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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1900
Page
1
A collage of local politics and sermons hints amid reports of crime and weather. The Manila rescue tale by Lt. Gilmore dominates the abroad section, detailing eight months as a prisoner and rescue by Col. Hare and Lt. Howze.
At the annual election of the First National Bank of Grafton nine directors were chosen for the coming year: S L Allen Geo Brinkman John Bradshaw Thos E Davis John Doonan John W Hamilton C F W Kunst Jas K Smith and Geo M Whitescarver. T E Davis re elected president and Leonard Mallonee vice president. Davis has served 23 years as president and Mallonee has progressed from bookkeeper to VP. The board comprises leading local citizens and the bank’s strong success reflects its management.
A deed from J H and wife of Kalamazoo Michigan to Join G Luke of Brooklyn New York was filed in Randolph County court and admitted to record. It covers 63 660 acres across Randolph and Pocahontas counties with a consideration of 5 000 and revenue stamps totaling 585. Luke is vice president of West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co.
Nimrod Lake died at home on Grady creek Taylor County on Thursday December 28 after a lingering illness from complications. She was 68 and survived by husband and nine children including Harriet Brown of near Fetterman and Cora Davis of Plum Run. Funeral was held Saturday at the Baptist church with interment in Glady creek cemetery.
The Lutheran church will hold regular morning and evening services next Sunday at usual hours. Rev. W. J. Heuser from near Baltimore will preach.
Washington reports Lawton home fund nearing eighty five thousand dollars with fifteen thousand nine hundred seventy six added since Saturday. Corbin notes ten thousand in San Francisco and six thousand in New York not yet turned in, while Ben Smith remains missing. river search deemed unlikely given ice melt. Alton Keyser Mallonee dies in Denver at fifty two after brights disease, leaving a wife and several children. he was a Gratton native and brother to local bank officials.
A west Virginia oak from Randolph county was felled and hauled to Patterson Bron’s big saw mill at Crickard. The tree measured 4.13 feet in diameter and produced four logs totaling 4 902 feet. Logs were moved by four horses and four teamsters, Robert Young and William Buck, placing the timber one fourth mile from the mill and processing in four hours. The Patterson Brothers are noted for handling large timber with dispatch.
In a Jan 4 1900 vote suburban neighbors chose four Republicans and three Democrats to govern next year. Officials elected include Mayor Thomas B. McGlumphy Recorder W P Kinter and councilmen Robert Brown Tenac Evans R N Henderson William Leonard H C Owens. At the bride’s parents home J W Thomas the Rev C Warman united Calvin Hamil of Preston county with Minnie Lee Thomas of Taylor.
A sprawling item lists changes at the B and O shops including A J Blue regaining a former post, William Hesser in court, Fred Hamilton resigning, Charles Lewis on the petit jury, and engineer Daniel Fisher visiting from Cumberland. It notes transfers in the round house and yard, wage disputes among machinists boilermakers and carpenters, several injuries, an upcoming new master car builder position filled by W F Bently, and a snow plow prepared for emergency use. Local workers, managers, and visitors frequent the scene as repairs and reorganizations unfold amid gaps in labor and disruptions from weather.
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