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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1915
Page
6
A guide to cold salads for outdoor meals with chicken and seafood options. Recipes cover tuna and asparagus, lobster ramekins, nut loaf, chicken salad dressings, cheese and vegetable sandwiches, and practical tips on bread, mayonnaise, and storage to keep flavors fresh.
New York reports a Pittsburgh insured baseball said to be fifty three years old and used in the 1862 Eclipse club versus Hudson Newburgh game. Another predated ball from Emporia is linked to the 1857 Portland versus Tri Mountain contest on Boston Common. Speedway Association forms to coordinate seven speedways across major cities with large purses and venues. Early football preparations at Harvard and Pennsylvania are noted, alongside boxing debates on rule changes in Britain.
The Redpath Brockway chautauqua features Ben Greet players in Grafton July 22 28 with a strong program including the Weber Male quartet and Alfred Hiles Bergen company. Orrin C. Lester is superintendent and local consent enables tent setup on McGraw Avenue. The season opens July 22 with daily lectures and concerts by noted figures and groups. The Taylor County Automobile Association meets to boost memberships and press for better county roads with help from city and county officials.
Charleston West Virginia June 28 Prohibition department figures indicate saloon bans reduced arrests in 35 towns including Martinsburg Benwood Clarksburg Fairmont Huntington and Charleston. Fiscal year 1914 saw about 141000 arrests with half for intoxication. 1915 first prohibition year recorded 16986 arrests with 2300 linked to liquor traffic.
In Hutchinson Kansas the harvest labor influx fills the area as the wheat harvest opens. A Federal court verdict by Judge W H Thomson awarded 15 384 dollars to J W Thompson and J R Barnes of Untertown Pa in a case heard with the Federal Department of Labor. The Hutchinson Commercial Club organized the case. An estimated 2000 harvest laborers are in the county, many without means as harvests peak in the state.
An 18 month old boy, Henn Yoski, son of Stanislaw Yoski, died after his clothing caught fire while playing near a bonfire in the rear yard on Fifth Avenue. Fire department aid arrived too late to save him.
Homer McCord and Frank Williams, state prison convicts at Lansing, escaped Leavenworth coal mine by climbing an 800 foot air shaft wall after cutting electric wires. McCord, serving five years for white slavery tied to a two year old sensational flight from Tola with 16 year old bride Mrs Harvey Dean.
Cumberland Md June 29 First time in the history of the N G Taylor tinplate mill all three open hearth furnaces started in full blast yesterday. Three eight hour shifts are sleeping, employing about 600 men. The fashion note mentions summer furs, with a Kaiser reference and a light aside about the season. Payment disputes involve The People's Commercial and Savings Bank of Bay City Mich alleging a note for 14000 dated Nov 24 1913 payable to W Shrader and arranged through Uniontown First National Bank. suit followed refusal of payment and verdict includes interest from Nov 22.
A New York observer reports on the unsettled business climate amid war, noting record munition contracts in the United States and rising exports of foodstuffs and war materiel. He estimates hundreds of millions in credits and discusses implications for Britain, Russia, France, and Italy, with a caution on stock market volatility and policy limits.
The B and O railroad faced Sunday disruptions as No 3 freight derailed near Chillicothe delaying trains for hours and No 40 eastbound freight halted near Pennsboro. A coal train in Gratton yards caused brief delay after couplings and axle issues. General Manager W Galloway and staff head a West Virginia and Pittsburgh district inspection today, with possible Deer Park meeting impact undecided.
The Pittsburg West Virginia Gas Company resumed drilling in Taylor County and completed the third of a trio of wells in Boothscreek between Meadland and McGeeland. All show strong steady pressure and may indicate a close field. More drilling planned with several leases to be sunk. wells under way on P M Cropp and J B Ibbbs farms.
Charlevoix, Michigan June 29. Rabbi Moses Gries of Cleveland, Ohio, president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, warned at the 26th convention that a crisis impends for Jews in Eastern Europe as the war battering them from oppressor to persecutor threatens millions.
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