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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 19, 1900

Page

4

Flemington News Teases Oil Prospects and Local Notes

The Flemington area reports a small gas flow at the coal and coke plant boiler, with drilling aiming for the Gordon sand tonight. Local weathered reports note Dr. Davis, and the community records several visits, injuries, and a death in the Tailey cemetery. A broad mix of political notes, upcoming conventions, and civic notices fill the page alongside ads and local anecdotes.

Flemington Coal and Coke Co Gordon Sand

Leased Engines From One of Big Western Roads

The B and O has leased forty engines from the Great Northern Railroad for use on divisions of the road to move immense traffic. The engines are to be delivered at once as they are badly needed. The new engines will pull large trains and will necessitate promotion of a number of firemen.

Great Northern R. R

Remarkable Owl Story Hints at Farm Predator

An oakland district recounts a mysterious chicken loss blamed on a voracious owl. A hunter set steel traps near a hen house. one trap vanished, two sprung. The next week a farmhand found the owl with the trap attached, explaining the predator had returned for a second meal.

John W. Harvey Harvey

State Republican Clubs Meet Moved to Parkersburg

Secretary D E Hughes of the West Virginia League of Republican Clubs issued the official call for the meeting to be held in Parkersburg on March 8. Wheeling and Parkersburg competed to host. Parkersburg won. Indications point to a large turnout with addresses by nationally prominent Republican leaders and orators.

Democratic State Executive Committee Charleston Edmiston Weston West Virginia Friends of Good Government West Virginia State League of Republican Clubs Parkersburg W. Va National League Ery County Wa. Burger Mathews D. E. Heen Hirst Pres State League of Republican Clubs D. E. Hughes West Virginia League of Republican Clubs Wheeling Hughes League

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