Taft tariff plan passes Senate amid tax amendment vote
Washington reports the corporate tax amendment tied to the tariff bill won 60 to 11 after a test vote on substituting it for the income tax. Taft leadership shapes Republican support as insurgents yield. In New York a body found in the Hudson is identified with Leon Ling, the Elsie Sigel case suspect, pending verification.
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Washington
Taft
Wickersham
Senate
Aldrich
Cummins
Borah
Dolliver
LaFollette
Bristow
Crawford
Bamble
Dixon
Butley
Root
House
Elkins
Grafton Boy 15 Marries in Baltimore
Ed L Dudley of Grafton married Miss Marie Goodwin of Baltimore recently in Baltimore. Dudley works in the Test Department of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad with headquarters in Baltimore and is spending his honeymoon at Mount Clifton Hedgeville West Virginia. Friends in Grafton wish the couple well. Mr and Mrs Frank Keane and two daughters Lila and Lear visited the Tygart Valley Fishing Club this morning.
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Ed. L. Dudley
Marie Goodwin
Baltimore
Dudley
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Mount Clifton
Hedgeville
W. Va
Grafton
Frank Keane
Lila
Lear
Tygart Valley Fishing Club
Spooks Cause Divorce Suit in Whitman County
Fred Jankin of Garfield Washington filed for divorce from Emma Jankin in Whitman County Superior Court alleging daily occult practices threats of violence and seances at all hours. He says he learned of her spiritualist interests after their October 31 1908 Rathdrum Idaho marriage and cites communications from spirits as a key issue.
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Spokane
Wash
Fred Jankin
Garfield
Whitman County Superior Court
Emma Jankin
Rathdrum Idaho
Jankin
White Boy’s Body Identified in Hudson River Find
The body recovered from the Hudson river, initially thought to be a Chinaman, is confirmed by coroner Dr. Thomas Curtin as a white boy not over 16. Discoloration from immersion misled investigators into thinking it resembled a Mongolian. police now conclude the search for Leon Ling continues.
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New York
Hudson River
Leon Ling
William L. Leon
Elsie Sigel
McDaid
Leon
Clinton W. Bell
Harlem
Bell
Bronx
Thos, Curtin
Narrow escape at the Sentinel office during folder operation
Ed Dowden, a Sentinel employee, had a narrow escape when his apron became caught in the newspaper folder. He was dragged toward a pair of cog wheels before colleagues stopped the belt and freed him.
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Daily Sentinel
Ed. Dowden
Sentinel
Commission to hear Chief Liang is named
Charleston July 3 Governor Glasscock appointed John K. Thompson of Putnam county and B. M. Gilkeson of Parkersburg to sit July 7 to hear charges of incompetency and misappropriation of state funds against Chief John Laing of the Department of Mines and Deputy Inspector Springer and Bratt. A mining expert from the Geological Survey in Washington will be the third member.
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Charleston
Glasscock
John K. Thompson
Putnam County
B. M. Gilkeson
Parkersburg
John Laing
Department of Mines
Springer and Bratt
Geological Survey
Washington
All Star Dope Smearing Sparks Local Feud
In a heated exchange the Connellsville Courier and Herald accuse rival papers of hyping an all star Panva league lineup. They name players from Connellsville Uniontown and Carlisle and mock the lineup, suggesting a Poll-like bet on a rival team’s performance.
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Connellsville
Uniontown
Fraley
Carlisle
Myers
Connelleville
Utility
Fairmont Times
Gainer
Fitzwater
Bobby Rothermel
Zinn
Grafton
Burns
Brigger
Red Hinton
Raleys
Bobby Bail
Jimmy Gantear
Adelson Stock Sold At Public Auction In Clarksburg
Max Adelson stock was sold this afternoon at public auction. It was bid in by Mr. Lamberd of Clarksburg for the Watts-Lamberd Company, to be moved to their store in Clarksburg.
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Max Adelson
Mr. Lamberd
Clarksburg
Watts-Lamberd Company
Dold Interest in Republican Changes Ownership
D. Grant Smith, associate editor of the Grafton Daily Republican, sold his interest in the paper to Capt. George M. Whitescarver, who now holds the controlling stake. Smith will stay on as foreman of the job department for the moment, with plans to move to Baltimore. G. A. Bolden remains editor as before.
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D. Grant Smith
Grafton
Daily Republican
Smith
George M. Whites Carver
The
Republican
Baltimore
G. A. Bolden
City Pump Is Broken Again At Station No 2
Water pressure in the city has been weak for days as pump No 2 remains out of service. The high pressure piston head broke recently, and a replacement is being manufactured. Superintendent Frank A. Ross works to keep the dilapidated station running amid ongoing risk of a full shutdown.
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Frank A. Ross
Will Go On Road Howard Kinter Promoted At Armour
Howard Kinter, long time shipping clerk at the Armour branch house, is promoted to salesman for this section and will begin touring the road. W. C. Manley of Farmington succeeds Kinter as shipping clerk at the Armour distributing house here. Sweet Melody Flour.
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Howard Kinter
Armour Branch
W. C. Manley
Farmington
Mr. Kinter
Armour Distributing House
Orto Vincent Bred 3-Year-Old Colt For 1909 Season
Orto Vincent a dark bay 16 hands colt by Ortorio and out of Daisy Vincent stands ready for the 1909 season in Grafton West Virginia. entered in a $21 000 stakes with entrance paid up. service fee to insure colt to stand and suck is $25 paid by H Gaines with breeding back several generations.
Big Trip for Little Girl Arrives in City
Nine year old Gladys Graham, daughter of the late Frank Graham, travelled from Oklahoma City via St. Louis and Cincinnati to reach her relatives in the city. She will summer with grandparents Mr and Mrs Alex Maxwell and Mr and Mrs William Graham on West Main and Bluemont streets.
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Daily Sentinel
Gladys Graham
Frank Graham
Oklahoma City
Robinson
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Alex Maxwell
West Main Street
William Graham
Bluemont Street
Model Shoe Store Expands in Brinkman BlockMove
The Model Store Company buys Harry C. Compton stock and plans to move from the Y M C A building to new quarters in the Brinkman block. Under Clyde Turner, the firm has grown since its start and aims to continue its patronage appeal with the acquisition. The Sentinel predicts further success for the Model store.
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Model Store Company
Harry C. Compton
Brinkman
Model Store
Clyde Turner
Compton
Three Infants Die In Brief Illnesses In Local Area
Three infant deaths reported over two days. George Proudfoot’s child died at ten months in Simpson near Walnut Grove cemetery with burial beside the mother who died June 11. Emma Vasicek aged one year died of cholera infantum at Coffman. funeral at St. Augustine’s church with burial in Catholic cemetery. Lucy Malone’s five week old died in First Ward. funeral held, burial in Carder cemetery.
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George Proudfoot
John Reed
Simpson
Walnut Grove
Webster
John A. McCabe
Vasicek
Emma
Carel Vasicek
Coffman
St. Augustine's Catholic Church
Father McElligott
McCabe
Grafton saloon keepers praised and vanished from business
A late barkeeper writes that the Grafton saloon keepers were praised as temperate and honest, yet they were voted out of business. The letter questions hypocrisy and mocks the idea of prior praise from the local paper, implying the bar keepers’ decline.
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Grafton
Temperance
Exploring Great Cave Near Morgantown
Grant Watson of Masontown visited Morgantown to recount explorations of a limestone cave four miles from Onto back of Herring. He and his party used guiding twine, mapped many passages, and noted elephant ear stalactites that emit musical sounds. The cave holds many rooms, streams with clear water, and bears’ claw marks near a circular well.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Grant Watson
Masontown
Mr. Watson
West Virginia real estate deal nets Sutherland big fee
Howard Sutherland, Missouri born realty agent in Hik ings, sold a spruce tract in West Virginia to a syndicate led by Edward W. Memely and William Reathofer of Hagerstown. Sutherland, a West Virginia State Senate member, received a $50,000 commission on a $1,500,000 transaction. The buyers are tied to the Tygarts River Lumber interests. Sutherland earlier helped with railway extension plans and held Republican influence in Elkins.
Fire Marshals Named for State Appointment
Auditor Durst announced Charles A. Ellizon of Parkersburg as State Fire Marshal and M.C real of Wheeling as assistant Fire Marshal. Both offices were created by the last legislature. Dr. J. H. Myers and wife of Newterville were here today. Sweet Melody Flour.
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Charleston
Durst
Charles A. Ellizon
Parkersburg
M.creal
Wheeling
J. H. Myers
Newterville
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Hudson
Commission
Liang
Rotterdam
Adelson
Dold
City
Will
H. Gaines
Grafton, W. Va
Far West
Model Shoe Store
Brinkman Block
Preston County
Missouri
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