Miner Electrocuted at McGraw Goal Mine in Simpson
An accident at the New York Mine of the McGraw Goal Company in Simpson killed Thomas Layman, a 42 year old miner. He touched a live damp trolley wire while seated near a mine car, with a cap torch, and died despite efforts to revive him. Coroner's jury ruled the death accidental. Layman leaves a wife and two children. Col. John Keating and Mr. James Brophy were among the mine inspectors present. Layman formerly worked the railroad between the city and Parkersburg.
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New York
McGraw Goal Company
Simpson
Thomas Layman
Layman
John Keating
James Brophy
Col
McGraw
Brophy
Parkersburg
Charles R. Lilly
Messrs
H. J. Huffman
Lee Hall
Harvey Devis
John B. McAlister
I. T. Jackson
J. M. Lake
Runaway injures coal executive in Farmington incident
N A Stockton general manager of the Federal Coal and Coke company in charge of two large Farmington mines was seriously injured in a runaway accident near the mines. His horses frightened, he was thrown from the buggy with both legs broken above the knees. He was taken to Cook's hospital around midnight and is expected to recover.
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Fairmont
W. Va
N. A. Stockton
Federal Coal & Coke Company
Farmington
Boy loses foot in streetcar accident in Steubenville
In Steubenville Ohio five year old Dobert son of Attorney A Beam slipped from a street car seat and was dragged by the wheel, losing his right foot at the ankle. He stood on one foot and kicked the other as the foot flew off, without crying. He was taken to the hospital. his father rode the car nearby unable to stop the accident. Emma Grenneman of Thornton arrived to visit relatives for Sunday.
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Sthubenville
Dobert
A. Beam
New York
Frank Schmidt
John Smith
Sophia Staber
Sue
Staber
Flatbush
Samuel Bersin
Bersin
The Sherwood to Close Down Hotel in Grafton
The Sherwood Hotel will close this evening due to unprofitability. Ray Hawkins and Charles Berns will convert the building to lodging rooms with Hawkins renting rooms and Berns opening a restaurant and soft drink room in the former bar area. The dining room closes after dinner at 7.00 pm, leaving Central and Blen Avon as the only hotels in the city.
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Daily Sentinel
Sherwood Hotel
Ray Hawkins
Charles Berns
Hawkins
Berns
Grafton
Sherwood
Central
Blen Avon
Government appraisers assess Fugit property in city
Government appraisers visited the city to appraise the property of Mrs. Fugit located just west of the site bought by the government earlier. The assessment concerns the area where a proposed new post office will be erected.
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Daily Sentinel
1000 Cars Ordered by the C. and O. Road
Huntington WV July 10 The American Car and Foundry Co here has received an order from the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroads for 1000 cars. This will enable the plant to resume in full employing 1500 men.
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Huntington
W. Va
American Car & Foundry Co
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroads
River wedding in icy Sacrament o River
W N Lynch of Fruitvale Cal and Miss Violet Peert of Colorado Springs wed standing neck deep in the Sacramento River at Shasta Retreat. They chose the river center as the place to marry, saying it suited their plunge into matrimony. Charleston Va July 10 The Laing mine department chief inquiry vote yielded a verbal report to Gov Glasscock and a written one due Monday. It is anticipated Laing will be reappointed next week.
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San Francisco
W. N. Lynch
Fruitvale
Cal
Violet Peert
Colorado Springs
Sacramento River
Shasta
Clear Laing
Charleston
W. Va
Chief Laing
Mine Department
Glasscock
Laing
William H Barnes dead in Morgantown after long life
The community mourns William H Barnes at 11:20 am on Thursday in Morgantown. A Grafton resident since 1865, he died of heart failure aged 74. Survived by three children and faithful churchman of Andrews M H Church, with funeral arrangements to follow.
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William H. Barnes
Morgantown
Mattie Church
Mr. Barnes
Grafton
Mt. Arrie
Maryland
Clara A. Hobbs
Samantha Caroline Hameton
Barnes
J. A. Barnes
B. H. Ruther
Worcester
Mass
Andrews M. H. Church
J. M. Warden
Blaemont Cemetery
Taylor B. Cole
Frederick
Sentinel
Movement seeks democratic Haworth League leadership
At the international Epworth League convention in Shuttle Washington, Rev J H Coleman of Albany NY urged removing bishops and dignitaries from control. He complained the audience was dominated by gray heads and called for the league to be composed of younger members with elders in church prayer meetings.
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Shuttle
Wash
Haworth League
J. H. Coleman
Albany
N. Y
Epworth League
Party Last Evening Honors Miss Morrison At Knotts Avenue
The Daily Sentinel notes a surprise party for Miss Hazel Morrison on Knotts avenue last night. A large crowd attended to celebrate her 17th birthday with games, refreshments, and gifts. Attendees included Nellie Lucas Marion Gough Pearl Lake Reba Lake Inez Knight Laura Lowther Effie Rogers Cora Smith Ada Smith Legal Stansberry Francis Lucas Sadie Winters Maple Baldwin Jeanette Morrison Laney Mahaney Ralph Stover Victor Lucas Chas Rogers Luther Reese Joe Riley Will Shields and Robert Stover from Flemington and Philadelphia. The diving room featured ferns sweet peas and hyacinths for the event.
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Daily Sentinel
Hazel Morrison
Knotts Avenue
Miss Morrison
Robert Morrison
Nellie Lucas
Marion Gough
Pearl
Reba Lake
Inez Knight
Laura Lowther
Effie Rogers
Cora
Ada Smith
Legal Stansberry
Francis Lucas
Funeral of William H. Barnes at Andrews Church
The funeral for the late William H. Barnes was held this evening at Andrews M E Church with Rev. Dr. Howard and Rev. Dr. Warden officiating. The service honored his Christian virtues as friends filled the church. A solemn procession to Bluemont cemetery followed, with Undertaker Taylor E B Cole in charge of arrangements.
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Daily Sentinel
William H. Barnes
Andrews M. E. Church
H. C. Howard
J. M. Warden
Barnes
Bluemont Cemetery
Taylor EB. Cole
County grants wholesale license to Fairmont Brewery
The county approved a wholesale license for Fairmont Brewery on Friday while licenses for other towns were denied except Mannington which blocks county action by charter. It appears no retail licenses will be granted in Mannington.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Mannington
Aldrich tariff bill rejected by House in vote
Washington July 10 The House refused to accept the Aldrich tariff bill after Senate amendments were enrolled. The House set a conference, citing the Payne bill’s principle of reduction as the acceptable revision. Taft and Aldrich held a private conference, with continued tariff clash ahead as conferees outline disputed points.
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Washington
Senate
House
House of Representatives
Cannon
Beoretty Bennett
Aldrich
Payne
Taft
Girl's Lover Is Shot by Father
Jarius Wetherall shot and killed Samuel Frenham, a 22 year old suitor of Minnie Wetherall, the daughter of the shooter. Wetherall surrendered after the incident at Gray Stone creek. Minnie reportedly threatens self harm as authorities monitor the situation.
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Huntington
W. Va
Jarius Wetherall
Gray Stone Creek
Samuel Frenhan
Frenham
Minnie
Wetherall
Romance in Rome Hints at Abruzzi Elkins Marriage
A dispatch from Rome reports the Duke of the Abruzzi plans to be home by late August amid rumors Mrs Stephen B Elkins and her daughter Miss Katherine Elkins may renew hopes of a marriage. The couple’s recent movements through Marseille Bombay the Himalayas and Antwerp fuel speculation.
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Rome
Italy
Aruzsi
Europe
Sephen B. Hikins
Katherine Elkins
Duke of the
Duke
Abruzz
Marseilles
France
Bombay
India
Himalaya
Mount Everest
Sanitary Cups Adopted at Baltimore Stations
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad has installed automatic drinking cup machines at Camden and Mt. Royal stations. White paraffin paper cups drop into the hand when a penny is inserted, making the cups the user’s property. Officials claim the system is absolutely sanitary and helps stamp out infections.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Camden
Mt. Royal
Baltimore
Tarantula terror ends as hotel cook kills spider
Washington July 10. After forty eight hours of terror at the Ho tel Buchelt in McDonald a hotel cook captured and killed a huge tarantula that had frightened guests and staff since it leaped from a banana delivery Wednesday. The cook found the spider in the cellar and killed it on the cellar steps.
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Washington, Pa
Seven guards arrested on Cabin Creek for property destruction
Seven guards employed by coal companies on Cabin Creek were arrested on a charge of destroying personal property while ejecting striking miners from company houses at Dry Branch and Ronda mines yesterday. They were held on bond for trial Monday. A sympathetic strike by Cabin Creek miners, numbering 8,000, was feared.
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Charleston
W. Va
Cabin Creek
Dry Branch
Ronda
Bounty for strike breaks at U S Steel works
Pittsburg July 9 The U S Steel Corporation today offered 22 per day to strike breakers doubling the pre strike rate. Strikers express optimism but say the company has not yet secured any expert time Workers.
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Pittsburg
U. S. Steel Corporation
Divorce as a blessing says ex Justice Brown in speech
Ex Justice Brown of the U S Supreme Court told Maryland Bar Association members that divorce may bless society and argued marriage can resemble a civil contract. He contrasted legal dissolution with sacred vows and challenged Cardinal Gibbons's anti divorce stance.
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Old Point Comfort
Maryland State Bar Association
B. Brown
United States Supreme Court
Cardinal Gibbons
Brown
America
Abandon Chinese Mission Denounced by Bishop Moore
Cincinnati July 10 Bishop David H Moore of the M E Church opposed permitting women to work among Chinese in the United States. Speaking at the Ohio State Haworth league convention in Steubenville he cited the Elsie Sigel murder in Chinatown New York and urged no daughter of mine or any woman teach in the Chinese mission field. He concluded the work must be undone rather than women undertake it.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Daid H. Moore
M. BE. Chursh
United States
Moore
Haworth League
Steubenville
Elsie Sigel
Chinatown
New York
New York City
Aldrich's Son's Wife Granted Divorce in Providence
Mrs Mary Uamed Dorrance Aldrich wife of Edward Burgess Aldrich eldest son of Senator Nelson W. Aldrich was granted a divorce on grounds of non support and awarded custody of their ten year old child Susann Kathrine Aldrich. The husband is ordered to pay ten dollars weekly for the child’s support. Mrs Aldrich asked nothing for her own support.
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Providence
Mary Uamed Dorrance Aldrich
Edward Burgess Aldrich
United States
Nelson W. Aldrich
Susann Katherine Aldrich
Aldrich
Funeral for Hilda Louise Goley Held in Bilkins
Mr. John Goley returned from Bilkins this morning after attending the funeral of his granddaughter Hilda Louise Goley. The family mourns this loss while friends offer condolences.
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John Goley
Bilkins
Hilda Louise Goley
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Thornton
Ie Ae
National Sewing Machine Co
Belvidere, Ill
Hotel
Bat
Fugit
P. O
C. & C. Road
WM. H. Barnes
Sophia
Castoria
H. C. Howeard
Andrews Church
Taft and
Miss Elkins
Tarantula
Supreme Court
Wales
Wesleyan College
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