland Virginia and West Virginia and in Alabama and Tennessee with increases of 3 to 10 percent. Labor troubles in Kanawha and floods along the Ohio Valley affected shipments while wages and living conditions improved in Alabama boosting output and miner recruitment.
Fire department battled a blaze at Joseph Jamstagger’s smoke house above Stolzenfels property in the Third Ward last evening. The structure sustained heavy damage and meat stored inside was ruined, though overall loss appeared not to be high. Jamstagger had been smoking meat with hardwood, left the small fire burning, and was alerted when the alarm sounded.
A Philadelphia woman Miss Shaw writes to hotel manager Brannin claiming her family is not wealthy as shown and that a sacrifice is needed. She asks for a stage engagement via connections at B. F. Keith's and asks to perform only west of home to avoid being recognized, detailing years of singing study in Paris and the need for respectable conditions.
Milwaukee county marriage license court set a record busy day as the new eugenic marriage law required medical exams for both applicants. 84 licenses issued at closing time, with the office extending hours to midnight amid reports of scarce doctors willing to perform tests and questions about blood testing requirements.
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