Grave-digging blast injures Stillwell on West Side
Thomas E. Stillwell, about 38, was blasting rock while digging a grave for William Warder at the Warder burying ground when a stone explosion fractured his skull. He was taken to City Hospital and operated on around 4:15 pm. his condition uncertain but described as serious, with a long hospital stay anticipated. Stillwell has a wife and five children.
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Daily Sentinel
William Warder
Old Warder
Warder
West Grafton
Thomas E. Stillwell
Mr. Stillwell
Sentinel
Warder Avenue
Reverend Meyers Resigns From Grafton Buckhannon Posts
Reverend Walter H Meyers resident of Grafton and rector of St Matthias Episcopal on West Main street has tendered his resignation to church trustees and will relocate to Texas. He also served as rector of the Church of the Transfiguration at Buckhannon and split his duties between the two churches.
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Walter H. Meyers
Grafton
St. Matthias’ Episcopal Church
West Main Street
Texas
Meyers
Buckhannon
Lone Star State
Powell III Squire Powell III Taken to City Hospital in Critical Condition
Squire George F. Powell of the First ward was admitted last evening with intestinal trouble and underwent a dangerous operation. He was very low but showed slight improvements by morning and friends hope for his recovery. Miss Maple Baldwin, Philadelphia, who has visited relatives on Knotts avenue since May, returned home today after a pleasant vacation. Sweet Melody Flour.
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Daily Sentinel
George F. Powell
Squire Powell
Maple Baldwin
Philadelphia
B. L. Love
Knotts Avenue
Rowdyism to be cracked down in Pennsylvania West Virginia League
President Gronninger warned stern penalties for any breaks against officials in the Pennsylvania West Virginia League. He said fines and suspensions will be imposed if umpires fail to carry out instructions, and that lax officiating will not be tolerated by teams.
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Gronninger
Grominger
Manhunt for Tony Bruno After Shop Roommate Shooting
Morgantown July 19 Hounds from Fairmont trailed Tony Bruno toward Russell's siding on the B and O line but he vanished by train. Lawrence Lappante lies wounded, likely fatally, at the City hospital after a keg party dispute. Bruno is described as Lawrence’s home mate and is sought as the shooter. Brano is linked as a relative of a local crime victim.
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Morgantown
Fairmont
Tony Bruno
Russell
Tony
Lawrence Lappante
Lawrence
Rock Forge
Brano
William Warder Dies After Long Illness at 66
William Warder longtime West Side resident died Sunday after two years of illness and eight months of Brights disease and dropsy. Aged 66, he leaves wife Annie Marker and six children Mrs. W. E. Starcher, Mrs. Walter Raddant, Mrs. Howard H. Hefner, Charles, E B George, and Dorsey W. Warder, all in Grafton except Raddant in Pennsylvania. Known as Uncle Billy, he faced a large circle of friends. Funeral from the Warder home Tuesday at 2:30 led by Rev H R Hess with burial in the family graveyard. undertakers Perier Bartlett directing.
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William Warder
Bright
Warder Hill
West Grafton
Mr. Warder
West Side
Annie ©. Marker
Webster
United Brethren Church
Periier& Bartlett
Sudden Sunday Rain Soaks Many Outdoors
A sudden Sunday evening rainstorm drenched a large number of people who were out walking riding or boating. The downpour came up quickly leaving few able to reach shelter as the weather caught them off guard.
Pipeline to Baltimore Becomes Active at Lost Creek
The Philadelphia Company began the pipe line project from Lost Creek to Baltimore, rushing to completion with 300 laborers, rising to more as work starts. They pay $6 a day for a double team and driver, the highest rate in the area. Fifty cars of pipe are ready at Lost Creek as locations expand, boosting Philadelphia as a major regional rival to South Penn.
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Clarksburg
Philadelphia
Lost Creek Field
Baltimore
Lost Creek
Philadelphia Company
South Penn
Mrs Abbott Taken To City Hospital For Surgery
Mrs George Abbott of West Main street is very ill with appendicitis that struck Saturday and required her to be moved to the City Hospital this afternoon for an operation. Friends hope for her swift recovery and return to health.
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George Abbott
West Main Street
City Hospital
Parsons Return From West Trip Highlights West Delegation
Mr M J Parsons came from Mt Lake Park where he had been for weeks to attend business matters. Mrs Parsons returned Friday from a West trip and was a delegate from this state to the National Convention of the Woman Suffragist and is now at Mt Lake Park. She visited the big fair while in the West.
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M. J. Parsons
Mt. Lake Park
West Virginia TB Exhibit Opens Here August 4
Readiness grows for the West Virginia Anti-Tuberculosis Society exhibit led by John E L Gillespy. It will run August 4 to 10 with funds raised to cover expenses. Parkersburg hosted 3246 visitors in five days, and local governments supported the effort. The show may be held at the YMCA rooms with a tent hospital planned by Parkersburg. The committee will meet tomorrow evening at Dr Warder’s office for final arrangements.
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West Virginia
Parkersburg
County Court of
Mineral County
Keyser
Piedmont
Warder
Heath family travels to Tunnelton for summer stay
Miss Alice Heath travels with nephew William Heath and niece Mary Rogers to her summer home near the Tunnelton camp meeting grounds for a month or more.
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Alice Heath
William Heath
Mary Rogers
Tunnelton
Preached at Newburg by Rev H M E pastor
Rev H Howard of Andrews M E Church preached in Newburg on Sunday evening at the M B Church delivering an able sermon to the congregation.
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Rev. H. ©. Howard
Andrews M. E
Newburg
M. B. Church
Sinks of Pleasure Craft Kill Sixteen in New York Bay
A pleasure sloop Roxanna with 22 aboard capsized in a Sunday squall in lower New York bay. Sixteen died, including two Brooklyn girls, as survivors were rescued by the tug Lamont. The voyage began from Benner Beach and returned to Midland Beach, Staten Island.
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Meee
New York
New York Bay
Selina Samenson
Ella Osler
Flatbush
L. I
Olga
Selma Knudson
Brooklyn
John Christensen
Abraham Hanson
Abraham Jamison
Alice Engleson
Peter Spielson
John Thompson
Lamont
Samuelson
Bener Beach
Midland Beach
Staten Island
Anna
Kries
McArdie backs out of Morgantown tin mill speech
Three in audience at Morgantown on July 19 watched President P J McArdie arrive to urge tin mill workers to join a strike. After assessing the sparse crowd the speaker chose not to deliver his planned address.
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Morgantown
P. J. McArdie
Shot Man For Picking Blackberries on Farm
George Austin was shot in the arm and shoulder by Jacob Stempley on a Knottaville road blackberry field. Austin had permission to pick berries but a confrontation led to a single shotgun discharge. Austin was treated by Dr. A S Warder. Stempley posted $500 bond and was released after a hearing.
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Jacob Stemple
George Austin
Stempley
Liberty
Austin
Knottaville Road
Rosier
A. 8
Warder
B. H. Thomas
Mayor Love closes town on Sunday
Mayor James W. Love ordered all restaurants and soft drink shops selling malt beverages to shut on Sunday to keep the Sabbath proper. He said establishments must seek city council permission to reopen for Sunday sales. Brighton, May 1889.
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James W. Love
Love
Stable Attendant Injured By Horse Kick
Scott Martin, night attendant at Roe and Means livery stable, was kicked on the ankle by Mr A B Williams horse in a Sunday early morning accident. He is Harriet Martin’s son and resides on Mable avenue and is resting at home after the injury.
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Scott Martin
Roe & Means
A. B. Willams
Mr. Martin
Harriet Martin
Mable Avenue
Howard Hite Suffering Typhoid at City Hospital
Howard Hite is in City Hospital suffering from typhoid fever. He was admitted last week and his condition has improved, a development welcomed by his friends. Mrs Ellen Ball of Newburg dies from cancer at about 60. she leaves a husband John Ball and nine daughters and three sons. Funeral held this afternoon in Newburg from the residence with interment in Newburg. Agnes Flanagan visited Mrs Henriet ta Gigley’s summer home at Coffman yesterday. Ros Manning visited friends in Newburg yesterday.
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Howard Hite
Newburg
Daily Sentinel
Clyde Mouser
Sentinel
Ellen Ball
John Ball
Newbury
Agnes Flanagan
Henrietta Gigley
Coffman
Ros Manning
Burns Released By Grafton Club In Salary Cut
Catcher Burns of the Grafton ball club was released this afternoon as the salary list proved too high and expenses must be reduced. A popular member of the team, he will return home to Johne town, Pa., leaving many fans regretful about his departure.
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Daily Sentinel
Catcher Burns
Grafton
Burns
Johnetown
West Virginia Free Will Baptist Quarterly Meeting Minutes
The West Virginia Quarterly meeting of Free Will Baptists met with Laurel Run Church on July 17 and 18. Bro. Hd ward Marquess was elected moderator and delegates Eliza Shackelford, Pad en Knight, R H Powell M D, and Thomas B Peden were chosen to attend the Ohio River meeting August 11 to 16 with Third Hegger church. Peden D D presided at Ayden North Carolina. Next session with Laurel Run church. ICID SHACKELFORD, Clerk.
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West Virginia
Laurel Run
Hdward Marquess
Eliza Shackelford
Paden Knight
R. H. Powell
M. D
Thomas B. Peden
Ohio River
Thomas BE. Peden
D. D
Free Will Baptist Theological Seminary
Ayden
N. C
Laurel Runchurel
Icid Shackelford
Golden Medical Discovery touted as cure all amid ghost fear
An advertising excerpt extols a medical tonic for boosting vital power and cleansing the system while warning against germs. It claims to improve digestion, enrich blood, and support mental sharpness, noting a 40 year cure record and urging readers to ask neighbors for proof.
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Dateras Coen
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St. Matthias! Episcopal Church
Squire Powell III
Ident Gronninger
WM. Warder
Mrs. Abbott
Anti-Tuberculosis Society
Excurson
Ohio
Knudson
Cincinnati
Stewart's Landing
Kentucky
Linwood
John and
Jacob Hoffman
Andrew Elbert
George Fransco
Newport
Awift
Badlig
Mayor Love
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