Local Grafton News Notes New Year Visits and School Watch
Mr and Mrs George Granneman and daughter Lucie visited relatives during New Year along with Miss Emma Granneman of Grafton. Neighbors Pearl and Lovie Poe returned home to Clarksburg. Mrs Elizabeth Castle of Gerrit Indiana visited her cousin Mrs Mary Granneman. The Bits wouk MP and Mr Wil Mayes of Grafton spent Saturday with the attorney's father J J N Mayes. Miss Pearl McCartney visits relatives in Grafton. Clarence Loom and family of Fulrmcul spent Sunday with the farmer's brothers Ho 1 and hf Wo Bloom. Virginia Trier visiting aunt Gerald Lanne of Clarksburg. Many from this place shopped in Grafton Saturday. Melis Powell employed at Grafton visited his parents Friday. Mrs I C Lewin shopped in Grafton Tuesday. Miss Mabel McCartney of Pleasent visited her sister. The protracted meeting continues at the price. My T J McAvay of Grafton on business Tuesday. My C A Hargett on business in Grafton Thursday. Eighth grade pupils completed the third month with perfect attendance: Wine Demoss, Gladys Travis, Hazel Hendelt, Thelma Temary Bennett, Constance Borrd, Pabel Beirut, Edna Butcher, Russell Tris fer, Claude Thomas, Merle Dailey, Adla Bennett, Hubert Pierce, Hugh Traves, Robert Sinclair, Emmett Temers, Warshaw Ansley, and Edward Thomas.
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George Granneman
Lucie
Gatrell
Emma Granneman
Lof Grafton
Mises Pearl
Lovie Poe
Clarksburg
Elizabeth Castle
Gerritndiana
Conan
Mary Granneman
Bitswouk
Wil Mayes
Grit
Melis Powell
A. Grafton
I. C. Lewin
Grafton
Mabel McCartney
M Pleasent
Albert
McCartney
My.t. J. McAvay
My. C. A. Hargett
Herburt Pierce
Hugh Traves
Robert Sinclair
Emmett Temers
Warshaw Ansley
Faward Thomas
Evangelistic Singer to Arrive for Mab Revival at St Paul
A Mab revival at St Pauls M Church in the west end has drawn large nightly crowds since Sunday. The evangelist leads services with a magnetic preaching style and will be joined by an evangelistic singer later in the week, expected to boost attendance and fill the church to capacity.
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Mab
St Paul's M
West Eieb
Cty
Thendi
Wheeling Gas Rate Increase Petition Amended
Al Horney and Cullinan representing the Wheeling chamber of commerce led an amended answer to the public service commission in the rate increase case of Natural Gas Company of West Virginia. The filing seeks to reduce the proposed rate hike and adjust the petition. The appearance was before the commission in Wheeling, West Virginia, on January 7.
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Wheeling
W. Va
al Horney
Cullinan
We Wheeling Chamber of Commerce
Woday
Suieopublic Service Commission
Petitionar Natural Gas Company
West
Chambers Survey Says Gas Rates Return Profitable Rewards
The amended answer indicates the gas company pays out large cash and heavy stock dividends while current rates yield more than a reasonable return. The chamber of commerce conducted an extensive survey forming the basis of the amended petition for higher rates.
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Chamber of Commerce
Appointment of county highway superintendents announced
Harrisburg announces Vance as county highway superintendent for Cumberland County with headquarters in the state capitol. David McKinney is named Crawford County highway superintendent with headquarters at Meadville.
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Harrisburg
Ada
Vance
Cumberland County
State Highways Department
State Capitol
David McKinney
Crawford County
Meadville
Evictions of Miners Tied to Coal Firms Hit West Virginia
In Charleston on January 19, miners at Penn Mary Coal Company properties and at Madison Coal Company sites faced eviction actions. United Mine Workers official Bilzeard stated, with attorney Harold Houston traveling to Morgantown, that companies seek to remove workers who refuse to renounce their union and to disorganize, challenging government orders to return to work.
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Charleston
W.V
Jan. Ninetiem
Lousee Ft
Penn Mary
Seeney
Harold Houston
Morgantown
Penn Mary Cos
Little Coal
Secretary Glass to Discuss Loan Plans
Republican members of the house ways and means committee plan to call Secretary Glass tomorrow to discuss funding of interest payments on foreign loans and possible new loans for Europe. They noted no opposition to the treasury plan and focused on revenue law changes.
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Washington, Jan
Republian
House
Ways and
Scretary Glass
Europe
Treasury
Plan Wan Sauremieds
Secret of Low Priced Clothes Is Now Solved
Chicago January 7 Investigation into the fair price clothing issue reveals a price fixing scheme by large department stores and wholesalers. D Kelly, manager of a Chicago store and acting chair of the fair price committee, says merchants claim wholesale prices are too high for bulk discounts. The report notes subway basement bargains, with men’s suits priced at 24.60 to 40, and compares current prices to prewar levels, showing large increases but less than other goods.
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Chicago
Sk Wwe
D. Kelly
Ch’eago
Elks Lodge Initiates City Candidates at Meeting
The local Elks Lodge held an extensive session at Kirkhove Lodge room with notable candidates initiated into Elks mysteries. Dr T Lanham, William Held, E I Gilmore, and Roy Porter were among those initiated, plus more candidates expected. The lodge read new membership applications and planned a drive to reach 500 members. Bills for Christmas baskets to the needy were approved, and preparations for the Elks fair around Washington’s Birthday were discussed as a major upcoming event.
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Washington
Webruary
Notice of gun license application in Taylor West Virginia
A Slaton patrolman with residence in Graf ton Taylor county West Virginia will apply to the Circuit Court of Taylor county on January 17, 2020 for a license to carry weapons under Virginia statutes. The filing is by Warder Robingon Attorneys Tril Slaton.
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Slaton
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Grafton
Taylor County
West Virgini
West Virginia
Weet Y.reinia
Senate Roast of Sugar Profiteers Ridicules Prices
In Washington on June 7 Senator Smoot attacked retail sugar dealers charging 22 cents a pound, accusing them of profiteering and urging the attorney general to probe and act. He noted 65 percent of the sugar crop delivered and that dealers were selling two pounds per customer with no excuse, demanding drastic enforcement.
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Washington
Senate
Smash
Utah
Smoot
Condemned Slayer To Hear Sentence Again In Court
In Cambria County Pennsylvania George C. Tompkins faced a repeated death sentence after a technical error: no printed death sentence forms were available in the courthouse, requiring the judge to resentence him. Earlier an irregularity had caused a prior appearance with no final sentence issued.
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Srurg, Pa
George C. Tompkins
Cambria County Court
Tompkins
Hoover opposes new loans and cites bread aid plan
Herbert Hoover, en route east for European relief, telegraphed his New York headquarters denying European propagandists and critics who say the United States cannot meet Europe’s needs. He argues taxes are 600 percent higher, no treasury loans needed, and outlines targeted bread relief and deferred interest measures while warning that aid must be balanced with Europe’s effort and Poland as a bulwark against Bolshevik influence.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Europe
United States
United
Poland
Millionaire Coal Operator Thomas Dies at 24
W Va adn 7. Thomas, president of Thomas Coal Crystal Coal and Coke Flat Top Mining and other firms, died in Miami Florida yesterday at 24. A Mercer county native and Cornell alumnus, he volunteered for aviation in the war and later died after a fall in Long Island Sound led to an illness. He was a major shareholder and director in Flat Top Fuel Company.
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Blefield
W. Va
Thomas
Oh Miama
Florida
Thomas Coal Company
Crystal Coal and Coke Company
Flat Top Mining Company
Eclips Millin Company
Flat Top Fuel Company
Mercer County
West Virginia
Cornell University
Hostayal Aviation Service
Long Island Sound
Tie
Von
Tee ES See Ae
Cooper, Pocahontas Coal Operator, Dies
Cooper a Pocahontas district coal operator dies survived by his mother and two visitors in a brief obituary noting the wealthy entrepreneur’s passing and immediate survivors.
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Cooper
Pocahontas
Ile Lit
Mine in Flames Traps Eighteen Miners in West Virginia
Eighteen miners were trapped in a Wheeling West Virginia mine operated by American Sheet and Tin Plate after a fire started by crossed electrical wires. Rescue teams from Wheeling Martins Ferry Bridgeport and Teilaire aided by a twenty-man crew guided the miners to safety. Three miners were initially unconscious but later recovered and reached their homes. The blaze prompted a lengthy two-mile hose line response.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Stein
Martins Ferry
Te American Sheet
Tin Plas Company
Laughl'n Plant
Wheeling Matins Ferry
Bridgeport
Teilaire
Bailey Ridge News Roundup At Bailey School
J M Eitinger the Bailey school teacher returns from a holiday visit near Eglon West Virginia. Samuel Armstrong and Joseph Davie visited the Heese home. New Year gathering at Tuyard Ford’s to welcome the year and report a coal time. Kodjek school Literary Society with Pascal Lucas as president. T S Davis attended business in Independence. Mrs George Davis stays at ManuiniF lon bedside of aunt Miss Mattie Baker. L M Ford recently bred his Hereford calf. Weather remains cold.
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J. M. Eitinger
Bailey Schol
Eglon
W. Va
Perente
Samuel Armstrong
Joseph Davie
Heese
Tuyard Ford
Kodjek School
Pascal Lucas
T. 8
Davis
Indepenence
Busi Lesa
George Davis
Manuinif Lon
Mattie Baker
L. M. Ford
Two Accidents On The Parkersburg Branch Last Night
Weather conditions contributed to two serious accidents on the Parkersburg branch. Capt. O Swisher, a fifth division conductor, was crushed between a tank car and steel bars and lost a leg while a tank car derailed near Wolf Summit. J L Wheades, a brakeman, was caught in a coupling mishap in Clarksbury yards, dragged under a moving train and lost a toe. Both men are Parkersburg residents with families, receiving surgical care at local hospitals.
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Parkersburg
O. Swisher
Wolf Summit
Clarksbury
Clarkshoro
J. L. Wheades
Clarkebue
Legion Favors Right Kind of German Opera
Indianapolis memo from the American Legion urges support for German opera and Hungarian music when it is authentically American and not aimed at stirring pro German sentiment. Franklin D'Oller, national counselor, states the position in a departmental bulletin.
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Legion
Indianapolis
Ind
American Legion
State Department of the
Franklin D'Oller
York Posture Stirs Opposition to German Opera Schedule
Citizens in York protest planned German opera performances citing scheduling conflicts and cultural concerns. Local officials say events proceed as planned, citing heritage programming and audience demand. Protests draw attendance from community groups and opposition voices seeking reassessment of venue and timing.
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York
Fairmont Lad Shoots Self With Pistol
Special to the Sentinel from Fairmont West Virginia reports Herndon Smith fourteen, son of Maj Earl J. Smith, shot himself below the heart with a German Kamerad pistol while returning from Winchester. He is in serious condition at home. Believed to be caused by failure in examinations. Major Smith, a state American Legion commander, is in government service stationed in France. The family is prominent in state politics and Democratic circles.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Winchester
Shenandoah Military Academy
Herndon Smith
Earl J. Smith
France
Pittsbgh Negro Bell Boy Gunned Down at Hotel
Albert Loving, a bell boy employed at a Pittsburgh hotel, was killed by E M Privo a former army captain who arrived from Salt Lake City Utah. Privo claimed self defense after a lobby dispute and fled. Police arrested him while he denied details of the shooting.
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Pittsburgh
Fila Avenue
Albert Loving
E. M. Privo
Armig
Salt Lake City
Utah
Loving
Bell
Price
White
Ben A
Division of Petroleum
University of Pittsburgh
Prices
Reldonia
Wisconsin
Bryan and Democratic Leadership Face January Gathering
Washington reports say Democratic leaders will assemble for the Democratic National Committee meeting and Jackson Day Dinner on January 8. The tone will be assertive as they discuss campaign issues and the peace treaty, with Bryan's friends claiming he will steer the party toward the platform and the moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Bryan
Lowlee
William Jennings Bryan
Wilko
Willson
Mc Bryan
Prom’nones
Willard
Washington
Jas “M. Cox
Ohio
Johm J. Cornwell
West Virginia
Jan
Han
Democratic Party
Saal
Moonshiner Held on Federal Moonshine Charge in Pittsburg
Youngwood man Nick Mottl was arrested in Pittsburg on a federal charge of operating an illicit distillery. Authorities found five gallons of moonshine whiskey in his home and he posted bail set at one thousand dollars.
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Pittsburg
Jon
Nick M’nottl
Youngwood
Federal District Court
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