Grafton Board of Trade Elect Officers for This Year
The Grafton Board of Trade elected directors for the year: Chas R Durbin Ira E Robinson Wm Morgan H W Chadduck W W Tapp R W Kennedy O Jefferys Jno T McGraw A J Wilkinson G L Jolliffe CO A Faust W O Byers Geo W Lowther A Phillips and H Compton. Officers elected: President Chas R Darbin Vice Presidents Ira Robinson HW Chadduck Wm Morgan W W Tapp Geo L Jolliffe Secretary H Compton Treasurer Clyde A Cole. The group praised Darbin for a third term, noted board achievements in developing resources attracting industries and advertising the city nationwide, and urged citizen support for continued efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Board of Trade
Chas
R Durbin
Ira E .Robinson
Wm. Morgan
H W. Ghaddock
W. W Tapp
R. W. Kennedy
O ., Jefferys
Jno
T. McGraw
A J Wilkinson
G L. Jolliffe
A Faust
W. O Byers
Geo W Lowther
A. Phillips
Board Across Intake Pipe Cut Off City Water Supply
City water supply was blocked when a four foot board wedged against the intake pipe at the pump station, cutting off flow. Superintendent Job Jones and crew removed the obstruction and water pressure returned to normal, with the tank previously kept for fire use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Job Jones
Bluemont Hill
Jones
Grafton
Fairmont
Railroads Strictly Enforce Hepburn Rate Compliance
Baltimore and Ohio lines issue circular to ticket agents and conductors urging exact adherence to Hepburn rate provisions with no exceptions. Any officer, agent, or employer found willfully violating the law faces fines from one thousand to twenty thousand dollars and potential imprisonment, as penalties apply per offense. Passengers who obtain transport at non tariff rates may also incur penalties. strict enforcement across ticketing and fare collection is demanded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio South, Western Railroad
Jeenthan
Rifle Practice At National Range Opens Feb 1
The National Rifle Range at 28 Latrobe Street opens February 1 with D Borreil and wife ready to assist patrons in rifle practice. Each participant receives a gun and a bird as a prize. Miss Marguerite Fallon departs by noon train for Pittsburg to resume her position as forelady in a large wholesale millinery house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Latrobe Street
D. Borreil
Borreul
Marguerite Fallon
Pittaburg
Amuses the Ladies at Fairmont Tuesday Play
In the Lion and the Mouse minor role Eudoxia the maid provokes laughs among women patrons at Fairmont on February 5. The cottage scene under Judge and Mrs Rocamore centers on workplace tensions and news to be shared at dinner, delivering clever, life-like humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry B. Harrie
Fairmont
Eudoxia
Judge
England
Buy Canaries Now From Hartz Mountains and St Andreas
Last shipment of Hartz Mountains and St Andreas canaries now in. After a while we won’t have time to sell canaries because we’ll be busy selling Burge’s Fine Wallpapers. Come and get a fine rangster or a nice female for breeding purposes. Aigo sortie gold fist globes and acquaria at your own price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartz Mountains
St. Andreas Canaries
Becaues
Burge
R. E. Blaney & Co
Up-to-Date Cab Service in Grafton City
Notice highlights ready for call orders for cab service in Grafton with references to phone lines and livery stables. Mentions a February brief featuring extraordinary silk values from Browning Hamilton Co and general up-to-date transportation offerings in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Darothers Livery Stable
Browning-Hamilton Co
Two-Cent Fare Bills Aboard in State Legislature
A long report details that five two-cent fare bills were introduced, three sent to the judiciary committee, with patrons urging return to the house and referral to the railroad committee. The judiciary majority favors a two-cent rate, and the railroad panel later recommended passage. The narrative also notes Senate activity on the Jamestown Exposition bill, various charter measures, and a stormy debate over a bulk law bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naylor
House
Judiciary Committee
Charleston
W. Va
Law
Alwaiy
Committee On Railroads
Senate
Conference Committee
Foreman
Redding
Santee
Weizel County
Moundaville
New Cumberland
Parketebury
Morgan Town Experiment Station
Wetzel
Census Clerk Charged in Wife and Child Deaths
Washington police arrested M B Copeley a 35 year old census office clerk on suspicion of murdering his wife and three month old Ruth after a quarrel. He says his wife killed the child and herself, while police doubt his account and hold him for investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
M. B. Copeley
Ruth
Copeleya
Copeley
Pace
Dorsey
Coorley
Raymond
Raymonds
Sixty Dead Feared in Stuart Coal Mine Disaster
Charleston reports from Fayette County say about sixty victims are known or believed to be in the Stuart Colliery Company mine after a series of explosions. Rescue efforts cleared debris and lowered bodies to a temporary morgue as hope faded for survivors among white and colored workers, including several foreigners. Vicious conditions and a hurried funeral scene followed as officials and families faced the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W Va
Stuart Colliery Company
Stuart
Fayette County
Cli Scere
Hinton
Frank Lovett
Resene
Sam Dickson
Dickson Colliery Co
Absalom
Thimond
Esca Pal
Death Claims Graf ton Citizens and Clark Building Tragedy
Mrs Elizabeth Wolf of Lincoln Street dies after seven weeks illness at fifty one. She leaves children Samuel William and others. Funeral tomorrow at two o'clock at St Andrews ME church with Rev H C Howard officiating and Braemont cemetery interment. Also Charles Raymond Maton, eighteen, dies in Clark building after typhoid and pneumonia. The piece notes juror security measures in a trial and lists several jurors and a new panel of 100 salesmen. Gertrude Clovis dies at 33 in Port Allegheny origin, Mrs W A McCord caregiver, funeral arranged later with M J Parsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tal
Harry Kendall
Tuegtay
Harold Faire
Jerome
Faire
Arthur 5. Campbell
Justice Fitzgerald
Elizabeth Wolf
Lincoln Street
Samuel
William Wolf
Charles Wolf
Mieses Nannie
Amy Wolf
Alice Province
Jenoinga
White
Grafton
H.C Howard
St. Andrews’ ME
Braemont
John A McCabe
Clark Building
Main Street
Charles Raymond Maton
H. F Macon
Fceries
Port Allegheny
W. F. Clark
C. Howard
Andrewschi
Gertrude Clovis
W. A. McCord
McCord
M. J Parsons
Miss Anna Judge Hosts Progressive Whist Evening
Miss Anna Judge hosted a whist party at her East Washington Street home in honor of Miss Elizabeth Flanagan of Parkersburg. Lottie Deveny won the Indies prize. Mr. Harry Lambrecht led the gentlemen’s division. Miss Jennings took the booby prize. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Baits, Mr. and Mrs. Joan Gerkin, Minnie Willard, Rosa Jennings, Anna Dorsey, Regina Kimabeh Kinney, Edizabeth Flanagan, and others. A basketball game between the Bt Ai Club and the Davis and Eskine team was announced for tomorrow at Augustine’s school, with admission twenty cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Judge
East Washington Street
Mire Elizabeth Flanagan
Parkersburg
Jno
Gerkim
Lottie
Deveny
Harry Lambrecht
Mies
Jennings
Delicioua
Angustine’s
Bt Ai
Davis and Eskine
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Board of Trade
Une
Graiien
Fuiure
Board Ag
Ue Boara
Hercules
Westcott
Weymouth
Ernest L. Love & CO
Census Clerk
Wild Story
Secret Service
Stuart. CO
Ter
Talesmen
David H. Walker
John Brisben Walker
Harry C. Brearley
Henry J. Kleinberg
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