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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1922
Page
2
Partial readable text mentions several names and places in a damaged OCR fragment. It hints at a local event or notice but provides no clear action, date, or outcome. Entities are uncertain and no definitive details can be established from the fragment.
A long chain of visitors and residents list calls in Grafton and surrounding areas. Names include John Marville, E Long, C C Gatis, Jenkins, Clarente Peters, Buckhannon, Fairmont, Baltimore, Parkersburg, Philippi, Bridgeport, Independence, Morgantown, Weston, Clarksburg, and many others visiting for business, relatives, or leisure. Multiple transfers between towns mark a busy social ledger.
Washington reports government will deploy deputy U.S. marshals to uphold law and protect property and mail while rail shopmen strike. Attorney General Dugarthy announced after talks with President Harding. Reports from Philadelphia city shops claim 200 workers joined the walkout, while railroad officials contest the numbers. In Wheeling, strikes by 75 firemen and oilers were linked to a presidential message affirming workers’ rights to strike. Incidents include a beating of a Baltimore & Ohio mechanic in Ivy City and an attack on a Chicago patrolman, with rail line disturbances and arson attempts observed along Santa Fe tracks. Calls for troops surface as civil authority strains.
Missouri Pacific discontinues 60 trains due to coal price hikes amid miners’ strike. Wabash and Missouri-Kansas-Texas announce cuts. Chicago reports National Guards on duty, law enforcement mobilized, and talks to avert broader disruption as shop workers resist returns.
Attorney General Daugherty returns to Washington after a week away in Ohio and begins formal discussions on the railroad strike with Alfred Stom, general counsel for the Association of Railway Executives.
Wedding notices from Grafton and Oakland detail Miss Desie Ware and Truman Kinsey marrying in Oakland on July 3 with plans to reside in the city. Ruth Stillwell and Olivia Losh wed in Warder avenue, and Ola Paugh and Russell Demoss tied the knot at the Methodist Protestant parsonage with Rev. Grimm officiating. Descriptions mention family ties, employers, and wartime service.
Washington police report a 19 year old high school graduate Wilfred Michaud shot dead during a grocery store safe robbery turnpike in the citys affluent district. His companion Bernard F Casson 19 surrendered after the shooting and allegedly confessed to numerous robberies including auto thefts.
In Bristol New Hampshire two rival men fought over a woman. John Riley of Boston vanished after a brutal hand to hand struggle while Walter S Fletcher of Alexandria was arrested on assault with intent to kill. The fight began in Fletcher's yard after Riley visited Fletcher's housekeeper. Fletcher urged him to stay the night, tensions rose, and Riley disappeared amid the commotion.
Disjointed OCR text describes a sequence involving a man named Fletcher and a woman, a bound person, and a gunfight near a Riley farmhouse. Neighbors reported the initial clash as Fletcher later returned to the house, with follow up by law enforcement or notices indicating an alert. The fragment ends amid chaotic events.
In Chicago July 10 Twentieth Century New York reports say Mathilde McCormick daughter of John D Rockfeller and Harold F McCormick is to sail for Europe with her father’s consent sought for marriage to a Swiss riding master The Swiss law requires a guardian for a minor and Mathilde will reach her majority in April delaying any wedding plans The case stirs Chicago social circles and awaits major change in her status and guardianship
Seven young men depart this morning for a weeklong camp on the Cheatries river east of Romsture. The group includes ChestersMine Earl C Roy Elliott Harold Trimble Mam Stuck Jr Jessé Doe Frank Hollis Jr Carl Cassell and Avietti. They plan river swimming and fishing and will receive news via a wireless set installed by Mr. Sell, one of the city’s largest and most efficient broadcasting instruments.
Washington July 1 The Interstate Commerce Commission announced an immediate investigation into the reasonableness of express rates across the country. Hearings will be scheduled in due course under the commission's direction. Freight rates fell on July 1 to wartime highs, but express charges largely remained unchanged, drawing numerous complaints into the commission.
French delegates at The Hague announce quitting any Paris duties. They claim they can no longer be useful there and have returned to Paris, though no new government has formed. They insist they gave up work with the treaty dealing with the Ruhr.
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