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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1908
Page
6
A noisy Democratic convention in the courthouse nominated all county Democrats for the legislature but left none to refuse the final choice, Bill Dent, as the plum.
A stormy Taylor county Democratic convention in the courthouse nominating Col. John T. McGraw for delegate at large and Lee Bennett for sheriff amid heated clashes. Nominations for prosecuting attorney went to Fred T. Martin by acclamation. other county offices listed with party resolutions tied to Bryan and Denver principles.
A political platform argues for limited federal power, frugal governance, tariff reform to tax luxuries, strict enforcement against monopolies, resource development, good roads, and broad support to restore constitutional government. It appeals to conservatives and Democrats in the district to back the party’s nominee and remedial legislation.
Charles Kinkaid, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Kinkaid, returned from school in McMechen to spend a week or two with his parents during vacation in the city.
Cumberland Md July 18 Quiet conditions prevail at the B and O shops after about fifteen machinists and many helpers were furloughed. Roughly one hundred men were laid off in the shops and yards. The duration of the layoff is unknown as rail traffic and crop and coal contracts are forecast to raise demand. Engines in B and C divisions near Cumberland are said to be in unusually poor condition. Some officials attribute cutbacks to July repair budget limits with a return to busier activity after August 1st.
Bluefield July 18. R K Gillespie hitched his team to a mowing machine and began to whip the horses. The machine started, cutting his left leg off entirely above the ankle. He fell but saved the other leg.
Roy B Naylor secretary of the Wheeling Board of Trade is appointed by Gov Dawson to represent West Virginia at the National Irrigation Congress in Albuquerque New Mexico from September 29 to October 2 He will depart for Fremont to confer with former Governor A B Fleming president of the State Board of Trade on related matters.
Glenn Guernsey vents on sweltering New York summers with vivid images of the Fast Side misery and urban heat. He then reviews Gertrude Hoffman in A Vision of Salome, detailing a two piece costume described by press agents as respectable and an imitation of Maud Allan, sparking debate among European critics.
Joseph J. Remlinger councilman from the Second ward spent Monday in Clarksburg on a business visit. SWEET MELODY FLOUR.
A public confession attributed to Eddie Walton alias Frank Harris and Frank Johnson, made by Methodist ministers in Clarksburg, details a string of murders from 1890 to 1906 across several states, including Chicago, Joliet, Steubenville, and Shippenville, with Walton claiming remorse and stating he was hanged in West Virginia after his last crime. Local outlets note no corroborating records in Georgia, Alabama, or Illinois, and residents doubt the veracity of the confession.
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