Moonlight Park Picnic Marooned By Vandals
A late 19th or early 20th century Sentinel item reports a park party in four boats chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Hardesty. Read as marooned after vandals cut loose one boat, leaving the group to endure the night with threats of punishment for the culprits.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Daniel DeFor
Customaryton Park
Sentinel
Stevenson
DeFor
D. W. Hardesty
Misses Nettle
Blanch
Mabel Watkins Rose
Nell Fahey
Mawe Cole
Elsie Tha
Cumberland
Marie Foley
Arline Bailey
Robert Love
H. T. Charles
S. A. Waller
eMrle Watkins
E. J. Fahey
John Staples
G. W. Pollock
Browning
Harry Friedman
Bridgeport Wreck Transcript Names Victims and Cause
A New York New Haven Hartford railroad statement blames an engineer for a Bridgeport Connecticut wreck on a high speed crossover at sixty miles per hour. The Federal Express express train plunged twenty feet, killing many aboard and injuring dozens. Bodies recovered include the engineer and fireman. survivors include Mrs. W V Clephane and Beatrice Clephane. The disaster occurred after a late Harlem River departure and a switch near Fairfield Avenue.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Federal Express
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Washington
Boston
Harlem River
Fairfield Avenue
State Street
B. A. Horan
Fairfield Ave
Philadelphia
L. W. Page
Massachusetts Avenue
Washington, D. C
St. Louis
Mother Dives to Save Daughter From Swollen Run in West Virginia
A West Virginia mother, Ad Currence, saved her daughter from the swollen Woodbine run after they wandered near the bank while rains swelled the water. The rescued girl revealed that her four year old brother Grant had died in the same river. Neighbors recovered the boy’s body but could not revive him. The Currences, notable West Virginia lumber family, are receiving sympathy from friends.
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Swoln
W. Va
Ad Currence
Woodbine Run
Grant
West Virginia
Team train wreck near Boston injures none
Players escaped injury after a railroad crash on the way to Boston. The Pullman car remained on the tracks but carriages lurched when the train stopped, throwing players from their berths. A switch error in New York yards likely saved lives as the coach was placed at the end of the train. Baggage and uniforms were lost in the wrecked baggage car.
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Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Manhattan Island
Au Sable
Lake Huron
East Tawas
Fugitive Vialto Wife At Night Seeks Escape
Frank Smith, jailed for homicide, escaped July 3 and fled with two automatics after visiting his wife at midnight. Sheriff and seven deputies chased him. he eluded capture about 2 a.m. in a car. Smith has traveled through West Virginia Maryland and Ohio since the escape, aided by money and local newspaper coverage.
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Uniontown
Frank Smith
Payette County
Smith
Undertakers Convention Attended by John A. McCabe
John A. McCabe is in Fairmont attending the state convention of undertakers. The event is described as very interesting with good entertainment, and McCabe joins the committee on the President's address.
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John A. McCabe
Fairmont
Mr. McCabe
Georgia Melon Left in Sanctum Delights Sentinel Force
The J. P. Hart Produce Company earns thanks from the Sentinel force after a very fine Georgia melon was left in the sanctum this morning and eaten with evident relish.
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J. P. Hart Produce Company
West Virginia Delegation Dines at Atlantic City Convention
Atlantic City July 12 The Christian Endeavor Convention featured a West Virginia delegation entertained at dinner by Mr John Bowen at the Pennhurst hotel Plates listed represent residents from Grafton Clarksburg Morgantown Fairmont Weston Wheeling Huntington Charleston Parkersburg and Monongah Florence J Hamilton attended from Grafton About 30 West Virginians were present with 19 delegates The next International C E Convention will be held in Los Angeles Cal.
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Atlantic City
Christian Endeavor
West Virginia
John Bowen
Pennhurst
Grafton
Clarksburg
Organtown
Fairmont
Weston
Wheeling
Huntington
Charleston
Parkersburg
Monongah
Florence J. Hamilton
Los Angeles
Cal
Search Lockup For Assailant
MASSILON Ohio July 12 Demonstrations followed the arrest of Harvey Mickens a Negro who attacked 1 year old Myrtle Evans Mob violence filled the streets after the arrest as word spread Mickens was taken to Canton Police faced a demanding mob at the station and only dispersed after being allowed to search the lockup The town feared more trouble when Mickens is brought for a hearing
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Massilon
Ohio
Harvey Mickens
Myrtle Evans
Mickens
Canton
Tech
Monster Gat Flah Caught in Tygart Valley River
In Philippi West Virginia attorney Charles M Murphy claims a monster catfish caught with an inch and a quarter hook weighs 2 12 pounds and measures 8 inches. he also landed a 3 quarter pound fish. The big catch drew crowds as one of the river’s largest specimens.
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Philippi
W. Va
Charles M. Murphy
Isaac Walton
Murphy
HPAT-CRAZED HE FIRED NEW YORK
Frederick Sulzbacher a cigar salesman sought heat relief at Mrs Bertha Freiselben's home his cousin When she answered his summons at the door Sulzbacher suddenly insane whipped a revolver and fired four bullets into her head He then killed himself Mrs Freiselben will die Miss Cora Mason who sung at the Dixie theatre left for Elkins for a brief vacation Miss Mason's voice has been impaired by work Mrs Joseph Litzinger will sing at the Dixie until her return
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New York
Frederick Sulzbacher
Bertha Freiselben
Cora Mason
Dixie Theatre
Elkins
Elks nominate Sullivan in close Grand Lodge race
Atlantic City July 12 The Grand Lodge of Elks elected John Patrick Sullivan of New Orleans as grand exalted ruler, though a tight contest with Charles Rasbury of Dallas and Arthur Moreland of New York delayed the result. Other officers chosen included Fred C. Robinson and Edmond Leach. A second ballot planned as the delegates gathered in Portland for the 25th annual meeting.
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Atlantic City
Order
Grand Lodge of Elks
John Patrick Sullivan
New Orleans
Ted Ruler
Charles Rrsbury
Dallas
Texas
Sulivan
Rasbury
Arthur Moreland
New York
Elke Antler
Willard Tucker
Buffalo
Tullis Wright
Philadelphia Lodge
Knight
Frank A. King
Providence
Wright
Thomas McNulty
Baltimore
Corey L. Applegate
S Slt
Lake City
Charles H. Ward
Pasadena
Cal
Samuel V. Perrott
L. M. Level
Florida
Frank B. Kingsley
Kan
Fred C. Robinson
Dubuque
Edmond Leach
P. H. Shields
West Virginia
Grand Inner Guard
L. P. Leveron
Portland
Ore
Etvnct
John P. Sullivan
Charles A. Rasbury
Grand Secorery
Robinson
Grand Badge
Glasscock to Meet Taft in Washington D C
West Virginia Governor William E Glasscock left White Sulphur Springs for Washington for a conference with President Taft. The meeting appears at the President’s initiative to discuss statewide political matters. Glasscock aims to return for the Bar Association close, while C W Watson invites Legislature members to his Fairfield home for socializing and favors. Ellen Keenen heads to hiking today to care for sister Mrs Tom Donahue during a family illness.
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Glasscock
Taft
Charleston
W. Va
Wm. E. Glasscock
White Sulphur Springs
Washington
Bar Association
C. W. Watson
Fairmont
United ‘States
West’ Virginia
Jwst
Ellen Keenen
Tom Donahue
Shooting Show Girls Held in New York
Ethel Conrad and Lillian Graham, accused of felonious assault in the June 6 shooting of millionaire hotel man W. B. Stoke in their apartment, were held on $5,000 bail for the grand jury. Magistrate Freschl ignored the scandal and ruled a prima facie case existed with no defense offered.
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New York
Ethel Conrad
Lillian Graham
W. BE. D. Stoke
Freschl
Grafton School Offers Scholarship For Office Training
Grafton Business School announces six month correspondence style program with July and August start periods and a forty dollar scholarship. Comerford's Central Drug Store moved to 105 East Main Street opposite new B and C station offering updated prescriptions and sanitation.
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Comerford
East Main Street
New B, & C. Station
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