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Newspaper

Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 11, 1929

Page

7

Delinquent Real Estate Tax List for Pruntytown and Beaumont

A long delinquent tax list details numerous parcels in Pruntytown and Beaumont. Items include trustee lots in Beaumont named Suddarth and Lindsey holdings, numerous A and B block lots, coal oil and gas claims, and multiple individual owners with acreage and assessments. The document lists hundreds of names with associated lots, acreage, and due amounts in a county court district, reflecting varied property types from residential to swamp and coal tracts.

Gee Lawler Rector Lipscomb Margaret Fetterman Lovetl Mary Lucas John Hrs Louise Boyle Luzadder Edgar S Addison Lyons Sophronia P. Hra Lyon Miles Arthur Minor Lucy Moore Andrew J N. B Bessie Morgan McGraw Rose DeBerriz Newton Creed O Wilford Main St Rogers Harry L V. R. Rogers Henrietta M Rector Rosenshine Young Dalton W. R B. H. Morgan Rosenshine Saffle Lloyd Pansy Dalton Walter H Elizabeth J T. P Dayton Chas Britt Sayers Ida M Knotts A Digman A. E Settler Vernus C St Dillon E. N Lucretia Seluer Vertis C Fee" Evans John L Inc Lucreti Shackelford L. R A. F. Phillips Itaa Sepa Wien Ae Goes Ao A. F Finch E. M Snider John W Romney Lbr. & Hardware Co Summerville E. Et al Breeze L. B L. H P. V Eugene V. R. Freeze Jas. M Elizabeth Fetterman Freeze Jas. Harvey Fry Sarah C.phillips G. P Punk John F Lugretia Sidney H Fetterman van Leslie W Spare A. J Louise V Haymond A.V. BR Starcher McE Able W. R. Haymond V. R Stareher Lawson Wood Hopking Alice B.C. Howell P. H Lot Steadman Alonzo Peterman Jackson D. F Steele W. E J. F. Phillips Jaco J. C A. We Miners Jeffreys Susanna Stolzenfels A. C Boe Kennedy Faustmanan Blue Vista Kennedy Josiah and Tey Lindsey L. Lindsey T. R Tobias H. A Fetterman i Logan Waters Turner Martin Thorp Harvey L Ward Katherine M Weaver Margaret J Blue Vista Werner Anna S Lota White Carlton Latrobe Wittman Kove Teta Bey Maloney R. J Ednad B Moore Martin Sarah Ann A. Mason John W. Mayle Wm. E Mayle Laura B Menear Jennie A . Merchants Assn. of Gratt A. G. T McElligott Braet V. Radcliff Harold G Coal V. R. Reed J. M Rinker Isaac Isaac Hr VR. Roinson Edward A A.V. R. Robinson V. BR Rosier Gordon E Flattie Lucretia - Sawyer B. L H. A. Abbott P. V. Shackelford, Son & Co P. V. Shingleton FE. N Shingleton H. D Kittie P. V. Stillwell Flora A. V. R. Sturms Susan Hrs A. S. Cr. Thorn Jas. A PV. Thorn PV. Trisler Terrena Vincent C. E Wooddell J. W P. V. Walters Willie Warner Edna T. F. Weaver Tom and Mollie P. W. Woodyard Anne M Pruntytown Ind Court House Armstrong Pruntytown Brown Mary E Ee Oil and Gas Carder Josephine Cooper Mary M Dudley Mary G Trustde Kemble Nancy Robinson Albert M A. Coal L. R Augusta Tob Prentytown Seranage Myrtle Snider Coal Eens A. Min Shelby Snider Goal Company Snider Coal Company W. T

Certification of prestagist by Taylor County Sheriff

B H Wolverton and colleagues certify the prestagist as correct in a Taylor County notice. J Mays, Sheriff, signs the document.

Wolverton B. H Coal Shelby J. Mays Taylor County

Couple jailed after Discovery of Maryland Rye Theft

Melvin Gainer and Margaret Kimbell, en route to Oakland Maryland to marry, were arrested by State Trooper H K Devendarfer near Thornton hill. Forty gallons of Maryland rye valued at 1500 to 2000 were found in their car, with four keys to liquor-containing containers. Bonds set high and a Monday preliminary hearing expected as investigators probe a larger bootlegging network linking Galland and Clarksburg.

Melvin Gainer Margaret Kimbell Oakland Maryland H. K. Devendarfer Taylor County Thornton Hill Devendarfer Rowlesburg Gainer Debendarfer Oalland Clarksburg Clarksbug Grafton Kimbell Rupert Pritchard

Convict Attempts Escape From Moving Train

A convict named Lawrence Basher from Hinton tried to leap from a window of a speeding train during a return trip to the state penitentiary at Paden City. He was recaptured near the town without resistance. Basher had been serving a 10 year sentence and had recently escaped from the penitentiary.

Moundsville Lawrence Basher Hinton Paden City Basher Nandeutre

Johnny Wilson Alters Story In Murder Case

New York July 6 Former middleweight champion Johnny Wilson, jailed as a material witness in the killing of Frank Marlow, faced scrutiny as discrepancies in his account prompted police to recheck statements. Wilson, once Marlow’s manager, denied Marlow answered a restaurant telephone on the night of June 27. Police questioned bookmaker Danny Murray and learned of a business tie between Wilson and Anthony Capano. Marlow and Frankie Yale’s former close friendship had soured over money, amid Yale’s shooting last summer.

New York Johnny Wilson Frank Marlow Wilson Marlow Flushing Queens Humbert J. Fugazy Boxer Danny Murray Murray Dominick Piccoro Whalen Anthony Capano Little Augie Frankie Yale Brooklyn

French Cabinet Backs Poincare Debt Ratification Stand

Paris reports the French cabinet in a special session reaffirms Premier Poincare’s decision that ratification of the American and British debt accords must be unconditional. The ministry is united and will urge parliament to accept the measures, explaining necessity and futility of any unacceptable ratification to Washington.

Paris Poincare Washington

Former marks shattered by Ohio fliers

Roy Li Mitchell and Byron K Newcomb set a new endurance flight record of 174 hours and 59 seconds, beating the Port Worth mark by 1 hour 28 minutes. After a storm, forced landings, and exhaustion they landed at Cleveland airport to cheers and one fatality among spectators. The pilots sought rest saying the record is enough.

Cleveland Roy Li Mitchell Byron K. Newcomb Port Worth Texas Reginald Robbing James Kelley Newcomb

Fred B Watkins Succeeds Rice as Rotary Leader

Harold A Rice retiring president of the Grafton Rotary club passes the gavel to Fred B Watkins at Hotel Grafton. Watkins inaugurated with 52 members in the club after growth from 48. Rice notes law of compensation and responsibility shift as new administration begins.

Pisa Harold A. Rice Grafton Rotary Club Fred B. Watkins Hotel Grafton Tom Fred 2. Watkins Harry C. Compton Rice T. Lett Chas, Duiman Leslie J. Fy E. M. Oelinson Leslie J. Loar Fred Watkins Charles H. Warder Wlace Hurd L. L. Painter G.by Bartlett Glenn Bord Harry Compton

Record Flight Sets New Refueling Endurance Mark

The City of Cleveland flight led by Roy L Mitchell and crew set a new endurance record with 24 contacts to refuel, as crowds packed Cleveland airport in a night of celebration. A 16 year old, Steve Kusko, died in the crush when he was electrocuted climbing an interurban car. Police failed to control the mob as the plane taxied to the hangar of Stewart Aircraft Corporation.

Ernest Basham Cleveland Steve Kusko Stewart Aircraft Corporation

Untethered Fragments Describe Pre-dawn Traffic After Incident

A fractured report notes a man named K and Newcomb remaining in the aft seven days and seventeen hours, then overturning every impediment. At daybreak streams of automobiles nudge toward home, testing the area around the field.

Newcomb

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